The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of CaliforniaCook, Sherburne Friend
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The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California
Cook, Sherburne Friend
Indians of North America -- California; Indians of North America -- Statistics
24. rnr C P. 237. Waterman says this town was being
abandoned before the coming of the whites
but it is shown on Kroeber's map (p. 9)
and also on Randall's map of 1866. Hence
it must have persisted for at least twenty
years after the white invasion.
25. nagil C See no. 28.
26. ayol C See no. 28.
27. awpaw P See no. 28.
28. torah P Pp. 238 and 207. Informants of Waterman
recalled 4 houses at _nagil_, settled
by the great-grandmother of Weitschpek
Frank. The latter was a man of
approximately forty years of age when
Waterman saw him in 1909. Hence, allowing
twenty-five years per generation and
assuming that the ancestor was twenty-five
years old when the place was founded, it
must have been settled definitely prior to
1850.
Regarding _ayol_, which Kroeber shows
(map, p. 9) as a standard town, Waterman
says it was a "small settlement." He
thinks the place was early abandoned and
resettled more recently. However Merriam
refers to it as a "village--opposite mouth
of Ahpah Creek" and identifies it with the
_jehehak_ on Randall's map.
Merriam refers to _awpaw_ as a "village on
south bank Klamath at mouth of Ah Pah
Creek, opposite and straight west of
_oyawsl_ (_ayol_)." He also says that
_torah_ was an "old village on west side
of Klamath, close to _nigehl_, opposite
mouth of Blue Creek." It is also on
Randall's map.
From the evidence of Randall and Merriam
it appears probable that there were no
less than four villages at this point on
the river. Waterman gives 4 houses of
_nagil_ and 2 for _ayol_. The other two
villages may be tentatively assigned 3
each.
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