3. Certain considerations apply to absolute town size apart from the problem of house number. In Waterman's text descriptions there is no clear instance of a village inhabited in 1909 which had been settled or originated after 1850, apart from relocations due to floods or mining. On the other hand, there are numerous towns which declined or disappeared during the days of the American invasion and of which the memory was very hazy in the minds of informants sixty years later. For instance _hopaw_ had been broken up by smallpox "in the early days." The village of _rnr_ was being abandoned at the time of the coming of the whites. The inhabitants of _keperor_ "all died at once" and the site was deserted. When Waterman saw _otsepor_ the village had only three house pits, but informants well remembered several families living there. Waterman felt sure that _srpr_, _espaw_, and _loolego_ had been larger in aboriginal times than informants seemed to think. The region around Big Lagoon was once much more populous than Waterman's data would indicate. No one of these instances is in any way conclusive but their cumulative effect is considerable. It is quite possible therefore that along the entire northwest coast and the Klamath basin the population began an abrupt decline coinciding with the first arrival of permanent white settlers. Such a condition would be in entire conformity with much of the testimony derived from informants in 1910. _YUROK ... 3,100_ TABLE 1 _Analysis of Village Sites_ According to Kroeber, Waterman, and Merriam. Unless otherwise specified, page numbers refer to Waterman (1920). The column "Status" indicates whether the existence of a village at or about the year 1850 may be regarded as certain (C), probable (P), or doubtful (D). _No. and name_ _Status_ _Comment_ 1. omen-hipur C P. 228. Two groups of house pits. No further information available to Waterman but regarded as a town by Kroeber (map, p. 9). 2. omen C P. 230. Four house pits but designated as a town. It was known that a sweathouse existed and that the people bathed in the sea. Hence it was inhabited within the memory of informants. Shown by Kroeber as a town (map, p. 9). 3. rekwoi C P. 231. No question concerning this town. 4. welkwa C P. 232. No question.