The Ghost-dance religion and the Sioux outbreak of 1890 : $b Fourteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, part 2.Mooney, James
Religion
The Ghost-dance religion and the Sioux outbreak of 1890 : $b Fourteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, part 2.
Mooney, James
Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1890-1891; Ghost dance
+Klû’kătät+ (Shahaptian stock).—_Synonyms_: Clickahut, Clickitat,
Klikatat, Qwû′lh-hwai-pûm, Weyehhoo, Whulwhypum. The name by which
this tribe is commonly known is from the Wasko language and signifies
“beyond (the mountain)”—that is, east of the Cascade range—with
reference to the Chinookan tribes on the lower Columbia. The same
name was also at times extended to the Yakima. They call themselves
Qwûlh-hwai-pûm, “prairie people;” from _qwûlh-hwai_, “prairie,” and
_pûm_, “people,” referring particularly to their occupancy of Camass
prairie. They formerly occupied the southern slopes of Mount Adams
and Mount Helens, with the country of Klikatat and Lewis rivers, in
the present Klickitat and Skamania counties, Washington. East of them
were the Yakima and west were the Salishan and Chinookan tribes. At
one time they lived farther east, but were driven west by the Cayuse.
(_Stevens._) About sixty years ago they crossed the Columbia and
overran the Willamet country, and even penetrated as far south as the
Umpqua, but afterward withdrew again to their proper country. Although
but a small tribe, they were aggressive and enterprising and were the
trade medium between the tribes west of the mountains and those east.
They joined in the Yakima treaty of 1855 and are now chiefly on Yakima
reservation, but a few are still on White Salmon river, in Klickitat
county. Their number is unknown. The Taitinapam and Topinish speak the
same language and may be considered as branches of this tribe.
+Qa′pnĭsh-‛lĕma+ or +Topinish+ (Shahaptian stock).—A small tribe
on Topinish river in Yakima county, Washington, within the present
limits of the reservation. They speak the Klûkatät language. The name
signifies “people (_‛lĕma_) of the trail coming from the foot of the
hill.”
+Taitinapam+ (Shahaptian stock).—_Synonym_: Tai-kie-a-pain (misprint).
A small tribe speaking the Klûkatät language, formerly living on the
western slopes of the Cascade mountains, between the heads of Lewis and
Cowlitz rivers, in Skamania county, Washington, being the westernmost
tribe of Shahaptian stock. If any are left, they are probably
incorporated with the Klûkatät on Yakima reservation. They never had
official recognition.
+Chämnä′pûm+ (Shahaptian stock).—_Synonyms_: Chimnahpum, Chimnapoos,
Cuimnapum. A tribe which occupied the bend of the Columbia below Yakima
river, together with the country on the lower Yakima, chiefly in the
present Yakima county, Washington. They are the Chimnahpum of Lewis and
Clark, and speak a dialect of the language of the Pä′lus and Wanapûm,
with which tribes the few survivors are incorporated. A few are also
still living on the west side of the Columbia, opposite Pasco. The name
is of their own language and means “people (_pûm_) of Chämnä′,” their
old village about opposite Wallula.
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