The quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. 1, No. 3, September, 1900Oregon Historical Society
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The quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. 1, No. 3, September, 1900
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_Nah-poo-itle_—A village just across the river from
_Niahkowkow_. The name of the chief was _Sha-al_, who was very
large sized.
_Nah-moo-itk_—A point on Sauvie’s Island.
_Emulthnomah_—A point a little above.
_Wa-kan-a-shee-shee_—A point across the river from
_Emulthnomah_; meant “white-headed duck,” or diver.
_Na-quoith_—On mainland, old Fort William.
_Na-ka-poulth_—A pond a little above Portland, on the east side,
where the Indians dug wapatoes.
_E-kee-sa-ti_—The Willamette Falls. The name of the tribe here
was _Tla-we-wul-lo_. The name of a chief was _Wah-nach-ski_; he
had a nephew, _Wah-shah-ams_.
_Han-te-uc_—Point at mouth of Pudding River.
_Champo-ek_—Champoeg, meaning the place of a certain edible
root. “Ch” pronounced hard, as in “chant.”
_Che-sque-a_—Ray’s Landing.
_Cham-ho-kuc_—A point near the mouth of Chehalem Creek; Chehalem
Village, in Chehalem Valley. A Chehalem chief was _Wow-na-pa_.
_Chemayway_—_Chemayway_ was also a name given to Wapato Lake.
_Cham-hal-lach_—A village on French Prairie.
It will be noticed that the names above the Willamette Falls frequently
begin with “Che” or “Cham,” as the coast names often begin with “Ne.”
The name for Clackamas was _Ne-ka-mas_, and for Molalla, _Mo-lay-less_.
The name Tualatin was _Twhah-la-ti_. At Forest Grove, near the old
A. T. Smith place, was an Indian village, _Koot-pahl_. The bare hill
northwest, now called David’s Hill, was _Tahm-yahn_, and an open
spot up Gales’ Creek Valley was _Pa-ach-ti_. A Tillamook chief was
_Tae-sahlx_. The name of a chief at The Dalles was _Wah-tis-con_.
Labonte remembers several chiefs at Spokane, one of whom was _Ilmicum
Spokanee_, or the Chief of the Moon; another, _Ilmicum Takullhalth_, or
the Chief of the Day, and another, _Kah-wah-kim_, or Broken Shoulder. A
chief of the Colville tribe was _Skohomich_, a very old, white headed
man when Labonte saw him in about 1827. A tribe at the Cascades were
the _Wah-ral-lah_.
NAMES OF ANIMALS.
Coyote—Chinook, _Tallapus_; Klikitat, _Speeleyi_; Spokane,
_Sincheleepp_.
Fox—Spokane, _Whawhaoolee_.
Gray wolf—_Cheaitsin_.
Grizzly bear—Spokane, _Tsim-hi-at-sin_; Chinook, _E-shai-um_.
Black bear—Spokane, _N’salmbe_; Chinook. _Itch-hoot_.
Deer—Spokane, _Ah-wa-ia_; Doe, _Poo-may-ia_, or _Poom-a-wa-ia_.
(?) Calapooia, “A big buck,” _Awaia umpaia_.
Black bear—Clackamas, _Skint-wha_.
Beaver—_Wa-ca-no_.
Deer—Chinook, _Mowitch_; Calapooia, _A-mo-quee_.
Elk—Calapooia, _An-ti-kah_.
Elk—Clatsop, _Moo-luk_.
Duck—Clatsop, _Que’ka-que’kh_ (_onomatopœia_).
Geese—Clatsop, _Kah-lak-ka-lah-ma_ (_ono._).
Yellow legged goose—_Hi-hi_.
Columbia Sucker—_Kaht-a-quay_.
Smelt—Clatsop, _O-tla-hum_.
Hake—Clatsop, _Sca-nah_.
Silverside salmon—_O-o-wun_.
Blue back salmon—Clatsop, _Oo-chooi-hay_.
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