246 THE KLIKETATS. 



and by the Puget's Sound Indians the Yakiniaws 

 are called " Stobshaddat," both words signifying 

 robber or plunderer. On Puget's Sound the term 

 is likewise applied to any Indians out on a raid. 

 As the Whulwhypum dwelling on the prairies to 

 the east and north of Vancouver became first 

 known to the whites the Hudson's Bay people 

 of Vancouver as " Kliketats," as the term was 

 euphonised, so this name has of late been applied 

 to the language, and to all Indians speaking it. 



' The Kliketats the term is used collectively 

 being excellent hunters, had within the last 

 quarter of a century extended themselves through- 

 out the Walarnet vallev and as far southward as 



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the confines of California,, becoming rich by 

 supplying the American settlers in these countries 

 with venison and horses. The Kliketats. although 



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getting the upper hand of the aboriginal owners 

 of these new hunting grounds, did not settle per- 

 manently therein, but in small parties were con- 

 tinually revisiting their native lands. In 1854, 

 the territorial government of Oregon compelled 

 these Indians to return to their homes, and with- 

 draw permanently from southern Oregon, where 

 their presence was annoying to the settlers. In 

 1855 they were treated with for the sale of their 

 lands, which gave rise to the Indian war of 



