450 SUMMARY OF PROGRESS IN ANTHROPOLOGY IN 1891. 
Shahaptian: Upper Columbia River, and its tributaries in northern Oregon and 
Idaho and southern Washington. 
Shoshonean: Occupying generally the Great Interior Basin of the United States, as 
far as the Plains, and reaching the Pacific in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and 
San Diego counties, California. 
Siouan: The Dakotas, parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Lowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Mis- 
souri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, with isolated colonies in Alabama (Biloxi), 
the Carolinas (Catawba), and borders of Virginia and North Carolina (Tutelo). 
Skittagetan: Queen Charlotte Islands, Forester Island, and southeastern part of 
Prince of Wales Island. 
Takilman: Oregon coast about the lower Rogue River. 
Tanoan: Rio Grande and tributary valleys, from about 30° to about 36° 30’, 
Timuquanan: Florida. 
Tonikan: Lower Yazoo River, Mississippi. 
Tonkawan: Western and southwestern parts of Texas. 
Uchean: Lower Savannah River and perhaps the South Carolina coast. 
Waiilatpuan: Lower Walla Walla River, Oregon, and about mounts Hood and Jef- 
ferson. 
Wakashan: West coast of Vancouver Island and northwest tip of Washington. 
Washoan: Eustern base of the Sierras, south of Reno, Nevada, to the lower end of 
Carson Valley. 
Weitspekan: Lower Klamath River, Oregon, from the mouth of the Trinity. 
Wishoskan: Coast of California from just below the mouth of Eel River to a little 
north of Mad River. 
Yakonan: Along the lower Yaquina, Alsea, Siuslaw, and Umpqua rivers, Oregon. 
Yanan: Chiefly in the southern part of Shasta County, California. 
Yukian: Round Valley, California and west to the coast. 
Yuman: Lower California; the Colorado from its mouth to Cataract Creek; the 
Gila and tributaries as far east as the Tonto Basin, Arizona. 
Zunian: A small area on Zuni River, western New Mexico. 
MIDDLE AMERICAN STOCKS, 
Aztecan: Slope of the Pacific coast from about the Rio del Fuerte, in Sinaloe, N. lat 
26° to the frontiers of Guatemala, except a portion of the isthmus of Tehuantepec, 
Dr. Brinton makes this a branch of the Ute-Aztecan stock under the name of 
Nahualtecan. 
Chapanec: Chiapas, Mexico. 
Chinantec: Oaxaca, on the frontiers of the province of Vera Cruz. 
Guatuso: Upper waters of Rio Trio, Nicaragua. 
Huave: Isthmus of Tehuantepec, on the Pacific Ocean. 
Lenea: Central Honduras. 
Matagalpan: Nicaragua, in and around the department of Matagalpa, Segovia, and 
Choulales. 
Maya: Yucatan, Guatemala, and Tabasco. 
Otomi: States of Queretaro and Guanajuato, Mexico, from the valley of Mexico to the 
tio Verde. On the west it adjoined the Tarascas of Michoacan; on the east the 
Huastees of Panuco. 
Rama: Bluefield Lagoon. 
Subtiaba: Near the modern city of Leon, in Nicaragua. 
Tarascan: State of Michoacan, west of the valley of Mexico. 
Tequistlatecan: Oaxaca, on Pacitie coast. 
Totonacan: Territory of Totonicapan, now in state of Vera Cruz. 
Ulva: Head waters of streams emptying along the Musquito coast. 
Zapatec-Mixtec: Oaxaca, Mexico, and adjoining regions. 
Zoque: Isthinus of Tehuantepec and adjacent portions of Chiapas and Oaxaca. 
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