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Piskwaus or Wina'tshipum ( Salisliiiu stock). — Synonyms: Piscaous, 

 Piscous, Pisquose. The name by which this tribe is commonly known 

 is properly the name of a fishing place on Wenatchee river, and is 

 probably Salishan, but may be from the Yakima pisko, signifying "a 

 bend in the river." The Yakima call the river Winiitshi, signifying a 

 "river issuing from a canon." and the tribe Wina'tshipum. The Pisk 

 wans proper, on Wenatchee river, with their connected bands or tribes 

 living in the same neighborhood, west of the Columbia in Kittitas 

 and Okanogan counties, Washington, are a southern extension of the 

 Mitaui and speak the same language. Under the name of Piskwaus, 

 Stevens includes " the Indians on the Columbia between the Priests and 

 Eoss rapids, on the Pisquose or Winatshapam river; the Enteatkeon, 

 Chelaun lake, and the Mithaw on Barrier river. The name of Pisquouse, 

 however, properly refers to a single locality on the river known to the 

 Yakamas as Winatshapam. The Pisquouse themselves, as has before 

 been remarked, are so much intermarried with the Yakamas that they 

 have almost lost their nationality. These bauds were formerly all 

 united under one principal chief, Stalkoosum, who is said to have been 

 a man of great note among them. lie was killed a few years since in 

 a fight with the Blackfeet, since which there has been no head of the 

 tribe." [Stevens, Comr. Rept.,1854.) The Piskwaus and smaller con- 

 nected tribes took part in the Yakima treaty of 1S55, but do not live 

 on the reservation. Most of them live on the Wenatchee and the north 

 branch of Yakima river in Kittitas county. They are all Catholics. 

 There is no official statement of their number. Smaller tribes or bands 

 connected with the Piskwaus proper and speaking the same language 

 are : 



1. K 'tatas, Ktatas-'lc'ma, Ketetas (Stevens), Pshwa/napum (Ya- 

 kima name), Shanwappoms (Lewis and Clark). K''tatas signifies "a 

 shoal," 'le'ma being a tribal suffix, and Pshwana-pum in the Yakima 

 language signifies "shoal people," the name referring to a shoal in 

 Yakima river at Ellensburg. 



2. Ska'utAl, or Skaddal (of Lewis and Clark). About Boston creek 

 and Kahchass lake, at the head of Yakima river. 



3. YVsiia'n'atu, or Shallattoos (of Lewis and Clark). The word 

 means "huckleberry" in Yakima, and is applied to a site on Yakima 

 river just above Ellensburg. 



4. Skwa'nana, or Squanuaroos (of Lewis and Clark). A Yakima 

 word meaning "whirlpool," and applied to a point on Yakima river 

 about opposite the entrance of Selah creek, the village being on the 

 west bank of the river. This band may possibly speak the language 

 of the Atanuui, a Shahaptian tribe, whose territory adjoins them. 



5. OAM'L-'LEMA or Kahmiltpah. The name is Yakima, and signifies 

 "people of Qami'lh." Qami'lh,or "Watching for Fish," was a chief who 

 formerly lived with his band about Saddle mountain, on the east side 

 of the Columbia, above Priest rapids. They are called Kahmiltpah in 



