738 THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION [eth.ann.14 



quouse (Pi'skwaus), Wenatshapam (another name for Piskwaus), Kli- 

 katat (Klfikatat), Klinquit (not identified), Kowwassayee (K'kasawi), 

 Liaywas (not identified), Skinpah (Skinpa), Wish-ham (Wushqam), 

 Shyiks (riot identified), Ochechotes (Uchi'chol), Kahmiltpah (Qarnillg- 

 ma), and Seapcat (Si'apkat). Among- these were represented at least 

 six languages and three linguistic stocks. The majority of these In- 

 dians west of the Columbia, including the Yakima proper and others on 

 the reservation, are Catholics, with also a number of adherents of the 

 Shaker and Smohalla doctrines. Those on the reservation numbered 

 1,200 in 1892, with an estimated 1,500 outside the boundaries. Beside 

 the principal band of Yakima, the Waptailmim already mentioned, 

 there are also the Se'tas- leina, or "people of the rye prairie," on 

 Setass creek, a western tributary of the Yakima in the eastern part of 

 the reservation, and the Pisko, or people of the "river bend," in a vil- 

 lage also on the south side of the Yakima, between Topinish and Setass 

 creeks. (See Pishquitpah.) Their dialects are said to differ slightly 

 from that of the Waptailmim. 



A'ta.ni m- lkma (Shahapfian stock) or "people (Wma) of Atanum 

 creek.'' — A small tribe on Atahnam creek, in Yakima county. Washing- 

 ton, on the northern boundary of the reservation. They are said to 

 speak a language distinct from Yakima or Klukatat, but cognate. 

 They have do official recognition now or in the treaty of is,")."). The 

 nameA'tanum is Yakima, and refers to a stream -ascended "(by salmon). 



Kh'katat (Shahaptian stock). — Synonyms: Clickahut, Clickitat, 

 Klikatat, Qwu'lh-hwai-piim, 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 Qwulh-hwai-pum, "prairie people;" from qwulh-hwai, ••prai- 

 rie," and piun, "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 Chi- 

 nookan tribes. Atone time they lived farther east, but were driven 

 west by the Cayuse. (Stevenc.) About sixty years ago they crossed 

 the Columbia and overran the Willamet country, and even penetrated 

 as far south as the Umpqua, l>ut 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 (hose 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 con- 

 sidered as branches of this tribe. 



