moonet] TRIBES OF THE COLUMBIA 73'J 



(Ja'pnish-'i-Ema or Topinisii (Shahaptian stock). — A small tribe 

 on Topinish river in Yakima county, Washington, within the present 

 limits of the reservation. They speak the Kliikatat language. The 

 name signifies "people ( lema) of the trail coming from the foot of the 

 hill." 



Taitinapam (Shahaptian stock). — Synonym: Tai-kie-a-pain (mis- 

 print). A small tribe speaking the Klukatat language, formerly liv- 

 ing on the western slopes of the Cascade mountains, between the heads 

 of Lewis and Cowlitz rivers, in Skamania county, Washington, being 

 the westernmost tribe of Shahaptian stock. If any are left, they are 

 probably incorporated with the Kliikatat on Yakima reservation. 

 They never had official recognition. 



CHAMNA/PUM (Shahaptian stock). — Synonyms: Chimnahpum, Chim- 

 napoos. Cuirnnapum. A tribe which occupied the bend of the Columbia 

 below Yakima river, together with the country on the lower Yakima, 

 chiefly in the present Yakima county, Washington. They are the 

 Chimnahpum of Lewis and Clark, and speak a dialect of the language 

 of the Pa'lus and Wanapum, with which tribes the few survivors are 

 incorporated. A few are also still living on the west side of the 

 Columbia, opposite Pasco. The name is of their own language and 

 means '-people (pum) of Chainna/," their old village about opposite 

 Wallula. 



Tishqi'ITPAH (Shahaptian stock). — This name occurs only in the 

 narrative of Lewis and Clark as that of a tribe in 1805, '-residing at 

 the Muscleshell rapid and on the north side of the Columbia to the com- 

 mencement of the high country, wintering on the borders of the Tap- 

 teal." The Tapteal (properly Waptail or Wa'ptailmim) is Yakima riser. 

 This would locate them in eastern Klickitat and Yakima counties. 

 Washington. They are probably identical with the Pisko band of the 

 Yakima. In the name Pishquitpah the final jmh is the Yakima or 

 Pa'lus locative pa, "at.*' 



K ka'sawi or KowWASSAYBE (Shahaptian stock). — A small tribe 

 speaking the Tenino language and formerly occupying a village of the 

 same name, K ka'sawi, on the north bank of the Columbia, in Klickitat 

 county, Washington, about opposite the mouth of the Umatilla. The full 

 name is Kka'sawi- le'ma, "people (lema) of the arrow-making place," 

 the local form being from Ic'Tca'so, "arrow." They took part in the 

 Yakima treaty of 1S55 under the name of Kowwassayee, and are now 

 on Yakima reservation. 



Hahau'pum or Wahowpum (Shahaptian stock). — A small tribe 

 speaking the Tenino language and occupying a village. Baha'u, on 

 the north bank of the Columbia, about the mouth of Olive creek, 

 in Klickitat county. Washington. The word means "willow people," 

 from halia'u, a species of willow, and pirm, "people." They are the 

 Wahowpum of Lewis and Clark. They have never had official 

 recognition. 



