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  INDIAN 
  LINGUISTIC 
  FAMILIES 
  OF 
  AMERICA 
  NORTH 
  OF 
  MEXICO, 
  BY 
  J. 
  W. 
  POWELL. 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  Nomenclature 
  <>f 
  linguistic 
  families 
  7 
  

  

  Literature 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  classification 
  of 
  Indian 
  languages 
  12 
  

  

  Linguistic 
  map 
  25 
  

  

  Indian 
  tribes 
  sedentary 
  30 
  

  

  Population 
  33 
  

  

  Tribal 
  land 
  40 
  

  

  Village 
  sites 
  40 
  

  

  Agricultural 
  land 
  41 
  

  

  Hunting 
  claims 
  42 
  

  

  Summary 
  of 
  deductions 
  44 
  

  

  Linguistic 
  families 
  45 
  

  

  Adaizcn 
  family 
  45 
  

  

  Algonquian 
  family 
  47 
  

  

  Algonquian 
  area 
  47 
  

  

  Principal 
  Algonquian 
  tribes 
  48 
  

  

  Population 
  48 
  

  

  Athapascan 
  family 
  51 
  

  

  Boundaries 
  52 
  

  

  Northern 
  group. 
  ... 
  53 
  

  

  Pacific 
  group 
  53 
  

  

  Southern 
  group 
  54 
  

  

  Principal 
  tribes 
  55 
  

  

  Population 
  55 
  

  

  Attacapan 
  family 
  56 
  

  

  Beothukan 
  family 
  57 
  

  

  Geographic 
  distribution 
  58 
  

  

  Caddoan 
  family 
  58 
  

  

  Northern 
  group 
  (JO 
  

  

  Middle 
  group 
  60 
  

  

  Southern 
  group 
  60 
  

  

  Principal 
  tribes 
  61 
  

  

  Population 
  62 
  

  

  Chimakuan 
  family 
  62 
  

  

  Principal 
  tribes 
  63 
  

  

  Chimarikan 
  family 
  63 
  

  

  Principal 
  tribes 
  63 
  

  

  Chimmesyan 
  family 
  63 
  

  

  Principal 
  tribes 
  or 
  villages 
  64 
  

  

  Population 
  64 
  

  

  Chinookan 
  family 
  65 
  

  

  Principal 
  tribes 
  66 
  

  

  Population 
  66 
  

  

  Chitimachan 
  family 
  66 
  

  

  Chumashan 
  family 
  67 
  

  

  Population 
  68 
  

  

  < 
  !i 
  lahuiltecan 
  family 
  68 
  

  

  Principal 
  tribes 
  69 
  

  

  Copehan 
  family 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  69 
  

  

  < 
  leographic 
  distribution 
  69 
  

  

  Principal 
  tribes 
  70 
  

  

  