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  MARIPOSAN 
  FAMILY. 
  91 
  

  

  GEOGRAPHIC 
  DISTRIBUTION. 
  

  

  The 
  territory 
  of 
  the 
  Mariposan 
  family 
  is 
  quite 
  irregular 
  in 
  out- 
  

   line 
  On 
  the 
  north 
  it 
  is 
  bounded 
  by 
  the 
  Fresno 
  River 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  

   point 
  of 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  San 
  Joaquin 
  ; 
  thence 
  by 
  a 
  line 
  run- 
  

   nine- 
  to 
  the 
  northeast 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  Salinan 
  territory 
  in 
  San 
  Benito 
  

   County. 
  California; 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  by 
  a 
  line 
  running 
  from 
  San 
  Benito 
  

   to 
  Mount 
  Pinos. 
  From 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  shore 
  of 
  Tulare 
  

   Lake 
  to 
  the 
  ridge 
  at 
  Mount 
  Pinos 
  on 
  the 
  south, 
  the 
  Mariposan 
  area 
  

   is 
  merely 
  a 
  narrow 
  strip 
  in 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  foothills. 
  Occupying 
  one- 
  

   half 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  southern 
  shore 
  of 
  Tulare 
  Lake, 
  and 
  

   bounded 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  by 
  a 
  line 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  southeast 
  corner 
  

   of 
  Tulare 
  Lake 
  due 
  east 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  great 
  spur 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  

   range 
  is 
  the 
  territory 
  of 
  the 
  intrusive 
  Shoshoni. 
  On 
  the 
  east 
  the 
  

   secondary 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  forms 
  the 
  Mariposan 
  bound- 
  

   ary. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  above 
  a 
  small 
  strip 
  of 
  territory 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   bank 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Joaquin 
  is 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Cholovone 
  division 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mariposan 
  family, 
  between 
  the 
  Tuolumne 
  and 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  

   the 
  San 
  Joaquin 
  turns 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  before 
  entering 
  Suisun 
  Bay. 
  

  

  TRIBES. 
  

  

  Ayapai 
  (Tule 
  River). 
  

   Chainimaini 
  (lower 
  King's 
  River.) 
  

   Chukaimina 
  (Squaw 
  Valley). 
  

  

  Chuk'ckansi 
  (San 
  Joaquin 
  River 
  above 
  Millerton). 
  

   Chunut 
  (Kaweah 
  River 
  at 
  the 
  lake). 
  

   Coconun' 
  (Merced 
  River). 
  

   Ititcha 
  (King's 
  River). 
  

   Kassovo 
  (Day 
  Creek). 
  

   Kau-f-a 
  (Kaweah 
  River 
  : 
  foothills). 
  

   Kiawetni 
  (Tule 
  River 
  at 
  Porterville). 
  

   Mayayu 
  (Tule 
  River, 
  south 
  fork). 
  

   Notoanaiti 
  (on 
  the 
  lake). 
  

   ( 
  Ichmgita 
  (Tule 
  River). 
  

  

  Pitkachi 
  (extinct 
  ; 
  San 
  Joaquin 
  River 
  below 
  Millerton). 
  

   Pohallin 
  Tinleh 
  (near 
  Kern 
  lake). 
  

   Sawakhtu 
  (Tule 
  River, 
  south 
  fork). 
  

   Tachi 
  (Kingston). 
  

  

  Te"lumni 
  (Kaweah 
  River 
  below 
  Visalia). 
  

   Tfnlinneh 
  (Fort 
  Tejon). 
  

   Tisechu 
  (upper 
  King's 
  River). 
  

   Wichikik 
  (King's 
  River). 
  

   Wikchiimni 
  (Kaweah 
  River 
  : 
  foothills). 
  

   Wfksachi 
  (upper 
  Kaweah 
  Valley). 
  

   Yukol 
  (Kaweah 
  River 
  plains). 
  

   Population. 
  — 
  There 
  are 
  145 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  now 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  the 
  Mission 
  Agency, 
  California. 
  

  

  