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  S. 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSE' 
  

  

  powell] 
  QUORATEAN-SALINAN 
  FAMILIES. 
  101 
  

  

  that 
  it 
  is 
  "The 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  band 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Salmon, 
  or 
  

   Quoratem 
  river.*' 
  He 
  adds 
  that 
  " 
  This 
  latter 
  name 
  may 
  perhaps 
  be 
  

   considered 
  as 
  proper 
  to 
  give 
  to 
  the 
  family, 
  should 
  it 
  be 
  held 
  one." 
  

   He 
  defines 
  the 
  territory 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  family 
  as 
  follows: 
  •'The 
  

   language 
  reaches 
  from 
  Bluff 
  creek, 
  the 
  upper 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pohlik, 
  to 
  about 
  Clear 
  creek, 
  thirty 
  or 
  forty 
  miles 
  above 
  the 
  Salmon; 
  

   varying, 
  however, 
  somewhat 
  from 
  point 
  to 
  point." 
  

  

  The 
  presentation 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  Quoratem, 
  as 
  above, 
  seems 
  suffi- 
  

   ciently 
  formal, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  therefore 
  accepted 
  for 
  the 
  group 
  first 
  indi- 
  

   cated 
  by 
  Gibbs. 
  

  

  In 
  1856 
  Latham 
  renamed 
  the 
  family 
  Ehnik, 
  after 
  the 
  principal 
  

   band, 
  locating 
  the 
  tribe, 
  or 
  rather 
  the 
  language, 
  south 
  of 
  theShasti 
  

   and 
  Lutuami 
  areas. 
  

  

  GEOGRAPHIC 
  DISTRIBUTION. 
  

  

  The 
  geographic 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  are 
  somewhat 
  indeterminate, 
  

   though 
  the 
  main 
  area 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  tribes 
  is 
  well 
  known. 
  The 
  

   tribes 
  occupy 
  both 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  Klamath 
  from 
  arange 
  of 
  hills 
  

   a 
  little 
  above 
  Happy 
  Camp 
  to 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  Trinity, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Salmon 
  River 
  from 
  its 
  mouth 
  to 
  its 
  sources. 
  On 
  the 
  north, 
  Quoratean 
  

   tribes 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  Athapascan 
  territory 
  near 
  the 
  Oregon 
  line. 
  

  

  Ehuek. 
  Karok. 
  Pehtsik. 
  

  

  Population. 
  — 
  According 
  to 
  a 
  careful 
  estimate 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Curtin 
  

   in 
  the 
  region 
  in 
  1889, 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  number 
  about 
  600. 
  

  

  SALINAN 
  FAMILY. 
  

  

  ■< 
  Salinas, 
  Latham 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Philolog. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  85,1856 
  (includes 
  Gioloco, 
  Ruslen, 
  

   Soledad 
  of 
  Mofras, 
  Eslen, 
  Carmel, 
  San 
  Antonio, 
  San 
  Miguel). 
  Latham, 
  Opuscula, 
  

   350, 
  1860. 
  

  

  > 
  San 
  Antonio, 
  Powell 
  in 
  Cont. 
  N. 
  A. 
  Eth., 
  m, 
  568, 
  1877 
  (vocabulary 
  of; 
  not 
  given 
  

   as 
  a 
  family, 
  but 
  kept 
  by 
  itself). 
  

  

  < 
  Santa 
  Barbara, 
  Gatschet 
  in 
  Mag. 
  Am. 
  Hist., 
  157, 
  1877 
  (cited 
  here 
  as 
  containing 
  

   San 
  Antonio). 
  Gatschet 
  in 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geog. 
  Surv. 
  W. 
  100th 
  M., 
  vn, 
  419, 
  1879 
  (con- 
  

   tains 
  San 
  Antonio, 
  San 
  Miguel). 
  

  

  X 
  Runsiens, 
  Keane, 
  App. 
  Stanford's 
  Comp. 
  (Cent, 
  and 
  So. 
  Am.), 
  476, 
  1878 
  (San 
  

   Miguel 
  of 
  his 
  group 
  belongs 
  here). 
  

  

  Derivation: 
  From 
  river 
  of 
  same 
  name. 
  

  

  The 
  language 
  formerly 
  spoken 
  at 
  the 
  Missions 
  of 
  San 
  Antonio 
  and 
  

   San 
  Miguel 
  in 
  Monterey 
  County, 
  California, 
  have 
  long 
  occupied 
  a 
  

   doubtful 
  position. 
  By 
  some 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  considered 
  distinct, 
  not 
  

   only 
  from 
  each 
  other, 
  but 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  languages. 
  Others 
  have 
  

   held 
  that 
  they 
  represent 
  distinct 
  dialects 
  of 
  the 
  Chumashan 
  (Santa 
  

   Barbara) 
  group 
  of 
  languages. 
  Vocabularies 
  collected 
  in 
  1884 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Henshaw 
  show 
  clearly 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  are 
  closely 
  connected 
  dialects 
  and 
  

   that 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  no 
  wise 
  related 
  to 
  any 
  other 
  family. 
  

  

  