﻿P0WELL 
  J 
  SHAHAPTIAN 
  FAMILY. 
  107 
  

  

  aztek. 
  Sprache, 
  614, 
  615, 
  1859. 
  Latham. 
  Opuscula. 
  340, 
  1860 
  (as 
  in 
  1856). 
  

   Latham, 
  El. 
  Comp. 
  Phil., 
  440, 
  1862 
  (vocabularies 
  Sahaptin, 
  WallawaUa, 
  Kliketat). 
  

   Eeane.App. 
  Stanford's 
  Comp. 
  (Cent. 
  and 
  So. 
  Am.), 
  460,474, 
  1878 
  (includes 
  Pa- 
  

   louse, 
  Walla 
  Wallas, 
  Yakimas. 
  Tairtlas, 
  Kliketats 
  or 
  Pshawanwappams, 
  ( 
  'ayuse, 
  

   Mollale; 
  the 
  two 
  last 
  are 
  Waiilatpuan). 
  

   = 
  Sahaptin,GatschetinMag.Am.Hist.,168,1877 
  (defines 
  habitat 
  and 
  enumerates 
  

   tribes 
  of). 
  Gatschet 
  in 
  Beach, 
  Ind. 
  Misc., 
  443. 
  1877. 
  Bancroft, 
  Nat. 
  Races, 
  ra, 
  

   565,620, 
  1882. 
  

  

  > 
  Shahaptani, 
  Tolmie 
  and 
  Dawson, 
  Comp. 
  Vocabs. 
  , 
  78, 
  iss4 
  i 
  Whulwhaipum 
  tribe). 
  

  

  > 
  Nez-perces, 
  Pilchard, 
  Phys. 
  Hist. 
  Mankind, 
  v, 
  428, 
  1847 
  (see 
  Shahaptan). 
  Keane, 
  

  

  App. 
  Stanford's 
  Comp. 
  (Cent, 
  and 
  So. 
  Am. 
  ),474, 
  1878 
  (see 
  his 
  Sahaptin). 
  

   X 
  Selish.Dall, 
  after 
  Gibbs, 
  in 
  Cont.N. 
  A. 
  Eth., 
  I, 
  241, 
  1877 
  (includes 
  Yakama 
  which 
  

   belongs 
  here). 
  

  

  Derivation: 
  From 
  a 
  Selisk 
  word 
  of 
  unknown 
  significance. 
  

  

  The 
  Shahaptan 
  family 
  of 
  Scouler 
  comprised 
  three 
  tribes— 
  the 
  Sha- 
  

   haptan 
  or 
  Nez 
  Perce's; 
  the 
  Kliketat, 
  a, 
  scion 
  of 
  the 
  Shahaptan, 
  dwell- 
  

   ing 
  near 
  Mount 
  Ranier, 
  and 
  the 
  Okanagan. 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  

   ofFraser 
  River 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries; 
  " 
  these 
  tribes 
  were 
  asserted 
  to 
  

   speak 
  dialects 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  language. 
  " 
  Of 
  the 
  above 
  tribes 
  the 
  Okin- 
  

   agan 
  are 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  Salishan. 
  

  

  The 
  vocabularies 
  given 
  by 
  Scouler 
  were 
  collected 
  by 
  Tolmie. 
  The 
  

  

  term 
  "Sahaptin 
  "appears 
  on 
  Gallatin's 
  map 
  of 
  1836, 
  where 
  it 
  doubtless 
  

  

  refers 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  Nez 
  Perce 
  tribe 
  proper, 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  whose 
  lin- 
  

   guistic 
  affinities 
  Gallatin 
  apparently 
  knew 
  nothing 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  At 
  

   all 
  events 
  the 
  name 
  occurs 
  nowhere 
  in 
  his 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  linguistic 
  

   families. 
  

  

  GEOGRAPHIC 
  DISTRIBUTION. 
  

  

  The 
  tribes 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  occupied 
  a 
  large 
  section 
  of 
  country 
  along 
  

   the 
  Columbia 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries. 
  Their 
  western 
  boundary 
  was 
  the 
  

   Cascade 
  Mountains; 
  their 
  westernmost 
  bands, 
  the 
  Klikitat 
  on 
  the 
  

   north, 
  the 
  Tyigh 
  and 
  Warm 
  Springs 
  on 
  the 
  south, 
  enveloping 
  for 
  a 
  

   short 
  distance 
  the 
  Chinook 
  territory 
  along 
  the 
  Columbia 
  which 
  ex- 
  

   tended 
  to 
  the 
  Dalles. 
  Shahaptian 
  tribes 
  extended 
  along 
  the 
  tribu- 
  

   taries 
  of 
  the 
  Columbia 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance, 
  their 
  northern 
  

   boundary 
  being 
  indicated 
  by 
  about 
  the 
  forty-sixth 
  parallel, 
  their 
  

   southern 
  by 
  about 
  the 
  forty-fourth. 
  Their 
  eastern 
  extension 
  was 
  in- 
  

   terrupted 
  by 
  the 
  Bitter 
  Root 
  Mountains. 
  

  

  PRINCIPAL 
  TRIBES 
  AND 
  POPULATION. 
  

  

  Chopunnish 
  (Nez 
  Perce), 
  1,515 
  on 
  Nez 
  Perce* 
  Reservation, 
  Idaho. 
  

   Klikitat. 
  say 
  one-half 
  of 
  330 
  natives, 
  on 
  Yakama 
  Reservation, 
  

  

  Washington. 
  

   Paloos, 
  Yakama 
  Reservation, 
  number 
  unknown. 
  

   Tenaino, 
  (i!i 
  on 
  Warm 
  Springs 
  Reservation, 
  Oregon. 
  

   Tyigh, 
  430 
  on 
  Warm 
  Springs 
  Reservation, 
  Oregon. 
  

   Umatilla, 
  V.i 
  on 
  Umatilla 
  Reservation. 
  Oregon. 
  

   Walla 
  Walla, 
  405 
  on 
  Umatilla 
  Reservation, 
  Oregon. 
  

  

  