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  UCHEAN-WAIILATPUAN 
  FAMILIES. 
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  In 
  1729 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Yuchi 
  left 
  their 
  old 
  seats 
  and 
  settled 
  among 
  

   the 
  Lower 
  Creek 
  on 
  the 
  Chatahoochee 
  River; 
  there 
  they 
  established 
  

   three 
  colony 
  villages 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood, 
  and 
  later 
  on 
  a 
  Yuchi 
  settle- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  mentioned 
  on 
  Lower 
  Tallapoosa 
  River, 
  among 
  the 
  Upper 
  

   Creek. 
  ' 
  Filson" 
  gives 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  thirty 
  Indian 
  tribes 
  and 
  a 
  statement 
  

   concerning 
  Yuchi 
  towns, 
  which 
  he 
  must 
  have 
  obtained 
  from 
  a 
  much 
  

   earlier 
  source: 
  " 
  Uchees 
  occupy 
  four 
  different 
  places 
  of 
  residence 
  — 
  at 
  

   the 
  head 
  of 
  St. 
  John's, 
  the 
  fork 
  of 
  St. 
  Mary's, 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Can- 
  

   nouchee, 
  and 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  St. 
  Tillis" 
  (Satilla), 
  etc. 
  3 
  

  

  Population. 
  — 
  More 
  than 
  six 
  hundred 
  Yuchi 
  reside 
  in 
  northeastern 
  

   Indian 
  Territory, 
  upon 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  River, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  usually 
  

   classed 
  as 
  Creek. 
  Doubtless 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  intermar- 
  

   ried 
  with 
  them, 
  but 
  the 
  Yuchi 
  are 
  jealous 
  of 
  their 
  name 
  and 
  tena- 
  

   cious 
  of 
  their 
  position 
  as 
  a 
  tribe. 
  

  

  WAIILATPUAN. 
  

  

  = 
  Waiilatpu.Hale. 
  in 
  U. 
  S. 
  Expl. 
  Exp., 
  vi. 
  199, 
  214,569,1846 
  (includes 
  Gailloux 
  oi 
  

   Cayuse 
  or 
  Willetpoi 
  is. 
  and 
  Molele). 
  Gallatin, 
  after 
  Hale, 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Am. 
  Eth. 
  Si 
  >r. 
  . 
  

   II. 
  pt. 
  1 
  . 
  c, 
  14. 
  56, 
  77, 
  1848 
  (after 
  Hale). 
  Berghaus 
  (1851), 
  Physik. 
  Atlas, 
  map 
  1 
  7. 
  

   1 
  852. 
  Buschuiann, 
  Spuren 
  der 
  aztek. 
  Sprache, 
  628, 
  1859. 
  Bancroft, 
  Nat. 
  Races, 
  

   m, 
  565, 
  1882 
  (Cayuse 
  and 
  Mollale). 
  

  

  = 
  Wailatpu, 
  Gallatin 
  in 
  Schoolcraft, 
  Iud. 
  Tribes, 
  m, 
  402, 
  1853 
  (Cayuse 
  and 
  Molele). 
  

  

  X 
  Sahaptin. 
  Latham, 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Man, 
  323, 
  1850 
  (cited 
  as 
  including 
  Cayus 
  ?). 
  

  

  X 
  Sahaptins. 
  Keane. 
  App. 
  Stanford's 
  Comp. 
  (Cent, 
  and 
  So. 
  Am.), 
  474, 
  1878 
  (cited 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  it 
  includes 
  Cayuse 
  and 
  Mollale). 
  

  

  = 
  Molele, 
  Latham, 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Man, 
  324, 
  1850 
  (includes 
  Molele, 
  Cayus?). 
  

  

  > 
  Cayiis?. 
  Latham, 
  ibid. 
  

   Cayuse, 
  Gatschet 
  in 
  Mag. 
  Am. 
  Hist. 
  . 
  166, 
  1877 
  (Cayuse 
  and 
  Molele). 
  Gatschct 
  in 
  

   Beach. 
  Ind. 
  Misc., 
  442, 
  1877. 
  

  

  Derivation: 
  Wayiletpu, 
  plural 
  form 
  of 
  Wa-ilet, 
  "one 
  Cayuse 
  

   man 
  " 
  (Gatschet). 
  

  

  Hale 
  established 
  this 
  family 
  and 
  placed 
  under 
  it 
  the 
  Cailloux 
  or 
  

   Cayuse 
  or 
  Willetpoos, 
  and 
  the 
  Molele. 
  Their 
  headquarters 
  as 
  indi- 
  

   cated 
  by 
  Hale 
  are 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Walla 
  Walla 
  River 
  and 
  the 
  

   country 
  about 
  Mounts 
  Hood 
  and 
  Vancouver. 
  

  

  GEOGRAPHIC 
  DISTRIBUTION. 
  

  

  The 
  Cayuse 
  lived 
  chiefly 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Walla 
  Walla 
  River, 
  

   extending 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  on 
  the 
  Columbia, 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  Umatilla 
  and 
  Snake 
  Rivers. 
  The 
  Mobile 
  were 
  a 
  mountain 
  

   tribe 
  ami 
  i 
  iccupied 
  a 
  belt 
  of 
  mountain 
  country 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Columbia 
  

   River, 
  chiefly 
  about 
  Mounts 
  Hood 
  and 
  Jefferson. 
  

  

  PRINCIPAL 
  TRIBES. 
  

  

  Cayuse. 
  Molale. 
  

  

  1 
  Gatschet. 
  Creek 
  Mig. 
  Legend. 
  I, 
  21-22, 
  1884. 
  

  

  2 
  Discovery, 
  etc. 
  , 
  of 
  Kentucky, 
  1793, 
  n, 
  84-7. 
  

  

  3 
  Gatschet, 
  Creek 
  Mig. 
  Legend, 
  I. 
  p. 
  20. 
  

  

  