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  INDIAN 
  LINGUISTIC 
  FAMILIES. 
  

  

  above 
  cited. 
  He 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  "the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  band 
  

   on 
  the 
  Klamath, 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  Trinity," 
  adding 
  that 
  " 
  tins 
  

   language 
  prevails 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  above 
  that 
  point 
  to 
  the 
  coast, 
  but 
  

   does 
  not 
  extend 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  on 
  either 
  side." 
  It 
  would 
  thus 
  

   seem 
  clear 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  case, 
  as 
  in 
  several 
  others, 
  he 
  selected 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  a 
  band 
  to 
  apply 
  to 
  the 
  language 
  spoken 
  by 
  it. 
  The 
  language 
  thus 
  

   denned 
  has 
  been 
  accepted 
  as 
  distinct 
  by 
  later 
  authorities 
  except 
  La- 
  

   tham, 
  who 
  included 
  as 
  dialects 
  under 
  the 
  Weitspek 
  language, 
  the 
  

   L< 
  icality 
  i 
  >f 
  which 
  he 
  gives 
  as 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  Klamath 
  and 
  Trinity 
  

   Rivers, 
  the 
  Weyot 
  and 
  Wishosk. 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  now 
  classed 
  under 
  

   the 
  Wishoskan 
  family. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  Karok 
  these 
  tribes 
  are 
  called 
  Yurok, 
  "down" 
  or 
  "below," 
  

   by 
  which 
  name 
  the 
  family 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  known. 
  

  

  GEOGRAPHIC 
  DISTRIBUTION. 
  

  

  For 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  tribes 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  we 
  are 
  

   chiefly 
  indebted 
  to 
  Stephen 
  Powers. 
  1 
  The 
  tribes 
  occupy 
  the 
  lower 
  

   Klamath 
  River, 
  Oregon, 
  from 
  the 
  nn 
  >uth 
  c 
  >f 
  the 
  Trinity 
  down. 
  Upon 
  

   the 
  coast. 
  Weitspekan 
  territory 
  extends 
  from 
  Gold 
  Bluff 
  to 
  about 
  (3 
  

   miles 
  above 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Klamath. 
  The 
  Chilliila 
  are 
  an 
  offshoot 
  

   of 
  the 
  Weitspek, 
  living 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  them, 
  along 
  Redwood 
  Creek 
  

   to 
  a 
  point 
  about 
  20 
  miles 
  inland, 
  and 
  from 
  Gold 
  Bluff 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  

   about 
  midway 
  between 
  Little 
  and 
  Mad 
  Rivers. 
  

  

  PRINCIPAL 
  TRIBES. 
  

  

  ChilMla, 
  Redwood 
  Creek. 
  

  

  Mita, 
  Klamath 
  River. 
  

  

  Pekwan, 
  Klamath 
  River. 
  

  

  Rikwa, 
  Regua, 
  fishing 
  village 
  at 
  outlet 
  of 
  Klamath 
  River. 
  

  

  Sugon, 
  Shragoin, 
  Klamath 
  River. 
  

  

  Weitspek, 
  Klamath 
  River 
  (above 
  Big 
  Beud). 
  

  

  WISHOSKAN 
  FAMILY. 
  

  

  > 
  Wish-osk.Gibbs 
  in 
  Schoolcraft, 
  Ind. 
  Tribes, 
  ill, 
  433, 
  1853 
  (given 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  

  

  dialect 
  on 
  Mad 
  River 
  and 
  Humboldt 
  Bay). 
  

   = 
  Wish-osk. 
  Powell 
  in 
  Cont. 
  N. 
  A. 
  Eth., 
  m, 
  478, 
  1877 
  (vocabularies 
  of 
  Wish-osk, 
  

  

  Wi-yot, 
  and 
  Ko-wilth). 
  Gatschet 
  in 
  Mag. 
  Am. 
  Hist., 
  163, 
  1877 
  (indicates 
  area 
  

  

  occupied 
  by 
  family). 
  Gatschet 
  in 
  Beach, 
  Ind. 
  Misc., 
  437, 
  1877. 
  

   >Wee-yot, 
  Gibbs 
  in 
  Schoolcraft, 
  Ind. 
  Tribes, 
  m, 
  422, 
  1853 
  (given 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  

  

  dialect 
  on 
  Eel 
  River 
  and 
  Humboldt 
  Bay). 
  

   X 
  Weitspek. 
  Latham 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Philolog. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  77, 
  1856 
  (includes 
  Weyot 
  and 
  

  

  Wishosk). 
  Latham, 
  Opuscula, 
  343, 
  1860. 
  

   < 
  Klamath, 
  Keane, 
  App. 
  Stanford's 
  Comp. 
  (Cent, 
  and 
  So. 
  Am.), 
  475, 
  1878 
  (cited 
  as 
  

  

  including 
  Patawats, 
  Weeyots, 
  Wishosks). 
  

  

  Derivation: 
  Wish-osk 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  Bay 
  and 
  Mad 
  River 
  

   Indians 
  by 
  those 
  of 
  Eel 
  River. 
  

  

  'I'ont. 
  N. 
  V. 
  Eth., 
  is;;, 
  vol. 
  :;, 
  p. 
  44. 
  

  

  