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  YANAN-YCKIAX 
  FAMILIES. 
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  Population.— 
  The 
  U. 
  S. 
  Census 
  Bulletin 
  for 
  1890 
  mentions 
  thirty- 
  

   one 
  tribes 
  as 
  resident 
  on 
  the 
  Siletz 
  Reservation 
  with 
  a 
  combined 
  

   population 
  of 
  571. 
  How 
  many 
  Yakwina 
  are 
  among 
  this 
  number 
  is 
  

   not 
  known. 
  The 
  breaking 
  down 
  of 
  tribal 
  distinctions 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  

   the 
  extensive 
  intermarriage 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  tribes 
  is 
  given 
  as 
  the 
  

   reason 
  for 
  the 
  failure 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  census 
  by 
  tribes. 
  

  

  YANAN 
  FAMILY. 
  

  

  =N6-zi, 
  Powers 
  in 
  Cont. 
  N. 
  A. 
  Eth.. 
  in, 
  275. 
  1877 
  (or 
  No-si; 
  mention 
  of 
  tribe; 
  gives 
  

   numerals 
  and 
  states 
  they 
  are 
  different 
  from 
  any 
  lie 
  has 
  found 
  in 
  California). 
  

  

  =Noces, 
  Gatschet 
  in 
  Mag. 
  Am. 
  Hist., 
  160. 
  March, 
  1877 
  (or 
  Nozes; 
  merely 
  mentioned 
  

   under 
  Meidoo 
  family). 
  

  

  Derivation: 
  Yana 
  means 
  "people" 
  in 
  the 
  Yanan 
  language. 
  

  

  In 
  1880 
  Powell 
  collected 
  a 
  short 
  vocabulary 
  from 
  this 
  tribe, 
  

   which 
  is 
  chiefly 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  settlers 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  Noje 
  or 
  Nozi. 
  

   Judged 
  by 
  this 
  vocabulary 
  the 
  language 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  distinct 
  from 
  

   any 
  other. 
  More 
  recently, 
  in 
  1884, 
  Mr. 
  Curtin 
  visited 
  the 
  remnants 
  

   of 
  the 
  tribe, 
  consisting 
  of 
  thirty-five 
  individuals, 
  and 
  obtained 
  an 
  

   extensive 
  collection 
  of 
  words, 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  confirm 
  

   the 
  impression 
  of 
  the 
  isolated 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  language 
  as 
  regards 
  

   other 
  American 
  tongues. 
  

  

  The 
  Nozi 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  small 
  tribe 
  ever, 
  since 
  known 
  to 
  

   Europeans. 
  They 
  have 
  a 
  tradition 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  they 
  came 
  to 
  

   California 
  from 
  the 
  far 
  East. 
  Powers 
  states 
  that 
  they 
  differ 
  markedly 
  

   in 
  physical 
  traits 
  from 
  all 
  California 
  tribes 
  met 
  by 
  him. 
  At 
  present 
  

   the 
  Nozi 
  are 
  reduced 
  to 
  two 
  little 
  groups, 
  one 
  at 
  Redding, 
  the 
  other 
  

   in 
  their 
  original 
  country 
  at 
  Round 
  Mountain, 
  California. 
  

  

  GEOGRAPHIC 
  DISTRIBUTION. 
  

  

  The 
  eastern 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  Yanan 
  territory 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  a 
  

   range 
  of 
  mountains 
  a 
  little 
  west 
  of 
  Lassen 
  Butte 
  and 
  terminating 
  

   near 
  Pit 
  River; 
  the 
  northern 
  boundary 
  by 
  a 
  line 
  running 
  from 
  

   northeast 
  to 
  southwest, 
  passing 
  near 
  the 
  northern 
  side 
  of 
  Round 
  

   Mountain, 
  3 
  miles 
  from 
  Pit 
  River. 
  The 
  western 
  boundary 
  from 
  

   Redding 
  southward 
  is 
  on 
  an 
  average 
  10 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Sac- 
  

   ramento. 
  North 
  of 
  Redding 
  it 
  averages 
  double 
  that 
  distance 
  or 
  

   about 
  20 
  miles. 
  

  

  YUKIAX 
  FAMILY. 
  

  

  =Yuki, 
  Powers 
  in 
  Cont. 
  N. 
  A. 
  Eth.. 
  m, 
  125-138, 
  1877 
  (general 
  description 
  of 
  tribe). 
  

  

  =Yu-ki, 
  Powell 
  in 
  ibid.. 
  483 
  (vocabs. 
  of 
  Yu'-ki, 
  Huchnom, 
  and 
  a 
  fourth 
  unnamed 
  

   vocabulary). 
  

  

  =Yuka, 
  Powers 
  in 
  Overland 
  Monthly, 
  IX, 
  305, 
  Oct. 
  , 
  1872 
  (same 
  as 
  above). 
  Gatschet 
  

   in 
  Mag. 
  Am. 
  Hist., 
  161, 
  1877 
  (defines 
  habitat 
  of 
  family; 
  gives 
  Yuka, 
  Ashochemies 
  

   or 
  Wappos, 
  Shumeias, 
  Tahtoos). 
  Gatschet 
  in 
  Beach, 
  Ind. 
  Misc., 
  435,1877. 
  Ban- 
  

   croft, 
  Nat. 
  Races, 
  in. 
  566, 
  1882 
  1 
  includes 
  Yuka, 
  Tahtoo, 
  Wapo 
  or 
  Ashochemie). 
  

  

  