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HUPA 



until 1892; an<l a re^<ervation li'in. square, 

 including nearly all tlie IIui)a habitat, was 

 set apart in Aug., 186-1. The population 

 in 1888 was given as 650; in 1900, 430; 

 in 1905, 412. They are at present self- 

 supporting, depending on agricmltnre and 



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(goddard) 



stock raising. When they first came in 

 contact with the whites, in 1850, the Hupa 

 were all under the control of a chief 

 called Ahrookoos by the Yurok (McKee 

 in Sen. Ex. Doc. 4, 32d C'ong., spec, sess., 

 161, 1858), whose authority is said to have 

 extended to other peoples southward 

 along Trinity r. The position of chief de- 

 pended on the possession of wealth, which 

 usually remained in the family, caus- 

 ing the chieftainship to descend from 

 father to son. In feasts and dances a 

 division of the Hupa into two parts if^ 

 manifest, but this division seems to have 

 no validity outside of religious matters. 

 The tribe occupied the following ])erma- 

 nent villages: Cheindekhotding, Djish- 

 tangading, Haslinding, Honsading, How- 

 ungkut, Kinchuwhikut, INIedilding, 



Miskut, Takimilding. Tlelding, Toltsas- 

 ding, and Tsewenalding. Powers (Cont. 

 N. A. Ethnol., in, 73, 1877) gave Chail- 

 kutkaituh, Wissomanchuh, antl Misketoi- 

 itok, which have not been identified with 

 any of the foregoing; Gibbs (MS. on 

 Klamath river, B. A. E., 1852), on infor- 

 mation furni>hed by the Yurok, gave 

 Wangullewut 1 e k a u h , Wa ngul le w a 1 1 , 

 Sehachpeva, and (Schoolcraft, Ind.Tribes, 

 III, 139, 1853)Tashuanta, Sokeakeit(Sok- 

 chit), and Meyemn)a. 



The houses of the Hupa w-ere built of 

 cedar s]al)s set on end, the walls being 4 ft 

 high on the sides and rising to more tlian 

 6 ft at the ends to accommodate the slope 

 of the roof, inclosing a place al)Out 20 ft 

 square, the central i)art of which was ex- 

 cavated to form the principal chamber, 

 which was al)Out 12 ft square and 5 ft 

 deep. The entrance was a hole 18 or 20 

 in. in diameter and about a foot above 

 tlie ground. This was the storehouse for 

 the family goods and the sleeping place 

 of the women. The men occupied sw'eat 

 houses at night. The Hupa depended 

 for food on tlie deer and elk of the moun- 

 tains, the salmon and lamprey of the 



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river, and the acorns and other vegetal 

 foods growing plentifully about them. 

 They are noted for the beautiful twined 

 baskets pn)duced by the women and 

 the fine pipes and implements executed 

 bv the men. The vew bows they ustvi 



