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T ITMEESEE YUROK 



[B. A. B. 



petticoats of the bark of trees; they 

 bathe at all seasons, and arrange the hair, 

 which they always wear long, in diverse 

 figures, utilizing for this purpose a kind 

 of gum or sticky mud. Always are they 

 painted, some with black, others with 

 red, and many with all colors. All those 

 of the banks of the river are very gener- 

 ous and lovers of their country, in which 

 they do not hunt game because they 

 abound in all provisions." 



Important tribes of the northern Yuman 

 areaaretheCocopa, Diegueiio, Havasupai, 

 Maricopa, JNIohave, Tonto, Walapai, Ya- 

 vapai, and Yuma. These differ consid- 

 erably, both i)hysically and otherwise, 

 the river tribes being somewhat superior 

 to the others. The Yuma are a fine 

 people, rather superior to the Cocopa, 

 although closely resembling them phys- 

 ically. 



The population of the Yuman tribes 

 within the United States numbered about 

 3,700 in 1909. 



In addition to the tribes mentioned, the 

 following were also of Yuman affinity, but 

 so far as known they are either extinct or 

 their tribal identity has been lost: Agua- 

 chacha, Bahacecha, Cajuenche, Coanopa, 

 Cocoueahra (?) , Gualta, Guamua, Guana- 

 bepe, Haglli, Hoabonoma, Iguanes, Japul, 

 Kivezaku, Ojiopas, Quigyuma, Quilmurs, 

 Sakuma, Tzekupama. (h. w. h. ) 



>Yuma.— Turner in Pac. R. R. Rep., in, pt. 3, 55, 

 94, 101, 1S56 (includes Cuclian, Coco-Maricopa, 

 Mojave, Diegeflo); Latham in Trans. Philol. Soc. 

 Lond., 86, 1856; Latiiam, Opuscula, 351, 1860 (as 

 above); Latham, Opuscula, addenda, 392, 1860 

 (adds Cuchan to the group); Latham El. Comp. 

 Philol., 420, 1862 (includes Cuchan, Cocomaricopa, 

 Mojave, Dieguno); Gatschet in Mag. Am. Hist., 

 156, 1877 (mentions only LT.S. members of family); 

 Keane in Stanford, Compend., Cent, and So. Am., 

 460, 479, 1878 (includes Yumas, Maricopas, Cu- 

 chans, Mojaves, Yampais, Yavipais, Hualpais); 

 Bancroft, Nat. Races, in, 669, 1882. =Yuma.— 

 Gatschet in Beach, Ind Misc., 429, 1877 (habitat 

 and dialects of family); Gatschet in U. S. Geog. 

 Surv. W. 100th Mer., vii, 413, 414, 1879. =Yuman.— 

 Powell in 7th Kep. B. A. E. 137, 1891. >Die- 

 guno. — Latham (1853) in Proc. PhiloL Soc. 

 Lond., VI, 75, 18.54 (includes mission of San Diego, 

 Dieguno, Cocomaricopas, Cuchan, Yumas, Ama- 

 quaquas). >Cochiini. — Latham in Trans. Philol. 

 Soc. Lond., 87, 1S.56 (northern part peninsula of 

 California); Buschmann, Spuren der aztek. 

 Sprache, 471, 1859 (centerof California peninsula): 

 Latham, Opu.scula, 353, 1860; Latham, El. Comp. 

 Philol., 423, 1862; Orozco y Berra, Geog., map, 

 1864; Keane In Stanford, Compend., Cent, and 

 So. Am., 476, 1878 (head of gulf to near Loreto). 



Yumersee (misspelling of Yamasee, q.v. ). 

 A former Seminole town at the head 

 of Sumulgahatchee r., 20 m. n. of St 

 Marks, Wakulla co., Fla. Alac Hajo was 

 chief in 1823.— H. R. Ex. Doc. 74, 19th 

 Cong., 1st sess., 27, 1826. 



Yungyu. The Opuntia Cactus clan of 

 the Chua (Snake) phratry of the Hopi. 

 Yunii wiiiwu.— Fewkes in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 582, 

 1900. Yii'-nii wun-wii. — Fewkes in Am. Anthr., 

 VII, 402, 1894(M)uu-!«M='clan' ). Yu'n-ya.— Stephen 

 in 8th Rep. B. A. E., 38, 1891. 



Yunsawi ( lYinsd^l, ' buffalo place ' ). A 

 former Cherokee settlement on w. Buf- 



falo cr. of Cheowa r., in Graham co., N. C. 

 Buffalo Town. — Doc. of 1799 quoted by Royce in 

 5th Rep., B. A. E., 144, 1887. Yunsa'i.— Mooney in 

 10th Rep. B. A. E., 547, 1900. 



Yunu. A Maidu division living e. of 

 Chico, Butte co., Cal. 



Yunu.— Curtin, MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1885. 



Yupaha. An ancient province, gov- 

 erned by a woman and said to have 

 much metal, described as lying e. of 

 Apalache, in n. w Florida or s. w. 

 Georgia. It was heard of by De Soto in 

 1540, and may have been identical with 

 the territory of the Yuchi (q. v.). 

 Yupacha.— Harris, Voy. and Trav., I, 806, 1705. 

 Yupaha.— Gentl. of Elvas (1557) in French, Hist. 

 Coll. La., II, 136, 1850. 



Yupon. See Black drink, Yopon. 



Yupu ( Yu'-pu). A former Maidu vil- 

 lage on the w. bank of Feather r., on the 

 site of the present Yuba City, Sutter co., 

 Cal. In 1850 it contained 180 inhab- 

 itants. The name Yuba is a corruption 

 of Yupu. (r. b. d. ) 



Bubu.— Bancroft, Nat. Races, i, 4.50, 1874. Ne- 

 vadas.— Ind. Afif. Rep. 1856, 251, 1857. XJbu.— Ban- 

 croft, op. cit. Vubum. — Chever in Bull. E.ssex 

 Inst. 1870, II, 28, 1871. Yubas.— Day (1850) in 

 Sen. E.x. Doc. 4, 32d Cong., spec. se.ss., 39, 1853. 

 Yupu.— Curtin, MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1885. 

 Yuvas. — Fremont, Geog. Memoir, 22, 1848. 



Yupwauremau. One of the two Woccon 

 towns in Greene co., N. C, in 1700. — Law- 

 son, Hist. Car. (1714), 383, 1860. 



Yuquot. The principal town of the 

 Mooachaht, situated in Friendly cove, 

 Nootka sd., w. coast of Vancouver id. 

 In olden times it was a widely known 

 place, continually frequented by trading 

 vessels. Pop. 172 in 1904, 140 in 1910. 

 Moacha.— Can. Ind. AfT., pt. 2, 88, 1910. Nootka.— 

 Jewitt, Narr., passim, 1849. YucuatL — Galiano, 

 Relacion, 117, 1802. Yuquot.— Can. Ind. Aff., 264, 

 1902. 



Yurguimes. A former tribe of n. e. Coa- 

 huilaors. Texas, perhaps Coahuiltecan. — 

 Doc. quoted bv Orozco y Berra, Geog., 

 306, 1864. 



Yurok (from Karok yuruk, 'down- 

 stream'). A tribe living on lower Kla- 

 math r., Cal., and the adjacent coast, con- 

 stituting the Weitspekan linguistic family. 

 They have no name for themselves 

 other than Olekwo'l ('persons'), some- 

 times written Alikira. The territory of 

 the Yurok extended from Bluff cr., 6 m. 

 above the mouth of the Trinity, down 

 Klamath r. to its mouth, and on the coast 

 from beyond Wilson cr., 6 m. n. of the 

 mouth of the Klamath, to probably Mad r. 

 Their settlements in the valley were 

 confined closely to the river, and those 

 along the coast were close to the beach or 

 on the lagoons. They had no settlements 

 on Redwood cr. except at the mouth. 

 Along Klamath r. the Yurok language was 

 everywhere uniform, but along the coast 

 s. of the mouth of the Klamath there were 

 three slightly varying dialects, one spoken 

 at Gold blutf, one at Redwood cr., and a 

 third at Trinidad, the last differing most 

 from that of the river. 



