THE TRIBES OF CALIFORNIA. 
BY STEPHEN POWERS. 
CHAPTER. I. 
THE KA-ROK. 
On the Klamath there live three distinct tribes, called the Yu-rok, 
Ka’-rok and Mo’-dok, which names are said to mean, res nectivel ic “do wh 
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the Yl er” oCii D the river” and a head of the river”. The first two are 
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east”; but the third is doubtful. The habitat of the Karok extends from 
derived from yi-ruk, yi-tuk, meaning “down west”, and kd-ruk, “ 
a certain canon a few miles above Waitspek, along the Klamath, to the foot 
of Klamath Mountains, and a few miles up Salmon River. They have no 
recollection of any ancient migration to this region; on the contrary, they 
have legends of Creation, of the Flood, ete., which are fabled to have 
occurred on the Klamath. 
The Karok are probably the finest tribe in California. Their stature 
is only a trifle under the American; they have well-sized bodies, erect and 
strongly knit together, of an almost feminine roundness and smoothness, 
the legs better developed than the arms; and when a Karok has the weapon 
to which he is accustomed—a sharp stone gripped in the hand—he will face 
a white man and give him a handsome fight, though when armed only with 
a snickersnee or a revolver, in the use of which he does not feel confidence, 
he flees before him. The Klamath face is a little less broad than that on 
the Sacramento; in early manhood nearly as oval as the American; cheek- 
bones large and round-capped, but not too prominent; head brachycephalic; 
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