CHAPTER XXXVI. 
TRIBES RELATED TO THE PAL UVTI. 
I have above intimated that there is a large infusion of Paiuti elements 
in the lower end of the great California basin, arising from early invasions. 
Among these tribes are the Pal-li-ga-wo-nap’ (from pal-up’, “stream”, and 
e-ke’-wan, “‘large”) on Kern River; the Ti-pa-to-la’-pa on the South Fork 
of the Kern; and the Wi-nan-gik’ on the North Fork. Another name for 
the Tipatolapa was the Ku-chi-bich-i-wa-nap’ Pal-up’ (little stream). At 
Bakersfield was a tribe called by the Yokuts, Pal-e’-um-mi. In the famous 
Tahichapah Pass was a tribe called by themselves Ta-hi-cha-pa-han’-na; 
by the Kern River Indians, Ta-hichp’; and by the Yokuts, K4-wi’-a-suh. 
They are now extinct. The Kern River Indians were called by the Yokuts 
of Fort Tejon, Pi-tan’-ni-suh; and the Indians at Kern Lake, Pal-wu’-nuh 
(which denotes “down below”). On Kern River Slough are the Po-e’-lo; 
at Kern River Falls, the To-mo’-la; on Posa Creek, the Be’-ku. On White 
River there are no Indians, neither have there been any for many years, 
owing to the prevalence of malaria; but there are indications that the lands 
along this stream were once inhabited. 
THE PAL-LI-GA-WO-NAP’. 
As above stated, these Indians lived on Kern River; this one tribe 
may stand for ail on the branches of this stream, and also for those formerly 
occupying Posa Creek and White River. All the lower waters of the Kern 
and of these other streams flow through a low malarious region which is 
very unhealthy. It is related by the Indians that all the aborigines living 
about Kern Lake perished in one year with the scourge of chills and fever. 
The dwellers on Posa Creek and White River often suffered terribly from 
the same disease, and finally, within- the American period, or very soon 
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