MAI’-DU FAMILY. 
1.—Kon'-kav. 
Obtained by Mr. Stephen Powers at the Round Valley Reservation, Cali- 
fornia, November, 1875, from Captain George and Charley Munson, 
both Mai’-du. The word kon-kau is from ko'-yo, a level place, a val- 
ley, and kau, ground, or place; the full original name being ko’-yong- 
kau. 'The Smithsonian alphabet was used. 
2.—Hol-o'-lu-pai. 
Obtained by Mr. Stephen Powers on Feather River, a little below Oro- 
ville, Cal., in 1872, from an Indian of the tribe. The Smithsonian 
alphabet was used. 
3.—Na'-kum. 
Obtained by Mr. Stephen Powers at Susanville, Cal., October, 1875, from 
an Indian of the tribe. The Smithsonian alphabet was used. 
4,— Ni -shi-nam. 
Obtained by Mr. Stephen Powers on Bear River, above Sheridan, Cal., in 
1874, from Paung’-lo and a Ni’-shi-nam woman, “Margaret”. The 
Smithsonian alphabet was used. 
5.—“ Digger.” 
Obtained by H. B. Brown. It is No. 557 of the Smithsonian Collections. 
The spelling has not been changed. 
6.—Cushna. 
Obtained by Mr. Adam Johnson ‘“‘in general from the tribe Cushna, on the 
mountains of the South Yuba, California. It is, however, common to 
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