410 WESTERN LANGUAGES CLASSIFIED. 



Tnssawehe, or " White Knives," chiefly residing in Eastern Nevada 



Paviotso, or "Athlets," in Western Nevada (on Pyramid Lake Reser- 

 vation), partly called Payutes. 



Bannock, or Panaiti, now mostly located on reservations in Southern 

 Idaho. 



Gosiats, commonly called Goshi-Utes, Goshoots, from Salt Lake to 

 Eastern Nevada. 



Tnka-rika, " Mountain-sheep-Eaters," or Salmon River Snakes, Idaho. 



B. Snake. — The designation Snake Indians applies to their former set- 

 tlements on Snake River of Idaho; it is confined now to the northwestern 

 group of the Numa race, ranging between Snake River and the Cascade 

 Range of Oregon, and comprises also most of the Indians of Numa origin 

 settled on Malheur and Klamath Agency, Oregon. 



Wihinasht, a term used by Horatio Hale to designate the Western 

 Shoslionis or Snake Indians of Owyhee River and west of it ; this name 

 has now become obsolete. 



Walpapi and Yahuskin, formerly hunting in southern and eastern 

 parts of Oregon ; since 1864 they were partially settled on Klamath Re- 

 servation, around Sprague River. 



To make a more detailed classification of groups A and B possible more 

 information must be obtained regarding their tribes and tribal subdivisions. 



C. Pa-Uta. — The section of country from which the Pa-Uta (Payute, 

 Pa-Yutah) have spread into several adjacent countries is Central and 

 Southern Nevada. The singular form of this name is Paiuta-at, meaning 

 a Payute man. It is their custom to live in small bands, and the most popu- 

 lous of these in Nevada are the following : 



Pa-Uta, on Moapa Reservation, on Muddy River. 



Paraniguts, or Paranagats, in Paraniguts Valley ; 171 souls in 1873. 



Tsauwarits, in Meadow Valley. 



Nuaguntits, in Las Vegas Valley ; 1 61' in 1873. This subdialect was in- 

 vestigated by Messrs. Francis Klett, Theo. V. Brown, and Dr. W. J. Hoffman. 



Mowiats, on Cottonwood Island, in Colorado River. 



Chemehuevi, or, as they call themselves, Tantawats, mainly on Cotton- 

 wood Island. Vocabulary by Oscar Loew. 



