SeelhgishdingBell Spring Mountain, "Split Rock place", "Forked Rock place""Gill θéˑ̚łɡ̥ɬə̞ʃd̥ɑŋ, lit forked rock, Ind. name of Bell Spg. Mt., ca 5 m straight e. of Red Mt." (JPH, mf.2, reel 4, im.18B)whDeeʾ-kiiyaahaang 1Rattlesnake Creek Wailaki bandIidaahkw 1Wailaki Tribe9.7.2.10.15Wailaki/Sinkyone (Inland) territory9.7.2.03Names of villages/towns9.7.2.07Names of rocks/points/mountainscomp. ofSeelhgishBell Springs=dingplaceSource forms: θéˑłɡ̥ə̞ʃd̥ɑŋ
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seelhkitmagnesite bead, "Indian gold"Yooʾ teelhsaang yaaʾnii, lhaang yooʾ, yooʾghittlʾoong, seelhkit, yooʾlhtciik, yooʾdaiʾitc.Beads were hanging there, they say: many beads, a bead belt, magnesite gold beads, red magnesite beads, small flower beads.GT30 10.1gensee 1stonesynyooʾlhtciikmagnesite1.2.2.2Rock1.2.2.5Jewel6.8.1.4Store wealth6.8.6Moneycomp. ofseerocklhkitsmoothcfseelhkitʾiikingfisherSource forms: sĕ́h͡l‑kŭtseʟ kûtseʟ kûtseʟ kût
seelhkitʾiibelted kingfisherMegaceryle alcyon"Seelhkitʾii toonai chʾibee-banjaaʾ," tcʾin yaaʾnii."Let kingfishers catch fish," he said, they say.GT02b 41.221.6.1.2.05Medium-sized Birdscfseelhkitmagnesite beadSource forms: seʟ kʼût dī, seʟ kût īseʟ kʼût dīseʟ kût ī, seL kût dīset-kut´-tesēʟ gĕ tĕSeelhkitʾiin aKingfisher (character)
SeelhkʾitstoobiiʾBig Split Rock Hole, "Cracked Rock Water Valley"The big split rock at Redemeyer's place where the Water-Panther went in: "seʟ kûts tō bī big split rock hole" (Goddard stories 11-20, p.26)
"243 A huge, split rock on Redemeyer's ranch. There are supposed to be underground means of communication between certain ponds and the ocean which these mythical animals use." (Goddard, 1909, p.235)Yeehnaatyaa yaaʾnii, see-biiʾ.He went in, they say, into the rock.GT31 1.69.7.2.07Names of rocks/points/mountainscomp. ofseerocklhkʾitsʾcrackedtoowater=biiʾin it in PSource forms: seʟ kûts tō bī
"243 A huge, split rock on Redemeyer's ranch. There are supposed to be underground means of communication between certain ponds and the ocean which these mythical animals use." (Goddard, 1909, p.235)Yeehnaatyaa yaaʾnii, see-biiʾ.He went in, they say, into the rock.GT31 1.69.7.2.07Names of rocks/points/mountainscomp. ofseerocklhkʾitsʾcrackedtoowater=biiʾin it in PSource forms: seʟ kûts tō bī
seelhsow1boiling stone, cooking stoneblue stones, probably steatite/soapstone?
"Property.-... women [owned], their clothing, pounding baskets, soup rocks, water baskets." (Loeb, p.48)gensee 1stonesynsee-teehchʾilteelboiling stoneusechʾ-(s)..lhbitc/beetcboil st taa-chʾ-(ghin)..bilh/biilʾcook mush/soup5.2.1.3Cooking utensil2soapstone, "blue stone"cnstseedilniikʾ 1stone pipe1.2.2.2Rockdial. var.see-eesowcomp. ofseerocklhtsowblue/green (adjectival)seː-łtsoɢsee=ł-sow 'blue stone'Source forms: sĕ ĕ sō
"Property.-... women [owned], their clothing, pounding baskets, soup rocks, water baskets." (Loeb, p.48)gensee 1stonesynsee-teehchʾilteelboiling stoneusechʾ-(s)..lhbitc/beetcboil st taa-chʾ-(ghin)..bilh/biilʾcook mush/soup5.2.1.3Cooking utensil2soapstone, "blue stone"cnstseedilniikʾ 1stone pipe1.2.2.2Rockdial. var.see-eesowcomp. ofseerocklhtsowblue/green (adjectival)seː-łtsoɢsee=ł-sow 'blue stone'Source forms: sĕ ĕ sō
SeelhsowkaanaatindingBlue Rock Crossroad village, "Blue Rock Road Coming Back Up place""rock blue crossing 5 pits on the north side of Cahto creek and the west side of a small flowing stream. Small willows. 1/2 mile north of Cahto. tcib.be.ta.kwot.kii.ya.hun" (Goddard, APS44Cahto7?, notebook 6)whTcʾibeetaahkwot-kiiyaahaangCahto Creek band9.7.2.10.02Cahto area9.7.2.03Names of villages/townsder. ofseelhsowblue stonekaa-1up out ofnaa-3iterative/reversativetiniitrail=dingplaceSource forms: seʟ sō ka na tûn dûñ
seelhtcindiniiyellow-breasted chat, "mockingbird"Icteria virensa large warbler featured in a story competing with the relatively similar meadowlark, locally called "mockingbird" (at least in Goddard's time)Haakwdangʾ seelhtcindinii ndooʾ yaaʾnii.At that time there were no yellow-breasted chats ("mockingbirds"), they say.GT01 1.43"Seelhtcindinii, tcʾoolaakii lhaa-manjaaʾ," tcʾin yaaʾnii.“Let there be many yellow-breasted chats and meadowlarks,” he said, they say.GT02b 41.17rel.tcʾoolaakiimeadowlark1.6.1.2.10Small Birds/T'aa'kwliintcseelhtcindiniikyow: ses-chen tin/-ne-cho [ER-ME]cfd..nii/niiʾ/niilhsaySource forms: seʟ tcûn dûn nī, seʟ tcûn dûn neseʟ tciñ dûn nī, seʟ tcin dûn nī, seʟ tcûn dûn nī, seL tcûn dûn nī
seelhtciikred flint, jasper, "red rock"sim.chʾisaalhiiʾceremonial obsidian knifekeebil 2red flint treasure blade1.2.2.2Rockcomp. ofseerocklhtciikredseː-łtʃiːkseelhtciik: seʟ tcīk [SN-GO]seʟ tcī...Seelhtciikwotn iaRed Rock Creek
SeelhtciikwotTentativeRed Rock Creekvillage of Long Valley Cahto; Name only given in Yuki, but straightforwardly translatable back to Cahto see-lhtciik-kwot:
What appears to be this same incident is related by Martina Bell to Essene. (Essene, p.93) [If they are the same, then Palmi is either Siiʾnees or Naadin Chʾilhchoos, Bell's granfathers]
"Word came to the Lilkaino'in or Lilshikno'm Yuki on Eel River that if they would come to the Kolukómno'm [Long Valley] Kato village of Lilaⁿsichmaⁿl or " red-rock- creek," they would receive gifts; that is, that the Kato wanted to trade, making a donation first and then accepting presents in return. When the Yuki arrived an old man and two of his sons were killed and two other young men captured by the Kato. A brother and a son of the old man, named, respectively, Titopi and Pitaki, escaped. The former had indeed been seized, but broke away. As he fled up the canyon he was- shot through the hand with an arrow. But he made his escape, and when he arrived on top of the mountain sat down and mourned his brother after the fashion of the Wailaki. The Lilshikno'm and Ta'no'm Yuki were in closer association with the Wailaki than the other Yuki, and this is only one instance of several that they followed the customs which their kinsmen regarded as characteristic of the Wailaki. The Kato man who was responsible for this attack was called Palmi by the Yuki. One of the three victims had his head cut off by the Kato ; that is, they danced over it. The fate of the two captives is not mentioned in the story. To a California Indian this would probably seem naturally equivalent to stating that they were killed. It is characteristic that the names of the two men who escaped are cited, but those of their slain kinsmen not mentioned." (Kroeber, 1925, p.157)whTlʾoh-kiiyaahaang 1Long Valley bandrel."Palmi"Palmi (man's name)Naadin ChʾilhchoosMaking Faces (Bill Ray's father)SiiʾneesLong Hair (Lucy (Cooke) Ray's father)9.7.2.09Names of riverscomp. ofseelhtciikred flint-kwotcreek
What appears to be this same incident is related by Martina Bell to Essene. (Essene, p.93) [If they are the same, then Palmi is either Siiʾnees or Naadin Chʾilhchoos, Bell's granfathers]
"Word came to the Lilkaino'in or Lilshikno'm Yuki on Eel River that if they would come to the Kolukómno'm [Long Valley] Kato village of Lilaⁿsichmaⁿl or " red-rock- creek," they would receive gifts; that is, that the Kato wanted to trade, making a donation first and then accepting presents in return. When the Yuki arrived an old man and two of his sons were killed and two other young men captured by the Kato. A brother and a son of the old man, named, respectively, Titopi and Pitaki, escaped. The former had indeed been seized, but broke away. As he fled up the canyon he was- shot through the hand with an arrow. But he made his escape, and when he arrived on top of the mountain sat down and mourned his brother after the fashion of the Wailaki. The Lilshikno'm and Ta'no'm Yuki were in closer association with the Wailaki than the other Yuki, and this is only one instance of several that they followed the customs which their kinsmen regarded as characteristic of the Wailaki. The Kato man who was responsible for this attack was called Palmi by the Yuki. One of the three victims had his head cut off by the Kato ; that is, they danced over it. The fate of the two captives is not mentioned in the story. To a California Indian this would probably seem naturally equivalent to stating that they were killed. It is characteristic that the names of the two men who escaped are cited, but those of their slain kinsmen not mentioned." (Kroeber, 1925, p.157)whTlʾoh-kiiyaahaang 1Long Valley bandrel."Palmi"Palmi (man's name)Naadin ChʾilhchoosMaking Faces (Bill Ray's father)SiiʾneesLong Hair (Lucy (Cooke) Ray's father)9.7.2.09Names of riverscomp. ofseelhtciikred flint-kwotcreek
SeelhtciitoodingRed Rock Water village, "Red Rock Water Place""Where he dreamed up coast.", referring to Coyote dreaming at the start of The Securing of Light story. (Goddard notebook I, p.37)9.7.2.10.11Coast Yuki territory9.7.2.03Names of villages/townscomp. ofseelhtciikred flinttoowater=dingplaceSource forms: seʟ tcī tō dûñ
See-NaachʾgootPointing Rockplacename, location unknown
"Martina trs. θéˑnnaˑtʃʾgoˑtʿ, pointing-rock, the rock that is pointing" (JPH, mf.2, reel 4, im.160A)9.7.2.07Names of rocks/points/mountainscomp. ofseerocknaa-chʾ..gootpoint to st.=iNRSource forms: θéˑnnaˑtʃʾgoˑtʿ
"Martina trs. θéˑnnaˑtʃʾgoˑtʿ, pointing-rock, the rock that is pointing" (JPH, mf.2, reel 4, im.160A)9.7.2.07Names of rocks/points/mountainscomp. ofseerocknaa-chʾ..gootpoint to st.=iNRSource forms: θéˑnnaˑtʃʾgoˑtʿ
Seenaansaankwot1Rock Creek, "Rock Hangs Down Creek"9.7.2.09Names of rivers2Rock Creek camp, "Rock Hangs Down Creek" camp"senansa'n^kut, from se, rock, nansan^, hang down, and kut, creek, on the east bank of the south fork of Eel river at a point about a mile and a half down stream from Branscomb." (Barrett)
"stone hang good sized bridged creek from north through heavy timber. Bill says never live in winter. About where marked on Barretts map. When we rode creek (We had followed the river down) to the road 200yds east on the north side of the road a similar gulch. 3 pits on the west side building on the east side Where others probably were." (Goddard, NBVI, pp.40-41) [SRA = That this is Rock Creek is quite clear from the Barrett map.]whSiintkwot-kiiyaahaangSouth Fork Eel River band9.7.2.10.03Jackson Valley area9.7.2.03Names of villages/townscomp. ofseerocknaa-(ghin)..saanbe hanging down-kwotcreekSource forms: se nan s añ kwotSen-ahn-sahⁿ-kut
"stone hang good sized bridged creek from north through heavy timber. Bill says never live in winter. About where marked on Barretts map. When we rode creek (We had followed the river down) to the road 200yds east on the north side of the road a similar gulch. 3 pits on the west side building on the east side Where others probably were." (Goddard, NBVI, pp.40-41) [SRA = That this is Rock Creek is quite clear from the Barrett map.]whSiintkwot-kiiyaahaangSouth Fork Eel River band9.7.2.10.03Jackson Valley area9.7.2.03Names of villages/townscomp. ofseerocknaa-(ghin)..saanbe hanging down-kwotcreekSource forms: se nan s añ kwotSen-ahn-sahⁿ-kut
See-NaatghilghaalʾdingStacked Rock, Piedra Encimada, "Rocks Poured Down Place"name of a rock on the beach north of Cleone
"piedra encimada ... Martina θéˑ naˑ tʽyɪlɡ̥ɑ̞l̉d̥ɑŋ, piedras encimadas." (JPH, mf.2, reel 3, im.671B, 673A)
whBaang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki people9.7.2.10.11Coast Yuki territory9.7.2.07Names of rocks/points/mountainscomp. ofseerocknaa-d-(ghin)..lghaalh/ghaalʾpour pl O down=dingplaceSource forms: θéˑ naˑ tʽyɪlɡ̥ɑ̞l̉d̥ɑŋ
"piedra encimada ... Martina θéˑ naˑ tʽyɪlɡ̥ɑ̞l̉d̥ɑŋ, piedras encimadas." (JPH, mf.2, reel 3, im.671B, 673A)
whBaang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki people9.7.2.10.11Coast Yuki territory9.7.2.07Names of rocks/points/mountainscomp. ofseerocknaa-d-(ghin)..lghaalh/ghaalʾpour pl O down=dingplaceSource forms: θéˑ naˑ tʽyɪlɡ̥ɑ̞l̉d̥ɑŋ
Seenaatʾai-uuyeehUnder the Upright Stone village, Under the Standing Stone village"se.na.t'ai.uu.ye Way up L'o(.tcoo.suN.kwut creek (down at ye.lun.dun / ne'.Lut.tcoo.bii {ground smoke big} up same creek yii.tcoo there way the hill ne'.t'apocket kind of pocket this side" (Goddard, NB part 2 villages, p.47)whTlʾohchowsʾaankwotBunchgrass Lies CreekYeehliinding-kiiyaahaangFlows In Place band9.7.2.10.07Northern Tenmile Creek area9.7.2.03Names of villages/townscomp. ofseerocknaa..tʾaa/ʾaaʾstand up (as a mountain)=iNR-uuyeehunder PSource forms: se na t'ai ū ye
Seenchaagh1Big RockwhSeenchaagh-kiiyaahaangBig Rock band9.7.2.03Names of villages/towns9.7.2.10.01Big Rock area9.7.2.07Names of rocks/points/mountainscomp.SeenchaahkwotBig Rock Creek village2Blue Rock, "Big Rock"ptSeenchaahding 2Blue Rock VillagewhDeeʾ-kiiyaahaang 2Eel River Wailaki tribeIidaahkw 1Wailaki Tribe9.7.2.10.15Wailaki/Sinkyone (Inland) territory9.7.2.03Names of villages/towns9.7.2.07Names of rocks/points/mountainscomp. ofseerocknchaagh2largeSource forms: sen tcaɢ
Seenchaagh-kiiyaahaangBig Rock bandptLhtaaghtaahdingAmong the Black Oaks Place villageSaaktooʾchowdingBig Spring Place villageSaaktooʾdingSpring PlaceSeenchaagh 1Big RockSeenchaahding 1Big Rock RancheriaSeenchaahkwotBig Rock Creek villageTinishtʾangʾkooghingʾaadingManzanita Runs Down villageTnaaʾsʾaandingMilkweed Lies Place villageTnaaʾsʾaankwotUpper Mud Springs CreekTcʾibeetctaahdingLittle Douglas Firs Village9.7.1.4Tribal names9.7.2.10.01Big Rock areacomp. ofSeenchaaghBig Rock-kiiyaahaangtribeSource forms: se ṉ tcag [e?] kī ya hûñ
Seenchaahding1Big Rock Rancheria, "Big Rock Place""Gill θéˑntʃʿa˕ˑd̥ɑŋ, lit. big rock, name of 2 places: (1) Blue Rock, 12 mi. S. of Bell Spg Mt. (2) name of Big Rock by Cahto" (JPH, mf.2, reel 4, im.26)
"Former Rancherias: At Big Rock (about 4 miles north of present rancheria)" (Merriam)whSeenchaagh-kiiyaahaangBig Rock band9.7.2.10.01Big Rock area9.7.2.07Names of rocks/points/mountains2Blue Rock Village, "Big Rock Place""Blue rock.Jennie over by Briceland; Blue Rock ("big-rock")" (Goddard); "Blue Rock" (Merriam)
"Then they came back to Seincha'dang, Blue Rock..." (Kroeber, 1928)
"Came back to 15 seintcāduñ (Blue Rock.)whDeeʾ-kiiyaahaang 2Eel River Wailaki tribeSeenchaagh 2Blue Rock9.7.2.10.15Wailaki/Sinkyone (Inland) territory9.7.2.03Names of villages/townsdial. var.seenchowdingSource forms: sen kya dûñSeincha'dang, seintcāduñθéˑntʃʿa˕ˑd̥ɑŋSen-chow´-ten, seng-chah´-tung
"Former Rancherias: At Big Rock (about 4 miles north of present rancheria)" (Merriam)whSeenchaagh-kiiyaahaangBig Rock band9.7.2.10.01Big Rock area9.7.2.07Names of rocks/points/mountains2Blue Rock Village, "Big Rock Place""Blue rock.Jennie over by Briceland; Blue Rock ("big-rock")" (Goddard); "Blue Rock" (Merriam)
"Then they came back to Seincha'dang, Blue Rock..." (Kroeber, 1928)
"Came back to 15 seintcāduñ (Blue Rock.)whDeeʾ-kiiyaahaang 2Eel River Wailaki tribeSeenchaagh 2Blue Rock9.7.2.10.15Wailaki/Sinkyone (Inland) territory9.7.2.03Names of villages/townsdial. var.seenchowdingSource forms: sen kya dûñSeincha'dang, seintcāduñθéˑntʃʿa˕ˑd̥ɑŋSen-chow´-ten, seng-chah´-tung
SeenchaahkwotBig Rock Creek villagefrom Barrett's map this is about halfway along Big Rock Creek, on the north side
"sentca'ūkût, from se, rock, ntca'ū, big, and kût, creek, or kabē'matō (Northern Pomo dialect name), from kabē', rock, and matō', big, on Big Rock creek at a point about a mile and a half from its confluence with the east fork of the south fork of Eel river, or about five and a half miles nearly due west of the town of Laytonville." (Barrett, p.281, under "Old Village Sites")whSeenchaagh-kiiyaahaangBig Rock band9.7.2.03Names of villages/towns9.7.2.10.01Big Rock areacomp. ofSeenchaagh 1Big Rock-kwotcreekSource forms: sen tcaʽ kwûtSen-chah-oo-kut
"sentca'ūkût, from se, rock, ntca'ū, big, and kût, creek, or kabē'matō (Northern Pomo dialect name), from kabē', rock, and matō', big, on Big Rock creek at a point about a mile and a half from its confluence with the east fork of the south fork of Eel river, or about five and a half miles nearly due west of the town of Laytonville." (Barrett, p.281, under "Old Village Sites")whSeenchaagh-kiiyaahaangBig Rock band9.7.2.03Names of villages/towns9.7.2.10.01Big Rock areacomp. ofSeenchaagh 1Big Rock-kwotcreekSource forms: sen tcaʽ kwûtSen-chah-oo-kut
seenchowdingdial. var. ofSeenchaahdingBig Rock place
Seeneeʾtckwot1Mud Creek9.7.2.09Names of rivers2Mud Creek village, "Gravel Creek village""sēne'tckût, from se, rock, ne'tc, gravel, and kût, creek, on the northwest bank of the small stream known as Mud Springs creek which is tributary to the south fork of Eel river. This site is about three miles a little south of east of Branscomb. There are on this creek and not far from this village site several springs which flow a very thin bluish mud, thus giving to the creek its name." (Barrett, p.282-3, under "Old Village Sites")whGaashchowlhtciikbiiʾ 1Jackson Valley9.7.2.10.03Jackson Valley area9.7.2.03Names of villages/townscomp. ofseerockneeʾtcgravel-kwotcreekSource forms: Sa-nech´-kut, San-ech´-kut
see-nindairock come [meaning unclear]meaning unclear ???1.2.2.2Rockder. ofseerock<n-(nin)..____>come/arriveSource forms: sĕ nûn dei
Seeninding1Laguna Point, "Rock Slope Place"whBaang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki peoplesynNeeʾnaalaading 2Laguna Point9.7.2.10.11Coast Yuki territory9.7.2.07Names of rocks/points/mountains2Rock Hillside place"300 yd down [?????] same side [of river as Lheetcghaa'chinee'ding] just west of little gulch. Right on bank of river, not far across high water / 3 pits [??] not just depression [????? ?? ???] yī tcō pit. Timber in gulch [??? ???? ?????? ???? occup??? ???]" (Goddard, NBVI, p.17-18, much illegibly faint)whYeehliinding-kiiyaahaangFlows In Place band9.7.2.10.07Northern Tenmile Creek area9.7.2.03Names of villages/townscomp. ofseerockninghillside/slope=dingplaceSource forms: se nûn dûñ
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