Toodjaantcn aBox Springs, "Little Muddy Water"muddy place with springs between Cahto Valley and Sherwood Valley, probably some of the springs near Strong Mountain
"'Where start fight ?' 19 Totcáns (muddy water), near Box Springs Stand there, 2capts, say 'Go, fight'" (Kroeber, NB 206, p.1923)
"'Where shall we begin to fight?' they said. They lined up near Box Springs at Tocha'ns ('muddy water'). There the two chiefs said, 'Go on now, fight.' And they began. You cannot well hit a man at fifty or sixty yards on account of his dodging, so the Sherwood people tried to kill our men by catching them, and sometimes nearly succeeded. The women were shouting off in the woods. Then the Pomo were driven to NeLkaichete'ndang, over a narrow trail. The Kato kept driving them back toward Sherwood flat...." (Kroeber, 1928)
whChʾintcingSherwood Pomo tribegenchʾlhaandingbattleground
comp. oftoowaterdjaangmuddy water-tcdiminutive suffixTocha'ns, Totcáns

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