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Collection: Directories and Documents > Tanis Thorne Native Californian & Nisenan Collection

Names of Settlements Nevada and Placer Counties (1928) (3 pages)

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: 0 ne hu yan * -On the fork of a creek flowing into South Honcut Creek. Now called Swedes Flat, three miles north of Bangor in Butte County. The Indians there spoke a mixed language. The head man was called Captain Edgar by the Nisenan and Sal ai tu by the Maidu (J). Chi_ chim bu pu * -On the North Branch of Honcut Creek, a little north of Rackerby, Butte County. The site used to be called Greenville Ranch. A mixed language was spoke there, as in Men o ma. Men _o ma * -Just west of Rackerby on Rock Honcut Creek (J).There were temporary camps in the vicinity of Oregon House, Kentucky Ranch, Dobbins, Indian Ranch, Frenchtown, Maple Grove Ranch, Brownsville, Sicard Flat, and Sucker Flat in Yuba County; also, at Bangor and Wyandotte in Butte County, but my informant was unable to remember the names of them (J). Other Place Names The a places are in Nevada County and were given by my informant Dick Childs (I). Hu sak am se o (or se wi) -South Fork of the Yuba River. Tu_im se o (or se wi) -Greenhorn River. Us tu ma se o (or se wi) -Deer Creek. Us tu ma -Nevada City. Sel _e wa -French Corral. Q_pok pok -Rough and Ready. Ko pu ni -Town Talk. O ne -Banner Hill. ‘Ya ma ka -Osborn Hill. . The following places are in Yuba County and were given by Dick Childs and by Henry Thompson, as indicated. Hol_im pa kan -Oat Hills (1). Be te o -Oat Hills (J). Ku mim du -Chaparral Hill (1). Je wek -Chaparral Hill (J). Bau_to mam tu ku -Saddle Gap (1). In_im yan -Lafferty Peak (I and J). -4i-