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12 Ind. Cl. Comm. 301
Mooncy described the Yakima as the most important tribe of the
Shahaptin stock next to the Nez Perce, end reported that they occupied
the country of Natchess and middle Yakima rivers. Xe described the
Atanum-lema as a small trfbe on Atahnsm Creek in Yakiina County. The
Klikatat were reported to have formerly occupied the southern slopes
of Mt, Adams and Mt. Helens in the country of the Klikatat and Lewis
Rivers. Mooney wrote that, about sixty years previous to his study,
the Klikatat had crossed the Columbia and overrun the Willamer country,
even penetrating as far south as the Umpqua, but that they afterward
withdrew again to their proper country. He listed the Qapnish-lema or
Topinish as a snaL1 tribe on the Topinish River in Yakima County,
% Washington. The Chamnapum was a tribe which occupied the bend of the
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Columbia below the Yakima
Yakima. The Pishquitpah,
Muscleshell Rapids and on
ment of the high country,
River together with the country on the lower
identified by Lewis and Clark, resided on the
the north side of the Columbia to the commence-
wintering on the borders of the Yakima River.
Mooney identified this band as probably identical with the Pisko band
of the Yakima. The Kkawasi or Kowwassayee were a small tribe formerly
occupying a vPllage by the same name on the north bank of the Columbia
about opposite the mouth of the Umatilla River, The UchichoL was another
small tribe living on the north bank of the Columbia. The Skinpa or
Skien was a small tribe which formerly had a village on the north bank
of the Columbia at the falls opposite Celilo. The Tapanash or Eneeshur
had a village .on
of the DesChutes
the north bank of the Columbia about opposite the mouth
River and a little above Celilo. The Tlaqluit or