Another group of Indians closely associated with the Paiute on the northwest consists of a number of small tribes, known collectively to the whites as Pit River or Hot Springs Indians, holding the basin of Pit river in northeastern California from Goose lake to the junction with the Sacramento. Among their tribes or bands are the Achoma′wi, Huma′whi, Estakéwach, Hantéwa, Chumâ′wa, Atua′mih or Hamefku′ttelli, Ilma′wi, and Pa′kamalli. ([Powers], Tribes of California.) They are at present supposed to constitute a distinct linguistic group, but it is probable that better information will show their affinity with some of the neighboring Californian stocks. With the exception of a few at Round Valley reservation, California, none of them are on reservations or have any official recognition by the government. They probably number 1,000 to 1,500 souls. The northern bands have suffered much from Modoc slave raids in former days, and are much inferior in physique and intellect to those lower down the river, who were the terror of northern California thirty years ago, and who are described by recent observers as good workers, intelligent, brave, and warlike. ([A. G. O.], 9.)
SONGS OF THE PAIUTE
1. Nüvä′ ka ro′răni′
Nüvä′ ka ro′răni′!
Nüvä′ ka ro′răni′!
Nüvä′ ka ro′răni′!
Nüvä′ ka ro′răni′!
Gosi′pa′ hävi′gĭnû′,
Gosi′pa′ hävi′gĭnû′.
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