The first list of place names below was taken by Merriam from George Burt in 1923. (See map 13.) It starts at Scotia, runs upstream to the confluence of the Eel and South Fork, and then runs up South Fork as far as Garberville. Many of the places indicated cannot be located from maps and it would even be difficult to identify them on the spot. Merriam seems to have driven by auto from Scotia to Garberville, marking locations in tenths of miles.
tah´-cho. Main Eel R.
hah´-tin cho´-be. A stretch of land on the S side of the main Eel extending from Scotia Bridge E at least to Brown's Mill, and S from the river to the top of the ridge.
kahn-so´-ti-yĕ´, "under maple trees." A big loop of the river 2 mi. E from Scotia Bridge.
hah´-ting-kōk. Jordan Cr., 2.2 mi. E of Scotia Bridge.
hah´-tin cho´-be. The prairie on top of the ridge S of Jordan Cr. An old Indian trail goes up there. [Harrow Prairie. Merriam gives the same name for the prairie and the stretch of land above. The stretch of land is probably a village named for the prairie.]
ahn´-sin ken-tes´-be, "Pepperwood Flat." A flat on the S side of the Eel, 3 mi. E of Scotia Bridge. [Pepperwood.]
lah´-sa tal´-kōk, "Buckeye Creek." Bear Cr., nearly 6 mi. E of Scotia Bridge. "Used to be lots of salmon there."
lah-sā-se´-te. The present town of Shively.
bis´-kahl chum´-me. A bluff on Eel R. where the river makes a loop to the S. About 6.3 mi. from Scotia Bridge.
sā-tahs´ chā-lin´-te. An extensive gravel flat on the N side of the Eel in the curve of a big loop in the river, 6.5 mi. from Scotia Bridge.
sā-tahs´-be. A bluff on the N side of the Eel at the railroad tunnel 6-3/4 or 7 mi. E from Scotia Bridge. Said to be a rough place.
ahn-sin´-tah´-be, "Pepperwood Flat." A flat on the S side of the river 7.5 mi. E from Scotia Bridge. Place now called Pepperwood.
ahn-sin-tah´-kōk, "Pepperwood Creek." A small creek closely followed by the highway, about 7.5 to 8 mi. E from Scotia Bridge. [Evidently Chadd Cr.]
kahs-tes´-be. Holmes' lumber camp, on S side of Eel about 7.5 mi. E of Scotia Bridge.
slahn´-kō. Larabee Creek, entering the Eel from the E.
kah´-li-cho´-be, "growing flat." At a place called Englewood, a small settlement 9 mi. E of Scotia Bridge and continuing to Englewood Roadhouse at 9.8 mi. The name is said to refer to things "growing up" there.
tan´-kōs tah´-te (tan´-kōs means Equisitum). A long ford 10.5 mi. E of Scotia Bridge. It is a long gravel bar on the N side of the river. It is named for the abundance of Horsetail (Equisitum) found there.
sā´ cho´-te (sa means "rock"). A big rock projecting into the river from the S side, 11.5 mi. from Scotia Bridge. [It appears to be what is now called High Rock.]
sā-tah´-ting. A redwood forest and flat near the rock sa cho-te and named for that rock.
chin-tah´-tah. An extensive flat on the S side of the Eel from the mouth of South Fork W, including Dyerville, 13 mi. from Scotia Bridge.
tsă-vel´-be. An area on the S side of the Eel immediately W of and adjoining chin-tah´-tah.
lel´-lin teg´-o-be. The junction of South Fork with the main Eel R.
sin´-ke-kōk. The South Fork of the Eel R.
tah´-tung-i´-kut. South Fork railroad station.
nahl-tsin´-kah (nahl-tsuk´-kah). Old Camp Grant.
·hles-yah´-kah (les-yah´-kah). Fruitland in Elk Prairie.
sā-tah´-be. Eel Rock, about 12 mi. up the Eel from its junction with South Fork.
tah´-cho. The main Eel R.
nah-tah´-ting i-kā. Dyerville Redwood Flat in the point between the main Eel and South Fork. The name means "pointed out," a descriptive term suggested by the geographical feature.
lo-lahn´-kōk. Bull Cr.
kahs-cho´ chi-net´-tah. Schoolhouse Flat, 7 mi. up Bull Cr.
sā´-es-chā-lin´-te, "rock run out." On the E side of South Fork 1/2 or 3/4 mi. S of Dyerville.
sit´-se-tahl´-ko. A small creek on the W side of South Fork about 1/2 mi. S of Bull Cr. [Evidently Decker Cr.]
sā´-es´-kuk, "on top rock." A hill on the E side of South Fork 0.9 mi. S of Dyerville.
lah´-sā-cho´-te. A straight shoot of South Fork beginning at sā´-es´-kuk Hill 0.9 mi. S of Dyerville. Lots of eels there in the spring.
to-be´-ah. Schelling Camp Flat (lumber camp, garden, and orchard) on the E side of South Fork beginning 2.2 mi. and extending about 1/2 mi. to the S. [Evidently this is the present town of Weott.]
Map 13. Place names of the Lolangkok Sinkyone.
nahn´-sin-cho´-ke. The big hill to be seen on the E side of South Fork 3 mi. S of Dyerville.
sā-chōs-te (sā-cho-stă), "vulva rock." A long gravel bar along both sides of the river and including a redwood flat 4 mi. S of Dyerville. Named for a mark on a rock resembling a woman's vulva, cho´-sā.
che-ōs-cho´-te. A stretch of river 4.75 mi. S of Dyerville, including a small but good redwood flat. The name refers to foam on the water.
sā´-boo-i-chan´-te. A big perforated rock in the river at a sharp bend 5.1 mi. S of Dyerville.
kah-tah´-be. A stretch along both sides of the river 7.5 mi. S of Dyerville. It includes the State Redwood Park office building and adjacent redwoods.
ken´-tes-cho´-be. Myers Flat, a little over 8 mi. S of Dyerville, including Myers Roadhouse. The Indians say this place was never covered with timber.
ses-che´-is-ke. A place 8.7 mi. S of Dyerville, above ken-tes-cho-be.
sā-bug´-gah-nah´. A place 9 mi. S of Dyerville where the river goes around rocks. [Evidently Eagle Pt.] George Burt once lived here and his son Guy Burt was born here.
tub´-bel-chin´-tah chā-gel-kōk. A small creek 10 mi. S of Dyerville, entering South Fork from the E just S of a bend in the river. [Evidently Bridge Cr.]
sōl´-te-che. A place at the mouth of Elk Cr., on the E side of South Fork. Includes the eastern part of Bolling Grove.
sōl-te-kōk. Elk Creek, entering South Fork from the E in Bolling Grove, 10.3 mi. S of Dyerville.
sen-tĕch-be. A rock in the river at a small bend 11.2 mi. S of Dyerville.
ni´-te´-tĕ el-lah´-tĕ, "dog drowned" ... A place where a new bridge is now (1923) being built across South Fork, 12 mi. S of Dyerville. [Evidently this refers to the bridge at Blair Grove.]
suk´-ke-chōs kah´-me, "eagle pawn." A big flat on the W side of the river 12.5 mi. S of Dyerville.
chah´-ni-che´. Another large flat on the W side of the river, 13.5 mi. from Dyerville.
sah-nah´-kōk. Salmon Cr., entering South Fork from the W nearly opposite Miranda.
kahs´-cho-boo´-ah´-me. This was a small settlement in a flat at Miranda, 14.5 mi. S of Dyerville.
sā-nan-sung´ (·sā-nan-tsin´-kah). Bear Butte, a conspicuous peak on the W side of South Fork, about 18 mi. S of Dyerville.
sā´-chen-to´-te, "water against rock." A place in the river 16 mi. S of Dyerville.
kă-kes´-kōk (kĕ-kes´-kōk). Fish Cr., 16.9 mi. S of Dyerville.
kin´-tes-tah´-te. A big flat, probably a mile long and very broad, on the W side of the river, 17.5 mi. S of Dyerville. Just N of Phillipsville but on the opposite side of the river.
ket´-tin-tel´-be. A flat (now orchard and ranch) and village on the E side of South Fork, 18 mi. S of Dyerville, at a place now called Phillipsville. It comprises a fine redwood grove and a good camping place.
să-be-yĕ´. A flat on the E side of the river 0.7 mi. S of Phillipsville.
A mile south of Phillipsville there is a good view of Garberville Ridge, sĕ-chung´-kuk, a fine ridge, part timbered and part open grassy hillside, which slopes west from Little Buck Mountain, nā-ah-ki´-kah, the highest point, some distance back on the east.
to-be-yĕ, "prairie under." A small flat on the W side of the river 1 mi. S of Phillipsville.
yen-nes´-be. A place 1.6 mi. S of Phillipsville.
chig-gel´-e-yes´-ke. A place 1.9 mi. S of Phillipsville.
sĕ´-chin-kōk´. A small stream probably 1.2 mi. S of Phillipsville. A possibility of error here. If the location is correct, the stream is probably Ohman Cr.
sĕhl-ki´-kōk. A creek 2.1 mi. S of Phillipsville. The preceding location is probably an error and this is Ohman Cr.
sĕ-ki´-ke. The land S of sĕhl-ki´-kōk Creek, reaching to 2.5 mi. S of Phillipsville.
sĕ-tes´-kōk, "hard rock creek." Rocky Glen Cr., 2.5 mi. S of Phillipsville.
ki-tes´-be, "hard brush." A place 2.9 mi. S of Phillipsville. There is a small ranch and orchard there now (1923).
chan-tan-che´. A place a little more than 3 mi. S of Phillipsville. There are two big rocks and a creek there.
sĕ-to´-be. A big rock facing a high bluff 4.3 mi. S of Phillipsville.
sā-ken-nes´, "talking rock." A big rock on a creek on the W side of the river, 5.6 mi. S of Phillipsville.
tuk´-ke-tahk. A beautiful open and partly wooded hill on the W side of the river 6 mi. S of Phillipsville.
tuk´-ă-tah´-be. A place on the E side of the river 6 mi. S of Phillipsville. Named from tuk´-ke-tahk hill.
tahs-ki´-kōk, "white flag creek." Dean Canyon Cr., 6.4 mi. S of Phillipsville.
tahs-ki´-ke. Village at the mouth of tahs-ki´-kōk creek. It belongs to the To-kub´-be tribe.
to´-che-be. A flat on the W side of the river 7.8 mi. S of Phillipsville.
bus´-ken-nes´, "cliff talking." A cliff or bluff opposite to´-che-be.
stuk´-kan-no´-be. A big semicircular grassy flat on the E side of the river beginning about 8 mi. S of Phillipsville. The present town of Redway.
ahn´-chin-tah´-kōk. Redwood Cr.
se´-ken-tĕch-tĕ. A place 9.5 mi. S of Phillipsville.
sah-nah´-che-chel´-le. A place and creek 9.7 mi. S of Phillipsville.
bus-ki´-cho. A white bluff on the road 10 mi. S of Phillipsville.
kōs-kun-tes´-kah. A sloping, grassy, open flat 10.3 mi. S of Phillipsville. There was a To-kub´-be village here.
ko´-se-che´. The area on both sides of the river 10.6 mi. S of Phillipsville. Just N of the Garberville bridge across Bear Canyon.
sā-gĕ´-chĕ, "egg rock." A bold upright rock at the N end of the Garberville bridge across Bear Canyon; 10.6 mi. S of Phillipsville.
ken-tes´-che tahng-ah´-te. A beautiful deep valley on South Fork just SW of Garberville. The bridge across the river on the way to Briceland is in this valley.
si-cho´-kuk. A large village of the To-kub´-be near the site of the bridge across South Fork on the way from Garberville to Briceland.
nahs-lin´-che. An area and village in a loop of South Fork a few miles S or SW of Garberville.
ken´-nahl-lag´-gah-kōk (kan´-no-lig´-ah-kōk). East Branch of the South Fork of the Eel R.
nā-yahn´-kah. A hill on the W side of South Fork near the bridge over East Branch.
kahs´-cho-so´-be. A place and village on South Fork about 4 mi. S of Garberville and 3 or 4 mi. from the highway. Not in sight from the highway.
kahs´-cho so´-ning-i´-be. A large redwood flat (Richardson Grove) on the W side of South Fork on the Humboldt side of the Humboldt-Mendocino County line.
West of South Fork Eel
| Bear Buttes | sa-nan-sin-kah |
| Bear River | chahn´-kōk |
| Briceland | to-cho´-be |
| Elk Ridge | chi-chin´-kah |
| Mattole River mouth | tah´-che |
| North Fork Mattole | nahn-tsin-tah´-kōk |
| Rainbow Peak | tsa-che-be, tsa-bahng´-um |
| Rainbow Ridge | tsa-bung-ah |
| Taylor Peak | nahn-tsin´-kah |
| Upper Mattole | kun-sah´-ke |
On or near the Van Duzen River
| Alton | chen´-nă-che |
| Bald Jesse Mt. | kōng-kel-tel´-kah |
| Bridgeville | ahn´-sin-tah´-che-be´ |
| Buck Mt. | nahn´-tsin´-kah |
| Carlotta | yah-hlahn´-che |
| Chalk Mt. | sā-til-bi´ |
| Chalk Mt. Ridge | nĕ-chin´-tuk-kah, nā-chin´-tă-kah |
| Fort Baker | sā-shā-be |
| Iaqua region | kōng-tel-kil´-kōk |
| Iaqua Buttes | sĕhl-kus´-ă-kuk ("two points") |
| Larabee Buttes | yah-kah´-nik-kah (tă´-che-kah) |
| Larabee Cr. | slahn´-ko |
| Lawrence Cr. | yah-tlahn´-kōk (ye-tah´-nah-ling´-kōk) |
| Lassik Buttes | tse´-nahn-tsin´-kah |
| Lassik Pk. | ki´-chil-kahn-kah |
| Little Larabee Cr. | so´-kōk |
| Metropolitan | yah-hlahn´-kuk |
| Rohnerville | to-ti´-kah |
| Rio Dell | ken-tel-cho´ (kin-tel´-te) |
| Scotia | kahs-cho ken-tel´-te |
| Showers Pass | sā-chă-be |
| Van Duzen R. | chin´-ne-kok (ken´-ne-kok) |
| Van Duzen R. mouth | kin´-ne-ke |
| Yager Cr. | yah-'hlahn´-kōk |
| Yagerville | chis-sis´-ahn´-tah |
ETHNOGRAPHIC NOTES
Lolangkok Sinkyone.—The following notes on the Lolangkok Sinkyone are taken verbatim from Merriam's notes. The informant was George Burt.