Calexico, on the border of Lower California, is a hybrid word made up of the first part of California and the last of Mexico. Its counterpart on the Mexican side is Mexicali, in which the process is reversed.
Caliente (hot). See page [282].
Caliente Creek. See page [41]. This creek was so-named because its water is warm.
California, see page [13].
Calistoga, see page [259].
Calneva and Calvada are two more hybrids, made up of syllables from California and Nevada.
Calor, near the Oregon line, is likely to cause confusion by its resemblance to the Spanish word calor, (heat); this Calor is one of those composite words to which Californians are so regrettably addicted, and is made up of the first syllables of California and Oregon.
Calpella was named for the chief of a village situated just south of the present town, near Pomo, in Mendocino County. The chief’s name was Kalpela.
Calzona is another trap for the unwary, through its resemblance to the Spanish word calzones (breeches); it is one more of those border towns bearing names made up of the syllables of two state names, in this case, California and Arizona.
Camanche, a post town in Calaveras County, was so-named in honor of the great Camanche, or Comanche tribe, whose remarkable qualities are thus described by Father Morfi in his Memorias de Texas, a document written about the year 1778: “The Comanche nation is composed of five thousand fighting men, divided into five tribes, each with a different name. They are very superior to all the others in number of people, extent of the territory that they occupy, modesty of their dress, hospitality to all who visit them, humanity towards all captives except Apaches, and their bravery, which is remarkable even in the women. They live by hunting and war, and this wandering disposition is the worst obstacle to their reduction, for it induces them to steal. Nevertheless, they are very generous with what they have, and so proud that one alone is capable of facing a whole camp of enemies if he cannot escape without witnesses to his flight.” Both spellings are used in the original records.