While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Hupa. Derived from the Yurok name of the valley, Hupo. Also
called:
Cha'parahihu, Shasta name.
Hich'hu, Chimariko name.
Kishakevira, Karok
name.
Nabiltse, given by Gibbs (1877) and translated "man."
Natinnoh-hoi, own name, after Natinnoh, "Trinity River."
Num-ee-muss, Yurok name.
Trinity Indians, translation of their own name.
Connections. The Hupa belonged to the Athapascan linguistic stock, forming
one closely knit linguistic group with the Chilula and
Whilkut.
Location. On the middle course of the Trinity River and its branches,
particularly a beautiful stretch of 8 miles known as Hupa (or Hoopa)
Valley, and on New River. C. H. Merriam (1926) treats
these latter as a distinct tribe of Shastan affinities, but J. P.
Harrington (personal information) states that they were Hupa.
Villages
Aheltah, name perhaps Yurok; said to be in the upper part of Hupa
territory. Cheindekotding, on the west bank of Trinity River between
Kinchuhwikut and Miskut.
Dakis-hankut, on the west bank of Trinity River between Honsading and
Kinchuhwikut.
Djishtangading, on the east bank of Trinity River between Howunkut and
Haslinding.
Haslinding, in the "Sugar Bowl" above Hupa Valley.
Honsading, the village farthest down Trinity River and on the east bank.
Howunkut, on the west side of Trinity River between Medilding and
Djishtangading.
Kachwunding, on Trinity River near the mouth of Willow Creek.
'Kek-kah'-na-tung, at Martha Ziegler's place on the lower part of New
River. Kinchuhwikut, on the east bank of Trinity River between Dakishankut
and
Cheindekotding.
Ki-ooch-wet-tung, at Sally Noble's place on New River, about a quarter of
a mile below the mouth of Panther Creek.
Klo-ne6-tung, at the present site of Quinby on New River.
Medilding, on the east bank of Trinity River between Totltsasding and
Howunkut. Me-yemma, possibly belonging to this tribe, but more likely
Chimariko, on Trinity River just below the mouth of New River.
Mingkutme, on Trinity River near the mouth of Willow Creek.
Miskut, on the east bank of Trinity River between Cheindekotding and
Takimitlding.
Sehachpaya, the name perhaps Yurok; said to have been in the upper part of
the Hupa territory.
Sokeakeit, ibid.
Takimitlding, on the east bank of Trinity River between Miskut and
Tsewenaiding.
Tashuanta, the name perhaps Yurok; said to have been in the upper part of
the Hupa territory.
Tlelding, at the forks of the Trinity River.
Tl'okame, a subsidiary settlement of the preceding, 5 miles up the South
Fork of Trinity River.
Totltsasding, on the west bank of Trinity River between the preceding and
Medilding.
Tsa-nah'-ping-ah'-tung, on the bar or flat at New River Forks, at the
junction of East Fork with maip New River.
Tsewenalding, on the east bank of Trinity River between Takimitlding and
Totltsasding.
Waugullewatl, the name perhaps Yurok; said to have been in the upper part
of the Hupa territory.
Population. Kroeber (1925) places the number of Hupa at 1,000 in 1770; the
census of 1910 returned 500. In 1937 the United States Office of Indian
Affairs returned 575. (See Bear River Indians.)
Connection in which they have become noted. A village in Humboldt County,
preserves the name of the Hupa.
