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!
Karok. Properly Karuk, signifying in their own language "upstream," but
not used as a tribal designation.
Ara, given by Gatschet (1890), signifying "man."
Ivap'i, Shasta name.
Orleans Indians, a name sometimes locally used, especially downstream from
the Karok territory.
Petsikla, Yurok name, meaning "upstream."
Connections. Originally considered an independent stock, the Karok are now classed in a much larger linguistic connection known as the Hokan family.
Their closest relatives are the Chimariko and Shasta.
Location. On the middle course of Klamath River between the Yurok and
Shasta and all of the branches of the Klamath except the upper course of
Salmon River.
Subdivisions.
The Karok were divided into the Upper Karok above Independence Creek and
the Lower Klamath below that stream.
Villages
Aftaram, on Klamath River, probably above the mouth of Salmon River.
Ahoeptimi, 10 to 12 miles above Ashipak.
Akoteli, a village or portion of a
village near the mouth of Salmon River.
Amaikiara, on the west side of Klamath River below a
fall about a mile below the mouth of Salmon River.
Aranimokw, Yurok name of a Lower Karok town on Klamath River.
Ashanamkarak, at the fall just mentioned, and on the east side of Klamath
River.
Ashipak, on Klamath River a few miles above the mouth of Salmon River.
Asisufunuk, at Happy Camp, at the mouth of Indian Creek.
Aukni, Shasta name for a village above Happy Camp.
Ayis, some distance above the mouth of Salmon River.
Chamikininich, on the south or east bank of Klamath River in the Orleans
district.
Chiniki, on Klamath River below Camp Creek.
Chinits, at Sims Ferry on Klamath River.
Inam, at the mouth of Clear Creek.
Inoftak, a village or section of a
village near the mouth of Salmon River.
Ishipishi, opposite Katimin, the Karok center of the
world just above the mouth of Salmon River.
Iwatak, a village or section of a
village near the mouth of Salmon River.
Katipiara, on the east bank of Klamath River above
the flat at Orleans. 'Calls, a village or section of a village near
the mouth of Salmon River.
Kumawer, Yurok name of a village above the mouth of Salmon River.
Nupatsu,
Shasta name of a village below Happy Camp.
Oler, Yurok name of a village below Camp Creek.
Panamenik, on the flat at Orleans.
Sanipa, on Klamath River below Camp Creek.
Segoashkwu, Yurok name of a village below Camp Creek.
Shavuram or Sahwuram, on Klamath River above Tu'i.
Tachanak, on the west bank of Klamath
River at the mouth of Camp Creek. Ti,
10 to 12 miles above Ashipak.
Tishrawa, a village or section of a village near the mouth of Salmon
River.
Tsofkaram or Tasofkaram, at Pearch on Klamath River.
Tu'i, Yurok name of a village on
Klamath River below Camp Creek. Unharik, a
village or section of a village near the mouth of
Salmon River.
Ussini,
Shasta name of a village at the mouth of China Creek.
Wetsitsiko or Witsigo, Yurok name of a village in the Orleans district.
Wopum, the Karok village farthest down Klamath River
opposite Red Cap
Creek.
Yutuirup, a neighbor or suburb of Ishipishi.
Population. The number of Karok were estimated by Kroeber (1925) at about
1,500 in 1770. In 1905, 576 were returned, and in 1910, 775, but the
latter figure is probably too high, though the census of 1930 returned
755.
