While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
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for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
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G- California Indian Villages, Towns and
Settlements
A complete listing of all the Indian
villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of
Mexico.
Gabacamanini. A rancheria, probably Cochimi, connected with Purisima
(Cadegomo) mission, Lower California, in the 18th century. Doc. Hist. Mex.,
4th s., v, 190, 1857.
Gallinomero. A name more usually rendered Kainomero
by the Indians to whom it is applied. It was given by the Spaniards of San
Rafael mission to the Pomo from the vicinity of Healdsburg and Santa Rosa,
Sonoma co., Cal., on the occasion of their being brought into the mission in the
early part of the 19th century. The name is now used to designate in particular
the few remaining Indians whose former homes were in the Russian r. valley from
the vicinity of Healdsburg S. to the southern limit of the territory occupied by
the Pomo, or a point about half way between Santa Rosa and Petaluma. In a still
broader sense it is made to include the remainder of the people speaking the
same dialect and formerly living about Cloverdale and the upper part of Dry cr.
The name is not of Indian origin and its significance is not known.
Gamacaamanc (ravine of palms). A rancheria, probably
Cochimi, connected with Purísima (Cadegomo)
mission, Lower California, in the 18th century. Doc. Hist. Mex., 4th s., v,
189, 1857.
Gamacaamancxa (mouth of the ravine of palms). A
rancheria, probably Cochimi, connected with Purísima
(Cadegomo) mission, Lower California, in the 18th century. Doc. Hist. Mex.,
4th s. v, 190, 1857.
Gamchines. A former village, presumably Costanoan,
connected with Dolores mission, San Francisco, Cal. Taylor in Cal. Farmer,
Oct. 18, 1861.
Garomisopona. A Chumashan village between Goleta and Pt
Conception, Cal., in 1542. Cabrillo, Narr.(1542) in Smith Colec. Doc. Fla.,
188, 1857.
Geguep. A former Chumashan village near Santa Inez
mission, Santa Barbara co. Cal. Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861.
Geliac. A former Chumashan village on Patera ranch,
near Santa Barbara, Cal. Geliac. Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Apr. 24, 1862.
Genau. A former village, presumably Costanoan,
connected with Dolores mission, San Francisco, Cal. Taylor in Cal. Farmer,
Oct. 18, 1861.
Gidanemuk (or Gikidanum). A band of Serranos (q.
v.) living on Tejon and neighboring creeks in the Tehachapi mts., s. Cal. The
term is that which they apply to themselves. (A. L. K.)
Giguay. A former village, presumably Costanoan,
connected with San Juan Bautista mission, Cal. Engelhardt, Franciscans in
Cal., 398, 1897.
Gilimis. A former village, said to have been Esselen,
connected with San Carlos mission, Cal. Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Apr. 20, 1860.
Gimiels. A band of almost pure Yuma in N. Lower California
(Taylor in Browne, Res. Pac. Slope, app., 53-54, 1869). Perhaps the
Comeya.
Gua. A Chumashan village w. of Pueblo de las Canoas
(San Buenaventura), Ventura co. , Cal. , in 1542. In the Munoz manuscript of
Cabrillo's narration (Smith, Colec. Doc. Fla., 181, 1857) this name is
united, probably correctly, with the prefix Quanmu, forming Quanmugua.
Guaislac. A former Chumashan village near Santa Inez
mission, Santa Barbara co., Cal. Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861.
Gualala. A name applied by Powers to the Pomo living
along Gualala r., in Sonoma co., Cal. The people living along this stream belong
to two dialectic groups, one occupying the territory chiefly along the lower
course of Russian r., the other that along the immediate coastline w. of Gualala
r.; but as Powers statements are not explicit, it is not possible to say whether
the people speaking one or the other of these dialects is meant. The name itself
comes undoubtedly from waláli, a name
applied to the point at which the waters of any two streams flow together, or at
which any stream flows into the ocean. (S. A. B.)
Gualta. Given by the Yavapai to Fray Francisco Garcés
in 1776 as the name of a tribe, possibly in the vicinity of the Rio Colorado.
Garcés, Diary (1775-76), 405, 1900.
Guamua. The Yavapai name of a tribe evidently on or in the vicinity of the Rio
Colorado in Arizona or California, in the 18th century. Garcés (1775-76), Diary,
404, 1900. Cf. Gueymura.
Guanabepe. The Yavapai name of a tribe, evidently
Yuman, on the lower Colorado in Arizona or California, in the 18th century.
Guanlen. A former village, presumably Costanoan,
connected with Dolores mission, San Francisco, Cal. Taylor in Cal. Farmer,
Oct. 18, 1861.
Guaslaique. A former Chumashan village near Purisima
mission, Santa Barbara co., Cal. Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861.
Guayusta. A village of the Rumsen division of the
Costanoan family, formerly at Pt Pinos, near Monterey, Cal., the inhabitants of
which were connected with San Carlos mission.
Gueymura. A tribe speaking the Dieguefio dialect,
formerly living about Santa Catalina mission, N. Lower California. (Duflot de
Mofras, Voy, i, 217, 228, 1844). Cf. Comeya, Guamua, Quilmur.
Guilitoy. A tribe of the Patwin division of the Copehan
family, formerly living in Napa co., Cal.; one of the seven which made peace
with Gov. Vallejo in 1836.
Guima. A former Chumashan village near Santa Barbara, Cal.
Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Apr. 24, 1863.
Guloismistac. A former village, presumably Costanoan,
connected with Dolores mission, San Francisco, Cal. Taylor in Cal. Farmer,
Oct. 18, 1861.
Gupa. A former Agua Caliente village on the headwaters
of San Luis Rev r., s. Cal., better known as Agua Caliente (q.v. ) Its
inhabitants were removed to Pala res. in 1902.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
