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Atfalati Indian Tribe
Location
Atfalati. Meaning unknown.
Often shortened to Fallatahs. Sometimes spelled Tuálati,
or Tualatin (Berreman, 1937).
Also known as:
Tualatin, Palmer in Ind. Aff. Rep., p. 260, 1859.
Wapato Lake Indians, a common name used by travelers.
Connections
The Atfalati belonged to the northern
dialectic branch of the Kalapooian linguistic family.
Location
On the Atfalati plains, the hills
about Forest Grove and the shores and vicinity of
Wapato; they are also said to have extended as far as
the site of Portland.
Villages
Chachambitmanchal, 3˝
miles north of Forest Grove.
Chachamewa, at Forest Grove, 6 miles from Wapato Lake.
Chachanim, on Wapato Lake prairie.
Chachif, on Wapato Lake.
Chachimahiyuk, between Wapato Lake and Willamette River, Washington
County.
Chachimewa, on or near Wapato Lake, Yamhill County.
Chachokwith, at a place of the same name north of Forest Grove,
Washington
County.
Chagindueftei, between Hillsboro and Sauvies Island, Washington
County. Chahelim, in Chehelim Valley, 5 miles south of Wapato Lake,
Yamhill County. Chakeipi, about 10 miles west of Oregon City.
Chakutpaliu, northeast of Hillsboro, Washington County.
Chalal, near the outlet of Wapato Lake.
Chalawai, southeast of Wapato Lake.
Chamampit, on Wapato Creek at the east end of Wapato Lake.
Chapanaghtin, north of Hillsboro, Washington County.
Chapokele, 4 miles west of Wapato Lake.
Chapungathpi, at Forest Grove, Washington County.
Chatagihl, at the upper end of Wapato Lake.
Chatagithl, at the upper end of Wapato Lake.
Chatagshish, in Washington County.
Chatakuin, 7 miles north of Hillsboro, Washington County.
Chatamnei, 10 miles north of Wapato Lake, in Washington County.
Chatilkuei, 5 miles west of Wapato Lake, in Yamhill County.
Chawayed, west of Forest Grove, in Washington County.
Population
(See Calapooya.) The census of 1910 returned 44 Atfalati.
Connection in which they have become noted
The name Atfalati is preserved in the form Tualatin by a
town in Washington County.
Additional Oregon Indian Resources
Notes About the Book:
Source: The Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton, 1953, Bureau of
American Ethnology, Bulletin 145, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing
has been done, and readers can and should expect some errors in the textual
output.
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