Chastacosta Indian Tribe
Location
Chastacosta. From
Shista-kwŭsta, their own name,
significance unknown.
Also called:
Atcháshti amē'mnei,
by the Atfalati Kalapuya.
Atchashti ámim, another form of
the Kalapuya name.
Katuku, by the Shasta.
Wálamskni, by the Klamath.
Wálamswash, by the Modoc.
Connections
The Chastacosta belonged to the Athapascan stock.
Location
On the lower course of Illinois
River, both sides of Rogue River for some distance above
its confluence with the Illinois, and on the north bank
somewhat farther.
Villages
Dorsey recorded the following:
Chetuttunne.
Chunarghuttunne, east of the junction
of Rogue River and Applegate River.
Chunsetunneta.
Chunsetunnetun.
Chushtarghasuttun.
Chusterghutmunnetun, the highest on Rogue River.
Chuttushshunche.
Khloshlekhwuche.
Khotltacheche.
Khtalutlitunne.
Kthelutlitunne, at the junction of Rogue
River and a southern affluent.
Kushlatata.
Mekichuntun.
Musme.
Natkhwunche.
Nishtuwekulsushtun.
Sechukhtun.
Senestun.
Setaaye.
Setsurgheake.
Silkhkemechetatun.
Sinarghutlitun.
Skurgnut.
Sukechunetunne.
Surghustesthitun.
Tachikhwutme, above the mouth of Illinois River.
Takasichekhwut.
Talsunme.
Tatsunye.
Thethlkhuttunne.
Tisattunne.
Tsetaame, east of the junction of Rogue
River with Applegate River.
Tsetutkhlalenitun.
Tukulittatun.
Tukwilisitunne.
Tuslatunne.
Twenty of these at least were on the north
side of Rogue River.
The following may be synonymous with some in the
above list:
Klothchetunne, on or in the
vicinity of Rogue River; Sekhatsatunne, on the north bank of Rogue River;
Tasunmatunne, in the Rogue River country.
Drucker (1937) merely gives the "Chasta Costa (cista
kwusta)" as one town near the Rogue-Illinois confluence divided into three
parts called Tleattlī'ntun, Tcetcī'wut,
and Setla'tun.
Population
Mooney (1928) estimates the population of the Chastacosta and
10 other Athapascan tribes in the vicinity at 5,600. In 1856 the remnant which
was removed to Siletz Reservation numbered but 153, and the census of 1910
returned only 7. The 1930 census returned a total Athapascan population in
Oregon of 504. The United States Office of Indian Affairs reported 30
Chastacosta in 1937.
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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