Quileute Indians. Meaning unknown.
Quileute Connections. Together with the Hoh and Chimakum, the Quileute constituted the Chimakuan linguistic family which is possibly more remotely related to Wakashan and Salishan.
Quileute Location. On Quilayute River, on the west coast of Washington. They are now on the Quileutc and Makah Reservations.
Quileute Population (including the Hoh Indians).-Mooney (1928) estimates that in 1780 there were of the Quileute and the Hoh 500 Indians. Olson (1936) quotes a figure of 64 in 1888. The census of 1910 returned 303 and the United States Office of Indian Affairs in 1937 gave 284.
Connections in which the Quileute Indians have become noted. The town of Quillayute in Clallam County, preserves the name of the Quileute and it was formerly that of Soleduck River. Otherwise the tribe is particularly noted on account of the uniqueness of its language, which was spoken by no other known tribes except the Hoh and Chimakum.
