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Chasta Tribe. A tribe, probably Athapascan, residing on Siletz Reservation, Oregon, in 1867, with the Skoton and Umpqua, of which latter they were then said to have formed a part. The Chasta, Skoton, and Umpqua were distinct tribes which concluded a treaty Nov. 18, 1854. The Chasta were divided into the Kwilsieton and Nahelta, both residing on Rogue River. J. O. Dorsey thought these may have been identical with Kushetunne and Nakatkhetunne of the Tututunne. Kane, in 1859, located them near Umpqua River. In 1867 the Chasta, the Scoton, and the Umpqua together, at Siletz agency, numbered 49 males and 74 females, total 123.

They may be identical with the Chastacosta or form a part of the Takillua. They do not seem to have any connection with the Shasta, who did not extend down Rogue River below Table Rock, and who were generally bitterly at war with their Athapascan neighbors.

Chastacosta Tribe (Shista kwŭsta, their name for themselves, meaning unknown). A group of Athapascan villages formerly situated along Rogue River, Oregon, mostly on its north bank from its junction with Illinois River nearly to the mouth of Applegate Creek. The Tututunne, who did not differ from them in customs or language, were to the west of them; the Coquille, differing slightly in language, were north of them; and the Gallice (Tattushtuntude), with the same customs but a quite different dialect, to the east. The Takilma, an independent stock, were their south neighbors, living on the south bank of Rogue River and on its south tributaries. In the summer of 1856, after a few months of severe fighting with the whites, 153 of them, consisting of 53 men, 61 women, 23 boys, 16 girls (Parrish in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1857, 357, 1858) were taken to Siletz reservation, Oregon, where now there are but a few individuals left.

It is practically certain that nearly all the inhabitants of these villages were removed at this time. Considering the number of the villages—33 according to Dorsey (Jour. Am. Folklore, III, 234, 1890), 19 according to an aged Gallice informant—this number is surprisingly small. The names of the villages, as given by Dorsey, usually referring to the people (-tun, -tunne) thereof, are:

  • Chetuttunne
  • Chunarghuttunne
  • Chunsetunneta
  • Chunsetunnetun
  • Chushtarghasuttun
  • Chusterghutmunnetun
  • Chuttushshunche
  • Khloshlekhwuche
  • Khotltacheche
  • Khtalutlituuue
  • Kthelutlitunne
  • Kushletata
  • Mekichuntun
  • Musme
  • Natkhwunche
  • Nishtuwekulsushtun
  • Sechukhtun
  • Seethltunne
  • Senestun
  • Setaaye
  • Setsurgheake
  • Silkhkemechetatun
  • Sinarghutlitun
  • Skurgnut
  • Sukechunetunne
  • Surghustesthitun
  • Tachikhwutme
  • Takasichekhwut
  • Talsunme
  • Tatsunye
  • Thethlkhuttunne
  • Tisattunne
  • Tsetaame
  • Tsetutkhlalenitun
  • Tukulitlatun
  • Tukwilisitunne
  • Tuslatunne

The following villages may be synonymous with ones in the list:

  • Klothchetunne
  • Sekhatsatunne
  • Tasunmatunne

Chasta-Skoton Tribe. A tribe or two tribes (Chasta and Skoton) formerly living on or near Rogue River, Oregon, perhaps the Chastacosta or (Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folklore, In, 235, 1890) the Sestikustun. There were 36 on Grande Ronde res. and 166 on Siletz reservation, Oregon, in 1875.

 

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Source: Handbook of American Indians, 1906

 

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