Tututni. An
Athapascan tribe or group of small tribes formerly occupying
villages along lower Rogue River, Oregon, and on the
coast north and south of its mouth. Parrish in 1854
(Ind. Aff. Rep. 1854, 495, 1855) located 8
bands on the coast and 3 on Rogue river. The gentile system
prevailed among them, men marrying outside of their own
villages, and a child belonging to the village of its father;
yet they can not be
considered as one tribe, as villages warred one upon another
without violation of national unity or tribal sentiment
(Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, iii, 232, 1890).
The Tututni were removed to
Siletz
Reservation as prisoners of war in 1850. They formerly
practiced polygyny, widows being buried alive in the graves of
their deceased husbands (Everette, Tutu M. vocab.,
B. A. F 1883). In 1854 (Ind. Aff. Rep.
1854, 495, 1855) the total population was 1,311,
consisting of 448 men, 490 woolen, 205 boys, and 168 girls.
According to Parrish the bands were:
