Makah ('cape people'). The southern most tribe of the Wakashan stock, the only one within the United States. They
belong to the Nootka branch. According to Swan the Makah claimed
the the territory between Flattery rocks, 15 miles south, and
Hoko ruver, 15 miles east of C. Flattery, Washington, also
Tatoosh island., near the cape. Their winter towns were Baada,
Neah, Ozette, Tzues, and Waatch; their summer villages, Ahchawat,
Kiddekub and Tatooche. Gibbs (MS., B. A. E.) mentions another,
called Kehsidatsoos. They now have two reservations, Makah and
Ozette, Washington, on which, in 1905, there were respectively
399 and 36, a total of 435 for the tribe. In 1806 they were
estimated by Lewis and Clark to number 2,000. By treaty of Neah
bay, Wash., Jan. 31, 1855, the Makah ceded all their lands at
the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca except the area
including C. Flattery. This reservation was enlarged by
Executive order of Oct. 26, 1872, superseded by Executive order
of Jan. 2, 1873, and in turn revoked by executive order of Oct
12 of the same year, by which the Makah Reservation was
definitely defined. The
Ozette
Reservation was established by order of April 12, 1893.
