Clallam Indian Tribe
Location
Clallam. Meaning "strong people."
Also
spelled:
Nu-sklaim, S'Klallam, Tla'lem.
Connections
The Clallam were a tribe of the
coastal division of the Salishan linguistic stock most
closely connected with the Songish.
Location
On the south side of the Strait of
Juan de Fuca, between Port Discovery and Hoko River.
Later the Clallam occupied the Chimakum territory also and a small number
lived on the lower end of Vancouver Island.
Villages
Elwah, at the mouth of Elwah River.
Hoko, at the mouth of Hoko Creek.
Huiauulch, on the site of modern Jamestown, 5 miles east of
Dungeness.
Hunnint or Hŭngǐ'ngǐt,
on the east side of Clallam Bay; this town and Klatlawas together
were called Xainañt by Erna
Gunther (1927).
Kahtai, at Port Townsend, occupied after the destruction of the
Chimakum.
Kaquaith (or Skakwiyel), at Port Discovery.
Klatlawas, the Tlătlăwai'is
of Curtis (1907-9), on the west side of Clallam Bay; see Hunnint.
Kwahamish, a fishing village on the Lyre River.
Mekoös, on Beecher Bay,
Vancouver Island, B. C
Pistchin, on Pysht Bay.
Sequim or Suktcikwiiñ, on Sequim
Bay or Washington Harbor.
Sestietl, Upper Elwah.
Stehtlum, at new Dungeness.
Tclanuk, on Beecher Bay, Vancouver Island, B. C.
Tsako, at the former mouth of Dungeness River.
Tsewhitzen, on Port Angeles Spit, 2 or 3 miles west of the old town
of Stehtlum.
Yennis, at Port Angeles or False Dungeness.
Population
Mooney (1928) estimated 2,000 Clallam in 1780. In 1854 Gibbs
estimated 800. In 1855, 926 were reported. In 1862 Eells estimated 1,300 but
gave 597 in 1878. In 1881 he reduced this to 485. In 1904, 336 were returned. By
the census of 1910, 398 were reported; by the United States Indian Office in
1923, 535, and in 1937, 764.
Connection in which they have become noted
The name Clallam is perpetuated by its application to a bay,
a county, a river, and a precinct in the State of Washington.
Additional 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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