Nisqually Indian Tribe
Location
Nisqually. From Skwale'absh, the native name of Nisqually River. Also
spelled Quallyamish, and Skwalliahmish.
Also called:
Askwalli, Calapooya name.
Ltsχe'als, Nestucca name.
Suketī'kenuk, Sukotī'kenuk, by Columbia Indians along with all other coast
people, meaning "people of the other side," with reference to the
Cascades.
Tsĕ Skua'lli ami'm, Luckamiut Kalapooian name.
Connections
They gave their name to one dialectic
division of the coastal division of the Salishan
linguistic stock.
Location
On Nisqually River above its mouth
and on the middle and upper courses of Puyallup River.
Subdivisions and Villages
Basha'labsh, on Mashell Creek and neighboring Nisqually River, the town on
a
highland below Eatonville on Mashell Creek.
Sakwi'absh, Clear Creek and neighboring Nisqually River, the main
settlement
on a hill near the junction of Clear Creek and the Nisqually River.
Sigwa'letcabsh, on Segualitcu River, the main settlement where Dupont
Creek
enters the Sgwualiteu River.
Tsakwe'kwabah, on Clarks Creek and neighboring Puyallup River, the main
settlement where Clarks Creek empties into Puyallup River, but seems to
have
included also Skwa'dabsh, at the mouth of a creek entering Wappato Creek
above the Wappato Creek village.
Sta'habsh, where the Stuck River enters the Puyallup.
Tsuwa'diabsh, on what is now the Puyallup River above its junction with
the
Carbon, and just below the site of the Soldiers' Home.
Tuwha'khabsh, above Ortig where Vogt Creek enters the Carbon River.
Yisha'ktcabsh, on Nisqually Lake, the principal settlement being at the
mouth
of a sizable creek.
Yokwa'lsshabsh, on Muck Creek and the neighboring parts
of Nisqually River, the main settlement located where Muck Creek enters
Nisqually River, and a division on Clover Creek.
Population
Mooney (1928) estimated that in 1780 there were about 3,600
Nisqually of whom, in 1907, between 1,100 and 1,200 survived. About 1,100 were
returned in the census of 1910, but the Indian Office Report for 1937 gives only
62, evidently a minor tribe which gave its name to the larger body.
Connection in which they have become noted
The memory of the Nisqually tribe, or cluster of bands, has
been preserved in the name of Nesqually or
Nisqually River, and in the post village of Nisqually in Thurston County.
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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