Puyallup Indian Tribe
Location
Puyallup. From Pwiya'lap, the native name of Puyallup River.
Connections
The Puyallup belonged to the
Nisqually dialectic group of the Coastal division of the
Salishan linguistic family.
Location
At the mouth of Puyallup River and
the neighboring coast, including Carr Inlet and the
southern part of Vashon Island.
Subdivisions and Villages
Esha'ktlabsh, on Hylebos Waterway.
Kalka'lak, at the mouth of Wappato Creek.
Kibalt, at Glencove.
Puyallup or Spwiya'laphabsh, on Commencement Bay and Puyallup River as far
up as the mouth of Clarks Creek, including the main settlement of the same
name at the mouth of Puyallup River.
Sha'tekad, where Clay Creek empties into the Puyallup River.
Sko'tlbabsh, on Carr Inlet, including a Sko'tlbabsh settlement on Carr
Inlet above the town of Minter.
Skwapa'bsh, on the south part of Vashon Island and the land west of the
Narrows, including a town of the same name at the mouth of a stream at Gig
Harbor.
Skwlo'tsid, at the head of Wollochet Bay.
Steilacoom, on Steilacoom Creek and the neighboring beach, the main
village on the present site of Steilacoom.
Tsugwa'lethl, at Quartermaster Harbor.
Tule'lakle, at the head of Burley Lagoon, Carr Inlet.
Twa'debshab, at the mouth of a creek formerly entering Commencement Bay
and now covered by Tacoma.
Population
(See Nisqually.) The report
of the United States Office of Indian Affairs for 1937 gave 322 Puyallup.
Connection in which they have become noted
The name Puyallup is preserved by a river, an Indian
reservation, a glacier, an important town in Pierce County, and in the ridge
called Puyallup Cleaver.
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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