Skagit Indian Tribe
Location
Skagit. Significance unknown.
Also called:
Hum-a-luh, own name, meaning "the people."
Connections
The Skagit belonged to the coastal
division of the Salishan linguistic stock.
Location
On Skagit and Stillaguamish Rivers
except about their mouths.
Subdivisions
Smith, 1941
Base'lelotsed, on Skagit River from Van Horn to roughly 3 miles above
Rockport and Sauk River almost to the mouth of Suiattle, including the
village of Tca'gwalk, at the mouth of Sauk River.
Baska'dsadsiuk, on the south bank of Skagit River from Hamilton to
Birdsview, including a village opposite Hamilton.
Baske'kwiuk, on Skagit River above Rockport, including a village at Marble
Mount at the mouth of the Cascade River.
Baslo'halok, on the north bank of the Skagit from Hamilton to Birdsview,
including a settlement at Hamilton.
Duwa'ha, on the mainland drainages from South Bellingham to Bayview
including part of Lake Whatcom, Lake Samish and Samish River, including
the village of Batsla'thllaos, at Bayview on Padilla Bay.
Nookachamps, on Skagit River from Mount Vernon to Sedro Woolley and
Nookachamps River drainage including Big Lake, including a village back of
Mount Vernon just below the concrete bridge, and Tsla'tlabsh on Big Lake.
Sauk, on Sauk River above the confluence of the Suiattle River, including
a settlement on Sauk prairie above Darrington.
Sba'leuk, on Skagit River from above Birdsview to above Concrete,
including a village at Concrete.
Sikwigwi'lts, on Skagit River from Sedro Woolley to below Lyman, including
a village on the flats near Sedro Woolley.
Stillaguamish, on Stillaguamish River from Arlington up,
including villages at Arlington and Trafton.
Suiattle, on Suiattle River, including a village not far about the mouth
of Suiattle River.
Tcubaa'bish, on Skagit River from Lyman to below Hamilton, including Day
Creek drainage, and including a village at the mouth of Dry Creek.
Population
The Skagit population is given by Mooney (1928) with the
Swinomish and some other tribes, as 1,200 in 1780. Gibbs (1877) estimated there
were 300 Skagit proper in 1853. The census of 1910 returned 56 under this name.
In 1923 the United States Indian Office entered 221 "Swinomish" in their
returns, including evidently the Skagit and some other tribes; in 1937 it gave
an estimate of 200 Skagit.
Connection in which they have become noted
Skagit River, which
flows into Puget Sound, Skagit County, and a post hamlet preserve the name
of the Skagit Indians.
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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