Twana Indian Tribe
Location
Twana. Said to signify "a portage," referring to that between the upper
end of Hoods Canal and the headwaters of Puget Sound.
Also called:
Tu-a'd-hu, own name.
Skokomish, from the name of a principal division.
Wi'lfa Ampa'fa ami'm,
Luckiamute-Kalapuya name.
Connections
The Twana constituted one dialectic
group of the coastal division of the Salishan stock.
Location
On both sides of Hoods Canal. Later
they were placed on Skokomish Reservation.
Subdivisions and Villages
Eels (1877) gave the following:
Kolsid, on Quilcene and Dabop Bays.
Skokomish, around Annas Bay and the drainage area of Skokomish River.
Soatlkobsh, on both sides of the canal from Seabeck and Oak Head to Port
Gamble and Squamish Harbor opposite.
Smith (1941) lists the following villages:
Habha'b, at Eldon on the Canal at the mouth of the Hammerhammer River.
Li'liwap, at Lilliwap on the Canal.
Skoko'bsh, at the mouth of the Skokomish River.
Tule'lalap, at the east branch of the Canal at the mouth of Mission Creek.
Two towns at Duckabush and Brinnon.
Population
Mooney (1928) gives the Twana, Skokomish, and Squaxon
together a population of 1,000 in 1780. In 1853 they were estimated to total
about 265. The census of 1910 gave 61 Twana and 195 Skokomish, and the United
States Office of Indian Affairs returned 206 Skokomish in 1937.
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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