THE AP-WOO -RO-KA E TRIBE Plates 24-27

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Geographic

Names

used by

the

At'-soo-ka'-e

BurneyButte Ah-po'-hah

BurneyValley Oo'-kah-soo'-e'

Dixie Valley Op'-wah-de'-wah

Fall River Mills Te-chow-e'-wah

Hat

Creek E-dits-te'-e

Lassen,

Mt

Per-roo'-e-ke'-nah

McGee

andCraterPeaks Bop'-ske

PitRiver Po'-mah-rah

Shasta,

Mount

Wi'-ke

THE AP-WOO -RO-KA

E

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valleys of

Eagle Lake and Willow

Creek,

and numerous

volcanoes, craters

and

buttes.

The

area of the tribe therefore is considerably greater

than

that of the relatedAt'-soo-ka'-e.

The country

of the

Ap-woo'-ro-kd'e

lacks the

continuous

conif- erous forests of the At'-soo-ka'-e.

At

the

same

time

some

of the higher ridges are forested

with yellow

pine [

Ponder

osa pine],

but

the greater partof the area is

open rocky sagebrush country

dotted

with

juniper

and mountain mahogany,

inplaces ofsufificient size

and abundance

to

form low open

forests

— ^always

^attractive

^{and welcome}

tothe traveler

—

^here

and

there alternating

with moist

grassyvalleys

and

little lakes. Besides these, is the large

and

beautiful

body

of

water known

as

Eagle Lake, bordered on

the east

by

a juniper-

covered

lavaridge,

and on

the west,atalittledistance,

by

continuous coniferousforests that

push north from

thevaluable

timber

lands of the No-to-koi'-yo

Midoo.

In

marked

contrast,

and beginning

only

4

^or5miles

north

of

Eagle Lake,

is the bare alkali flat

known

as

Grasshopper

Valley which,

though

only 10 miles in length

by

half that in width, is a pointed

reminder

of the extensive desertflatsnot far

away.

The Ap-woo'-ro-kd'e

are in contact

with

six tribes,

namely

: the related At'-soo-ka'-e

on

the west, the Fall

River A-choo'-mah'-we on

the northwest, the

Big

Valley

At-wmn'-we on

the north, the

Ham-mah'-we

of

Madeline

Plains

on

the northeast, the

Northern

Piute

on

the east

and

southeast, the

Mi'doo

No'-to-koi'-yo

on

the south.

Former

Villagesof

the

Ap-woo'-ro-ka'e^{^}

Ap'-wah-re'-wah.

—

In DixieValley;said tohavebeen a large town. [Canitbe another

name

forRats-ow' -we-ke_?]

Pits-a-roo'-hoo (or Pit-sa-roo'-hoo).

—

InWillow Creek Valley.

Ras-sd-re'-wah.

— On

BeaverCreek.

Rats-ow'-we-ke.

— On

Indian Creek at east end of Dixie Valley, at foot of mountainridge ofsame name. Principal village.

Sik-kah'-kek.

—

AnothervillageonBeaverCreek.

^

Harry

Wilson,one of the head

men

of theAp-woo'-ro-kae,gave

me

the names of two villages on the Susanville side of Antelope Ridge, namely,

N

or'-ro-witch'hack,onornear presentsiteof Susanville;andNor'-rah-cha'- e-chc, atsouth base of AntelopeRidge Sor6miles northeast of Susanville.

Another

member

of thetribetells

me

thatthesevillages belonged, notto his tribe,buttotheBig

Meadows

^tribe {No-to-koi'-yoMidoo) whichprobably,is correct. Iassumethat

Harry

Wilsonmisunderstood

my

question.

40 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS

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78 Names

used by

the

Ap-\voo'-ro-ka'e for

Themselves and Other

Tribes

Related tribes:

Ahk-zve",Ah-koo-we'-e'.

—

BigValleytribe [At-zvum'-we]

Ah-pe-se', Ah-pis'-se-ye. LikelyValleytribeon upper

South ForkPit River [Ham-mah'-we]

Ah'-tsoo-ka'-e.

— Hat

Creek tribe [At'-soo-kd'-e]

Ap-woo'-roo-ka'e, Ap-poo'-ro-ka" (A-poo'-ro-ka'e) Ap-wah'-roo-ka", Ap-wur'-roo-ka'e.

—

Their

name

fortheir

own

tribe [Ap-woo'-ro-kd'_e^

As-stah-ke'-zvah.

— Hot

Springs Valley tribe [As-tah-ke-zin'-che]

Po-niah-rc'-ye.

—

PitRivertribe,nextbelowFallRiver

Mills [Il-mah'-zjje]

Too'-e-tsozv'-zve (slurred Te-tsozu'-zve).

—

Fall River

tribe [A-choo'-mah'-zve]

Unrelated tribes:

Ah'-tsoo-hah-ne'-ye; Ah'-tsoo-hun'-ne

[Modok]

Hen'-nah [Piute]

Mah'-nah-tse'-e; Mah'-nah'-tse [Washoo]

Pe'-kah-soo'-e; Te'-ke-soo-we.

—

Big

Meadows

tribe..[No-to-koi'-yoMi-doo]

Te'-mozju-zi'e [Nos'-se or Yah'-nah]

I

Names

used for

the

Ap-woo'-ro-ka'eby

Other

Tribes

NAME

tribeusing

NAME

Ah-mit'-at'-wum andAh-mits'-che.

— ^Band

ⁱⁿ

Dixie Valley Mo-des'-se

Ah-mitch'-e and Ah-mit'-se At-zvuni'-zve, As-tah-ke-zvi'-che, and Ham-mah'-zve

At'-to-maw'-wah.

— Band

inGrasshopper Val-

ley A-choo'-mah'-zve

Choo-ka'-che.

— ^Band

on Beaver Creek Mo-des'-se Klaw-le'-wahandAh-mit'-che A-choo'-mah'-we

Wah'-doo-ka-e At'-soo-ka'-e

Geographic

Names

used by

the

Ap-woo'-roo-ka'e

Bald

Mt

We-puk'-kah-me

Beaver Creek Ko-too'-roo-si'

DavisCreek,Big Ti'-yu mur-ra si'-te-ke

Davis Creek, Little

Wah-mo-p6wk'-noo-e

BigValley Ahk-woo'; Ah-ko-wah'

Crater Butte Lake, eight miles east-southeast of

Poison

Lake

Cha'-heupoo-wow'

DixieValley Ap-wah-re'-wah

Dry

GrassValley,about3milesnorth of Poison

Lake

Po-se'-te

Dry

Valley Too'-ser-ritch'-e

EagleLake At-sip sook-a-de'

;

Ah-tsip soo'-ka-de'