X Kula-napo, Gibbs in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, III, 431, 1853 (the
name of one of the Clear Lake bands).
> Mendocino (?), Latham in Trans. Philolog. Soc. Lond., 77, 1856 (name
suggested for Choweshak, Batemdaikai, Kulanapo, Yukai, Khwaklamayu
languages). Latham, Opuscula, 343, 1860. Latham, El. Comp. Phil., 410,
1863 (as above).
> Pomo, Powers in Overland Monthly, IX, 498, Dec., 1873 (general
description of habitat and of family). Powers in Cont. N.A. Eth., III,
146, 1877. Powell, ibid., 491 (vocabularies of Gal-li-no-mé-ro,
Yo-kai´-a, Ba-tem-da-kaii, Chau-i-shek, Yu-kai, Ku-la-na-po, H’hana,
Venaambakaiia, Ka´-bi-na-pek, Chwachamaju). Gatschet in Mag. Am.
Hist., 16, 1877 (gives habitat and enumerates tribes of family).
Gatschet in Beach, Ind. Misc., 436, 1877. Keane, App. Stanford’s Comp.
(Cent, and So. Am.), 476, 1878 (includes Castel Pomos, Ki, Cahto,
Choam, Chadela, Matomey Ki, Usal or Calamet, Shebalne Pomos,
Gallinomeros, Sanels, Socoas, Lamas, Comachos).
< Pomo, Bancroft, Nat. Races, III, 566, 1882 (includes Ukiah,
Gallinomero, Masallamagoon, Gualala, Matole, Kulanapo, Sanél, Yonios,
Choweshak, Batemdakaie, Chocuyem, Olamentke, Kainamare, Chwachamaju.
Of these, Chocuyem and Olamentke are Moquelumnan).
The name applied to this family was first employed by Gibbs in 1853, as
above cited. He states that it is the “name of one of the Clear Lake
bands,” adding that “the language is spoken by all the tribes occupying
the large valley.” The distinctness of the language is now generally
admitted.