For the most part the Lassik villages recorded by Merriam (and listed
below) cannot be located, hence they have not been placed on the map.
Kahsh-bahn. A Lassik village on the W side of the main Eel R.
about 2 mi. above (S of) the mouth of Jewett Cr. This was a big
town and there were lots of acorns near there.
Kes-tah-che. On the E side of the main Eel R. nearly opposite
(a little above) the mouth of Jewett Cr.
'Ki-che-be. On the site of the present (1923) store at Ruth on
the Mad R. This was a big town with many houses and a sweathouse.
There were lots of deer, bear, and acorns in this area. During
the cold weather, usually in January, a dance, which lasted three
nights, was held in this village.
Sa-cho-yeh. A large village on the E side of the main Eel R.
about 2-1/2 mi. S of Alder Pt.
Sa-tahl-che-cho-be. The name means "red rocks." On the E side
of the main Eel R. about 1/2 mi. or a mile below the mouth of
Kekawaka Cr. There were falls and a whirlpool there.
Tah-kah-ta-cho-be. On the E side of the Mad R. on a flat near
the Hay place about 10 mi. above Ruth. It was a big town with a
sweathouse.
Taht-so. On the Underhill ranch, which was owned by Glenn or
Green at the time Merriam was in the area (1920's). Evidently it
was somewhere in the Harris region W of the main Eel R.
Tha-cho-yeh. On the main Eel R. on a flat under a high
standing rock. The rock is now called Cain Rock. It is on the E
side of the river about 3 mi. S of Alder Pt.
Tha-ken-nes-ten. The name means "talking rock." The village
was on the E side of the main Eel R. near a big rock which stood at
a bend of the river at the Johnson place (near a big white house).
It was a big town with a sweathouse.
Tha-tah-che. A large winter village in Soldier Basin on the
North Fork of the Eel (near present Gilman place). This was a big
town but had no sweathouse. In the winter they hunted deer and bear
here.
To-be-se-a-tung. On the E side of the Mad R. above the Bushman
place. It was about a mile above the river.
To-sos-ten. On the E side of the main Eel R. a mile or two
above Alder Pt.
There is some ambiguity in Merriam's notes on the status of the Lassik
living in the western part of their territory near the South Fork of
the Eel. The Sinkyone George Burt told Merriam that a group called the
To-kub´-be ke´ah or To´-kah-be held the land on the east side of South
Fork from Rocky Glen Creek south to above Garberville. This tribe was
said to be centered on the east branch of South Fork and in the Harris
region and to be a different tribe from the one on the main Eel River
at Alder Point and Kekawaka Creek, but Merriam himself has refused to
accept this assertion.
Goddard's information indicates that the east bank of South Fork was
owned by the Sinkyone, and it is so detailed that it has been accepted
here (see p. 164).
Goddard's unpublished material on the Lassik consists of a single map
(here reproduced as map 8), which apparently shows the locations of 27
villages. A list of what are presumably the village names accompanies
it, but Goddard changed the numbers on his map. Hence on our map the
correct name may not be assigned to each site.
_Goddard's Lassik Villages_
1. gastc[=i]kdûñ
2. k[=o]nte^{l}tc[=i]dûñ
3. satcin[=i]tc[=i]dûñ
4. naslintce
5. ist'etatc[=i]dûñ
6. t[=o]kseye
7. kiñk'ûtek[=o]nte^{l}dûñ
8. k'ûct[=o]t[=o]dûñ
9. d[=i]y[=i]ckûk
10. nûndûkkatûndûñ
11. k[=o]nte^{l}tc[=i]dûñ
12. g[=o]sn[=o]lindûñ
13. t[=o]tcadûñ
14. sait[=o]tc[=i]
15. nûnsûn^{l}tc[=i]kkinne^{=e=}dûñ
16. y[=i]stcûttcadûñ
17. tois[=i]b[=i]
18. lesbatc[=i]tdûñ
19. k'ûstc[=i]kdûñ
20. tcûggûstatc[=i]^{=e=}
21. lesbaitc[=i]^{=e=}
22. setatc[=i]^{=e=}
23. kast[=o]ntc[=i]^{=e=}dûñ
Goddard lists other names, presumably for the Lassik villages, as
follows: sekû[-l]ne, tectatalindûñ, dûltc[=i]kyacdûñ, t'o-todûñ,
k'ûsnesdûñ, ne ga b[=i], kûttantc[=i]tc[=o]dûñ. The sites corresponding
to these names cannot be located.
[Illustration: Map 7. Presumed Nongatl villages in the Bridgeville
region.]
[Illustration: Map 8. Lassik villages in the Alder Point region.]