Some villages are given by Merriam (M), Nomland (1938) (N), and Goddard
(1929) (G), but most of the locations are not very certain.
1. chal-ko´-chah (M). Name of the village N of the mouth of
Bear R., used for both the place and the village.
tc'alko´ (N). Largest and most western village in the area. It
included the flat at the mouth of Bear R.
Goddard mentions two villages as being on the ocean N of the
mouth of Bear R. -- [-l]'adAlk'AsdAñ and goldElco'dAñ. He gives the
word tc'alko as the word for Bear R. In Nomland's personal copy
of Goddard's paper (1929) she has written the word "tchankok" as
the word for Bear R. She gives the following explanation of the
discrepancy (1938, p. 92): "In checking words given by Goddard with
my Bear River informant, Nora Coonskin, it developed that most
of his information (gotten from Nora's uncle, Peter) was not in
accordance with hers. Upon close questioning, the latter told me
that her uncle preferred to speak Mattole. I checked Peter's words
with Isaac Duncan, my Mattole informant, and found this to be true."
2. s[=a]-cho-tung (s[)e]-cho´-tah) (M). On the ocean on the S
side of the mouth of Bear R.
setcodAñ, "rock big" (G). By the lighthouse, a populous place.
The present-day lighthouse stands about 2 mi. S of the mouth of
Bear R.
3. chil-sh[)e]ck (N). On the site of the present town of
Capetown.
atcAnco'xEbi' (G). Said to have been where the store and hotel
are at the town of Capetown.