The following notes, mainly on Athabascans, were obtained at Round
Valley on July 13, 1938. Lucy Young, the informant, was born on Eel
River at Tseye[)s]ente[-l], opposite Alder Point. Though listed by the
Government as a Wailaki, she is actually what ethnologists call Lassik.
Her father was born 3 mi. from Alder Pt.; her mother, at Soldier Basin,
22 mi. NE. Her mother's first cousin was T'a·su's, known to the whites
as Lassik, from his Wintun name Lasek. He was chief for Alder Pt.,
Soldier Basin, (upper) Mad River. Mary Major, informant's contemporary,
is from Soldier Basin and of the same tribe.
The following were obtained as names of groups of people, though some of
them may be place names.
Setelbai, "yellow rock," Alder Pt., etc.
Nal[)s]a, "eat each other," downstream, around Fort Seward.
Ko[)s]o-ya=ê=, "soaproot eaters," farther downstream and on
Van Duzen R.
Tena=ê=-keya, Mad R. Indians.
Kentet[-l]a(=ê=), Kettenchow V., a flat with roots.
Se[)c]([-l])enden-keya, at Zenia.
Ka·snol-keya, S of Zenia, called Kikawake in Hayfork [Wintun].
Tok'(a)-keya, South Fork of Eel Indians [Sinkyone].