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A small family of Indian tribes residing in the neighborhood of Coos bay and on the lower part of the Coquille river, Coos county, Oregon.


 * 1) Me-lu-kitz, on the north side of Coos bay.
 * 2) Mul-luk, on the north side of the Coquille river.
 * 3) Nah-su-mi, on the south side of the Coquille river.

This family claimed as their hunting ground all the Klamath county, and part of Lake and Crook counties, and a strip of California along the Oregon border.


 * 1) Klam-ath, resided chiefly on the Upper Klamath lake in Klamath county, Oregon.
 * 2) Mo-doc, resided on the lakes along the border of Oregon and California; in 1864 the Modocs joined with the Klamaths in ceding their territory to the United States, and both divisions were put on the Klamath Indian reservation; but in 1870 a chief named "Kintpuash," but commonly called "Captain Jack," led a portion of the Modocs back to the California border, and the attempt to bring them back brought on the Modoc war of 1872 and 3.

The name Salish was originally applied to the Flathead tribe in Montana, and was afterwards applied to other tribes speaking their language. Those in Washington, Oregon and Idaho were:

A. Okinagan group:


 * 1) O-kin-a-gan, occupied Okinagan county, "Washington, west of the Okinagan river.
 * 2) Colville, lived in Stevens county, Washington, from Kettle falls to the Spokane river.
 * 3) Nes-pe-lim, or San-poil, lived on the Sans-Poil river in Ferry county, and across the Columbia river in Lincoln county, Washington.
 * 4) Sen-i-jex-tee, or Snai-chek-stik, lived on both sides of the Columbia river from Kettle falls to the international boundary, in Ferry and Stevens counties, Washington.

B. Flathead:


 * 1) Spo-kan, the name applied to several small bodies of Indians on and near the Spokane river in Stevens, Spokane and Lincoln counties, Washington.
 * 2) Kal-is-pel, or Pend d'Oreilles, lived in Bonner county, Idaho, and the eastern part of Stevens county, Washington.

C. Skits-wish, or Goeur d'Alenes, lived in Kootenai county, Idaho. They are known as the Coeur d'Alenes, the French word for "Awl Heart," an expression used by some chief to express the size of a trader's heart.

D. The Columbian Groups:


 * 1) Pis-quow, or We-nat-chi, lived on the Wenatchee river, in Kittitas and Okinagan counties, Washington.