Category: History - American

The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California

The population of the San Joaquin Valley in approximately 1850 33 Contemporary estimates and counts for the entire region 33 Analysis based upon restricted areas 34 Stanislaus and Tuolumne rivers 34 Merced River, Mariposa Creek, and Chowchilla River 35 The Cosumnes, Mokelumne,...

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4. Part 4

There are certain data available which permit us to estimate rather closely what proportion of the population in California should be regarded as falling within the category of...

6. Part 6

From the ethnographers we get indication of six villages: of the Apiachi, the village of Wohui (Kroeber, Gayton, Latta); of the Nutunutu, the villages of Chiau (Kroeber, Gayton,...

7. Part 7

For the Yokuts on the middle Fresno River it was concluded that the average number of inhabitants per village was 60. This value was based on village numbers and general estimat...

5. Part 5

The Martinez description is apparently somewhat at variance with that of his predecessor. Martinez saw, cites distances for, and mentions by name three rancherias: Telame, Lihua...

9. Part 9

According to Duran the village had 40 houses, which would mean 360 persons without reckoning possible subsidiary rancherias. The name is mentioned for only one mission, San Jose...

2. Part 2

We have therefore 70 reasonably well authenticated villages in the hill area traversed by the two rivers. With regard to the number of inhabitants, further data are provided by...

8. Part 8

The remaining portion of the Yokuts-Miwok territory lay in the valley and foothills north of the Merced River. This area (see maps 1 and 5, areas 8-13 inclusive), particularly t...

3. Part 3

We may now return to the consideration of the Fresno-San Joaquin region. For the lower courses of these rivers, mainly in Yokuts territory, three values were derived, 2,633 from...

10. Part 10

This account deserves comment on several grounds: with relation to Viader's visit of the previous year and the baptisms at San Francisco it is evident that whereas the southern...

11. Part 11

The Yatchikumne and, if we are to credit Schenck, the Passasimas occupied a position on the Calaveras River comparable to that occupied by the Moquelumnes on the Mokelumne. Sche...

1. Part 1

The population of the San Joaquin Valley in approximately 1850 33 Contemporary estimates and counts for the entire region 33 Analysis based upon restricted areas 34 Stanislaus a...

12. Part 12

By river system he breaks them down thus: 300 on the Merced, 350 on the Tuolumne, 250 at Plant's Ferry on the Stanislaus, 100 elsewhere on the Stanislaus, and 100 scattering thr...