vowels and n's terminate more than one-half of their words. We possess vocabularies of the following bands: Yuba, opposite the mouth of Yuba river, a tributary of Feather river. A collection of some forty words was made by Lieut. Edward Ross, and published in Historical Magazine of New York, 1863, page 123. Cushna, on mountains of South Yuba river, Nevada county. Vocabulary by Adam Johnson, an Indian agent, published in Schoolcraft, II., page 494. Pujuni, or Bushumnes, on western bank of Sacramento river; Secumnes, also west of Sacramento river. Short vocabularies of both dialects were collected by Mr. Dana, and reprinted in Tr. Am. Ethnol. Soc., Vol. II. Neeshenam, south of Bear river; Powers separates them as a distinct nation from the Meidoos; but from the words given, it appears that both speak dialects of the same language. Their bands are partly called after the points of the compass. Of other Meidoo tribes or bands, we mention the Otákumne in the Otakey settlement; the Ollas, opposite mouth of Bear river, and the Concows or Cancows, in Concow Valley. Mr. Powers gives the names of about a dozen more. Perhaps the little tribe of the undersized Noces, or Nozes, in Round Mountain, Oak Run and vicinity, has to be classified here, because a few of their numerals, which almost all end in mona, agree with those of the Cushnas. Mr. Powers supposes these and the ferocious Mill Creek Indians to be of foreign origin.
Wintoon.—The timid, superstitious and grossly sensual race of the Wintoons is settled on both sides of upper Sacramento and upper Trinity rivers, and is found also on the lower course of Pit River. Stephen Powers calls their language rich in forms and synonyms; the dialect studied by Oscar Loew forms the plurals of its nouns by means of a final -t preceded by a reduplicated vowel of the root. Loew's vocabulary, published with one of the Uinta-Utah and thirteen others by the author of this article in his recent publication. "Zwölf Sprachen aus dem Südwesten Nord-Amerikas; Weimar 1876" (150 pages), offers a few words of very difficult guttural pronunciation; but in general the language (called "Digger" in that vocabulary) is of a soft and sonorous character.
Some of the more noteworthy Wintoon tribes are as follows:—Dowpum Wintoons, on Cottonwood creek, the nucleus of this race; Noemocs or "southern people;" Pooemocs or "eastern people;" Nome Lakees or "western talkers;" Wikainmocs, on extreme upper Trinity river and Scott Mountain; Normocs, on Hay Fork; Tehámas, near Teháma Town; Mag Reading Wintoons: vocabulary taken about 1852, by Adam Johnson, and published in Schoolcraft, IV, p. 414. Cop-éh. A tribe of this name was found at the head of Putos creek, the words of which are mostly dissyllabic, and partake of the vocalic nature of southern languages.
