Pomo Indian baskets and their makers . Shi-bu—71 Stitches to the Inch—Life-Size. {.Plate s] feated. The peace then made has never been broken. TheIndians returned to their homes, where they still live. The tribes of northeastern Mendocino county were of a dif-ferent race and more warlike character. Their resistance wasmore stubborn ; and, according to the old settlers, there was aconsiderable period, of frontier warfare. When the Indians ofthat region were conquered they were placed upon the RoundValley Indian reservation, where they now are. The leading tribes of Mendocino county are the Sane
Pomo Indian baskets and their makers . Shi-bu—71 Stitches to the Inch—Life-Size. {.Plate s] feated. The peace then made has never been broken. TheIndians returned to their homes, where they still live. The tribes of northeastern Mendocino county were of a dif-ferent race and more warlike character. Their resistance wasmore stubborn ; and, according to the old settlers, there was aconsiderable period, of frontier warfare. When the Indians ofthat region were conquered they were placed upon the RoundValley Indian reservation, where they now are. The leading tribes of Mendocino county are the Sanelos ofSanel Valley, the Yokaias of Ukiah Valley, the Ballo Kai Pomoof Potter Valley, the Ukis of Round Valley, and the tribes lived about the upper end of Clear Lake ; of these,three are practically consolidated. In Big Valley, west of thelake, were the Kabenapo and the Talanapo. Most of these are. PX)MO INDIAN- BASKE TS. 7 now coUiected in a mission near Kelseyville under the care of theFranciscan Fathers. At the southern end of the lake are theLower Lakes, the Makhelchel of some writers. In northernSonoma county the Wappos lived in Alexander Valley, the Gal-linomeros about Healdsburg. Along the Mendocino coast wereseveral other tribes, while the lesser valleys each harbored all there were something like thirty of these little tribes, noone of which probably numbered over 500 people, each with itsown chief and a language more or less distinct — as separatefrom its neighbor as France is from Italy. Often the Indiansat one end of a valley could not converse with their neighborsat the other end ; and, indeed, at this late day, the Indians
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