Yet more from Jones, Robert F. (ed.) "Annals of Astoria"

Mike Cleven ironmtn at BIGFOOT.COM
Tue Jan 22 07:05:01 UTC 2002


Tony Johnson wrote:
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> LaXayEm,
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> Regarding "Kelemooks"  --That really is "t7ilimuks" (Tillamook) or "the people of ni7ilim" (the Nehalem river in NW Oregon).  -7ilim is the root and -uks is of course the plural for people.
>

Is that the same root as "Clallam", then?

MC



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