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

Alan H. Hartley ahartley at D.UMN.EDU
Tue Jan 22 19:29:35 UTC 2002


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

Nope: that's a Central Salish name (HNAI 7.474).

Alan



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