Sprague: Maklaks Place Names

This is our homeland. We have been here since time immemorial, and we do not plan to go anywhere anytime soon. Reclaim our homes, reclaim our places, reawaken our spirits, and revitalize our Maklaks peoples and places. Here is a draft list of some of our place names for this region from Spindor 1996 (Linked in Hoqambli Resource Directory).

Say these names again, go to these places again, revitalize the relationship between our Maklaks peoples and places again. And protect our places and the spirits that still dwell in them.

Aish=Tkaliks: Upper Sprague River above Yainx, Camping place named after large standing rock meaning "column rock".

Awalokat: at little island"Camping place.

Hishtish=Luelks: Headwaters of Sprague River, A camping and fishing spot (fishery of small suckers)

Hopats: Sprague River, A camping place “passage to the timber".

Yainaga: Hill 2 miles south of Sprague River at Yaneks subagency, "little butte", A camping place.

Yainakshi: Middle of Sprague, Maklaks villages of Yaneks, "where the hill is, at the small butte".

Yetkash: YaneksCamping place.

Kaktsamkshi: Near Subagency buildings at Yaneks, Little Spring, a camping place.

Katsi: Yaneks, Little Spring, a camping place.

Katsuats: Sprague River, A camping placfe meaning "wild rocks sloping into the river".

Kawa, Kaua: Yaneks, A Modoc Camp

Kawamxeni: Sprague River, Fishing place, "eels place".

Kakashti: Sprague River, A spring and camp wheere eels are caught, "eels home"

Kmutcham=Latsaskshi: Gmunkumps Lodge at hill on Sprague River, "at the old mans house", a hill and camping place.

Kos=Tuets: 10 miles above Yaneks, Encampment of Yahooskins, "where pine trees stand".

Ktai=Tupakshi: 50 yards North of Sprague River, 150 yards from the forks, "Standing Rock" a rock about ten feet high, 14 ft wide; Gmunkumps chair. Gmunkumps constructd a fish-trap of willow branches here and sat watching for the preservation on his makings. "A fish dam that kills the large sucker when it is jumping". Rock is on the property of a Maklaks named Tcheloxins.

Kumakshi: Sprague River, A camping place near Sprague River, "at the cave"

Welekag=Knukleksaksi: Sprague River Valley, A camping place called after a rock of contorted apperance, "at the old woman stooping down".

Vulalkshi, Ulalksi: Sprague River, A camping place called "Cottonwood".

Vukshi, Wuksi: Upper Sprague River, A camping place, name is interpreted by "old fireplace".

Uxade-ush: Yaneks, Camping place interpreted as "planting a willow".

Tsuitiakshi: Headwaters of Sprague River, Locality near headwater of the Sprague River where it’s overgrown with tchuitiam (dog rose) bushes.

Tchuxeni: Chewaukan Marsh, An extensiive marshy tract in the NE part of Reservation.

Tsuaxena: Sprague River Valley, A settlement of Yahooskin, wapatu-place.

Tchekele=Tsiwish:10 miles above Yaneks, A encampment of Yahooskins near a little spring with water as red as blood.

Kalu=Txalamna: Sprague River, A lodge site on Sprague River. Literally "juniper tree on hill" Texts it is referred to as Kailu=Talam.

Kokaksi: Sprague River Valley, A lodge site or camp in Sprague River Valley, also called Kokaxani.

Plaikni Koke: Sprague River

Lamkosh: Sprague River Valley, "Willows" a brook in Sprague River Valley about two yards wide and named after the willows on it. The settlers by a misunderstanding of the name, called it Whiskey Creek. It was a camping place..

Luldam=Tchiks: Sprague River, Winter settlement on Sprague River.

Luluksalks: Yaneks, A little lukewarm spring in the volcanic region of Yaneks. Literally "at the warm springs", a camping place.

Nakosksiks: Sprague River, A fishing place in Sprague River, near its junction with the Williamson river. "At the pile-dam". The dam was established to capture fish.

Ne-ukish: Sprague River Valley, "Streaming junction", a camping place.

Palan E-ush: Sprague River, A flat rock emerging from the surface of Sprague River at low water; it lies close to Welekag=Knukleksaki, "watdry drying up", a camping place.

P'lai: Sprague River, An eastern affluent of the Williamson River, draining Sprague River Valley and flowing past the settlements at Yaneks. Plai is rendered as "above, high up, on an eminence".

Sat, Shat, Sa-ad: East of Yaneks in Sprague River Valley, Snake Indian; a branch of the snake maklaks, about 140 of them belonging to the Walpapi and Yahuskin Tribes.

Shiiwashksh, Shiiwash: Sprague River Valley, A camping place in Sprague River Valley, intrepreted as "projecting rocks".

Shlokopashkshi: Yaneks, A locality at Yaneks. "Lodge-hole", in texts it is given as, "at the house cavity".

Spawaukshi: Sprague River near Yaneks Camping place.

Staktaks: Sprague River, A camp site on Sprague River, "end of the hill".

Shuawati: Near Yaneks, A camp site on Sprague River near Yaneks. In texts t is given as Suawati "ford, crossing place".

Suitstis: Upper Sprague River, A camp site on Upper Sprague River near Wuksi. In the texts Wuksi is given as "fireplace" and it is states that it is the same place as Suitstis.

Tatatmi: Near Yaneks, A hill near Yaneks; a camping place.

Te-unolsh: On hill near Yaneks, A spring rising on a hill near the Valley road at Yaneks; interpreted as "Spring running down from a hill".

Tchakawetch: near Yaneks, A locality and camping place near Yaneks.

Tchakele Tsiwish: Sprague River Valley, "Running with blood; a little spring with reddish water; a settlement of Snake Indians".

Tsaxeak=Tkawalsh: Upper Sprague River, A locality and camping place named after a high standing rock.