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Rek'-woy Requa

Wech-pues Weitchpec (the town), a point projecting from the north side of the river into the Klamath estuary

Koh-pey Crescent City, site of Crescent City

Wehl-kwew a village across the river from Rek'woy

'O Sche-gep' the boat landing at Rek'woy, a reddish cliff north(west) of the mouth of the Klamath, a site with house-pits somewhere north of Stone Lagoon, a rock by the landing spot at Churey

Huep-'oo Hupa

Tmery 'WeRoy Cannery Creek

Pekw-tuehl a village between the Klamath and Trinity where they meet

Chue-lue Bald Hills

Ke-nek a village on the Klamath

Mue-rekw a village on the Klamath

Sre-gon a village on the Klamath

Srperh a village along the Klamath

Wa's-'ey a village at Young's Bar

'O Re-gos Tucker Rock (a rock at the mouth of the Klamath River)

Hee-wow a house in Rek'woy

Hop-'ew a village in the current location of Klamath

Key-kem a village on the Klamath

Ne-go-no' a place below Keykem

Nohch-kueh a village on the Klamath

Nohch-kueh Hee-koh a place across the river from Nohchkuh

Sreg Pech a place just upriver from Sregon; also called Chokik

Stoo-wen a village along the Klamath

Twehl-keyr a place along the Klamath above Srpr'

Wah-sekw a village on the Klamath, Martin's Ferry

'O Chaahl 'WeRe-pokw a place

'Rner' a village along the Klamath

'Er-ner' 'We-Roy Blue Creek

Chaahl 'O Knew a long beach

Chah-pekw a village at Stone Lagoon

Chah-pekw 'O Ket-'oh Stone Lagoon

Chkwe-ges 'O Rek-'eeen a rock in the Klamath below 'Rnr'

Chkwe-ges 'Wa-'aag a sea-stack, the larger of the Turtle Rocks near Patrick's Point

Cho-keek a place just upriver from Sregon; also called Sreg Pech

Cho-keek 'WeRoy the creek at Chokik

Chue-rew Trinidad, Tsurai, the Indian town at Trinidad

Chue-re-wa' Trinidad Head (a large rounded promontory at Trinidad, almost separated from the mainland)

Chue-rey Trinidad, Tsurai, the Indian town at Trinidad

Hehl-keek 'WeRoy Klamath River

Hehl-kue Serr Maynot Creek

Hee-neg a Tolowa town on Smith River, Smith River

Ho We-goh a flat near the Klamath

Hokt-kehl a promontory on the north side of Trinidad Head

Hop-'ew Puel 'WeRoy a gully upriver from Hop'ew

Hop-'ew 'WeRoy a creek downriver from Hop'ew

Ke-nek Puel a village downriver from Kenek

Ke-nek 'WeRoy Tuley Creek

Keehl 'O Tep Hee-meyr a fishing place on the Klamath

Keehl 'O Tep 'WeRoy a creek on the Klamath

Knet-ken 'O Loo a large boulder in the Klamath downstream from Muurekw

Knew-sep a long prairie

Knuehl a fishing place (where there is deep water) off Moore's Rock

Kerr-neet 'Wo'Ol' Little Trinidad Head (a promontory near Trinidad Head)

Le-gep-'ew a hole or cave on the southwest side of Trinidad Head

Me-leg a sea-stack between 'O Segen and the mouth of the Klamath

Me-weehl 'O Le-gehl Cann's Prairie (on the ridge of the Bald Hills above the mouth of Redwood Creek)

Me-wo-me-kwehl a flat area by Trinidad Head, now a parking lot

Pe-kwon Pecwan (a village on the Klamath)

Pe-kwon 'WeRoy Pecwan Creek

Pekw-tehl a rock in the Klamath River near Pekwon, a sea stack by Stone Lagoon

Pe-leen Kerr-cherh the ridge above Pekwtuhl

Pluel' Fish Lake, on the mountain above Weitchpec and Bluff Creek

Poy-koh 'O Lep a knoll just north of Big Lagoon

Prgeesh 'O Chye-guuekw' a sea stack near 'R Hlrgr'

Pue-leek Serr-nery Hunters Creek

Raa-yeep a pebbly beach at the south end of 'E'goo, by Trinidad Head

Sa-'ahl a village along the Klamath

Sreg Hee-koh a place across from Sregon

Sreg Pue-lekw a place just downriver from Sregon

Sreg Won a place just uphill from Sregon

Sre-por a village site south of Churey

Sue-meeg Patrick's Point

Tee-kwoh a place uphill from Keykem (formerly a prairie, now overgrown)

Tee-kwoo the promontory between Stone Lagoon and Freshwater Lagoon

Wech-pekw' a spring at Wechpus

'Espew a village on the coast between Redwood Creek and the Klamath

'Espew 'O Ket-'uel' the lagoon at 'Espew

'E'goo a beach north of Trinidad Head

'Lep-toyhl 'O Pkwe-gech a reef north of Churey

'O Chaahl a village site on the Klamath

'O Kaa a mountain above the Klamath

'O Kaa 'O Ket-'uel' a lake on 'O Kaa

'O Ke-gep a spring near 'O Men 'We Roy, a sea-stack near Elk Point, north of Churey

'O Ke-get-'oh a place on the sandbar by Big Lagoon

'O Ke-gey Goat Rock (a ridge between Stone Lagoon and Big Lagoon)

'O Ket-'oh Big Lagoon, a town on Big Lagoon

'O Ket-'uel' Big Lagoon

'O Kne-get a large sea-stack just south of the mouth of the Klamath, Flint Rock Head (a conspicuous promontory south of the mouth of the Klamath), a crag on a cliff at the north of Patrick's Point, a rock in the ocean near the mouth of Luffenholtz Creek

'O Kwe-ges sand dunes south of the mouth of Little River

'O Le-gew a place on the east side of Trinidad Head

'O Men a town along the coast north of Rek'woy

'O Men Hee-puer a village north of 'O Men

'O Men 'WeRoy Wilson Creek

'O Pe-geesh a beach north of 'Espew

'O Ple-goh a Hupa town (Ta'k'yimił-diŋ "where they stir acorn mush")

'O Pyuue-weg a village on the south shore of Big Lagoon

'O Rew a fishing place across from Weitchpec, where the current formerly struck the south shore, a bank downstream of 'Rnr', a camp-site or town on Redwood Creek, about 4 miles from the coast, just before Chilula land, a rock in Karuk territory

'O Se-gen a village on the coast between 'Espew and the mouth of the Klamath

'O Se-gen 'WeRoy a creek at 'O Segen

'O Se-geesh a flat area along the Klamath near Wohkero'

'O Shyer-gerysh near Elk Point, "a sea rock, with two points"

'O Sle-goych a place where a trail descends, a declivity

'O Slookw a site on the northeast shore of Big Lagoon

'O Te-guuekw a flat rock near Pekwon on the south side of the Klamath

'O Tme-kwor a village at the north end of Redwood Lagoon

'O Toh-pew a natural archway under Krrnit 'Wo-'O'l (Little Trinidad Head)

'Oohl 'O Chyuue a cliff overlooking the Klamath River

'O'rekw mouth of Redwood Creek, a village to the south of Redwood Lagoon (Orick)

'O'rekw 'WeRoy Redwood Creek

'R Hler-ger' False Klamath Rock

'UKwe-won the beach between Trinidad Head and Little Trinidad Head

'Yoch Le-gaay a ridge above 'O Men 'We-Roy

'Yoch 'O Ke-gey

Dictionary entry

'Yoch 'O Ke-geypn • a place on the sand barrier between Freshwater Lagoon and the ocean

Lexicon record # 4175 | Source reference: YG:I2
Semantic domain: place names
Derivation: literally, "where boats go over" ('yoch "boat")

Other places in the Orick area: Chah-pekw, Chah-pekw 'O Ket-'oh, Me-leg, Pekw-tehl, Tee-kwoo, 'Espew, 'Espew 'O Ket-'uel', 'O Pe-geesh, 'O Sche-gep', 'O Se-gen, 'O Se-gen 'WeRoy, 'O Tme-kwor, 'O'rekw, 'O'rekw 'WeRoy

Geographical story

  • YG264 • "People used to paddle out of Stone Lagoon, up along the beach, and run the crafts ashore at this point. Then they dragged them over the sand and launched them in Freshwater. There were no towns here and hence no boats."