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Ho Wegoh

Dictionary entry

Ho Wegohpn • a flat near the Klamath, a bend in the river at Lamb's Riffle

Lexicon record # 532 | Source reference(s): YG:C19 YLCB79
Semantic domain: place names
Derivation: literally, "where one crossed" (wegoh "go across by boat")

Geographical story

  • YG237 • "The trail here leaves the river and cuts across the back end of the flat. The horned serpent, Knewolek, once crossed the river here, coming from Espew."

Short recording (1)

  1. Ho Wegoh "forced to cross bend in river at Lamb's" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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