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Chaahl 'O Knew a long beach

Chaahl 'O Knew Last Chance

Chahp-cheeek Mile Rock, near the Klamath mouth

Chah-pekw a village at Stone Lagoon

Chah-pekw 'O Ket-'oh Stone Lagoon

Chah-pekw 'O Ket-'ue'l Stone Lagoon

Cheeek Cheeek 'O'l home of money in creation stories

Chekw-chen South Point, a promontory on the south end of Big Lagoon

Che-por a village in the area of Bluff Creek

Che-por 'WeRoy Bluff Creek

Cherrherr 'O Le-goh a hill near Richardson Creek

Cherrherr 'O Le-goh 'WeRe-chah the ridge which runs east from from Cherrherr 'O Legoh

Che'-lon 'O Tep a flat by the Klamath mouth

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

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

Chkwe-ges 'Wa-'aag Soh the summit above Chkweges 'W-a'aag

Chmuuek 'UePa-'ah a sea stack near Green Rock

Choch-kweeh Dry Lagoon

Choh-choy a place south of Point St. George

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

Cho-keek 'WeRoy Moore's Creek, the creek at Chokik

Chue-lo-yo' July Prairie

Chue-lue Bald Hills

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

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

Chue-rey Woh Trinidad Head (a large rounded promontory at Trinidad, almost separated from the mainland)

Ch'eee-go-lew a place on the Klamath at the mouth of Johnson Creek

Ch'eee-go-lew 'WeRoy Johnson Creek

Haa-wok a place on the Klamath upriver from Turip

Ha-'aag 'O Kloh Doctor Rock

Ha-'aag 'O Me-kwehl a rock pile in the area of Sregon

Ha-'aag 'O Sloyhl a crag north of 'O Segen

Hee-neg a Tolowa town on Smith River

Hee-neg 'WeRoy Smith River

Hee-wow a house in Rek'woy

Hee-wo'-neek Wes-'o-nah heaven

Hee'-mehl a place on the Klamath, across and downriver from Saa'

Hehl-keek 'WeRoy Klamath River

Hehl-kue Serr Maynot Creek

Hehl-kue 'O Le-gem' a sandbar on the south side of Wilson Creek

Her'-wew a knoll just upslope of Requa

He-wo-yek a fishing site on the Klamath near Saa'

Hey-yo-mew a small village on the Klamath

He'-woo 'WeRoy Fourteen Creek

Hlkehl 'O Ro-'oh hard dirt cliffs near Squashan Creek

Hlke-leek 'Ol Sunken Rock, a rock near the Klamath River mouth only exposed at low tide

Hlke-leek 'WeRoy a creek south of 'O Segen

Ho We-goh a flat near the Klamath, a bend in the river at Lamb's Riffle

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

Ho'p-'ew a village in the current location of Klamath

Ho'p-'ew Puel 'WeRoy a gully upriver from Ho'p'ew

Ho'p-'ew 'WeRoy a creek downriver from Ho'p'ew

Huep-'oo Hupa

Kah-tehl place in Hoopa Valley

Ke-chekw a rock in the water at Sue-meg

Kech-'ok a flat area where there was berry collecting near Unflooded Mountain

Kech-'ok a flat north of 'O Tmekwor

Keehl 'O Mey-yoo a hill south of Wilson Creek

Keehl 'O Re-wok a place up Blue Creek

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

Keehl 'O Tep 'WeRoy a creek on the Klamath

Keemt-kueh a rock in the ocean, 2 miles from the mouth of Wilson Creek

Kehl-pehl rock opposite Kehlpehlehl

Kehl-pe-hlehl name of a place on the mainland shore

Ke-koy flat at the mouth of a creek near Two Sisters Rocks

Ke-nek a village on the Klamath

Ke-nek Puel a village downriver from Kenek

Ke-nek 'WeRoy Tuley Creek

Kep-'el a big village on the Klamath, next to and upriver from Saa'

Kep-'ew mouth of a creek north of Last Chance

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

Kerr-werh place in Hoopa Valley

Kes-kee Chaa large graveyard south of Schek'wehl

Kes-keehl out cropping near Patrick's Point

Kes-key-yekw a sea stack near Elk Point

Ke-wet Burrill's Peak

Key-kem a village on the Klamath, downriver from Metah

Key-kem a town on Big Lagoon

Ke'-wee-now a village on the Klamath near Srprh

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

Kne-wee' Point St. George

Kne-wo-lek' a sea stack north of White Rock

Kne-wo-loyhl a sand bar on the southwest side of Big Lagoon

Kne-woo creek 1 mile upriver of Maynot Creek

Knew-sep a long prairie

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

Knuehl-kem a place in the area of Sregon

Ko 'O Tep a village on the Klamath, downriver from Pekwon

Koh-pey Crescent City, site of Crescent City

Koh-pey Per-werh Mill Creek

Koh-sew Sight Rock

Ko-we-cheek home of salmon in creation stories

Ko-we-cheek 'Ola-'aag Kowecheek's rock

Ko-'o-men Orleans

Kwe-rep 'O Tek a tall rock formation

K'errch' 'O Chke-geem' a knoll in the middle of a salal berry patch, also called K'err' 'Wo-'Ol'

K'err' 'O Chke-geem' a sea stack in False Klamath Cove

K'err' 'WeRoy Hodge Creek, south of the Klamath

K'err' 'Wo'Ol' a knoll in the middle of a salal berry patch

Le-gaa a portage place on the north end of Big Lagoon

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

Loo-ge-nohl place upriver of lower Smith River Bridge where there was a fish dam

Ma-'aa name of a gulch in Requa

Ma-'ach village at the north end of Big Lagoon

Mehl Mue-wee'm an almost submerged rock in False Klamath Cove

Mehl-kue Raa a branch of Hunter's Creek, in which people used to spear salmon

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

Me-ley cliff south of the Klamath mouth

Merch-kery the mouth of Little River

Me-reep' a big village on the Klamath, upriver from Wa's'ey

Me-reep' Soh place uphill from Mereep'

Mer-'errk Green Rock

Mer'-yerw Unflooded Mountain

Mer'-yerw Hee-mar place east of K'errch' 'O Chkegeem' and the Unflooded Mountain

Mes-tok a hillside behind Terhkuen 'O Rek'

Mes-tok Soh the summit above Mestok

Me-tah a town on the Klamath, between Sregon and Nohchkuh

Me-tah 'WeHee-koh a place across from Metah

Me-tah 'WeRoy Metah Creek

Met-key 'Oh a rock east of Rocky Point

Met-ke'-yoh a rock with depressions in its surface, east of Rocky Point

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

Me'-le-ko-yo' a sea stack near the mouth of the Klamath River

Me'-noy name of a hill near Cedar Mill

Mo-'oh 'O Tek small sea stack near the mouth of the Klamath River

Muen-ser-'en a knoll near the Klamath mouth

Mue-rekw a village on the Klamath

Mue-rekw a sea stack north of Elk Point

Mue-rue'm a ridge north of Wilson Creek

Mue-rue'm name of the ridge just north of Split Rock, south of the Klamath mouth

Mue-rue'm a ridge north of Wilson Creek

Mue-rue'm a ridge north of Orick

Murncherh 'O See'hl a place with many white rocks, east of Rocky Point

Na-gehl a village on the Klamath

Nee-kwech Serr a creek around Maynot Creek

Neek-'ehl the south end of the Crescent City beach

Neek-'ehl the south end of the sand beach north of Patrick's Point

Ne-go-no' a place below Keykem

Ne-kok-sep an acorn grounds

Nek-'ehl south end of beach south of Crescent City

Ne'-we-lehl a low lying sea rock south of Patrick's Point

Nohch-kueh a village on the Klamath, upriver from Metah

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

No'-mee Soh the summit due east of Split Rock

No'-meeg Split Rock, south of the Klamath mouth

Nue-nee-peer a village on the Klamath, upriver in the vicinity of Tektah

Pa-'ar village at Big Lagoon

Pech-kue 'WeRe-chah a ridge near Requa

Peen-paa village at Big Lagoon

Pe-kwo-leehl a sea stack near Elk Point

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

Pekw-tehl the island at the mouth of Hunter's Creek, also called Wohpee 'O'l

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

Pe-leen Kerr-cherh the ridge above Pekwtuhl

Per-geesh 'O Chye-guek' a sea stack hear 'Er Hlrgr'

Per-geesh 'o Chye-guuek' a crag on the shore between Big Lagoon and Stone Lagoon

Per-geesh 'O Chye-guuek'w a sea stack near 'Er Hlrgr'

Per-keen 'WeRoy Maynot Creek

Per-werw 'O Ket-'ue'hl Freshwater Lagoon

Pe-we-tohl a detached crag with trees on it near the mouth of Mill Creek

Pe-wol 'O Laay a place north of Orick, also called Pewol 'O Tenek

Pe-wol 'O Te-nek a place north of Orick, also called Pewol 'O Laay

Pe-wo-lah 'O Leg a point of land between 'Espew and Orick

Pe-wo-lew village near Wehlkwew

Pkwoo-ger a cove on the beach south of Split Rock

Ple-pey the big ridge just upriver of Requa

Plok-sew a prairie by Cedar Creek (tributary to the Trinity River), in Hupa territory

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

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

Po-yo-mue'r the creek on which Requa Inn is built

Po-yue-raa a place at Clam Beach, south of Little River

Pue-leek Serr-nery Hunters Creek

Pue-lekw 'WeRe-chah a ridge near Requa

Pyah 'O Ske-go-'oo an acorn ground

Pya-'a-gehl place in Hoopa Valley where they pick manzanita berries

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

Re-gok 'O Yue-'ueh a creek

Rek'-woy Requa

Re-wo-new a place on the Klamath in the vicinity of Tektah

Saa' a village on the Klamath, next to and downriver from Kep'el

Sa-'aa a sea stack south of Patrick's Point

Sa-'ahl a village along the Klamath

Sa-'ahl Soh Red Mountains

Schek'-wehl a place just south of the Klamath River mouth where there was formerly a spring

Seee-go-noy 'ue-ket-'ue'r Freshwater Lagoon

See'-wech settlement by Orick

Se-gep 'We'Er'gerrh place directly upslope of 'Wahcheroh lake

Ser-perh a village along the Klamath

Se-wew Katimin, a place in Karuk territory

Sker'-merw A rock on the beach near Meleg

Skwo-sen Squashan Creek

Smech-ken Cushing Creek

Smech-ken a sea stack north of Elk Point

Sooykw hillside by the shore north of 'O Segen

Sreg Hee-koh a place across from Sregon

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

Sreg Pue-lekw a place just downriver from Sregon

Sreg Won a place just uphill from Sregon

Sre-gon a village on the Klamath

Sre-por a village site south of Churey

Stoo-wen a village along the Klamath upriver from Turip

Sue-meg a coastal promontory, Patrick's Point

Suue a cave under Megah

S'e-kwo-nah Redding Rock

Tah-tow a place near 'O Segen, where the rock is like sandpaper

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

Tee-kwoo the promontory between Stone Lagoon and Freshwater Lagoon

Tee-kwoo a place in the Bald Hills

Tek-tah a village on the Klamath across from the mouth of Tektah Creek

Tek-tah 'WeRoy Tektah Creek

Tek-toh 'O Te-nech a pond on the beach south of 'Espew

Tekw-sow a small flatland at the mouth of Pecwan Creek

Terh-kuen 'O Rek' a place on the beach north of Split Rock

Ter-perh a tall rock at the edge of the Klamath River

Ter-werk a sea stack north of Trinidad Head

Ter-werr an acorn place, camp site on the Klamath

Te-wey 'O Re-gor a small promontory near the mouth of Mill Creek

Tew-kwer a camp site north of Elk Point

Te-wo-lew 'WeChaahl sand spit at the mouth of the Klamath River

Tmerry a settlement next to Rek'woy

Tmery 'WeRoy Cannery Creek

Toh-tar a village on the Klamath, downriver from Nagehl

Toh-te-mekw a place near the mouth of Redwood Creek

Toh-te-mekw a place at the south end of Freshwater Lagoon

To-kues 'Wa-'aag a rock off the coast of Patrick's Point

To-lokw Burnt Ranch

Tue-rep a town on the Klamath, up and across the river from Sa'ahl

Twehl-kar acorn grounds above the mouth of Srprh Creek

Waa-mok a hill near 'O Men

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

Wa's-'ey a village on the Klamath downriver from Merip

Wech-pek'w a spring at Wechpus

Wech-pues Weitchpec (the town)

Wech-pues a point projecting from the north side of the river into the Klamath estuary

Wech-pues a place just a little upstream of Terperh where a ridge comes down

We-gehl a small sea stack near Green Rock

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

Wer-seep' 'UeSon sharp ridge

Wo-gow Pecwan (Creek) middle ridge

Woh-ke-lo' 'O Tep the big ridge downriver of the Requa Inn

Woh-ke-ro' a village on the Klamath, downriver from Wohtekw

Woh-ke'l a town on the Klamath, acroos from Ho'p'ew

Woh-pee 'O'l a sand spit at the Klamath mouth

Woh-pee 'O'l the island at the mouth of Hunter's Creek, also called Pekwtehl

Woh-tekw a large village on the Klamath, downriver from Ko 'O Tep

Woh-toy place in Hoopa Valley

Wo-ke-tel a small homesite on the Klamath, across from 'O Skrwich

Wok-sey a resting place on the old trail, north of Trinidad

Woo-gehl 'O Te-po'n a hill near 'O Men

Woo-mech an open hillside 2 miles south of Split Rock

Wo-rew White Rock

Wr'er-gerw a place near Nohchkuh

Yekw-cheen Cone Rock, a sea stack south of Patrick's Point

Yoh-tar a town on the Klamath, across and downriver from Sregon

Yuuehl-pech Pilot Rock

'Ahspek' 'O Skuue' a spring near 'O Men

'Ayoohl a village up from Blue Creek where it joins the Klamath

'Echkwoh K'ue-'ueh a place on the coast by Wehlkwew, near two rocks, formerly a freshwater pond

'Echkwoh 'O Kme-goyhl a rock in the ocean a little ways from shore

'Echkwoh 'O K'uue small spring-fed creek south of the Klamath mouth

'Emech a rock near the mouth of 'Emech 'We-Roy, also called 'Emonekw

'Emech Soh the summit above 'Emech

'Emech 'WeRoy a creek near the Del Norte County line, also called 'Emonekw 'We-Roy

'Emo-nekw a rock near the mouth of 'Emech 'We-Roy, also called 'Emech

'Emo-nekw 'WeRoy a creek near the Del Norte County line, also called 'Emech 'We-Roy

'Enek' Amikiaram, downriver from Sewew, before Salmon River meets the Klamath, in Karuk territory

'Enue-mew a promontory at Rocky Point

'Er Hler-gerh False Klamath Rock

'Er Lee-'eek a fishing ground under Kohsew

'Er Lee-'eek a fishing ground under 'O Lego'

'Er Lee-'eek a small promontory near Wilson Creek

'Er Se-ger' a flat near Weitchpec at the mouth of the Trinity River

'Erkerh 'O Tep a knoll near Requa where there was fishing

'Ernerr' a village at Blue Creek where it joins the Klamath

'Ernerr' 'WeRoy Blue Creek

'Errhl Lake Earl

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

'Espew 'O Ket-'ue'l the lagoon at 'Espew

'Ewo-lek' a place on the Klamath between Merip and Kenek

'Ewpoh Kep-'ehl the site of a hole where a bird lived in a creation story

'Eyrkey Upper Bluffs, north of Squashan Creek

'E'goo a beach north of Trinidad Head

'E'np'ueh a redwood grove on the Klamath at the mouth of Bear Creek

'E'np'ueh 'WeRoy Bear Creek

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

'O Chaahl a village site on the Klamath

'O Chaahl 'WeRe-pokw a place

'O Che-por a settlement on the Klamath, near Bluff Creek

'O Chep' a village on the Klamath right across from Tulley Creek

'O Chew a fishing place on the Klamath, north of Kenek

'O Chne-pew small sea stack near the mouth of the Klamath River

'O Chpeeer a rock directly upslope of 'O Regos, where they used to shoot marks with arrows

'O Hler-ger' a village west of the junction of the Trinity and the Klamath

'O Kaa a mountain above the Klamath

'O Kaa 'O Ket-'ue'l 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 Ke-ge'y mountain by Freshwater Lagoon

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

'O Ket-'ue'l 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 Knue'l the lowest part of the Hoopa Valley

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

'O Kwe-goo a place on the trail, 2 miles south of Wilson Creek

'O Lee-ken a sandbar on the Klamath near Stoowen

'O Lee-'ee-ken Lamb's Riffle

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

'O Le-go' a place on the Klamath across from Wa's'ey

'O Le'n a sea stack south in the ocean south of Big Lagoon

'O Loo-wehl promontory upcoast of the mouth of the Klamath River, mouth of Terwer Creek

'O Lo-wehl a place on the Klamath

'O Luuep a flat area near Trinidad

'O Meee rock below Kootep on turn/bend

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

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

'O Men Per-werh a place south of 'O Men

'O Men 'WeRoy Wilson Creek

'O Me-nok a place on the Klamath, downriver from Ho'p'ew

'O Mer-gern Rocky Point

'O Ne-ge-cheekw a camp on the hillside above the old trail, just north of Mill Creek

'O Ne-goo a promontory in False Klamath Cove

'O Pe-geesh a beach north of 'Espew

'O Pe-gee' a beach north of 'Espew

'O Pe-gee-'eeh a nearly submerged rock near Elk Point (also called 'O Pegee'eeyem')

'O Pe-gee-'ee-yem' a nearly submerged rock near Elk Point (also called 'O Pegee'eeh)

'O Pe-ge-mue' a cooking place

'O Pe-goohl a place south of Chahpekw

'O Per-ger' the mouth of Red Cap Creek

'O Per-merk a beach of blue basalt pebbles just south of Patrick's Point

'O Pkwe-goo a place near 'O Men

'O Pkwe-goo a place 4 miles east of Squashan Creek

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

'O Puue'-wet' a place on the Klamath near Pekwon

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

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

'O Rew a bank downstream of 'Ernr'

'O Rew a camp-site or town on Redwood Creek, about 4 miles from the coast, just before Chilula land

'O Rew a rock in Karuk territory

'O Rew confluence of Hunter's Creek and another Creek

'O Re-wok a hill south of Wilson Creek

'O Ruue a meadow in the area of Sregon

'O Sche-gep' the boat landing at Rek'woy

'O Sche-gep' a reddish cliff north(west) of the mouth of the Klamath

'O Sche-gep' a site with house-pits somewhere north of Stone Lagoon

'O Sche-gep' a rock by the landing spot at Churey

'O Sche-gep' a beach north of 'O Segen

'O Sche-kwe-nee Wes-'o-nah the end of the sky

'O See-yoh a slide of mud, clay, and gravel south of 'O Segen

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

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

'O Se-gen Soh the summit above 'O Segen

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

'O Se-ge-nuuem' a place on the sand bar near Stone Lagoon

'O Ser-perh Butler Creek

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

'O Sker-weech a home site on the Klamath upriver from Merip, across from Woketel

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

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

'O Slookw a place one mile up the Trinity from Weitchpec

'O Suue-kwehl a rock on the shore just north of Big Lagoon

'O Swer-gert a snaring place south of the southern Del Norte County line

'O Te-gah cliff near Squashan Creek

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

'O Ter-gerp a creek near False Klamath Cove

'O Tkerr a resting place on the trail north of Mill Creek

'O Tlep place on Redwood Creek where there was a dam

'O Tle-pew place in Chulula country

'O Tlew a place where a little creek falls all the way to the beach, north of Squashan Creek

'O Tlew a place where there is a small waterfall, north of Elk Point

'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)

'O Tuuer Cleveland Riffle

'O Twe-goh a draw upriver from Welhkwew, at the mouth of the Klamath

'O Twe-go' a place where a canoe could go through at high tide

'O Twe-go' 'WeRoy a creek

'O Wa-'ar a sea stack at Rocky Point

'O We-gehl an acorn ground up Wilson Creek

'O Wey-yek a point where the cliffs get low at the south end of Big Lagoon

'O Yoh a hillside north of Wilson Creek

'Ohpoh flat land by Ahpah Creek

'Ohtar village on the north side of the Klamath

'Omee-mos 'WerNerh a large hill north of 'O Segen where the old trail went

'Oohl 'O Chyuue a cliff overlooking the Klamath River

'Oo-lekw acorn grounds on the Klamath, across from Heyomew

'O'lehl a home site across from Kenek

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

'O'rekw 'WeRoy Redwood Creek

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

'Ue-me-woo Hunter's Creek or one of its branches

'Uep-'erh-serh Upper Island, an island in the Klamath River mouth

'Ues-'aa-mey hill at the southwest corner of Freshwater Lagoon

'Wah-che-roh formerly a lake on the beach, where it was said a man-eating snake lived

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

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