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art, Merriam 5. Kale Healdsburg Stewart, Merriam 6. Mukakotcalg Healdsburg Stewart, Merriam 7. Wotokkaton Healdsburg Merriam, Kroeber 8. Tsoliikawai Healdsburg Stewart, Merriam 9. Batiklechawi Sebastopol Merriam, Kroeber 10. Masikawani Sebastopol Stewart, Merriam 11. Hukabetawi Santa Rosa Merriam, Kroeber 12. Kabetsiuwa Santa Rosa Stewart, Merriam 13. Gualomi Santa Rosa Mission records, Merriam 14. Chichiyomi Santa Rosa Mission records, Merriam 15. Levantoyome Santa Rosa Mission records, Merriam If each of these fifteen villages had a population of only 300 Indians, a low value considering the huge congregations in the Ukiah-Hopland region, the total for the Southern Pomo could be set at 4,500. There is a little contributory evidence to be obtained from the mission records. These documents, which are to be found in the Bancroft Library of the University of California, include baptism records for the missions of San Rafael and Solano, those which drew upon the Pomo for converts. Up to 1834 there had been baptized 268 persons from Levantoyome, 90 from Gualomi, and 44 from Chichiyome. Conversions in peripheral areas like that of the Southern Pomo were always far from complete, particularly at the end of the mission period. Many of the natives were killed in the incessant skirmishes and massacres of the time, many were enslaved directly by rancheros, many died of disease, but by far the greatest number simply fled the approach of the white man. It is quite reasonable to suppose that not more than one-third of the natives were ever actually brought into the missions for conversion. This would mean an average of 402 persons for the three subtribes or villages just mentioned, Levantoyome, Gualomi, and Chichiyome. Extended to the entire 15 known principal villages, the total would be 6,030. A second possible method consists of area-density comparisons. The over-all density in the sum of the Potter Valley, Calpella, and Ukiah areas can certainly have been no greater than that originally existing in the region of the Southern Pomo, for of all the Pomo subdivisions the southern group possessed the most favorable habitats and the most prolific food supply. The population found for the three northern areas mentioned above was 5,090 and the area according to Stewart (pp. 57-59) was 585 s
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