s the
population of these towns could not be included in the present estimate
because no informant living in this century could remember houses
there. Site 68 had been declining prior to 1850, the inhabitants either
dying or moving elsewhere. The tremendous destruction of population
_after_ 1850 is everywhere evident in Loud's account and it is not too
much to suppose that the confusion of the period is reflected in too
_low_ values given by modern informants. If this is true, then it is
quite possible that the estimate given here of 3,300 Wiyot is actually
considerably lower than the true aboriginal population, rather than
higher.

_WIYOT ... 3,300_

TABLE 3

_Wiyot Sites listed by Loud (1918)_

Notes and comment with respect to some of Loud's sites. Page numbers
unless otherwise specified refer to Loud (1918). The notation "Merriam"
indicates that the site was checked and accepted by Merriam, who
included it in his village list of the Wiyot. The letter A signifies
that Merriam had obtained an Athapascan name for the site, thus
confirming its existence as an entity known to the neighboring tribes
in pre-American times.

_Loud's Sites_ _Comment_

Site 3 Merriam

Site 4 Merriam (A)

Site 5 Merriam (A)

Site 6 Merriam (A)

Site 7 P. 259. There were 11 houses, all occupied,
the names of the families known to Loud's
informant.

Site 8 Merriam

Sites H, I, J, 9 P. 262. These are located in the former
Big Bend of the Mad River. A pioneer told
Loud that there had once been 20 houses in
the area. Another informant said that site I
had been "one of the largest villages" and
"... had a large graveyard." Site 9 was said
by Curtis (Nomland and Kroeber, p. 44) to
have had 5 houses. Loud's informant gave it 5
or 6. Hence the estimate of the pioneer
appears quite reasonable. Merriam lists all
four sites with their Wiyot and Athapascan
names.

Sites D through G These sites extend along Mad River and around
K th