rough X the shores of Blue Lake. Loud gives no
AA through AK specific data
concerning them and some are individually
doubtful. However, Loud says that the houses
were scattered along both banks of the river
and the shores of the lake. "That is, about
every mile there was an Indian house or two."
Although Loud was not very accurate in the
location of the sites, it is quite probable
that scattered homes existed in at least the
ratio of one dwelling to each site mentioned.
Hence it is reasonable to ascribe a minimum
of at least one house per site. This would
yield a total of 29 houses.

Loud's data were checked and revised by
Merriam, who appears to have done a more
careful piece of work on this area than Loud.
Merriam confirms and gives Wiyot and
Athapascan names for Loud's villages E, G, K,
L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, AA,
AB, AC, and AG, or 20 villages in all. The
minimum number of houses which can be
ascribed to a "village" is 2. On the other
hand several of the 20 sites must have
contained more than the minimum and therefore
it would be legitimate to set the average at
3. This would mean a total of 60 houses for
the entire area covered by these villages.

Site Y P. 265. The site had 4 houses, all occupied,
the names of the occupants known to Loud's
informant. Merriam (A).

Site Z P. 274. This town was destroyed by the Chilula
just prior to 1850. The whites found 30 to 40
fresh graves. Merriam says it was the "chief
village in vicinity of Blue Lake at time of
Chilula attack."

Site 14 P. 272. Stated by Loud to be a camp