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Ya-wil-chineYa-wil-chine
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- California
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The United States made one treaty or agreement that names Ya-wil-chine as a party: California Treaty B: Camp Keyes, Cah-wai River, 1851 (unratified).
The records group it with Yokuts.
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- Yokutssuggested
Party to 1
Sources
- archive.org/stream/handbookofameric02hodg/handbookofameric02hodg_djvu.txtunclassified
Yawilchine. A Yokuts (Mariposan) tribe, not further identifiable, probably living formerly between Kaweah and Tule rs.
Research notes
Named in an unratified California treaty of 1851-52. People: Yokuts (Yawilchine, not further identified). Hodge says they joined the treaty of May 30, 1851. Signature block: "Ya-wil-chi-ne". [Hodge 1907-10 quote transcribed from archive.org OCR with obvious OCR errors corrected.]
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