Nation
Wa-chaetsWa-chaets
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- Region
- California
In the record
The United States made one treaty or agreement that names Wa-chaets as a party: California Treaty N: Camp Barbour, San Joaquin River, 1851 (unratified).
The records group it with Yokuts.
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Connections
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Part of 1
- Yokutssuggested
Party to 1
Sources
- archive.org/stream/handbookofameric02hodg/handbookofameric02hodg_djvu.txtunclassified
Wechikhit. A Yokuts (Mariposan) tribe formerly living on lower Kings r. ... ceded their lands ... by treaty of Apr. 29, 1851.
Research notes
Named in an unratified California treaty of 1851-52. People: Yokuts (Wechikhit). Hodge synonymy lists "Wa cha et" (Royce). Head chief Pas-qual. Signature block: "Wacha-ets". [Hodge 1907-10 quote transcribed from archive.org OCR with obvious OCR errors corrected.]
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