Geographical names - R-S - Transcript (part 3).
Date
1951
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Publisher
UNKNOWN
Abstract
"Satus Creek, a tributary of the Yakima River in the southeastern part of Yakima county. The Indian word is said to mean 'Rich land.' (Robert M. Graham of Mabton in Names MSS Letter 297) The Bureau of American Ethnology has a different spelling and meaning Setaslema, a people of the rye grass prairie. A Yakima band formerly living on Setass creek. Handbook of the American Indians Vol II page 514 (Meany)."
Description
20 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander.