Various2018-06-052018-06-051951TRA-060-03-002http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/777920 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander."Toppenish, a creek and a town near the central part of Yakima county, derived their names from the Indian word Qapuishlema, meaning people of the trail coming from the foot of the hill. (Handbook of American Indians Vol II Page 785). Captain George B. McClellan used a variant of the word by called the creek Sahpenis (Pacific Railway Reports, Vol 1, Pages 377-389) The same surveyors gave part of the creek the name Pisko which continued by James G. Swan in 1857 and the Surveyor General of Wash territory in 1859 (Northwest Coast Map and U. S. Public Documents Serial No. 1026). The Bureau of American Ethnology says Pisko means river bend and was the name of a Yakima band living on the Yakima River between Toppenish and Setass creeks (Handbook of American Indians Vol II Page 263 Meany)."NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.