|
|
Definition of Patwin
1. Noun. A member of the North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California.
2. Noun. A Copehan language spoken by the Patwin.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patwin
Literary usage of Patwin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Katharine Berry Judson (1912)
"ORIGIN OF CLEAR LAKE patwin (Sacramento Valley, Cal.) BEFORE anything was created
at all, Old Frog and Old Badger lived alone together. ..."
2. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"Powers believed the patwin were once very numerous. ... In war the patwin used
bows and arrows and flint-pointed spears; no scalps were taken, ..."
3. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"NA Ethnol., m, 1877) into 2 branches, the patwin and the ... Following is a list
of their villages: patwin subfamily: ..."
4. The Ethno-geography of the Pomo and Neighboring Indians by Samuel Alfred Barrett (1908)
"His line of division between the Wintun and patwin, extending across the territory
at Grindstone creek, is only about eighteen miles north of the ..."
5. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 4/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"... the other being the patwin. The Wintun territory was bounded on the N. by Mt
Shasta ... with that of the patwin division, vocabularies showing about a ..."
Other Resources:
