"trader" named York who lived many years in the vicinity. The
census has all the appearance of veracity and may be accepted as
substantially accurate. It is shown in table 2 (p. 92, herein) in
the column headed "Kroeber, _1852 census_".

3. _Waterman._ This author presents his findings, all from
informants, in three ways. First are his textual descriptions,
which are careful and circumstantial. Second are his maps of a few
villages, on which the house locations are drawn with much detail.
Third there is the summarizing list (1920, p. 206), in which most
of the textual and other data are incorporated. With respect to
house counts there are numerous discrepancies between text, list,
and maps, some of which are difficult to reconcile. Since from the
context it may be inferred that the list represents Waterman's
final evaluation, it must be used as the basic source of
information.

4. _Waterman._ With the list on page 206 is also given a list of
villages derived from a map executed by a man named Randall, a
county surveyor, in 1866. Although no house counts are given, the
list is useful for establishing the existence of certain towns in
the year 1866.

5. _Merriam._ The village lists for the Yurok follow Waterman and
Kroeber quite closely. However, Merriam was able to locate several
inhabited places which had escaped the attention of the other two
investigators. These villages have been added in table 2 (p. 92,
herein) and a conservatively estimated house count assigned to
them.

In table 1 (pp. 85-91, herein) will be found a list of 78 villages,
based primarily on Waterman's data. Under each village name are
assembled such facts as I can find in the writings of Kroeber and
Waterman bearing on the existence of the town. In the third column is
placed my own evaluation of these facts in the form of a statement
whether such existence should be regarded as certain, probable, or
doubtful. The results have been then transferred to table 2 (p. 92,
herein). In the first column of this second table is the arbitrary
number assigned each town shown in table 1 (pp. 85-91, herein), the
doubtful towns being omitted. In the second column is the source, where
the letter "l" denotes that the house number is derived from Waterman's
list on page 206, the letter "t" that the number was derived from
Waterman's textual descriptions, and the