Gashowu

The Gashowu were a Foothill Yokuts people whose country included Auberry Valley and the creeks flowing towards the San Joaquin Valley. Their villages included Yokau on Little Dry Creek and Pohoniu on Big Dry Creek. Along the San Joaquin River, the area known as Shish Liu was another part of a homeland shared with neighboring Yokuts communities. Gashowu was a variety of the Yokuts language, spoken among the peoples of the valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills.