Tayxlama

The Tayxlama, or Tygh, were a Tenino people of the Deschutes River country south of the Columbia. Their principal winter village stood in Tygh Valley, while summer settlements lay along the river. Salmon returning from the Pacific drew people to fishing places on the Deschutes, including the falls near Sherar's Bridge. These villages formed part of a wider Sahaptin-speaking world whose people moved between the river, gathering grounds and winter homes as the seasons changed.