Tlokyhan

The Cahto called themselves Tlokyhan, or Grass People. They lived in Cahto Valley, Long Valley and the country between the headwaters of the Eel River's two main branches. Rolling hills and oak savannas were crossed by streams that could run nearly dry in summer and become torrents in winter. The southernmost Athabaskan-speaking people in California, the Cahto also had close ties to their Northern Pomo neighbors. In the early eighteenth century they occupied numerous villages, organized into local bands.