Casson

For other uses, seeCasson (disambiguation).

CassonsorCassonis the name of aYokutsNative American tribe in central easternCalifornia.The Cassons are also called theGashowu.The Casson Yokuts territory extended from the eastern side ofSan Joaquin Valleyfloor eastward to the upper foothills, between theSan Joaquin Riverto the north andKings Riverto south. The Cassons signed theCamp BarbourTreatyunder Tom-quit,on the San Joaquin River, state ofCalifornia,April 19, 1851. The treaty was signed by several Yokuts tribes and betweenRedick McKee,George W. Barbour,andO. M. Wozencraft,commissioners on the part of theUnited States of America.

Casson Yokuts territory includedMadera Countyand parts ofFresnoCounty. The three chiefs who signed for the Cassons were Domingo Perez, Tom-mas and Jose Antonio. Many Native Californians had acquiredSpanishnames during theMissionPeriod. The Cassons, like other Yokuts, and centralCaliforniaNative groups, were pushed from their homes in theSan Joaquin Valleytoreservationsafter they signed several treaties, including the Camp Barbour Treaty. The Barbour Treaty,Fremont Treatyand other California treaties were never ratified. Several Casson Yokuts families went to work forYosemitein the early 1900s. Like the surrounding tribes, theMonoPaiutesand theMiwoks,they resided there half year and returned to their tribal areas. Later in the late 1920s,Yosemite National Parkbuilt homes for their Native American workers.

Gashowu Yokuts

Gashowu Yokuts
Native to	California
Region	San Joaquin Valley
Ethnicity	Casson
Era	attested 1931
Language family	Yok-Utian? Yokuts General Yokuts Nim Northern Yokuts Gashowu Yokuts
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(included inYokuts[yok])
Glottolog	gash1251Gashowu
Historical distribution of Gashowu

Gashowuwas a dialect of theYokuts languageof California, spoken by the Casson.

Sample text

ʔamaˑmaw

there

šeleˑlaw

to the rock

šetʰna

wild onion

maˑxiˑni

get

wilši

she says

halaˑxin

climb

wilši.

she says

ʔamaˑmaw šeleˑlaw šetʰna maˑxiˑni wilši halaˑxin wilši.

there {to the rock} {wild onion} get {she says} climb {she says}

External links

• Info about Yokuts by the Minnesota state university
• The California State Military Museum - Camp Barbour History with treaty
• Casson Yokuts
• Casson Yokuts BIA case
• Gashowu (Casson) Yokuts tales
• Gashowu (Casson) EthnographyThe site also includes the neighboring Western Monos. Western Monos were located eastward of the Cassons Yokuts in the high Sierra Nevada and are part of the Uto-Aztecan Numic people.

Language links

• Gashowu, California Language Archive
• Gashowu (Casson) Yokut tales
• Yokuts Languages,Comparison of sounds in Gashowu and other Yokutsan languages
• "Yokuts languages".Survey of California and Other Indian Languages.2010.