Weber Ute language “similar to other Shoshoni”

As copied from Linguistic Distributions and Political Groups of the Great Basin Shoshoneans, by Julian H. Steward. Pg 627, 633. 1937.

Pg 627

On the east, the Shoshoni adjoined Southern Paiute in southern Nevada, where the boundary according to my informants differed but slightly from that given by Kelly.1o North of this, they abutted Ute in the Sevier Desert of Utah, at Utah Lake, and, in northeastern Utah, were separated from them by the Uintah Mountains, which run east and west. Shoshoni on the southeastern edge of Great Salt Lake were called “Weber Ute,” though the language is similar to that of other Shoshoni. Vocabularies from the Gosiute, who were somewhat isolated in the vast deserts lying south and southwest of Great Salt Lake, are also Shoshoni. Their distinctiveness seems to have resulted from their isolation, and their extreme cultural poverty, but their language is in no way unique. Gosiute is from gosip: (dust, from the alkali flats)+ Ute.

Pg 633

Other smaller, but similar bands of Shoshoni were the Rabbit Eaters (Kamu diika) of the Port Neuf River and vicinity, the Huki Eaters (Hiikiin diika, from hiiki, a wild seed) of the Bear River, Utah, the Fish Eaters (Pajwi diika) of Cache Valley and vicinity, and the “Weber Ute” of the region of Salt Lake City. It is possible that there were other, small bands in this general area.

A collection of documents, excerpts, and photographs relevant to the so-called Weber Ute people of Northern Utah. Not a complete history — research aid only.