tribelet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tribelet
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The Cholbon tribelet of the Northern Valley Yokuts tribe originally inhabited the area now called Mountain House, according to the Mountain House Community Services District.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
In addition, measles and some of our other “childhood” diseases are more likely to kill infected adults than children, and all adults in the tribelet are susceptible.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Since the disease may take a very long time to kill its victim, the victim remains alive as a reservoir of microbes to infect other members of the tribelet.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Having killed most of the tribelet, the epidemic then disappears.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The Bolbones, probably a Yokuts tribelet, had been converted at San José during the preceding decade.
From Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 by Sherburne Friend Cook
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