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Apyu, California

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Apyu is a former Karok settlement in Humboldt County, California.[1] It was located about 1 mile (1.6 km) above the Salmon River mouth near the upper rapids above the mouth of the Salmon across from Ishipishi.[2] Its precise location is unknown.[1] It was approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Somes Bar, a community in Siskiyou County.

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Apyu, California
  2. ^ Alfred Louis Kroeber (1925). Handbook of the Indians of California. Courier Dover Publications. pp. 973–. ISBN 978-0-486-23368-0.

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