McKay Creek, McKay Creek area. ttáwax̣naaš kʷná Háwtmipa ‘I grew up there on McKay Creek’; ana kú nč̓í wána iwínana čná Háwtmipa ‘when there was a flood here on McKay Creek’; Hawtminmí áwa waníčt ‘they’re names of McKay creek’; ku pášapawinana Imatalamłáaman Háwtmikan ‘and he sent the Umatillas toward McKay Creek’; pawšáčiča Háwtmiyaw ‘they moved on to McKay Creek’; ana pmáy pawačá kʷná Háwtmipa ‘they who were there on McKay Creek’; Hawtmiłáma ‘McKay Creek people’. [NP /háwtmi/; name said to have been from Cayuse.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation