YAMEO (also LLAMEO, LAMA, LA MISTA or LHAMEOS), South American Indian tribe of northeastern Peru, living along the Marathon (Upper Amazon), the lower Huallaga and Javcry rivers, and formerly be tween the Tigre and Napo rivers. Physically they are smaller than the other tribes of the region. They have a distinct language, ana while formerly warlike arc now in the main peaceable agriculturists and weavers. The por tion of the tribe lis ing farthest to the east maintains its primitive customs, but the larger part of the tribe has become merged in the general country population. Franciscan mis sionaries brought most of the tribe under the influence of civilization. Consult Brinton, D. G., The American Race) (New York 1891).
YANA ("people'), a small tribe, forming the Yanan (or Noje, or N.ozil linguistic stock of North American Indians, whose former hab itat was bounded on the east by a mountain range a little west of Lassen Butte, and termi nating near Pit River, in northern California; on the north by a line running northeast to southwest, passing near the northern side of Round Mountain, three miles from Pit River; on the west by a line extending from Residing southward on an average 10 miles to the east ward from Sacramento River; north of Redding it approximates twice that distance. They were
massacred by the miners of the neighboring country in August 1864, all but 50 being killed. The tribe and stock were represented in IM4 by 35 individuals divided into two groups one at Redding, the other in their original country at Round Mountain and in 1902 hut six remained. They have a tradition to the effect that they came from the Fast and it is said that in physical traits they differ markedly from all the northern California Indians.