women, or due perhaps to the alleged theft of an ax by a young Native American, a Lower Umpqua man was killed by Smith's party, for which the Lower Umpquas retaliated and killed 15 of the 19 of Smith's men. Footnotes Further reading Bakken, Lavola J. Land of the North Umpquas. Grants Pass, OR: Te-Cum-Tom Publications, 1973. Thoele, Mike. "She Keeps the Memory of Coastal Indians Alive." The Register-Guard, 8 May 1990: 3B. Profile of Florence, Oregon resident Marge Severy, last full-blooded member of the Kuitsh and Siuslaw. External links Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians homepage Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw homepage Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Tribes profile Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon homepage Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians homepage Native American tribes in Oregon Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians