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The Cow Creek homeland, to a more or less extent, stretches across four major river watersheds in southwestern Oregon. It also includes the entire drainage of Cow Creek itself, which is a tributary of the South Umpqua River.
Map 4: Location of the Cow Creek Umpqua Homeland in Southwestern Oregon Watersheds.
Notice that slightly north of Roseburg the Umpqua River splits into two branches: the North Umpqua River and the South Umpqua River.
The Cow Creek homeland includes the entire drainage of the Umpqua River upriver and east from the town of Scottsburg. It also includes the entire drainages of both the North Umpqua River and the South Umpqua, upriver and east to the western foothills of the Cascades Mountains.
Because the Cow Creek Indians have traditionally been associated with practically the entire Umpqua region, the Cow Creek Indians are also known as the Cow Creek Umpqua Indians.
To the west, the Cow Creek homeland extended over the Coast Range (not depicted in Map 4) to include the headwaters of both the Coos and the Coquille Rivers, including the South Fork of the Coquille River (not labeled on Map 4).
To the south, the homeland generally extended west-to-east along the north flank of the Rogue River near the Pacific Ocean, from Agness in the west to the Cascade Range near Crater Lake in the east.
The eastern boundary of the Cow Creek homeland includes the headwaters of the North Umpqua River, the South Umpqua River and the Rogue River in the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains.
Also notice that the homeland includes the entire drainage of Cow Creek, a creek in name, but large enough to be called a river itself.
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