Another source says the Native American name for the river was "Sa-qua-mi". Hodge's Handbook of American Indians says that one of the variants of the name of the local tribe, the Kwatami (a subdivision of the Tututni), was "Sik-ses-tene", which is said to mean "people by the far north country".
Another source claims that the Native American name for the river was "Sa-qua-mi". Hodge's Handbook of American Indians notes one variant of the local tribe's name, the Kwatami (a part of the Tututni), as "Sik-ses-tene", which is said to mean "people by the far north country".