As Europeans bought reservation lands, the tribes further fragmented to become farmers and ranchers in the Umpqua Valley. Two translations of the word "umpqua" are "thundering waters" and "across the waters".
In the Umpqua Valley, as European settlers bought reservation lands, the indigenous tribes divided into farming and ranching communities. Two possible meanings for the term "umpqua" are "thundering waters" and "across the waters."