Chapter XVII: Appendix: I. the "boston's" Crew

Names of the Crew of the Ship _Boston_, belonging to Boston in
Massachusetts, owned by Messrs. F. and T. Amory, Merchants of
that place--All of whom, excepting two, were on the 22nd of
March, 1803, barbarously murdered by the savages of Nootka.

John Salter, of Boston, Captain.
B. Delouisa, Ditto, Chief Mate.
William Ingraham, of New York, Second Mate.
Edward Thompson, of Blyth (England), Boatswain.
Adam Siddle, of Hull, ditto, Carpenter.
Philip Brown, of Cambridge (Mass.), Joiner.
John Dorthy, of Situate, ditto, Blacksmith.
Abraham Waters, of Philadelphia, Steward.
Francis Duffield, of Penton (England), Tailor.
John Wilson (blackman), of Virginia, Cook.
William Caldwell, of Boston, Seaman.
Joseph Miner, of Newport, Ditto.
William Robinson, of Leigh[143] (Scotland), Ditto.
Thomas Wilson, of Air,[144] ditto, Ditto.
Andrew Kelly, Ditto, ditto, Ditto.
Robert Burton, of the Isle of Man, Ditto.
James M'Clay, of Dublin, Ditto.
Thomas Platten, of Blackney, Norfolk, Eng. Ditto.
Thomas Newton, of Hull, " Ditto.
Charles Bates, of St. James Deeping, " Ditto.
John Hall, of Newcastle, " Ditto.
Samuel Wood, of Glasgow (Scotland), Ditto.
Peter Alstrom, Norwegian, Ditto.
Francis Marten, Portuguese, Ditto.
Jupiter Senegal (blackman) Ditto.
John Thompson, Philadelphia, Sail Maker,
who escaped--since dead.
John R. Jewitt, of Hull (England), Armourer,

the writer of the Journal from whence this Narrative is taken, and who at present, March 1815, resides in Middletown, in the State of Connecticut.

FOOTNOTES:

[143] Leith.

[144] Ayr.

II. WAR-SONG OF THE NOOTKA TRIBE

_Commencing with a Chorus repeated at the end of each line._

Hah-yee hah yar har, he yar hah.
Hah-yah hee yar har--he yar hah.
Iye ie ee yah har--ee yie hah.
Ie yar ee yar hah--ee yar yah.
Ie yar ee I yar yar hah--Ie yar ee yee yah!

Ie-yee ma hi-chill at-sish Kla-ha--Hah-ye-hah.
Que nok ar parts arsh waw--Ie yie-yar.
Waw-hoo naks sar hasch--Yar-hah. I-yar hee I-yar.
Waw hoo naks ar hasch yak-queets sish ni-ese,
Waw har. Hie yee ah-hah.

Repeated over and over, with gestures and brandishing of weapons.

_Note._

_Ie-yee ma hi-chill_ signifies, "Ye do not know." It appears to be a poetical mode of expression, the common one for "You do not know" being _Wik-kum-atash_; from this, it would seem that they have two languages, one for their songs and another for common use. The general meaning of this first stanza appears to be, "Ye little know, ye men of Klahar, what valiant warriors we are. Poorly can our foes contend with us, when we come on with our daggers," etc.

The Nootkians have no songs of an historical nature, nor do they appear to have any tradition respecting their origin.[145]

FOOTNOTE:

[145] That is not quite true. They have several of a vague order: one, for example, is that all the Indians are sprung from Quawteaht and the Thunder Birds. Another is that all the tribes on the West Coast come from the west; the different tribes having sprung from the canoes full of migrants stranded by a storm here and there, and so forth.

III. A LIST OF WORDS

_In the Nootkian Language, the most in use._[146]

Check-up, Man.
Kloots-mah, Woman.
Noowexa, Father.
Hooma-hexa, Mother.
Tanassis, Child.
Katlahtik, Brother.
Kloot-chem-up, Sister.
Tanassis-check-up, Son.
Tanassis-kloots-mah, Daughter.
Tau-hat-se-tee, Head.
Kassee, Eye.
Hap-se-up, Hair.
Neetsa, Nose.
Parpee, Ears.
Chee-chee, Teeth.
Choop, Tongue.
Kook-a-nik-sa, Hands.
Klish-klin, Feet.
Oop-helth, Sun or Moon.
Tar-toose, Stars.
Sie-yah, Sky.
Toop-elth, Sea.
Cha-hak, Fresh water.
Meet-la, Rain.
Queece, Snow.
Noot-chee, Mountain or hill.
Kla-tur-miss, Earth.
Een-nuk-see, Fire or fuel.
Mook-see, Rock.
Muk-ka-tee, House.
Wik, No.
He-ho, Yes.
Kak-koelth, Slave.
Mah-hack, Whale.
Klack-e-miss, Oil.
Quart-lak, Sea-otter.
Coo-coo-ho-sa, Seal.
Moo-watch, Bear.
So-har, Salmon.
Toosch-qua, Cod.
Pow-ee, Halibut.
Kloos-a-mit, Herring.
Chap-atz, Canoe.
Oo-wha-pa, Paddle.
Chee-me-na, Fish-hook.
Chee-men, Fish-hooks.
Sick-a-minny, Iron.
Toophelth, Cloth.
Cham-mass, Fruit.
Cham-mas-sish, Sweet or pleasant to the taste.
Moot-sus, Powder.
Chee-pokes, Copper.
Hah-welks, Hungry.
Nee-sim-mer-hise, Enough.
Chat-ta-yek, Knife or dagger.
Klick-er-yek, Rings.
Quish-ar, Smoke.
Mar-met-ta, Goose or duck.
Pook-shit-tle, To blow.
Een-a-qui-shit-tle, To kindle a fire.
Ar-teese, To bathe.
Ma-mook-su-mah, To go to fish.
Smootish-check-up, Warrior.
Cha-alt-see klat-tur wah, Go off, or go away.
Ma-kook, To sell.
Kah-ah-pah-chilt, Give me something.
Oo-nah, How many.
Iy ah-ish, Much.
Ko-mme-tak, I understand.
I-yee ma hak, I do not understand.
Em-ma-chap, To play.
Kle-whar, To laugh.
Mac-kam-mah-sish, Do you want to buy.
Kah-ah-coh, Bring it.
Sah-wauk, One.
Att-la, Two.
Kat-sa, Three.
Mooh, Four.
Soo-chah, Five.
Noo-poo, Six.
At-tle-poo, Seven.
At-lah-quelth, Eight.
Saw-wauk-quelth, Nine.
Hy-o, Ten.
Sak-aitz, Twenty.
Soo-jewk, One hundred.
Hy-e-oak, One thousand.

FOOTNOTE:

[146] Most of the words in this vocabulary are given with reasonable correctness, though the transliteration is somewhat primitive. A fuller and more accurate one may be found in the Appendix to Sproat's _Scenes and Studies of Savage Life_ (1868), pp. 295-309, so that it is not necessary to annotate the present one. Those in Cook's _Voyage_ and in Dawson and Tolmie's _Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia_ (1884), are short and imperfect. I have a much fuller one in manuscript.

INDEX

PAGE

Aht Indians, The, 19 ---- The various tribes of, 23

A-y-chart, Journey to, 193 ---- Natives, conflict with, 194

Bear, Capture of the, 164 ---- Management of the, 163

Boston, Arrival at, 244 ---- Reception at, by friends, 245

_Boston_, The--
Burning of, 83
Capture of, 32, 64
List of crew of, 247
Murder of crew of, 68

Canoes, Description of, 124

Cayuquets, The, 136

China, Arrival at, 244

Celebration, A religious, 205

Climate, 221

Cook and Vancouver, 38

Cooptee, Town of, 145, 168

Death, Indian customs observed at, 173

Feast, An Indian, 80

Fruit, Various kinds of, 162

Geese, Mode of capture of, 208

Herring, Mode of capture of, 171

Hull, Leave-taking at, 51

Klaizzarts, The, 132

Kla-oo-quates, The, 134

Kletsup Root, Description of, 167

Ife-waw, Method of securing, 116

Jewitt--
Birth of, 43
Domestic management, 204
Early life of, 44
Illness of, 212
Marriage of, 201
Parentage of, 43
Proposal to release, 232
Proposal to murder, 214
Reception of, by savages, 70
Received by Captain Hill, 235
Sufferings from cold, 211
Suspicions of, by Maquina, 228
Termination of captivity, 234

Journal, Jewitt's, Commencement of, 89

King, Privileges of the, 215

Language, Commencement to learn, 93

_Lydia_, The, Arrival of, 224 ----Departure of, 241 ----Letter to captain of, 227

_Manchester_, The, 154

Maquina--, 59, 188
Capture and Imprisonment of, 229
Council concerning, 236
Release of, 238
Visit of, to the _Lydia_, 243

Mooachats, The, 38

Moon, Eclipse of the, in 1805, 208

Newchemass, The, 136

Native, Indecent burial of a, 212

Natives, Intercourse with, 58

Nettinahts, The, 21

Nootka Sound, 28, 95 ---- ---- Return to, 72 ---- ---- Voyage to, 53

Nootkians, The--
Complexion and physique, 113
Diseases of, 220
Dress of, 105
Filthiness of, 187
Food of, 110
General conduct of, 225
Houses of, 97
Mode of living of, 108
Musical instruments of, 129
Ornaments and decorations of, 115, 117
Personal appearance of, 112
Religion of, 216
Slaves of, 130
Sports of, 120
Superstitions of, 217
War-song of, 248

Nootkian language, List of words, 249

Porpoises, Sea, Capture of, 56

Quahootze, The celebration of, 165

Salmon, Method of capture of the, 121, 148

Salter, Captain John, 48, 55

Savages, Treatment of, by English Commanders, 156, 161

Savagedom in Western Vancouver, 16

Sea-otter, Description of the, 120

Sundays at Nootka, 142

Tashees, 147

Thompson--
Escape by stratagem of, 74
Escape from death of, 90
Reception of, by crew of the _Lydia_, 232

Tootoosch--
Description of, 174
Death of, 181
Funeral of, 182
Singular Derangement of, 176

Toowinnakinnish, 235, 240

Trade, Articles of, 137

Tribes, Arrival of neighbouring, 77

Twins, Custom at birth of, 218

Ulatilla, 198

Upquesta, Town of, 168 ----Reception at, 169

War, Preparations for, with the A-y-charts, 192

Whale, Method of capture of, 122, 178

Whale-oil, Method of procuring, 179

Whaling, Observances preparatory to, 180

Wickinninish Native, Insult of, 191

Wife, Departure of Jewitt's, 213

Wooden-lips, The, 241

Yama fruit, Species of, 161

Yealthlower, Cruelty of, 207

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Transcriber's note:

Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.

The following words appear both with and without hyphens and have not been changed: Ai-tiz-zarts, Cay-u-quets, Kla-iz-zarts, Noot-chee.

Hyphen added: ear[-]rings (page 118), otter[-]skin (page 153), sail[-]maker (page 35), saw[-]mills (page 61).

Hyphen removed: fresh[-]water (page 221), good[-]will (pages 92, 93).

List of illustrations: page number 151 changed to 149.

Page 129: "as" changed to "at" (at war, whaling and fishing).

Page 250: The word "Moot-sus, Powder" was restored from another book.