Chapter I: Preface
The excuse for this book is that it is the first attempt to depict the life or ethnology of the maze of Indian tribes on Puget Sound, and it is believed, will be found not wholly uninteresting. It has been the aim to attain as nearly the facts in every instance as possible which in any way lead to a proper understanding of the natives of the country as they were found by the first whites to arrive. Mika mam-ook mika tum-tum de-late wa-wa. Ko-pet mika ip-soot halo mika tum-tum ko-pa o-coke. De-late wa-wa mika tum-tum, nan-ich Sahg-a-lie Tyee; my heart speaks truthful and I hide nothing I know concerning the things of which I speak. My talk is truthful as God sees me.
From the old pioneer and the more intelligent native have all the material facts been drawn, and as these opportunities will not endure for many years longer it is the belief and hope that this work will find an enduring place in the home and public libraries.
For material aid in the compilation of the historical and pictorial matter of this work the author is indebted to Samuel F. Coombs, one of the few pioneers who has a genuine interest in the preservation of the life and habits and traditions of the aboriginees; H. A. Smith, of Smith’s cove; Rev. Myron Eels for valuable information and assistance, touching the Skokomish Indians; Edward Morse, son of Eldridge Morse, than whom, probably none have a truer insight into the mysteries of early Indian life on the Sound; E. H. Brown, and to W. S. Phillips, F. Leather and Raphael Coombs, artists.
SEATTLE, December 14, 1895.
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I
A bit of history 1
CHAPTER II
Fifty-four forty or fight 4
CHAPTER III
Pioneers of the forties 6
CHAPTER IV
Siwash characteristics 10
CHAPTER V
The Flathead group 13
CHAPTER VI
The Chinook la lang 15
CHAPTER VII
Traditions of Vancouver’s appearance 17
CHAPTER VIII
The Old-Man-House tribe 19
CHAPTER IX
The Twana or Skokomish tribe 33
CHAPTER X
Do-Ka-Batl, a great spirit 46
CHAPTER XI
Their game of sing-gamble 51
CHAPTER XII
Twana Thunderbird 53
CHAPTER XIII
Superstition their religion 57
CHAPTER XIV
Their daily existence 62
CHAPTER XV
Legend of the first frog 69
CHAPTER XVI
Another man in the moon 71
CHAPTER XVII
S’Beow and his grandmother 72
CHAPTER XVIII
The demon Skana 74
CHAPTER XIX
The fall of Snoqualm 75
CHAPTER XX
Legend of the Stick-pan 77
CHAPTER XXI
The magic blanket 79
CHAPTER XXII
Legend of Flathead origin 81
CHAPTER XXIII
Legend of the first flood 82
CHAPTER XXIV
Origin of the sun and moon 83
CHAPTER XXV
Skobia the skunk 84
CHAPTER XXVI
The extinct Shilshoh tribe 86
CHAPTER XXVII
Quinaiults and Quillayutes 90
CHAPTER XXVIII
Tradition of a great Indian battle 99
CHAPTER XXIX
Sealth and allied tribes 102
CHAPTER XXX
The Makah tribe 115
CHAPTER XXXI
Footprints of unknown travelers 122
CHAPTER XXXII
Some neighborly tribes 124
CHAPTER XXXIII
Totemism and superstitions 132
CHAPTER XXXIV
Mythology and native history 139
CHAPTER XXXV
Yalth and the butterfly 142
CHAPTER XXXVI
Potlatch and Devil dance 145
CHAPTER XXXVII
The T’Klinkits and Aleuts 148
CHAPTER XXXVIII
The Indian and the south wind 156
CHAPTER XXXIX
Pleasure and profit in the marsh 159
CHAPTER XL
Indians in the hop fields 162
CHAPTER XLI
Legend of the crucifixion 166
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