The Indians of Cape Flattery, at the entrance to the Strait of Fuca, Washington Territory / by James G. Swan.

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[1870]
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Credit: The Indians of Cape Flattery, at the entrance to the Strait of Fuca, Washington Territory / by James G. Swan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Mussel My house My sister My things Mythology (Names of two fabulous men of antiquity who changed men iuto animals, trees,and stones.) Ho-chab. seir-bass. klo-chuk-sub. ko-kote-sa-kut-liks. ho-ho-e-up or ho-ho-e- U2>bess. N Nails (finger) iron nails Naked (without clothing) male female Name Near Neck Needle Nest (bird’s) Never New Night Nine No None Noon Nose Now Numerals’ chath-latch, klap-a-koob. sho-she-dahh. she-she-dd-tartl. d-juk-kluk-kik. klar-weich-i-ka. tiie-kwar-bits. kar-juk. par-h uts. wake-ka^kwows. soost-ko. ut-haie. sar-kivas-sub. wd-kee or wake-isse. xoake-kade. takh-assie. choo-oafh-tl-tub. kluh-o-ko-wie or kluh. (In counting, it is usual to enumerate ten, and then com- mence at one, repeating in tens, and at the end of each call the number, thus: ten, kluh; two tens or twenty, tsar- kaiis; three tens or thirty, tar- hook, &c.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 t 8 9 10 tsark-wark or tsar-kwok. attl or uttl. wee. boh. sheutche. ch eh-part i. at-tleph, or attl-poh. ar-tles-sub. sar-kwds-sub. kluh. Numerals 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 30 40 50 60 70 . 80 90 100 (Any things round or oval, as pans, cups, plates, eggs, beads, &c., are counted with the following terminals to the simple numbers :—) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Articles having length, as rope, cloth, &c., have the ter- minal a/tsh, which also means fathoms.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tsark-woke. ut-tlai-uuk. wee-0 uk. boh-kwe-ouk sheutch-e-ouk. cheh-pdrtl-ouk. artl-pook. ar-tles-sub-ouk sar-kwas-sub-tsar-kart- sit. tsar-kaits. kar-hook. art-leik. aii-lei-kish-kl uh. wee-ouk-ish. wee-ouk-ish-kl uh. boh-kwe-uk. boh-kwe-uk-ish-kl uh. sheutch-e-uk. tsark-wark. attl-kuptl. wee-d-kujM. boh-kuptl. sh eiitch e-a-kuptl. cheh-partl-kuptl. at-tleph-o-kuptl. ar-tles-sub-o-ku]M. sar-kwassub-o-kuptl. kluh-o-kuptl. tsark-wark-ailsh. atll-ailsh. wee-ailsh. boh-ailsh. sheidche-ailsh. cheh-partl-ailsh. at-tleph-ailsh. ar-tlessub-ailsh. sar-kioas-sub-ailsh. kluh-ailsh. ' The method of counting on the fingers is as follows : they commence with the little finger of the left hand^ closing each finger as it is counted ; then pass from the left thumb, which counts five, to the right thumb, which counts six, and so on to the little finger of the right hand, which counts ten. I have sometimes seen Indians commence counting with the little finger of the right hand, but it is invariably the custom to commence with that finger instead of a thumb.