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The Indians of Cape Flattery : at the entrance to the Strait of Fuca, Washington Territory / by James G. Swan.
Gale Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology and Medicine, 1780-1925 Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Swan, James G., 1818-1900.
- Series:
- Smithsonian contributions to knowledge ; v. 16, art. 8.
- Publication (Smithsonian Institution) ; 211.
- Publication (Smithsonian Institution) ; 220.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.
- Smithsonian contributions to knowledge ; 220
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Makah Indians.
- Indians of North America--Washington (State).
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Flattery, Cape.
- Makah language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Makah language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, [1], 108 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- Indians of Cape Flattery
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington City : Smithsonian Institution, 1870] (Philadelphia : Collins)
- Contents:
- Name of the tribe
- Geographical position
- Character of the reservation
- Census of the tribe
- Physical characteristics
- Dwellings
- Picture writing
- Social life
- Festivals
- Sports of children
- Dress
- Personal ornaments
- Care of children
- Food, and method of obtaining it
- Fishing and sealing
- Trade
- Tools
- Canoes
- Whaling and fishing gear
- Boxes, baskets, mats, &c.
- Feather and dog's hair blankets
- Gambling implements
- Mats, baskets, ornaments, &c.
- Weapons, bows, arrows, fish and bird spears
- Songs
- Method of warfare
- Government
- History, traditions, &c.
- Mythology
- Winter ceremonies
- Legends
- Masks and masquerading
- Shamanistic ceremonies
- Shamanism, or magic and medicine
- Diseases
- Remedies
- Funeral ceremonies
- Superstitions
- Computation of time
- Legend of the South Wind
- Vocabulary of the Makah dialect
- Local nomenclature of the Makah.
- Notes:
- "Accepted for publication, June 1868."
- Originally issued in 1870 as Smithsonian Institution publication 220; later reprinted in 1870 as article 8 of volume 16 of the Smithsonian contributions to knowledge (simultaneously Smithsonian Institution publication 211).
- "Makah vocabulary" pp. 93-106.
- Includes index.
- Imprint information from colophon.
- Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.
- OCLC:
- 1111200589
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