250 THE THREE SKULLS. 



elders die off, having affinity with that of the 

 carriers of North Caledonia and the Umpqua 

 Indians of Southern Oregon. 



' I must now conclude this very hurried epistle, 

 which I should have taken more time about had 

 you not desired to have the vocabulary ere the 

 departure of the " Princess Royal." 



1 1 am, my dear Sir, 



' Very truly yours, 

 1 W. F. TOLMIE. 



'John K. Lord, Esq.' 



An illustration attached to this work re- 

 presents three Spokan Indians, photographed 

 at Fort Colville. The celt made of flint, 

 also figured in the illustration page, the finest 

 mounted specimen at present in the British 

 Museum collection, I obtained from the Indian 

 on the left side of the group. They had no 

 history of it further than that it was of great 

 age, and had been handed down from chief to 

 chief for many generations. 



The skulls* are drawn from three at present 

 in the British Museum collection. The one 

 altered, from circular pressure, was the skull I 

 obtained at Fort Rupert; the flattened skull is 



* Vide illustration : An Indian Burial Ground. 



