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Dr John Scouler o?i the Indian Tribes 



litch, Pugefs Sound, and the sea, we have apparently no 

 vocabularies, although the country is occupied by well known 

 tribes of Indians. It is not, however, upon this negative 

 argument that we place the Chikeeli tribes in the Nootkan 

 family. While residing for several weeks among the Indians 

 of the Lower Columbia, I collected a small vocabulary of the 

 language, and of the phrases essential for carrying on some 

 conversation with the natives. A comparison of this lan- 

 guage, spoken by the Chikeelis, with the Tlaoquatch vocabu- 

 lary of Dr Tolmie and the Nootkan ones of Mozino and 

 Jewitt, prove that it has very great affinities with the Nootkan. 



The vocabulary here given proves that there is a very con- 

 siderable affinity between the tribes of the north part of the 

 Lower Columbia and the Nootkans of Vancouver's Island, 

 and is the evidence on which we have ventured to place the 

 Chikeelis in the same group as the Nootkans. 



10. Cheenooks. — The Cheenooks inhabit the lower part of 

 the Columbia, near the sea, and from thence extend along the 

 coast, probably until they reach the Umpqua tribes on the 

 river of the same name. The chief tribes are 



1, Cheenooks. Inhabiting the south bank of the Columbia. 



2. Cladsaps. Inhabiting the sea-coast near Point Adams. 



