218 BULLETIN 127, UNITED STATES XATIOXAL MUSEUM. 



Dimensions of canoe. — Length, 19 feet 9 inches: beam. 21^ inches; 

 depth, 12 inches. 

 Collected by W. J. Hoffman. Cat. No. 76,313 U.S.X.]\I. 



Dugout canoe. 



The Indians nsed this type of canoe for crossing the Pamunkey 

 River, etc.', in Virginia. It is a small dugout with an open, double- 

 ended, round bottom ; keelless ; with full convex raking ends ; inside 

 burned out; equipped with two lanceolate bladed paddles. 



Dimensions of canoe. — Length, 8 feet 10 inches; beam, 18 inches; 

 depth, 9 inches ; paddles, 4 feet 8 inches long. 

 Made and presented by Terrel Bradley, a Pamunkey Indian. 



Cat. No. 165.450 U.S.N.M. 



Dugout canoe. 



Used by the Indians in southeastern Alaska for traveling, etc. 

 Dug out of the trunk of a single tree of the giant cedar {Thuya 

 gigantea). An open, round bottom, keelless canoe, long, sharp, over- 

 hanging bow, with snout-like projection and straight nearly vertical 

 cutwater; flaring sides; sharp, overhanging stern; ends curved up 

 rather sharply, with a carved figure of a bear resting on the bow and 

 stern; painted all over with totems; equipped with five paddles. 



Dimensions of canoe. — Length, 44 feet 5 inches; beam, 5 feet 10 

 inches ; depth, 2 feet 8 inches. 



Elliott makes the following reference to canoe building in south- 

 ern Alaska : 



"But the one thing of joy, of delight, and of inhnite use to the 

 native of the Sitkan archipelago is his canoe. Life, indeed, would 

 be a sad problem for him were it not for this adjunct of his own 

 creation. Upon its construction he lavishes the best of his thought, 

 the height of his manual skill,- and his infinite patience. The result 

 of this attention is to "fashion from a single cedar log a little vessel 

 which challenges our admiration invariably for its fine outline and 

 its seaworthiness and strength. 



"All the canoes of this region have a common model, and are simi- 

 lar in type, though they differ much in details of shape and size. 

 They are all made from the indigenous pine and giant cedar, the 

 wood of which is light, durable, and worked very readily, but it is 

 apt to split parallel to its grain. This constitutes the only solicitude 

 of the Indian's mind. He keeps the canoe covered with mats and 

 brush whenever it is hauled out, even for a few days, to avoid this 

 danger, for whenever a canoe is' heavily laden, and working, as it 

 will do, in a rough channel, if is in constant danger of splitting at 

 the cleavage lines of its grain, and thus jeopardize its living as well 

 as dead freight. 



