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Model of dugout canoe. 



Dugout used in sea fishing and whaling by the Haida Indians of 

 the northwest coast of America. An open, sharp-ended, keelless 

 dugout canoe, with long, sharp, overhanging bow; cutwater nearly 

 vertical; narrow flat bottom, tapering to point at ends; strongly 

 flaring sides; sharp overhanging stern; strong sheer; painted black 

 with red stripe in midship section, and with totems at ends ; equipped 

 with lanceolate-blacled paddles, four thwarts, etc. 



Dimensions of canoe. — Length, 36 feet ; beam, 6 feet ; deptli, on 

 side, 25 inches ; paddles, 8 feet 9 inches to 9 feet 9 inches long. Scale 

 of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 

 Collected by George Gibbs. Cat. No. 639 U.S.N.M. 



Dugout war canoe. 



Made bj'' Nookta Indians, of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 

 from a single log of yellow cedar {Thuya gigantea). An open, 

 round bottom, keelless dugout canoe ; long, very sharp, overhanging 



FIG. 67. — HAIDA INDIAN DUGOUT CANOE. 



bow, with beaklike projection; flaring sides; long, sharp, nearly 

 vertical stern, rising in a knob-like projection above the gunwale; 

 rather straight on top except at bow, which has a strong upward 

 curve; painted totems of various colors at bow and stern. 



Dimensions of canoe. — Length, 59 feet ; beam, 8 feet ; height, bow, 

 7 feet 3 inches ; stern, 5 feet 3 inches ; amidships, 3 feet 7 inches. 



This canoe, which is of the so-called Chinook model, Avas made 

 for Moquilla, a Nootkan chief and grandson of Moquilla, men- 

 tioned by Meares, Vancouver, and others; it was given by him to 

 a Nimpkish chief residing at Alert Bay near Fort Rupert on the 

 northeastern coast of Vancouver Island. It was shaped and hol- 

 lowed out with axes and rude implements made by the Indians; 

 the requisite flare or beam being secured by filling the canoe with 

 water which is heated by means of red-hot stones, and a slow fire 

 made on the outside by rows of bark laid on the ground a short 

 distance off, but near enough to warm the cedar without burning 

 it; this rendered the wood flexible and stretchers, similar to a boat's 

 thwarts, increased the width from 8 to 12 inches. 



The largest of these canoes are capable of carrying 100 persons 

 with all their equipment. 



