620 ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS. 



Woodpcclxcr {redheaded). — The feathers are employed for feathering 

 arrows aud in taiuanous head-bands. 

 Pheasant. — The tiesh is eaten. 



FISH AND OTHER MARINE iNIMALS. 



Five kinds of these are used as follows : 



Abaloiie. — The shells for money aud ornaments. 



Clam. — Three kinds of clam are used for food, and the large shells as 

 drinking dishes. 



Codfish.~The flesh and eggs of two kinds are used for food. 



Crab. — Two varieties are used for food. 



Dogjish.— Oil obtained from it; occasionally the flesh is eaten ; the 

 bones are used for ornaments, and a part of the skin as a substitute 

 for sandpaper. 



Dentalid. — The shells for money and ornaments. 



Flounder. — Two varieties are used for food. 



Halibut, herring, and mussels. — Also used as food. 



Olivella.— The shells used for ornaments and sometimes money. 



Oyster. — Food. 



Porpoise. — Food and oil. 



Salmon. — Five varieties, viz: Silver, dog, red, black, and hump- 

 backed; both the eggs and flesh are used for food, and the eggs for 

 bait. 



Seal {fur). — Is highly esteemed. 



Seal {hair).— Bnoys nsed in whaling, small sacks, pouches, etc., are 

 made from the skin; oil is made from the blubber, aud the flesh is 

 eaten. 



Shark. — From this oil is obtained. 



Smelt and sea-eggs. — Used as food. 



Scallop. — The shells are used for rattles iu tamanousing, and the flesh 

 for food. 



Skate and trout. — Food. 

 . Whale furnishes food aud oil, bones for war clubs, sinew for thread, 

 and whale bone for a piirt of the cod-fish hook. 



Cuttlefish. — Food. 



SOCIAL CUSTOMS. 



Travels. — These are confined chiefly to places where those reside 

 among whom they iuter-marry. A few however of each tribe have 

 been on sailing vessels to California. 



Commerce. — I have seen dishes made from the horn of the mountain 

 sheep or goat, which are said to have come from the Stikine Indians of 

 British Columbia, 600 or 800 miles to the north ; baskets and pipes 

 from the Klikitats of eastern Washington, 150 miles to the east; bask- 

 ets from the Chehalis and Cowlitz Indians, 100 miles to the south ; and 

 baskets from the Quinaielt Indians, on the Pacific coast, 50 miles to the 



