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But of these, none marked with an asterisk belong to the Chinook 

 ix any of its dialects. The greater part of them are undoubtedly 

 Psootkan, though there are errors in the spelling and, in some in- 

 stances, in the meaning. Of the rest, the Nootkan tchaak and tiie 

 Chinook tVtsuk alone presents an analogy. Klahowiah does not mean 

 " now," nor do I believe it is Nootkan, in any sense. It is, as ex- 

 plained in the dictionary, the Chinook salutation, " How do you," 

 " Good-bye," and is supposed to be derived from the word for 'poo)\ 

 miserable. 3Iisc1iemas is a Nootkan word, meaning a common person. 

 With the exception of Franchere, whose short vocabulary was pub- 

 iished by Mr. Gallatin, and Mr. Hale, all the writers mentioned by 

 Ludwig who have given specimens of the Chinook language, have 

 presented it in its Jargon form, more or less mixed with the neigh- 

 boring ones, and with corruptions of French and English words. Mr 

 Swan, among others, has been led into this error. The place of his 

 residence, Shoalwater Bay, is common ground of the Chinook and 

 Chihalis Indians, and the degraded remnants of the two tribes are 

 closely intermarried, and use bo;h languages almost inditferently. 



