60 THE NATIVES OF 



1824. it towards me, repeating at the same moment 

 Aug^ust. ^^ Kooyenna." The tent floors, with the ex- 

 ception of the small space allotted for sleeping 

 on^ were entirely strewed with salmon and their 

 offal; and^ as I saw no lamp^ and but one mi- 

 serably constructed cooking-pot^ I suspect that 

 the fish are generally eaten raw. About two 

 dozen dogs were lying near the tents, but, with 

 their usual fear of strangers, all ran off on our 

 approach. I saw no sledges. 



There were none of those little domestic 

 toys in these tents which we had always found 

 with our Winter friends^ and it was not until 

 our visit was nearly over that I discovered the 

 women used very ingeniously-formed bone 

 needles^ which of course were purchased by 

 an abundant supply of steel ones. They had 

 also a couple of little iron needles of their own 

 manufactuie ; these were apparently made 

 from two small nails^ not much reduced in 

 thickness, and having such diminutive eyes 

 that they could never have been of any ser- 

 vice. The bone needles were formed from the 

 pinions of birds, which are far harder, and 

 at the same time more plastic, than any other 

 bones. 



On the ground in one of the tents, I saw a 

 little bit of deal, about three inches in length. 



