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lî-gï-yû, a fabulous halibut, of enormous size, which is said to cause the tide-rip off the 

 point of the bay. Niim is the numeral " one," this creature having " one " remarkable 

 moiith. 



Mr. Hall also informs me that there are four subdivisions or septs among the Nîm'-kish, 

 as follows : — 



1. Gigilkum chief man Klâkûglas. 



2. Zîzïtl-wâ-Iâ-kamâ-yî, " " Klo-kwà-zî. 



3. Sîsinlilâyi " " Gwâ-mârkulas. 



4. Ninïlkïnùh " " Kûm-hyilâ-gilïs. 



Mr. Hall further adds: — "Many other tribes have lived in this bay, notably the Fort 

 Kupert Indians. The Num-kCs at one time lived at the west end of the bay, having 

 removed there to be protected from the north-east winds which prevail in summer, and in the 

 winter they went to the east end to escape the south-east winds. At one time they lived 

 more on the [Nimpkish] River and Lake than they now do. The name of one of their 

 tribes, the NlnTlklnfih, meaning ' the men who live at or are accustomed to go to the source 

 of a river.' They have now, and always appear to have had, a village about three miles 

 from the mouth of the river [just below the place where the lake empties itself, ou the 

 west bank]. To this village they repair every October to catch and cure their winter 

 salmon. Many of their legends are connected with the lake and river. They formerly 

 had relations with the Aht Indians, who came across Vancouver Island nearly to the head 

 of the lake to take salmon." 



(14) Nil'-kivok-lo (Nrih-kwok-to). — These are the Nakwahtoh or Nuk-wul-tuh of the 

 " Comparative Vocabularies." They lately inhabited, as their principal village, a place, 

 T("'-kwok-stai-e, on the lower part of Seymour Inlet, but have removed to Blunden 

 Harbour (Pfi'-as) on Queen Charlotte Sound. They go in summer to Mâ'-pak-um, on 

 Desei-ter's Island of the Walker Group, for halibut fishing, and to a place on the Storm 

 Islands. They also have a salmon fishing station on the lagoon, above Shelter Bay, 

 named A-wut-s or " the foamy place.'" 



(15) IT-mih'-tuh and A-vm-1-tIe-la (Ta-nnck-teuch and Ah-wah-cet-la-la). — The Tan-uh- 

 tuh of " Comparative Vocabularies." The principal village of these tribes is at Kwâ-tsi, 

 at Point Macdonald, Knight's Inlet. I did not visit their village, and no particulars 

 respecting these peoples were obtained. 



(16) Ts'i'-wut-ai-nuk, A-kw'i'-amish and Kio't-wa-a-nuk (Tsâh-waw-ti-neuch, Ah-kwâw-a- 

 mish and Kwûw-waw-i-nuk). — Tsa-wutti-e-nuh of "Comparative Vocabularies." These 

 tribes, in winter, come together in a rather large village on the west coast of Gilford 

 Island, just north of Health Bay, named Kwa-us-tums. It is built on a point, the houses 

 facing two ways, and is, in this respect, somewhat vmusual. The Tsfi'-wut-ai-nuk are 

 much the most numerous tribe. They go, in summer, in part to Hâ-ta at the head of 

 Bond Sound, in part to Kwâ'-e at the head of Kingcombe Inlet. The detachment going 

 to the last-named place lives first, during the salmon season, at the west angle of the inlet, 

 and subsequently moves over to the east angle to gather "clover root." 



The A-kwâ'-amish resort, in summer, to A-tl-al-ko, at the head of Wakeman Sound. 

 The Kwa-wa-ai-nuk go for the most part in the summer season to a village named 

 Ho-ho-pa at George Point, the west end of Baker Island. A part of the tribe goes to Kun- 



Sec. ii, 1887. 10. 



