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village to village until the most western Chilcotin village of any 

 considerable size was reached. Now the further investigation 

 of the interesting tribe was left to Professor Farrand, while Pro- 

 fessor Boas proceeded on his jdumey across the mountains to 

 Bella Coola. 



The Chilcotin have been brought into contact with the whites 

 in comparatively recent time, and, although they now li\-e in 

 log-cabins, raise cattle and horses, and till the soil, they are 

 probably the most primitive among the tribes of British Colum- 

 bia. A number of families still roam in the mountains between 

 Lillooet and Chilcotin River, and have not been induced to settle 

 on reservations; consequently the field of investigation was 

 most interesting, and the results of Professor Farrand's eth- 

 nological inquiries are of great value. He spent most of his 

 time in the larger villages of the Chilcotin ; but during the month 

 of August he visited the isolated families which live on the shores 

 of Tatla Lake and in the mountains. From here he proceeded 

 northward until the pass which leads to Bella Cqola was reached. 



Professor Boas followed the more northern route towards 

 this pass, crossing the wild plateau north of Tatla Lake. On 

 this journey a few of the Chilcotin who make their home near 

 Lake Nakoontloon were encountered. From here there seems to 

 be an enormous gap in the Coast Range, through which a trail 

 leads westward, following a small river that takes its rise in the 

 high motmtains of the range. Gradually the valley narrows 

 and the beautiful peaks and glaciers of the Coast Range come 

 into view. The trail ascends higher and higher, until at a height 

 of five thousand feet the summit is reached. Here a few small 

 snow-fields have to be crossed and the trail suddenly emerges on 

 the north side of Bella Coola River. The river is visible almost 

 fi\'e thousand feet below; and cm the oyjposite side of its deep 

 and narrow valley rises the high peak, Xuskulst, which plays a 

 most important part in the mythology of the Bella Coola. Enor- 

 mous glaciers flank the sides of the mountain. A little farther 

 down the river other snow-clad mountains of beautiful form come 

 into view. In early times the villages of the Bella Coola were 

 found all along the river, u\) to a place about twenty miles above 



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