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Nuskulst, but the tril)e has so diminisht'd in nurnV)ers that all the 

 villages on the banks of the river have been abandoned. The 

 trail descends the steep mountain-side until the river is reached, 

 at a point about twenty-five miles above its mouth. Here the 

 deep and rapid river had to be crossed. The party built a raft, 

 on which an Indian embarked in order to fetch a canoe that was 

 seen on the other side. In this the men crossed the river, while 

 the horses swam over. Another day's journey brought the 

 travellers to the village of the Bella Coola Indians. The road 

 passes through a Norwegian settlement that has recently been 

 established in this valley. At Bella Coola Professor Boas was 

 met by Mr. Hunt, who, under special instructions, had collected 

 valuable specimens among the Indians. The pack-train returned 

 over the mountains to Fraser River, while Professor Boas staid 

 among the Bella Coola Indians. 



After obtaining much interesting information regarding the 

 customs and beliefs of the Bella Coola, Professor Boas started 

 down Bentinck Arm. Then he went by steamer northward to 

 Skeena River, where he joined Mr. Smith, who had finished his 

 work in the interior of British Columbia by the beginning of 

 August. Some time was spent near the mouth of Skeena River 

 in making investigations on the graphic art of the Haida Indians 

 and in studying the physical appearance of the Tsimshian and 

 Haida. Mr. Smith obtained a valuable series of photographs, 

 while Professor Boas was engaged in making measurements of 

 the j-ieople. By this time Professor Farrand had completed his 

 work among the Chilcotin. Accompanied by an Indian, he 

 crossed the mountains and at Bella Coola met Mr. Hunt, who 

 was finishing his work in that tribe. Tow\ird the end of August, 

 both left Bella Coola to pay a visit to the village of Bella Bella, 

 which is situated just outside the mouth of Bentinck Arm. Pro- 

 fessor Farrand spent the remainder of the summer here studying 

 the social organization and arts of this tribe, and Mr. Smith 

 assisted him in the study of tlie jiliysical appearance of the people. 



.\fter I'rofessor Boas had completed his work on Skeena 

 Ri\-er, he journeyed southward on a coast steamer and was 

 joinetl at Ik'lla Bella by Mr. Smith and Mr. Hunt, while Professor 



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