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the Makah Indians, an antediluvian demon 

 supposed to live in the mountains.'" Other 

 designs were observed and copied, notably, the 

 tshimos, a mystic animal, and the double 

 thunder bird and double raven, 



Mr. James G, Swan made a valuable contri- 

 bution on tattoo marks, published in the 

 Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of 



"I am of the opinion, judging from my own 

 observation of over twenty years among the 

 coast tribes, that but few females cm he found 

 among the Indians, not only on Vancouvers 

 island, but all along the coast to tlie Columlua 

 river, and perhaps even to Cahforni.i, that are 

 not marked with some device tattooed on their 

 hands, arms, or ankles, either dovS or straight 



FROG. 

 SQUIU. 



Ethnology, and reproduced, much condensed 

 in the Tenth Annual Report, as follows: 



"Among all the tribes or bands belonging to 

 the Haida family, the practice of tattooing the 

 person in some manner is common; but tiie 

 most marked are the Haidas proper, or those 

 living on Queen Charlotte islands, and the 

 Kaiganis, of Prince of Wales archipelago, 

 Alaska. 



WOLF. 

 COD. I 



lilies; but of all of the tribes mentioned, the 

 Haidas stand preeminent for tattooing, and 

 seem to he excelled only by the natives of the 

 Fiji islands or the Ring's Mills group in the 

 south seas. The tattoo marks of the Haidas 

 are heraldic designs or the family totem, or 

 crests of the weai^ers, and are similar to the 

 carvings depicted on the pillars and monuments 

 around the homes of the chiefs, which casual 



