Menzics' Journal. 



Yuculta Indians. 



83 



Channels & perhaps only straggling ones at particular 

 Seasons, for the Fur of the few pieces we saw was of a 

 very inferior quality to those found along the exterior edge 

 of the Coast. 



Their Fish-hooks are nearly the same as at Nootka 

 Sound & we saw some Fishing-Nets drying upon stakes 

 before the houses; their Bows were lin'd with Sinews & 

 shap'd like those we saw on the East Side of this great 

 Gulph, & the Arrows were also fastend in the same manner, 

 but most of them were armed with pieces of Muscle Shell 

 instead of flinty stones. Their Canoes were small with pro- 

 jecting prows & dug out of one piece of Timber each with 

 four or five small thorts & some of them had their outside 

 ornamented with rude figures painted with red-ochre : their 

 Paddles were short with round handles & pointed blades. 



/ Some Fish & Curiosities were purchasd from them 

 for Beads & small Trinkets, & in these little dealings they 

 appeard to be guided by the strictest honesty, indeed their 

 whole conduct during our short stay was quiet friendly & hos- 

 pitable, pressing us often to partake of their entertainment 

 such as Fish Berries & Water, & we in return endeavourd 

 to make them sensible of our approbation by distributing 

 among the Women & Children some small presents, which 

 made them appear highly gratified. 



Behind the Village we saw a considerable quantity of 

 the American Cock Spur Thorn, backd by a dense Forest of 

 Pine Trees into which we were lead by a small path till we 

 came to a large clear Area that appeard to be intended as a 

 place of amusement, but what Games they exhibit here we 

 had no opportunity to know. We afterwards walkd to the 

 Westward along the side of the Channel on a pleasant clear 

 level pasture for near two Miles, where we observd in the 

 verge of the wood their manner of disposing of their dead 

 which was by putting them either in small square boxes or 

 wrapping them well up in Mats or old garments into square 

 bundles & placing them above ground in small Tombs 

 erected for the purpose & closely boarded on every side, but 

 as we saw only two or three of these places they might 

 probably belong to the Chiefs or some Families of distinc- 

 tion. — After enjoying this walk we returnd on board in the 

 dusk of the evening. 



1792. 

 July 13tb. 



Slnew-Uned 

 bows are not 

 reported from 

 north of this 

 In B.C. Bows 

 lined with 

 8Dake-8kiii 

 were common 

 In the south. 

 Mussel-shell 

 arrow-points. 

 Made from 

 pieces of the 

 Giant Mnssell 

 (MytiluB 

 calif ornianus) . 

 From this point 

 northwards the 

 canoes were 

 furnished with 

 projecting 

 sterns as well 

 as bows. See 

 plate in Vane., 

 I., 364, 

 showing the 

 " Discovery on 

 the Rocks." 



Cockspur 

 Thorn. The 

 species here 

 referred to is 

 Douglas' Thorn 

 (Cratiegus 

 hreiHspina) . 



They walked 

 northward to 

 the site of the 

 present village. 



