174 QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S ISLANDERS. 
at Fort Rupert, or to those used by the Coast and 
Fraser river Indians. The shape was similar to 
the boats one sees in very old pictures, filled 
with sailors in armour, the bow and_ stern 
carved to represent a neck, bearing on it some 
hideous grinning monster’s head. 
Their chief, named Edin-saw, once saved the 
crew of a small schooner, the ‘ Susan Sturges,’ 
from being killed by the islanders under his 
control. ‘The vessel was wrecked on Queen 
Charlotte’s Island, and the crew subsequently 
ransomed. This little army of savages reached 
Victoria safely, having taken four months to 
make the voyage; threading all the difficult and 
dangerous straits, with the risk of capture from 
other tribes, exposed to all the vicissitudes of 
weather, in open canoes as easily upset as a child’s 
cradle. | 
Reaching Victoria in safety, I proceeded up 
the Fraser, and for the first time witnessed 
sturgeon-spearing. 
