1892-93.] 



NOTES ON TIIK WESTERN DENES. 



tribes of the Ea>t, all of which observe it in making iheir skins crapers^ 

 while the Tsi[Koh'tin, who are the most distantly situated from them, 

 seem to be ignorant of it. 



All of these scrapers also do service in the process of skinning animals 

 as means of separating the hide from the flesh. 



If we now pass from bone implements connected with hunting to such 

 as are laid under contribution as means of furthering the fishing 

 industry, we may note in the first place the ta-krct* or fish harpoon (fig. 



56. yi size. 



56). The cut renders a detailed description of it unnecessary. The only 

 wooden parts are the shaft and the socket, round which is wound the 

 skin line which fastens the two side-hooks of the harpoon, while it secures 

 in its proper place the middle prong. The hook pieces are fastened with 

 sinew. An archaeologist fond of comparisons cannot fail to notice the 

 resemblance of this weapon to its Eskimo equivalent such as illustrated 

 in fig. 453 of Dr. F. Boas' " The Central Eskimo, "f The ta-kret serves 

 to dart a large species of whitc-fleshed salmon (Oncorrynclms chotiicha, 

 VValbaiim), called kes by the Carriers and qcs by the Tsi|Koh'tin. Now- 

 adays these implements are mostly of iron or steel ; but their shape has 

 remained unaltered. 



F'S- 57- f size- 



Tlie Tsi[Koh'tin spear salmon with a harpoon of a totally different pat- 

 tern (fig. 57). It is double darted, and so made that upon fastening in 

 the flesh of the fish, both darts detach themselves from the forked shaft'to 



* " l.ip-dart," by allusion to its mouth-like appearance. 

 + Sixth Ann. Keji. Ijuieau of Ethnoloijy, 1S84-85. 



