to the North- West Coast of America. 5 



proper, in order that they and mine, as well as our enemies, 

 may know that INlacuina is the same as Ouadra, and Quadra 

 the same as Macuina." 



Some of the customs of these people must appear verv" 

 singular to the Europeans. The father of a new-born chikl, 

 if a°tais, shuts himself up in his hut, without looking either 

 at the sun or the waves. To be wanting in this respeet 

 would be a serious oftence towards the Qi/aufz, — such is the 

 name given to the supreme Being, — who would destroy 

 both the father and the child. The child at the end of a 

 month receives from the grandees assembled a first name, 

 which is changed when it (juits the period of infancy ; a 

 third name is given to it at the epoch of puberty, and a 

 fourth at that of youth : a new name is also given when it 

 attains to maturity. 



Girls, when they become marriageable, change their 

 name also. This is a period of rejoicing for the whole 

 family. The Spaniards of Nootka were present at a f6te 

 given by Macuina on a similar occasion. He caused his 

 daughter, dressed with a profusion of ornaments, to appear 

 in an alcove, from which he cried out to the assistants, 

 '* My daughter Apenas is no longer a child, but a woman : ' 

 henceforth she shall be called Islicoti-Clemoe ;" that is to 

 say, the grand Taysa of Yucuatl* ; to which all the spectators 

 answered by loud and repeated shouts. Figure-dances were 

 then performed by the tais and nobles. 'Jliere were also 

 different sorts of games, among which was wrestling. The 

 Spaniards entered the lists, and obtained prizes of greater 

 value than the wrestlers of tlie country. The good Macuina 

 was highly gratified by their taking a share in the fete. 

 When "it was ended he carried to his daughter the imple- 

 ments necessary for female labour, and said to her: "Let 

 us go, my daughter ; }ou are now a woman, you must now 

 think only of tlie duties of your sex.'* Paternal advice was 

 never more exactly followed. She attended to nothing but 

 her domestic concerns. Apenas was simple and playful, 

 and had often paid a visit to the Spaniards. The grand 

 Taysa of Yueuatl, however, became grave and circumspect. 

 She hardly returned the salutations of her old friends : she 

 durst scarcely smile; and if she gave any answer when 

 spoken to, it was only in a few words, and as if by stealth. 

 The chief of the Spanish establishment, for *hom her fa-v 



* This is the real name of that island to which ihi; F-iiropc^ns, for 

 what reason is noi known, have given that of Ndotka, when bears nu 

 relation f. uny wonl in the language of ihe country except to NuUhi, 

 whi'.h r.i2"if't'j a mountain, 



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