TABLE OF CONTENTS, 



PAOK 



Name of the Tribe . ... .... 1 



Geographical Position .......... 1 



Character of the Reservation ......... 2 



Census of the Tribe .......... 2 



Physical Characteristics ......... 3 



Dwellings .. t ........ 4 



Picture Writing .......... 7 



Social Life ........... 10 



Festivals ........... 13 



Sports of Children . . . . . . . . . .14 



Dress . . . . . . . . . . . .15 



Personal Ornaments . . . . . . . . . .17 



Care of Children .......... 18 



Food, and Method of obtaining it ........ 19 



Fishing and Sealing . . . . . . . . . .27 



Trade ............ 30 



Tools ............ 33 



Canoes ........... 35 



Whaling and Fishing Gear ......... 39 



Boxes, Baskets, Mats, &c. ......... 42 



Feather and Dog s-llair Blankets . . ... . . . .43 



Gambling Implements .......... 44 



Mats, Baskets, Ornaments, &c. . . . . . . . .45 



Weapons, Bows, Arrows, Fish and Bird Spears . . . . . .47 



Songs . ....... 49 



Method of Warfare .......... 50 



Government ........... 52 



History, Traditions, &c. ......... 55 



Mythology . ....... 61 



Winter Ceremonies .......... 62 



Legends ........ 64 



Masks and Masquerading . . . . . . . . .69 



Shamanistic Ceremonies -...... 73 



Shamanism, or Magic and Medicine ........ 76 



Diseases . . . . . . . . . . .79 



Remedies ............ 80 



Funeral Ceremonies ......... 85 



Superstitions ........ 86 



Computation of Time ......... 91 



Legend of the South Wind ....... 92 



Vocabulary of the Makah Dialect ....... 93 



Local Nomenclature of the Makuh . ..... 105 



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