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THE INDIANS OF CAPE FLATTERY. 



Figs. 22, 23. This club is about a foot long, and is commonly made of yew, and 

 its use is to stun the fish by striking it on the head before the hook is removed 



Fig. 22. 



Fig. 23. 



Fig. 24. 



Fish club. 



Fish, club. 



from the mouth. Another instrument used in fishing 

 is called the kak-te-wahd -de (Fig. 24). This is formed 

 of two slender slips of cedar something in the shape of 

 feathers. What would be the quill part is fastened to 

 a bit of wood with a stone in it, to keep the instrument 

 in an upright position. It is used for attracting fish 

 when they do not bite readily. The Indian takes his 

 fishing spear, thrusts the kak-te-wahd-de to the bottom, 

 and when he releases it, its buoyancy brings it to the 

 surface, while the wooden blades or feathers create a 

 rotary or gyratory motion which attracts the fish. 



BOXES, BASKETS, MATS, &c. Vessels for carrying water, and large boxes for con 

 taining blankets or clothing, are made in the following manner : a board as wide 

 as the box is intended to be high, is carefully smoothed with a chisel, then 

 marked off into four divisions, and at each of the marks cut nearly in two. The 

 wood is then wet with warm water, and gently bent around until the corners are 

 fully formed. Thus three corners of the box are made, ana 1 the remaining one 

 formed by the meeting of the two ends of the board, is fastened by wooden pegs. 

 The bottom is then tightly fitted in by pins, and the box is made. The water 

 box or bucket consists of one of these, and the chest is simply two large boxes, 

 one shutting down over the other. These boxes are manufactured principally by 

 the Clyoquot Indians, very few being made by the Makahs, on account of the scar 

 city of good cedar. They procure these by barter, and every lodge has a greater 

 or less number of them according to the wealth of the occupants. Many have 

 trunks purchased from the whites, either of Chinese or American manufacture, but 

 although they can readily supply themselves at cheap rates with these as well as 



Fig. 25. No. 2566. 



Fig. 26. 



with water pails, they prefer those used by their ancestors. Wooden bowls and 

 dishes are usually manufactured from alder (Figs. 25 to 28). Some are of an oblong 



