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The fifth, Chimmesyan, is made up of the The 

 Tsimshian, the Gitksan, and the Niska of the Chimmesj y an 

 Skeena and Naas rivers. 



The sixth, the Wakashan. The name is The waka- 

 derived from &quot;waukash,&quot; good; which Captain 8han stock 

 Cook heard at Friendly Cove, and supposed to be 

 the name of a tribe. The family includes the 

 Kwakiutl and the Nootka; and is distributed 

 along part of the coast of British Columbia, with 

 the North and West portions of Vancouver 

 Island. 



The seventh, the Salishan, occupying the 

 south-east part of Vancouver Island, and the 

 South Mainland of British Columbia; with the 

 exception of that portion held by in the Kutenai. 



The eighth, the Kutenai, inhabiting the South The 

 East corner of British Columbia, and parts of 

 North Montana and Idaho. 



Improvident and unstable the Indian tribes conditions of 

 gravitated between times of rude plenty, when IndianLlfe 

 they gorged themselves into a state of lethargic 

 indolence, and periods of dire famine wherein 

 they were reduced to the greatest distress. 

 &quot;All these people,&quot; wrote Champlain, &quot;sometimes 

 endure so great extremity, that they are almost 

 constrained to eat one another, through the great 

 colds and snows : for the beasts and fowls whereof 

 they live, retire themselves into more hot 

 climates.&quot; One band, he described, arrived on 

 the river, opposite Quebec, in such a state of 

 desperation that, though the river was filled with 

 drifting ice, they lauched their canoe and attempt- 



