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same with those of their neighbors, the Salish, for the names of 

 many of the months have reference to some of their most important 

 usages. The name of the chief was Sdkatatl-ktiusam, or the Half- 

 Sun (commonly called Le grand jeune homme), and that of his clan 

 the Sinakaidusish, who live on the eastern bank of the Columbia, 

 opposite the Piskwaus. The chief from whom the Salish names 

 were obtained was called Silim-htvitl-miMkalok, or the Master-Raven, 

 but he is better known to the whites by the appellation of Cornelius. 

 His tribe is the Tsakaitsitttn, on the lower part of the Spokan River. 

 It will be observed that one of the chiefs made only twelve names, 

 while the other reckoned thirteen. Both had some difficulty in call- 

 ing to mind all the names. In several, the Piskwaus chief is one 

 moon ahead of the other, which may arise from mistake, or possibly 

 from some slight difference of seasons at the two places. 



PISKWAUS. SELISH. 



Sqwusus, . . Siistikwu, - , . . . December and January. 



Skiniramun, . Sqwusits, cold, . . . January and February. 



Skvputskiltin, , Skiniramun, a certain herb, . February, &c. 



Skdsulku, . Skaputrv, snow gone, . . March. 



Katsosumtun, . Spatlum, bitter-root, . . . April. 



Stsdok, . . Stagamdwus, going to root-ground, May. 



Kupukdlu'xtin, . It)(wa, camass-root, . . . June. 



Silump, . . Sadntxlkwu, hot, . . . July. 



Tgep6 mtum, . Sildmp, gathering berries, . . August. 



Panpdt-xlvxen, . Skilues, " exhausted salmon," . September. 



Skadi, . . Skadi, dry, .... October. 



Kinui-itylvten, house-building. 



Siistikwv, . Ke$mdkwaln, snow, . . . November and December. 



I. SKWALE OR NISQTTALLY. J. TSIHAILISH OR CHIKAILISH. 



K. KAWELITSK OR COWELITS. L. NSIETSHAWUS OR KILLAMUKS. 



Of these four tribes, belonging to the family which we have termed 

 Tsihaili-Selish, the first inhabits the shores of Puget's Sound, the 

 second the middle of the peninsula which lies west of this sound and 

 north of the Columbia, the third is settled on the banks of a small 

 stream known as the Cowelits, which falls into the Columbia south of 

 Puget's Sound, and the fourth is apart from the others, on the sea- 

 coast, south of the Columbia. They differ considerably in dialect, 

 but little in appearance and habits, in which they resemble the 

 Chinooks and other neighboring tribes. Their estimated numbers 



