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  INDIAN 
  LINGUISTIC 
  FAMILIES. 
  

  

  Dal] 
  in 
  ('out. 
  N. 
  A. 
  Eth.. 
  i. 
  36, 
  39, 
  40, 
  1*77 
  (probably 
  distinct 
  from 
  T'linkets). 
  

  

  Bancroft. 
  Native 
  Races, 
  in. 
  .".HI. 
  flu;. 
  L882. 
  

   Tshimsian, 
  Tolmie 
  and 
  Dawson. 
  ( 
  'omp. 
  Yocabs., 
  14-25, 
  1SS4. 
  

   =Tsimpsi-an', 
  Dall 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Am. 
  Ass., 
  379, 
  1885 
  (mere 
  mention 
  of 
  family). 
  

   xNorthern. 
  Scouler 
  in 
  Jour. 
  Roy. 
  G-eog. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  XI, 
  220, 
  1841 
  (includes 
  Chim- 
  

  

  mesyans). 
  

   XHaidah. 
  Scouler 
  in 
  Jour. 
  Ron. 
  Geog. 
  Soc. 
  Lond.. 
  XI. 
  220, 
  1841 
  (same 
  as 
  his 
  North- 
  

   ern 
  family). 
  

   <Naas, 
  Gallatin 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Am. 
  Eth. 
  Soc, 
  n. 
  pt. 
  1. 
  c. 
  1S4S 
  (including 
  Cliimmesyan). 
  

  

  Berghaus 
  (1851), 
  Rhysik. 
  Atlas, 
  map 
  17, 
  1852. 
  

   <Naass, 
  Gallatin 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Am. 
  Eth. 
  Soc, 
  II, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  7.7, 
  1848. 
  Gallatin 
  in 
  Schoolcraft, 
  

  

  Ind. 
  Tribes, 
  m, 
  402, 
  1853. 
  

   =Nasse, 
  Dall 
  in 
  Cont. 
  N. 
  A. 
  Eth., 
  I, 
  36, 
  40, 
  1877 
  (or 
  Chimsyan). 
  

   <Nass, 
  Bancroft, 
  Nat. 
  Races. 
  III. 
  504, 
  606, 
  1SS2 
  (includes 
  Nass 
  and 
  Sebassa 
  Indians 
  

  

  of 
  this 
  family, 
  also 
  Hailtza). 
  

   =Hydahs, 
  Keane, 
  App. 
  to 
  Stanford's 
  Comp. 
  (Cent, 
  and 
  So. 
  Am.), 
  473, 
  1878 
  (includes 
  

  

  Tsimsheeans, 
  Nass, 
  Skeenas, 
  Sebasses 
  of 
  present 
  family). 
  

  

  Derivation: 
  From 
  the 
  Chimsian 
  ts'em, 
  "on;" 
  kcian. 
  '"main 
  river:" 
  

   "On 
  the 
  main 
  (Skeena) 
  river." 
  

  

  This 
  name 
  appears 
  in 
  a 
  paper 
  of 
  Latham's 
  published 
  in 
  1848. 
  To 
  

   it 
  is 
  referred 
  a 
  vocal 
  mlary 
  of 
  Tolmie's. 
  The 
  area 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  spoken 
  

   is 
  said 
  by 
  Latham 
  to 
  be 
  50° 
  30' 
  and 
  55° 
  30'. 
  The 
  name 
  has 
  become 
  

   established 
  by 
  long 
  usage, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  chiefly 
  on 
  this 
  account 
  that 
  it 
  

   has 
  been 
  given 
  preference 
  over 
  the 
  Naas 
  of 
  Gallatin 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   year. 
  The 
  hitter 
  name 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  Gallatin 
  to 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  lan- 
  

   guages 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  not 
  related, 
  viz, 
  Hailstla, 
  Haceltzuk 
  

   Billechola, 
  and 
  Chimeysan. 
  Billechola 
  belongs 
  under 
  Salishan, 
  a 
  

   family 
  name 
  of 
  Gallatin's 
  of 
  1830. 
  

  

  Were 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  take 
  Naas 
  as 
  a 
  family 
  name 
  it 
  would 
  best 
  

   apply 
  to 
  Chimsian, 
  it 
  being 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  dialect 
  and 
  village 
  of 
  

   Chimsian 
  Indians, 
  while 
  it 
  has 
  no 
  pertinency 
  whatever 
  to 
  Hailstla 
  

   and 
  Haceltzuk, 
  which 
  are 
  closely 
  related 
  and 
  belong 
  to 
  a 
  family 
  

   quite 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  Chimmesyan. 
  As 
  stated 
  above, 
  however, 
  

   the 
  term 
  Naas 
  is 
  rejected 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  Chimmesyan 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  date. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  the 
  linguistic 
  map 
  published 
  

   by 
  Tolmie 
  and 
  Dawson, 
  in 
  1884, 
  is 
  followed. 
  

  

  PRINCIPAL 
  TRIBES. 
  

  

  Following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  Chimmesyan 
  tribes, 
  according 
  to 
  Boas: 
  1 
  

  

  A. 
  Nasqa': 
  Gyits'umra/lon. 
  

  

  Nasqa'. 
  Gyits'ala'ser. 
  

  

  Gyitksa'n. 
  Gyitqa/tla. 
  

  

  B. 
  Tsirnshian 
  proper: 
  Gyitg'a'ata. 
  

  

  Ts'emsia'n. 
  Gyidesdzo'. 
  

  

  Population. 
  — 
  The 
  Canadian 
  Indian 
  Report 
  for 
  1888 
  records 
  a 
  total 
  

   for 
  all 
  the 
  tribes 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  of 
  5,000. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1887 
  about 
  

   1,000 
  of 
  these 
  Indians, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Duncan, 
  removed 
  

  

  1 
  B. 
  A. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Fifth 
  Rep. 
  of 
  Committee 
  on 
  NW. 
  Tribes 
  of 
  Canada. 
  Newcastle- 
  

   upon-Tyne 
  meeting, 
  1889, 
  pp. 
  8-9. 
  

  

  