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  INDIAN 
  LINGUISTIC 
  FAMILIES, 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  Russian 
  territory, 
  the 
  Kolchians 
  (Atbapascas 
  of 
  Gallatin, 
  

   L836), 
  t 
  lie 
  Koloshes, 
  Ugalentzes, 
  and 
  Tun 
  Ghaase 
  (the 
  Koluscans 
  of 
  

   Gallatin, 
  1836); 
  the 
  Atnas 
  (Salish 
  of 
  Gallatin, 
  1836); 
  the 
  Kenaians 
  

   (Athapascas, 
  Gallatin, 
  1836); 
  the 
  Haidah 
  tribes 
  proper 
  of 
  Queen 
  

   Charlotte 
  Island, 
  and 
  the 
  Chiinesyans. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  appear 
  at 
  a 
  glance 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  heterogeneous 
  assemblage 
  of 
  

   tribes, 
  representing 
  as 
  they 
  do 
  several 
  distinct 
  stocks, 
  can 
  not 
  have 
  

   been 
  classed 
  together 
  on 
  purely 
  linguistic 
  evidence. 
  In 
  point 
  of 
  fad 
  . 
  

   Scouler's 
  remarkable 
  classification 
  seems 
  to 
  rest 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  slight 
  

   degree 
  upon 
  a 
  linguistic 
  basis, 
  if 
  indeed 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  

   linguistic 
  basis 
  at 
  all. 
  Consideration 
  of 
  ''physical 
  character, 
  man- 
  

   ners, 
  and 
  customs 
  " 
  were 
  clearly 
  accorded 
  such 
  weight 
  by 
  this 
  author 
  

   as 
  t 
  < 
  > 
  practically 
  remove 
  his 
  Northern 
  or 
  Haidah 
  family 
  from 
  the 
  

   list 
  of 
  linguistic 
  stocks. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  family 
  name 
  which 
  was 
  applied 
  in 
  this 
  connection 
  is 
  the 
  

   Skittagets 
  of 
  Gallatin 
  as 
  above 
  cited. 
  This 
  name 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  desig- 
  

   nate 
  a 
  family 
  on 
  page 
  c, 
  volume 
  II. 
  of 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Ethnological 
  

   Society, 
  1848. 
  In 
  his 
  subsequent 
  list 
  of 
  vocabularies, 
  page 
  77, 
  he 
  

   changes 
  his 
  designation 
  to 
  Queen 
  Charlotte 
  Island, 
  placing 
  under 
  

   this 
  family 
  name 
  the 
  Skittagete 
  tribe. 
  His 
  presentation 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  

   name 
  of 
  Skittagets 
  in 
  his 
  complete 
  list 
  of 
  families 
  is. 
  however, 
  

   sufficiently 
  formal 
  to 
  render 
  it 
  valid 
  as 
  a 
  family 
  designation, 
  and 
  it 
  

   is, 
  therefore, 
  retained 
  for 
  the 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Queen 
  Charlotte 
  Arch- 
  

   ipelago 
  which 
  have 
  usually 
  been 
  called 
  Haida. 
  

  

  From 
  a 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  vocabularies 
  of 
  the 
  Haida 
  language 
  with 
  

   others 
  of 
  the 
  neighboring 
  Koluschan 
  family, 
  Dr. 
  Franz 
  Boas 
  is 
  in- 
  

   clined 
  to 
  consider 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  are 
  genetically 
  related. 
  The 
  two 
  

   languages 
  possess 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  words 
  in 
  common, 
  but 
  a 
  

   more 
  thorough 
  investigation 
  is 
  requisite 
  for 
  the 
  settlement 
  of 
  the 
  

   question 
  than 
  has 
  yet 
  been 
  given. 
  Pending 
  this 
  the 
  two 
  families 
  are 
  

   here 
  treated 
  separately. 
  

  

  GEOGRAPHIC 
  DISTRIBUTION. 
  

  

  The 
  tribes 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  occupy 
  Queen 
  Charlotte 
  Islands. 
  For- 
  

   rester 
  Island 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  latter, 
  and 
  the 
  southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Prince 
  of 
  Wales 
  Island, 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  having 
  been 
  ascertained 
  by 
  

   the 
  agents 
  of 
  the 
  Tenth 
  Census. 
  ' 
  

  

  PRINCIPAL 
  TRIBES. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  villages: 
  

  

  Haida: 
  

  

  Aseguang. 
  Kunjit. 
  Skiteiget. 
  

  

  Cumshawa. 
  Massett. 
  Tanu. 
  

  

  Kayung. 
  New 
  Gold 
  Harbor. 
  Tartanee. 
  

  

  Kung. 
  Skedan. 
  Uttewas. 
  

  

  ■Sue 
  Petroff 
  map 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  1880-'81. 
  

  

  