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  WAKASHAN 
  FAMILY. 
  129 
  

  

  >Ha-ilt'-zukh, 
  Dal!, 
  after 
  Gibbs, 
  in 
  Cont. 
  N. 
  A. 
  Eth., 
  I, 
  144. 
  1877 
  (vocabularies 
  of 
  

  

  Bel-bella 
  of 
  Milbauk 
  Sound 
  and 
  of 
  Kwakiiitl). 
  

   <Nass. 
  Gallatin 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Am. 
  Eth. 
  Soc, 
  II, 
  pt 
  1, 
  c, 
  1848. 
  

   <Naass. 
  Gallatin 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Am. 
  Eth. 
  Soc. 
  n,pt. 
  1, 
  77. 
  1 
  *4*( 
  includes 
  Hailstla, 
  Hacelt- 
  

  

  zuk, 
  Billechola, 
  Chimeysan). 
  Gallatin 
  in 
  Schoolcraft, 
  Ind. 
  Tribes, 
  m, 
  402, 
  1853 
  

  

  (includes 
  Huitsla). 
  

   xNass. 
  Bancroft. 
  Nat. 
  Races, 
  III, 
  564, 
  606, 
  1882(includes 
  Hailtza 
  of 
  present 
  family). 
  

   >Aht. 
  Sproat, 
  Savage 
  Life, 
  app.,312, 
  1868 
  (name 
  suggested 
  for 
  family 
  instead 
  of 
  

  

  Nootka-Columbian). 
  

   >Aht. 
  Tolmie 
  and 
  Dawson, 
  Comp. 
  Vocabs., 
  50, 
  1884 
  (vocab.of 
  Kaiookwiiht). 
  

   xPuget 
  Sound 
  Group. 
  Keane, 
  A.pp. 
  Stanford's 
  Comp. 
  (Cent, 
  and 
  So. 
  Am.), 
  460,474, 
  

  

  1878. 
  

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

  

  Hailtzas 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  family). 
  

   >Kwakiool, 
  Tolmie 
  and 
  Dawson, 
  Comp. 
  Vocabs., 
  27-48, 
  1884 
  (vocabs. 
  of 
  Haishilla, 
  

  

  Hailtzuk. 
  Kwiha, 
  Likwiltoh, 
  Septs; 
  also 
  map 
  showing 
  family 
  domain). 
  

   >Kwa 
  kiutl. 
  Boas 
  in 
  Petermann's 
  Mitteilungen, 
  130, 
  1887 
  (general 
  account 
  of 
  family 
  

  

  with 
  list 
  of 
  tribes). 
  

  

  Derivation: 
  Waukash, 
  waukash, 
  is 
  the 
  Nootka 
  word 
  "good" 
  

   "good." 
  When 
  heard 
  by 
  Cook 
  at 
  Friendly 
  Cove, 
  Nootka 
  Sound, 
  it 
  

   was 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  tribe. 
  

  

  Until 
  recently 
  the 
  languages 
  spoken 
  by 
  the 
  Aht 
  of 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  

   of 
  Vancouver 
  Island 
  and 
  the 
  Makah 
  of 
  Cape 
  Flattery, 
  congeneric 
  

   tribes, 
  and 
  the 
  Haeltzuk 
  and 
  Kwakiutl 
  peoples 
  of 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Vancouver 
  Island 
  and 
  the 
  opposite 
  mainland 
  of 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  

   have 
  been 
  regarded 
  as 
  representing 
  two 
  distinct 
  families. 
  Recently 
  

   Dr. 
  Boas 
  has 
  made 
  an 
  extended 
  study 
  of 
  these 
  languages, 
  has 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  excellent 
  vocabularies 
  of 
  the 
  supposed 
  families, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  

   of 
  his 
  study 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  possible 
  to 
  unite 
  thern 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  radical 
  

   affinity. 
  The 
  main 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  vocabularies 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  languages 
  is 
  

   remarkably 
  distinct, 
  though 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  important 
  

   words 
  are 
  shown 
  to 
  be 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  two. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Boas, 
  however, 
  points 
  out 
  that 
  in 
  both 
  languages 
  suffixes 
  only 
  

   are 
  used 
  in 
  forming 
  words, 
  and 
  a 
  long 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  shows 
  remarka- 
  

   ble 
  similarity. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  family 
  name 
  was 
  based 
  upon 
  a 
  vocabulary 
  of 
  the 
  Wa- 
  

   kash 
  Indians, 
  who, 
  according 
  to 
  Gallatin, 
  "inhabit 
  the 
  island 
  on 
  

   which 
  Nootka 
  Sound 
  is 
  situated." 
  The 
  short 
  vocabulary 
  given 
  was 
  

   collected 
  by 
  Jewitt. 
  Gallatin 
  states' 
  that 
  this 
  language 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  

   "in 
  that 
  quarter, 
  which, 
  by 
  various 
  vocabularies, 
  is 
  best 
  known 
  to 
  

   us." 
  In 
  1848 
  3 
  Gallatin 
  repeats 
  his 
  Wakash 
  family, 
  and 
  again 
  gives 
  

   the 
  vocabulary 
  of 
  Jewitt. 
  There 
  would 
  thus 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  of 
  

   his 
  intention 
  to 
  give 
  it 
  formal 
  rank 
  as 
  a 
  family. 
  

  

  The 
  term 
  "Wakash" 
  for 
  this 
  group 
  of 
  languages 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  

   generally 
  ignored, 
  and 
  in 
  its 
  place 
  Nootka 
  or 
  Nootka-Columbian 
  has 
  

   been 
  adopted. 
  "Nootka-Columbian" 
  was 
  employed 
  by 
  Scouler 
  in 
  

   1841 
  for 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  languages, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Salmon 
  

  

  1 
  Archasologia 
  Americana, 
  II, 
  p. 
  15. 
  'Trans. 
  Am. 
  Eth. 
  Soc. 
  II. 
  p. 
  

  

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