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  INDIAN 
  LINGUISTIC 
  FAMILIES. 
  

  

  River 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River, 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  

   several 
  distinct 
  families. 
  " 
  Nootka 
  family'* 
  was 
  also 
  employed 
  by 
  

   Hale' 
  in 
  1846, 
  who 
  proposed 
  the 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  tribes 
  of 
  Vancouver 
  

   Island 
  and 
  those 
  along 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Straits 
  of 
  Fuca. 
  

  

  The 
  term 
  " 
  Nootka-Columbian" 
  is 
  strongly 
  condemned 
  by 
  Sproat." 
  

   For 
  the 
  group 
  of 
  related 
  tribes 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Vancouver 
  Island 
  

   this 
  author 
  suggests 
  Aht, 
  "house, 
  tribe, 
  people," 
  as 
  a 
  much 
  more 
  

   appropriate 
  family 
  appellation. 
  

  

  Though 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  as 
  appropriate 
  a 
  designation 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  

   found, 
  it 
  seems 
  clear 
  that 
  for 
  the 
  so-called 
  Wakash, 
  Newittee, 
  and 
  

   other 
  allied 
  languages 
  usually 
  assembled 
  under 
  the 
  Nootka 
  family, 
  

   the 
  term 
  Wakash 
  of 
  1836 
  has 
  priority 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  retained. 
  

  

  GEOGRAPHIC 
  DISTRIBUTION. 
  

  

  The 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Aht 
  division 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  are 
  confined 
  chiefly 
  

   to 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Vancouver 
  Island. 
  They 
  range 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  as 
  

   far 
  as 
  Cape 
  Cook, 
  the 
  northern 
  side 
  of 
  that 
  cape 
  being 
  occupied 
  

   by 
  Haeltzuk 
  tribes, 
  as 
  was 
  ascertained 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Boas 
  in 
  188G. 
  On 
  

   the 
  south 
  they 
  reached 
  to 
  a 
  little 
  above 
  Sooke 
  Inlet, 
  that 
  inlet 
  being 
  

   in 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  Soke, 
  a 
  Salishan 
  tribe. 
  

  

  The 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  Cape 
  Flattery, 
  Washington, 
  is 
  occupied 
  by 
  

   the 
  Makah, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Wakashan 
  tribes, 
  who 
  probably 
  wrested 
  this 
  

   outpost 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  from 
  the 
  Salish 
  (Clallam) 
  who 
  next 
  adjoin 
  them 
  

   on 
  Puget 
  Sound. 
  

  

  The 
  boundaries 
  of 
  the 
  Haeltzuk 
  division 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  are 
  laid 
  

   down 
  nearly 
  as 
  they 
  appear 
  on 
  Tolmie 
  and 
  Dawson's 
  linguistic 
  

   map 
  of 
  1884. 
  The 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  King 
  Island 
  and 
  Cascade 
  Inlet 
  are 
  

   said 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Boas 
  to 
  be 
  inhabited 
  by 
  Haeltzuk 
  tribes, 
  and 
  are 
  col- 
  

   ored 
  accordingly. 
  

  

  PRINCIPAL 
  AHT 
  TRIBES. 
  

  

  Ahowsaht. 
  Kyoquaht. 
  Ohiaht. 
  

  

  Ayhuttisaht. 
  Macaw. 
  Opechisaht. 
  

  

  Chicklesaht. 
  Manosaht. 
  Pachenaht. 
  

  

  Clahoquaht. 
  Mowachat. 
  Seshaht. 
  

  

  Hishquayquaht. 
  Muclaht. 
  Toquaht. 
  

  

  Howchuklisaht. 
  Nitinaht. 
  Yuclulaht. 
  

  

  Kitsmaht. 
  Nuchalaht. 
  

  

  Population. 
  — 
  There 
  are 
  457 
  Makah 
  at 
  the 
  Neah 
  Bay 
  Agency, 
  Wash- 
  

   ington. 
  3 
  The 
  total 
  population 
  of 
  the 
  tribes 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  under 
  the 
  

   West 
  Coast 
  Agency, 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  is 
  3,100.' 
  The 
  grand 
  total 
  

   for 
  this 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  is 
  thus 
  3,617. 
  

  

  1 
  U. 
  S. 
  Expl. 
  Expd., 
  vol. 
  (3, 
  p. 
  220. 
  3 
  U. 
  S. 
  Census 
  Bulletin 
  for 
  1890. 
  

  

  'Savage 
  Life, 
  312. 
  J 
  Canada 
  Ind. 
  Aff. 
  Rep. 
  for 
  1888. 
  

  

  