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she frequently varied them from the original. She had invented 
a number which she had thought out little by little until the whole 
idea was complete in her mind before she executed it. Sometimes 
she discovered afterwards that the same or a similar idea had been 
worked out elsewhere. She was of the opinion that now it was very 
hard to invent a really new design. 
Mrs. York differed from some of the other women in the interpre- 
tations of a few designs. Some variants of “little spot” and “bead” 
she called “berry.”” Those composed of a row of dots or checks 
inclosed in parallel lines she said might also be termed “variegated” 
or “marked,” while the real “fly” design is always in bands several 
stitches or coils in width with the corners of the checks touching 
one another. 
These 30 informants were of the first group interviewed by Mr. 
Teit and it will be seen that they are quite representative of the tribe 
in many ways, such as locality, training, aptitude, general information 
and interest in the subject. Mr. Teit makes the following explana- 
tion concerning the lack of data furnished by some of them: “When 
interviewing I did not have the sketches with me to show to Nos. 
29 and 30. I did not have the photographs with me to show to 
Nos. 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. Nos. 7, 12, 13, 15, 16, 28, and some 
others could not understand the sketches well or could not see them 
on account of bad eyesight, therefore I have noted only a few numbers 
which they recognized. In no case do the sketches and photographs 
given represent absolutely all the designs made by the informant. 
Nearly all the women have made many more designs than those they 
could recognize from the drawings and pictures.” 
The remaining five informants were interviewed subsequently and 
not as thoroughly as the original 30. 
No. 31. Cema’nxa (Tobacco) was a halfbreed belonging to the 
Nicola division. Her father was French, her mother Upper Uta’mqt. 
Crma’nxa was about 52 years old. Occasionally, since she was a 
young girl, she had made baskets, but there were years when she had 
produced none. She had never learned to imbricate, therefore some 
of her baskets were bare, while others were ornamented simply with 
beading. Some of the latter variety she had completely covered 
with beading, but the design she most often used consisted of narrow 
horizontal lines which encircled the basket walls some distance apart. 
No. 32. Sésua (Little Friend?) came from the Nicola band at Potato 
Gardens but was also related to the Thompson. She was 46 years 
old. When a young woman she had made only birch-bark baskets 
and woven articles, such as matting, but when about 40 years old 
she began to construct coiled ware and liked the work. She never 
experienced much difficulty with the technique and considered her 
