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[b. a. b. 



cooinamish, Suquamish, and Towah- 

 hah. Other bands which may belong 

 here, but which cannot be identified, 

 are Neutubvig, Nuchwugh, Opichiken, 

 Sinslikhooish, Sintootoolish, and Sktehl- 

 mish; 14, Tivuna group, on Hood canal, 

 Puget sd., including the Twana and 

 Sailupsun; 15, Chehalis group, embrac- 

 ing six dialects, which show consider- 

 able variation. These are the Quinault 

 and Quaitso of n. w. Washington; the 

 Humptulips of the n. part of Grays har- 

 bor; the Lower Chehalis of Grays harbor 

 and Shoal water bay; the Satsop e. and 

 N. E. of Grays harbor; the Upper Che- 

 halis E. of Shoalwater bay; and the Cow- 

 litz on the river of that name southward 

 to Columbia r. ; 16, Tillamook on the 

 coast of Oregon, including the Tillamook 

 or Nestucca, and the Siletz. Tillamook 

 is the Chinook name for the tribe whose 

 territory is called in Chinook, Nehalem. 

 >Salish. — Gallatin in Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, ii, 

 134, 306, 1836 (or Flat Heads only); Latham in 

 Proc. Philol. Soc. Lond., ii, 31-50, 1846 (of Du- 

 ponceau; said to be the Okanagan of Tolmie). 

 xSalish.— Keane in Stanford's Compend., Cent, 

 and S. Am., app., 460, 474, 1878 (includes Flat- 

 heads, Kalispelms, Skitsuish, Colvilles, Quarlpi, 

 Spokanes, Pisquouse, Soaitipi). =SaIish. — Ban- 

 croft, Nat. Races, iii, 565, 618, 1882. >Selish.— Gal- 

 latin in Trans. Am. Ethnol. Soc, ii, pt. 1, 77, 1848 

 (yocab. of Nsietshavv.s); Tolmie and I)aw.son, 

 Comp. Vocab., 63, 78, 1884 (vocabularies of Lil- 

 looet and KuUespelm). >Jelish. — Gallatin in 

 Schoolcraft, lud. Tribes, iii, 402, 1853 (obvious 

 misprint for Selish; follows Hale as to tribes). 

 =Selish.— Gatschet in Mag. Am. Hist., 169, 1877 

 (gives habitat and tribes of familv); Gatschet 

 in Beach, Ind. Miscel., 444, 1877. <Selish.— Dall, 

 afterGibbs.in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., I, 241, 1877 (in- 

 cludes Yakama, which is Shahaptian ) . >Tsihaili- 

 Selish,— HaleinU. S. Expl. Exped.,vi, 205, 535, 569, 

 1846 (includes Shushwaps, Selish or Flatheads, 

 Skitsuish, Piskwaus, Skwale, Tsihailish, Kawel- 

 itsk, Nsietshawus); Gallatin in Trans. Am. Ethnol. 

 Soc, II, pt. 1, c, 10, 1848 (after Hale); Berghaus 

 (1851), Physik. Atlas, map 17, 18-52; Buschmann, 

 Supren der aztek. Sprache, 658-661,1869; Latham, 

 Elem. Comp. Philol., 399, 1862 (contains Shush- 

 wap or Atna Proper, Kuttelspelm or Pend 

 d'Oreilles, Selish, Spokan, Okanagan, Skitsuish, 

 Piskwaus, Nusdalum, Kawitchen, Cathlascou, 

 Skwali, Chechili, Kwaintl, Kwenaiwtl, Nsietsha- 

 wus, Billechula). >Atnahs. — Gallatin in Trans. 

 Am. Antiq. Soc, ii, 134, 135, 306, 1836 (on Eraser r.) ; 

 Prichard, Phys, Hist. Mankind, v, 427, 1847 (on 

 Fraser r.). >Atna. — Latham in Trans. Philol. 

 Soc. Lond., 71, 1856 (Tsihaili-Selish of Hale and 

 Gallatin). xNootka - Columbian. — Scouler in 

 Jour. Roy. Geog. Soc. Lond., xi, 224, 1841 (includes, 

 among others, Billechoola, Kawitchen, Noosda- 

 lum, Squallyamish of present family), xlnsu- 

 lar. — .Scouler, ibid, (same as Nootka-Columbian 

 family). xShahaptan. — Scouler, ibid., 225 (in- 

 cludes Okanagan of this family). xSouthern. — 

 Scouler, ibid., 224 (same as Nootka-Columbian 

 family). > Billechoola, —Latham in Jour. Ethnol. 

 Soc. Lond., I, 154, 1848 (assigns Friendly Village 

 of Mackenzie here); Latham, Opuscula,"250, 1860 

 (gives Tolmie's vocabulary). >Billechula. — 

 Latham, Nat. Hist. Man, 300, 1850 (mouth of Sal- 

 mon r).; Latham in Trans. Philol. Soc. Lond., 72, 

 1856 (same); Latham, Opuscula, 339, 1860. >Bel- 

 lacoola.— Bancroft, Nat. Races, ni, 564, 607, 1882 

 (Bellacoola only; specimen vocabulary). >Bil- 

 noola.— Tolmie and Dawson, Comp. Vocab., 62, 

 1884(vocab. of Noothlakimish). >Bnchula.— Boas 

 in Petermanns Mitteilungen, 130, 1887 (mentions 

 Satsq.Nute'],Nuchalkmx,Tale6mx). xNaass. — 

 Gallatin in Trans. Am. Ethnol. Soc, ii, pt. 1, c, 77, 

 1848 (cited as including Billechola). >Tsihaili. — 

 Latham, Nat. Hist. Man, 310, 1850 (chiefly lower 



part of Fraser r. and between that and the Colum- 

 bia; includes Shuswap, Salish, Skitsuish, Pisk- 

 waus, Kawitchen, Skwali, Checheeli, Kowelits, 

 Noo.sdalum, Nsietshawus). xWakash.— Latham, 

 Nat. Hist. Man, 301, 1850 (cited as including 

 Klallems). x Shushwaps. ^Keane in Stanford's 

 Compend., Cent, and S. Am., app., 460, 474, 1878 

 (quoted as including Shewhapmuch and Okana- 

 gans). xHydahs.— Keane, ibid., 473 (includes 

 Bellacoola of present family). xNootkahs. — 

 Keane, ibid., 473 (includes Komux, Kowitchans, 

 Klallums, Kwantlums, Teets of present family). 

 xNootka.— Bancroft, Nat. Races, iii, 564, 1882 

 (contains the following Salishan tribes: Cowi- 

 chin. Soke, Comux, Noosdalum, Wickinninish, 

 Songhie, Sanetch, Kwautlum, Teet, Nanaimo, 

 Newchemass, Shimiahmoo, Nook.sak, Samish, 

 Skagit, Snohomish, Clallam, Toanhooch). <Puget 

 Sound Group. — Keane in Stanford's Compend., 

 Cent, and S. Am., app.. 474, 1878 (comprises Nook- 

 sahs, Lummi, Samish, Skagits, Nisqually, Neewa- 

 mish, Sahmamish, Snohomish, Skeewamish, 

 Squanamish, Klallums, Classets, Chehalis, Cow- 

 litz, Pistchin, Chinakum; all but the last being 

 Salishan). >Flatheads.— Keane, ibid., 474, 1878 

 (same as Salish, above). >Kawitshin. — Tolmie 

 and Dawson, Comp. Vocab., 39, 1S84 (vocabs. of 

 Songisand Kwantlin sept, and Kowmook or Tlat- 

 hool). >Qauitschin. — Boas in Petermanns Mit- 

 teilungen, 131, 1887. >Niskwalli.— Tolmie and 

 Dawson, Comp. Vocab., 50, 121,1884 (or Skwalli- 

 amish vocab. of Sinahomish). 



Sallal. See Salal. 



Salmon River Indians. A Salish divi- 

 sion on Salmon r., w. Oregon, between the 

 Siletz and the Nestucca. Part of them 

 were on Grande Ronde res. in 1863. 

 Ci'-cin-xau'. — Dorsey, Alsea MS. vocab., B. A. E., 

 1884. Kaouai.— Duflot de Mofras, Explor., ii, 104, 

 1844. Kowai.— Gairdner (1835) in Jour. Geog. Soc. 

 Lond., XT, 2-55, 1841 (either the above tribe or the 

 Nestucca). Salmon River.— Ind. Aff. Rep., 221, 

 1861. Tsan tcha'-ishna amim. — Gatschet, Lakmiut 

 MS., B. A. E., 105 (Lakmiut-Kalapuya name). 



Salnahakaisiku ( Sal-na-lia-kaV -sl-ku) . 

 A Chumashan village formerly in Ven- 

 tura CO., Cal., at a locality now called El 

 Llano de Santa Ana. — Henshaw, Buena- 

 ventura MS. vocab., B. A E., 1884. 



Salpilel. A Chumashan village for- 

 merly on the Patera ranch, near Santa 

 Barbara, Cal. 



Salpilel.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Apr. 24, 1863. 

 Sa-pi'-li.— Henshaw, Santa Barbara MS. vocab., B. 

 A. E., 1884. Saughpileel.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, 

 May 4, 1860 (at San Miguel, 6'm. from Santa Bar- 

 bara mission). Silpaleels. — Gatschetin Chief Eng. 

 Rep., pt. Ill, 5.53, 1876. S'pi'-lil.— Henshaw, Bue- 

 naventura MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1884. 



Salsona. Mentioned as a Costanoan di- 

 vision hostile to those Indians among 

 whom Dolores mission at San Francisco, 

 Cal., was established. In 1776 the lat- 

 ter, being attacked by the Salsona, fled 

 to the islands in the bay or to the east- 

 ern shore. The Salsona are said to have 

 lived 6 leagues to the s. e., which would 

 put them near San Mateo. They may be 

 identical with the Olhones. See Engel- 

 hardt. Franc, in Cal., 295, 1897. 

 Salsen.— Humboldt, New Spain, ii, 345, 1811. Sal- 

 ses. — Mayer, Mexico, ii, 39, 1853. Salsona. — Clavi- 

 jero. Hist. Baja Cal., 206, 1852. Salzon.— Taylor in 

 Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861. 



Salt. Not all tribes of Indians were 

 accustomed to use salt, whether from the 

 difficulty of procuring it, the absence of 

 the habit, a repugnance for the mineral, 

 or for religious reasons, it is not always 



