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SKTAHLEJUM SKWAILUH 



[B. A. E. 



Sktahlejum. A division of Salish, some- 

 times rated as a subdivision of the Sno- 

 homish, on the upper waters of Snoho- 

 mish r., Wash. 



Sk-tah-le-gum.— Gibbs in Pac. R. R. Rep., I, 436, 

 1855. Sk-tah-le-jum.— Stevens in Ind. AfF. Rep., 

 458, 1854. Sk-tah-le-jum.— U. S. Ind. Treaties, 378, 

 1873. Skuck-stan-a-jumps. — Starling in Ind. Aff. 

 Rep., 170, 1852. Stak-ta-le-jabsh.— Mallet, ibid., 

 198, 1877. 



Sktehlmish. A division of Salish on 

 Dwamish lake and r., Wash. 

 S'ke-tehl-mish.— Gibbs in Pac. R. R. Rep., I, 436, 

 1855. S'ketehmish.— Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, v, 

 703, 1857. Sk-tahl-mish.— U. S. Ind. Treaties, 378, 

 1873. Sk'tehlmish.— Gibbs in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., 

 I, 241, 1877. 



Skudus {SkJii^dAs, a word used when 

 one misses a thing by arriving too late). 

 A Haida town of the Djiguaahl-lanas 

 family on the n. side of Lyell id., Queen 

 Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. — S wanton, Cont. 

 Haida, 278, 1905. 



Skuhamen {SQuJicVmEn). A village of 

 the Siyita tribe of Cowichan, at Agassiz, 

 on lower Fraser r., Brit. Col.— Boas in 

 19th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 454, 1894. 



Skuingkung {SquVnqun). A Songish 

 band at Victoria, Brit. Col. — Boas in 6th 

 Hep. N. W. Tribes Can., 17, 1890. 



Skukskhat {Sknks.mt, ' sucker mouth ' ). 

 A former village of the Tlakluit below 

 The Dalles of Columbia r., Wash. (e. s. ) 



Skull. See Anatomy. 



Skulteen. A body of Salish of Fraser 

 River agency, Brit. Col. Pop. 122 in 

 1896, the last time the name appears. 



Skumeme {Sku-me' -me) . A former vil- 

 lage of the Tututni on the s. side of 

 Rogue r., Oreg., at its mouth. — Dorsey in 

 Jour. Am. Folk-lore, in, 236, 1890. 



Skumin (Sk'umVn, 'keekwilee-house,' 

 the term keekwilee meaning 'low,' or 

 'under,' probably referring to the semi- 

 subterranean houses of the N. W. inte- 

 rior.) A Squawmish village community 

 on the left bank of Squawmisht r., Brit. 

 Col.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Brit. A. A. S., 

 474, 1900. 



Skunk. (1) The common name of a 

 member of American musteloid carnivor- 

 ous mammals {Mephitis mephitica), first 

 appearing in English in the 17th century. 

 The earliest citation is by AVood in his 

 New England's Prospect (1634). This 

 author, as well as Josselyn (1638-63), 

 uses the form squnck, which Trumbull 

 (Natick Diet., 155, 1903) connects with 

 the Abnaki sfgankw. The Cree sikdk, the 

 Chippewa shiicdg, etc., are cognate Algon- 

 quian words. The word came into Eng- 

 lish from Abnaki (Kennebec), in which 

 the second syllable is nasalized. (2) Any 

 other species of the genus Mephitis, and, 

 by extension, any species of the genera 

 Spilogale and Conepatus. After the skunk 

 have been named skunk-bear (the wol- 

 verene), skunk blackbird or skunk-bird 

 (the bobolink), skunk-bill (the surf- 

 scoter), skunk-cabbage or skunkweed 



{Symplocarpus foetidus; seeSkoke), skunk- 

 head or skunktop (pied duck, or the 

 surf -scoter) , skunk-porpoise ( Lagenorhyn- 

 cus acutus), skunk-spruce {Picea cana- 

 densis), skunkery or skunk-farm (a place 

 where skunks are kept or bred for profit). 

 (3) Among derived meanings are: "a 

 vile, mean, good-for-nothing, or low- 

 down fellow," the corresponding adjec- 

 tive being skunky or skunkish. Also 

 there is the verb to skunk, having the 

 senses: (a) to defeat utterly, without the 

 other party scoring at all ; (6) to get no 

 votes in an election; (c) to leave without 

 paying one's bills. Sea-skunk is a term 

 which is applied to a certain type of 

 motor-boats. (a. f. c. w. e. g.) 



Skunk-cabbage. See Skoke. 



Skurghut (Sku^-rxut). A band or village 

 of the Chastacosta on the n. side of Rogue 

 r.,Oreg. — Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, 

 III, 234, 1893. 



. Skurshka. The Water-snake clan of the 

 pueblo of Laguna, N. Mex. Its members 

 claim to have come originally from Sia. 

 The clan forms a phratry with the Sqowi 

 (Rattlesnake), Hatsi (Earth), and Meyo 

 (Lizard) clans. (f. w. h. ) 



Shu'rshka-hano'^ii.— Hodge in Am. Anthr., ix, 352, 

 1896 (misprint sli for sk; h(ino<:h = ' people'). 



Skutuksen [iSk'u^tuksEn, 'promontory'). 

 A Squawmish village community on the 

 E. side of Howe sd., Brit. Col. — Hill- 

 Tout in Rep. Brit. A. A. S., 474, 1900. 



Skuzis ('jumping'). A Ntlakyapamuk 

 village on Fraser r. above Spuzzum, Brit. 

 Col.; pop. 33 in 1901, the last time the 

 name appears. 



Scuzzy.— Can. Ind. Aff., 418, 1898. Sku'zis,— Hill- 

 Tout in Rep. Ethnol. Surv. Can. ,5, 1899. Skuzzy.— 

 Can. Ind. Ail., pt. ii, 164, 1901. 



Skwah. A Chilliwack village in s. Brit- 

 ish Columbia; pop. 104 in 1909. 



Skwah.— Can. Ind. Atf., pt. 2, 160, 1901. Squah.— 

 Ibid., 74, 1878. Squah-tta.— Gibbs, MS. vocab., 

 B. A. E. 



Skwahladas (Sqod^ladas). A Haida 

 family of the Raven clan, living on the 

 w. coast of Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. 

 Col. The meaning of the name is un- 

 certain, but it has been suggested that 

 it may indicate that they were successful 

 fishermen. This family generally lived 

 with the Hlgahetgu-lanas, but at one 

 time had independent towns opposite 

 Hippa id. and in Rennell sd. There part 

 of them came to be known as Nasto-kega- 

 wai. Originally they seem to have 

 formed one family with the Djahui- 

 skwahladagai. (j. R. s.) 



Skoa'tl'adas.— Boas, 12th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 

 24, 1898. Sqoa'ladas. — Swanton, Cont. Haida, 270, 

 1906. 



Skwailuh ( ' hoar frost'). A Shuswap 

 town on Pavilion cr., an e. aifluent of 

 upper Fraser r., Brit. Col.; pop. 68 in 1909. 

 Papillion.— Tavlor in Cal. Farmer, July 19, 1862. 

 Pavilion,— Can. Ind. Aff., pt. ll, 162, 1901. Pavil- 

 ion.— Teit in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., ii, 166, 

 map, 1900. Skwai'-luh.— Dawson in Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. Can., 1891, sec. n, 44, 1892. 



