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the water, and are suitable for fishing stations. As, liowcvor, none of tliem 

 afford pasture land, it will be desirable that when negotiations are concluded 

 with the Upper Tsihalis some provisions be made of a tract suitable for 

 animals, to which all those possessing them can resort in common. By the 

 treaty Kwi-e-mihl and Sno-ho-dum-sit were designated as head chiefs of the 

 bands embraced within its provisions. 



Below these is the division of which the Dwaniish and Sfdcwamish are 

 the principal bands, occupying Elliott Bay, Bainbridge Island, and a portion 

 of the peninsula between Hood Canal and Admiralty Inlet. Their head 

 chief is Se-aa-thl, or, as it is iisually pronounced, Seattle, from whom the town 

 on Elliott Bay has been named. In this connection are also the Samamish, 

 Skopahmish, Sk'tehlmish, St'kamish, and other small bands lying upon the 

 lake sand the branches of Dwamish River, who are claimed by the others as 

 part of their tribe, but have in reality very little connection with them. A 

 very few of these last possess horses, but the majority are river Indians. The 

 aggregate number of the whole was by census 8U7, which probably falls a 

 little short of the truth. They differ but slightly from the Niskwalli in 

 language. These tribes were included with all the others of the eastern 

 shore and the islands in the treaty of Mukleteoh, or Point Elliott. A 

 reserve of two sections was retained for them at Port Madison. 



3d. The Snohomish, with whom are included the Snokwalmii, Ski- 

 whamish, Sk'tah-le-jum, Kwehtl-ma-mish, and Stolutswhamish, living on the 

 Snohomish and Stolutswhamish Rivers. The Snohomish tribe itself occupies 

 only the country at its mouth and the lower end of Whidbey Island ; the 

 upper part of the river belonging to the Snokwalmu, &c. They number 

 441 souls, and the other bands, collectively, 556. At the time of the treaty 

 they were all placed under Patkanam, the chief of the latter. It is observ- 

 able that though the connection between them is most intimate, the Snoho- 

 mish assimilate in dialect to the next tribe, the Skagit, while the Snokwal- 

 mu speak the Niskwalli in its purity. In the treaty of Point Elliott, the 

 reservation for this division was fixed at two sections on a small creek 

 emptying into the bay fomied by the mouth of the Snohomish River. A 

 central reservation of one township, to include the former, intended for the 

 general agency of the Puget Sound district, and as an ultimate home for 



