806 



REPORT — 1889. 



latter are not perfectly known. The Mskwalli would properly form one 

 of the larger divisions of the Coast Salish. The latter is spoken in the 

 following dialects in British Columbia : — 



1. ^atlo'ltq, in Discovery Passage, Yaldes Island, Bute and Malas- 

 pina Inlets. The ^atlo'ltq are called K'o'moks by the Le'kwiltok*. 



2. Si'ciatl, in Jervis Inlet. Called Si'ciitl by the Snanaimuq, Ni'ciatl 

 by the (^atlo'ltq. 



3. P'E'ntlatc, from Comox to Qualekum. 



4. Sk'qo'mic, on Howe Sound and Burrard Inlet. Called Sk'qoa'mic 

 by the Qatlo'ltq. 



5. K'au'itcin, from Nonoos Bay to Sanitch Inlet, and on Fraser River 

 as far as Spuzzum. 



6. Lku'ngEn, on the south-eastern part of Vancouver Island. Called 

 Lku'mEn by the K'au'itcin. 



Similar to their language is the Tla'lEm of the south coast of Juan de 

 Fuca Strait ; the S'a'mic, which is spoken east of San Juan Island ; the 

 Semia'mo of Semiamo Bay, and the Qtlumi (Lummi). 

 C. Ntlakya'pamuQ, from Spuzzum to Ashcroft. 

 Stla'tliumH, on Douglas and Lilloet Lakes. 



SQua'pamuQ, from Kamloops and Shush wap Lakes to Quesuelle. 

 Called Tlitk'atEwu'mtlat by the Kutona'qa (= without shirts 

 and trousers). 

 Okina'k'en, on Okanagan and Arrow Lakes. Called TcitQua'ut by 

 the Ntlakya'pamuQ ; Kank"'utla'atlam (=: flatheads) by the Kutona'qa. 



7. The Kutona'qa (Kootenay), inhabiting the valley of the Kootenay 

 and Columbia Rivers. The language is spoken in two slightly differing 

 dialects, the upper and lower Kootenay. 



I. Upper Kootenay, on the Columbia Lakes and upper Kootenay 

 River. 



(1) Aqkisk'anu'kEnik, := tribes of the (Columbia) lakes. 



(2) Aqk'a'mnik, at Fort Steele. 



(3) Aqk'anequ'nik (^ river Indians), Tobacco Plains. 



(4) Aqkiye'nik, Lake Pend d'Oreille. 



II. Lower Kootenay. 



Aquqtla'tlqo, Aquqenu'kqo ; Kootenay Lake. 



The Kutona'qa call the Blackfeet Saha'ntla = bad Indians ; the Cree, 

 Gutskiau'm = liars ; the Sioux, Katsk"agi'tlsak = charcoal legs. 



The census returns of the Indian Department give the following num- 

 bers for the various peoples. The Tlingit are not included in this list, as 

 they do not live in British territory. 



D. 

 E. 



F. 



These figures show that the census is approximate only. The inland 



