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The Chimakuan family was orii^inally composed of three distinct 

 tribes living in the northwestern part of Washington. These tribes 

 were the Chemakum, Quileute, and Hoh. The Chemakum tribe has 

 disappeared entirely ; while the Quileute and Hoh tribes are repre- 

 sented by approximately 350 individuals living at the Lajiush Agency, 

 in Clallam County, Washington. 



Fig. 123. — A group of Quileute hidians, 

 members of the Shaker Church. 



A singular feature of the material life of these Indians, to which 

 attention may be called here in passing', has been observed in the fact 

 that in former days they were actually hunting whales in the ocean 

 instead of eating- the meat of whales that drifted ashore? As far as 

 our knowledge goes, the Nootka of Vancouver Island are the only 

 other Indian tribe that ever engaged in the actual hunting of whales 

 in the ocean. 



