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and Distribution, Manufacture (including Basketry, Matting, Weav- 

 ing and Netting), Houses and Households, Clothing and Personal 

 Adornment, Subsistence ( including Hunting, Fishing, Sealing, and 

 Whaling), Travel, Transportation and Trade, Warfare, Games and 

 Pastimes, Social Organization and Festivals, Ceremonials and Socie- 

 ties, Pregnancy, Birth, Childhood, Twins, Puberty, Customs regard- 

 ing Women, Marriage, Burial Ceremonies, Religion (including Con- 

 ception of the World, Country of the Souls, Prayers and Observances, 

 Guardian Spirits, Beliefs regarding the Soul, Shamanism, Ethical 

 Concepts and Teachings), Medicine, Surgical Operations, Charms, 

 Current Beliefs. Physical and Mental Traits, Decorative Art, Music 

 and Dancing. This material is contained in 8 volumes numbering 

 approximately 600 manuscript pages. In addition, Dr. Frachtenberg 

 obtained several hundred native drawings and took photographs of 

 some 150 specimens of material culture. He also added considerably 

 to his previous collection of Quileute traditions, by collecting addi- 

 tional 22 native myths and traditions (in Quileute) and 3 narratives 

 in English. These myths and tales comprise 200 pages. Further- 

 more, Dr. Frachtenberg succeeded in inducing two inhabitants of 

 Clallam County, Washington, to present to the National Museum 

 their valuable collections of Quileute baskets and specimens. These 

 collections contain over 200 baskets, two carved house-posts, and 

 approximately 25 specimens illustrating the material culture and 

 ceremonial life of the Quileute Indians. 



The comprehensive study of the ethnology and language of the 

 Quileute Indians, conducted by Dr. Frachtenberg during the calendar 

 years 191 5 and 19 16, has brought out some very important points, 

 a few of which may be mentioned here in passing. Unlike the other 

 tribes of the Pacific Coast, the Quileute Indians are not a vanishing 

 tribe. On the contrary, these Indians are gradually, though slowly, 

 increasing. Although since 1883 they were subjected to 5 separate 

 epidemics of measles, smallpox, whooping cough, and grippe, their 

 number has increased during that period by more than 10 indi- 

 viduals. The proportion of half-breeds among them is exceedingly 

 small, and they are undoubtedly the most moral and law-abiding 

 tribe of that area. This condition seems to be due to their com- 

 plete isolation from the other tribes and from the white people, 

 and to their persistence in adhering to the former customs and 

 beliefs. A good proportion of these Indians are members of the 

 Shaker Church, whose chief doctrine is total abstinence from gam- 

 bling, smoking, and liquor. Up to about 4 years ago the Quileute 

 still hunted whales in the open sea. In former years whale-hunting 



