ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 523 



Third Report on the Indians of British Columbia, by Dr. Franz Boas. 

 (Report VII.) 



Physical Characteristics of the Tribes of the North Pacific Coast, by 

 Dr. Franz Boas. (Report VII.) 



Remarks on Linguistic Ethnology, by Mr. H. Hale. (Report VIII.) 



Report on the Kootenay Indians, by Dr. A. F. Chamberlain. (Report 

 VIII.) 



Fourth Report on the Indians of British Columbia (Indian Tribes of 

 Lower Fraser River), by Dr. Franz Boas. (Report IX.) 



Fifth Report on the Indians of British Columbia, by Dr. Franz Boas. 

 (Report X.) 



Fifth Report on the Indians of British Columbia. By Franz Boas. 



During the months from September to December 1894, I revisited 

 British Columbia under instructions of the Committee, the object of the 

 journey being to fill, so far as possible, gaps left in previous investigations. 

 I considered four points to be of particular importance : the anthropometry 

 of those portions of the province which were not covered by previous 

 work ; an investigation of a Timieh tribe on the extreme northern part 

 of the coast of which I had heard reports, but which has never been de- 

 scribed ; a study of the customs of the He'iltsuq, and further inquiries in 

 regard to the Tinneh tribe of Nicola Valley which was first described by 

 Dr. G. M. Dawson (' Trans. Royal Soc. Canada,' vol. ix. 1891, sec. ii. p. 23). 



On account of lack of time I was unable to visit the He'iltsuq, and 

 for the same reason I delegated the work in Nicola Valley to Mr. James 

 Teit, of Spence's Bridge, who is thoroughly conversant with the language 

 and the customs of the Ntlakya'pamuQ. His report will be found 

 embodied in the following pages. 



The subject matter which I collected on my journey is presented in 

 the following manner : — 



I. Physical Characteristics of the Tribes of the North Pacific Coast 



(p. 524). 



II. The Tinneh tribe of Nicola Valley, by Mr. James Teit (p. 551). 



III. The Tinneh tribe of Portland Inlet, the Ts'fits'a'ut (p. 555). 



IV. The Nass River Indians, the Nisk-a' (p. 569). 

 V. Linguistics : 



1. Nlsk-a' (p. 583). 



2. Ts'Ets'a'ut (p. 587). 



I have to express my obligation for valuable help extended in the 

 course of my work to the Rev. Mr. Collison, of Kinkolith ; Mr. George Hunt, 

 of Fort Rupert ; Mr. C. O. Hastings, of Victoria, British Columbia ; Mr. 

 James Teit, of Spence's Bridge ; and Rev. Father Le Jeune, of Kamloops. 



The following alphabet has been used in this report :— 



The vowels have their Continental sounds, namely : a as in father ; e 

 like a in mate ; i as in machine ; o as in note ; ti as in rule. 



In addition the following are used : a, 6" as in German ; d= aw in law ; 

 e as in tell ; i as in hill ; 6 as in German voll : E=.e in flower (Lepsius's e). 



Among the consonants the following additional letters have been 

 used : g-, velar .7; k-, velar k ; q, the German ch in bach ; h, the German 

 ch in ich ; Q, between q and H ; c=sh in shore ; tl, an explosive I ; dl, a 

 palatal I (dorso-apical) ; !, inci-eased stress of articulation ; ', the mouth 

 assumes the position for the articulation of u. 



