EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXX. 



A Band of Haida erecting a House at the Tsimshian Village of Port Simpson, 

 British Columbia, in October, 1866. 



From a sketch by Mr. Henry W. Elliott. 



The scene is that of the co-operative building of a house, a band of hovvUng, yell- 

 ing, half -naked Haida being engaged in hauling up a huge rafter on skids by means 

 of ropes of spruce-root or twisted cedar-bark. The canoes on the beach, and the 

 village in the distance, lend to it the characteristic features of a view in this region. 



