SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



267 



THE 



HAIDAH INDIANS 



QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S ISLANDS, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THEIR CARVINGS, TATTOO DESIGNS, ETC. 



BY 



JAMES G. SWAN, 



PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERniTORT. 



[accepted for publication, JANUARY, 18 74.] 



