TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Name of the Tribe 



Geographical Position . 



Character of the Reservation . 



Census of the Tribe 



Physical Characteristics 



Dwellings . . » 



Picture Writing 



Social Life 



Festivals 



Sports of Children 



Dress .... 



Personal Ornaments 



Care of Children 



Food, and Method of obtaining it 



Fishing and Sealing 



Trade .... 



Tools . ... 



Canoes 



Whaling and Fishing Gear 



Boxes, Baskets, Mats, &c. 



Feather and Dog's-Hair Blankets 



Gambling Implements . 



Mats, Baskets, Ornaments, &c. 



Weapons, Bows, Arrows, Fish and Bird Spea; 



Songs .... 



Method of Warfare 



Government 



History, Traditions, &c. 



Mythology 



Winter Ceremonies 



Legends 



Masks and Masquerading 



Shamanistic Ceremonies 



Shamanism, or Magic and Medicine 



Diseases 



Remedies 



Funeral Ceremonies 



Superstitions . 



Computation of Time . 



Legend of the South Wind 



Vocabulary of the Makah Dialect 

 Local Nomenclature of the Makah 



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