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across their breast and across their shoulders, and then taking the tow 

 ends in each hand bring them up behind their back, catch the rope on 

 top of the load by running each end under, then pulling ends over each 

 shoulder tighten the load if loose and then raise on one side, then the 

 other, to make it more secure, and with a heave forward she or he comes 

 to the knees before getting on their feet. The load or burden rests on 

 the back and shoulders. When moving the body is bent forward and 

 the heavier the load the more the body is inclined. Have seen them 

 carrying wood over four miles in this way, resting whenever they found 

 a suitable place like a cut bank or a washed gully so the load will be 

 even with the place and can be taken again in a minute or so. 



Fig. 3. 

 Coaese Wallet for burden-bearing. 



(Cat. No. 12»843. Quinaielt Indians. Chehalis County, Washing- 

 ton. Collected by Charles Willoughby. ) 



Fig. 4. 

 Conical Carrying-basket, with head-band. 



(Collected by James G. Swan.) 



Among the Salish tribes of Washington Territory, as well as those of 

 British Columbia and southeast Alaska, twined weaving in pine root, 

 cedar bark, rushes, and grasses is very common. These tribes all use 

 the wallet for carrying, resting on the back, and prevented from falling 

 as well as partly supported by the head-band resting on the forehead 

 (Fig. 3). One specimen of wallet in the collection is a very interesting 

 example of weaving. The warp threads are very far apart. The twine 

 tb reads are coarse and loosely woven. At the top two rows of close 

 twine run parallel with the warp. The loose euds of the weft are 

 fastened off in true Indian style to imitate braiding. 



