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CHAP. 

 XII. 



A VOYAGE TO THE 



the fea-otter and other amphibious animals are harpoons 

 made with bone, with two or more barbs : with a ftaff of 

 July'. about iix or eight feet long, on which is faftened a fkin. 

 "e. ay 31. ^^ large bladder well blown, as a buoy; and darts of about 

 three or four feet long, which they throw v/ith a wooden 

 inftrument of about a foot long. 



I OMITTED in its proper place to mention, that at the 

 South part of the little bay where we found the water- 

 ereffes, we faw a tree with an infcription on it ; the cha- 

 rafters, fome were of opinion, were Greek; but for my 

 own part I could not make out what moft of them were; 

 they were badly cut. It appeared to me as if the infcrip- 

 tion had been made in the latter part of the laft year, 

 and I am of opinion by a man who fome time alter the 

 Nootka's arrival left her; this man is a native of one of 

 the iAands in the Mediterranean ; and it fhould feem was 

 drove from the Nootka by bad ufage, and I believe is ftill 

 among the Indians. 



In regard to the dialed of thefe people, it may be pro- 

 per to introduce a few fpecimens, though it appeared to 

 be fuch a confufed, unintelligible jargon, that it was not 

 without fome difficulty that we could colled thefe in- 

 fiances : 



^Nootuch «• ^principal chief's name of 1'ack-lactmutey a friendly 



tribe about Comptrollers Bay, the befi traders 

 about the Sound, and bring mofl fea-otter Jkins,. 



;C!ocha - _ ^ chief of ditto. 



Nus-cook-wcelick a ditto of Montague Ifland, called by th^ natives 



Shuklake ; a friendly tribe. This chief changed 

 names "with me. 



Nefqueluck » a ditto ditto ditto,.' 



^Abagack - a ditto ditto ditto., 



Sha-Hcwten 



