NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA. 



293 



The country is very mountainous, and covered with ^ ^jj'^ ^ 

 the pine-tree, a great number of which grow to an 

 amazing fize. 



1787. 



Auguft. 

 Tuefday 21. 



Their language is harfh and unpleafant to the ear: a 

 fpecimen of which I have here given, fpelled as near the 

 manner of their pronunciation as 1 could give it : 



Hat- feene 



- 



- 



give or hand me. 



Yoiites 



- 



- 



Jea- otter. 



Httiara 



- 



- 



bring. 



Caw -wout 



- 



- 



beads. 



Hoetaa 



- 



. 



iron. 



Caa- Congo 



- 



- 



blanket. 



Een 



. 



- 



water. 



Youtes-Gaatea - 



. 



~ 



young Jea otter. 



A-gua-goone 



. 



. 



bad. 



Cow-a-ka-na 



- 



- 



hojlage or friendjhip,. 



Onowfka 



- 



- 



a box. 



La-la 



- 



-■ 



the tongue. 



Claake ' - 



- 



- 



berries like a wild rajpherry, 



Sulk 



- 



- 



marmot or ermine Jkin. 



Clacke 



- 



- 



one. 



Taike 



^ 



- 



two. 



Nu(k 



_ 



. 



three. 



Ta koon 



- 



. 



Jour. . 



Kacheene 



. 



- 



Jive. 



Clay too (hoe 



- 



. 



>. 



Tack-a-too-fhoe 



- 



. 



Jeven. 



Nufk-a-too-fhoe 



- 



. 



eight. 



Coo-(huck 



. 



- 



nine. 



Cheene-caiight 



- 



- 



■ ten. 



Cheene-caught ca- 



-ka-cheene 





Jijteen^. 



They have a great number of curiolities amongfl them, 

 many of which fhevv^ them to be a people of great inge- 

 nuity and contrivance. They make a curious bafket of 

 twigs, in which they frequently boil their victuals, by put- 

 7 ting: 



