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thej do so, whether as spawn or young fish. Some Ught will be 

 thrown on this subject in the Ichthyological Report. 



Mr. Drayton, during the time he remained at the falls, procured 

 a beautiful specimen of a small-sized sucker, which the Indians 

 caught in their nets, and of which he made a drawing. The 

 lamprey eels were also a source of curiosity : they seemed to in- 

 crease in numbers, crawling up by suction an inch at a time. At 

 these eels the boy who accompanied Mr. Drayton took pleasure in 

 throwing stones, which excited the wrath of the Indians, as they said 

 they should catch no more fish if he continued his sport. They have 

 many superstitions connected with the salmon, and numerous prac- 

 tices growing out of these are religiously observed ; thus, if any one 

 dies in their lodges during the fishing season, they stop fishing for 

 several days; if a horse crosses the ford, they are sure no more fish 

 will be taken. 



During the fishing season there are about seventy Indians, of both 

 sexes, who tarry at the falls, although the actual residents are not, 

 according to Mr. Waller, beyond fifteen. They dwell in lodges, 

 which resemble those described heretofore, and are built of planks 

 split from the pine trees. These are set up on end, forming one 

 apartment, of from thirty to forty feet long, by about twenty wide. 

 The roof has invariably a double pitch, and is made of cedar bark : 

 the doorway is small, and either round or rounded at the top. I have 

 mentioned that the outside is well stocked with fleas : it need scarcely 

 be said what the condition of the inside is. 



These Indians are to be seen loungitig about or asleep in the 

 daytime ; but they generally pass their nights in gambling. Mr. 

 Drayton, while at the falls, obtained a knowledge of some of their 

 games. The women usually play during the day at a game resem- 

 bling dice. The implements are made of the incisor teeth of the 

 beaver, and four of these are used, which are engraved on two sides 



with different figures, and the figures 



on two of the teeth are alike : these 



are taken in the hand and thrown on 



a mat, the players sitting on it, oppo- 



iNDiAN DICE. site to one another. They are of the 



shape represented in the cut. If all 



the blank sides come up, it counts nothing ; if all the engraved or 



marked sides, it counts two ; if two blanks and two differently marked 



