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British Columbia Historical Books Collection
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918
"Imprint varies : vols.8, 14, 16-17, 22-26, 29-32, 34-39 published by the History Company of San Francisco. The list of authorities quoted in each volume includes mss. now in the Bancroft Library. The Works with changed t.p.'s and binder's titles and without the first five volumes, were published under the title History of the Pacific States of America. For the period up to the 1840s, it is necessary to consult all the volumes relating to the northwest Pacific. Bancroft's histories have been bitterly attacked on grounds of prejudice and failure to give adequate recognition to contributing authors. " . .. produced in a literary factory ... the work of many hands, they are spotty in quality": - Phil Townsend Hanna in Zamorano 80. "As time passes and prejudice drifts into obscurity, these works become more strongly entrenched each year. For scholars and investigators they will always remain the greatest source of authority": - Cowan. Contents: vols. 1-5. Native races.- vols.6-8. Central America. vols. 9-14. Mexico.- vols.15-16. North American states and Texas.- vol.17. Arizona and New Mexico.- vols. 18-24. California.vol.25. Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming.- vol.26. Utah.- vols.27- 28. Northwest coast.- vols.29-30. Oregon.- vol.31. Washington, Idaho and Montana.- vol.32. British Columbia.- vol.33. Alaska.vol.34. California pastoral.- vol.35. California inter poculi.- vols. 36-37. Popular tribunals.- vol.38. Essays and miscellany.- vol.39. Literary industries."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 13
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THE WORKS HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT. f 1 THE WORKS HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT. VOLUME I THE NATIVE RACES. Vol. I. WILD TRIBES. SAN FRANCISCO: A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. 1883. An ARNO PRESS book published in cooperation with McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY New York Toronto London Sydney PREFACE. In pursuance of a general plan involving the production of a series of works on the western half of North America, I present this delineation of its aboriginal inhabitants as the first. To the immense territory bordering on the western ocean from Alaska to Darien, and including the whole of Mexico and Central America, I give arbitrarily, for want of a better, the name Pacific States. Stretching almost from pole to equator, and embracing within its limits nearly one tenth of the earth's surface, this last Western Land offers to lovers of knowledge a new and enticing field; and, although hitherto its several parts have been held somewhat asunder by the force of circumstances, yet are its occupants drawn by nature into nearness of relationship, and will be brought yet nearer by advancing civilization; the common oceanic highway on the one side, and the great mountain ramparts on the other, both tending to this result. The characteristics of this vast domain, material and social, are comparatively unknown and are essentially peculiar. To its exotic civilization all the so-called older nations of the world have contributed of their energies; and this composite mass, leavened by its destiny, is now working out the new problem of its future. The modern history of this West antedates that of the East by over a century, and although there may be apparent hetero- viii PREFACE. geneity in the subject thus territorially treated, there is an apparent tendency toward ultimate unity. To some it may be of interest to know the nature and extent of my resources for writing so important a series of works. The books and manuscripts necessary for the task existed in no library in the world; hence, in 1859, I commenced collecting material relative to the Pacific States. After securing everything within my reach in America, I twice visited Europe, spending about twro years in thorough researches in England and the chief cities of the Continent. Having exhausted every available source, I was obliged to content myself with lying in wait for opportunities. Not long afterward, and at a time when the prospect of materially- adding to my collection seemed anything but hopeful, the BiUioteca Imperial de Mejico, of the unfortunate Maximilian, collected during a period of forty years by Don Jose Maria Andrade, litterateur and publisher of the city of Mexico, was thrown upon the European market and furnished me about three thousand additional volumes. In 1869, having accumulated some sixteen thousand books, manuscripts, and pamphlets, besides maps and cumbersome files of Pacific Coast journals, I determined to go to work. But I soon found that, like Tantalus, wThile up to my neck in water, I was dying of'thirst. The facts which I required were so copiously diluted with trash, that to follow different subjects through this trackless sea of erudition, in the exhaustive manner I had proposed, with but one life-time to devote to the work, was simply impracticable. In this emergency my friend, Mr Henry L. Oak, librarian of the collection, came to my relief. After many consultations, and not a few partial failures, a system of indexing the PREFACE. IX subject-matter of the whole library was devised, sufficiently general to b%> practicable, and sufficiently particular to direct me immediately to all my authorities on any given point. The system, on trial, stands the test, and the index when completed, as it already is for the twelve hundred authors quoted in this work, will more than double the practical value of the library. Of the importance of the task undertaken, I need not say that I have formed the highest opinion. At present the few grains of wheat are so hidden by the mountain of chaff as to be of comparatively little benefit to searchers in the various branches of learning; and to sift and select from this mass, to extract from bulky tome and transient journal, from the archives of convent and mission, facts valuable to the scholar and interesting to the general reader; to arrange these facts in a natural order, and to present them in such a manner as to be of practical benefit to inquirers in the various branches of knowledge, is a work of no small import and responsibility. And though mine is the labor of the artisan rather than that of the artist, a forging of weapons for abler hands to wield, a producing of raw materials for skilled mechanics to weave and color at will; yet, in undertaking to bring to light from sources innumerable essential facts, which, from the very shortness of life if from no other cause, must otherwise be left out in the physical and social generalizations which occupy the ablest minds, I feel that I engage in no idle pastime. A word as to the Nations of which this work is a description, and my method of treating the subject. Aboriginally, for a savage wilderness, there was here a dense population; particularly south of the thirtieth parallel, X PREFACE. and along the border of the ocean north of that line. Before the advent of Europeans, ^iis domain counted its aborigines by millions; ranked among its people every phase of primitive humanity, from the reptile- eating cave-dweller of the Great Basin, to the Aztec and Maya-Quiche civilization of the southern table-land, —a civilization, if we may credit Dr Draper, "that might have instructed Europe/' a culture wantonly crushed by Spain, who therein 1 destroyed races more civilized than herself." Differing among themselves in minor particulars only, and bearing a general resemblance to the nations of eastern and southern America; differing again, the whole, in character and cast of features from every other people of the world, we have here presented hundreds of nations and tongues, with thousands of beliefs and customs, wonderfully dissimilar for so segregated a humanity, yet wonderfully alike for the inhabitants of a land that comprises within its limits nearly every phase of climate on the globe. At the touch of European civilization, whether Latin or Teutonic, these nations vanished; and their unwritten history, reaching back for thousands of ages, ended. All this time they had been coming and going, nations swallowing up nations, annihilating and being annihilated, amidst human convulsions and struggling civilizations. Their strange destiny fulfilled, in an instant they disappear; and all we have of them, besides their material relics, is the glance caught in their hasty flight, which gives us a few customs and traditions, and a little mythological history. To gather and arrange in systematic compact form all that is known of these people; to rescue some facts, PREFACE. XI perhaps, from oblivion, to bring others from inaccessible nooks, to render all available to science and to the general reader, is the object of this work. Necessarily some parts of it may be open to the charge of dryness; I have not been able to interlard my facts with interesting anecdotes for lack of space, and I have endeavored to avoid speculation, believing, as I do, the work of the collector and that of the theorizer to be distinct, and that he who attempts to establish some pet conjecture while imparting general information, can hardly be trusted for impartial statements. With respect to the territorial divisions of the first volume, which is confined to the Wild Tribes, and the necessity of giving descriptions of the same characteristics in each, there may be an appearance of repetition; but I trust this may be found more apparent than real. Although there are many similar customs, there are also many minor differences, and, as one of the chief difficulties of this volume was to keep it within reasonable limits, no delineation has been repeated where a necessity did not appear to exist. The second volume, which treats of the Civilized Nations, offers a more fascinating field, and with ample space and all existing authorities at hand, the fault is the writer's if interest be not here combined with value. As regards Mythology, Languages, Antiquities, and Migrations, of which the three remaining volumes treat, it has been my aim to present clearly and concisely all knowledge extant on these subjects; and the work, as a whole, is intended to embody all facts that have been preserved concerning these people at the time of their almost simultaneous discovery and disappearance. It w7ill be noticed that I have said little of the natives or their deeds since the coming of the Euro- PREFACE. peans; of their wrars against invaders and among themselves; of repartimientos, presidios, missions, reservations, and other institutions for their conquest, conversion, protection, or oppression. My reason for this is that all these things, so far as they have any importance, belong to the modern history of the country and will receive due attention in a subsequent work. In these five volumes, besides information acquired from sources not therein named, are condensed the researches of twelve hundred writers, a list of whose works, with the edition used, is given in this volume. 1 have endeavored to state fully and clearly in my text the substance of the matter, and in reaching my conclusions to use due discrimination as to the respective value of different authorities. In the notes I give liberal quotations, both corroborative of the text, and touching points on which authors differ, together with complete references to all authorities, including some of little value, on each point, for the use of readers or writers wrho may either be dissatisfied with my conclusions, or may wish to investigate any particular branch of the subject farther than my limits allow7. I have given full credit to each of the many authors from whom I have taken material, and if, in a few instances, a scarcity of authorities has compelled me to draw somewhat largely on the few wTho have treated particular points, I trust I shall be pardoned in view of the comprehensive nature of the work. Quotations are made in the languages in which they are written, and great pains has been taken to avoid mutilation of the author's words. As the books quoted form part of my private library, I have been able, by comparison with the originals, to carefully verify all references after PREFACE. they were put in type; hence I may confidently hope that fewer errors have crept in than are usually found in works of such variety and extent. The labor involved in the preparation of these volumes will be appreciated by few. That expended on the first volume alone, with all the material before me, is more than equivalent to the well-directed efforts of one person for ten years. In the work of selecting, sifting, and arranging my subject-matter, I have called in the aid of a large corps of assistants, and, while desiring to place on no one but myself any responsibility for the work, either in style or matter, I would render just acknowledgment for the services of all; especially to the following gentlemen, for the efficient manner in which, each in his special department, they have devoted their energies and abilities to the carrying out of my plan;—to Mr T. Arundel-Harcourt, in the researches on the manners and customs of the Civilized Nations; to Mr Walter M. Fisher, in the investigation of Mythology; to Mr Albert Goldschmidt, in the treatise on Language; and to Mr Henry L. Oak, in the subject of Antiquities and Aborig- inal History. CONTENTS OF THIS YOLTJME. CHAPTER I. ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. PAGE. Facts and Theories—Hypotheses concerning Origin—Unity of Race— Diversity of Race—Spontaneous Generation—Origin .of Animals and Plants—Primordial Centres of Population—Distribution of Plants and Animals—Adaptability of Species to Locality—Classification of Species—Ethnological Tests—Races of the Pacific—First Intercourse with Europeans 1 CHAPTER II. HYPERBOREANS. General Divisions—Hyperborean Nations—Aspects of Nature—Vegetation—Climate—Animals—The Eskimos—Their Country—Physical Characteristics — Dress — Dwellings — Food —Weapons— Boats— Sledges—Snow-Shoes—Government—Domestic Affairs—Amusements—Diseases—Burial—The Koniagas, their Physical and Social Condition—The Aleuts—The Thlinkeets—The Tinneh. 35 CHAPTER III. COLUMBIANS. Habitat of the Columbian Group—Physical Geography—Sources of Food Supply—Influence of Food and Climate—Four extreme Classes —Haidahs—Their Home—Physical Peculiarities—Clothing—Shelter—Sustenance — Implements — Manufactures—Arts—Property— Laws—Slavery—Women—Customs—Medicine—Death—TheNoot- kas—The Sound Nations—The Chinooks—The Shushwaps—The Salish—The Sahaptins | 150 CHAPTER IV. CALIFORNIANS. Groupal Divisions; Northern, Central, and Southern Californians, and Shoshones—Country of the Californians—The Klamaths, Modocs, Shastas, Pitt River Indians, Eurocs, Cahrocs, Hoopahs, Weeyots, (xv) xvi CONTENTS. PAGE. Tolewahs, and Rogue River Indians and their Customs—The Teha- mas, Pomos, Ukiahs, Gualalas, Sonomas, Petalumas, Napas, Sus- cols, Suisunes, Tamales, Karquines, Tulomos, Thamiens, Olehones, Runsiens, Escelens, and others of Central California—The Ca- huillos, Dieguenos, Islanders, and Mission Rancherias of Southern California—The Snakes or Shoshones proper, Utahs, Bannocks, Washoes and other Shoshone Nations 322 CHAPTER V. NEW MEXICANS. Geographical Position of this Group, and Physical Features of the Territory—Family Divisions; Apaches, Pueblos, Lower Californians, and Northern Mexicans—The Apache Family: Comanches, Apaches proper, Hualapais, Yumas, Cosninos, Yampais, Yalchedunes, Ya- majabs, Cruzados, Nijoras, Navajos, Mojaves, and their customs —The Pueblo Family: Pueblos, Moquis, Pimas, Maricopas, Papa- gos, and their Neighbors—The Cochimis, Waicuris, Pericuis, and other Lower Calif ornians—The Seris, Sinaloas, Tarahumares, Con- chos, Tepehuanes, Tobosos, Acaxees, and others in Northern Mexico 471 CHAPTER VI. WILD TRIBES OP MEXICO. Territorial Aspects—Two Main Divisions; Wild Tribes of Central Mexico, and Wild Tribes of Southern Mexico—The Coras and others in Jalisco—Descendants of the Aztecs—The Otomis and Mazahuas Adjacent to the Valley of Mexico—The Pames—The Tarascos and Matlaltzincas of Michoacan—The Huaztecs and Totonacos of Vera Cruz and Tamaulipas—The Chontales, Chinantecs, Mazatecs, Cui- catecs, Chatinos, Miztecs, Zapotecs, Mijes, Huaves, Chiapanecs, Zoques, Lacandones, Choles, Mames, Tzotziles, Tzendales, Cho- chones and others of Southern Mexico 615 CHAPTER VII. WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Physical Geography and Climate—Three Groupal Divisions; First, the nations of Yucatan, Guatemala, Salvador, Western Honduras, and Nicaragua; -Second, The Mosquitos of Honduras; Third, the nations of Costa Rica and the Isthmus of Panama—The Popolucas, Pipiles and Chontales—The Descendants of the Maya-Quiche* Races —The Natives of Nicaragua—The Mosquitos, Poyas, Ramas, Len- cas, Towkas, Woolwas, and Xicaques of Honduras—The Guatusos of the Rio Frio—The Caimanes; Bayamos, Dorachos, Goajiros, Mandingos, Savanerics, Sayrones, and Viscitas living in Costa Rica and on the Isthmus 684 AUTHORITIES QUOTED. Abbot (Gorham D.), Mexico and the United States. New York, 1869. Abert (J. W.), Report of his Examination of New Mexico. 1846-7. (30th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Executive Doc. 41.) Washington, 1848. About (Edmond), Handbook of Social Economy. New York, 1873. Acazitli (Francisco de Sandoval), Relacion de la Jornada que hizo. Indios Chichimecas de Xuchipila. 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ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION Facts and Theories—Hypotheses concerning Origin—Unity op Race— Diversity of Race—Spontaneous Generation—Origin of Animals and Plants—Primordial Centres of Population—Distribution of Plants and Animals—Adaptability of Species to Locality—Classification of Species—Ethnological Tests—Races of the Pacific— First Intercourse with Europeans. Facts are the raw material of science. They are to philosophy and history, what cotton and iron are to cloth and steam-engines. Like the raw material of the manufacturer, they form the bases of innumerable fabrics, are woven into many theories finely spun or coarsely spun, which wear out with time, become unfashionable, or else prove to be indeed true, and fit, and as such remain. This raw material of the scholar, like that of the manufacturer, is always a staple article; its substance never changes, its value never diminishes; whatever may be the condition of society, or howsoever advanced the mind, it is indispensable. Theories may be only for the day, but facts are for all time and for all science. When we remember that the sum of all knowledge is but the sum of ascertained facts, and that every new (i) ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. fact brought to light, preserved, and thrown into the general fund, is so much added to the world's store of knowledge,—when we consider that, broad and far as our theories may reach, the realm of definite, tangible, ascertained truth is still of so little extent, the impoi taixce of every never-so-insignificant acquisition is manifest. Compare any fact with the fancies which have been prevalent concerning it,, and consider, I will not say their relative brilliance, but their relative importance. Take electricity, how many explanations have been given of the lightning and the thunder, yet there is but one fact; the atmosphere, how many howling demons have directed the ;tempest, how many smiling deities moved in the soft breeze. For the one all-sufficient First Cause, how many myriads of gods have been set up; for every phenomenon how many causes have been invented ; with every truth how many untruths have contended, with every fact how many fancies. The profound investigations of latter-day philosophers are nothing but simple and laborious inductions from ascertained facts, facts concerning attraction, polarity, chemical affinity and the like, for the explanation of which there are countless hypotheses, each hypothesis involving multitudes of speculations, all of which evaporate as the truth slowly crystallizes. Speculation is valuable to science only as it directs the mind into otherwise-undis- coverable paths; but when the truth is found, there is an end to speculation. So much for facts in general; let us now look for a moment at the particular class of facts of which this work is a collection. The tendency of philosophic inquiry is more and' more toward the origin of things. In the earlier stages of intellectual impulse, the mind is almost wholly absorbed in ministering to the necessities of the present; next, the mysterious uncertainty of the after life provokes inquiry, and contemplations of an eternity of the future command attention ; but not until knowledge is well advanced TENDENCY. OF PHILOSOPHIC INQUIRY. does it appear that there is likewise an eternity of the past worthy of careful scrutiny,—without which scrutiny, indeed, the eternity of tr^ future must forever remain a sealed book. Standing as we do between tjhese two eternities, our view limited to a narrow though gradually widening horizon, as nature unveils her mysteries to our inquiries, an infinity spreads out in either direction, an infinity of ;minuteness no less than an infinity of immensity; for hitherto, attempts to reach the ultimate of molecules, have proved as futile as attempts to reach the ultimate of masses. Now man, the noblest work of creation, the only reasoning creature, standing alone in the midst of this vast sea of undiscovered truth,— ultimate knowledge ever receding from his grasp, primal causes only thrown farther back as proximate problems are solved,—man, in the study of mankind, must follow his researches in both of these directions, backward as well as forward, must indeed derive his whole knowledge of what man is and will be from what he has been. Thus it is that the study of mankind in its minuteness assumes the grandest proportions. Viewed in this light there is not a feature of primitive humanity without significance; there is not a custom or characteristic of savage nations, however mean or revolting to us, from which important lessons may not be drawn. It is only from the study of barbarous and partially cultivated nations that we are able to comprehend man as a progressive being, and to recognize the successive stages through which our savage ancestors have passed on their way to civilization. With the natural philosopher, there is little thought as to the relative importance of the manifold works of creation. The tiny insect is no less an object of his patient scrutiny, than the wonderful and complex machinery of the cosmos. The lower races of men, in the study of humanity, he deems of as essential importance as the higher ; our present higher races being but the lower types of generations yet to come. Hence, if in the following pages, in the array of 4 ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. minute facts incident to the successive peoples of which we speak, some of them appear small and unworthy of notice, let it be remembered that in nature there is no such thing as insignificance; still less is there anything connected with man unworthy of our most careful study, or any peculiarity of savagism irrelevant to civilization. Different schools of naturalists maintain widely different opinions regarding the origin of mankind. Existing theories may be broadly divided into three categories; in the first two of which man is considered as a special creation, and in the third as a natural development from some lower type, ^he special-creation school is divided on the question of unity or diversity of race. The first party holds by the time-honored tradition, that all the nations of the earth are descended from a single human pair - the second affirms, that by one creative act were produced several special creations, each separate creation being the origin of a race, and each race primordially adapted to that part of the globe which it now inhabits. The third theory, that of the development school, denies that there ever were common centres of origin in organic creation; but claims that plants and animals generate spontaneously, and that man is but the modification of some preexisting animal form. The first hypothesis, the doctrine of the monogenists, is ably supported by Latham, Prichard, and many other eminent ethnologists of Europe, and is the favorite opinion of orthodox thinkers throughout Christendom. The human race, they say, having sprung from a single pair, constitutes but one stock, though subject to various modifications. Anatomically, there is no difference between a Negro and a European. The color of the skin, the texture of the hair, the convolutions of the brain, and all other peculiarities, may be attributed to heat, moisture, and food. Man, though capable of subduing the world to himself, and of making his home under climates and circumstances the most diverse, is none the ORIGIN OF MAN. less a child of nature, acted upon and molded by those conditions which he attempts to govern. Climate, periodicities of nature, material surroundings, habits of thought and modes of life, acting through a long series of ages, exercise a powerful influence upon the human physical organization; and yet man is perfectly created for any sphere in which he may dwell; and is governed in his condition by choice rather than by coercion. Articulate language, which forms the great line of demarcation between the human and the brute creation, may be traced in its leading characteristics to one common source. The differences between the races of men are not specific differences. The greater part of the flora and fauna of America, those of the circumpolar regions excepted, are essentially dissimilar to those of the old world; while man in the new world, though bearing traces of high antiquity, is specifically identical with all the races of the earth. It is well known that the hybrids of plants and of animals do not possess the power of reproduction, while in the intermixture of the races of men no such sterility of progeny can be found; and therefore, as.there are no human hybrids, there are no separate human races or species, but all are one family. Besides being consistent with sound reasoning, this theory can bring to its support the testimony of the sacred writings, and an internal evidence of a creation divine and spiritual, which is sanctioned by tradition, and confirmed by most philosophic minds./ Man, unlike animals, is the direct offspring of the Creator, and as such he alone continues to derive his inheritance from a divine source. The Hebraic record, continue the monogenists, i^ the only authentic solution of the origin of all things; and its history is not only fully sustained by science, but it is upheld by the traditions of the most ancient barbarous nations, whose mythology strikingly resembles the Mosaic account of the creation, the deluge, and the distribution of peoples. The Semitic family alone were civilized from the beginning. A pe- ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. culiar people, constantly upheld by special act of Providence from falling into paganism, they alone possessed a true knowledge of the mystery of creation. A universal necessity for some form of worship, a belief inherent in all mankind, in an omnipotent deity and a life beyond the grave, point to a common origin and prophesy a common destiny. This much for the monogenists. The second hypothesis, that of the polygenists, holds that there was not one only, but several independent creations, each giving birth to the essential, unchangeable peculiarities of a separate race; thus constituting a diversity of species with primeval adaptation to their geographical distribution. Morton, Agassiz, Gliddon, and others in America, stand sponsors for this theory. The physiological differences of race, they say, which separate mankind into classes, do not result from climatic surroundings, but are inherited from original progenitors. They point to marked characteristics in various peoples which have remained unchanged for a period of four thousand years. In place of controverting divine revelation, they claim that Mosaic history is the history of a single race, arid not the history of all mankind; that the record itself contains an implied existence of other races; and that the distribution of the various species or races of men, according to their relative organisms, was part of the creative act, and of no less importance than was the act of creation. The third hypothesis, derived mainly from the wrrit- ings of Lamarck, Darwin, and Huxley, is based upon the principle of evolution. All existing species are developments of some preexisting form, which in like manner descended by true generation from a form still lower. Man, say they, bears no impress of a divine original that is not common to brutes; he is but an animal, more perfectly developed through natural and sexual selection. Commencing with the spontaneous generation of the lowrest types of vegetable and animal life,—as the accumulation of mold upon food, the swarming of maggots in meat, HYPOTHESES CONCERNING ORIGIN. the infusorial animalcules in water, the generation of insect life in decaying vegetable substances,—the birth of one form arising out of the decay of another, the slow and gradual unfolding from a lower to a higher sphere, acting through a long succession of ages, culminate in the grandeur of intellectual manhood. Thus much for this life, while the hope of a like continued progress is entertained for the life to come. While the tendency of variety in organic forms is to decrease, argue these latter-day naturalists, individuals increase in a proportion greater than the provisional means of support. A predominating species, under favorable circumstances, rapidly multiplies, crowding out and annihilating opposing species. There is therefore a constant struggle for existence in nature, in which the strongest, those best fitted to live and improve their species, prevail; while the deformed and ill-favored are destroyed. In courtship and sexual selection the war for precedence continues. Throughout nature the male is the wooer; he it is who is armed for fight, and provided with musical organs and ornamental appendages, with which to charm the fair one. The savage and the wild beast alike secure their mate over the mangled form of a vanquished rival. In this manner the more highly favored of either sex are mated, and natural selections made, by which, better ever producing better, the species in its constant variation is constantly improved. Many remarkable resemblances may be seen between man and the inferior animals. In embryonic development, in physical structure, in nlaterial composition and the function of organs, man and animals are strikingly alike. And, in the possession of that immaterial nature which more widely separates the human from the brute creation, the l reasonable soul' of man is but an evolution from brute instincts. The difference in the mental faculties of man and animals is immense; but the high culture which belongs to man has been slowly developed, and there is plainly a wider separation between the mental power of the lowest ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. zoophyte and the highest ape, than between the most intellectual ape and the least intellectual man. Physically and mentally, the man-like ape and the ape-like man sustain to each other a near relationship; while between the mammal and the mollusk there exists the greatest possible dissimilarity. Articulate language, it is true, acting upon the brain, and in turn being acted upon to the improvement of both, belongs only to man; yet animals are not devoid of expedients for expressing feeling and emotion. It has been observed that no brute ever fashioned a tool for a special purpose; but some animals crack nuts with a stone, and an accidentally splintered flint naturally suggests itself as the first instrument of primeval man. The chief difficulty lies in the high state of moral and intellectual power which may be attained by man; yet this same progressive principle is likewise found in brutes. Nor need we blush for our origin. The nations now most civilized were once barbarians. Our ancestors were savages, who, with tangled hair, and glaring eyes, and blood-besmeared hands, devoured man and beast alike. Surely a respectable gorilla lineage stands no unfavorable comparison. Between the first and the last of these three rallying points, a whole continent of debatable land is spread, stretching from the most conservative orthodoxy to the most scientific liberalism. Numberless arguments may be advanced to sustain any given position; and not un- frequently the same analogies are brought forward to prove propositions directly oppugnant. As has been observed, each school ranks among its followers the ablest men of science of the day. These men do not differ in minor particulars only, meeting in general upon one broad, common platform; on the contrary, they find themselves unable to agree as touching any one thing, except that man is, and that he is surrounded by those climatic influences best suited to his organization. Any one of these theories, if substantiated, is the death-blow PLANTS AND ANIMALS. of the others. The first denies any diversity of species in creation and all immutability of race; the second denies a unity of species and the possibility of change in race; the third denies all special acts of creation and, like the first, all immutability of race. The question respecting the origin of animals and plants has. likewise undergone a similar flux of beliefs, but with different result. Whatever the conclusions may be with regard to the origin of man, naturalists of the present day very generally agree, that there was no one universal centre of propagation for plants and animals; but that the same conditions of soil, moisture, heat, and geographical situation, always produce a similarity of species; or, what is equivalent, that there were many primary centres, each originating species, which spread out from these centres and covered the earth. This doctrine was held by early naturalists to be irreconcilable with the Scripture account of the creation, and was therefore denounced as heretical. Linnaeus and his contemporaries drew up a pleasing picture, assigning the • birth-place of all forms of life to one particular fertile spot, situated in a genial climate, and so diversified with lofty mountains and declivities, as to present all the various temperatures requisite for the sustenance of the different species of animal and vegetable life. The most exuberant types of flora and fauna are found within the tropical regions, decreasing in richness and profusion towards either pole; while man in his greatest perfection occupies the temperate zone, degenerating in harmony of features, in physical symmetry, and in intellectual vigor in either direction. Within this temperate zone is placed the hypothetical cradle of the human race, varying in locality according to religion and tradition. The Caucasians are referred for their origin to Mount Caucasus, the Mongolians to Mount Altai, and the Africans to Mount Atlas. Three primordial centres of population have been assigned to the three sons of Noah,—Arabia, the Semitic; India, the Japetic; and Egypt, the Hamitie 10 ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. centre. Thibet, and the mountains surrounding the Gobi desert, have been designated as the point from which a general distribution was made; while the sacred writings mention four rich and beautiful valleys, two of which are watered by the Tigris and Euphrates, as the birth-place of man. It was formerly believed that in the beginning, the primeval ocean covered the remaining portion of the globe, and that from this central spot the waters receded, thereby extending the limits of terrestrial life. Admitting the unity of origin, conjecture points with apparent reason to the regions of Armenia and of Iran, in western Asia, as the cradle of the human race. Departing from this geographical centre, in the directions, of the extremities of the continent, the race at first degenerated in proportion to distance. Civilization was for many ages confined within these central limits, until by slow degrees, paths were marked out to the eastward and to the westward, terminating the one upon the eastern coast of Asia, and the other upon the American shores of the Pacific. Concerning the distribution of plants and animals, but one general opinion is now sustained with any degree of reason. The beautifully varied systems of vegetation with which the habitable earth is clothed, springing up in rich, spontaneous abundance; the botanical centres of corresponding latitudes producing resemblance in genera without identity of species; their inability to cross high mountains or wide seas, or to pass through inhospitable zones, or in any way to spread far from the original centre,—all show conclusively the impossibility that such I multitude of animal and vegetable iribes, with characters so diverse, could have derived their origin from the same locality, and disappearing entirely from their original birth-place, sprung forth in some remote part of the globe. Linnasus, and many others of his time, held that all telluric tribes, in common with mankind, sprang from a single pair, and descended from the stock which was preserved by Noah. Subsequently this opinion was PRIMORDIAL CENTRES. modified, giving to each species an origin in some certain spot to which it was particularly adapted by nature; and it was supposed that from these primary centres, through secondary causes, there was a general diffusion throughout the surrounding regions. A comparison of the entomology of the old world and the new, shows that the genera and species of insects are for the most part peculiar to the localities in which they are found. Birds and marine animals, although unrestricted in their movements, seldom wander- far from specific centres. With regard, to wild beasts, and the larger animals, insurmountable difficulties present themselves ; so that we may infer that the systems of animal life are indigenous to the great zoological provinces where they are found. On the other hand, the harmony which exists between the organism of man and the methods by which nature meets his requirements, tends conclusively to show that the world in its variety was made for man, and that man is made for any portion of the earth in which he may be found. Whencesoever he comes, or howsoever he reaches his dwelling-place, he always finds it prepared for him. On the icy banks of the Arctic Ocean, where mercury freezes and the ground never softens, the Eskimo, wrapped in furs, and burrowing in the earth, revels in grease and train-oil, sustains vitality by eating raw flesh and whale-fat; while the naked inter-tropical man luxuriates in life under a burning sun> where ether boils and reptiles shrivel upon the hot stone over which they attempt to crawl. The watery fruit and shading vegetation would be as useless to the one, as the heating food and animal clothing would be to the other. The capability of man to endure all climates, his omnivorous habits, and his powers of locomotion, enable him to roam at will over the earth. He was endowed with intelligence wherewith to invent methods of migration and means of protection from unfavorable climatic influence, and with capabilities for existing in almost 12 ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. any part of the world; so that, in the economy of nature the necessity did not exist with regard to man for that diversity of creation which was deemed requisite in the case of plants and animals. The classification of man into species or races, so as to be able to designate by his organization the family to which he belongs, as well as the question of his origin, has been the subject of great diversity of opinion, from the fact that the various forms so graduate into each other, that it is impossible to determine which is species and which variety. Attempts have indeed been made at divisions of men into classes according to their primeval and permanent physiological structure, but what uniformity can be expected from such a classification among naturalists who cannot so much as agree what is primeval and what permanent ? The tests applied by ethnologists for distinguishing the race to which an individual belongs, are the color of the skin, the size and shape of the skull,—determined generally by the facial angle,—the texture of the hair, and the character of the features. The structure of language, also, has an important bearing upon the affinity of races; and is, with some ethnologists, the primary criterion in the classification of species. The facial angle is determined by a line drawn from the forehead to the front of the upper jaw, intersected by a horizontal line passing over the middle of the ear. The facial angle of a European is estimated at 85°, of a Negro at 75°, and of the ape at 60°. Representations of an adult Troglodyte measure 35°, and of a Satyr 30°. Some writers classify according to one or several of these tests, others consider them all in arriving at their conclusions. Thus, Yirey divides the human family into two parts: those with a facial angle of from eighty-five to ninety degrees,—embracing the Caucasian, Mongolian, and American; and those with a facial angle of from seventy-five to eighty-two degrees,—including the Malay, Negro, and Hottentot. Cuvier and Jaquinot SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATIONS. 13 make three classes, placing the Malay and American among the subdivisions of the Mongolian. Kant makes four divisions under four colors: white, black, copper, and olive. Linnseus also makes four: European, whitish; American, coppery; Asiatic, tawny; and African, black. Buffon makes five divisions and Blumenbach five. Blu- menbach's classification is based upon cranial admeasurements, complexion, and texture of the hair. His divisions are Caucasian or Aryan, Mongolian, Ethiopian, Malay, and American. Lesson makes six divisions according to colors: white, dusky, orange, yellow, red, and black. Bory de St Vincent arranges fifteen stocks under three classes which are differenced by hair: European straight hair, American straight hair, and crisped or curly hair. In like manner Prof. Zeune designates his divisions under three types of crania for the eastern hemisphere, and three for the western, namely, high skulls, broad skulls, and long skulls. Hunter classifies the human family under seven species; Agassiz makes eight; Pickering, eleven; Desmoulins, sixteen; and Crawford, sixty-three. Dr Latham, considered by many the chief exponent of the science of ethnology in England, classifies the different races under three primary divisions, namely: Mongolidse, Atlantidse, and Japetidee. Prichard makes three principal types of cranial conformation, which he denominates respectively, the civilized races, the nomadic or wandering races, and the savage or hunting races. Agassiz designates the races of men according to the zoological provinces which they respectively occupy. Thus the Arctic realm is inhabited by Hyperboreans, the Asiatic by Mongols, the European by white men, the American by American Indians, the African by black races, and the East Indian, Australian and Polynesian by their respective peoples. Now when we consider the wide differences between naturalists, not only as to what constitutes race and species,—if there be variety of species in the human family,—but also in the assignment of peoples and indi- r 14 ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. viduals to their respective categories under the direction of the given tests; when we see the human race classified under from one to sixty-three distinct species, according to individual opinions; and when we see that the several tests which govern classification axe by no means satisfactory, arid that those who have made this subject the study of their lives, cannot agree as touching the fundamental characteristics of such classification— we cannot but conclude, either that there are no absolute lines of separation between the various members of the human family, or that thus far the touchstone by which such separation is to be made remains undiscovered. The color of the human skin, for example, is no certain guide in classification. Microscopists have ascertained that the normal colorations of the skin are not the results of organic differences in race; that complexions are not permanent physical characters, but are subject to change. Climate is a cause of physical differences, and frequently in a single tribe may be found shades of color extending through all the various transitions from black to white. In one people, part occupying a cold mountainous region, and part a heated lowland, a marked difference in color is always perceptible. Peculiarities in the texture of the hair are likewise no proof of race. The hair is more sensibly .affected by the action of the climate than the skin. Every degree of color and crispation may be found in the European family alone; and even among the frizzled locks of negroes every gradation appears, from crisped to flowing hair. The growth of the beard may be cultivated or retarded according to the caprice of the individual ; and in those tribes which are characterized by an absence or thinness of beard, may be found the practice, continued for ages, of carefully plucking out all traces of beard at the age of puberty. No physiological deformities have been discovered which prevent any people from cultivating a beard if such be their pleasure. The ALL TESTS FALLACIOUS. 15 conformation of the cranium is often peculiar to habits of rearing the young, and may be modified by accidental or artificial causes. The most eminent scholars now hold the opinion that the size and shape of the skull has far less influence upon the intelligence of the individual than the quality and convolutions of the brain. The structure of language, especially when offered in evidence supplementary to that of physical science, is most important in establishing a relationship between races. But it should be borne in mind that languages are acquired, not inherited; that they are less permanent than living organisms; that they are constantly changing, merging into each other, one dialect dying out and another springing into existence; that in the migrations of nomadic tribes, or in the arrival of new nations, although languages may for a time preserve their severalty, they are at last obliged, from necessity, to yield to the assimilating influences which constantly surround them, and become merged into the dialects of neighboring clans. And on the other hand, a counter influence is exercised upon the absorbing dialect. The dialectic fusion of two communities results in the partial disappearance of both languages, so that a constant assimilation and dissimilation is going on. | The value of language," says Latham, "has been overrated;" and Whitney affirms that P language is no infallible sign of race;" although both of these authors give to language the first place as a test of national affinities. Language is not a physiological characteristic, but an acquisition; and as such should be used with care in the classification of species. Science, during the last half century, has unfolded many important secrets; has tamed impetuous elements, called forth power and life from the hidden recesses of the earth; has aroused the slumbering energies of both mental and material force, changed the currents of thought, emancipated the intellect from religious transcendentalism, and spread out to the broad light of open 16 ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. day a vast sea of truth. Old-time beliefs have had to give place. The debris of one exploded dogma is scarcely cleared away before we are startled with a request for the yielding up of another long and dearly cherished opinion. And in the attempt to read the book of humanity as it comes fresh from the impress of nature, to trace the history of the human race, by means of moral and physical characteristics, backward through all its intricate windings to its source, science has accomplished much; but the attempt to solve the great problem of human existence, by analogous comparisons of man with man, and man with animals, has so far been vain and futile in the extreme. I would not be understood as attempting captiously to decry the noble efforts of learned men to solve the problems of nature. For who can tell what may or may not be found out by inquiry? Any classification, moreover, and any attempt at classification, is better than none; and in drawing attention to the uncertainty of the conclusions arrived at by science, I but reiterate the opinions of the most profound thinkers of the day. It is only shallow and flippant scientists, so called, who arbitrarily force deductions from mere postulates, and with one sweeping assertion strive to annihilate all history and tradition. They attempt dogmatically to set up a reign of intellect in opposition to that of the Author of intellect. Terms of vituperation and contempt with which a certain class of writers interlard their sophisms, as applied to those holding different opinions, are alike an offense against good taste and sound reasoning. Notwithstanding all these failures to establish rules by which mankind may be divided into classes, there yet remains the stubborn fact that differences do exist, as palpable as the difference between daylight and darkness. These differences, however, are so played upon by change, that hitherto the scholar has been unable to transfix those elements which appear to him permanent and characteristic. For, as Draiper remarks, ORIGIN OF THE INDIANS. 17 " the permanence of organic forms is altogether dependent on the invariability of the material conditions under which they live. Any variation therein, no matter how insignificant it might be, would be forthwith followed by a corresponding variation in form. The present invariability of the world of organization is the direct consequence of the physical equilibrium, and so it will continue as long as the mean temperature, the annual supply of light, the composition of the air, the distribution of water, oceanic and atmospheric currents, and other such agencies, remain unaltered; but if any one of these, or of a hundred other incidents that might be mentioned, should suffer modification, in an instant the fanciful doctrine of the immutability of species would be brought to its true value." The American Indians, their origin and consanguinity, have, from the days of Columbus to the present time proved no less a knotty question. Schoolmen and scientists count their theories by hundreds, each sustaining some pet conjecture, with a logical clearness equaled only by the facility with which he demolishes all the rest. One proves their origin by holy writ; another by the writings of ancient philosophers; another by the sage sayings of the Fathers. One discovers in them Phoenician merchants; another, the ten lost tribes of Israel. They are tracked with equal certainty from Scandinavia, from Ireland, from Iceland, from Greenland^ across Bering Strait, across the northern Pacific, the southern Pacific, from the Polynesian Islands, from Australia, from Africa. Venturesome Carthaginians were thrown upon the eastern shore; Japanese junks on the western. The breezes that wafted hither America's primogenitors are still blowing, and the ocean currents by which they came cease not yet to flow. Theiinely spun webs of logic by which these fancies are maintained would prove amusing, did not the profound earnestness of their respective advocates render them ridiculous. Acosta, who studied the subject for nine years in Peru, concludes Vol. I. 2 18 ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. that America was the Ophir of Solomon. Aristotle relates that the Carthaginians in a voyage were carried to an unknown island; whereupon Florian, Gomara, Oviedo, and others, are satisfied that the island was Espailola. I Who are these that fly as a cloud, I exclaims Esaias, " or as the doves to their windows?" Scholastic sages answer, Columbus is the columba or. dove here prophesied. Alexo Vanegas shows that America was peopled by Carthaginians ; Anahuac being but another name for Anak. Besides, both nations practiced picture-writing; both venerated fire and water, wore skins of animals, pierced the ears, ate dogs, drank to excess, telegraphed by means of fires on hills, wore all their finery on going to war, poisoned their arrows, beat drums and shouted in battle. Garcia found a man in Peru wdio had seen a rock with something very like Greek letters engraved upon it; six hundred years after the apotheosis of Hercules, Coleo made a long voyage; Homer knew of the ocean; the Athenians waged war with the inhabitants of Atlantis; hence the American Indians were Greeks. Lord Kings- borough proves conclusively that these same American Indians were Jews: because their | symbol of innocence" was in the one case a fawn and in the other a lamb; because of the law of Moses, 1 considered in reference to the custom of sacrificing children, which existed in Mexico and Peru;" because 1 the fears of tumults of the people, famine, pestilence, and warlike invasions, were exactly the same as those entertained by the Jews if they failed in the performance of any of their ritual observances;" because "the education of children commenced amongst the Mexicans, as with the Jews, at an exceedingly early age;" because "beating with a stick was a very common punishment amongst the Jews," as well as among the Mexicans; because the priesthood of both nations " was hereditary in a certain family;" because both were inclined to pay great respect to lucky or unlucky omens, such as the screeching of the owl, the sneezing of a person in company," etc., and because ORIGIN OF THE INDIANS. 19 of a hundred other equally sound and relevant arguments. Analogous reasoning to this of Lord Kingsborough's was that of the Merced Indians of California. Shortly after the discovery of the Yosemite Valley, tidings reached the settlers of Mariposa that certain chiefs had united with intent to drop down from their mountain stronghold and annihilate them. To show the Indians the uselessness of warring upon white men, these chieftains were invited to visit the city of San Francisco, where, from the number and superiority of the people that they would there behold, they should become intimidated, and thereafter maintain peaee. But contrary to the most reasonable expectations, no sooner had the dusky delegates returned to their home than a council was called, and the assembled warriors were informed that they need have no fear of these.strangers: "For," said the envoys, "the people of the great city of San Francisco are of a different tribe from these white settlers of Mariposa. Their manners, their customs, their language, their dress, are all different. They wear black, coats and high hats, and are not able to walk along the smoothest path without the aid of a stick." There are many advocates for an Asiatic origin, both among ancient and modern speculators. Favorable winds and currents, the short distance between islands, traditions, both Chinese and Indian, refer the peopling of America to that quarter. Similarity in color, features, religion, reckoning of time, absence of a heavy beard, and innumerable other comparisons, are drawn by enthusiastic advocates, to support a Mongolian origin. The same arguments, in whole or in part, are used to prove that America was peopled by Egyptians, by Ethiopians, by French, English, Trojans, Frisians, Scythians; and also that different parts were settled by different peoples. The test of language has been applied with equal facility and enthusiasm to Egyptian, Jew, Phoenician, Carthaginian, Spaniard, Chinese, Japanese, and in fact to nearly all the nations of the earth. A complete review of 20 ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. theories and opinions concerning the origin of the Indians, I propose to give in another place; not that intrinsically they are of much value, except as showing the different fancies of different men and times. Fancies, I say, for modern scholars, with the aid of all the new revelations of science, do not appear in their investigations to arrive one whit nearer an indubitable conclusion. It was obvious to the Europeans when they first beheld the natives of America, that these were unlike the intellectual white-skinned race of Europe, the barbarous blacks of Africa, or any nation or people which they had hitherto encountered, yet were strikingly like each other. Into whatsoever part of the newly discovered lands they penetrated, they found a people seemingly one in color, physiognomy, customs, and in mental and social traits. Their vestiges of antiquity and their languages presented a coincidence which was generally observed by early travelers. Hence physical and psychological comparisons are advanced to prove ethnological resemblances among all the peoples of America, and that they meanwhile possess common peculiarities totally distinct from the nations of the old world. Morton and his confreres, the originators of the American homogeneity theory, even go so far as to claim for the American man an origin as indigenous as that of the fauna and flora. They classify all the tribes of America, excepting only the Eskimos who wandered over from Asia, as the American race, and divide it into the American family and the Toltecan family. Blumenbach classifies the Americans as a distinct species. The American Mongolidae of Dr Latham are divided into Eskimos and American Indians. Dr Morton perceives the same characteristic lineaments in the face of the Fuegian and the Mexican, and in tribes inhabiting the Rocky Mountains, the Mississippi Valley, and Florida. The same osteological structure, swarthy color, straight hair, meagre beard, obliquely cornered eyes, prominent cheek bones, and thick lips are common to them all. INDIVIDUALITY OF RACE. 21 Dr Latham describes his American Mongolidoe as exercising upon the world a material rather than a moral influence; giving them meanwhile a color, neither a true white nor a jet black; hair straight and black, rarely light, sometimes curly; eyes sometimes oblique; a broad, flat face and a retreating forehead. Dr Prichard considers the American race, psychologically, as neither superior nor inferior to other primitive races of the world. Bory de St Vincent classifies Americans into five species, including the Eskimos. The Mexicans he considers as cognate with the Malays. Humboldt characterizes the nations of America as one race, by their straight glossy hair, thin beard, swarthy complexion, and cranial formation. Schoolcraft makes four groups; the first extending across the northern end of the continent; the second, tribes living east of the Mississippi ; the third, those between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains; and the fourth, those west of the Rocky Mountains. All these he subdivides into thirty- seven families; but so far as those on the Pacific Coast are concerned, he might as reasonably have made of them twice or half the number. All writers agree in giving to the nations of America a remote antiquity; all admit that there exists a greater uniformity between them than is to be found in the old world; many deny that all are one race. There is undoubtedly a prevailing uniformity in those physical characteristics wrhich govern classification; but this uniformity goes as far to prove one universal race throughout the world, as it does to prove a race peculiar to America. Traditions, ruins, moral and physical peculiarities, all denote for Americans a remote antiquity. The action of a climate peculiar to America, and of natural surroundings common to all the people of the continent, could not fail to produce in time a similarity of physiological structure. The impression of a New World individuality of race was no doubt strengthened in the eyes of the Conquerors, ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. and in the mind of the train of writers that followed, by the fact, that the newly discovered tribes were more like each other than were any other peoples they had ever before seen; and at the same time very much unlike any nation whatever of the old world. And so any really existing physical distinctions among the American stocks came to be overlooked or undervalued. Darwin, on the authority of Elphinstone, observes that in India, " although a newly arrived European cannot at first distinguish the various native races, yet they soon appear to him entirely dissimilar; and the Hindoo cannot at first perceive any difference between the several European nations." It has been observed by Prof, von Martius that the literary and architectural remains of the civilized tribes of America indicate a higher degree of intellectual elevation than is likely to be found in a nation emerging from barbarism. In their sacerdotal ordinances, privileged orders, regulated despotisms, codes of law, and forms of government are found clear indications of a relapse from civilization to barbarism. Chateaubriand, from the same premises, develops a directly opposite conclusion, and perceives in all this high antiquity and civilization only a praiseworthy evolution from primeval barbarism. Thus arguments drawn from a comparison of parallel traits in the moral, social, or physical condition of man should be received with allowance, for man has much in common not only with man, but with animals. Variations in bodily structure and mental faculties are governed by general laws. The great variety of climate which characterizes America could not fail to produce various habits of life. The half-torpid Hyperborean, the fierce warrior-hunter of the vast interior forests, the sluggish, swarthy native of the tropics, and the intelligent Mexican of the table-land, slowly developing into civilization under the refining influences of arts and letters,—all these indicate variety in the unity of the RACES OF THE PACIFIC. American race; while the insulation of American nations, and the general characteristics incident to peculiar physical conditions could not fail to produce a unity in their variety. The races of the Pacific States embrace all the varieties of species known as American under any of the classifications mentioned. Thus, in the five divisions of Blumenbach, the Eskimos of the north would come under the fourth division, which embraces Malays and Polynesians, and which is distinguished by a high square skull, low forehead, short broad nose, and projecting jaws. To his fifth class, the American, which he subdivides into the American family and the Toltecan family, he gives a small skull with a high apex, flat on the occiput, high cheek bones, receding forehead, aquiline nose, large mouth, and tumid lips. Morton, although he makes twenty-two divisions in all, classifies Americans in the same manner. The Polar family he characterizes as brown in color, short in stature, of thick, clumsy proportions, with a short neck, large head, flat face, small nose, and eyes disposed to obliquity. He perceives an identity of race among all the other stocks from Mount St Elias to Patagonia; though he designates the semi-civilized tribes of Mexico and Peru as the Toltecan family, and the savage nations as the Appalachian branch of the American family. Dr Prichard makes three divisions of the tribes bordering the Pacific between Mount St Elias and Cape St Lucas : the tribes from the borders of the Eskimos southward to Vancouver Island constitute the first division; the tribes of Oregon and Washington, the second; and the tribes of Upper and Lower California, the third. Pickering assigns the limits of the American, Malay, or Toltecan family to California and western Mexico. He is of the opinion that they crossed from southeastern Asia by way of the islands of the Pacific, and landed upon this continent south of San Francisco, there being no traces of them north of this point; while the Mongolians found 2i ETHNOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. their way from northeastern Asia across Bering Strait. The Californians, therefore, he calls Malays; and the inhabitants of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon, he classifies as Mongolians. Californians, in the eyes of this traveler, differ from their northern neighbors in complexion and physiognomy. :' The only physiological test that Mr Pickering was able to apply in order to distinguish the Polynesian in San Francisco from the native Californian, was that the hair of the former was wavy, while that of the latter was straight. Both have more hair than the Oregon- ian. The skin of the Malay of the Polynesian Islands, and that of the Californian are alike, soft and very dark. Three other analogous characteristics were discovered by Mr Pickering. Both have an open countenance, one wife, and no tomahawk! On the other hand, the Mongolian from Asia, and the Oregonian are of a lighter complexion, and exhibit the same general resemblances that are seen in the American and Asiatic Eskimos. In general the Toltecan family may be described as of good stature, well proportioned, rather above medium size, of a light copper color; as having long black obliquely pointed eyes, regular white teeth, glossy black hair, thin beard, prominent cheek bones, thick lips, large aquiline nose, and retreating forehead. A gentle expression about the mouth is blended with severity and melancholy in the upper portion of the face. They are brave, cruel in war, sanguinary in religion, and revengeful. They 'are intelligent; possess minds well adapted to the pursuit of knowledge; and, at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards, were well advanced in history, architecture, mathematics, and astronomy. They, constructed aqueducts, extracted metals, carved images in gold, silver, and copper; they could spin, weave, and dye; they could accurately cut precious stones; they cultivated corn and cotton; built large cities, constructing their buildings of stone and lime; made roads and erected stupendous tumuli. SAVAGE HUMANITY. Certain ethnological zones have been observed Dy some, stretching across the continent in various latitudes, broken somewhat by intersecting continental elevations, but following for the most part isothermal lines which, on coming from the east, bend northward as the softer air of the Pacific is entered. Thus the Eskimos nearly surround the pole. Next come the Tinneh, stretching across the continent from the east, somewhat irregularly, but their course marked generally by thermic lines, bending northward after crossing the Rocky Mountains, their southern boundary, touching the Pacific, about the fifty-fifth parallel. The Algonkin family border on the Tinneh, commencing at the mouth of the St Lawrence River, and extending westward to the Rocky Mountains. Natural causes alone prevent the extension of these belts round the entire earth. Indeed, both philologists and physiologists trace lines of affinity across the Pacific, from island to island, from one continent to the other; one line, as we have seen, crossing Bering Strait, another following the Aleutian Archipelago, and a third striking the coast south of San Francisco Bay. It is common for those unaccustomed to look below the surface of things, to regard Indians as scarcely within the category of humanity. Especially is this the case when we, maddened by some treacherous outrage, some diabolic act of cruelty, hastily pronounce them incorrigibly wicked, inhumanly malignant, a nest of vipers, the extermination of which is a righteous act. All of which may be true; but, judged by this standard, has not every nation on earth incurred the death penalty ? Human nature is in no wise changed by culture. The European is but a white-washed savage. Civilized venom is no less virulent than savage venom. It ill becomes the full grown man to scoff at the ineffectual attempts of the little child, and to attempt the cure of its faults by killing it. No more is it a m^rk of benevolent wisdom in those favored by a superior intel- 26 FIRST INTERCOURSE WITH EUROPEANS. ligence, with the written records of the past from which to draw experience and learn how best to shape their course for the future, to cry down the untaught man of the wilderness, deny him a place in this world or the next, denounce him as a scourge, an outlaw, and seize upon every light pretext to assist him off the stage from which his doom is so rapidly removing him. We view man in his primitive state from a wrong stand-point at the outset. In place of regarding savages as of one common humanity with ourselves, and the ancestors perhaps of peoples higher in the scale of being, and more intellectual than any the world has yet seen, we place them among the common enemies of mankind, and regard them more in the light of wild animals than of wild men. And let not him who seeks a deeper insight into the mysteries of humanity despise beginnings, things crude and small. The difference between the cultured and the primitive man lies chiefly in the fact that one has a few centuries the start of the other in the race of progress. Before condemning the barbarian, let us first examine his code of ethics. Let us draw our light from his light, reason after his fashion; see in the sky, the earth, the sea, the same fantastic imagery that plays upon his fancy, and adapt our sense of right and wrong to his social surroundings. Just as human nature is able to appreciate divine nature only as divine nature accords wTith human nature; so the intuitions of lower orders of beings can be comprehended only by bringing into play our lower faculties. Nor can we any more clearly appreciate the conceptions of beings below us than of those above us. The thoughts, reasonings, and instincts of an animal or insect are as much a mystery to the human intellect as are the lofty contemplations of an archangel. Three hundred and thirty-six years were occupied in the discovery of the western border of North America. From the time when, in 1501, the adventurous notary of Triana, Rodrigo de Bastidas, approached the Isthmus of Darien, in search of gold and pearls, till the year 1837, when Messrs Dease and PACIFICATION OF TIERRA FIRME. 27 Simpson, by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, completed the survey of the northern extremity, which bounds the Arctic Ocean, the intervening territory was discovered at intervals, and under widely different circumstances. During that time, under various immediate incentives, but with the broad principle of avarice underlying all, such parts of this territory as were conceived to be of sufficient, value were seized, and the inhabitants made a prey to the rapacity of the invaders. Thus the purpose of the worthy notary Bastidas, the first Spaniard who visited the continent of North America, was pacific barter with the Indians; and his kind treatment was rewarded by a successful traffic. Next came Columbus, from the opposite direction, sailing southward along the coast of Honduras on his fourth voyage, in 1502. His was the nobler object of discovery. He was striving to get through or round this tierra firme which, standing between himself and his theory, persistently barred his progress westward. He had no time for barter, .nor any inclination to plant settlements; he was looking for a strait or passage through or round these outer confines to the more opulent regions of India. But, unsuccessful in his laudable effort, he at length yielded to the clamorous cupidity of his crew. He permitted his brother, the Adelantado, to land and take possession of the country for the king of Spain, and, in the year following, to attempt a settlement at Veragua. In 1506-8, Juan de Solis with Pinzon continued the search of Columbus, along the coast of Yucatan and Mexico, for a passage through to the southern ocean. The disastrous adventures of Alonzo de Ojeda, Diego de Nicuesa, and Juan de la Cosa, on the Isthmus of Darien, between the years 1507 and 1511, brought into more intimate contact the steel weapons of the chivalrous hidalgos with the naked bodies of the savages. Vasco Nunez de Balboa, after a toilsome journey across the Isthmus in 1513, was rewarded by the first view of the Pacific Ocean, of which he took possession for the king of Spain on the twenty-fifth of September. The white sails of Cordova Grijalva, and Garay, descried by the natives of Yucatan and Mexico in 1517-19, were quickly followed by Cortes and hi^ keen-scented band of adventurers, who, received by the unsuspecting natives as gods, would have been dismissed by them as fiends had not the invasion culminated in the conquest of Mexico. During the'years 1522-24, Cortes made expeditions to Tehuantepec, Pdnuco, and Central America; Gil Gonzales and Cristobal de Olid invaded Nicaragua and Honduras. Nuno de Guzman in 1530, with a large force, took possession of the entire northern country from the city of Mexico to the northern boundary of Sinaloa; and Cabeza de Vaca crossed the continent from Texas to Sinaloa in the years 1528-36. Journeys to the north were made by Cortes, Ulloa, Coronado, Mendoza, and Cabrillo between the years 1536 and 1542. Hundreds of Roman Catholic missionaries, ready to lay down their lives in their earnest anxiety for the souls of the Indians, spread out into the wilderness in every direction. During the latter part of the sixteenth century had place,—the expedition of Francisco de Ibarra to Sinaloa in 1556, the campaign of Hernando de Bazan against the Indians of Sinaloa in 1570, the adventures of Oxenham in Dariendn 1575, the voyage round the world of Sir Francis Drake, touching upon the Northwest 28 FIRST INTERCOURSE WITH EUROPEANS. Coast in 1579; the expedition of Antonio de Espejo to New Mexico in 1583; Francisco de Gali's return from Macao to Mexico, by way of the Northwest Coast, in 1584; the voyage of Maldonado to the imaginary Straits of Anian in 1588; the expedition of Castario de Sosa to New Mexico in 1590; the voyage of Juan de Fuca to the Straits of Anian in 1592; the wreck of the 'San Agustin upon the Northwest Coast in 1595; the voyage of Sebastian Vizcaino towards California in 1596; the discoveries of Juan de Onate in New Mexico in 1599, and many others. Intercourse with the natives was extended during the seventeenth century by the voyage of Sebastian Vizcaino from Mexico to California in 1602; by the expedition of Francisco de Ortega to Lower California in 1631; by the journey of Thomas Gage from Mexico to Guatemala in 1638; by the voyage round the world of William Dampier in 1679; by the reckless adventures of the Buccaneers from 1680 to 1690; by the expedition of Isidor de Otondo into Lower California in 1683; by the expedition of Father Kino to Sonora and Arizona in 1683; by the expeditions of Kino, Kappus, Mange, Bernal, Carrasco, Salvatierra, and others to Sonora and Arizona.in 1694-9; and by the occupation of Lower California by the Jesuits, Salvatierra, Ugarte, Kino, and Piccolo, from 1697 to 1701. Voyages of circumnavigation were made by Dampier in 1703-4; by Rogers in 1708-11; by Shelvocke in 1719-22, and by Anson in 1740-4. Frondac made a voyage from China to California in 1709. The first voyage through Bering Strait is supposed to have been made by Semun Deschneff a*hd his companions in the year 1648, and purports to have explored the Asiatic coast from the river Kolyma to the south of the river Anadir, thus proving the separation of the continents of Asia and America. In 1711, a Russian Cossack, named Popoff, was sent from the fort on the Anadir river to subdue the rebellious Tschuktschi of Tschul tschi Noss, a point of land on the Asiatic coast near to the American continent. He there received from the natives the first intelligence of the proximity of the continent of America and the character of the inhabitants; an account of which will be given in another place. In 1741, Vitus Bering and Alexei Tschirikoff sailed in company, from Petropaulovski, for the opposite coast of America. They parted company during a storm, the latter reaching the coast in latitude fifty-six, and the former landing at Cape St Elias in latitude sixty degrees north. The earliest information concerning the Aleutian Islanders was obtained by the Russians in the year 1745, when Michael Nevodtsikoff sailed from the Kamtchatka river in pursuit of furs. A Russian commercial company, called the Promyschleniki, was formed, and other hunting and trading voyages followed. Lasareff visited six islands of the Andreanovski group in 1761; and the year following was made the discovery of the Alaskan Peninsula, supposed to be an island until after the survey of the coast by Captain Cook. Drusinin made a hunting expedition to Unalaska and the Fox Islands in 1763; and, during the same year, Stephen Glottoff visited the island of Kadiak. Korovin, Solovieff, Synd, Otseredin, Krenitzen, and other Russian fur-hunters spent the years 1762-5 among the Aleutian Islands, capturing sea-otters, seals, and foxes, and exchanging, with the natives, beads and iron utensils, for furs. OCCUPATION OF CALIFORNIA. 29 A grand missionary movement, growing out of the religious rivalries of the two great orders of the Catholic Church, led to the original occupation of Upper California by Spaniards. The work of Christianizing Lower California was inaugurated by the Jesuits, under Fathers Salvatierra and Kino, in 1697. When the Jesuits were expelled from Mexico in. 1767, their missions were turned oyer to the Franciscans. This so roused the zeal of the Dominicans that they immediately appealed to Spain, and in 1769 obtained an edict, giving them a due share in the missions of LoAver California. The Franciscans, thinking it better to carry their efforts into new fields than to* contend for predominance at home, generously offered to cede the whole of Lqwer California to the Dominicans, and themselves retire to the wild and distant regions of Upper California. This being agreed upon, two expeditions were organized to proceed northward simultaneously, one by water and the other by land. In January, 1769, the ship j San Carlos,' commanded by Vicente Vila, was dispatched for San Diego, followed by the \ San Antonio,' under Juan Perez, and the 'San Jose,' which was unfortunately lost. The land expedition was separated into two divisions; the first under Rivera y Moncada departed from Mexico in March, and arrived at San Diego in May; the second under Gaspar de Portola and Father Junipero Serra reached San Diego in July, 1769. Portola with his companions immediately set out by land for the Bay of Monterey; but, unwittingly passing it by, they continued northward until barred in their progress by the magnificent Bay of San Francisco. Unable to find the harbor of Monterey, they returned to San Diego in January, 1770. In April, Portola made a second and more successful attempt, and arrived at Monterey in May. Meanwhile Perez and Junipero Serra accomplished the voyage by sea, sailing in the ' San Carlos.' In 1772, Pedro Fages and Juan Crespi proceeded from Monterey to explore the Bay of San Francisco. They were followed by .Rivera y Moncada in 1774, and Palou and Ezeta in 1775; and in 1776, Moraga founded the Mission of Dolores. In 1775, Bodega y Quadra voyaged up the Californian coast to the fifty-eighth parallel. In 1776, Dominguez and Es- calante made an expedition from Santa Fe to Monterey. Menonville journeyed to Oajaca in New Spain in 1777. In 1778, Captain Cook, in his third voyage round the world, touched along the Coast from Cape Flattery to Norton Sound; and in 1779, Bodega y Quadra, Maurelle, and Arteaga voyaged up the western coast to Mount St Elias. During the years 1785-8, voyages of circumnavigation were made by Dixon and Portlock, and by La Perouse, all touching upon the Northwest Coast. French Canadian traders were the first to penetrate the northern interior west of Hudson Bay. Their most distant station was on the Saskatchewan River, two thousand miles from civilization, in the heart of an unknown wilderness inhabited by savage men and beasts. These coureurs des bois or wood-rangers, as they were called, were admirably adapted, by their disposition and superior address, to conciliate the Indians and form settlements among them. Unrestrained, however, by control, they committed excesses which the French government could check only by prohibiting, under penalty of death, any but its authorized agents from trading within its territories. 30 FIRST INTERCOURSE WITH EUROPEANS. British merchants at New York soon entered into competition with the fur princes of Montreal. But, in 1670, a more formidable opposition arose in the organization of the Hudson's Bay Company, by Prince Rupert and other noblemen, under a charter of Charles II. which granted exclusive right to all the territory drained by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay. Notwithstanding constant feuds with the French merchants regarding territorial limits, the company prospered from the beginning, paying annual dividends of twenty- five and fifty per cent, after many times increasing the capital stock. In 1676, the Canadians formed the Compagnie du Nord, in order the more successfully to resist encroachment. Upon the loss of Canada by the French in 1762, hostilities thickened between the companies, and the traffic for a time fell off. In 1784, the famous Northwest Company was formed by Canadian merchants, and the management entrusted to the Frobisher brothers and Simon M'Tavish. The head-quarters of the company were at Montreal, but annual meetings were held, with lordly state, at Fort William, on the shore of Lake Superior. The company consisted of twenty-three partners, and employed over two thousand clerks and servants. It exercised an almost feudal sway over a wide savage domain, and maintained a formidable competition with the Hudson's Bay Company, with which they were for two years in actual war. In 18i3, they purchased, from the partners of John Jacob Astor, the settlement of Astoria on the Columbia River. In 1821, they united with the Hudson's Bay Company; and the charter covering the entire region occupied by both was renewed by act of Parliament. In 1762, some merchants of New Orleans organized a company which was commissioned by D'Abadie, director-general of Louisiana, under the name of Pierre Li- gueste Laclede, Antoine Maxan, and Company. Their first post occupied the spot upon which the city of St Louis is now situated; and, under the auspices of the brothers Chouteau, they penetrated northwestward beyond the Rocky Mountains. In 1808, the Missouri Fur Company was formed at St Louis, consisting of the Chouteaus and others; and an expedition under Major Henry was sent across the Rocky Mountains, which established the first post! cm the Columbia River. Between the years 1825 and 1830, the Rocky Mountain Fur Company of St Louis extended their operations over California and Oregon, but at a loss of the lives of nearly one half of their employes.1 John Jacob Astor embarked in the fur trade at New York in 1784, purchasing' at that time in Montreal. In 1808, he obtained a charter for the American Fur Company, which was, in 1811, merged into the Southwest Company. In 1809,' Mr Astor conceived the project of establishing a transcontinental line of posts. His purpose was to concentrate the fur trade of the United States, aid establish uninterrupted communication between the Pacific and the Atlantic. He made proposals of association to the Northwest Company, which were not only rejected, but an attempt was made by that association to anticipate Mr Astor in his operations, by making a settlement at the mouth of the Columbia River. In 1810, the Pacific Fur Company was founded by Mr Astor, and an expedition dispatched overland "by- way of St Louis and the Missouri Rjver. At the same time a vessel was sent round Cape -Horn to the mouth of the Columbia; but, their adventure in that quarter proving THE GREAT NORTHWEST. 31 unsuccessful, the company was dissolved, and the operations of Mr Astor were thereafter confined to the territory east of the Rocky Mountains. Samuel Hearne, an officer of the Hudson's Bay Company, was the first European to reach the Arctic Ocean through the interior of the continent. He descended Coppermine River to its mouth in the year 1771. Th,e Upper Misinipi River, was first visited by Joseph Frobisher in 1775. Three years later, one Peter Pond penetrated to within thirty miles of Athabasca Lake, and established a trading post at that point. Four canoe-loads of merchandise were exchanged by him for more fine furs than his canoes could carry. Other adventurous traders soon followed; but not long afterwards the inevitable broils which always attended the early intercourse of Europeans and Indians, rose to such a height that! but for the appearance of that terrible scourge, the small-pox, the traders would have been extirpated. The ravages of this dire disease continued to depopulate the country until 1782, when traders again appeared among the KnisteneauX and Tinneh. The most northern division of the Northwest Company was at that time the Athabascan Lake region, where Alexander Mackenzie was the managing partner. His winter residence was at Fort Chipewyan, on Athabasca Lake. The Indians who traded at his establishment informed him of the existence of a large river flowing to the westward from Slave Lake. Thinking thereby to reach the Pacific Ocean, Mr Mackenzie, in the year 1789, set out upon an expedition to the west; and, descending the noble stream which bears his name, found himself, contrary to his expectations, upon the shores of the Arctic Sea. In 1793, he made a journey to the Pacific, ascending Peace River, and reaching the coast in latitude about fifty-two. The first expedition organized by the British government for the purpose of surveying the northern coast, was sent out under Lieutenants Franklin and Parry in 1819. During the year following, Franklin descended Coppermine River, and subsequently, in 1825, he made a journey down the Mackenzie. In 1808, D. W. Harmon, a partner in the Northwest Company, crossed the Rocky Mountains, at about the fifty-sixth parallel, to Fraser and Stuart Lakes. The accounts of the natives given by these travelers and their companions are essentially the same, and later voyagers have failed to throw much additional light upon the subject. John Meares, in 1788, visited the Straits of Fuca, Nootka Sound, and Cook Inlet; and, during the same year, two ships, sent out by Boston merchants, under Robert Gray and John Kendrick, entered Nootka Sound. Estevan Martinez and Gonzalo Haro, sent from Mexico to look after the interest of Spain in these regions, explored Prince William Sound, and visited Kadiak. During the same year, the Russians established a trading post at Copper River. In 1789, Joseph Billings visited the Aleutian Islands, and the Boston vessels explored the Eastern coast of Queen Charlotte Island. In 1790, Salvador Fidalgo was sent by the Mexican government to Nootka; and Monal^o explored the Straits of Juan de Fuca. In 1791, four ships belonging to Boston merchants, two Spanish ships, one French and several Russian vessels touched upon the Northwest Coast. The Spanish vessels were under the command of Alejandro Malespina; Etienne Mar- chand was the commander of the French ship. The ' Sutil y Mexicana' en- 32 FIRST INTERCOURSE WITH EUROPEANS. tered Nootka Sound in 1792; and during the samej^ear, Vancouver commenced his explorations along the coast above Cape Flattery. In 1803-4, Baron Von, Humboldt was making his searching investigations in Mexfco; while the captive New Englander, Jewett, was dancing attendance to Maquina, king of the Nootkas. Lewis and Clark traversed the continent in 1805. In 1806, a Mr Fraser set out from Canada, and crossed the Rocky Mountains near the headwaters of the river which bears his name. He descended Fraser River to the lake which he also called after himself. There he built a fort and opened trade with the natives. Kotzebue visited the coast in 1816; and the Russian expedition under Kramchenko, Wasilieff, and Etolin, in 1822. Captain Morrel explored the Californian coast from San Diego to San Francisco in 1825; Captains Beechey and Liitke, the Northwest Coast in 1826; and Sir Edward Belcher in 1837. J. K. Townsend made an excursion west of the Rocky Mountains in 1834. In 1837, Dease and Simpson made an open boat voyage from the Mackenzie River, westward to Point Barrow, the farthest point made by Beechey from the opposite direction, thus reaching the« Ultima Thule of northwestern discovery. Sir George Simpson crossed the continent in 1841, Fremont in 1843, and Paul Kane in 1845. Kushevaroff visited the coast in 1838, Laplace in 1839, Commodore Wilkes in 1841, and Captain Kellett in 1849. Following the discovery of gold, the country was deluged by adventurers. In 1853-4, commenced the series of explorations for a Pacific railway. The necessities of the natives were examined,, and remnants of disappearing nations were collected upon reservations under government agents. The interior of Alaska was first penetrated by the employes of the Russian-American Fur Company. Malakoff ascended the Yukon in 1838; and, in 1842, Derabin established a fort upon that river. In 1849, W. H. Hooper made a boat expedition from Kotzebue Sound to the Mackenzie River; and, in 1866, William H. Dall and Frederick Whymper ascended the Yukon. I have here given a few only of the original sources whence my information is derived concerning the Indians. A multitude of minor voyages and travels have been performed during the past three and a half centuries, and ' accounts published by early residents among the natives, the bare enumeration of which I fear would prove wearisome to the' reader. Enough, however, has been given to show the immediate causes which led to the discovery and occupation of the several parts of this western coast. The Spanish cavaliers craved from the Indians of the South their lands and their gold. The Spanish missionaries demanded from the Indians of Northern Mexico and California, faith. The French, English, Canadian, and American fur companies sought from the Indians of Oregon and New Caledonia, peltries. The Russians compelled the natives of the Aleutian Islands to hunt sea- animals. The filthy raw-fiesh-eating Eskimos, having nothing wherewith to tempt the cupidity of the superior race, retain their primitive purity. We observe then three original incentives urging on civilized white men to overspread the domain of the Indian. The first was that thirst for gold, which characterized the fiery hidalgos from Spain in their con- CUPIDITY AND ZEAL. 33 quests, and to obtain which no cruelty was too severe nor any sacrifice of human life too great; as though of all the gifts vouchsafed to man, material or divine, one only was worth possessing. The second, following closely in the footsteps of the first, and oftentimes constituting a part of it, was religious enthusiasm; a zealous interest in the souls of the natives and the form in which they worshiped. The third, which occupied the attention of other and more northern Europeans, grew put of a covetous desire for the wild man's clothing; to secure to themselves the peltries of the great hyperborean regions of America. From the south of Europe the Spaniards landed in tropical North America, and exterminated the natives. From the north of Europe the French, English, and Russians crossed over to the northern part of America; and, with a kinder and more refined cruelty, no less effectually succeeded in sweeping them from the face of the earth by the introduction of the poisonous elements of a debased cultivation. Fortunately for the Indians of the north, it was contrary to the interests of white people to kill them in order to obtain the skins of their animals; for, with a few trinkets, they could procure what otherwise would require long and severe labor to obtain. The policy, therefore, of the great fur- trading companies has been to cherish the Indians as their best hunters, to live at peace with them, to heal their ancient feuds, and to withhold from them intoxicating liquors. The condition of their women, who were considered by the natives as little better than beasts, has been changed by their inter- social relations with the servants of the trading companies; and their more barbarous practices discontinued. It was the almost universal custom of the employes of the Hudson's Bay Company to unite to themselves, native •*vomen; thus, by means of this relationship, the condition of the women has b^en raised, while the men manifest a kinder feeling towards the white race who thus in a measure become one with them, j The efforts of early missionaries to this region were not crowned with that success which attended the Spaniards in their spiritual warfare upon the southern nations, from the fact that no attention was paid to the temporal necessities of the natives. It has long since been demonstrated impossible to reach the heart of a savage through abstract ideas of morality and elevation of character. A religion, in order to find favor in his eyes, must first meet some of his material requirements. If it is good, it will clothe.him better and feed him better, for this to him is the chief est good in life. Intermixtures of civilized with savage peoples are sure to result in the total disappearance of ^refinement on the one side, or in the extinction of the barbaric race on the other. The downward path is always the easiest. Of all the millions of native Americans who have perished under the withering influences of European civilization, there is not a single instance on record, of a tribe or nation having been reclaimed, ecclesiastically or otherwise, by artifice and argument. Individual savages have been educated with a fair degree of success. But, with a degree of certainty far greater, no sooner is the white man freed from the social restraint of civilized companionship, than he immediately tends towards barbarism; and not unfrequently becomes'so fascinated with his new life as to prefer it to any other. Social development is inherent: Vol. I. 3 CHAPTER Ii: HYPERBOREANS. General Divisions—Hyperborean Nations—Aspects of Nature—Vegetation— Climate — Animals— The Eskimos—Their Country—Physical Characteristics — Dress — Dwellings —Food — Weapons — Boots — Sledges—Snow-Shoes—Governments-Domestic Affairs—Amusements —Diseases—Burial—The Koniagas, their Physical and Social Condition—The Aleuts—The Thlinkeets—The Tinneh. I shall attempt to describe the physical and mental characteristics of the Native Races of the Pacific States under seven distinctive groups; namely, I. Hyperboreans, being those nations whose territory lies north of the fifty-fifth parallel; II. Columbians, who dwell between the fifty-fifth and forty-second parallels, and whose lands to some extent are drained by the Columbia River and its tributaries; III. Californians, and the In-, habitants of the Great Basin; IV. New Mexicans, including the nations of the Colorado River and northern Mexico; V. Wild Tribes of Mexico; VI. Wild Tribes of Central America; VII. Civilized Nations of Mexico and Central America. It is my purpose, without any attempt at ethnological classification; or further comment concerning races and stocks, plainly to portray such customs and characteristics as were peculiar to each people at the time of its first intercourse with European strangers leaving scientists to make their own deductions, and draw specific lines between linguistic and physiological families, as they may deem proper. I shall endeavor to picture these nations in their aboriginal condition, as seen (35) 35 HYPEKBOEEANS. by the first invaders, as described by those who beheld them in their savage grandeur, and before they'were startled from their lair by the treacherous voice of civilized friendship. Now they are gone,—those dusky denizens of a thousand forests,—melted like hoar-frost before the rising sun of a superior intelligence; and it is only from the earliest records, from the narratives of eye witnesses, many of them rude unlettered men, trappers, sailors, and soldiers, that we are able to know them as they were. Some division of the work into parts, however arbitrary it may be, is indispensable. In dealing with Mythology, and in tracing the tortuous course of Language, boundaries, will be dropped and beliefs and tongues will be followed wherever they lead; but in describing Manners and Customs, to avoid confusion, territorial divisions are necessary. In the groupings which I have adopted, one cluster of nations follows another in geographical succession; the dividing line not being more distinct, perhaps, than that which distinguishes some national divisions, but sufficiently marked, in mental and physical peculiarities, to entitle each group to a separate consideration. The only distinction of race made by naturalists, upon the continents of both North and South America, until a comparatively recent period, was by segregating the first of the above named groups from all other people of both continents, and calling one Mongolians and the other Americans. A more intimate acquaintance with the nations of the North proves conclusively that one cf the boldest types of the American Indian proper, the linneh, lies within the territory of this first group, conterminous with the Mongolian Eskimos, and crowding' them down to a narrow line along the shore of the Arctic Sea. The nations of the second group, although exhibiting multitudinous variations in minor traits, are essentially one people. Between the California Diggers of the third division and the New Mexican Towns-people of the fourth, there is more diversity; and a still greater GBOUPINGS AND SUBDIVISIONS. 37 difference between the savage and civilized nations of the Mexican table-land. Any classification or division of the subject which could be made would be open to criticism. I therefore adopt the most simple practical plan, one which will present the subject most clearly to the general reader, and leave it in the best shape foi purposes of theorizing and generalization. In the first or Hyperborean group, to which this chapter is devoted, are five subdivisions, as follows: The Eskimos, commonly called Western Eskimos, who skirt the shores of the Arctic Ocean from Mackenzie River to Kotzebue Sound; the Koniagas or Southern Eskimos, who, commencing at Kotzebue Sound, cross the Kaviak Peninsula, border on Bering Sea from Norton Sound southward, and stretch over the Alaskan1 Peninsula and Koniagan 1 Of late, custom gives to the main land of Russian America, the name Alaska; to the peninsula, Aliaska; and to a large island of the Aleutian Archipelago, Unalashka. The word of which the present name Alaska is a corruption, is first encountered in the narrative of Betsevin, who, in 1761, wintered on the peninsula, supposing it to be an island. The author of Neue Nachrichten von denen neuentdekten Insuln, writes, page 53, f womit man nach der abgelegen- sten Insul Aldksu oder Alachschak iiber gieng.' Again, at page 57, in giving a description of the animals on the supposed island he calls it ' auf der Insul Aldsku.' ' This,' says Coxe, Russian Discoveries, p. 72, 'is probably the same island which is laid down in Krenitzin's chart under the name of Alaxa.' Unalaschka is given by the author of Neue- Nachrichten, p. 74, in his narrative of the voyage of Drusinin, who hunted on that island in 1763. At page 115 he again mentions the 'grosse Insul Aldksu.' On page 125, in Glottoff's log-book, 1764, is the entry: 'Den28sten May der Wind Ostsudost; man kam an die Insul Alaska oder Aldksu.' Still following the author of Neue Nachrichten, we have on page 166, in an account of the voyages of Otseredin and Popoff, who hunted upon the Aleutian Islands in 1769, mention of a report by the natives jj that beyond Unimak is said to be a large land Aldschka, the extent of which the islanders do not know.' On Cook's Atlas, voyage 1778, the peninsulars called Alaska, and the island Oonalaska. La Perouse, in his atlas, map No. 15, 1786, calls the peninsula Alaska, and the'island Ounalaska. The Spaniards, in the Atlas para el Viage de las goletas Sidil y Mexicana, 1792, write Alasca for the peninsula, and for the island Unalaska. Sauer, in his account of Billings' expedition, 1790, calls the main land Alaska, the peninsula Alyaska, and the island Oonalashka. Wrangell, in Baer's Statis- tische und ethnographische Nachrichten, p. 123, writes for the peninsula Alaska and for the island Unalaschka. Holmberg, Ethnographische Skizzen, p. 78, calls the island Unalaschka and the peninsula Aljaska. Dall, Alaska, p. 529, says that the peninsula or main land was called by the natives Alayeksa, and the island Nagun-alayeksa, * or the land near Alayeksa.' Thus we have, from which to choose, the orthography of the earliest voyagers to this coast — Russian, English, French, Spanish, German, and American. The simple word Alaksu. after undergoing many contortions, some authors writing it differently on different pages of the same boolj, has at length become Alaska, as applied to the main land; Aliaska for the peninsula, and Una- F 38 HYPERBOREANS. Islands to the mouth of the Atna or Copper River, extending back into the interior about one hundred and fifty miles; the Aleuts, or people of the Aleutian Archipelago; the IJilinkeets, who inhabit the coast and islands between the rivers Atna and Nass; and the linneh, or Athabascas, occupying the territory between the above described boundaries and Hudson Bay. Each of these families is divided into nations or tribes, distinguished one from another by slight dialectic or other differences, which tribal divisions will be given in treating of the several nations respectively. Let us first cast a glance over this broad domain, and mark those aspects of nature which exercise so powerful an influence upon the destinies of mankind. Midway between Mount St Elias and the Arctic seaboard rise three mountain chains. One, the Rocky Mountain range, crossing from the Yukon to the Mackenzie River, deflects southward, and taking up its mighty line of march, throws a barrier between the east and the west, which extends throughout the entire length of the continent. Between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific, interposes another called in Oregon the Cascade Range, and in California the Sierra Nevada; while from the same starting-point, the Alaskan range stretches out to the southwest along the Alaskan Peninsula, and breaks into fragments in the Aleutian Archipelago. Three noble streams, the Mackenzie, the Yukon, and the Kuskoquim, float the boats of the inland Hyperboreans and supply them with food; while from the heated waters of Japan comes a current of the sea, bathing the icy coasts with genial warmth, tempering the air, and imparting gladness to the oily watermen of the coast, to the northernmost limit of their lands. The northern border of this territory is treeless; the southern shore, absorbing more warmth and moisture from the Japan current, is fringed with dense forests; lashka as the name of the island. As these names are all corruptions from some one original word, whatever that may be, I see no reason for giving the error three different forms. I therefore write Alaska for the mainland and peninsula, and Unalaska for the island. MAN AND NATURE. 89 while the interior, interspersed with hills, and lakes, and woods, and grassy plains, during the short summer is clothed in luxuriant vegetation. Notwithstanding the frowning aspect of nature, animal life in the Arctic regions is most abundant. The ocean swarms with every species of fish and sea-mammal ; the land abounds in reindeer, moose, musk-oxen; in black, grizzly, and Arctic bears; in wolves, foxes, beavers, mink, ermine, martin, otters, raccoons, and water-fowl. Immense herds of buffalo roam over the bleak grassy plains of the eastern Tinneh, but seldom venture far to the west of the Rocky Mountains. Myriads of birds migrate to and fro between their breeding-places in the interior of Alaska, the open Arctic Sea, and the warmer latitudes of the south. From the Gulf of Mexico, from the islands of the Pacific, from the lakes of California, of Oregon, and of Washington they come, fluttering and feasting, to rear their young during the sparkling Arctic summer-day. The whole occupation of man throughout this region, is a struggle for life. So long as the organism is plentifully supplied with heat-producing food, all is well. Once let the internal fire go down, and all is ill. Unlike the inhabitants of equatorial latitudes, where, Edenlike, the sheltering tree drops food, and the little nourishment essential to life may be obtained by only stretching forth the hand and plucking it, the Hyperborean man must maintain a constant warfare with nature, or die. His daily food depends upon the success of his daily battle with beasts, birds, and fishes, which dispute with him possession of sea and land. Unfortunate in his search for game, or foiled in his attempt at capture, he must fast. The associate of beasts, governed by the same emergencies, preying upon animals as animals prey upon each other, the victim supplying all the necessities of the victor, occupying territory in common, both alike drawing supplies directly from the storehouse of nature,.—primitive / 40 HYPEKBOBEANS. man derives his very quality from the brute with which he struggles. The idiosyncrasies of the animal fasten upon him, and that upon which he feeds becomes a part of him. Thus, in a nation of hunters inhabiting a rigorous climate, we may look for wiry, keen-scented men, who in their war upon wild beasts put forth strength and endurance in order to overtake and capture the strong; cunning is opposed by superior cunning; a stealthy watchfulness governs every movement, while the intelligence of the man contends with the instincts of the brute. Fishermen, on the other hand, who obtain their food with comparatively little effort, are more sluggish in their natures and less noble in their development. In the icy regions of the north, the animal creation sirpplies man with food, clothing, and caloric; with all the requisites of an existence under circumstances apparently the most adverse to comfort; and when he digs his dwelling beneath the ground, or walls out the piercing winds with snow, his ultimate is attained. The chief differences in tribes occupying the interior and the seaboard,—the elevated, treeless, grassy plains east of the Rocky Mountains, and the humid islands and shores of the great Northwest,—grow out of necessities arising from their methods of procuring food. Even causes so slight as the sheltering bend of a coastline ; the guarding of a shore by islands; the breaking of a seaboard b}^ inlets and covering of the strand with sea-weed and polyps, requiring only the labor of gathering; or the presence of a bluff coast or windy promontory, whose occupants are obliged to put forth more vigorous action for sustenance—all govern man in his, development. Turn now to the most northern division of our most northern group. The Eskimos, Esquimaux, or as they call themselves, Jrmuitj 'the people,' from inuk, 'man,'2 occupy the 2 The name is said, by Charlevoix 'to be derived from the language of the Abenaqui, a tribe of Algonquins in Canada, who border upon them and call THE ESKIMOS. 41 Arctic seaboard from eastern Greenland along the entire continent of America, and across Bering3 Strait to the Asiatic shore. Formerly the inhabitants of our whole Hyperborean sea-coast, from the Mackenzie River to Queen Charlotte Island —the interior being entirely unknown—were denominated Eskimos, and were of supposed Asiatic origin.4 The tribes of southern. them "Esquimantsic." ' 'L'originedeleurnomn'est pas certain. Toutefois il y a bien de l'apparence qu'il vient du mot Abenaqui, esquimantsic qui veut dire "niangeur de viande cruei." ' See Prichard's Physical History of Man- kind, vol. v., pp. 367, 373. ' French writers call them Eskimaux.' 'English authors, in adopting this term, have most generally written it "Esquimaux," but Dr. Latham, and other recent ethnologists, write it "Eskimos," after the Danish orthography.' Richardson's Polar Regions, p. 298. 'Probably of Canadian origin, and the word, which in French orthography is written Esquimaux, was probably originally Ceux qui miaux (miaulent).' Richardson's Journal, vol. i., p. 340. 'Said to be a corruption of Eskimantik, i. e. raw-, fish-eaters, a nickname given them by their former neighbors, the Mohicans.' Seemann's Voyage of the Herald, vol. ii., p. 49. Eskimo is derived from a word indicating sorcerer or Shaman. ' The northern Tinneh use the word \Uskeemi.' Ball's Alaska, pp. 144, 531. 'Their own national designation is " Keralifc."' Morton's Crania Americana, p. 52. They ' call themselves " In- nuit," which signifiejT^man." ' Armstrong's Narrative, p. 191. 3 It is not without reluctance that I change a word from the commonly accepted orthography. Names of places, though originating in error, when once established, it is better to leave unchanged. Indian names, coming to us through Kussian, German, French, or Spanish writers, should be presented in English by such letters as will best produce the original Indian pronunciation. European personal names, however, no matter how long, nor how commonly they may have been erroneously used, should be immediately corrected. Every man who can spell is supposed to be able to give the correct orthography of his own name, and his spelling should in every instance be followed, when it can be ascertained. Veit Bering, anglice Vitus Behring, was of a Danish family, several members of which were well known in, literature before hi s own time. In D anish writings, as well as among the biographies of Russian admirals, where may be found a fac-simile of his autograph, the name is spelled Bering. It is so given by Humboldt, and by the Bictionnaire de la Conversation. I The author of the Neue Nachrichten von denen neuentdekten Insuln, one of the oldest printed works on Russian discoveries in America; as well as Miiller, who was the companion of Bering for many years; and Buschmann,—all write Bering. Baer remarks: 'Ich schreibe ferner Bering, obgleich es jetzt fast allgemein geworden ist, Behring zu schreiben, und auch die Englfinder und Franzosen sich der letztern Schreibart bequemt haben. Bering war ein Dane und seine Familie war lange vor ihm in der Literatur- Geschichte bekannt. Sie hat ihren Namen auf die von mir angenommene Weise drucken lassen. Derselben Schreibart bediente sich auch der Historiograph Miiller, der langere Zeit unter seinen Befehlen gedient hatte^ und Pallas.' Statistische xmd ethnographische Nachrichten, p. 328. There is no doubt that the famous navigator wrote his name Bering, and that the letter 'h' was subsequently inserted to give the Danish sound to the letter 'e.' To accomplish the same purpose, perhaps, Coxe, Langsdorff, Beechey, ancj others write Beering. 4 * Die Kadjacker im Gegentheil nahern sich mehr den Amerikanischen Sttimmen und gleichen in ihrem Aeussern gar nicht den Eskimos oder den 42 HYPERBOREANS. Alaska were then found to differ essentially from those of the northern coast. Under the name Eskimos, therefore, I include only the Western Eskimos of certain writers, whose southern boundary terminates at Kotzebue Sound.5 Eskimo-land is thinly peopled, and but little is known of tribal divisions. At the Coppermine River, the Eskimos are called Naggeuldormiites, or deer-horns; at the eastern outlet of the Mackenzie, their tribal name is Kittegarute; between the Mackenzie River and Barter Reef, they go by the name of Kangmali Innnit; at Point Barrow they call themselves Nuwnngmutes; wrhile on the Nunatok River, in the vicinity of Kotzebue Sound, they are known as Nunatangmntes. Their villages, consisting of five or six families each,6 are scattered along the coast. A village site is usually selected upon some good landing-place, where there is sufficient depth of water to float a whale. Between tribes is left a spot of unoccupied or neutral ground, upon which small parties meet during the summer for purposes of trade.7 The Eskimos are essentially a peculiar people. Their character and their condition, the one of necessity growing out of the other, are peculiar. First, it is claimed for them that they are the anomalous race of America— the only people of the new world clearly identical with any race of the old. Then they are the most littoral people in the world. The linear extent of their occupancy, all of it a narrowr seaboard averaging scarcely one hundred Asiatischen Volkern, wahrscheinlich haben sie durch die Vermischung mit den Stammen Amerika's ihre urspriingliche Asiatische aussere Gestalt und Gesichtsbildung verloren und nur die Sprache beibehalten.' Baer, Stat. u. eiJtn. Nachr., p. 124. ' lis ressemblent beaucoup aux indigenes des iles Curiles, dependantes du Japon.' Laplace, Circumnavigation de I'Artemise, vol. vi., p. 45. 5 'The tribes crowded together on the shores of Beering's Sea within a comparatively small extent of coast-line, exhibit a greater variety, both in personal appearance and dialect, than that which exists between the Western Eskimos and their distant countrymen in Labrador; and ethnologists have found some difficulty in classifying them properly.' Richafdson's Jour., vol, i., p. 363. * For authorities, see Tribal Boundaries, at the end of this chapter. 7 Collinsbn, in London Geographical Society Journal, vol. x£v. p. 2CI. ESKIMO LAND. 43 miles in width, is estimated at not less than five thousand miles. Before them is a vast, unknown, icy ocean, upon which they scarcely dare venture beyond sight of land; behind them, hostile mountaineers ever ready to dispute encroachment. Their very mother-earth, upon wrhose cold bosom they have been borne, age after age through countless generations,8 is almost impenetrable, thawless ice. Their days and nights, and seasons and years, are not like those of other'men. Six months of day succeed six months of night. Three months of sunless winter; three months of nightless summer; six months of glimmering twilight. About the middle of October9 commences the long night of winter. The earth and sea put on an icy covering; beasts and birds depart for regions sheltered or more congenial; humanity huddles in subterraneous dens; all nature sinks into repose. The little heat left by the retreating sun soon radiates out into the deep blue realms of space;. the temperature sinks rapidly to forty or fifty degrees below freezing; the air is hushed, the ocean calm, the sky cloudless. An awful, painful stillness pervades the dreary solitude. Not a sound is heard; the distant din of busy man, and the noiseless hum of the wilderness alike are wanting. Whispers become audible at a considerable distance, and an insupportable sense of loneliness oppresses the inexperienced visitor.10 Occasionally the aurora borealis flashes out in prismatic coruscations, throwing a brilliant arch from east to west—now in variegated oscillations, graduating through all the various tints of blue, and green, and violet, and crimson; darting, flashing, or streaming in yellow columns, upwards, downwards; now blazing steadily, now 8 ' Im nordwestlichsten Theile von Amerika fand Franklin den Boden, Mitte August, shon in einer Tiefe von 16 Zoll gefroren. Richardson sah an einem ostlicheren Punkte der Kiiste, in 71° 12' Breite, die Eisschicht im Julius aufgethaut bis 3 Fuss unter der krautbedeckten Oberflache. Humboldt, Kosmos, torn. iv. p. 47. 9 Silliman's. Journal, vol. xvi., p. 130. Seemann's Toy. Hei-ald, vol. ii., p. 13. Armstrong's Nar., p. 289. 'J ' Characteristic of the Arctic regions.' Sittiman's Jour., vol. xvi., p. 143. 44 HYPERBOREANS. in wavy undulations, sometimes up to the very zenith; momentarily lighting up in majestic grandeur the cheerless frozen scenery, but only to fall back with exhausted force, leaving a denser obscurity. Nature's electric lantern, suspended for a time in the frosty vault of heaven ; — munificent nature's fire - works ; with the polar owl, the polar bear, and the polar man, spectators. In January, the brilliancy of the stars is dimmed perceptibly at noon; in February, a golden tint rests upon the horizon at the same hour; in March, the incipient dawn broadens; in April, the dozing Eskimo rubs his eyes and crawls forth; in May, the snow, begins to melt, the impatient grass and flowers arrive as it departs.11 In June, the summer has fairly come. Under the incessant rays of the never setting sun, the snow speedily disappears, the ice breaks up, the glacial earth softens for a depth of one, two, or three feet; circulation is restored to vegetation,12 which, during winter, had been stopped,—if we may believe Sir John Richardson, even the largest trees freezing to the heart. Sea, and plain, and rolling steppe lay aside their seamless shroud of white, and a brilliant tint of emerald overspreads the landscape.13 All Nature, with one resounding cry, leaps up and claps her hands for joy. Flocks of birds, lured from their winter homes, fill the air with their melody; myriads of wild fowls send forth their shrill cries; the nioose and the reindeer flock down from the forests ;14 from the resonant sea comes the 11 At Kotzebue Sound, in July, Choris writes: 'Le sol etait emaille de fleurs de couleurs variees, dans tons les endroitsou la neige venait de fondre.' Voyage Pittoresque, pt. ii., p. 8. 12 ' In der Einikle der Inseln von Neu-Sibirien finden grosse Heerden von Rennthieren und zahllose Lemminge noch hinlangiiche Nahrung.' Humboldt, Kosmos, vol. iv., p. 42. 13 ' Thermometer rises as high as 61° Fahr. With a sun shining throughout the twenty-four hours the growth of plants is rapid in the extreme.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 15. 14 * During the period of incubation of the aquatic birds, every hole and projecting crag on the sides of this rock is occupied by them. Its shores resound with the chorus of thousands of the feathjsry tribe.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 349. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS. 45 noise of spouting whales and barking seals; and this so lately dismal, cheerless region, blooms with an exhuber- ance of life equaled only by the shortness of its duration. And in token of a just appreciation of the Creator's goodness, this animated medley—man, and beasts, and birds, and fishes—rises up, divides, falls to, and ends in eating or in being eaten. The physical characteristics of the Eskimos are: a fair complexion, the skin, when free from dirt and paint, being almost white;15 a medium stature, well proportioned, thick-set, muscular, robust, active,16 with small and beautifully shaped hands and feet;17 a pyramidal 15 ' Their complexion, if divested of its usual covering of dirt, can hardly be called dark.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 51. 'In comparison with other Americans, of a white complexion.' McCulloh's Aboriginal His- tn-y of America, p. 20. ' White Complexion, not Copper coloured.' Bobbs' Hudson's Bay, p. 50. 'Almost as white as Europeans.' Kalm's Travels, vol. ii., p. 263. 'Not darker than that of a Portuguese.' Lyon's Journal, p. 224. ' Scarcely a shade darker than a deep brunette.' Parry's 3rd Voyage, m 493. ' Their complexion is light.' Ball's Alaska, p. 381. 'Eye-witnesses agree in their superior lightness of complexion over the Chinooks.' Pickering's Races of Man, U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 28. At Coppermine River they are ' of a dirty copper color; some of the women, however, are more fair and ruddy.' Hearne's Travels, p. 166. ' Considerably fairer than the Indian tribes.' Simpson's Nar., p. 110. At Cape Bathurst 'The complexion is swarthy, chiefly, I think, from exposure and the accumulation of dirt.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 192. 'Shew little of the copper - colour of the Red Indians.' Richardson's Pol. Reg.,ip. 303. 'From exposure to weather they become dark after manhood.' Richardson's Nar., vol. i., p. 343. ag 'Both sexes are well proportioned, stout, muscular, and active.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 50. 'A stout, well-looking people.' Simpson's Nar., pp. 110, 114. ' Below the mean of the Caucasian race.' Br. Hayes in Historic. Magazine, vol. L, p. 6. ' They are thick set, have a de-. cided tendency to obesity, and are seldom more than five feet in height.' Figuier's Human Race, p. 211. At Kotzebue Sound, 'tallest man was five feet nine inches; tallest woman, five feet four inches.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 360: 'Average height was five feet four and a half inches.' At the mouth of the Mackenzie they are of ' middle stature, strong and muscular.' Armstrong's Nar., pp. 149, 192. Low, broad-set, not well made, nor strong. Hearne's Trav., p. 166. ' The men were in general stout.' Franklin's Nar., vol. i., p. 29. 'Of a middle size, robust make, and healthy appearance.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 209. ' Men vary in height from about five feet to five feet ten inches.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 304. 'Women were generally short.' ' Their figure inclines to squat.' Hooper's Tuski, p. 224. 17 ' Tous les individus qui appartiennent a la famille des Eskimaux, se distinguent par la petitesse de leurs pieds et de leurs mains, et la grosseur enornie de leurs tetes.' Be Pauw. Recherches Phil., torn, i., p. 262. ' The hands and feet are delicately small and well formed.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 304. 'Small and beautifully made.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 50. At Point Barrow, 'their hands, notwithstanding the great amount of manual labour to which they are subject, were beautifully small and well- 46 HYPERBOREANS. head;18 a broad egg-shaped face; high rounded cheekbones; flat nose; small oblique eyes; large mouth; teeth regular, but well worn;19 coarse black hair, closely cut upon the crown, leaving a monk-like ring around the edge,20 and a paucity of beard.21 The men fre- formed, a description equally applicable to their feet.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 18 ' The head is of good size, rather flat superiorly, but very fully developed posteriorly, evidencing a preponderance of the animal passions; the forehead was, for the most part, low and receding; in a few it was somewhat vertical, but narrow. Armstrong's Nar., p. 193. Their cranial characteristics 'are the strongly developed coronary ridge, the obliquity of the zygoma, and its greater capacity compared with the Indian cranium. The former is essentially pyramidal, while the latter more nearly approaches a cubic shape.' Ball's Alaska, p. 376. «Greatest breadth of the face is just below the eyes, the forehead tapers upwards, ending narrowly, but not acutely, and in like manner the chin is a blunt cone.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 302. Dr Gall, whose observations on the same skulls presented him for phrenological observation are published by M. Louis Choris, thus comments upon the head of a female Eskimo from Kotzebue Sound: ' L'or- gane de l'instinct de la propagation se trouve extremement developpe pour une tete de femme.' He finds the musical and intellectual organs poorly developed; while vanity and love of children are well displayed. ' En general,' sagely concluded the doctor, 'cette tete femme presentait une organization aussi heureuse que ceU6 de la plupart des femmes d'Europe.' Voy, Pitt, pt. ii., p. 16. 19'Large fat round faces, high cheek bones, stnall hazel eyes, eyebrows slanting like the Chinese, and wide mouths.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 345. ' Broad, flat faces,,high cheek bones.'- Br Hayes in Hist. Mag., vol. i., p. 6. Their 'teeth are regular, but, from the nature of their food, and from their practice of preparing hides by chewing, are worn down almost to the gums at an early age.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 51. At Hudson Strait, broad, flat, pleasing face; small #nd generally sore eyes; given to bleeding at the nose. Franklin's Nar., vol. i., p. 29. ' Small eyes and very high cheek bones.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 209". 'La face platte, la bouche ronde, le nez petit sans etre ecrase, le blanc de l'oeil jaunatre, l'iris noir et peu brillant.' BePauw, RecherchesPhil., torn, i., p. 262. They have ! small, wild-looking eyes, large and very foul teeth, the hair generally black, but sometimes fair, and always in extreme disorder.' BrowneU's Jnd. Races, p. 467. ' As contrasted with the other native American races, their eyes are remarkable, being narrow and more or less oblique.' Richardson's Nar., vol. i., p. 343. Expression of face intelligent and good-natured. Both sexes have mostly round, flat faces, with Mongolian cast. Hooper's Tuski, p. 228. 20 < Allowed to hang down in a club to the shoulder.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 305. Hair cut 'close round the crown of the head, and thereby, leaving a bushy ring round the lower part of it.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 345. ' Their hair is straight, black, and coarse/ Seemann's Voy. Her- old, vol. ii., p. 51. A fierce expression characterized them on the Mackenzie River, which ' was increased by the long disheveled hair flowing about their shoulders.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 149. At Kotzebue Sound ' their hair was done up in large plaits on each side of the head.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 360. At Camden Bay, lofty top-knots; at Point Barrow, none. At Coppermine River the hair is worn short, unshaven on the crown, and bound with strips of deer-skin. Simpson's Nar., pp. 121, 157. Some of the men have IMPROVEMENTS UPON NATURE. 47 quently leave the hair in a natural state. The women of Icy Reef introduce false hair among their own, wearing the whole in two immense bows at the back of the head. At Point Barrow, they separate the hair into two parts or braids, saturating it with train-oil, and binding it into stiff bunches with strips of skin. Their lower extremities are short, so that in a sitting posture they look taller than when standing. Were these people satisfied with what nature has done for them, they would be passably good-looking. But with them as with all mankind, no matter how high the degree of intelligence and refinement attained, art must be applied to improve upon nature. The few finishing touches neglected by the Creator, man is ever ready to supply. Arrived at the age of puberty, the great work of improvement begins. Up to this time the skin has been kept saturated in grease and filth, until the natural color is lost, and until the complexion is brought down to the Eskimo standard. Now pigments of various dye are applied, both painted outwardly and pricked into the skin; holes are cut in the face, and plugs or labrets inserted. These operations, however, attended with no little solemnity, are supposed to possess some significance other than that of mere ornament. Upon the occasion of piercing the lip, for instance, a religious feast is given. bare crowns, but the majority wear the hair flowing naturally. The women cut the hair short in front, level with the eyebrows. At Humphrey Point it is twisted with some false hair into two immense bows on the back of the head. Hooper's Tuski, p. 225. ' Their hair hangs down long, but is cut quite short on the crown of the head.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 210. Hair cut like ' that of a Capuchin friar.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 51. 21 Crantz says the Greenlanders root it out. 'The old men had a few gray hairs on their chins, but the young ones, though grown up, were beardless.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 332. 'The possession of a beard is very rare, but a slight moustache is not infrequent.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 51. 'As the men grow old, they have more hair on the face than Red Indians.' Richardson's Nar., vol. i., p. 313. ' Generally an absence of beard and whiskers.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 193. ' Beard is universally wanting.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 252. 'The young men have little beard, but some of the old ones have a tolerable shew of long gray hairs on the upper lip and chin.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 303. 'All have beards.' Bell's Geography, vol. v., p. 294. Kirby affirms that in Alaska 'many of them have a profusion of whiskers and beard.' Smithsonian Report, 1864, p. 416. 48 HYPERBOREANS. On the northern coast the women paint the eyebrows and tattoo the chin; while the men only pierce the lower lip under one or both corners of the mouth, and insert in each aperture a double-headed sleeve-button or dumbbell-shaped labret, of bone, ivory, shell, stone, glass, or wood. The incision when first made is about the size of a quill, but as the aspirant for improved beauty grows older, the size of the orifice is enlarged until it reaches a width of half or three quarters of an inch.22 In tattooing, the color is applied by drawing a thread under the skin, or pricking it in with a needle. Different tribes, and different ranks of the same tribe, have each their peculiar form of tattooing. The plebeian female of certain bands is permitted to. adorn her chin with but one vertical line in the centre, and one parallel to it on either side, while the more fortunate noblesse mark two vertical lines from each corner of the mouth.23 A feminine cast of features, as is common with other branches of the Mongolian race, prevails in both sexes. Some travelers discover in the faces of the men a characteristic expression of ferociousness, and in those of the women, an extraordinary display of wantonness. A thick coating of filth and a strong odor of train-oil are inseparable from an Eskimo, and the fashion of labrets adds in no wise to his comeliness.24 22 I The lip is perforated for the labret as the boy approaches manhood, and is considered an important era in his life.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 194. 'Some wore but one, others one on each side of the-mouth.' Hooper's Tuski, p. 224. ' Lip ornaments, with the males, appear to correspond with the tattooing of the chins of the females.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 384. 23 'The women tattoo their faces in blue lines produced by making stitches with a fine needle and thread, smeared with lampblack.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 305. Between Kotzebue Sound and Icy Cape, ' all the women were tattooed upon the chin with three small lines.' They blacken ' the edges of the eyelids with plumbago, rubbed up with a little saliva upon a piece of slate.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 360. At Point Barrow, the women have on the chin 'a vertical line about half an inch broad in the centre, extending from the lip, with a parallel but narrower one on either side of it, a little apart. Some had two vertical lines protruding from either angle of the mouth; which is a mark of their high position in the tribe. Armstrong's Nar., pp. 101, 149. On Bering Isle, men as well as women tattoo. 'Plusieurs hommes avaient le visage tatoue.' Choris. Voy. Pitt., pt. ii., p. 5. 24 ' Give a particularly disgusting look when the bones are taKen out, as ESKIMO DRESS. 49 For covering to the body, the Eskimos employ the skin of all the beasts and birds that come within their reach. Skins are prepared in the fur,25 and cut and sewed with neatness and skill. Even the intestines of seals and whales are used in the manufacture of waterproof overdresses.26 The costume for both sexes consists of long stockings or drawers, over which are breeches extending from the shoulders to below the knees; and a frock or jacket, somewhat shorter than the breeches with sleeves and hood. This garment is made whole, there being no openings except for the head arid arms. The frock of the male is cut at the bottom nearly square, while that of the female reaches a little lower, and terminates before and behind in a point or scollop. The tail of some animal graces the hinder part of the male frock; the woman's has a large hood, in which she carries her infant. Otherwise both sexes dress alike; and as, when stripped of their facial decorations, their physiognomies are alike, they are not unfre- quently mistaken one for the other.27 They have boots the saliva continually runs over the chin.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p, 227. At Camden, labrets were made of large blue beads, glued to pieces of ivory. None worn at Coppermine River. Simpson's Nar., pp. 119, 347. ' Many of them also transfix the septum of the nose with a dentalium shell or ivory needle.' Richardson's Nar., vol. i., p. 355. 85 ' These natives almost universally use a very unpleasant liquid for cleansing purposes. They tan and soften the seal-skin used for boot-soles with it,' Whymper's Alaska, p. 161. ' Females occasionally wash their hair and faces with their own urine, the odour of which is agreeable to both sexes, and they are well accustomed to it, as this liquor is kept in tubs in the porches of their huts for use in dressing the deer and seal skins.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 304. ' Show much skill in the preparation of whale, seal, and deer-skins.' Richardson's Nar., vol. i., p. 357. They have a great antipathy to water. ' Occasionally they wash their bodies with a certain animal fluid, but even this process is seldom gone through.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 62. 26 'During the summer, when on whaling or sealing excursions, a coat of the gut of the whale, and boots of seal.or walrus hide, are used as waterproof coverings.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii , p. 53. At Point Barrow they wear 'Kamleikas or water-proof shirts, made of the entrails of seals.' Simpson's Nar., p. 156. Women wear close-fitting breeches of seal-skin. Hooper's Tuski, p. 224. ' They are on the whole as good as the best oilskins in England.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 340. 27 The'dress of the^two sexes is much alike, the outer shirt or jacket having a pointed skirt before and behind, those of the female being merely a little longer. ' Pretty much the same for both sexes.' Figuier's Human Rdce, p. 214. Vol. I. 4 50 HYPERBOREANS. of walrus or seal skin, mittens or gloves of deer-skin, and intestine water-proofs covering the entire body. Several kinds of fur frequently enter into the composition of one garment. Thus the body of the frock, generally of reindeer-skin, may be of bird, bear, seal, mink, or squirrel skin; while the hood may be of fox- skin, the lining of hare-skin, the. fringe of wolverine- skin, and the gloves of fawn-skin.28 Two suits are worn during the coldest weather; the inner one with the fur next the skin, the outer suit with the fur outward.29 Thus, with their stomachs well filled with fat, and their backs covered with furs, they bid defiance to the severest Arctic winter.30 In architecture, the Eskimo is fully equal to the emergency; building, upon a soil which yields him little or no material, three classes of dwellings. Penetrating the frozen earth, or casting around him a frozen wall, he compels the very elements from which he seeks protection to protect him. For his yourt or winter 28 < They have besides this a jacket made of eider drakes' skins sewed together, which, put on underneath their other dress, is a tolerable protection against a distant arrow, and is worn in times of hostility.' Beechey's Voy. vol. i., p. 340. Messrs Dease and Simpson found those of Point Barrow 'well clothed in seal and reindeer skins.' Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. viii., p. 221. ' The finest dresses are made of the skins of unborn deer.' Richardson's Pol Reg., p. 306. ' The half-developed skin of a fawn that has never lived, obtained by driving the doe till her offspring is prematurely born.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 160. Eskimo women pay much regard to their toilet. Richardson's Nar., vol. i., p. 355. 29 Their dress consists of two suits. Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 52. 'Reindeer skin—the fur next the body.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 149. ' Two women, dressed like men, looked frightfully with their tattooed faces.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 191. Seal-skin jackets, bear-skin trowsers, and white-fox skin caps, is the male costume at Hudson Strait. The female dress is the same, with the addition of a hood for carrying children. Franklin's Nar., vol. i., p 29. At Camden Bay, reindeer-skin jackets and waterproof boots. Simpson's Nar., p. 119. At Coppermine River, 'women's boots which are not stiffened out with whalebone, and the tails of their jackets are not over one foot long.' Hearne's Travels, p 166. D$er-skin, hair outside, ornamented with white fur. Kirby in Smithsonian Rept., 1864, p. 416. The indoor dress of the eastern Eskimo is of reindeer-skin, with the furinside. ' When they go out, another entire suit with the fur outside is put over all, and a pair of watertight sealskin moccasins, with similiar mittens forNtheir hands.' Silliman's Journal, vol. xvi., p. 146. The frock at Coppermine River has a tail something like a dress-coat. Simpson's Nar., p. 350. 30 | Some of them are even half-naked, as a summer heat, even of 10J is insupportable to them.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 205. DWELLINGS OF THE ESKIMOS. 51 residence he digs a hole of the required dimensions, to a depth of about six feet.31 Within this excavation he erects a frame, either of wood or whalebone, lashing his timbers with thongs instead of nailing them. This frame is carried upward to a distance of two or three feet above the ground,32 when it is covered by a dome- shaped roof of poles or whale-ribs turfed and earthed over.33 In the centre of the roof is left a hole for the admission of light and the emission of smoke. In absence of fire, a translucent covering of whale-intestine confines the warmth of putrifying filth, and completes the Eskimo's sense of comfort. To gain admittance to this snug retreat, without exposing the inmates to the storms without, another and a smaller hole is dug to the same depth, a short distance from the first. From one to the other, an underground passage-way is then opened, through which entrance is made on hands and knees. The occupants descend by means of a ladder, and over the entrance a shed is erected, to protect it from the snow.34 Within the entrance is hung a deer-skin door, and anterooms are arranged in which to deposit frozen outer garments before entering the heated room. Around the sides of the dwelling, sleeping-places are marked out; for bedsteads, boards are placed upon logs one or two feet in diameter, and covered with willow branches and skins. A little heap of stones in the centre of the room, under the smoke-hole, forms the fireplace. In the corners of the room are stone lamps, which answer all domestic 31 * Down to the frozen subsoil.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 310. * Some are wholly above ground, others have their roof scarcely raised above it.' Beechey's Voy., vol. ii., p. 301. 32 'Formed of stakes placed upright in the ground about six feet high, either circular or oval in form, from which others inclined so as to form a sloping roof.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 149. ' Half underground, with the entrance more or less so.' Ball's Alaska, p. 13. 'They are more than half underground,' and are 'about twenty feet square and eight feet deep.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 57. 33 ' The whole building is covered with, earth to the thickness o^ a foot or more, and in a few years it becomes overgrown with grass, looking from a short distance like a small tumulus.' Richardson*s Pol. Reg., p. 310. 34 A smaller drift-wood house is sometimes built with a side-door. ' Light and air are admitted by a low door at one end.' Richardson's Nar., vol. i., p. 245. 52 HYPERBOREANS. purposes in the absence of fire-wood.35 In the better class of buildings, the sides and floor are boarded. Supplies are kept in a store house at a little distance from the dwelling, perched upon four posts, away from the reach of the dogs, and a frame is always erected on which to hang furs and fish. Several years are sometimes occupied in building a hut.36 Mark how nature supplies this treeless coast with wrood. The breaking-up of winter in the mountains of Alaska is indeed a breaking-up. The accumulated masses of ice and snow, when suddenly loosened by the incessant rays of the never-setting sun, bear away all before them. Down from the mountain-sides comes the avalanche, uprooting trees, swelling rivers, hurrying with its burden to the sea. There, casting itself into the warm ocean current, the ice soon disappears, and the driftwood which accompanied it is carried northward and thrown back upon the beach by the October wrinds. Thus huge forest-trees, taken up bodily, as it were, in the middle of a continent, and carried by Nthe currents to the incredible distance, sometimes, of three thousand miles, are deposited all along the Arctic seaboard, laid at the very door of these people, a people whose store of this world's benefits is none of the most abundant.37 True, wood is not an absolute necessity with them, as many of their houses in the coldest weather 35 ' The fire in the centre is never lit merely for the sake of warmth, as the lamps are sufficient for that purpose.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 58. 'They have no fire-places; but a stone placed in the centre serves for a support to the lamp, by which the little cooking that is required is performed.' Richardson's Nar., vol. i., p. 348. 36 ' On trouva plusieurs huttes construites en bois, moitie dans la terre, moitie en dehors.' Choris' Voy. Pitt., pt. ii., p. 6. At Beaufort Bay are wooden huts. Simpson's Nar., p. 177. At Toker Point, 'built of drift-wood and sods of turf or mud ' Hooper's Tuski, p. 343. At Cape Krusenstern the houses ' appeared like little round hills, with fences of whale-bone.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 237. ' They construct yourts or winter residences upon those parts of the shore which are adapted to their convenience, such as the mouths of rivers, the entrances of inlets, or jutting points of land, but always upon low.ground.' Beechey's Voy., vol. ii.. p, 300. 3? * I was surprised at the vast quantity of driftwood accumulated on its shore,.several acres being thickly covered with it, and many pieces at least sixty feet in length.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 104. SNOW HOUSES. 53 have no fire; only oil-lamps being used for cooking and heating. Whale-ribs supply the place of trees for house and boat timbers, and hides are commonly used for boards. Yet a bountiful supply of wood during their long, cold, dark winter comes in no wise amiss.38 Their summer tents are made of seal or untanned deer skins with the hair outward, conical or bell-shaped, and without a smoke-hole as no fires are ever kindled within them. The wet or frozen earth is covered with a few coarse skins for a floor.39 But the most unique system of architecture in America is improvised by the Eskimos during their seal-hunting expeditions upon the ice, when they occupy a veritable crystal palace fit for an Arctic fairy. On the frozen river or sea, a spot is chosen free from irregularities, and a circle of ten or fifteen feet in diameter drawn on the snow. The snow within the circle is then cut into slabs from three to four inches in thickness, their length being the depth of the snow, and these slabs are formed into a wall enclosing the circle and carried up in courses similar to those of brick or stone, terminating in a dome-shaped roof. A wedge-like slab keys the arch; and this principle in architecture may have first been known to the Assyrians, Egyptians, Chinese or Es^ kimos.40 Loose snow is then thrown into the crevices, which quickly congeals; an aperture is cut in the side for a door; and if the thin wall is not sufficiently 38 ' Eastern Esquimaux never seem to think of fire as a means of imparting warmth.' Simpson's Nar., p. 346. 39 Their houses are 'moveable tents, constructed of poles and skins.' Brownell's Ind. Races, p. 469. ' Neither wind nor watertight.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 361. At Cape Smythe, Hooper saw seven Eskimo tents of seal skin. Tuski, p. 216. 'We entered a small tent of morse-skins, made in the form of a canoe.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 226. At Coppermine River their tents in summer are of deer-skin with the hair on, and circular. Hearne's Travels, p. 167. At St Lawrence Island, Kotzebue saw no settled dwellings, ' only several small tents built of the ribs of whales, and covered with the skin of the morse.' Voyage, vol. i., pp. 190-191. 40 'In parallelograms, and so adjusted as to^ form a rotunda, with an arched roof.' Silliman's Jour., vol. xvi., p. 146. Parry's Voy., vol. v., p. 200. Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 44., 54 HYPERBOREANS. translucent, a piece of ice is fitted into the side for a window. Seats, tables, couches, and even fireplaces are made with frozen snow, and covered with reindeer or seal skin. Out-houses connect wTith the main room, and frequently a number of dwellings are built contiguously, with a passage from one to another. These houses are comfortable and durable, resisting alike the wind and the thaw until late in the season. Care must be taken that the walls are not so thick as to make them too warm, and so cause a dripping from the interior. A square block of snow serves as a stand for the stone lamp which is their only fire.41 u The purity of the material," says Sir John Franklin, who saw them build an edifice of this kind at Coppermine River, 1 of which the house wras framed, the elegance of its construction, and the translucency of its walls, which transmitted a very pleasant light, gave it an appearance far superior to a marble building, and one might survey it with feelings somewhat akin to those produced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple, reared by Phidias; both are triumphs of art, inimitable in their kind."42 Eskimos, fortunately, have not a dainty palate. Everything which sustains life is food for them. Their substantials comprise the flesh of land and marine animals, fish and birds; venison, and whale and seal blubber being chief. Choice dishes, tempting to the appetite, Arctic epicurean dishes, Eskimo nectar and ambrosia, are daintily prepared, hospitably placed before strangers, and eaten and drunk with avidity. Among 41 ' These houses are durable, the wind has little effect on them, and they resist the thaw until the sun acquires very considerable power.' Richardson's Nar., vol. i., p. 350. 42 The snow houses are called by the natives igloo, and the underground huts yourts, or yurts, and their tents topeks. Winter residence, 'iglut.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 310. Beechey, describing the same kind of buildings, calls them 'yourts.' Voy., vol. i., p. 366. Tent of skins, tie-poo-eet; topak; toopek. Tent, too-pote. Ibid., vol. ii., p. 381. 'Yourts.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 59. Tent, topek. Dall says Richardson is wrong, and that igloo or iglu is the name of ice houses. Alaska, p. 532. House, iglo. Tout, tuppek. Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., p. 378. Snow house, eegloo. Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 47. MIGRATIONS FOR FOOD. them are: a bowl of coagulated blood, mashed cranberries with rancid train-oil, whortleberries and walrus-blubber, alternate streaks of putrid black and white whale-fat; venison steeped in seal-oil, raw deer's liver cut in small pieces and mixed with the warm half-digested contents of the animal's stomach; bowls of live maggots, a draught of warm blood from a newly killed animal,43 Fish are sometimes eaten alive. Meats are kept in seal-skin bags for over a year, decomposing meanwhile, but never becoming too rancid for our Eskimos. Their winter store of oil they secure in seal-skin bags, which are buried in the frozen ground. Charlevoix remarks that they are the only race known who prefer food raw. This, however, is not the case. They prefer their food cooked, but do not object to it raw or rotten. They are no lovers of salt.44 In mid-winter, while the land is enveloped in darkness, the Eskimo dozes torpidly in his den. Early in September the musk-oxen and reindeer retreat southward, and the fish are confined beneath the frozen covering of the rivers. It is during the short summer, when food is abundant, that they who would not perish must lay up a supply for the winter. When spring opens, and the rivers are cleared of ice, the natives follow the fish, which at that time ascend the streams to spawn, and spear them at the falls and rapids that impede their progress. Small wooden fish are sometimes made and thrown into holes in the ice for a decoy; salmon are taken in a whalebone seine. At this season also reindeer are captured on their way to the coast, whither they resort in the spring to drop their young. Multi- 43 They are so fond of the warm blood of dying animals that they invented an instrument to secure it. See Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 344. ' Whale- blubber, their great delicacy, is sickening and dangerous to a European stomach.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 192. 44 Hearne says that the natives on the Arctic coast of British America are so disgustingly filthy that when they have bleeding at the nose they lick up their own blood. Travels, p. 161. 'Salt always appeared an abomination.' 'They seldom cook their food, the frost apparently acting as a substitute for fire.' Collinson, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxv., p. 201. At Kotzebue Sound they ' seem to subsist entirely on the flesh of marine animals, which they, for the most part, eat raw.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 239. %6 HYPERBOREANS. tudes of geese, ducks, and swans visit the ocean during the same period to breed.45 August and September are the months for whales. When a whale is discovered rolling on the water, a boat starts out, and from the distance of a few feet a weapon is plunged into its blubbery carcass. The harpoons are so constructed that when this blow is given, the shaft becomes disengaged from the barbed ivory point. To this point a seal-skin buoy or bladder is attached by means of a cord. The blows are repeated; the buoys encumber the monster in diving or swimming, and the ingenious Eskimo is soon able to tow the carcass to the shore. A successful chase secures an abundance of food for the winter.46 Seals are caught during the winter, and considerable skill is required in taking them. Being a warmblooded respiratory animal, they are obliged to have air, and in order to obtain it, while the surface of the water is undergoing the freezing process, they keep open a breathing-hole by constantly gnawing away the ice. They produce their young in March, and soon afterward the natives abandon their villages and set out on the ice in pursuit of them. Seals, like whales, are also killed with a harpoon to which is attached a bladder. The seal, when struck, may draw the float under water for a time, but is soon obliged to rise to the surface from exhaustion and for air, when he is again attacked and soon obliged to yield. The Eskimos are no less ingenious in catching wild- fowd, which they accomplish by means of a sling or net made of woven sinews, with ivory balls attached. They also snare: birds by means of whalebone nooses, round which fine gravel is scattered as a bait. They ma- 45 ' During the two summer months they hunt and live on swans, geese, and ducks.' Richardson's Nar., vol. i., p. 346. 4<> ' Secures winter feasts and abundance of oil for the lamps of a whole village, and there is great rejoicing.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 313. ' The capture of the seal and walrus is effected in the same manner. Salmon and other fish are caught in nets.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 61. 'Six small perforated ivory balls attached separately to cords of sinew three feet long.' Bease tfc Simpson, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. viii., 222. BEAR-HUNTING. 57 noeuvre reindeer to near the edge of a cliff, and, driving them into the sea, kill them from canoes. They also waylay them at the narrow passes, and capture them in great numbers. They construct large reindeer pounds, and set up two diverging rows of turf so as to represent men; the outer extremities of the line being" sometimes two miles apart, and narrowing to a small enclosure. Into this trap the unsuspecting animals are driven, when they are easily speared.47 To overcome the formidable polar bear the natives have two strategems. One is by imitating the seal, upon which the bear principally feeds, and thereby enticing it within gunshot. Another is by bending a piece of stiff whalebone, encasing it in a ball of blubber, and freezing the ball, which then holds firm the bent whalebone. Armed with these frozen blubber balls, the natives approach their victim, and, with a discharge of arrows, open the engagement. The bear, smarting with pain, turns upon his tormentors, who, taking to their heels, drop now and then a blubber ball. Bruin, as fond of food as of revenge, pauses for a moment, hastily swallows one, then another, and another. Soon a strange sensation is felt within. The thawing blubber, melted by the heat of the animal's stomach, releases the pent-up whalebone, which, springing into place, plays havoc with the intestines, and brings the bear to a painful and ignominious end. To vegetables, the natives are rather indifferent; berries, acid sorrel leaves, and certain roots, are used as a relish. There is no native intoxicating liquor, but in eating they get gluttonously stupid. Notwithstanding his long, frigid, biting winter, the Eskimo never suffers from the cold so long as he has an abundance of food. As we have seen, a whale or a moose supplies him with food, shelter, and raiment. With an internal fire, fed by his oily and animal food, glow- 47 Near Smith River, a low piece of ground, two miles broad at the beach, was found enclosed by double rows of turf set up to represent men, narrowing towards a lake, into which reindeer were driven and killed. Simpson's Nar., p. 135. 58 HYPERBOREANS ing in his stomach, his blood at fever heat, he burrows comfortably in ice and • snow and frozen ground, without necessity for wood or coal.48 Nor are those passions which are supposed to develop most fully under a milder temperature, wranting in the half-frozen Hyperborean.49 One of the chief difficulties of the Eskimo during the winter is to obtain water, and the women spend a large portion of their time in melting snow over oil-lamps. In the Arctic regions, eating snow is attended with serious consequences. Ice or snow, touched to the lips or tongue, blisters like caustic. Fire is obtained by striking sparks from iron pyrites with quartz. It is a singular fact that in the coldest climate inhabited by man, fire is less used than anywhere else in the world, equatorial regions perhaps excepted. Caloric for the body is supplied by food and supplemented by furs. Snow houses, from their nature, prohibit the use of fire; but cooking with the Eskimo is a luxury, not a necessity. He well understands how to utilize every part of the animals so essential to his existence. With their skins he clothes himself, makes houses, boats, and oil-bags; their flesh and fat he eats. He even devours the contents of the intestines, and with the skin makes water-proof clothing. Knives, arrow-points, house, boat, and sledge frames, fish-hooks, domestic utensils, ice-chisels, and in fact almost all their implements, are made from the horns and bones of the deer, whale, and seal. Bowstrings are made of the sinews of musk-oxen, and ropes of seal-skin.50 The Eskimo's arms are not very formidable. 48 ' Ce qu'il y a encore de frappant dans la complexion de ces barbares, c'est 1'extreme chaleur de leur estomac et de leur sang; ils echauffent telle- ment, par leur haleine ardente, les huttes oil ils assemblent en hiver, que les Europeans, s'y sentent etouffes, comme dans une etuve dont la chaleur est trop graduee: aussi ne font-ils jamais de feu dans leur habitation en aucune saison, et ils ignorent l'usage des cheminees, sous le climat le plus froid du globe.' Be Pauw. RecJierches Phil., torn, i., p. 261. 49 'The voluptuousness and Polygamy of the North American Indians, under a temperature of almost perpetual winter, is far greater than that of the most sensual tropical nations.' Martin's British Colonies, vol. iii., p. 524. 50 ' The seal is perhaps their most useful animal, not merely furnishing oil and blubber, but the skin used for their canoes, thongs, nets, lassoes, and boot soles.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 161. SLEDGES, SNOW-SHOES, AND BOATS. 59 Backed by his ingenuity, they nevertheless prove sufficient for practical purposes; and while his neighbor possesses none better, all are on an equal footing in war. Their most powerful as well as most artistic weapon is the bow. It is made of beech or spruce, in three pieces curving in opposite directions and ingeniously bound by twisted sinews, so as to give the greatest possible strength. Richardson affirms that u in the hands of a native hunter it will propel an arrow with sufficient force to pierce the heart of a musk-ox, or break the leg of a reindeer." Arrows, as well as spears, lances, and darts, are of white spruce, and pointed with bone, ivory, flint, and slate.51 East of the Mackenzie, copper enters largely into the composition of Eskimo utensils.62 Before the introduction of iron by Europeans, stone hatchets were common.63 The Hyperboreans surpass all American nations in their facilities for locomotion, both upon land and water. In their skin boats, the natives of the Alaskan seaboard from Point Barrow to Mount St Elias, made long voyages, crossing the strait and sea of Bering, and held commercial intercourse with the people of Asia. Sixty miles is an ordinary day's journey for sledges, while Indians on snow-shoes have been known to run down and capture deer. Throughout this entire border, including the Aleutian Islands, boats are made wholly of the skins of seals or sea-lions, excepting the frame of wood 5i They have ' two sorts of bows; arrows pointed with iron, flint, and bone, or'blunt for birds; a dart with throwing-board for seals; a spear headed with iron or copper, the handle about six feet long; and formidable iron knives, equally adapted for throwing, cutting, or stabbing.' Simpson's Nar., p. 123. They ascended the Mackenzie in former times as far as the Ramparts, to obtain flinty slate for lance and arrow points. Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 213. At St. Lawrence Island, they are armed with a knife two feet long Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., pp. 193, 211. One weapon was ' a walrus tooth fixed to the end of a wooden staff.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 343. a| At the Coppermine River, arrows are pointed with slate or copper; hatchets also are made of a thick lump of copper. Hearne's Travels, pp. 161-9. 53 f The old ivory knives and flint axes are now superseded, the Russians having introduced the common European sheath-knife and hatchet. The board for throwing darts is in use, and is similar to that of the Polynesians.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 53\ 60 HYPERBOREANS. or wThale-ribs. In the interior, as well as on the coast immediately below Mount St Elias, skin boats disappear, and canoes or wooden boats are used. Two kinds of skin boats are employed by the natives of the Alaskan coast, a large and a small one. The former is called by the natives oomiak, and by the Russians baidar. This is a large, flat-bottomed, open boat; the skeleton of wood or whale-ribs, fastened with sealskin thongs or whale's sinews, and covered with oiled seal or sea-lion skins, which are first sewed together and then stretched over the frame. The baidar is usually about thirty feet in length, six feet in extreme breadth, and three feet in depth. It is propelled by oars, and will carry fifteen or twenty persons, but its capacity is greatly increased by lashing inflated sealskins to the outside. In storms at sea, two or three baidars are sometimes tied together.64 The small boat is called by the natives kyak, and by the Russians bed- darka. It is constructed of the same material and in the same manner as the baidar, except that it is entirely covered with skins, top as well as bottom, save one hole left in the deck, which is filled by the navigator. After 54 The 'baydare is a large open boat, quite flat, made of sea-lions' skins,' and is used also for a tent. At Lantscheff Island it was ' a large and probably leathern boat, with black sails.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., pp. 202, 216. j The kaiyaks are impelled by a double-bladed paddie, used with or without a central rest, and the umiaks with oars.' Can 'propel their kaiyaks at the rate of seven miles an hour.' Richa?*dson's Jour., vol. i., pp. 238, 358. At Hudson Strait they have canoes of seal-skin, like those of Greenland. Franklin's Nar., vol. i., p. 29. Not a drop of water* can penetrate the opening into the canoe. Midler's Voy., p. 46, The kyak isMike an English wager-boat. They are 'much stronger than their lightness would lead one to suppose.* Hooper's Tuski, pp. 226, 228. Oomiaks or family canoes of skin; float in six inchesof water. Simpson's Nar., p. 148. ' With these boats they make long voyages, frequently visiting St. Lawrence Island.' Ball's Alaska, p. 380. i Frame work of wood—when this cannot be procured whalebone is substituted.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 98. Mackenzie saw boats put together with whalebone;' sewed in some parts, and tied in others.' Voyages, p. 67. They also use a sail. ' On decouvrit au loin, dans la baie, un bateau qui allait a la voile; elle etait en cuir.' Choris, Voy. Pitt., pt. ii., p. 6. They 'are the best means yet discovered by mankind to go from place to place.' Langsdorjf's Voy., pt. ii., p. 43. j It is wonderful what long voyages they make in these slight boats.' Campbell.'s Voy., p. 114. ' The skin, when soaked with water, is translucent;" and a stranger placing his foot upon the flat yielding surface at. the bottom of the boat fancies it a frail security.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 346. DOGS AND SLEDS. 61 taking his seat, and thereby filling this hole, the occupant puts on a water-proof over-dress, the bottom of which is so secured round the rim of the hole that not a drop of water can penetrate it. This dress is provided with sleeves and a hood. It is securely fastened at the wrists and neck, and when the hood is drawn over the head, the boatman may bid defiance to the water. The baidarka is about sixteen feet in length, and two fefct in width at the middle, tapering to a point at either end.65 It is light and strong, and when skillfully handled is considered very safe. The native of Norton Sound will twirl his kyak completely over, turn an aquatic somersault, and by the aid of his double-bladed paddle come up safely on the other side, without even losing his seat. So highly were these boats esteemed by the Russians, that they were at once universally adopted by them in navigating these waters. They were unable to invent any improvement in either of them, although they made a baidarka with two and three seats, which they employed in addition to the one-seated kyak. The Kadiak baidarka is a little shorter and wider than the Aleutian.66 Sleds, sledges, dogs, and Arctic land-boats play an important part in Eskimo economy. The Eskimo sled is framed of spruce, birch, or whalebone, strongly bound with thongs, and the runners shod with smooth strips of 55 The 'kajak is shaped like a weaver's shuttle.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 308. 'The paddle is in the hands of an Eskimo, what the balancing pole is to a tight-rope dancer.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 56. 56 ' The Koltshanen construct birch-bark canoes; but on the coast skin boats or baidars, like the Eskimo kaiyaks and umiaks, are employed.' Rich- ar Ison's Jour., vol. i., p. 405. If by accident a hole should be made, it is stopped with a piece of the flesh of the sea-dog, or fat of the whale, which they always carry with them. Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 43. They strike * the water with a quick, regular motion, first on one side, and then on the other.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 516. 'Wiegen nie iiber 30 Pfund, und haben ein diinnes mit Leder uberzognes Gerippe.' Neue Nachrichten, p. 152. 'The Aleutians put to sea with them in all weathers.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 40. At the Shumagin Islands they 'are generally about twelve feet in length,"sharp at each end, and about twenty inches broad.' Meares' Voy.. -p. x. They are as transparent as oiled paper. At Unalaska they are so light that they can be carried in one hand. Saxier, Billing's Voy., p. 157, 159. 62 HYPERBOREANS. wThale's jaw-bone. This sled is heavy, and fit only for traveling over ice or frozen snow. Indian sleds of the interior are lighter, the runners being of thin flexible boards better adapted to the inequalities of the ground. Sledges, such as are used by the voyagers of Hudson Bay, are of totally different construction. Three boards, each about one foot in width and twelve feet in length, thinned, and curved into a semicircle at one end, are placed side by side and firmly lashed together with thongs. A leathern bag or blanket of the full size of the sled is provided, in which the load is placed and lashed down with strings.67 Sleds and sledges are drawn by dogs, and they will carry a load of from a quarter to half a ton, or about one hundred pounds to each dog. The dogs of Alaska are scarcely up to the average of Arctic canine nobility.68 They are of various colors, hairy, short-legged, with large bushy tails curved over, the back; they are wolfish, suspicious, yet powerful, sagacious, and docile, patiently performing an incredible amount of ill-requited labor. Dogs are harnessed to the sledge, sometimes by separate thongs at unequal distances, sometimes in pairs to a single line. They are guided by the voice accompanied by a whip, and to the best trained and most sagacious is given the longest tether, that he may act as leader. An eastern dog will carry on his back a weight of thirty pounds. The dogs of the northern coast are larger and stronger 57 ' They average twelve feet in length, two feet six inches in height, two feet broad, and have the fore part turned up in a gentle curve.' jj The floor resembles a grating without cross-bars, and is almost a foot from the level of the snow.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 56. At Saritscheff Island 'I particularly remarked two very neat sledges made of morse and whalebones.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 201. ' To make the runners glide smoothly, a coating of ice is given to them.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 309. At Norton Sound Captain Cook found sledges ten feet long and twenty inches in width. A rail-work on each side, and shod with bone; 'neatly put together; some with wooden pins, but mostly with thongs or lashings of whale-bone.' Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 442, 443. Mackenzie describes the sledges of British America, Voyages, pp. 67, 68. 58 'About the size of those of Newfoundland, with shorter legs.' Ball's Alaska, p. 23. 'Neither plentiful nor of a good class.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 171. PROPERTY. 63 than those of the interior. Eskimo dogs are used in hunting reindeer and musk-oxen, as well as in drawing sledges.59 Those at Cape Prince of Wales appear to be of the same species as those used upon the Asiatic coast for drawing sledges. Snow-shoes, or foot-sledges, are differently made according to the locality. In traveling over soft snow they are indispensable. They consist of an open light wooden frame, made of two smooth pieces of wood each about two inches wide and an inch thick; the inner part sometimes straight, and the outer curved out to about one foot in the widest part. They are from twro to six feet in length, some oval and turned up in front, running to a point behind; others flat, and pointed at both ends, the space within the frame being filled with a, network of twisted deer-sinews or fine seal-skin.60 The Hudson Bay snow-shoe is only two and a half feet in length. The Kutchin shoe is smaller than that of the Eskimo. The merchantable wealth of the Eskimos consists of peltries, such as wolf, deer, badger, polar-bear, otter,, hare, musk-rat, Arctic-fox, and seal skins; red ochre, plumbago, and iron pyrites; oil, ivory, whalebone; in short, all parts of all species of beasts, birds, and fishes that they can secure and convert into an exchangeable shape.61 The articles they most covet are tobacco, iron, and beads. They are not particularly given to strong drink. On the shore of Bering Strait the natives have constant commercial 59 The dog will hunt bear and reindeer, but is afraid of its near relative, the wolf. Brownell's lnd. Races, p. 474. 60 ' An average length is four and a half feet.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 183. ' The Innuit snowshoe is small and nearly flat,' 'seldom over thirty inches long.' 'They are always rights and lefts.' Ingalik larger; Kutchin same style; Hudson Bay, thirty inches in length. Ball's Alaska, pp. 190, l(Jl. ' They are from two to three feet long, a foot broad, and slightly turned up in front.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 60. 61 ' Blue beads, cutlery, tobacco, and buttons, were the articles in request.' Beechey\s Voy., vol. i., p. 352. At Hudson Strait they have a custom of licking with the tongue each article purchased, as a finish to the bargain. Franklin's Nar., vol. i., 27. 'Articles of Russian manufacture find their way from tribe to tribe along the American coast, eastward to Repulse Bay.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 317. 64 HYPERBOREANS. intercourse with Asia. They cross easily in their boats, carefully eluding the vigilance of the fur company. They frequently meet at the Gwosdeff Islands, where the Tschuktschi bring tobacco, iron, tame-reindeer skins, and walrus-ivory; the Eskimos giving in exchange wolf and wolverine skins, wooden dishes, sealskins and other peltries. The Eskimos of the American coast carry on quite an extensive trade with the Indians of the interior,62 exchanging with them Asiatic merchandise for peltries. They are sharp at bargains, avaricious, totally devoid of conscience in their dealings; will sell their property thrice if possible, and, if caught, laugh it off as a joke. The rights of property are scrupulously respected among themselves, but to steal from strangers, wrhich they practice on every occasion with considerable dexterity, is considered rather a mark of merit than otherwise. A successful thief, when a stranger is the victim, receives the applause of the entire tribe.63 Captain Kotzebue thus describes the manner of trading with the Russo-Indians of the south and of Asia. I The stranger first comes, and lays some goods on the shore and then retires; the American then comes, looks at the things, puts as many things near them as he thinks proper to give, and then also goes away. Upon this the stranger approaches, and examines what is offered him; if he is satisfied with it, he takes the skins and leaves thQ goods instead; but if not, then he lets all the things lie, retires a second time, and expects 62 Are very anxious to barter arrows, seal-skin boots, and ivory ornaments foritobacco, beads, and particularly for iron. Hooper's Tuski, p. 217. Some of their implements at Coppermine River are: stone kettles, wooden dishes, scoops and spoons made of buffalo or musk-ox horns. Hearne's Travels, p. 168. At Point Barrow were ivory implements with carved figures of sea-animals, ivory dishes, and a ' fine whalebone net.' Also 'knives and other implements, formed of native copper' at Coppermine River. Simpson's Nar., pp. 147, 156, 264. At Point Barrow they 'have unquestionably an indirect trade with the Russians.' Simpson's Nar., 161. 63 'They are very expert traders, haggle obstinately, always consult together, and are infinitely happy when they fancy they have cheated anybody.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 211. 'A thieving, cunning race.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 110. They respect each other's property, 'but they steal without scruple from strangers.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 352. SOCIAL ECONOMY. 65 an addition from the buyer." If they cannot agree, each retires with his goods. Their government, if it can be called a government, is patriarchal. Now and then some ancient or able man gains an ascendency in the tribe, and overawes his fellows. Some tribes even acknowledge an hereditary chief, but his authority is nominal. He can neither exact tribute, nor govern the movements of the people. His powrer seems to be exercised only in treating with other tribes. Slavery in any form is unknown among them. Caste has been mentioned in connection with tattooing, but, as a rule, social distinctions do not exist.64 The home of the Eskimo is a model of filth and free- ness. Coyness is not one of their vices, nor is modesty ranked among their virtues. The latitude of innocency marks all their social relations; they refrain from doing in public nothing that they would do in private. Female chastity is little regarded. The Kutchins, it is said, are jealous, but treat their wives kindly; the New Caledonians are jealous, and treat them cruelly; but the philosophic Eskimos are neither jealous nor unkind. Indeed, so far are they from espionage or meanness in marital affairs, that it is the duty of the hospitable host to place at the disposal of his guest not only the house and its contents, but his wife also.65 The lot of the 64 ' They have a chief (Nalegak) in name, but do not recognize his authority.'* Br Hayes in Hist. Mag., vol. i., p. 6. Government, ' a combination of the monarchical and republican^ ' every one is on a perfect level with the rest J Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 59, 60. ' Chiefs are respected principally as senior men.' Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 41. At Kotzebue Sound,, a.robust young man was taken to be chief, as all his commands were punctually obeyed. Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 235. Quarrels 'are settled by boxing, the parties sitting down and striking blows alternately, until one of them gives in.' Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 326. Every man governs, his own. family. Brownell's Lid. Races, p. 475. They 'have a strong respect for their territorial rights, and maintain them with firmness,.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 351. 65 They are ' horribly filthy in person and habits.' Hooper's Tuski, p. 224. ' A husband will readily traffic with the virtue of a wife for purposes of gain.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 195. 'More than once a wife was proffered by hei husband.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 356. As against the above testimony Seemann affirms: ' After the marriage ceremony has. been, performed infi- ' Vol. I. 5 C6 HYPERBOREANS. women is but little better than slavery. All the work, except the nobler occupations of hunting, fishing, and fighting, falls to them. The lesson of female inferiority is at an early age instilled into the mind of youth. Nevertheless, the Eskimo mother is remarkably affectionate, and fulfills her low destiny with patient kindne'ss. Polygamy is common; every man being entitled to as many wives as he can get and maintain. On the other hand, if women are scarce, the men as easily adapt themselves to circumstances, and two of them marry one woman. Marriages are celebrated as follows: after gaining the consent of the mother, the lover presents a suit of clothes to the lady, who arrays herself therein and thenceforth is his wife.66 Dancing, accompanied by singing and violent gesticulation, is their chief amusement. In all the nations of the north, every Well-regulated village aspiring to any degree of respectability has its public or town house, which among the Eskimos is called the Casine or Kashim. It consists of one large subterranean room, better built than the common dwellings, and occupying a central position, where the people congregate on feast-days.67 This house is also used as a public work-shop, where are manufactured boats, sledges, and snow-shoes. A large portion of the winter is devoted to dancing. Feasting and visiting commence in November. On festive occasions, a dim light and a strong odor are thrown over the scene delity is rare.' Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 66. 'These people are in the habit of collecting certain fluids for the purposes of tanning; and that, judging from what took place in the tent, in the most open manner, in the presence of all the family.' Beechey's Voy'., vol. i., p. 407. 66 'Two men sometimes marry the same woman.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 66. 'As soon as a girl is born, the young lad who wishes to have her for a wife goes to her father's tent, and proffers himself. If accepted, a promise is given which is considered binding, and the girl is delivered to her betrothed husband at the proper age.' Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 41. Women 'carry their infants between their reindeer-skin jackets and their naked backs.' Simpson's Nar., p. 121. 'All the drudgery falls upon the women; even the boys would transfer their loads to their sisters.' Collinson, in Bond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxv., p. 201. 67 The 'Kashim is generally built by the joint labour of the community.' Mchardson's Pol. Reg., p. 311. AMUSEMENTS. 67 by means of blubber-lamps. The dancers, who are usually young men, strip themselves to the waist, or even appear in puris naturalibus, and go through numberless burlesque-imitations of birds and beasts, their gestures being accompanied by tambourine and songs. Sometimes they are fantastically arrayed in seal or deer skin pantaloons, decked with dog or wolf tails behind, and wear feathers or a colored handkerchief on the head. The ancients, seated upon benches which encircle the room, smoke, and smile approbation. The women attend with fish and berries in large wooden bowls; and, upon the opening of the performance, they are at once relieved of their contributions by the actors, who elevate the provisions successively to the four cardinal points and once to the skies above, when all partake of the feast. Then comes another dance. A monotonous refrain,, accompanied by the beating of an instrument made of seal-intestines stretched over a circular frame, brings upon the ground one boy after another, until about twenty form a circle. A series of pantomimes then commences, portraying love, jealousy, hatred, and friendship. During intervals in the exercises, presents are distributed to strangers. In their national dance, one girl after another comes in turn to the centre, while the others join hands and dance and sing, not unmusically, about her. The most extravagant motions win the greatest applause.68 Among other customs of the Eskimo may be mentioned the following. Their salutations are made by rubbing noses together. No matter how oily the skin, nor how rank the odor, he who would avoid offense 68 ' Their dance is of the rudest kind, and consists merely in violent motion of the arms and legs.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 63. They make 'the most comical motions with the whole body, without stirring from their place.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 192. Their song consisted of the words: ' Hi, Yangah yangah; ha ha, yangah—with variety only in the inflection of voice.' Hooper's Tuski, p. 225. When heated by the dance, even the women were stripped to their breeches. Simpson's Nar., p. 158. 'An old man, all but naked, jumped into the ring, and was beginning some indecent gesticulations, when his appearance not meeting with our approbation he withdrew.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 396. 68 HYPERBOREANS. must submit his nose to the nose of his Hyperborean brother,69 and his face to the caressing hand of his polar friend. To convey intimations of friendship at a distance, they extend their arms, and rub and pat their breast. Upon the approach of visitors they form a circle, and sit like Turks, smoking their pipes. Men, women, and children are inordinately fond of tobacco. They swallow the smoke and revel in a temporary elysium. They are called brave, simple, kind, intelligent, happy, hospitable, respectful to the aged. They are also called cruel, ungrateful, treacherous, cunning, dolorously complaining, miserable.70 They are great mimics, and, in order to terrify strangers, they accustom themselves to the most extraordinary contortions of features and body. As a measure of intellectual capacity, it is claimed for them that they divide time into days, lunar months, seasons, and years; that they estimate accurately by the sun or stars the time of day or night; that they can count several hundred and draw maps. They also make rude drawings on bone, representing dances, deer- hunting, animals, and all the various pursuits followed by them from the cradle to the grave. But few diseases are common to them, and a deformed person is scarcely ever seen. Cutanepus eruptions, resulting from their antipathy to water, and Ophthalmia, arising from the smoke of their closed huts and the glare of sun-light upon snow and water, constitute their chief disorders.71 For protection to their eyes in hunting and 69 ' Cetait la plus grande marqfue d'amitie qu'ils pouvaient nous donner.' Choris, Voy. Pitt., pt. ii., p. 5. ' They came up to me one after the other— each of them embraced me, rubbed his nose hard against mine, and ended his caresses by spitting in his hands and wiping thern several times over my face.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., pp. 192, 195. 70 ' Their personal bravery is conspicuous) and they are the only nation on the North American Continent who oppose their enemies face to face in open fight.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 244. ' Simple, kind people; very- poor, very filthy, and to us looking exceedingly wretched.' McClure's Bis. N. W. Passage, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxiv., p. 242. ' More bold and crafty than the Indians; but they use their women much better.' Bell's Geog., vol. v., p. 294. 71 ' Their diseases are few.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. ii., p. 67. 'Diseases are quite as prevalent among them as among civilized people.' Ball's THE KONIAGAS. 69 fishing, they make goggles by cutting a slit in a piece of soft wood, and adjusting it to the face. The Eskimos do not, as a rule, bury their dead; but double the body up, and place it on the side in a plank box, which is elevated three or four feet from the ground, and supported by four posts. The grave-box is often covered with painted figures of birds, fishes, and animals. Sometimes it is wrapped in skins, placed upon an*elevated frame, and covered with planks, or trunks of trees, so as to protect it from wild beasts. Upon the frame or in the grave-box are deposited the arms, clothing, and sometimes the domestic utensils of the deceased. Frequent mention is made by travelers of burial places where the bodies lie exposed, with their heads placed towards the north.72 The Koniagas derive their name from the inhabitants of the island of Kadiak, who, when first discovered, called themselves Kanagist.1'6 They were confounded Alaska, p. 195. ' Ophthalmia was very general with them.' Beechey's Voy., vol. i., p. 345. 'There is seldom any mortality except amongst the old people and very young children.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 197. 72 At Point Barrow, bodies were found in great numbers scattered over the ground in their ordinary seal-skin dress; a few covered with pieces of wood, the heads all turned north-east towards the extremity of the point. Simpson's Nar., p. 1C5. ' They lay their dead on the ground, with their heads all turned to the north.' ' The bodies lay exposed in the most horrible and disgusting manner.' Bease and Siynpson, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. viii., p. 221, 222. 'Their position with regard to the points of the compass is not taken into consideration.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol ii., p. G7. ' There are many more graves than present inhabitants of the village, and thp story is that the whole coast was once much more densely populated.' Ball's Alaska, p. 19. Hooper, on coming to a burial place not far from Point, Barrow,. ' conjectured that the corpses had been buried in an upright position, with their heads at or above the surface.' Tuski, p. 221. 73 Kadiak ' is a derivative, according to some authors, from the Russian Kadia, a large tub; more probably, however, it is a corruption of Kaniag, the ancient Tnnuit name.' Bali's Alaska, p. 532. Holmberg thinks that the word Kadiak arose from Kikchtak, which in the 'language of the Koniagas means a large island. 'Der Name Kadjak ist offenbar eine Verdrehung von Kikchtak, welches Wort in der Sprache der Konjagen "grosse Insel" be- cleutet und daher auch als Benennung der grbssten Insel dieser Gruppe riiente.' Ethnographische Skizzen uber die Volker des Russischen Amerika, p. 75. *A la division Koniagi appartient la partie la plus septentrionale de l'Alaska, et File de Kodiak, que les Russes appellent vulgairement Kichtak, quoique, dans la langue des naturels, le mot Kightak ne designe en general qu'une ile.' Humboldt, Essai Pol., torn, i., p. 347. Coxe affirms that the natives 'call themselves Kanagist.' Russian Bis., p. 135. And Sauer says, 70 HYPERBOREANS. by early Russian writers with the Aleuts. English ethnologists sometime/9 call them Southern Eskimos. From Kadiak they extend along the coast in both directions; northward across the Alaskan Peninsula to Kotzebue Sound, and eastward to Prince William Sound. The Koniagan family is divided into nations as follows : the Koniagas proper, who inhabit the Koniagan Archipelago; the Chugatshes™ who occupy the islands and shores of Prince William Sound; the Agleg- mutes, of Bristol Bay; the Keyataigjnutes, who live upon the river Nushagak arid the coast as far as Cape New- enham; the Agulmutes, dwelling upon the coast between the Kuskequim and Kishunak rivers; the Kuskoqidg- mittes™ occupying the banks of the river Kuskoquim; the MagemuteSj in the neighborhood of Cape Romanzoff; the Kivichpagmutes, Kwichlaagmutes, and Pashtoliks, on the Kwichpak, Kwickluak, and Pashtolik rivers; the ChnagmuteSj near Pashtolik Bay; the Anlygmutes, of Go- lovnin Bay, and the Kaviaks and Malemutes, of Norton Sound.76 I All of these people," says Baron von, Wran- gell, I speak one language and belong to one stock." The most populous district is the Kuskoquim Valley.77 The small islands in the vicinity of Kadiak were once well peopled; but as the Russians depopulated them, and hunters became scarce, the natives were not allowed to scatter, but were forced to congregate in towns.78 Sche- likoff, the first settler on Kadiak, reported, in that and contiguous isles, thirty thousand natives. Thirty years later, Saritsheff visited the island and found but three i the natives call themselves Soo-oo-it.' Billing's Ex., p. 175. ' Man verstand von ihnen, das sie sich selbst Kanagist nennen.' Neue Nachr., p. 114. 74 Tschugatsches, Tschugatsi or Tschydzi. Latham, Native Races, p. 290, says the name is Athabascan, and signifies 'men of the sea.' 7^ Kuskoquigmutes, Kuskokuiimen, Kuskokwigmjuten, Kusckockwagemuten, Kuschkukchwakmuien, or Kuskutchewak. 76 The termination mute, mut, meut, muten, or mjuten, signifies people or village. It is added to the tribal name sometimes as a substantive as well as in an adjective sense. 77 ' Herr Wassiljew schatzt ihre Zahl auf mindestens 7030 Seelen beiderlei Geschlechts und jeglichen Alters.' Bzer, Xtjt. u. Ethn., p. 127. 2 'Es waren wohl einst alle diese Inseln bewohnt' Hilmberrj, Ethn. Skiz., p. 76. LAND OF THE KONIAGAS. 71 thousand. The Chugatshes not long since lived upon the island of Kadiak, but, in consequence of dissensions with their neighbors, they were obliged to emigrate and take up their residence on the main land. They derived their manners originally from the northern nations ; but, after having been driven from their ancient possessions, they made raids upon southern nations, carried off their women, and, from the connections thus formed, underwent a marked change. They now resemble the southern rather than the northern tribes. The Kadiaks, Chugatshes, Kuskoquims, and adjacent tribes, according to their own traditions, came from the north, while the Unalaskas believe themselves to have originated in the west. The Kaviaks intermingle to a considerable extent with the Malemutes, and the two are often taken for one people; but their dialects are quite distinct. The country of the Koniagas is a rugged wilderness, into many parts of which no white man has ever penetrated. Mountainous forests, glacial canons, down which ilow innumerable torrents, hills interspersed with lakes and marshy plains; ice-clad in winter, covered with luxuriant vegetation in summer. Some sheltered inlets absorb an undue proportion of oceanic warmth. Thus the name Aglegmutes signifies the inhabitants of a warm climate. Travelers report chiefs among the Koniagas seven feet in height, but in general they are of medium stature.79 Their complexion may be a shade darker 79 The Malemutes are 'a race of tall and stout people.' WJiymper's Alaska, p. 159. ' Die Kuskokwimer sind, mittlerer Statur, schlank, r:istig und oft mit grosser Starke begabt.*' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 135. Bixon's Voy., p. 186. 'Bisweilen fallen sogar riesige Gestalten auf, wie ich z. B. einen Hauptling in der igatschen Bucht zu sehen Gelegen- heit hatte, dessen L!inge Q>% Fuss betrug.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 80. The chief at Prince William Sound was a man of low stature, 'with a long beard, and seemed about sixty years of age.' Porilock's Voy., p. 237. A strong, raw-boned race. Meares' Voy., p. 32. At Cook's Inlet they seemed to be of the same nation as those of Pr. Wm Sd , but entirely different from those at Nootka, in persons and language. Cook's Third Voy., vol ii., p. 400. They are of ' middle size and well proportioned.' Dixon's Voy., p. 68. ' They emigrated in recent times from the Island of Kadyak, and they claim, as their hereditary possessions, the coast lying between Bristol 72 HYPERBOREANS. than that of, the Eskimos of the northern coast, but it is still very light.80 The Chugatshes are remarkable for their large heads, short necks, broad faces, and small eyes. Holmberg claims for the Koniagas a peculiar formation of the skull; the back, as he says, being not arched but flat. They pierce the septum of ikie nose and the under lip, and in the apertures wear ornaments of various materials; the most highly prized being of shell or of amber. It is said that at times amber is thrown up in large quantities by the ocean, on the south side of Kadiak, generally after a heavy earthquake, and that at such times it forms an important article of commerce with the natives. , The more the female chin is riddled with holes, the greater the respectability. Two ornaments are usually worn, but by very aristocratic ladies as many as six.81 Their favorite colors in face- painting are red and blue, though black and leaden colors are common.82 Young Kadiak wives secure the affectionate admiration of their husbands by tattooing the breast and adorning the face with black lines; while the Kuskoquim women sew into their chin two parallel blue lines. The hair is worn long by men as well as women. On state occasions, it is elaborately dressed; first saturated in train-oil, then powdered with red clay or oxide of iron, and finished off with a shower of white feathers. Both sexes wear beads wherever they can find a place for them, round the neck, wrists, and ankles, Bay and Beering's Straits.' Richardson^s Nar., vol. i., p. 364. 'Die Tschu- gatschen sind Ankommlinge von der Tnsel Kadjack, die wahrend innerer Zwistigkeiten von dort vertrieben.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 116. 80 Achkugmjuten, 'BewohnerderwarinenGegend.' Holmberg, Ethn.Skiz., p. 5. ' Copper complexion.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 194. 81 ' They bore their under lip, where they hang fine bones of beasts and birds.' Staehlin's North. Arch., p. 33. 'Setzen sich auch—Zahne von Viigel oder Thierknochen in Kiinstliche Oeffnungen der Unterlippe und untejr der Nase ein.' Neue Nachr., p. 113. 82 The people of Kadiak, according to Langsdorff, are similar to those of Unalaska, the men being a little taller. They differ from the Fox Islanders. Voy., pt. ii., p. 62. 'Die Insulaner waren hier von den Einwohnern, der vorhin entdeckten iibrigen Fuchsinsuln, in Kleidung und Sprache ziem- lich verschieden.' Neue Nachr., p. 113. 'lis ressemblent beaucoup aux indigenes des iles Curiles, dependantes du Japon.' Laplace, Circwnnav., vol. vi., p. 45. KADIAK AND KUSKOQUIM DRESS. 73 besides making a multitude of holes for them in the ears, nose, and chin. Into these holes they will also insert buttons, nails, or any European trinket which falls into their possession.83 The aboriginal dress of a wealthy Kadiak wras a bird- skin parka, or shirt, fringed at the top and bottom, with long wide sleeves out of which the wearer slipped his arms in an emergency. This garment was neatly sewed with bird-bone needles, and a hundred skins were sometimes used in the making of a single parka. It was worn with the feathers outside during the day, and inside during the night. Round the waist was fastened an embroidered girdle, and over all, in wet weather, was worn an intestine water-proof coat. The Kadiak breeches and stockings were of otter or other skins, and the boots, when any were worn, were of seal-neck leather, with whale-skin soles. The Russians in a measure prohibited the use of furs among the natives, compelling them to purchase woolen goods from the company, and deliver up all their peltries. The parkas and stockings of the Kuskoquims are of reindeer-skin, covered with embroidery, and trimmed with valuable furs. They also make stockings of swamp grass, and cloaks of sturgeon- skin. The Malemute and Kaviak dress is similar to that of the northern Eskimo.84 83 ' They wore strings of beads suspended from apertures in the lower lip.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 195. 'Their ears are full of holes, from which hang pendants of bone or shell.' Meares' Voy., p. xxxii. ' Elles portent des perles ordinairement en verre bleu, suspendues au-dessons du nez a un fil passe' dans la cloison nasale.' B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 573. ' Upon the whole, I have nowhere seen savages who take more pains than these people do to ornament, or rather to disfigure their persons.' At Prince William Sound they are so fond of ornament ' that they stick any thing in their perforated lip; one man appearing with two of our iron nails projecting from it like prongs; and another endeavouring to put a large brass button into it.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 370. They slit the under lip, and have ornaments of glass beads and muscle-shells in nostrils and ears; tattoo chin and neck. LringsdorJf's Voy., vol. ii.. p. 63. 'Die Frauen maehen Einschnitte in die Lippen. Der Nasenknorpel ist ebenfalls durchstochen.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 135. 84 The Kadiaks dress like the Aleuts, but their principal garment they call Kontigen; Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 63. Like the Unalaskas, the neck being more exposed, fewer ornamentations. Saner, Billing's Voy., p. 177. Consists wholly of the skins of animals and birds.' Portlock's Voy., p. 74 HYPERBOREANS. The Chugatshes, men, women, and children, dress alike in a close fur frock, or robe, reaching sometimes to the knees, but generally to the ankles. Their feet and legs are commonly bare, notwithstanding the high latitude in which they live; but they sometimes wear skin stockings and mittens. They make a truncated conic hat of straw or wood, in whimsical representation of the head of some fish or bird, and garnished with colors.85 The Koniagas build two kinds of houses; one a large, winter village residence, called by the Russians barabara, and the other a summer hunting-hut, placed usually upon the banks of a stream whence they draw food. Their winter houses are very large, accommodating three or four families each. They are constructed by digging a square space of the required area to a depth of two feet, placing a post, four feet high above the surface of the ground, at every corner, and roofing the space over to constitute a main hall, where eating is done, filth deposited, and boats built. The sides are of planks, and the roof of boards, poles, or whale-ribs, thickly covered with grass. hi the roof is a smoke-hole, and on the eastern side a door-hole about three feet square, through which entrance is made on hands and knees, and which is protected by a seal or other skin. Under the opening in the roof, a hole is dug for fire; and round the sides of the room, tomb-like excavations are made, or boards put up, for sleeping-places, where the occupant reposes on his back with his knees drawn up to the chin. Adjoining 249. A coat peculiar to Norton Sound appeared 'to be made of reeds sewed very closely together.' Dixon's Voy., p. 191. ' Nahen ihre Par ken (Winter-Kleider) aus Vogelhauten und ihre Kamleien (Sommer-Kleider) aus den Gedarmen vonWallfischenund Robben.' Bier, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 117. At Norton Sound 'principally of deer-skins.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 4S1 'Hire Kleider sind aus schwarzen und andern Fuchsbalgen, Biber, Vogelhauten, auch jungen Rennthier and Jewraschkenfellen, alles mit Seh- nen genaht.' Neue Nac'ir., p. 113. 'The dress of both sexes consists of parkas and camleykas, both of which nearly resemble in form a carter's frock.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 194. p$ ' Una tunica entera de pieles que les abriga "bastantemente ' Bodega y Quadra Xar^, MS. p. 66. 'By the use of- such a girdle, it*should seem that they sometimes go naked.' Cook's Tldrd Vo§., vol. ii., p.,437. DWELLINGS AND FOOD OF THE KONIAGAS. 75 rooms are sometimes made, with low underground passages leading off from the main hall. The walls are adorned with implements of the chase and bags of winter food; the latter of which, being in every stage of decay, emits an odor most offensive to unhabituated nostrils. The ground is carpeted with straw. When the* smoke-hole is covered by an intestine window, the dwellings of the Koniagas are exceedingly warm, and neither fire nor clothing is required.86 The kashim, or public house of the Koniagas, is built like their dwellings, and is capable of accommodating three or four hundred pepple.87 Huts are built by earthing over sticks placed in roof-shape; also by erecting a frame of poles, and covering it with bark or skins. The Koniagas will eat any digestible substance in nature except pork; from which fact Kingsborough might have proven incontestably a Jewish origin. I should rather give them swinish affinities, and see in this singularity a hesitancy to feed upon the only animal, except themselves, which eats with equal avidity bear's excrements, carrion birds, maggoty fish, and rotten sea-animals.88 When a whale is taken, it is literally stripped of everything to the) bare bones, and these also are used for building huts and boats.89 These people can dis- 86 ' Plastered over with mud, which gives it an appearance not very unlike a dung hill.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 214. Sea-dog skin closes the opening. Jjangsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 62. The Kuskoquims have 'huttes qu'ils appellerit barabores pour 1'eteV B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 574. ' Mit Erde und Gras bedeckt, so dass man mit Recht die Wohnungen der Konjagen Erdhiitten nennen kann/ Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 97. 'A door fronting the east.' hauer, Billing's Voy., p. 175. At Norton Sound 'they consist simply of a sloping roof, without any side-walls.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 484. Build temporary huts of sticks and bark. Portlock's Voy., p. 253. 87 ' In dem Kashim versammelt sich die mannliche Bevolkerung des ganzen Dorfes zur Berathschlagung uber wichtige Angelegenheiten, fiber Krieg und Frieden, etc' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 129. 88 ' Le poisson est la principale nourriture.' B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 574. ' Berries mixed with rancid whale oil.'' * The fat of the whale is the prime delicacy.' Lisiansky's Voy., pp. 178, 195. 'Meistentheils nahren sie sich mit rohen und trocknen Fischen, die sie theils in der See mit knochernen Angel- haken, theils in denen Bachen mit Sacknetzen, die sie aus Sehnen flechten, einfangen.' Neue Nachr., p. 114. They generally eat their food raw, but sometimes they boil it in water heated with hot stones. Meares' Voy.-, p. xxxv. The method of catching wild geese, is to chase and knock them down immediately after they have shed their large wing-feathers; at which time they are not able to fly. Portlock's Voy., p. 265. 89 ' Ich hatte auf der Insel Afognak Gelegenheit dem Zerschneiden eines 76 HYPERBOREANS. pose of enormous quantities of food; or, if necessary, they can go a long time without eating.90 Before the introduction of intoxicating drinks by white men, they made a fermented liquor from the juice of raspberries and blueberries. Tobacco is in general use, but chewing and snuffing are more frequent than smoking. Salmon are very plentiful in the vicinity of Kadiak, and form one of the chief articles of diet. During their periodical ascension of the rivers, they are taken in great quantities by means of a pole pointed with bone or iron. Salmon are also taken in nets made of whale- sinews. Codfish are caught with a bone hook. Whales approach the coast of Kadiak in June, when the inhab-. itants pursue them in baidarkas. Their whale-lance is about six feet in length, and pointed with a stone upon which is engraved the owner's mark. This point separates from the handle and is left in the whale's flesh, so that when the body is thrown dead upon the beach, the whaler proves his property by his lance-point. Many superstitions are mentioned in connection with the whale-fishery. When a whaler dies, the body is cut into small pieces and distributed among his fellow- craftsmen, each of whom, after rubbing the point of his lance upon it, dries and preserves his piece as a sort of talisman. Or the body is placed in a distant cave, where, before setting out upon a chase, the whalers all congregate, take it out, carry it to a stream, immerse it and then drink of the water. During the season, whalers bear a charmed existence. No one may eat out of the same dish with them, nor even approach them. When the season is over, they hide their weapons in the mountains. In May, the Koniagas set out in two-oared baidarkas Wallfisches zuzusehenund versichere, dass nach Veiiauf von kaum 2 Stunden nur die blanken Knochen auf dem Ufer lagen.' Hulmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 91. 90 The Kadiaks 'pass their time in hunting, festivals, and abstinence. The first takes place in the summer; the second begins in the month of December, and continues as long as any provisions remain; and then follows the period of famine, which lasts till the re-appearance of fish in the rivers. During the period last mentioned, many have nothing but shell-fish to subsist on, and some die for want.' Lisiansky's Voy., pp. 209, 210. THE KUSKOKWIGMUTES AND MALEMUTES. for distant islands, in search of sea-otter. As success requires a smooth sea, they can hunt them only during the months of May and June, taking them in the manner following. Fifty or one hundred boats proceed slowly through the water, so closely together that it is impossible for an otter to escape between them; As soon as the animal is discovered, the signal is given, the area within which he must necessarily rise to the surface for air, is surrounded by a dozen boats, and when he appears upon the surface he is filled with arrows. Seals are hunted with spears ten or twelve feet in length, upon the end of which is fastened an inflated bladder, in order to float the animal when dead. The Kuskokwigmutes are less nomadic than their neighbors; being housed in permanent settlements during the winter, although in summer they are obliged to scatter in various directions in quest of food. Every morning before break of day, during the hunting-season, a boy lights the oil-lamps in all the huts of the village, when the women rise and prepare the food. The men, excepting old men and boys, all sleep in the kashim, whither they retire at sunset. In the morning they are aroused by the appearance of the shaman, arrayed in his sacerdotal robes, and beating his sacred drum. After morning worship, the women carry breakfast to their husbands in the kashim. At day-break the men depart for their hunting or fishing, and when they return, immediately repair to the kashim, leaving the women to unload and take care of the products of the day's work. During the hunting-season the men visit their wives only during the night, returning to the kashim before daylight. The Malemutes leave their villages upon the coast regularly in February, and, with their families, resort to the mountains, where they follow the deer until snow melts, and then return to catch water-fowl and herring, and gather eggs upon the cliffs and promontories of the coast and islands. In July is their salmon feast. The fawns of reindeer are caught upon the hills by the 78 HYPERBOREANS. women in August, either by chasing them down or by snaring them. Deer are stalked, noosed in snares, or driven into enclosures, where they are easily killed. At Kadiak, hunting begins in February, and in April they visit the smaller islands for sea-otter, seals, sea-lions, and eggs. * Their whale and other fisheries commence in June and continue till October, at which time they abandon work and give themselves up to festivities. The seal is highly prized by them for its skin, blubber, and oil. One method of catching seals illustrates their ingenuity. Taking an air-tight sealskin, they blow it up like a bladder, fasten to it a long line, and, concealing themselves behind the rocks, they throw their imitation seal among the live ones and draw it slowly to the shore. The others follow, Nand are speared or killed with bow and arrows. Blueberries and huckleberries are gathered in quantities and dried for winter use; they are^eaten mixed with seal-oil. The Koniagas are also very fond of raw reindeer-fat. They hunt with guns, and snare grouse, marten, and hares. A small white fish is taken in great quantities from holes in the ice. They are so abundant and so easily caught that the natives break off the barbs from their fish-hooks in order to facilitate their operations. The white polar bear does not wander south of the sixty-fifth parallel, and is only found near Bering Strait. Some were found on St Matthew Island, in Bering Sea, but were supposed to have been conveyed thither upon floating ice. The natives approach the grizzly bear with great caution. When a lair is discovered, the opening is measured, and a timber barricade constructed, with an aperture through which the bear may put his head. The Indians then quietly approach and secure their timbers against the opening of the den with stones, and throw a fire-brand into the den to arouse the animal, who thereupon puts his his head out through the hole and meets with a reception which brings him to an untimely end.91 91 ' Wild animals which they hunt, and especially wild sheep, the flesh of WAR, IMPLEMENTS, AND GOVERNMENT. 79 In former times, the Koniagas went to war behind a huge wooden shield a foot thick and twelve feet in width. It was made of three thicknesses of larch-wrood, bound together with willows, and with it they covered thirty or forty lancers.92 They poisoned their arrow and lance points with a preparation of aconite, by drying and pulverizing the root, mixing the powder with water, and, when it fermented, applying it to their weapons.93 They made arrow-points of copper, obtaining a supply from the Kenai of Copper River ;94 and the wood was as finely finished as if turned in a lathe. The boats of the Koniagas are similar to those of the north, except that the bow and stem are not alike, the Dne turning up to a point and the other cut off square.95 Needles made of birds' bones, and thread from whale- sinews, in the hands of a Kadiak woman, produced work, "many specimens of which," says Lisiansky, u would do credit to our best seamstresses."90 They produced fire by revolving with a bow-string a hard dry stick upon a soft dry board, one end of the stick being held in a mouth-piece of bone or ivory. Their imple- whichis excellent.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 188. They eat the larger sort of fern- rcot baked, and a substance which seemed the inner bark of the pine. Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 374. 'Die Eingebornen essen diese Wurzeln (Lagat) roh und gekocht; aus der Wurzel, nachdem sie in Mehl verwandelt ist, bSckt man, mit einer geringen Beimischung von Weizenmehl, siissliche, dunne Kuchen.' Sagoskin, Tagebuch, in Benkschr. d. russ. Geog. Gesell., p. 343. 92 ' Ihre holzerne Schilde nennen sie Kujaki.' Neue Nachr., p. 114. 93 I Selecting the roots of such plants as grow alone, these roots are dried and pounded, or grated.' Sauer, Billing's Ex., p. 178. 94 ' Die Pfeilspitzen sind aus Eisen oder Kupfer, ersteres erhalten sie von den Kenayern, letzteres von den Tutnen.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 118. ' De pedernal en forma de arpon, cortado con tanta delicadeza como pudiera hacer- lo el mas habil lapidario.' Bodega y Quadra, Nav., MS. p. 66. 95 At Prince William Sound Cook found the canoes not of wood, as at Nootka. At Bristol Bay they were of skin, but broader. Third Voy., vol. ii., pp. 371, 437. 'Die kadjakschen Baidarken unterscheiden sich in der Form ein wenig von denen der andern Bewohner der amerikanischen Kuste, von denen der Aleuten aber namentlich darin, das sie kiirzer und breiter sind.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 99. At Prince William Sound, * formada la canoa en esqueleto la forran por fuera con pieles de animales.' Bodega y Quadra, Nav., MS. p. 65. ' Qu'on se figure une nacelle de quatre metres de long et de soixante centimetres de large tout au plus.' Laplace, Circumnav., vol. vi., p. 48. ' These canoes were covered with skins, the same as we had seen last season in Cook's River. Bixon's Voy., p. 147. * Safer at sea in bad weather than European boats.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 211. 96 Their whale-sinew thread was as fine as silk. Lisiansky's Voy., p. 207. 80 HYPERBOREANS. ments wTere few—a stone adze, a shell or flint knife, a polishing stone, and a handled tooth.97 Yet they excel in carving, and in working walrus-teeth and whalebone, the former being supplied them mostly by the Agle- mutes- of the Alaskan Peninsula. The tools used in these manufactures were of stone, and the polishing tools of shell. Traces of the stone age are found in lamps, hammers and cutting instruments, wedges and hatchets. Carving is done by the men, while the women are no less skillful in sewing, basket-making, crocheting, and knitting. The women tan, and make clothing and boat-covers from skins and intestines.98 The Agulmutes are skilled in the carving of wood and ivory; the Kuskoquims excel in wood and stone carving. They make in this manner domestic utensils and vases, with grotesque rep resentations of men, animals, and birds, in relief. Authority is exercised only by heads of households but chiefs may, by superior ability, acquire much influ ence." Before they became broken up and demoralized by contact with civilization, there was a marked division of communities into castes; an hereditary nobility and commonalty. In the former was embodied all authority ; but the rule of American chieftains is nowThere of a very arbitrary character. Slavery existed to a limited extent, the thralls being mostly women and children. Their male prisoners of war, they either killed immediately or reserved to torture for the edification and improvement of their children.100 Upon .the arrival of 97 The only tool seen was a stone adze. Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii. p. 373. 93 « Their sewing, plaiting of sinews, and small work on their little bags may be put in competition with the most delicate manufactures found in any part of the known world.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., pp. 373, 374. ' If we may judge by these figures, the inhabitants of Cadiack must have lost much of their skill in carving, their old productions of this kind being greatly superior.' Lisiansky, p. 178. The Ingahk's household furniture is made ' von geboge- nem Holz sehr zierlich gearbeitet und mittelst Erdfarben roth, griin und blau angestrichen. Zum Kochen der Speisen bedienen sie sich irdener, aus- gebrannter G-eschirre. Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 121. 99 ' Tis most probable they are divided into clans or tribes.' Bixon's Voy., p. 67. ' They have a King, whose name was Sheenoway.' Meares' Voy.y p ..xxvii. ' They always keep together in families, and are under the direction of toyons or chiefs.' 'Lisiansky's Voy., p. 151. 100 Female slaves are sold from one tribe to another. Sauer, Billing's Voy., p. 175. MORALITY OF THE KONIAGAS. 81 the Russians, the slaves then held by the natives, thinking to better their condition, left their barbaric masters and placed themselves under the protection of the new comers. The Russians accepted the trust, and set them to work. The poor creatures, unable to perform the imposed tasks, succumbed; and, as their numbers were diminished by ill treatment, their places were supplied by such of the inhabitants as had been guilty of some misdemeanor; and singularly enough, misdemeanors happened to be about in proportion to the demand for slaves.101 The domestic manners of the Koniagas are of the lowest c»rder. In filth they out-do, if possible, their neighbors of the north.102 Thrown together in little bands under one roof, they have no idea of morality, and the marriage relation sits so loosely as hardly to excite jealousy in its abuse. Female chastity is deemed a thing of value only as men hold property in it. A young unmarried woman may live uncensured in the freest intercourse with thp men; though, as soon as she belongs to one man, it is her duty to be true to him. Sodomy is common; the Kaviaks practice polygamy and incest; the Kadiaks cohabit promiscuously, brothers and sisters, parents and children.103 The Malemutes are content with one wife, but they have no marriage ceremony, and can put her away at pleasure. They prize boy babies, but frequently kill the girls, taking them out into the wilderness, stuffing gr^ss into their mouth and abandoning them; yet children are highly esteemed, and the barren woman is a reproach among her people. Such persons even go so far as to make a doll or image of the offspring which they 101 < Zugleich verschwand auch ihre Benennung; man nannte sie ferner Kajuren, ein Wort, aus Kamtschatka hieher iibergesiedelt, welches Tage- lohner oder Arbeiter bedeutet.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz*, p. 79. 102 < They will not go a step out of thPway for the most necessary purposes of. nature; and vessels are placed at their very doors for the reception of the urinous fluid, which are resorted to alike by both sexes.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 214. 103 ' Not only do brothers and sisters cohabit with each other, but even parents and children.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 64. Vol. I. 6 82 HYPERBOREANS. so greatly desire, and fondle it as if it were a real child.104 Two husbands are also allowed to one woxnan; one the chief or principal husband, and the other a deputy, who acts as husband and master of the house during the absence of the true lord; and who, upon the latter's return, not only yields to him his place, but becomes in the meantime his servant. But the most repugnant of all their practices is that of male concubinage. A Kadiak mother will select her handsomest and most promising boy, and dress and rear him as a girl, teaching him only domestic duties, keeping him at woman's work, associating him only with women and girls, in order to render his effeminacy complete. Arriving at the age of ten or fifteen years, he is married to some wealthy man, who regards such a companion as a great acquisition. These male wives are called achnat- schik or schopans.105 A most cruel superstition is enforced upon maidens at the age of puberty; the victim being confined for six months in a hut built for the purpose, apart from the others, and so small that the poor inmate cannot straighten her back while upon her knees. During the six months following, she is allowed a room a little larger, but is still permitted no intercourse with any one. Daughters of principal men obtain the right of access to the kashim by undergoing a ceremonial yielding up of 104 'Images dressed in different forms.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 178. 'The most favoured of women is she who has the greatest number of children.' Sauer, Billing's Voy., p. 176. 105 | ner Vater oder die Mutter bestimmen den Sohn schon in seiner friih- sten Kindheit zum Achnutschik, wenn er ihnen madchenhaft erscheint.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 121. 'Male concubines are much more frequent here than at Oonalashka.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 64. They 'arehapjry to see them taken by the chiefs, to gratify their unnatural desires. Such youths are dressed like women, and taught all their domestic duties.' Sauer, Billing's Ex., p. 176. 'Ces peuples sont tres adonnes aux plaisirs des sens et meme a un vice infame.' Choris, Voy. Pitt., pt. vii., p. 8. 'Of all the customs of these islanders, the m,ost disgusting is that of men, called schoo- pans, living with men, and suppling the place of women.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 199. This shameful custom applies to the Thlinkeets as well. ' Quelques personnes de l'Equipage du Solide ont rapporte qu'il ne leur est pas possible de douter que les Tchinkitaneens ne soient souilles de ce vice honteux que Ja Theogonie immorale des Grecs avoit divinise.' Marchand, Voy. aut. du Monde, torn, ii., p. 97. KONIAGAN SWEAT-HOUSES 83 their virginity to the shaman.106 Marriage ceremonies are few, and marriage engagements peculiar. The consent of the father of the intended bride being obtained, the aspirant for nuptial honors brings wood and builds a fire in the bath-room; after which, he and the father take a bath together. The relatives meanwhile congregate, a feast is held, presents are made, the bridegroom takes the name of the bride's father, the couple are escorted to a heated vapor-bath and there left together. Although extremely filthy in their persons and habits, all Indians attach great importance to their sweat-baths. This peculiar institution extends through most of the nations of our territory, from Alaska to Mexico, with wonderful uniformity. Frequently one of the side subterranean apartments which open off from the main hall, is devoted to the purposes of a sweat-house. Into one of these caverns a Kadiak will enter stripped. Steam is generated by throwing water upon heated stones. After sweltering for a time in the confined apd heated atmosphere, and while yet in a profuse perspiration, the bather rushes out and plunges into the nearest stream or into the sea, frequently having to break the ice before being able to finish his bath. Sometimes all the occupants of the house join in a bath. They then clear the floor of the main room from obstructions, and build a hot fire under the smoke-hole. When the fire is reduced to coals, a covering is placed over the smoke-hole, and the bathers proceed to wash themselves in a certain liquid, which is carefully saved for this and other cleansing purposes, and also for tanning. The alkali of the fluid combines with the grease upon their persons, and thus a lather is formed which removes dirt as effectually as soap, would. They then wash in water, wrap themselves in deer-skins, and repose upon shelves until the lassitude occasioned by perspiration passes away. 106 « Der Schamane hat seiner Obliegenheit gemass oder aus'besonderem Wohlwollen sie der Jungferschaft beraubt und sie ware unwurdig vor der Versammlung zu erscheinen, wenn sie ihre erste Liebeirgend einem Anderen und nicht dem Schamanen gezollt hatte.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 133. 84 HYPERBOREANS. Festivals of various kinds are held; as, when one village is desirous of extending hospitality to another village, or when an individual becomes ambitious of popularity, a feast is given. A ceremonial banquet takes place a year after the death of a relative j or an entertainment may be announced as a reparation for an injury done to one's neighbor. At some of these feasts only men dance, and at others the women join. Upon these occasions, presents are exchanged, and the festivities sometimes continue for several days. The men appear upon the scene nearly or quite naked, with painted faces, and the hair fantastically decorated with feathers, dancing to the music of the tambourine, sometimes accompanied by sham fights and warlike songs. Their faces are marked or fantastically painted, and they hold a knife or lance in one hand and a rattle in the other. The women dance by simply hopping forward and backward upon their toes.107 A visitor, upon entering a dwelling, is presented with a cup of cold water; afterward, fish or flesh is set before him, and it is expected that he will leave nothing uneaten. The more he eats, the greater the honor to the host; and, if it be impossible to eat all that is given him, he must take away with him whatever remains. After eating, he is conducted to a hot bath and regaled with a drink of melted fat. Sagoskin assisted at a ceremony which is celebrated annually about the first of January at all the villages on the coast. It is called the festival of the immersion of the bladders in the sea. More than a hundred bladders, taken only from animals wrhich have been killed with arrows, and decorated with fantastic paintings, are hung upon a cord stretched horizontally along the wall of the kashim. Four birds carved from wood, a screech- 107 jTheir dances are proper tournaments.' Sauer, Billing's Ex., p. 176. They are much addicted to public dances, especially during winter. Whym- per's Alaska, p. 165. 'Masks of the most hideous figures are worn.' IAsi- ansky's Voy., p. 210. 'Use a sort of rattle composed of a number of the beaks of the sea-parrot, strung upon a wooden cross,'—sounds like castanets. Langsdorjf's Voy., pt. ii., p. 64. ' Die Tanzer erscheinen, eben so, mit Wurf- spiessen oder Messern in den Handen, welche sie iiber dem Kopfe schwing- en.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 118, SUPERSTITIONS OF THE KONIAGAS. owl with the head of a man, a sea-gull, and two partridges, are so disposed that they can be moved by strings artfully arranged; the owl flutters his wings and moves his head; the gull strikes the boards with his beak as if he were catching fish, and the partridges commence to peck each other. Lastly, a stake enveloped in straw is placed in the centre of the fire-place. Men and women dance before these effigies in honor of Jug- jakj the spirit of the sea. Every time the dancing ceases, one of the assistants lights some straw, burning it like incense before the birds and the bladders. The principal ceremony of the feast consists, as its name indicates, in the immersion of the bladders in the sea. It was impossible to discover the origin of this custom; the only answer given to questions was, that their ancestors had done so before them. The shaman, or medicine-man of the Koniagas, is the spiritual and temporal doctor of the tribe; wizard, sorcerer,, priest, or physician, as necessity demands. In the execution of his offices, the shaman has several assistants, male and female, sages and disciples; the first in rank being called kaseks1 whose duty it is to superintend festivals and teach the children to dance. When a person falls sick, some evil spirit is supposed to have taken possession of him, and it is the business of the shaman to exorcise that spirit, to combat and drive it out of the man. To this end, armed with a magic tambourine, he places himself near the patient and mutters his incan- tati6ns. A female assistant accompanies him with groans and growls. Should this prove ineffectual, the shaman approaches the bed and throws himself upon the person of the sufferer; then, seizing the demon, he struggles with it, overpowers and casts it out, while the assistants cry, f He is gone! he is gone!" If the patient recovers, the physician is paid, otherwise he receives nothing.108 108 ' Les sorciers et chamans jouissent d'une grande faveur dans cette region glacee de l'Amerique. 'B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 574. ' Schamane und alte Weiber kennen verschiedene Heilmittel.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 135. ' Next in rank to the shamans are the kaseks, or sages, whose office is to teach chil- 86 HYPERBOREANS. Colds, consumption, rheumatism, itch, boils, ulcers, syphilis, are among their most common diseases. Blood-letting is commonly resorted to as a curative, and except in extreme cases the shaman is not called. The Koniagas bleed one another by piercing the arm with a needle, und then cutting away the flesh above the needle with a flint or copper instrument. Beaver's oil is said to relieve their rheumatism. "The Kadiak people," says Lisiansky, "seem more attached to their dead than to their living." In token of their grief, surviving friends cut the hair, blacken the face with soot, and the ancient custom was to remain in mourning for a year. No work may be done for twenty days, but after the fifth day the mourner may bathe. Immediately after death, the body is arrayed in its best apparel, or wrapped with moss in seal or sea-lion skins, and placed in the kashim, or left in the house in which the person died, where it remains for a time in state. The body, with the arms and implements of the deceased, is then buried. It was not unfrequent in former times to sacrifice a slave upon such an occasion. The grave is covered over with blocks of wood and large stones.109 A mother, upon the death of a child, retires for a time from the camp; 'a husband or wife withdraws and joins another tribe.110 The character of the Koniagas may be drawn as peaceable, industrious, serviceable to Europeans, adapted to labor and commerce rather than to war and hunting. They are not more superstitious than civilized nations; and their immorality, though to a stranger most rank, is not to them of that socially criminal sort which loves darkness and brings down the avenger. In their own eyes, their abhorrent practices are as sinless as the ordi- dren the different dances, and superintend the public amusements and shows, of which they have the supreme control.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 208. 109 ' The dead body of a chief is embalmed with moss, and buried.' Sauer, Billing's Ex., p. 177. 110 'In one of the small buildings, or kennels, as they may very properly be called, was a woman who had retired into it in consequence of the death of her son.' Lisiansky's Voy.% p* 184. THE ALEUTS. 87 nary, openly conducted avocations of any community are to the members thereof. The Aleuts are the inhabitants of the Aleutian Archipelago. The origin of the word is unknown;111 the original name being Kagataya Koung'ns, or ' men of the east,' indicating an American origin.112 The nation consists of two tribes speaking different dialects; the Unalaskans, occupying the south-western portion of the Alaskan Peninsula, the Shumagin Islands, and. the Fox Islands; and the Atkhas, inhabiting the Andrean- ovski, Rat, and Near Islands. Migrations and intermixtures with the Russians have, however, nearly obliterated original distinctions. The earliest information concerning the Aleutian Islanders was obtained by Michael Nevodtsikoff, who sailed from Kamchatka in 1745. Other Russian voyagers immediately followed, attracted thither in search of sea-animal skins, which at that time were very plentiful.113 Tribute was levied upon the islanders, by the Russians, and a system of cruelty commenced which soon reduced the natives from ten thousand to but little more than one thousand. The Aleuts, to Langsdorff, u appear to. be a sort of middle race between the mongrel Tartars and the North 111 \ The word Aleutian seems to be derived from the interrogative parti- cle allix, which struck strangers in the language of that people.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. iii., p. 312. The Unalaskas and ' the people of Oomnak, call themselves Cowghalingen.' 'The natives of Alaksa and all the adjacent islands they call Kagataiakung'n.' Sauer, Billing's Ex., p. 154. 'The inhabitants of Unalashka are called Kogholaghi; those of Akutan, and further east to Uni- mak, Kighigusi; and those of Unimak and Alaxa, Kataghayekiki. They cannot tell whence these appellations are derived; and now begin to call themselves by the general name of Aleyut, given to them by the Russians, and borrowed from some of the Kurile Islands.' Coxe's Russ. Bis., p. 219. 112 Yet, says D'Orbigny, Voyage, p. 577: 'Si on interroge les Aleoutiens sur leur origine, ils disent que leurs ancetres ont habite un grand pays vers l'ouest, et que de la ils sont avances de proche en proche sur les iles desertes jnsq'au continent americain.' 113 Trapesnikoff took from an unknown island in 1753, 1920 sea-otter skins. Durneff returned to Kamchatka in 1754, with 3,000 skins. In 1752 one crew touched at Bering Island and took 1,222 Arctic foxes, and 2,500 sea-bears. Cholodiloff, in 1753, took from one island 1,600 otter,-skms. Tolstych in one voyage took 1,780 sea-otter, 720 blue foxes» and 840 sea- bears. Coxe's Russ. Bis., pp. 43, 44, 49, 51, 53. 83 HYPERBOREANS. Americans." John Ledyard, who visited Unalaska with Captain Cook, saw "twro different kinds of people; the one we knew to be the aborigines of America, while we supposed the others to have come from the opposite coasts of Asia."114 Their features are strongly marked, and those who saw them as they originally existed, were impressed with the intelligent and benevolent expression of their faces.115 They have an abundance of lank hair, which they cut with flints—the men from the crown, and the women in front.116 Both sexes undergo the usual face-painting and ornamentations. They extend their nostrils by means of a bow-cylinder. The men wear a bone about the size of a quill in the nose, and the women insert pieces of bone in the under lip.117 Their legs are bowed, from spending so much of their time in boats; they frequently sitting in them fifteen or twenty hours at a time. Their figure is awkward and uncouth, yet robust, active, capable of carrying heavy burdens and undergoing great fatigue.118 The hat of the Aleut is the most peculiar part of his dress. It consists of a helmet-shaped crown of wood or leather, with an exceedingly long brim in front, so as 114 Sparks, Life of Ledyard, p. 79. H5 A great deal of character. Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 32. *16 ' Rather low of stature, but piump and well shaped; with rather short necks; swarthy chubby faces; black eyes; small beards, and long, straight, black hair; which the men wear loose behind, and cut before, but the women tie up in a bunch.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 510. ' Von Gesicht sind sie platt und weiss, von guter Statur, durchgangig mit schwarzen Haaren.' Neue Nachr., p. 150. 'Low in stature, broad in the visage.' Campbell's Voy., p. 112. Hair 'strong and wiry;' scanty beard, but thick on the upper lip. Sauer, Billings' Ex., p. 154. M ' Les femmes aleoutes portaient aux mains et aux pieds des chapelets de pierres de couleur et preferablement d'ambre.' B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 579. I None are so highly esteemed as a sort of long muscle, commonly called sea- teeth, the dentalium entalis of Linnaeus.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 40. 'Women have the chin punctured in fine lines rayed from the centre of the lip and covering the whole chin.' They wear bracelets of black seal-skin around the wrists and ankles, and go barefoot. Sauer, Billings' Ex., p. 155. ' Im Nasen-knorpel und der IJnterlippe machen beide Geschlechter Locher und setzen Knochen ein, welches ihr liebster Schmuck ist. Sie stechen sich auch bunte Figuren im Gesicht aus.' Neue Nachr., p. 169. 'They bore the upper lip of the young children of both sexes, under the nostrils, where they hang several sorts of stones, and whitened fish-bones, or the bones of other animals.'' Staehlin's North Arch., p. 37. 118 ' Leur conformation est robuste et leur permet de supporter des tra- vaux et des fatigues de toute sorte.' B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 577. ALEUTIAN HAT AND HABITATION. 89 to protect the eyes from the sun's reflection upon the water and snow. Upon the apex is a small carving, down the back part hang the beards of sea-lions, while carved strips of bone and paint ornament the whole. This hat also serves as a shield against arrows. The Fox Islanders have caps of bird-skin, on which are left the bright-colored feathers, wings, and tail.119 As a rule, the men adopt bird-skin clothing, and the women furs, the latter highly ornamented with beads and fringes.120 The habitations of the Fox Islanders are called Ullaa, and consist of immense holes from one to three hundred feet in length, and from twenty to thirty feet wide. They are covered with poles and earthed over, leaving several openings at the top through which descent is made by ladders. The interior is partitioned by stakes, and three hundred people sometimes occupy one of these places in common. They have no fire-place, since lamps hollowed from flat stones answer every purpose for cooking and light.121 A boat turned bottom upward is the summer house of the Aleut.122 "119 At Shumagin Island, their caps were of sea-lion skins. Mutter's Voy., p. 46. On the front are one or two small images of bone. Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 510. A wooden hat, 'which in front comes out before the eyes like a sort of umbrella, and is rounded off behind.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 38. ' Einige haben gemeine Miitzen von einem bunten Vogelfell, woran sie etwas von den Fliigeln und den Schwanz sitzen lassen;—sind vorn mit einem Bretchen, wie ein Schirm versehn und mit Barten von Seebaren—ge- schmucket.' Neue Nachr., pp. 151, 152. 120 On a feather garment, 'a person is sometimes employed a whole year.' 'The women for the most part go bare-footed.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., pp. 36, 39. 'Seams covered with thin slips of skin, very elegantly embroidered with white deer's hair, goat's hair, and the' sinews of sea animals, dyed of different colours.' Sauer, Billings' Ex., p. 156. 'Ihr Pelzkleid wird iiber den Kopf angezogen, und ist hinten und vornganz zu. Die Manner tragen es aus Vogelhauten; die Weiber hingegen von Bibern und jungen Seebaren.' Neue Nachr., p. 152. ' Boots and breeches in one piece.' Campbell's Voy., p. 113. 121 ' Kound the sides and ends of the huts, the families (for several are lodged together) have their separate apartments, where they sleep, and sit at work; not upon benches, but in a kind of concave trench, which is dug all around the inside of the house, and covered with mats.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 512. 'When they have stood for sometime, they become overgrown with grass, so that a village has the appearance of an European churchyard full of graves.' Langsdorff's Voy., p. 32. ' In den Jurten wird niemals Feuer angelegt und doch ist es gemeiniglich sehr warm darinnen, so dass beide Geschlechter ganz nakkend sitzen.' Neue Nachr., p. 150. 122 < a bidarka or boat is turned.up sideways, and at the distance of four or five feet, two sticks, one opposite to the head and the other to the stem, are driven into the ground, on the tops of which a cross stick is fastened. 90 HYPERBOREANS. Raw seal and sea-otter, whale and sea-lion blubber, fish, roots, and berries are staple articles of food among the Aleuts. To procure vegetable food is too much trouble. A dead, half-putrefied whale washed ashore is always the occasion of great rejoicing. From all parts the people congregate upon the shore, lay in their winter supplies, and stuff themselves until not a morsel remains. November is their best hunting-season. Whale- fishing is confined to certain families, and the spirit of the craft descends from father to son. Birds are caught in a net attached to the end of a pole; sea-otter are shot with arrows; spears, bone hooks, and nets are used in fishing.123 After the advent of the Russians, the natives were not allowed to kill fur-animals without accounting to them therefor.124 Their weapons are darts with single and double barbs, which they throw from boards; barbed, bone-pointed lances; spears, harpoons, and arrows, with bone or stone points. At their side is carried a sharp stone knife ten or twelve inches long, and for armor they wear a coat of plaited rushes, which covers the whole body.125 An The oars are then laid along from the boat to the cross stick, and covered with seal skins, which are always at hand for the purpose.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 152. 123 ' Among the greatest delicacies of Oonalashka are the webbed feet of a seal, which are tied in a bladder, buried in the ground, and remain there till they are changed into a stinking jelly.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. ii., p. 165. Almost everything is eaten raw. Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 520. The sea- dog is caught with nets, killed when asleep, or enticed on shore by a false cap made to resemble a seal's head. L,Uirm.sky's Voy., p. 205. 124 ' L'Aleoute peut tuer les phoques et les oiseaux, sans etre oblige d'en rendre compte a la compagnie.' Choris, Voy. Pitt., pt. vii., p. 4. H ' Die Spitze selbst wird theils aus Obsidian oder Lavaglas, theils auch nns Trachyt verfertigt.' Kittlilz, Reise, vol. i., p. 2 8. Spear-handles are feathered, the points of sharpened flint. Neue Nachr., p. 102. ' Arrows are thrown from a narrow and pointed board, twenty inches long, which is held by the thumb and three fingers. They are thrown straight from the shoulder with astonishing velocity.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 205. 'Les armes defensives con- sistaient en une cotte de joncs tressis qui leur couvrait tout le corps.' B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 579. * No such thing as an offensive, or even defensive weapon was seen amongst the natives of Oonalashka.' Probably they had been disarmed by the Russians. Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 515. ' Wherever any one has fixed his habitation, nobody else dares to hunt or iish.' Staehlin's Nor. Arch., p. 37. For birds they point their darts with three light bones, spread and barbed. Sauer, Billings' Ex., p. 157. 'Indeed, there is a neatness and perfection in most of their work, that shews they neither want ingenuity nor perseverance.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 514. CUSTOMS OF THE ALEUTS. 91 Aleut bear-trap consists of a board two feet square and two inches thick, planted with barbed spikes, placed in bruin's path and covered with dust. The unsuspecting victim steps firmly upon the smooth surface offered, when his foot sinks into the dust. Maddened with pain, he puts forward another foot to assist in pulling the first away, when that too is caught. Soon all four of the feet are firmly spiked to the board; the beast rolls over oi} his back, and his career is soon brought to an end. Notwithstanding their peaceful character, the occupants of the several islands were almost constantly at war. Blood, the only atonement for offense, must be washed out by blood, and the line of vengeance becomes endless. At the time of discovery, the Unimak Islanders held the supremacy. The fabrications of the Aleuts comprise household utensils of stone, bone, and wood; missiles of war and the chase; mats and baskets of grass and the roots of trees, neat and strong; bird-beak rattles, tambourines or drums, wooden hats and carved figures. From the wing-bone of the sea-gull, the women make their needles; from sinew's, they make thread and cord.126' To obtain glue for mending or manufacturing purposes, they strike the nose until it bleeds.127 To kindle a fire, they make use of sulphur, in which their volcanic islands abound, and the process is very curious. First they prepare some dry grass to catch the fire; then they take two pieces of quartz, and, holding them over the grass, rub them well with native sulphur. A few feathers are scattered over the grass to catch the particles of sulphur, and, when all is ready, holding the stones over the grass, 126 They make ' baskets called ishcats, in which the Aleutians keep all their valuables.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 181. 'Thread they make of the sinews of the seal, and of all sizes, from the fineness of a hair to the strength of a moderate cord, both twisted and plaited.' Sauer, Billings' Ex., p. 157. Of the teeth of sea-dogs they carve little figures of men, fish, sea-otters, sea-dogs, sea- cows, birds, and other objects. Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 46. 127 * Wollen sie etwas an ihren Pfeilen oder sonst eine Kleinigkeit leimen, so schlagen sie sich an die Nase und bestreichen es mit ihrem Blute.' Neue Nachr. p. 173. 92 HYPERBOREANS. they strike them together; a flash is produced by the concussion, the sulphur ignites, and the straw blazes up.128 The Aleuts have no marriage ceremony. Every man takes as many women to wife as he can support, or rather as he can get to support him. Presents are made to the relatives of the bride, and when she ceases to possess attractions or value in- the eyes of her proprietor, she is sent back to her friends. Wives are exchanged by the men, and rich women are permitted to indulge in two husbands. Male concubinage obtains throughout the Aleutian Islands, but not to the same extent as among the Koniagas.129 Mothers plunge their crying babies under water in order to quiet them. This remedy performed in winter amid broken ice, is very effectual.130 Every island, and, in the larger islands, every village, has its toy on, or chief, who decides differences, is exempt from work, is allowed a servant to row his boat, but in other respects possesses no power. The office is elective.131 The Aleuts are fond of dancing and given to hospitality. The stranger guest, as he approaches the village, is met by dancing men and dancing women, who conduct him to the house of the host, where food is given him. After supper, the dancing, now performed by naked men, continues until all are exhausted, when the hospitalities of 128 Sauer, Billings' Ex., p. 159; Campbell's Voy., p. 59. !29 ' Comme les femmes coutaient cher en presents de fiancailles, la plu- part des Aleoutes n'en avaient qu'une ou deux.' B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 579. Purchase as many girls for wives as they can support. Sauer, Billings' Ex., p. 160. 'Objects of unnatural affection.' Id., p. 160. 'Their beards are carefully plucked out as soon as they begin to appear, and their chins tattooed like those of the women.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 48. 'The Russians told us, that they never had any connections with their women, because they were not Christians. Our people were not so scrupulous; and some of them had reason to repent that the females of Oonalashka encouraged their addresses without any reserve; for their health suffered by a distemper that is not unknown here.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p- 521. 130 ' It often happens that a mother plunges her noisy child into water, even in winter, and keeps it there till it leaves off crying.' TAsiansky's Voy., p. 202. ' Schreyt das. Kind, so tragt es die Mutter, es sey Winter oder Sommer nak- kend nach der See, und halt es so lange im Wasser bis es still wird.' Neue Nachr., p. 168. 131 'Have their own chiefs in each island.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. iis p. 510. ' Generally is conferred on him who is the most remarkable for his personal qualities.' Coxe's Russ. Bis., p. 219. CHARACTER OF THE ALEUTS. 93 the dwelling are placed at the disposal of the guest, and all retire.132 A religious festival used to be held in December, at which all the women of the village assembled by moonlight, and danced naked with masked faces, the men being excluded under penalty of death. The men and women of a village bathe together, in aboriginal innocency, unconscious of impropriety. They are fond- of pantomimic performances; of representing in dances their myths and their legends; of acting out a chase, one assuming the part of hunter, another of a bird or beast trying to escape the snare, now succeeding, now failing— the piece ending in the transformation of a captive bird into a lovely woman, who falls exhausted into the arms of the hunter. The dead are clothed and masked, and either placed in the cleft of a rock, or swung in a boat or cradle from a pole in the open air. They seem to guard the body as much as possible from contact with the ground.133 In their nature and disposition, these islanders are sluggish but strong. Their sluggishness gives to their character a gentleness and obsequiousness often remarked by travelers; while their inherent strength, when roused by brutal passions, drives them on to the greatest enormities. They are capable of enduring great fatigue, and, when roused to action by necessity, they will perform an incredible amount of work, suffering the severest cold or heat or hunger with the most stoical calmness. They are very quiet in their demeanor; sometimes sitting in companies within their dens, or on their house- 132 Those of the inhabitants who have two wives give their guests one, or a slave. Neue Nachr., p. 171. ' In the spring holidays, they wear masks, neatly carved and fancifully ornamented.' Sauer, Billings' Ex., p. 100. 133 ' On avait soin de le disposer de maniere a ce qu'il ne touchat pas la terre.' B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 579. ' Embalm the bodies of the men with dried moss and grass.' Sauer, Billings' Ex., p. 161. Slaves sometimes slaughtered. Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 48. 'Bury their dead on the summits of hills.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 521. ' When a man dies in the hut belonging to his wife, she retires into a dark hole, where she remains forty days. The husband pays the same compliment to his favorite wife upon her death.' Coxe's Russ. Bis., p. 218.~ I Die Todten werden begraben, und man giebt dem Mann seinen Kahn, Pfeile und Kleider mit ins Grab.' ' Die Todten umwinden sie mit Riemen und hiingen sie in einer Art holzerner Wiege an einen auf zwey Gabelen ruhenden Querstock in der Luft auf.' Neue Nachr., pp. 101, 154. 94 HYPERBOREANS. tops gazing at the sea for hours, without speaking a word. It is said that formerly they were much more gay and cheerful, but that an acquaintance with civilization has been productive of the usual misfortune and misery.13* It does not appear that the Russians were behind the Spaniards in their barbarous treatment of the natives.135 Notwithstanding their interest lay in preserving life, and holding the natives in a state of serfdom as fishers and hunters, the poor people were soon swrept away. Father Innocentius Veniaminoff, a Russian missionary who labored among the islanders long and faithfully, gives them the highest character for probity and propriety. Among other things, he affirms that during a residence of ter: years in Unalaska, there did not occur a b^igle fight among the natives. Proselytes were made by the Russians with the same facility as by the Spaniards. Tribute was levied by the Russians upon all the islanders, but, for three years after their conversion, neophytes were exempt; a cheap release from hateful servitude, thought the poor Aleut; and a polity which brought into the folds of the church pagan multitudes. The Thlinkeets, $ls they call themselves, or Kolosches, as theyare designated by the Russians, inhabit the coast and islands from Mount St Elias to the river Nass. The name Thlinkeet signifies 'man,' or 1human being.' 134 | Naturellement silencieux.' B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 578. ' Sie verrichten auch die Nothdurft und das Ehegeschaft ohne alle Scheu.' Neue Nachr., p. 150. ' A stupid silence reigns among them.' ' I am persuaded that the simplicity of their character exceeds that of any other rieople.' Lisiansky's Voy., pp. 182, 183. 'Kind-hearted and obliging, submissive and careful; but if roused to anger, they become rash and Unthinking, even malevolent, and indifferent to all danger.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 32. j To all appearance, they are the most peaceable, inoffensive people, I ever met with. And, as to honesty, they might serve as a pattern to the most civilized nation upon earth.' Cook, vol. ii., p. 509. 135 ' To hunt was their task; to be drowned, or starved, or exhausted, was their reward.' Simpson's Jour., vol.ii., p. 229. ' They are harmless, wretched slaves,' whose race will soon be extinct. Kotzebue's Voy., vol. iii., p. 315. The Russian hunters ' used not unfrequently to place the men close together, and try through how many the ball of their rifle-barrelled musket would pass.' Sauer, Billing's Ex. App., p. 56. ' Of a thousand men, who formerly lived in this spot, scarcely more than forty remained.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 235. ' La variole, la syphilis, voire meme le cholera depuis quelques annees, en em- portent une effrayante quantite.' Laplace, Circumnav., vol ii., p. 51. THE THLINKEETS. 95 Koloschj130 or more properly Kaluga, is the Aleutian word for ' dish/ and was given to this people by Aleutian seal-hunters whom the Russians employed during their first occupation of the Island of the Sitkas. Perceiving a resemblance in the shape of the Thlinkeet lip- ornament, to the wooden vessels of their own country, they applied to this nation the name Kaluga, whence the Kolosches of the Russians. Holmberg carries their boundaries down to the Columbia River; and Wrangell perceives a likeness, real or imaginary, to the Aztecs.137 Indeed the differences between the Thlinkeets and the inhabitants of New Caledonia, Washington, and Oregon, are so slight that the whole might without impropriety be called one people. The Thlinkeets have, however, some peculiarities not found elsewhere; they are a nation distinct from the Tinneh upon their eastern border, and I therefore treat of them separately. The three families of nations already considered, namely, the Eskimos, the Koniagas, and the Aleuts, are all designated by most writers as Eskimos. Some even include the Thlinkeets, notwithstanding their physical and philological differences, which, as well as their traditions, are as broadly marked as those of nations that these same ethnologists separate into distinct families. Nomadic nations, occupying lands by a precarious tenure, with ever-changing boundaries, engaged in perpetual hostilities with contermii^pus tribes that frequently annihilate or absorb an entire community, so graduate into one another that the dividing line is often with difficulty determined. Thus the Thlinkeets, now almost universally held to be North American Indians proper, and distinct from the Eskimos, possess, perhaps, as many affinities to their neighbors on the north, as to those upon the south and east. The conclusion is obvious. The native races of America, by their geographical position and the climatic 13s Kaluga, Kaljush, Koljush, Kalusch, Kolush, Kolosch, Kolosh, Kolosches, Marchand calls them Tchinkitane. Voyage aut. du Monde, torn, is., p. 3. 137 See Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., pp. 15, 16. 96 HYPERBOREANS influences which govern them, are of necessity to a certain degree similar; while a separation into isolated communities which are acted upon by local causes, results in national or tribal distinctions. Thus the human race in America, like the human race throughout the world, is uniform in its variety, and varied in its unity. The Thlinkeet family, commencing at the north, comprises the Ugalenzes,138 on the shore of the continent between Mount St Elias and Copper River; the Ya- kutats, of Bering Bay; the Ohilkats, at Lynn Canal; the Hoodnids, at Cross Sound; the Hoodsinoos, of Chatham Strait; and, following down the coast and islands, the Takoos, the Auks, the Kakas, the Sitkas,139 the Stikines^ and the Tungass. The Sitkas on Baranoff Island141 are the dominant tribe. Descending from, the north into more genial climes, the physical type changes, and the form assumes more graceful proportions. With the expansion of nature and a freer play of physical powers, the mind expands, native character becomes intensified, instinct keener, savage nature more savage, the nobler qualities become more noble; cruelty is more cruel, torture is elevated into an art, stoicism is cultivated,142 human sacrifice and human slavery begin, and the oppression and degradation of woman is systematized. I If an original American race is accepted," says Holmberg, "the Thlinkeets must be classed with them.'/ They claim to have migrated from the interior of the continent, opposite Queen Charlotte Island. The Ugalenzes spend their winters at a small bay east 138 Ugalachmiuti, Ugaljachmjuten, Ugalyachmutzi, Ugalukmutes, Ugalenzi, Ugalenzen, Ugalenzes. 139 They ' call themselves G-tinkit, or S-chinkit, or also S-chitcha-chon, that is, inhabitants of Sitki or Sitcha.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., 128. 140 The orthographic varieties of this word are endless. Stickeen, Stekin, Stakhin, Stachin, Stikin, Stachine, Stikeen, Stikine, Stychine, are among those before me at the moment. 141 At the end of this chapter, under Tribal Boundaries, the location of these tribes is given definitely. 142 a. Thlinkeet boy, ' when under the whip, continued his derision, without once exhibiting the slightest appearance of suffering.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 242. THLINKEET PECULIARITIES. 97 from Kadiak, and their summers near the mouth of Copper River, where they take fish in great quantities. Their country also abounds in beaver. The Chilkats make two annual trading excursions into the interior. The Tacully tribes, the Sicannis and Nehannes, with whom the Chilkats exchange European goods for furs, will allow no white man to ascend their streams. Naturally, the Thlinkeets are a fine race; the men better formed than the boatmen of the north ;143 the women modest, fair, and handsome;144 but the latter have gone far out of their way to spoil the handiwork of nature. Not content with daubing the head and body with filthy coloring mixtures; with adorning the neck with copper- wire collars, and the face with grotesque wooden masks; with scarring their limbs and breast with keen-edged instruments; with piercing the nose and ears, and filling the apertures with bones, shells, sticks, pieces of copper, nails, or attaching to them heavy pendants, which drag down the organs and pull the features out of place;145 143 'Leur corps est ramasse, mais assez bien proportionne.' Marchand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 46. ' Very fierce.' Portlock's Voy., p. 291. 'Limbs straight and well shaped.' Bixon's Voy., p. 171. ' Stolze gerade Haltung.' Holmberg, Lthn. Skiz., p. 16. ' Active and clever.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 237. 'Bigote a manera de los Chinos.' Perez, Nav., MS. p. 14. 'Limbs ill-proportioned.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 49. ' Tres superieurs en courage et en intelligence.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, iv., p. 54. 144 The women ' are pleasing and their carriage modest.' Portlock's Voy., p. 291. When washed, white and fresh. Bixon's Voy., p. 171. ' Dunkle Hautfarbe.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 16. ' Eran de color bianco y habia muchos con ojos azules.' Perez, Nav., MS. p. 14. As fair as many Europeans. Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii.. p. 112. ' Muchos de ellos de un bianco regular.' Bodega y Quadra, Nav., MS. p. 43. 14i ' Leur chevelure, dure, epaisse, melee, couverte d'ocre, de duvet d'oi- seaux, et de toutes les ordures que la negligence et le temps'y ont accumulees, contribue encore a rendre leur aspect hideux.' Marchand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 46. 'A more hideous set of beings, in the form of men and women, I had never before seen.' Cleveland's Voy., p: 91. The men painted ' a black circle extending from the forehead to the mouth, and # red chin, which gave the face altogether the appearance of a mask.' Lisianksy's Voy., p. 146. ' Pour- raient meme passer pour jolies, sans l'horrible habitude qu'elles ont adoptee.' Laplace, Circumnav., torn, vi., p. 87. ' That person seems to be reckoned the greatest beau amongst them, whose face is one entire piece of smut and grease.' Bixon's Voy., p. 68. ' Ils se font des cicatrices sur les bras et sur la poitrine.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii.- p. 22C. ' Um aus dem Gesichte diese fette Farben- masse abzuwaschen, gebrauchen sie ihren eignen Urin, und dieser verursacht bei ihnen den widerlichen Geruch, der den sich ihm nahenden Fremdling fast zum Erbrechen bringt.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 20. Vol. I. 7 98 HYPERBOREANS. they appear to have taxed their inventive powers to the utmost, and with a success unsurpassed by any nation in the world, to produce a model of hideous beauty. This success is achieved in their wooden lip-ornament, the crowning glory of the Thlinkeet matron, described by a multitude of eye-witnesses; and the ceremony of its introduction may be not inappropriately termed, the baptism of the block. At the age of puberty,—some say during infancy or childhood,—in the under lip of all free- bom female Thlinkeets,146 a slit is made parallel with the mouth, and about half an inch below it.147 If the incision is made during infancy, it is only a small hole, into which a needle of copper, a bone, or a stick is inserted, the size being increased as the child grows. If the baptism is deferred until the period when the maiden merges into womanhood, the operation is necessarily upon a larger scale, and consequently more painful.148' When 146 Meares, Voyages, p. xxxi., states that at Prince William Sound, 'the men have universally a slit in their under lip; between the projecting part of the lip and the chin, which is cut parallel with their mouths, and has the appearance of another mouth.' Worn only by women. Bixon's Voy., p. 172. 14? 'About three tenths of an inch below the upper part of the under lip.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 280. 'In the centre of the under-lip.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 115. 'Fendue au ras des gencives.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 224. ' In the thick part near the mouth.' Bixon's Voy., p. 187. ' When the first person having this incision was seen by one of the seamen, who called out, that the man had two mouths.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 369. ' In their early infancy, a small incision is made in the center of the under lip, and a piece of brass or copper wire is placed in, and left in the wound. This corrodes the lacerated parts, and by consuming the flesh gradually increases the orifice, until it is sufficiently large to admit the wooden appendage.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 408. 'Les femmes de Tchinki- tane ont cru devoir ajouter a leur beaute naturelle, par l'emploi d'un orne- ment labial, aussi bizarre qu'incommode.' Marchand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 48. 148 ' Simply perforated, and a piece of copper wire introduced.' Bixon's Voy., p. 187. 'Les jeunes filles n'ont qu'une aiguille dans la levre infe- rieure.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 226. ' On y prepare les petites filles aussitot qu'elles sont nees.' Id., torn. iv.. p. 54. 'At first a thick wire.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 115. When almost marriageable. Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 51. ' The children have them bored at about two years of age, when a piece of copper-wire is put through the hole; this they wear till the age of about thirteen or fourteen years, when it is taken out, and the wooden ornament introduced.' Portlock's Voy., p. 289. ' Said to denote maturity.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 100. ' Se percer la levre inferieure des l'en- fance.' 'D'agrandir peu a pen cetteouverture au point de pouvoir jeune fille y intfoduire une coquille, et femme mariee une enorme tasse de bois.' Laplace, Cireumnav., torn, vi., p. 87. 'Never takes place during their infancy.' Bixon's Voy., p. 187. 'When the event takes place that implies womanhood.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 243. ' Wenn zum ersten Mai beim Mad- THLINKEET LIP-ORNAMENT. 99 the incision is made, a copper wire, or a piece of shell or wood, is introduced, which keeps the wound open and the aperture extended; and by enlarging the object and keeping up a continuous but painful strain, an artificial opening in the face is made of the required dimensions. On attaining the age of maturity, this wire or other incumbrance is removed and a block of wood inserted. This block is oval or elliptical in shape, concaved or hollowed dish-like on the sides, and grooved like the wheel of a pulley on the edge in order to keep it in place.149 The dimensions of the block are from twTo to six inches in length, from one to four inches in width, and about half an inch thick round the edge, and highly polished.150 Old age has little terror in the eyes of a Thlinkeet belle, for larger lip-blocks are introduced as years advance, and each enlargement adds to the lady's social status, if not to her facial charms. When the block is withdrawn, the lip drops down upon the chin like a piece of leather, displaying the teeth, and presenting altogether chen sich Spuren der Mannbarkeit zeigen, wird ihre Unterlippe durch- stochen und in diese Oeffnung eine Knochenspitze, gegenwartig doch hau- figer ein Silberstift gelegt.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 21. ' Pues les parecio que solo lo tenian los casados.' Perez, Nav., MS. p. 15. 149 ' Concave on both sides.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 280. ' So lange sie unverheirathet ist, tragt sie diesen; erhalt sie aber einen Mann, so presst man einen grosseren Schmuck von Holz oder Knochen in die Oeffnung, welcher nach innen, d. h. zur Zahnseite etwas trogformig ausgehohlt ist.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 21. 'Une espece d'ecuelle de bois sans ansesqui appuie con- tre les gencives.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 224. Pieces of shell resembling teeth. Meares' Voy., p. xxxi. ^° ' As large as a large saucer.' Portlock's Voy., p. 289. ' From one corner of the mouth to the other.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 280. ' Frequently increased to three, or even four inches in length, and nearly as wide.' Bixon's Voy., H 187. 'A communement un demi-pouce d'epaisseur, deux de dia- metre, et trois pouces de long.' La Perouse, Voy. torn, iv., p. 54. 'At' least seven inches in circumference.' Meares' Voy., p. xxxviii. 'Mit den Jahren wird der Schmuck vergrossert, so dass er bei einem alten Weibe iiber 2 Zoll breit angetroffenwird.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 21. From two to five inches, long, and from one and a half to three inches broad. Ladies of distinction increase the size. ' I have even seen ladies of very high rank with this ornament, full five inches long and three broad.' Mr Dwolf affirms that he saw ' an old woman, the wife of a chief, whose lip ornament was so large, that by a peculiar motion of her under-lip she could almost conceal her whole face with it.' 'Horrible in its appearance to us Europeans.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 115. ' Es una abertura como de media pulgada debaxo del labio inferior, que representa segunda boca, donde colocan una especie de roldana eliptica de pino, cuyo diametro mayor es de dos pulgadas, quatro Uneas, y el menor de una pulgada.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 126. 100 HYPERBOREANS. a ghastly spectacle.151 This custom is evidently associated in their minds with womanly modesty, for when La Perouse asked them to remove their block, some refused; those who complied manifesting the same embarrassment shown by a European woman who uncovers her bosom. The Yakutats alone of all the Thlinkeet nation have never adopted this fashion. Their dress, which is made from wolf, deer, bear, or other skin, extends from the shoulder to the knee, and consists of a mantle, or cape, with sleeves, which reaches down to the waist, and to which the women attach a skirt, or gown, and the men a belt and apron. A white blanket is made frqm the wool of the wild sheep, embroidered with figures, and fringed with furs, all of native work. This garment is most highly prized by the men. They wear it thrown over the shoulder so as to cover the whole body. Vancouver thus describes the dress of a chief at Lynn Canal. His | external robe was a very fine large gar- 151 ' Une enorme tasse de bois, destinee a recevoir la salive qui s'en echappe constamment.' Laplace, Circumnav., torn, vi., p. 87. ' L'effet de cet ornement est de rabattre, par le poids de sa partie saillante la levre inferieure sur le menton, de developper les charmes d'une grande bouche beante, qui prend la forme de celle dun four, et de mettre a decouvert une rangee de dents jaunes et sales.' Mctrckand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 49. ' She is obliged to be constantly on the watch, lest it should fall out, which would cover her with confusion.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 244. ' The weight of this trencher or ornament weighs the lip down so as to cover the whole of the chin, leaving all the lower teeth and gum quite naked.' Portlock's Voy., p. 289. ' L'usage le plus revoltant qui existe peut-etre sur la terre.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 226. 'Always in proportion to a person's wealth.' 'Distorts every feature in the lower part of the face.' Bixon's Voy., -p. 68, 172. 'In running the lip flaps up and down so as to knock sometimes against the chin and sometimes against the nose. Upon the continent the kaluga is worn still larger; and the female who can cover her whole face with her under-lip passes for the most perfect beauty.' ' The lips of the women held out like a trough, and always filled witli saliva stained with tobacco-juice, of which, they are immoderately fond, is the most abominably revolting part of the spectacle.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 52. 'Dadurch ensteht eine im selbigen Maasse ausgedehnte Lippe, die hochst widerlich aussieht, un* so mehr, da sich nun mehr der Mund nicht schliessen kann, sondern unauf- horlich einen braunen Tabaksspeichel von sich gibt.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 21. ' So distorts the face as to take from it almost the resemblance to the human; yet the privilege of wearing this ornament is not extended to the female slaves, who are prisoners taken in war.' Cleveland's Voy., p. 91. .' Look as if they had large flat wooden spoons growing in the flesh.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii. p. 115. ' The sight is hideous. Our men used jocosely to say, this lower lip would make a good slab to lay their trousers on to be scrubbed.' DRESS OF THE THLINKEETS. ment, that reached from his neck down to his heels, made of wool from the- mountain sheep, neatly variegated with several colors, and edged and otherwise decorated with little tufts or frogs of woolen yarn, dyed of various colors. His head-dress was made of wood, much resembling in its shape a crown, adorned with bright copper and brass plates, from whence hung a number of tails or streamers, composed of wool and fur, wTrought together, dyed of various colors, and each terminating in a whole ermine skin. The whole exhibited a magnificent appearance, and indicated a taste for dress and ornament that we had not supposed the natives of these regions to possess." The men make a wooden mask, which rests on a neckpiece, very ingeniously carved, and painted in colors, so as to represent the head of some bird or beast or mythological being. This was formerly worn in battle, probably, as La Perouse suggests, in order to strike terror into the hearts of enemies, but is now used only on festive occasions.152 A small hat of roots and bark, woven in the shape of a truncated cone, ornamented with painted figures and pictures of animals, is worn by both sexes.153 Ordinarily, however, the men wear nothing on the head; their thick hair, greased and covered with ochre and birds' down, forming a sufficient covering. The hat is designed especially for rainy weather, as a protection to the elaborately Bunn's Oregon, p. 277. ' On ne connait point d'explication plausible de cette mutilation, qui, chez les Indiens, passe pour un signe de noblesse.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 336. 152 ' Die Mannertracht unterscheidet sich in Nichts von der der Weiber; sie besteht namlich aus einem bis zu den Knieen gehenden Hemde.' II dmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 18. Some of their blankets ' are so curiously worked on one side with the fur of the sea-otter, that they appear as if lined with it.' ' Some dress themselves in short pantaloons.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 238. 'Las mu- geres visten honestamente una especie de tunica interior de piel sobada/ Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. cxvii. ' Se vestian las mugeres tunicas de pieles ajusta- das al cuerpo con brazaletes de cobre o hierro.' Perez, Nav., MS. p. 15. ' Usual clothing consists of a little apron.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 49. ' Their feet are always bare.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 114. 133 ' Usan sombreros de la corteza interior del pino en forma-de cono trun- cado.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. cxvii. Their wooden masks 'are so thick, that a musket-ball, fired at a moderate distance, can hardly penetrate them.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 150. 102 HYPERBOREANS. dressed hair.154 Besides their every-day dress, they have a fantastic costume for tribal holidays. For their winter habitations, a little back from the ocean, the Thlinkeets build substantial houses of plank or logs, sometimes of sufficient strength to serve as a fortress. They are six or eight feet in height, the base in the form of a square *or parallelogram, the roof of poles placed at an angle of forty-five degrees and covered with bark. The entrance is by a small side door. The fire, which is usually kept burning night and day, occupies the centre of the room; over it is a smoke- hole of unusual size, and round the sides of the room are apartments or dens which are used as store-houses, sweat-houses, and private family rooms. The main room is very public and very filthy.155 Summer huts are light portable buildings, thrown up during hunting excursions in the interior, or on the sea-beach in the fishing-season. A frame is made of stakes driven into the ground, sup-' porting a roof, and the wdiole covered with bark, or with green or dry branches, and skins or bark over all. The door is closed by bark or a curtain of skins. Each hut l5* Pluck out their beard. Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 112. ' Ils ont de la barbe, moins a la verite que les Europeens, mais assez cependant pour qu'il soit impossible d'en douter.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 229. ' The women in general are hair-dressers for their husbands.' Portlock's Voy., p. 290. 155 ' Der Eingang, ziemlich hoch von der Erde, besteht aus einem kleinen runden Loche.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 25. ' Ils se construisent des maisons de bois ou de terre pour l'hiver.' Laplace, Circumnav., vol. vi., p. 87. 'The barabaras of the Sitean people are of a square form, and spacious. The sides are of planks; ami the roof resembles that of a Russian house.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 239. ' Habitan estos Indios en chozas 6 rancherias de tablas muy desabrigadas.' Sutil y Mexicana, \ 'iage; p. cxvi. At Sitka the roof 'rests upon ten or twelve thick posts driven into the ground, and the sides of the house are composed of broad thick planks fastened to the same posts.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 129. 'Dans l'interieur des terres, des habitations bien construites, spacieuses et commodes.' JSLarchand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 74. 'Shanties on a large scale.' Why)»per's Alaska, p. 130. 'Their huts are made of a few boards, which they take away with them when they go to their winter quarters. It is very surprising to see how well they will shape their boards with the shocking tools they employ; some of them being full 10 feet long, 2% feet broad, and not more than an inch thick.' Portlock's \ \~>y., p. 292. ' High, large, and roomy, built of wood, with the hearth in the middle, and the sides divided into as many compartments as there are families living under the roof.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 410. ' Lebt in Schoppen aus Balken gebaut. wo an den Seiten f iir jede Familie besondere Platze abgetheilt sind, in der Mitte aber Fexier fi'ir alle zusammen angemaeht wild. So pflegen gemeiniglich 2 bis 6 Familien eine einzige Scheune einzunehmen.' Baer's Ethn. u. Stat., p. 97. FOOD OF THE THLINKEETS. 103 is the rendezvous for a small colony, frequently covering twenty or thirty persons, all under the direction of one chief.156 The food of the Thlinkeets is derived principally from the ocean, and consists of fish, mussels, sea-weeds, and in fact whatever is left upon the beach by the ebbing tide—which at Sitka rises and falls eighteen feet twice a day—or can be caught by artificial means. Holmberg says that all but the Yakutats hate whale as the Jews hate pork. Roots, grasses, berries, and snails are among their summer luxuries. They chew a certain plant as some chew tobacco, mixing with it lime to give it a stronger effect,157 and drink whale-oil as a European drinks beer. Preferring their food cooked, they put it in a tight wicker basket, pouring in water, and throwing in heated stones, until the food is boiled.158 Por 156 < Vingt-cinq pieds de long sur quinze a vingt pieds de large.' La Perouse, Voy., tom.ii.,p. 220. ' Roof in the whole with the bark of trees.' Kotzebue'sNew Voy., vol. ii., p. 53. 'Las casas en que estos habitan en las j>layas son de poca consideracion y ninguna subsistencia.' Bodega y Quadra, Nov., MS. p. 49. 'A few poles stuck in the ground, without order or regularity.' Bixon's Voy., p. 172. ' Gebaude besteht aus langen, sorgfaltig behauenen Brettern, die kartenhausartig liber einander gestellt, an zahlreichen in die Erde ge- steckten Stangen befestigt, recht eigentlich ein holzernes Zelt bilden. Es hat die Form einer langlichen Barake mit zwei Giebeln.' Kittlitz, Reise, vol. i., pp. 220, 221. 157 All kinds of fish; ' such as salmon, mussels, and various other shell-fish, sea-otters, seals and porpoises; the blubber of the porpoise, they are remarkably fond of, and indeed the flesh of any animal that comes in their way.' Portlock's Voy., p.290. ' Vom Meere, an dessen Ufernsiesichstets ansiedeln, erhalten sie ihre hauptsachlichste Nahrung; einige Wurzeln, Graser u. Beer- en gehoren nur zu den Leckerbissen des Sommers.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 22. Cakes made of bark of spruce-fir. mixed with roots, berries, and train- oil. For salt they use sea-water. Never eat whale-fat. Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 131. At Sitka, summer food consists of berries, fresh fish, and flesh of amphibious animals. Winter food, of dried salmon, train-oil, and the spawn of fish, especially herrings. Lisiansky's Voy., p. 239. ' Sus ali- mentos se reducen a pescado cocido 6 asado ya fresco 6 ya seco, varias hier- bas y raizes.' Bodega y Quadra, Nav., MS. p. 50. They chew 'a plant which appears to be a species of tobacco.' Bixon's Voy., p. 175. ' Sont couverts de vermine; ils font une chasse assidue a ces animaux devorans, mais pour les devorer eux-memes.' Marchand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 52. 'Tagliche Nahrung der Einwohner—sind haupsachtlich Fische. doch haufig auch Molluskenund Echinodermen.' Kittlitz, Reise, vol. i., p. 222. i^8 'Le poisson frais ou fume, les ceufs se*ches de poisson.' Marchand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 62. ' Is sometimes cooked upon red-hot stones, but more commonly eaten raw.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 53. ' Not so expert in hunting as the Aleutians. Their principal mode is that of shooting the sea animals as they lie asleep.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 242. They boil their victuals in wooden vessels, by constantly putting red-hot stones into the 104 HYPERBOREANS. winter, they dry large quantities of herring, roes, and the flesh of animals. For catching fish, they stake the rivers, and also use a hook and line; one fisherman casting from his canoe ten or fifteen lines, with bladders for floats. For herring, they fasten to the end of a pole four or five pointed bones, and with this instrument strike into a shoal, spearing a fish on every point. They sometimes make the same instrument in the shape of a rake, and transfix the fish with the teeth. The Sitkas catch halibut with large, wooden, bone-pointed hooks.159 The arms of the Thlinkeets denote a more warlike people than any we have hitherto encountered. Bows and arrows; hatchets of flint, and of a hard green stone which cuts wood so smoothly that no marks of notches are left; great lances, six or eight varas in length, if Bodega y Quadra may be trusted, hardened in the fire or pointed with copper, or later with iron; a large, broad, double-ended dagger, or knife,—are their principal weapons. The knife is their chief implement and constant companion. The handle is nearer one end than the other, so that it has a long blade and a short blade, the latter being one quarter the length of the former. The handle is covered with leather, and a strap fastens it to the hand when fighting. Both blades have leathern sheaths, one of which is suspended from the neck by a strap.160 water. Portlock's Voy., p. 291. j Das Kochen geschieht jetztin eisernen I£es- seln, vor der Bekanntschaft mit den Russen aber wurden dazu aus Wurzeln geflochtene Korbe angewandt. Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 23. 159 To their fishing lines, bladders are fastened, 'which float upon the surface of the water, so that one person can attend to fourteen or fifteen lines.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 134. ' Ils pechent, comme nous, en barrant les rivieres, ou a la ligne.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., f>. 232. ' For takingthe spawn, they, use the branches of the pine-tree, to which it easily adheres, and on which it is afterwards dried. It is then put into baskets, or holes purposely dug in the ground, till wanted.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 239. ' Su comun alimento es el salmon, yes ingenioso el metodo que tienen de pescarle.' Sutily Mexicana, Viage, p. cxvii. ' Their lines are very strong, being made of the sinews or intestines of animals.' Bixon's Voy., p. 174. ' Die Riesenbutte, die in Sitcha bisweilen ein Gewicht von 10 bis 12 Pud erreicht, wird aus der Tiefe mit gros- sen holZernen Angeln, die mit Widerhaken aus Eisen oder Knochen versehen sind, herausgezogen. Die Angelschnur besteht aus an einander gekniipften Fucusstangeln.' Holmberg; Ethn. Skiz., p. 32. 160 * Bows and arrows were formerly their only weapons; now, besides their THE THLINKEETS IN WAR. 105 They also encase almost the entire body in a wrooden and leathern armor. Their helmets have curiously carved vizors, with grotesque representations of beings natural or supernatural, which, when brilliantly or dismally painted, and presented with proper yells, and brand ishings of their ever-glittering knives, are supposed to strike terror into the heart of their enemies. They make a breast-plate of wood, and an arrow-proof coat of thin flexible strips, bound with strings like a woman's stays.161 When a Thlinkeet arms for war, he paints his face and powders his hair a brilliant red. He then ornaments his head with white eagle-feathers, a token of stern, vindictive determination. During war they pitch their camp in. strong positions, and place the women on guard. Trial by combat is frequently resorted to, not only to determine private disputes, but to settle quarrels between petty tribes. In the latter case, each side chooses a champion, the warriors place themselves in muskets, they have daggers, and knives half a yard long.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 55. Their weapons were bows, arrows, and spears. Bixon's Voy., p. 67. ' Leur lances dont 1'ancienhe forme n'est pas connue, est a present composee de deux pieces: de la hampe, longue de quinze on dix- huit pieds, et du fer qui ne le cede en rien a celui de la hallebarde de parade dont etoit arme un Suisse de paroisse.' Marchand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 68. Knives, some two feet long, shaped almost like a dagger, with a ridge in the middle. Worn in skin sheaths hung by a thong to the neck under their robe, probably used only as weapons. Cook's Third Voy., vol, ii., p. 373. ' Las armas ofensivas que generalmente usan son las flechas, lanzas de seis y ocho varas de largo con lengUetas de fierro.' Bodega y Quadra, Nov., MS. p. 46. ' The daggers-used in battle are made to stab with either end, having three, four or five inches above the hand tapered to a sharp point; but the upper part of those used in the Sound and River is excurvated.' Port- lock's Voy., p. 261. ' Principally bows and arrows.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 131. ' Sus armas se reducen al arco, la flecha y el punal que traen siempre consigo.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. cxvii. 'Comme nous examinions tres- attentivement tous ces poignards, ils nous firent signe qu'ils n'ep. faisaient usage que contre les ours et les autres betes des forets.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 172. ' Der Dolch ist sehr breit und hat zwei geschliffene Blatter auf jeder Seite des Griffes, das obere jedoch nur ein Viertel von der Lange des unteren.' ' Beide Blatter oder Klingen sind mit ledernen Scheiden ver- sehen.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 28. !6i ' A kind of jacket, or coat of mail, made of thin laths, bound together with sinews, which makes it quite flexible, though so close as not to admit an arrow or dart.' Cook's Third Voy., vol. ii., p. 372. ' Fur den Krieg be- sitzeri die Kaloschen auch von Holz gearbeitete Schutzwaffen: Brustharnische, Sturmhauben und seltsam geschnitzte Visire, mit grellen Farben bemalte Fratzengesichter darstellen.' Kittlitz, Reise, vol. i., p. 216. 106 HYPERBOREANS. battle array, the combatants armed with their favorite weapon, the dagger, and well armored, step forth and engage^ in fight; while the people on either side engage in song and dance during the combat. Wrangell and Laplace assert that brave warriors killed in battle are devoured by the conquerors, in the belief that the bravery of the victim thereby enters into the nature of the partaker.162 Coming from the north, the Thlinkeets are the first people of the coast who use wooden boats. They are made from a single trunk; the smaller ones about fifteen feet long, to carry from ten to twelve persons; and the larger ones, or war canoes, from fifty to seventy feet long; these will carry forty or fifty persons. They have i rom two and a half to three feet beam; are sharp fore and aft, and have the bow and stern raised, the former rather more than the latter. Being very light and well modeled, they can be handled with ease and celerity. Their paddles are about four feet in length, with crutchlike handles and wide, shovel-shaped blades. Boats as well as paddles are ornamented with painted figures, and the family coat-of-arms. Bodega y Quadra, in contradiction to all other authorities, describes these canoes as being built in three parts; with one hollowed piece, which forms the bottom and reaches well up the sides, and with two side planks. Having hollowed the trunk of a tree to the required depth, the Thlinkeet builders fill it with water, which they heat with hot stones to soften the wood, and in this state bend it to the desired shape. When they land, they draw their boats up on the beach, out of reach of the tide, and take great care in preserving them.163 162 ' They never attack their enemies openly.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 55. ' Les guerriers tues ou faits prisonniers a la guerre, passent egale- ment sous la dent de leurs vainqueurs qui, en devorant une proie aussi dis- tinguee, croient y puiser de nouvelles forces, une nouvelle energie.' Laplace, Circumnav., torn, vi., p. 155. 103 ' Bien hechas de una pieza con su falca sobre las bordas.' Perez, Nav., MS. p. 17. 'On n'est pas moins etonne de leur stabilite:. malgre la legeret^ et le pen de" largeur de la coque, elles n'ont pas besoin d'etre soutenues par des balanciers, et jamais on ne les accouple. Marchand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 72. INDUSTRIES OF THE THLINKEETS. 107 The Thlinkeets manifest no less ingenuity in the manufacture of domestic and other implements than in their arms. Rope they make from sea-weed, water-tight baskets and mats from withes and grass; and pipes, bowls, and figures from a dark clay. They excel in the working of stone and copper, making necklaces, bracelets, and rings; they can also forge iron. They spin thread, use the needle, arid make blankets from the white native wool. They exhibit considerable skill in»carving and painting, ornamenting the fronts of their houses with heraldic symbols, and allegorical and historical figures; while in front of the principal dwellings, and on their canoes, are carved parts representing the human face, the heads of crows, eagles, sea-lions, and bears.164 La Perouse asserts that, except in agriculture, which was not entirely unknown to them, the Thlinkeets were farther advanced in industry than the South Sea Islanders. Trade is carried on between Europeans and the interior Indians, in which no little skill is manifested. ' Las regulares canoas de que se sirven son de pino, y no tienen mas capaci- dad que la que basta para contener una familia, sin embargo que las hay su- mamente grandes.' Bodegay Quadra, Nav., MS. p. 48. * Rudely excavated and reduced to no particular shape, but each end has the resemblance of a butcher's tray.' Bixon's Voy., p. 173. ' Their canoes are much inferior to those of the lower coast, while their skin " baidarkes " (kyacks) are not equal to those of Norton Sound and the northern coast.' whymper's Alaska, p. 101. At Cook's Inlet, ' their canoes are sheathed with the bark of trees.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 188. These canoes ' were made from a solid tree, and many of them appeared to be from 50 to 70 feet in length, but very narrow, being no broader than the tree itself.' Meares' Voy., p. xxxviii. * * ^heir boat was the body of a large pine tree, neatly excavated, and tapered away towards the ends, until they came to a point, and the fore-part somewhat higher than the after-part; indeed, the whole was finished in a neat and very exact manner.' Portlock's Voy., p. 259. iw « Ont fait beaucoup plus de progres dans les arts que dans la morale.' La Perouse, Voy., torn* ii., p. 233. Thlinkeet women make baskets of bark of trees, and grass, that will hold water. Langsdorff's Voy., p. ii., p. 132. They have tolerable ideas of carving, most utensils having sculptures, representing some animal. Portlock's Voy., p. 294. 'Ces peintures, ces sculptures, telles qu'elles sont, on en voit sur tous leurs meubles.' Marchand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 71. ' De la vivacidad de su genio y del afecto al cambio se debe inferir son bastantemente laboriosos.' Bodega y Quadra, Nav.,-^M.S. p. 48. ' Tienen lana blanca cuya especie ignoraron.' Perez, Nav., MS. p. 16. * Masks very ingeniously cut in wood, and painted with different colors.' A rattle, ' very well finished, both as to sculpture and painting.' * One might suppose these productions the worfeof a people greatly advanced in civilization.' Lisiansky's Voy., pp. 150, 241. * Found some square patches of ground in a state of cultivation, producing a plant that appeared to be a species of tobacco.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. iii., p. 256. 108 HYPERBOREANS. Every article which they purchase undergoes the closest scrutiny, and every slight defect, which they are sure to discover, sends down the price. In their commercial intercourse they exhibit the utmost decorum, and conduct their negotiations with the most becoming dignity. Nevertheless, for iron and beads they willingly part with anything in their possession, even their children. In the voyage of Bodega y Quadra, several young Thlinkeets thus became the property of the Spaniards, as the author piously remarks, for purposes of conversion. Sea- otter skins circulate in place of money.165 The office of chief is elective, and the extent of power wielded depends upon the ability of the ruler. In some this authority is nominal; others become great despots.106 Slavery was practiced to a considerable extent; and not only all prisoners of war were slaves, but a regular slave- trade was carried on with the south. When first known to the Russians, according to Holmberg, most of their slaves were Flatheads from Oregon. Slaves are not allowed to hold property or to marry, and when old and worthless they are killed. Kotzebue says that a rich man | purchases male and female slaves, who must labor and fish for him, and strengthen his force when he is engaged in warfare. The slaves are prisoners of war, and their descendants; the master's power over them is unlimited, and he even puts them to death without scruple. When the master dies, two slaves are murdered on his grave that he may not want attendance in the other world; these are chosen long before the event 165 ' The skins of the sea-otters form their principal wealth, and are a substitute for money.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 54. ' In one place they discovered a considerable hoard of woolen cloth, and as much dried fish as would have loaded 150 bidarkas.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 160. 166 ' Le Gouvernement des Tchinkitaneens paroitroit done se rapprocher dn. Gouvernement patriarchal.' Marchand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 83. ' De su gobierno pensamos cuando mas, oiendo el modo de someterse a algunos vie- jos, seria oligarhico.' Bodega y Quadra, Nav., MS. p. 50. ' Though the toyons have power over their subjects, it is a very limited power, unless when an individual of extraordinary abilities starts up, who is sure to rule despotically.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 243. ' Chaque famille semble vivre d'une maniere isolee et avoir un regime particulier.' La Perouse, Voy.i torn, iv., p. 61. ' Ces Con- seils composes des vieillards.' Laplace, Circumnav., torn, vi., p. 155. CASTE AND CLANSHIP. 109 occurs, but meet the destiny that awaits them very philosophically.5 ' Simpson estimates the slaves to be one third of the entire population. Interior tribes enslave their prisoners of war, but, unlike the coast tribes, they have no hereditary slavery, nor systematic traffic in slaves. With the superior activity and intelligence of the Thlinkeets, social castes begin to appear. Besides an hereditary nobility, from which class all chiefs are chosen, the whole nation is separated into two great divisions or clans, one of which is called the Wolf, and the other the Raven. Upon their houses, boats, robes, shields, and wherever else they can find a place for it, they paint or carve their crest, an heraldic device of the beast or the bird designating the clan to which the owner belongs. The Raven trunk is again divided into sub-clans, called the Frog, the Goose, the Sea-Lion, the Owl, and the Salmon. The Wolf family comprises the Bear, Eagle, Dolphin, Shark, and Alca. In this clanship some singular social features present themselves. People are at once thrust widely apart, and yet drawn together. Tribes of the same clan may not war on each other, but at the same time members of the same clan may not marry with each other. Thus the young Wolf warrior must seek his mate among the Ravens, and, while celebrating his nuptials one day, he may be called upon the next to fight his father-in- law over some hereditary feud. Obviously this singular social fancy tends greatly to keep the various tribes of the nation at peace.167 Although the Thlinkeet women impose upon themselves the most painful and rigorous social laws, there are few savage nations in which the sex have greater influence or command greater respect. Whether it be th£ superiority of their intellects, their success in rendering their hideous charms available, or the cruel pen- 167 Tribes are distinguished by the color and character of their paint. Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 51. They ' are divided into tribes; the principal of which assume to themselves titles of distinction, from the names of the animals they prefer; as the tribe of the bear, of the eagle, etc. The tribe of the wolf are called Coquontans, and have many privileges over the other tribes.'. Lisiansky's Voy., pp. 238, 242. 110 HYPERBOREANS. ances imposed upon womanhood, the truth is that not only old men, but old women, are respected. In fact, & remarkably old and ugly crone is accounted almost above nature—a sorceress. One cause of this is that they are much more modest and chaste than their northern sisters.168 As a rule, & man has but one wife; more, however, being allowable. A chief of the Nass tribe is said to have had forty. A young girl arrived at the age of maturity is deemed unclean; and everything she comes,in contact with, or looks upon, even the clear sky or pure water, is thereby rendered unpropitious to man. She is therefore thrust from the society of her fellows, and confined in a dark den as a being unfit for the sun to shine upon. There she is kept sometimes for a whole year. Langsdorff suggests that it may be during this period of confinement that the foundation of her influence is laid; that in modest reserve, and meditation, her character is strengthened, and she comes forth cleansed in mind as well as body. This infamous ordeal, coming at a most critical period, and in connection with the baptism of the block, cannot fail to exert a powerful influence upon her character. It is a singular idea that they have of uncleanness. During all this time, according to Holmberg, only the girl's mother approaches her, and that only to place food within her reach. There she lies, wallowing in her filth, scarcely able to move. It is almost incredible that human beings can bring themselves so to distort nature. To this singular custom, as well as to that of the block; female slaves do not conform. After the girl's immure- 168 < The women posses a predominant influence, and acknowledged superiority over the other sex.' Meares' Voy., p. 323. 'Parmi eux les femmes jouissent d'une certaine consideration.' Laplace, Circumnav., torn, vi., p. 87. They treat their wives and children with much affection and tenderness, and the women keep the treasures. Portlock's Voy., p. 290. The Kalush ' finds his filthy countrywomen, with their lip-troughs, so charming, that they often awaken in him the most vehement passion.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 56. ' It is certain that industry, reserve, modesty, and conjugal fidelity, are the general characteristics of the female sex among these people.' Jjangs- dorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 133. ' Quoiqu'elles vivent sous la domination d'hom- THLINKEET SOCIAL CUSTOMS. lH ment is over, if her parents are wealthy, her old clothing is destroyed, she is washed and dressed anew, and a grand feast given in honor of the occasion.169 The natural sufferings of mothers during confinement are also aggravated by custom. At this time they too are considered unclean, and must withdraw into the forest or fields, away from all others, and take care of themselves and their offspring. After the birth of a child, the mother is locked up in a shed for ten days. A marriage ceremony consists in the assembling of friends and distribution of presents. A newly married pair must fast for two days thereafter, in order to insure domestic felicity. After the expiration of that time they are permitted to partake of a little food, when a second two days' fast is added, after which they are allowed to come together for the first time; but the mysteries of wedlock are not fully unfolded to them until four weeks after marriage. Very little is said by travelers regarding the bathhouses of the Thlinkeets, but I do not infer that they used them less than their neighbors. In fact, notwithstanding their filth, purgations and purifications are commenced at an early age. As soon as an infant is born, and before it has tasted food, whatever is in the stomach must be squeezed out. Mothers nurse their children from one to two and a half years. When the child is able to leave its cradle, it is bathed in the ocean every day without regard to season, and this custom is kept up by both sexes through life. Those that survive the first year of filth, and the succeeding years of applied ice water and exposure, are very justly held to be well toughened. The Thlinkeet child is frequently given two names, one from the father's side and one from the mother's; and when a son becomes more famous than his father, the mes tres-fe*roces, je n'ai pas vu qu'elles en fussent traite*es d'une maniere aussi barbare que le pretendent la plupartdes voyageurs.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, iv., p. 61. loo * Weddings are celebrated merely by a feast, given to the relatives of the bride.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 57. 112 HYPERBOREANS. latter drops his own name, and is known only as the father of his son. Their habits of life are regular. In summer, at early dawn they put out to sea in their boats, or seek for food upon the beach, returning before noon for their first meal. A second one is taken just before night. The work is not unequally divided between the sexes, and the division is based upon the economical principles of civilized communities. The men rarely conclude a bargain without consulting their wives. Marchand draws a revolting picture of their treatment of infants. The little bodies are so excoriated by fermented filth, and so scarred by their cradle, that they carry the marks to the grave. No wonder that when they s;row up they are insensible to pain. Nor are the motlfers especially given to personal cleanliness and decorum.170 Music, as well as the arts, is cultivated by the Thlinkeets, and, if we may believe Marchand, ranks with them as a social institution. | At fixed times," he says, ' 'evening and morning, they sing in chorus, every one takes part in the concert, and from the pensive air which they assume while singing, one would imagine that the song has some deep interest for them." The men do the dancing, while the women, who are rather given to fatness and flaccidity, accompany them with song and tambourine.171 Their principal gambling game is played with thirty small sticks, of various colors, and called by divers names, as the crab, the whale, and the duck. The player shuffles together all the sticks, then counting out seven, he hides them under a bunch of moss, keeping 170 'lis ne s'ecartent jamais de deux pas pour aucun besoin; ils ne cter- chent dans ces occasions ni l'ombre ni le mystere; ils continuent la con\er- sation qti'ils ont commeneee, comme s'ils n'avaient pas un instant a peid e; et lorsqiie c'est pendant le repas, ils reprennent leur place, dont ils n'ont jamais ete eloignes d'une toise.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 2il. 1?i 'Out un gout decide pour le chant.' Marchand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 75. * The women sit upon the ground at a distance of some paces frcm the dancers, and sing a not inharmonious melody, which supplies the place of music' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 114. 'They dance and sing continually.' L'si- ansky's Voy., p. 240. Besides the tambourine, Captain Belcher saw a Castanet and ' a new musical instrument, composed of three hoops, with a cross THLINKEET CHARACTER. 113 the remainder covered at the same time. The game is to guess in which pile is the whale, and the crab, and the duck. During the progress of the game, they present a perfect picture of melancholic stoicism.172 The Thlinkeets burn their dead. An exception is made when the deceased is a shaman or a slave; the body of the former is preserved, after having been wrapped in furs, in a large wooden sarcophagus; and the latter is thrown out into the ocean or anywhere, like a beast. The ashes of the burned Thlinkeet are carefully collected in a box covered with hieroglyphic figures, and placed upon four posts. The head of a warrior killed in battle is cut off before the body is burned, and placed in a box supported by two poles over the box that holds his ashes.173 Some tribes preserve the bodies of those who die during the winter, until forced to get rid of them by the warmer weather of spring. Their grandest feasts are for the dead. Besides the funeral ceremony, which is the occasion of a festival, they hold an annual 'elevation of the dead,' at which times they erect monuments to the memory of their departed. The shamans possess some knowledge of the medicinal properties of herbs, but the healing of the body does not constitute so important a part of their vocation as do their dealings with supernatural powers. To sum up the character of the Thlinkeets, they may be called bold, brave, shrewd, intelligent, industrious, lov- in trj£ centre, the circumference being closely strung with the beaks of the Alca arctica.' Voy., vol. i.» p. 103. 172 They lose at this game all their possessions, and even their wives and children, who then become the property of the winner.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 62. ' Ce jeu les rend tristes et serieux.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 235. . 173 Upon one tomb, ' formaba una figura grande y horrorosa que tenia entre sus garrasuna caxa.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage., p. cxviii. 'The box is frequently decorated with two or three rows of small shells.' Bixon's Voy., p. 176. ' The dead are burned, and their ashes preserved in small wooden boxes, in buildings appropriated to that purpose.' Kotzebue's New Voy.r vol. ii., p. 57. ' Nos voyageurs rencontrerent aussi un morai qui leur prouva que ces Indiens etaient dans l'usage c\e bruler les morts et d'en con- server la tete.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 205. ' On the death of a toyon, or other distinguished person, one of his^ slaves is deprived of life, and burned with him.' Lisiansky's Toy., p. 241. Vol. I. 8 114 HYPERBOREANS. ers of art and music, respectful to wromen and the aged; yet extremely cruel, scalping and maiming their prisoners out of pure wantonness, thievish, lying, and inveterate gamblers. In short they possess most of the virtues and vices incident to savagism. The Tinneh, the fifth and last division of our Hyperborean group, occupy the i Great Lone Land,' between Hudson Bay and the conterminous nations already described; a land greater than the whole of the United States, and more 'lone,' excepting absolute deserts, than any part of America. White men there are scarcely any; wild men and wild beasts there are few; few dense forests, and little vegetation, although the grassy savannahs sustain droves of deer, buffalo, and other animals. The Tinneh are, next to the Eskimos, the most northern people of the continent. They inhabit the unexplored regions of Central Alaska, and thence extend eastward, their area widening towards the south to the shores of Hudson Bay. Within their domain, from the north-west to the south-east, may be drawn a straight line measuring over four thousand miles in length. The Tinneh,174 may be divided into four great families of nations; namely, the Chepeivyans, or Athabascas, living between Hudson Bay and the Rocky Mountains; the Ta- cullies, or Carriers, of New Caledonia or North-western British America; the Kutchins, occupying both banks of the upper Yukon and its tributaries, from near its mouth to the Mackenzie River; and the Kenai, inhabiting the interior from the lower Yukon to Copper River. The Chepewyan family is composed of the Northern Indians, so called by the fur-hunters at Port Churchill as lying along the shores of Hudson Bay, directly to their north; the Copper Indians, on Coppermine River; the Horn Mountain and Beaver Indians, farther to the west; the Strong-bows, Dog-ribs, Hares, Red-knives, Sheep, 174 Called by Gallatin, in Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 17, Atluu pasca, the name 'first given to the central part of the country they inhabit.' Sir John Richardson, Jour., vol. ii., p. 1, calls them 'Tinne, or 'Dtinne, Ath-^ THE TINNEH. 115 Sarsis, Brush-wood, Nagailer, and Rocky-Mountain Indians, of the Mackenzie River and Rocky Mountains.175 The Tacully176 nation is divided into a multitude of petty tribes, to which different travelers give different names according to fancy. Among them the most important are the Talkotins and Chilkotins, Nateotetains and Sicannis, of the upper branches of Fraser River and vicinity. It is sufficient for our purpose, however, to treat them as one nation. The Kutchins,177 a large and powerful nation, are composed of the following tribes. Commencing at the Mackenzie River, near its mouth, and extending westward across the mountains to and down the Yukon; the Lou- cheux or Quarrellers, of the Mackenzie River; the Yanta Kutchin, Natche Kutchin, and Yukuth Kutphin, of Porcupine River and neighborhood; the Tutchone Kutchin, Han Kutchin, Kutcha Kutchin, Gens de Bouleau, Gens de Milieu, Tenan Kutchin, Nuclukayettes, and Newi- carguts, of the Yukon River. Their strip of territory is from one hundred to one hundred and fifty miles in width, lying immediately south of the Eskimos, and extending westward from the Mackenzie River about eight hundred miles.178 abascans or Chepewyans.' ' They style themselves generally Dinneh men, or Indians.' Franklin's Nar., vol. i., p. 241. 175 Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., pp. 1-33. 176 ' Les Indiens de la cote ou de la Nouvelle Caledonie, les Tokalis, les Chargeurs (Carriers) les Schouchouaps, les Atnas, appartiennent tous a la nation des Chipeouaians dont la langue est en usage dans le nord du Continent jusqu'a la baie d'Hudson et a la Mer Polaire.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 337. 177 Are 'known under the names of Loucheux, Bigothi, and Kutshin.' Latham's Nat. Races, p. 292. 'They are called Deguthee Dinees, or the Quarrellers.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. 51. 'On Peel's River they name themselves Kidchin, the final n being nasal and faintly pronounced.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 378. They are also called Tykothee-dinneh, Loucheux or QuarrelleiTv. Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 83. ' The Loucheux proper iS spoken by the Indians of Peel's River. All the tribes inhabiting the valley of the Youkon understand one another.' Hardisty, in Smithsonian Rept., 1866, p. 311. 178 Gallatin, in Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 17, erroneously ruled the Loucheux out of his Athabasca nation. ' Im aussersten Nordosten hat tins Gallatin aufmerksam gemacht auf das Volk der Loucheux, Zanker-India- ner oder Digothi: an der Miindung des Mackenzie-Flusses, nach Einigen zu dessen beiden Seiten (westliche und ostliche); dessen Sprache er nach den Reisenden fiirfremd den athapaskischenhielt: woriiber sich die neuen Nachrichten noch widersprechen.' Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 713. Franklin, Nar., vol. ii., p. 83, allies the Loucheux to the Eskimos. 116 HYPERBOREANS. The Kenai179 nation includes the Ingaliks, of the Lower Yukon; the Koltchanes, of the Kuskoquim River; and to the south-eastward, the Kenais, of the Kenai Peninsula, and the Atnas, of Copper River.180 Thus we see that the Tinneh are essentially an inland people, barred out from the frozen ocean by a thin strip of Eskimo land, and barely touching the Pacific at Cook Inlet. Philologists, however, find dialectic resemblances, imaginary or real, between them and the Umpquas181 and Apaches.182 The name Chepewyan signifies lpointed coat,' and derives its origin from the parka, coat, or outer garment, so universally common throughout this region. ' It is made of several skins differently dressed and ornamented in different localities, but always cut with the skirt pointed before and behind. The Chepewyans believe that their ancestors migrated from the east, and therefore those of them who are born nearest their eastern boundary, are held in the greatest estimation. The Dog-ribs alone refer their origin to the west. The Chepewyans are physically characterized by a long full face,183 tall slim figure ;184 in complexion they are darker than coast tribes,185 and have small piercing black eyes,186 179 Tnai, 'man;' Tnaina Ttynai, Thnaina, Kinai, Kenai, Kenaize. 180 See notes on Boundaries at the end of this chapter. 181 Besides the ' Umkwa,' being outlying members of the Athabaskan stock,' there are the ' Navahoe, the Jecorilla, the Panalero, along with the Apatsh of New Mexico, California, and Sonora. To these add the Hoopah of California, which is also Athabaskan.' Latham's Cornp. Phil., p. 393. 182 William W. Turner was the first to assert positively that the Apaches spoke a language which belongs to the Athabascan family. Buschmann, Spu- ren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 316. 183 Face ' oval.' Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 180. 'Broad faces, projecting cheek-bones, and wide nostrils.' Id., vol.i.,p. 242. Foreheads low, chin long. JTartin's Brit. Col., vol. iii., p. 524. An exact compound between the Usque- mows and Western Indians. Barrow's Geog. Hudson Bay, p. 33. 184 Generally more than medium size. Hearne's Trav., p. 305. 'Well proportioned, and about the middle size.' Martin's Brit. Col., vol."iii., p. 524. 'Long-bodied, with short, stout limbs.' Ross, in Smithsonian Rept., 1S66, p. 304. 185 'Dingy copper.' Martin's Brit. Col., vol. iii., p. 526. ' Swarthy.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. cxix. Dingy brown, copper cast. Hearne's Trav., p. 305. 'Very fresh and red.' Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 180. 'Dirty yellowish ochre tinge.' Ross, in Smithsonian Rept., 1806, p. 304. 186 | Small, fine eyes and teeth." Franklin's Nar., p. vol. i., 242. THE CHEPEWYANS. 117 Altogether they are pronounced an inferior race.189 Into the composition of their garments enter beaver, moose, and deer-skin, dressed with and without the hair, sewed with sinews and ornamented with claws, horns, teeth, and feathers.190 The Northern Indian man is master of his household.181 He marries without ceremony, and divorces his wife at his pleasure.192 A man,of forty buys or fights for a spouse of twelve,193 and when tired of her whips her and sends her away. Girls on arriving at the age of womanhood 187 ' Hair lank, but not always of a dingy black. Men in general extract their beard, though some of them are seen to prefer a bushy, black beard, to a smooth chin.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. cxix. Beard in the aged 'between two and three inches long, and perfectly white.' Franklin's Nar., vol. ii , p. 180. ' Black, strait, and coarse.' Martin's Brit. Col., vol. iii., p. 524. ' Neither sex have any hair under their armpits, and very little on any other part of the body, particularly the women; but on the place where Nature plants the hair, I never knew them attempt to eradicate it.' Hearne's Trav., p. 306. 188 Tattooing appears to be universal among the Kutchins. Kirov, in Smithsonian Rept., 1864, p. 419. The Chepewyans tattooed 'by entering an awl or needle under the skin, and, on drawing it out again, immediately rubbing powdered charcoal into the wound.' Hearne's Trav., p. 306. 'Both sexes have blue or black bars, or from one to four straight lines on their cheeks or forehead, to distinguish the tribe to which they belong.-' Mackenzie's Voy., p. cxx. i89 Women 'destitute of real beauty.' Hearne's Trav., p. 89. 'Very inferior aspect.' Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., p. 8. Women nasty. Mackenzie's Voy., p. 126. ' Positively hideous.' Ross, in Smithsonian Rept., 1866, p. 304. 190 A Deer-Horn Mountaineer's dress ' consisted of a shirt, or jacket with a hood, wide breeches, reaching only to the knee, and tight leggins sewed to the shoes, all of deer's skins.' Franklins Nar., vol. ii., p. 180. The cap consists of the skin of a deer's head. Mackenzie's Voy., p. cxxii. 191 As witness this speech of a noble chief: ' Women were made for labor; one of them can carry, or haul, as much as two men can do. They also pitch our fents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as traveling any considerable distance, in this country without their assistance.' Hearne's Trav., p. 55. 192 An Indian desiring another one's wife, fights with her husband,' principally by pulling hair. If victorious, he pays a number of skins to the husband. Hooper's Tuski, p. 303. w$ 'Continence in an unmarried female is scarcely considered a virtue.' ' Their dispositions are not amatory.' ' I have heard among them of two sons keeping their mother as a common wife, of another wedded to his daughter, and of several married to their sisters. Ross, in Smithsonian Rept., 1866, p. 310. Women carry their children on the back next the skin, and suckle them until another is born. They do not suspend their ordinary occupations for child-birth. Mackenzie's Voy., p. cxxii. ' A temporary interchange of wives is not uncommon; and the offer of their persons is considered as a necessary part of the hospitality due to strangers.' Id., p. xcvi. Women are 'rather the slaves than the companions of the men.' Bell's Geog., vol. v., p. 293. 113 HYPERBOREANS. must retire from the village and live for a time apart.194 The Chepewyans inhabit huts of brush and portable skin tents. They derive their origin from a dog. At one time they were so strongly imbued with respect for their canine ancestry that they entirely ceased to employ dogs in drawing their sledges, greatly to the hardship of the women upon whom this laborious task fell. Their food consists mostly of fish and reindeer, the latter being easily taken in snares. Much of their land is barren, but with sufficient vegetation to support numerous herds of reinder, and fish abound in their lakes and streams. Their hunting grounds are held by clans, and descend by inheritance from one generation to another, which has a salutary effect upon the preservation of game. Indian law requires the successful hunter to share the spoils of the chase with all present. When game is abundant, their tent-fires never die, but are surrounded during all hours of the day and night by young and old cooking their food.195 Superabundance of food, merchandise, or anything which they wish to preserve without the trouble of carrying it about with them while on hunting or foraging expeditions, is cached, as they term it; from the French, cacher, to conceal. Canadian fur-hunters often resorted to this artifice, but the practice was common among the natives before the advent of Europeans. A sudden necessity often arises in Indian countries for the traveler 194 They are harsh towards their wives, except when enceinte. They are accused of abandoning the aged and sick, but only one case came to his knowledge. Frankiiyi's Nar., vol. i., pp 250, 251. 195 Beeatee, prepared from deer only, ' is a kind of haggis, made with the blood, a good quantity of fat shred small, some of the tenderest of the flesh, together with the heart and lungs cut, or more commonly cut into small shivers; all ot which is put into the stomach, and roasted.' Hearne's Trav., p. 144. 4 Not remarkable for their activity as hunters, owing to the ease with which they snare deer and spear fish.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. cxxiii. The Deer-Horn Mountaineers 'repair to the sea in spring and kill seals; as the season advances, they hunt deer and musk oxen at some distance from the coast. They approach the deer either by crawling, or by leading these animals by ranges of tnrf towards the spot where the archer can conceal himself.' Do not use nets, but the hook and line. Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 181. 'Nets made of lines of twisted willow-bark, or thin strips of deer-hide.' Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., p. 25. Curdled blood, a favorite dish. Simpson's Nar., p. 324. THE NORTHERN INDIANS. 119 to relieve himself from burdens. This is done by digging a hole in the earth and depositing the load therein, so artfully covering it as to escape detection by the wily savages. Goods may be cached in a cave, or in the branches of a tree, or in the hollow of a log. The camp- fire is frequently built over the spot where stores have been deposited, in order that the disturbance of the surface may not be detected. Their weapons196 and their utensils197 are of the most primitive kind—stone and bone being used in place of metal. Their dances, which are always performed in the night, are not original, but are borrowed from the Southern and Dog-rib Indians. They consist in raising the feet alternately in quick succession, as high as possible without moving the body, to the sound of a drum or rattle.198 They never bury their dead, but leave the bodies where they fall, to be devoured by the birds and beasts of prey.199 Their religion consists chiefly in songs and speeches to these birds and beasts and to imaginary be- 196 The weapons of the Chepewyans are bows and arrows; stone and bone axes and knives. Harmon's Jour., p. 183. The bows of the Deer-Horns 'are formed of three pieces of fir, the centre piece alone bent, the other two lying in the same straight line with the bowstring; the pieces are neatly tied together with sinew. Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 180. In preparing for an attack, each Coppermine Indian paints his shield with figures of Sun, Moon, or some animal or imaginary beings, each portraying whatever character he most relies upon. Hearne's Trav., p. 148. In some parts hunting grounds descend by inheritance, and the right of property is rigidly enforced. Simpson's Nar., p. 75. 197 ' Their cooking utensils are made of pot-stone, and they form very neat dishes of fir.' Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 181. Make fishing-lines and nets of green deer-thongs. Mackenzie's Voy., p. cxxvi. 198 ' They are great mimics.' Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., p. 13. Men dance naked; women dressed. A crowd stand in a straight line, and shuffle from right to left without moving the feet from the ground. Hearne^s Trav., p. 335. ' The men occasionally howl in imitation of some animal.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. 35 199 < They manifest no common respect to the memory of their departed friends, by a long period of mourning, cutting off their hair, and never making use of the property of the deceased.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. cxxviii. The death of leading men is attributed to conjuring. They never bury the dead, but leave them, where they die, for wild beasts to devour. Hearne's Trav., p. 341. The Chepewyans bury their dead. When mourning for relatives they gash their bodies with knives. Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., pp. 21, 22. 120 HYPERBOREANS. ings, for assistance in performing cures of the sick.200 Old age is treated with disrespect and neglect, one half of both sexes dying before their time for want of care. The Northern Indians are frequently at war with the Eskimos and Southern Indians, for whom they at all times entertain the most inveterate hatred. The Copper Indians, bordering on the southern boundary of the Eskimos at the Coppermine River, were originally the occupants of the territory south of Great Slave Lake. The Dog-ribs, or Slaves as they are called by neighboring nations, are indolent, fond of amusement, but mild and hospitable. They are so debased, as savages, that the men do the laborious wrork, while the women employ themselves in household affairs and ornamental needlework. Young married men have been known to exhibit specimens of their wives' needle-work with pride. From their further advancement in civilization, and the tradition which they hold of having migrated from the westward, were it not that their language differs from that of contiguous tribes only in accent, they might naturally be considered of different origin. Bands of Dog- ribs meeting after a long absence greet each other with a dance, which frequently continues for two or three days. First clearing a spot of ground, they take an arrow in the right hand and a bow in the left, and turning their backs each band to the other, they approach dancing, and when close together they feign to perceive each other's presence for the first time; the bow and arrow are instantly transferred from one hand to the other, in token of their non-intention to use them against friends. They are very improvident, and frequently are driven to cannibalism and suicide.201 200 < The Northern Indians seldom attain a great age, though they have few diseases.' Martin's Brit. Col., vol. iii., p. 525. For inward complaints, the doctors blow zealously into the rectum, or adjacent parts. Hearne's Trav., p. 189. The conjurer shuts himself up for days with the patient, without food, and sings over him. Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 41. Medicine-men or conjurers are at the same time doctors. Hooper's Tuski, pp. 317, 318. 'The Kutchins practice blood-letting ad libitum.' Jones, Smithsonian Rept., 1866, p. 325. ' Their principal maladies are rheumatic pains, the flux, and consumption.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. cxxiv. 201 According to the report of the Dog-ribs, the Mountain Indians s*;» HARES, DOG-RIBS, AND TACULLIES. 121 The Hare Indians, who speak a dialect of the Tinneh scarcely to be distinguished from that of the Dog-ribs, are looked upon by their neighbors as great conjurers. The Hare and Sheep Indians look upon their women as inferior beings. From childhood they are inured to every description of drudgery, and though riot treated with special cruelty, they are placed at the lowest point in the scale of humanity. The characteristic stoicism of the red race is not manifested by these tribes. Socialism is practiced to a considerable extent. The hunter is allowed only the tongue and ribs of the animal he kills, (the remainder being divided among the members of the tribe. The Hares and Dog-ribs do not cut the finger-nails of female children until four years of age, in order that they may not prove lazy; the infant is not allowed food until four days after birth, in order to accustom it to fasting in the next world. The Sheep. Indians are reported as being cannibals. The Red-knives formerly hunted reindeer and musk- oxen at the northern end of Great Bear Lake, but they were finally driven eastward by the Dog-ribs. Laws and government are unknown to the Chepewyans.202 The Tacullies, or, as they were denominated by the fur-traders, i Carriers,' are the chief tribe of New Caledonia, or North-western British America. They call themselves Tacullies, or 'men who go upon water/ as their travels from one village to another are mostly accomplished in canoes. This, with their sobriquet of cannibals, casting lots for victims in time of scarcity. Simpson's Nar., p. 188. ' Instances of suicide, by hanging, frequently occur among the women.' Harmon's Jour., p. 198. During times of starvation, which occur quite frequent, the Slave Indians eat their families. Hooper's Tuski, p. 303. ' These people take their names, in the first instance, from their dogs. A young man is the father of a Certain dog, but when he is married, and has a son, he styles himself the father of the boy. The women have a habit of reproving the dogs very tenderly when they observe them fighting. "Are yon not ashamed," say they, "to quarrel with your little brother?'" Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., pp. 85, 86. ' Whether circumcision be practiced among them, I cannot pretend to say, but the appearance of it was general among those whom I saw.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. 36. Dog-rib Indians, sometimes also called Slaves, 'a name properly meaning 'strangers.' Gallatin, in Am. Arch. Soc. Trans., vol. ii., p. 19. 202 'Order is maintained in the tribe solely by public opinion.' Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., p. 26. The chiefs are now totally without power. Frank- 122 HYPERBOREANS. ; Carriers/ clearly indicates their ruling habitudes. The men are more finely formed than the women, the latter being short, thick, and disproportionately large in their lower limbs. In their persons they are slovenly; in their dispositions, lively and contented. As they are able to procure food203 with but little labor, they are naturally indolent, but appear to be able and willing to work when occasion requires it. Their relations with white people have been for the most part amicable; they are seldom quarrelsome, though not lacking bravery. The people are called after the name, of the village in which they dwell. Their primitive costume consists of hare, musk-rat, badger, and beaver skins, sometimes cut into strips an inch broad, and woven or interlaced. The nose is perforated by both sexes, the men suspending therefrom a brass, copper, or shell ornament, tfye women a wooden one, tipped with a bead at either end.204 Their avarice lies in the direction of hiaqua shells, which find their way up from the sea-coast through other tribes. In 1810, these beads were the circulating medium of the country, and twenty of them would buy a good beaver- skin. Their paint is made of vermilion obtained from the traders, or of a pulverized red stone mixed with grease. They are greatly addicted to gambling, and do not appear at all dejected by ill fortune, spending days and nights in the winter season at their games, frequently gambling away every rag of clothing and every trinket in their possession. They also stake parts of a garment or other article, and if losers, cut off a piece of coat- sleeve or a foot of gun-barrel. Native cooking vessels tin's Nar., vol. i., p. 247. 'They are influenced, more or less, by certain principles which conduce to their general benefit,.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. cxxv. 203 ' Many consider a broth, made by means of the dung of the cariboo and the hare, to be a dainty dish.' Harmon's Jour., p. 324. They ' are lazy, dirty, and sensual,' and extremely uncivilized. ' Their habits and persons are equally disgusting.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 62. 'They are a tall, well formed, good-looking race.' NicoJay's Ogn. Ter., p. 154. 'An utter contempt of cleanliness prevailed on all hands, and it was revolting to witness their voracious endeavors to surpass each other in the gluttonous contest.' Ind. Life, p. 156. 204 Tiie women j run a wooden pin through their noses,' Harmon's Jour., p. 287. At their burial ceremonies they smear the face 'with a composition THE TACULLIES, OB CARRIERS. 123 are made of bark, or of the roots or fibres of trees, woven so as to hold water, in which are placed heated stones for the purpose of cooking food.205 Polygamy is practiced, but not generally. The Tacullies are fond of their wives, performing the most of the household drudgery in order to relieve them, and consequently they are very jealous of them. But to their unmarried daughters, strange as it may seem, they allow every liberty without censure or shame. The reason which they give for this strange custom is, that the purity of their wives is thereby better preserved.206 During a portion of every year the Tacullies dwell in villages, conveniently situated for catching and drying salmon. In April they visit the lakes and take small fish; and after these fail, they return to their villages and subsist upon the fish they have dried, and upon herbs and berries. From August to October, salmon are plentiful again. Beaver are caught in nets made from strips of cariboo-skins, and also in cypress and steel traps. They are also sometimes shot with guns or with bows and arrows. Smaller game they take in various kinds of traps. The civil polity of the Tacullies is of a very primitive character. Any person may become a miuty or chief who will occasionally provide a village feast. A malefactor may find protection from the avenger in the dwelling of a chief, so long as he is permitted to remain there, or even afterwards if he has upon his back any one of the chief's garments. Disputes are usually adjusted by some old man of the tribe. The boundaries of the territories to the different villages are designated by belonging of fish-oil and charcoal.' When conjuring, the chief and his companions ' wore a kind of coronet formed of the inverted claws of the grizzly bear.' Ltd. Life, pp. 127, 158. .205 The Tacullies have 'wooden dishes, and other vessels of the rind of the birch and pine trees.' 'Have also other vessels made of small roots or fibresof the cedar or pine tree, closely laced together, which serve them as buckets to put water in.' Harmon's Jour., p. 292. 206 «in the summer season both sexes bathe often; and this is the only time, when the married people wash themselves.' The Tacullies are very fond and very jealous of their wives, 'but to their daughters, they allow every lib- 124 HYPERBOREANS. mountains, rivers, or other natural objects, and the* rights of towns, as well as of individuals, are most generally respected; but broils are constantly occasioned by murders, abduction of women, and other causes, between these separate societies.207 When seriously ill, the Carriers deem it an indispensable condition to their recovery that every secret crime should be confessed to the magician. Murder, of any but a member of the same village, is not considered a heinous offense. They at first believed reading and writing to be the exercise of magic art. The Carriers know little of medicinal herbs. Their priest or magician is also the doctor, but before commencing his operations in the sick room, he must receive a fee, which, if his efforts prove unsuccessful, he is obliged to restore. The curative process consists in singing a melancholy strain over the invalid, in which all around join. This mitigates pain, and often restores health. Their winter tenements are frequently made by opening a spot of earth to the depth of two feet, across which a ridge-pole is placed, supported at either end by posts; poles are then laid from the sides of the excavation to the ridgepole and covered with hay. A hole is left in the top for purposes of entrance and exit, and also in order to allow the escape of smoke.208 Slavery is common with them; all who can afford it keeping slaves. They use them as beasts of burden, and erty, for the purpose, as they say, of keeping the young men from intercourse with the married women.' Harmon's Jour., pp. 289, 292, 293. A father, whose daughter had dishonored him, killed her and himself, lnd. Life, 184. 207 ' The people of every village have a certain extent of country, which they consider their own, and in which they may hunt and fish; but they may not transcend these bounds, without purchasing the privilege of those who. claim the land. Mountains and rivers serve them as boundaries.' Harmon's Jour., p. 298. 208 Mackenzie, Voy., p. 238, found on Fraser River, about latitude 55°, a deserted house, 30 by 20, with three doors, 3 by 3% feet; three fire-places, and beds on either side; behind the beds was a narrow space, like a manger, somewhat elevated, for keeping fish. ' Their houses are well formed of logs of small trees, buttressed up internally, frequently above seventy feet long and fifteen high, but, unlike those of the coast, the roof is of bark: their winter habitations are smaller, and often Covered over with grass and earth; some even dwell in excavations of the ground, which have only an aperture at the top, and serves alike for door and chimney.' Nicolay's Ogn. rler\, p. 154. NEHANNES AND TALKOTINS. 125 treat them most inhumanly. The country of the Sican- nis in the Rocky Mountains is sterile, yielding the occupants a scanty supply of food and clothing. They are nevertheless devotedly attached to their bleak land, and will fight for their rude homes with the most patriotic ardor. The Nehannes usually pass the summer in the vicinity of the sea-coast, and scour the interior during the winter for furs, wThich they obtain from inland tribes by barter or plunder, and dispose of to the European traders. It is not a little -remarkable that this warlike and turbulent horde was at one time governed by a woman. Fame gives her a fair complexion, with regular features, and great intelligence. Her influence over her fiery people, it is said, was perfect; while her warriors, the terror and scourge of the surrounding country, quailed before her eye. Her word was law, and was obeyed with marvelous alacrity. Through her influence the condition of the women of her tribe was greatly raised. Great ceremonies, cruelty, and superstition attend burning the dead, which custom obtains throughout this region,209 and, as usual in savagism, woman is the sufferer. When the father of a household dies; the entire family, or, if a chief, the tribe, are summoned to present themselves.210 Time must be given to those most distant to reach the village before the ceremony begins.211 The Talkotin wife, when all is ready, is compelled to ascend the funeral pile, throw herself upon her husband's body and there remain until nearly suffocated, when she is permitted to descend. Still she must keep her place near the burning corpse, keep it in a proper position, tend the fire, and 209 ' Quelques peuplades du nord, telles que les Sikanis, enterrent leurs morts.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 339. 'The Sicaunies bury, while the Tacullies, burn their dead.' Harmon's Jour., p. 196. They ' and the Chhnmesy- ans on the coast, and other tribes speaking their language, burn the dead.' Lord's Nat., vol. ii., p. 236. See also Dunn's Oregon, pp. 79, 80; lnd. Lifet pp. 128, 136; Domenech's Deserts, vol. ii., pp. 362, 363. 2l<> They fire guns as a warning to their friends not to invade their sorrow. Mackenzie's Voy., p. 139. 211 'In the winter season, the Carriers often keep their dead in their huts during five or six months, before they will allow them to be burned.' Harmon's Jour., pv. 249. 126 HYPERBOREANS. if through pain or faintness she fails in the performance of her duties, she is held up and pressed forward by others; her cries meanwhile are drowned in wild songs, accompanied by the beating of drums.212 When the funeral pile of a Tacully is fired, the wives of the deceased, if there are more than one, are placed at the head and foot of the body. Their duty there is to publicly demonstrate their affection for the departed; which they do by resting their head upon the dead bosom, by striking in frenzied love the body, nursing and battling the fire meanwhile. And there they remain until the hair is burned from their head, until, suffocated and almost senseless, they stagger off to a little distance; then recovering, attack the corpse with new vigor, striking it first with one hand and then with the other, until the form of the beloved is reduced to ashes. Finally these ashes are gathered up, placed in sacks, and distributed one sack to each wife, whose duty it is to c^irry upon her person the remains of the departed for the space of two years. During this period of mourning the women are clothed in rags, kept in a kind of slavery, and not allowed to marry. Not unfrequently these poor creatures avoid their term of servitude by suicide. At the expiration of the time, a feast is given them, and they are again free. Structures are erected as repositories for the ashes of their dead,213 in which the bag or box containing the remains is placed. These grave-houses are of split boards about one inch in thickness, six feet high, and decorated with painted representations of various heavenly and earthly objects. The Indians of the Rocky Mountains burn with the deceased all his effects, and even those of his nearest relatives, so that it not unfrequently happens that a family is reduced to absolute starvation in the dead of 212 ' She must frequently put her hands through the flames and lay them upon his bosom, to show her continued devotion.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 239. They have a custom of mourning over the grave of the dead; their expressions of grief are generally exceedingly vociferous. Ind. Life, pp. 185, 186. " 213 ' On the end of a pole stuck in front of the lodge.' Lord's Nat., vol. ii., p. 237. KUTCHIN CHARACTERISTICS. 127 winter, when it is impossible to procure food. The motive assigned to this custom is, that there may be nothing left to bring the dead to remembrance. A singular custom prevails among the KTateotetain women, which is to cut off one joint of a finger upon the death of a near relative. In consequence of this practice some old women may be seen with two joints off every finger on both hands. The men bear their sorrows more stoically, being content in such cases with shaving the head and cutting their flesh with flints.214 The Kutchins are the flower of the Tinneh family. They are very numerous, numbering about twenty-two tribes. They are a more noble and manly people than either the Eskimos upon the north or the contiguous Tinneh tribes upon their own southern boundary. The finest specimens dwell on the Yukon River. The women tattoo the chin with a black pigment, and the men draw a black stripe down the forehead and nose, frequently crossing the forehead and cheeks with red lines, and streaking the chin alternately with red and black. Their features are more regular than those of their neighbors^ more expressive of boldness, frankness, and candor; theii foreheads higher, and their complexions lighter. The Tenan Kutchin of the Tananah River, one of the largest tribes of the Yukon Valley, are somewhat wilder and more ferocious in their appearance. The boys are precocious, and the girls marry at fifteen.215 The Kutchins of Peel River, as observed by Mr Isbister,;" are an athletic and fine-looking race; considerable above the av- 214 Women cut off a joint of one of their fingers. Men only cut off their hair close to their heads, but also frequently cut and scratch their faces and arms. Harmon's Jour., p. 182. With some sharp instrument they 'force back the flesh beyond the first joint, which they immediately amputate.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. 148. 215 j The men are completely destitute of beard, and both men and women, are intensely ugly.' Jones, in Smithsonian Rept., 1866, p. 320. 'They reminded me of the ideal North American Indian I had read of but never seen.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 239. Distinguished from all other tribes for the frankness and candor of their demeanor, and bold countenances. Simpson's Nar., p. 100. ' Males are of the average hight of Europeans, and well- formed, with regular features, high foreheads, and lighter complexions than those of the other red Indians. The women resemble the men.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 379. 123 HYPERBOREANS. erage statute, most of them being upwards of six feet in height and remarkably well proportioned." Their clothing is made from the skins of reindeer, dressed with the hair on; their coat cut after the fashion of the Eskimos, with skirts peaked before and behind, and elaborately trimmed with beads and dyed porcupine- quills. The Kutchins, in common with the Eskimos, are distinguished by a similarity in the costume of the sexes. Men and women wear the same description of breeches. Some of the men have a long flap attached to their deer-skin shirts, shaped like a beaver's tail, and reaching nearly to the ground.216 Of the coat, Mr Whymper says: I If the reader will imagine a man. dressed in two swallow-tailed coats, one of them worn as usual, the other covering his stomach and buttoned behind, he will get some idea of this garment." Across the shoulders and breast they wear a broad band of beads, with narrower bands round the forehead and ankles, and along the seams of their leggins. They are great traders; beads are their wealth, used in the place of money, and the rich among them literally load themselves with necklaces and strings of various patterns.217 The nose and ears are adorned with shells.218 The hair is worn in a long cue, ornamented with feathers, and bound with strings of beads and shells at the head, with flowing ends, and so saturated with grease and birds' down as to swell it; sometimes to the thickness of the neck. They pay considerable attention to personal clean- 216 | Tunic or shirt reaching to the knees, and very much ornamented with beads, and Hyaqua shells from the Columbia.' Kirby, in Smithsonian Rept., 1864, p. 418. The Tenan Kutchins are 'gay with painted faces, feathers in their long hair, patches of red clay at the back of their head.' Whymper's Al iska, p. 239. Jackets like the Eskimos. Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 221. ' Both sexes wear breeches.' Simpson's Nar.,'p. 103. 217 'The Kutch-a-Kutchin, are essentially traders.' Kirby, in Smithsonian Rept., 1864, p. 4j8. Appear to care more for useful than ornamental articles. Whymper's Alaska, p. 213. ' Dentalium and arenicola shells are transmitted from the west coast in traffic, and are greatly valued.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 391. 218 Some wear 'wampum (a kind of long, hollow shell) through the septum of the nose.' Hooper's Tuski, p. 270. They pierce the nose and insert shells, which are obtained from the Eskimos at a high price. Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 84. FOOD OF THE KUTCHINS. 129 liness. The Kutchins construct both permanent underground dwellings and the temporary summer-hut or tent.21* On the Yukon, the greatest scarcity of food is in the spring. The winter's stores are exhausted, and the bright rays of the sun upon the melting snow almost blind the eyes of the deer-hunter. The most plentiful supply of game is in August, September, and October, after which the forming of ice on the rivers prevents fishing until December, when the winter traps are set. The reindeer are in good condition in August, and geese are plentiful. Salmon ascend the river in June, and are taken in great quantities until about the first of September; fish are dried or smoked without salt, for winter use. Fur- hunting begins in October; and in December, trade opens with the Eskimos, with whom furs are exchanged for oil and seal-skins. The Kutchin of the Yukon are unacquainted with nets, but catch their fish by means of weirs or; stakes planted across rivers and narrow lakes, having openings for wicker baskets, by which they intercept the fish. They hunt reindeer in the mountains and take moose- deer in snares.22* Both Kutchins and Eskimos are very jealous regarding their boundaries; but the incessant warfare which is maintained between the littoral and interior people of the 219 The Loucheux live in huts ' formed of green branches. In winter their dwellings are partly under ground. The spoils of the moose and reindeer furnish them with meat, clothing, and tents.' Simpson's Nar., pp.- 103, 191. The Co-Yukon winter dwellings are made under ground, and roofed over with earth, having a hole for the smoke to escape by, in the same manner as those of the Malemutes and Ingaliks. Whymper's Alaska, pp. 175, 205. Their movable huts are constructed of deer-skin, ' dressed with the hair on, and sewed together, forming two large rolls, which are stretched over a frame.of bent poles,' with a side door and smoke-hole at the top. Jones, in Smithsonian Rept., 1866, 321. 220 The Loucheux are ' great gormandizers, and will devour solid fat, or even drink grease, to surfeiting.' Hooper's Tuski, p. 271. 'The bears are not often eaten in summer, as their flesh is not good at that time.' Jones, in Smithsonian Rept., 1866, p. 321. Some of their reindeer-pounds are over one hundred years old and are hereditary in the family. Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 394. * The mode of fishing through the ice practiced by the Russians is much in vogue with them.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 211. Vol. I. 9 130 HYPERBOREANS. northern coast, near the Mackenzie river, is not maintained by the north-western tribes. One of either people, however, if found hunting out of his own territory, is very liable to be shot. Some Kutchin tribes permit the Eskimos to take the meat of the game which they kill, provided they leave the skin at the nearest village.221 The Kutchins of the Yukon River manufacture cups and pots from clay, and ornament them with crosses, dots, and lines; moulding them by hand after various patterns, first drying them in the sun and then baking them. The Eskimo lamp is also sometimes made of clay. The Tinneh make paint of pulverized colored stones or of earth, mixed with glue. The glue is made from buffalo feet and applied by a moose-hair brush1. In the manufacture of their boats the Kutchins of the Yukon use bark as a substitute for the seal-skins of the coast. They first make a light frame of willow or birch, from eight to sixteen feet in length. Then with fine spruce-fir roots they sew together strips of birch bark, cover the frame, and calk the seams with spruce gum. They are propelled by single paddles or poles. Those of the Mackenzie River are after the same pattern.222 In absence of law, murder and all other crimes are compounded for.223 A man to be well married must be either 221 The Kutchins 'have no knowledge of scalping.' 'When a man kills his enemy, he cuts all his joints.' Jones, in Smithsonian Rept., 1866, 327. The Loucheux of Peel River and the Eskimos are constantly at war. Hooper's Tuski, p. 273. 222 < At Peace River the bark is taken off the tree the whole length of the intended canoe, which is commonly about eighteen feet, and is sewed with watupe at both ends.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. 207. When the Kutchins discover a leak, I they go ashore, light a small fire, warm the gum, of which they always carry a supply, turn the canoe bottom upward, and rub the healing balm in a semi-fluid state into the seam until it is again water-tight.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 225. The Tacullies 'make canoes which are clumsily wrought, of the aspin tree, as well as of the bark of the spruce fir.' Harmon's Jour., p. 291. Rafts are employed on the Mackenzie. Simpson's Nar., p. 185. 'In shape the Northern Indian canoe bears some resemblance to a weaver's shuttle; covered over with birch bark,' Hearne's Jour., pp. 97, 98. ' Kanots aus Birkenrinde, auf denen sie die Flusse u. Seen befahren.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 112. The Kutchin canoe 'is fiat-bottomed, is about nine feet long and one broad, and the sides nearly straight up and down like a wall.' Jones, in Smithsonian Rept., 1866, p. 323. 223 As for instance for a life, the fine is forty beaver-skins, and may be ipaid in guns at twenty skins each; blankets, equal to ten skins each; powder, one skin a measure; bullets, eighteen for a skin; worsted belts, two skins THE TENAN KUTCHIN. 131 rich or strong. A good hunter, who can accumulate beads, and a good wrestler, who can win brides by force, may have from two to five wives. The women perform all domestic duties, and eat after the husband is satisfied, but the men paddle the boats, and have even been ki^fown to carry their wives ashore so that they might not wet their feet. The women carry their infants in a sort of bark saddle, fastened to their back; they bandage their feet in order to keep them small.224 Kutchin amusements are wrestling, leaping, dancing, and singing. They are great talkers, and etiquette forbids any interruption to the narrative of a new comer.225 The Tenan Kutchin, 'people of the mountains,' inhabiting the country south of Fort Yukon which is drained by the river Tananah, are a wild, ungovernable horde, their territory never yet having been invaded by white people. The river upon which they dwell is supposed to take its rise near the upper Yukon. They allow no women in their deer-hunting expeditions. They smear their leggins and hair with red ochre and grease. The men part their hair in the middle and separate it into locks, which, when properly dressed, look like rolls of red mud about the size of a finger; one bunch of locks is secured in a mass which falls down the neck, by a band of dentalium shells, and two smaller rolls hang down either side of the face. After being soaked in each. Hooper's Tuski, p. 272. ' For theft, little or no punishment is inflicted; for adultery, the woman only is punished'—sometimes by beating, sometimes by death. Jones, in Smithsonian Rept., 1866, p. 325. 224 Kutchin 'female chastity is prized, but is nearly unknown.' Jones, in Smithsonian Rept., 1866, p. 325. Loucheux mothers had originally a custom of casting away their female children, but now it is only done by the Mountain Indians. Simpson's Nar., p. 187. The Kutchin ' women are much fewer in number,and live a much shorter time than the men.' Kirby, in Smithsonian Rept., 1864, p. 418. The old people 'are not ill-used, but simply neglected.' Whymper's Alaska, p..229. The children are carried in small chairs made of birch bark. Id., p. 232. 'In a seat of birch bark.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 384. 225 The Loucheux dances ' abound in extravagant gestures, and demand violent exertion.' Simpson's Nar., p. 100. See Hardisty, in Smithsonian Rept., 1866, p. 313. ' Singing is much practiced, but it is, though varied, of a very hum-drum nature.' Hooper's Tuski, p. 318. 'At the festivals held on the meeting of friendly tribes, leaping and wrestling are practised.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 395. 132 HYPERBOREANS. grease and tied, the head is powdered with finely cut swan's down, which adheres to the greasy hair. The women wear few ornaments, perform more than the ordinary amount of drudgery, and are treated more like dogs than human beings. Chastity is scarcely known among them. The Kutcha Kutchin, 1 people of the lowland,' are cleaner and better mannered. The Kutchins have a singular system of totems. The whole nation is divided into three castes, called respectively Chitcheah, Tengratsey, and Natsahi, each occupying a distinct territory. Two persons of the same caste are not allowed to marry; but a man of one caste must marry a woman of another. The mother gives caste to the children, so that as the fathers die off the caste of the country constantly changes. This system operates strongly against war between tribes; as in war, it is caste against caste, and not tribe against tribe. As the father is never of the same caste as the son, who receives caste from his mother, there can never be intertribal war without ranging fathers and sons against each other. When a child is named, the father drops his former name and substitutes that of the child, so that the father receives his name from the child, and not the child from the father. They have scarcely any government; their chiefs are elected on account of wealth or ability, and their authority is very limited.226 Their custom is to burn the dead, and enclose the ashes in a box placed upon posts; some tribes enclose the body in an elevated box without burning.227 The Kenai are a fine, manly race, in which Baer distinguishes characteristics decidedly American, and dearly 226 'Irrespective of tribe, they are divided into three classes, termed respectively, Chit-sa, Nate-sa, and Tanges-at-sa, faintly representing the aristocracy, the middle classes, and the poorer orders of civilized nations, the former being the' most wealthy and the latter the poorest.' Kirby, in Smithsonian Rept., 1864, p. 418. 227 On Peel River ' they bury their dead on stages.' On the Yukon they burn and suspend the ashes in bags from the top of a painted pole. Kirby, in Smithsonian Rept., 1864, p. 419. They of the Yukon ' do not inter the dead, but put them in oblong boxes, raised on posts.' Whymper98 Alaska, pp. 207, 211. THE KENAI. 133 distinct from the Asiatic Eskimos. One of the most powerful Kenai tribes is the Unakatanas, who dwell upon the Koyukuk River, and plant their villages along the banks of the lower Yukon for a distance of one hundred and fifty miles. They are bold and ferocious, dominative even to the giving of fashion in dress. That part of the Yukon which runs through their territory abounds with moose, which during the summer frequent the water in order to avoid the mosquitos, and as the animals are clumsy swimmers, the Indians easily capture them. Their women occupy a very inferior position, being obliged to do more drudgery and embellish their dress with fewer ornaments than those of the upper tribes. The men wear a heavy fringe of beads or shells upon their dress, equal sometimes to two hundred marten-skins in value. At Nuklukahyet, where the Tananah River joins the Yukon, is a neutral trading-ground to which all the surrounding tribes resort in the spring for traffic. Skins are their moneyed currency, the beaver-skin being the standard 1 one 'made7 beaver-skin represents two marten- skins. The Ingaliks inhabiting the Yukon near its mouth call themselves Kaeyah Khatana. Their dialect is totally distinct from the Malemutes, their neighbors on the west, but shows an affinity with that of the Unakatarias to their east. Tobacco they both smoke and snuff. The smoke they swallow; snuff is drawn into the .nostrils through a wooden tube. They manufacture siluff froiji leaf tobacco by means of a wooden mortar and pestle, and carry bone or wooden snuff-boxes. They are described by travelers as a timid, sensitive people, and remarkably honest. Ingalik women'are delivered kneeling, and without pain, being seldom detained from their household duties for more than an hour. The infant is washed, greased, and fed, and is seldom weaned under two or three years. The women live longer than the men; some of them reaching sixty, while the men rarely attain more than forty-five years. 134 HYPERBOREANS. The Koltschanes, whose name in the dialect of the Kenai signifies j guest,' and in that of the Atnas of Copper River, 'stranger,' have been charged with great cruelty, and even cannibalism, but without special foundation. Wrangell believes the Koltschanes, Atnas, and Kolosqhes to be one people. The Kenai, of the Kenaian peninsula, upon recovery from dangerous illness, give a feast to those who expressed sympathy during the^affliction. If a bounteous provision is made upon these occasions, a chieftainship may be obtained thereby; and although the power thus acquired does not descend to one's heir, he may be conditionally recognized as chief. Injuries are avenged by the nearest relative, but if a murder is committed by a member of another clan, all the allied families rise to avenge the wrong. When a person dies, the whole community assemble and mourn. The nearest kinsman, arrayed in his best apparel, with blackened face, his nose and head decked with eagle's feathers, leads the ceremony. All sit round a fire and howl, while the master of the lamentation recounts the notable deeds of the departed, amidst the ringing of bells, and violent stampings, and contortions of his body. The clothing is then distributed to the relatives, the body is burned, the bones collected and interred, and at the expiration of a year a feast is held to the memory of the deceased, after which it is not lawful for a relative to mention his name. The lover, if his suit is accepted, must perform a year's service for his bride. The wooing is in this wise: early some morning he enters the abode of the fair one's father, and without speaking a word proceeds to bring water, prepare food, and to heat the bath-room. In reply to the question why he performs these services, he answers that he desires the daughter for a wife. At the expiration of the year, without further ceremony, he takes her home, with a gift; but if she is not well treated by her husband, she may return to her father, and take with her the dowry. The wealthy may have several wives, but the property of each wife is distinct. They TINNEH CHARACTER. 135 are nomadic in their inclinations and traverse the interior to a considerable distance in pursuit of game. The Atnas are a small tribe inhabiting the Atna or Copper River. They understand the art of working copper, and have commercial relations with surrounding tribes. In the spring, before the breaking up of ice upon the lakes and rivers, they hunt reindeer, driving them into angle-shaped wicker-work corrals, where they are killed. In the autumn another general hunt takes place, when deer are driven into lakes, and pursued and killed in boats. Their food and clothing depend entirely upon their success in these forays, as they are unable to obtain fish in sufficient quantities for their sustenance; and when unsuccessful in the chase, whole families die of starvation. Those who can afford it, keep slaves, buying them from the Koltschanes. They burn their dead, then carefully collect the ashes in a new reindeer-skin, enclose the skin in a box, and place the box on posts or in a tree. Every year they celebrate a feast in commemoration of their dead. Baer asserts that the Atnas divide the year into fifteen months, which are designated only by their numbers; ten of them belong to autumn and winter, and five to spring and summer. The Tinneh character, if we may accept the assertions of various travelers, visiting different parts under widely different circumstances, presents a multitude of phases. Thus it is said of the Chepewyans by Mackenzie, that they are | sober, timorous, and vagrant, with a selfish disposition which has sometimes created suspicions of their integrity. They are also of a quarrelous disposition, and are continually making complaints wThich they express by a constant repetition of the word edmy, lit is hard,' in a whiny and plaintive tone of voice. So indolent that numbers perish every year from famine. Suicide is not uncommon among them." Hearne asserts that they are morose and covetous; that they have no gratitude; are great beggars; are insolent, if any respect is shown them \ that they cheat on all opportunities; yet they are mild, rarely get drunk, and u never proceed to 136 HYPERBOREANS. violence beyond bad language;" that they steal on every opportunity from the whites, but very rarely from each other; and although regarding all property, including wives, as belonging to the strongest, yet they only wrestle, and rarely murder. Of the same people Sir John Franklin says, that they are naturally indolent, selfish, and great beggars. 11 never saw men," he writes, " who either received or bestowed a gift with such bad grace." The Dog-ribs are "of a mild, hospitable, but rather indolent disposition," fond of dancing and singing. According to the same traveler the Copper Indians are superior, in personal character, to any other Chepewyans. | Their' delicate and humane attentions to us," he remarks, "in a period of great distress, are indelibly engraven on our memories." Simpson says that it is a general rule among the traders not to believe the first story of an Indian. Although sometimes bearing suffering with fortitude, the least sickness makes them say, "I am going to die," and the improvidence of the Indian character is greatly aggravated by the custom of destroying all the property of deceased relatives. Sir John Richardson accuses the Hare Indians of timidity, standing in great fear of the Eskimos, and being always in want of food. They are practical socialists, * great liars/ but ' strictly honest.' Hospitality is not a virtue with them. According to Richardson, neither the Eskimos, Dog-ribs, nor Hare Indians, feel the least shame in being detected in falsehood, and invariably practice it if they think that they can thereby gain any of their petty ends. Even in their familiar intercourse with each other, the Indians seldom tell the truth in the first instance, and if they succeed in exciting admiration or astonishment, their invention runs on without check. From the manner of the speaker, rather than by his words, is his truth or falsehood inferred, and often a very long interrogation is necessary to elicit the real fact. The comfort, and not unfrequently even the lives of parties of the timid Hare Indians are sacrificed by this miserable propensity. The Hare and Dog-rib women are certainly at the TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. 137 bottom of the scale of humanity in North America. Ross thinks that they are "tolerably honest; not bloodthirsty, nor cruel;" "confirmed liars, far from being chaste." According to Harmon, one of the earliest and most observing travelers among them, the Tacullies "are a quiet, inoffensive people," and "perhaps the most honest on the face of the earth." They "are unusually talkative," and "take great delight in singing or humming or whistling a dull air." "Murder is not considered as a crime of great magnitude." He considers the Sican- nis the bravest of the Tacully tribes. But the Kutchins bear off the palm for honesty. Says Whymper: "Finding the loads too great for our dogs, we raised an erection of poles, and deposited some bags thereon. I may here say, once for all, that our men often left goods, consisting of tea, flour, molasses, bacon, and all kinds of miscellaneous articles, scattered in this way over the country, and that they remained untouched by the Indians, who frequently traveled past them." Simpson testifies of the Loucheux that "a bloody intent with them lurks not under a smile." Murray reports the Kutchins treacherous; Richardson did not find them so. Jones declares that "they differ entirely from the Tinneh tribes of the Mackenzie, being generous, honest, hospitable, proud, high-spirited, and quick to revenge an injmy." TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Accurately to draw partition lines between primitive nations is impossible. Migrating with the seasons, constantly at war, driving and being driven far past the limits of hereditary bonndaries, extirpating and being extirpated, overwhelming, intermingling; like a hnman sea, swelling and surging in its wild struggle with the winds of fate, they come and go, here to-day, yonder to-morrow. A traveler passing over the country finds it inhabited by certain tribes; another coming after finds all changed. One writer gives certain names to certain nations; another changes the name, or gives to the nation a totally different locality. An approximation, however, can be made sufficiently correct for practical purposes; and to arrive at this, I will give at the end of each chapter all the authorities at my command; that from the 138 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. statements of all, whether conflicting or otherwise, the truth may be very nearly arrived at, j All nations, north of the fifty-fifth parallel, as before mentioned, I call Hyperboreans. To the Eskimos, I give the Arctic sea-board from the Coppermine Rivei to Kotzebue Sound. Late travelers make a distinction between the Malemutes and Kaveaks of Norton Sound and the Eskimos. Whymper calls the former j a race of tall and stout people, but in other respect, much resembling the Esquimaux.' Alaska, p. 159. Sir John Richardson, in his Journal, vol. i., p. 341, places them on the j western coast, by Cook's Sound and Tchu- gatz Bay, nearly to Mount St. Elias;' but in his Polar Regions, p. 299, he terminates them at Kotzebue Sound. Early writers give them the widest scope. I Die sudlichsten sind in Amerika, auf der Kiiste Labrador, wo nach Charlevoix dieser Volkerstamm den Nahmen Esquimaux bey den in der Nahe wohnenden Abenaki fiihrte, und auch an der benachbarten Ostseite von Neu- Fundland, ferner westlich noch unter der Halbinsel Alaska.' Voter, Mithri- dates, vol. iii., pt. iii., p. 425. Dr Latham, in his Varieties of Man, treats the inhabitants of the Aleutian Islands as Eskimos, and in Native Races of the Russian Empire, p. 289, he gives them j the whole of the coast of the Arctic Ocean, and the coast from Behring Strait to Cook Inlet.' Prichard, Researches, vol. v., p. 371, requires more complete evidence before he can conclude that the Aleuts are not Eskimos. Being entirely unacquainted with the great Kutchin family in the Yukon Valley, he makes the Carriers of New Caledonia conterminous with the Eskimos. The boundary lines between the Eskimos and the interior Indian tribes j are generally formed by the summit of the watershed between the small rivers which empty into the sea and those which fall into the Yukon.' Ball's Alaska, p. 144. Malte-Brun, Precis dela Geographie, vol. v., p. 317, goes to the other extreme. j Les Esquimaux, ' he declares, ' habitent depuis le golf e Welcome jusqu'au fleuve Mackenzie, et probablement jusqu'au detroitde Bering; ils s'etendentau sud jusqu'au lac de l'Esclave.' Ludewig, Aboriginal Languages, p. 69, divides them into ' Eskimo proper, on the shores of Labrador, and the Western Eskimos.' Gallatin sweepingly asserts that j they are the sole native inhabitants of the shores of all the seas, bays, inlets, and islands of America, north of the sixtieth degree of north latitude.' Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 9. The Western Eskimos, says Beechey, ' inhabit the north-west coast of America, from 60° 34' N. to 71° 24' N.' Voy., vol. ii., p. 299. 'Along the entire coast of America.' Armstrong's Nar., p. 191. The tribal subdivisions of the Eskimos are as follows:—At Coppermine River they are known by the name of Naggeuktoomutes, ' deer-horns.' At the eastern outlet of the Mackenzie they are called Kittear. Between the Mackenzie River and Barter Reef they call themselves Kangmali-Tnnuin. The tribal name at Point Barrow is Nuwangmeun. ' The Nuna-tangme-un inhabit the country traversed by the Nunatok, a river which falls into Kotzebue Sound.' Richardson's Pol. Reg. p. 300. From Cape Lisburn to Icy Cape the tribal appellation is Kitegues. 'Deutsche Karten zeigen uns noch im Nord- west-Ende -des russischen Nordamerika's, #in dieser so anders gewandten Kiistenlinie, nordlich vom Kotzebue-Sund: im westlichen Theile des Kiisten- ESKIMOS AND KONIAGAS. 139 landes, das sie West-Georgien nennen, vom Cap Lisburn bis uber das Eiscap; hinlaufend das Volk der Kiteguen.' Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 713. 'The tribes appear to be separated from each other by a neutral ground, across which small parties venture in the summer for barter.' The TusH, Tschuktschi, or TchutsH, of the easternmost point of Asia, have also been referred to the opposite coast of America for their habitation. The Tschuktchi ' occupy the north-western coast of Russian Asia, and the opposite shores of north-western America.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 191. The Koniagan nation occupies the shores of Bering Sea, from Kotzebue Sound to the Island of Kadiak, including a, part of the. Alaskan Peninsula, and the Koniagan and Chugatschen Islands. The Koniagas proper inhabit Kadiak, and the contiguous islands. Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 676. * The Konsegi are inhabitants of the Isle of Kodiak.' Prich- ard's Researches, vol. v., p. 371. ' Die eigentlichen Konjagen oder Bewohner der Insel Kadjak.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 4. 'Zu den letztern rechnet man die Aleuten von Kadjack, deren Sprache von alien Ktistenbewohnern von der Tschugatschen-Bay, bis an die Berings-Strasse und selbst weiter noch die herschende ist.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 58. 'From Diamna Lake to the 159th degree of west longitude.' Ball's Alaska, p. 401. 'La cote qui s'etend depuis le golfe Kamischezkaja jusqu'au Nouveau-Cornouaille, est habitee par cinq peuplades qui forment autant de grandes divisions territori- ales dans les colonies de la Russie Americaine. Leurs noms sont: Koniagi, Kenayzi, Tschugatschi, Ugalachmiuti et Koliugi.' Humboldt, Essai Pol., torn, i., p. 347. The Chugatsches inhabit the islands and shores of Prince William Sound. 'Die Tchugatscheh bewohnen die grossten Inseln der Bai Tschugatsk, wie. Zukli, Chtagaluk u. a. und ziehen sich an der Siidkuste der Halbinsel Kenai nach Westen bis zur Einfahrt in den Kenaischen Meerbusen.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 4. 'Die Tschugatschen sind Ankommlinge von der Insel Kadjack, die wahrend innerer Zwistigkeiten von dort vertrieben, sich zu ihren jetzigen Wohnsitzen an den Ufern von Prince William's Sound und gegen Westen bis zum Eingange von Cook's Inlet hingewendet haben.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 116. ' Les Tschugatschi occupent le pays qui s'etend depuis l'extremite' septentrionale de l'entree de Cook jusqu'a Test de la baie du prince Guillaume (golfe Tschugatskaja.)' Humboldt, Essai Pol., torn, i., p. 348. According to Latham, Native Races, p. 290, they are the most southern members of the family. The Tschugazzi ' live between the TJgalyach- mutzi and the Kenaizi.' Prichard's Researches, vol. v., p. 371. ' Occupy the shores and islands of Chugach Gulf, and the southwest coasts of the peninsula of Kenai.' Ball's Alaska, p. 401. Tschugatschi, ' Prince William Sound, and Cook's Inlet.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 191. Tchugatchih, ' claim as their hereditary possessions the coaut lying between Bristol Bay and Beering's Straits.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 364. The Aglegmutes occupy the shores of Bristol Bay from the river Nushagak along the western coast of the Alaskan Peninsula, to latitude 56°. ' Die Ag- legmjuten, von der Mundung des Flusses Nuschagakh bis zum 57° oder 56° an der Westkiiste der Halbinsel Aljaskaj haben also die Ufer der Bristol-Bai 140 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. inne.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 4. Dall calls them Oglemutes, and says that they inhabit ' the north coast of Aliaska from the 159th degree of west longitude to the head of Bristol Bay, and along the north shore of that Bay to Point Etolin.' Alaska, p. 405. Die Agolegmuten, an den Ausnriindungen der Fliisse Nuschagack und Nackneck, ungefahr 500 an der Zahl.' Baer, Stat, u. Ethn., p. 121. The Kijataigmutes dwell upon the banks of the river Nushagak and along the coast westward to Cape Newenham. 'Die Kijataigmjuten wohnen an den Ufern des Flusses Nuschagakh, sowie seines Nebenflusses Iligajakh.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 5. Dall says that they call themselves Nushergag- mut, and 'inhabit the coast near the mouth of the Nushergak River, and westward to Cape Newenham.' Alaska, p. 405. 'Die Kijaten order Kijataig- muten an den Flussen Nuschagack und Hgajack.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 121. 'Am Fl. Nuschagak.' Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 760. The Agulmutes inhabit the coast between the rivers Kuskoquim and Kish- unak. 'Die Aguljmjuten haben sowohl den Kustenstrich als das Innere, des Landes zwischen den Mundungen des Kuskokwim und des Kishunakh inne.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 5. ' This tribe extends from near Cape Avi- noff nearly to Cape Romanzoff.' Ball's Alaska, p. 406. 'Den Agulmuten, am Flusse Kwichluwack.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 122. 'An der Kwickpak- Miind.' Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 719. The Kuskoquigmutes occupy the banks of Kuskoquim River and Bay. 'Die Kuskokwigmjuten bewohnen die Ufer des Flusses Kuskokwim von seiner Miindung bis zur Ansiedelung Kwygyschpainagmjut in der Nahe der Odinotschka Kalmakow.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 5. The Kuskwogmuts ' inhabit both shores of Kuskoquim Bay, and some little distance up that river.' Ball's Alaska, p. 405. 'Die Kuskokwimer an dem Flusse Kuskokwim und andern kleinen Zufllussen desselben und an den Ufern der sfidlich von diesem Flusse gelegenen Seen.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 122. 'Between the rivers Nushagak, Ilgajak, Chulitna, and Kuskskwina, on the sea-shore.' Ludgewig, Ab. Lang., p. 98. The Magemutes live between the rivers Kishunak and Kipunaiak. ' Die Magmjuten oder Magagmjuten, zwischen den Flussen Kiskunakh und Ki- punajakh.' Holmberg, Ethn'. Skiz., p. 5.- 'These inhabit the vicinity of Cape Romanzoff and reach nearly to the Yukon-mouth.' Ball's Alaska, p. 407. ' Magimuten, am Flusse Kyschunack.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 122. ' Im S des Norton Busens.' Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 7@6. The Kwichpagmutes, or inhabitants of the large river, dwell upon the Kwich- pak River, from the coast range to the Uallik. ' Die Kwichpagmjuten, haben ihre Ansiedelungen am Kwickpakh vom Kustengebirge an bis zum Neben- flusse Uallik.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 5. ' Kuwichpackmiiten, am Flusse Kuwichpack.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 122. 'Tlagga Silla, or little dogs, nearer to the mouth of the Yukon, and probably conterminous with the Eskimo Kwichpak-meut.' Latham's Nat. Races, p. 293. On Whymper's map are the Primoski, near the delta of the Yukon. The Kwichluagmutes dwell upon the banks of the Kwichluak or Crooked River, an arm of the Kwichpak. ' Die Kwichljuagmjuten an den Ufern eines THE ALEUTS. 141 Miindungsarmes des Kwichpakh, der Kwichljuakh.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 5. ' Inhabit the Kwikhpak Slough.' Ball's Alaska, p. 407. The Pashtoliks dwell upon the river Pashtolik. ' Die Paschtoligmjuten, an den Ufern des Pastolrlusses.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 6. ' Paschtolig- muten, am Flusse Paschtol.' Baer, Stat. u-. Ethn., p. 122. Whymper places them immediately north of the delta of the Yukon. The Chnagmuies occupy the coast and islands south of the Unalaklik River to Pashtolik Bay. ' Die Tschnagmjuten, an den Ufern der Meerbusen Pastol und Schachtolik zwischen den Flussen Pastol an Unalaklik.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 6. 'Den Tschnagmiiten, gegen Norden von den Pasch- tuligmuten und gegen Westen bis ziim Kap Rodney.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 122. ' Am. sdl. Norton-Busen.' Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 805. The Anlygmutes inhabit the shores of Golovnin Bay* and the southern coast of the Kaviak peninsula. ' Die Anlygmjuten? an den Ufern der Bai Golownin nordlich vom Nortonsunde.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 6. 'An- lygmiiten, an der Golownin'schen Bai.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 122. 'Ndl. vom Norton-Sund.' Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 722. The Kaviaks inhabit the western portion of the Kaviak peninsula. ' Adjacent to Port Clarence and Behring Strait.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 167. ' Between Kotzebue and Norton Sounds.' Ball's Alaska, p. 137. The Malemutes inhabit the coast at the mouth of the Unalaklik River, and northward along the shores of Norton Sound across the neck of the Kaviak Peninsula at Kotzebue Sound. ' Die Maleigmjuten bewohnen die Kiiste des Nortonsnndes vom Flusse Unalaklik an und gehen durch das In* nere des Landes hinauf bis zum Kotzebuesunde.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 6. 'From Norton Sound and Bay north of Shaktolik, and the neck of the Kaviak Peninsula to Selawik Lake.' Ball's Alaska, p. 407. 'Den Mahmuten, nahe an den Ufern des Golfes Schaktulack oder Schaktol.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 122. The Malemutes 'extend from the island of St. Michael to Golovin Sound.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 167. 'Ndl. am Norton-Busen bis zum Kotzebue Sund.' Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 766. The Aleuts inhabit the islands of the Aleutian archipelago, and part of the peninsula of Alaska and the Island of Kadiak. They are divided into the Atkahs, who inhabit the western islands, and the Unalaskans or eastern division. The tribal divisions inhabiting the various islands are as follows; namely, on the Alaskan peninsula, three tribes to which the Russians have given names—Morshewskoje, Bjeljkowskoje, and Pawlowskoje; on the island of Unga, the Ugnasiks; on the island of Unimak, the Sesaguks; the Tigaldas on Tigalda Island; the Avatanaks on Avatanak Island; on the Island of Akun, three tribes, which the Russians call Arteljnowskoje, Rjdtscheschnoje, and Seredkinskoje; the Akutans on the Akutan Island; the Unalgas on the Unalga Island; the Sidanaks on Spirkin Island; on the island of Unalashka, the Rittulluk, the Nguyuk, and seven tribes called by the Russians Natykin- skoje, Pestnjakow-swoje, Wesselowskoje, Makuschinskoja, Koschiginskoje, Tscher- now-skoje, and Kalechinskoje; and on the island of Umnak the Tuliks. Latham, Nat. Races, p. 291, assigns them to the Aleutian Isles. 'Die Una- laschkaer oder Fuchs-Aleuten bewohnen die Gruppe der Fuchsinseln, den 142 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. siidwestlichen Theil der Halbinsel Aljaska, und die Inselgruppe Schumaginsk. Die Atchaer oder Andrejanowschen Aleuten bewohnen die Andrejanowschen, die Ratten, und die Nahen-Inseln der Aleuten-Kette.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., pp. 7, 8. Inhabit ' the islands between Alyaska and Kamschatka.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 4. The Thlinkeets, or Kolosches, occupy the islands and shores between Copper River and the river Nass. ' Die eigentlichen Thlinkithen (Bewohner des Archipels von den Parallelen des Flusses Nass bis zum St. Elias-berge).' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 4. ' The Kalosh Indians seen at Sitka inhabit the coast between the Stekine and Chilcat Rivers.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 100. ' Kaloches et Kiganis. Cotes et iles de l'Amerique Russe.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii.,, p. 335. The 'Koloshians live upon the islands and coast from the latitude 50° 40' to the mouth of the Atna or Copper River.' Lnd. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 562. 'From about 60° to 45° N. Lat., reaching therefore across the Russian frontier as far as the Columbia River.' Mutter's Chips, vol. i., p. 334. 'At Sitka Bay and Norfolk Sound.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 96. 'Between Jacootat or Behring's Bay, to the 57th degree of north latitude.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 242. 'Die Volker eines grossen Theils der Nordwest-Kiiste vom America.' Voter, Mithridates, vol. iii., pt. iii., p. 218. ' Les Koliugi habitent le pays montueux du Nouveau-Norfolk, et la partie septentrionale du Nouveau- Cornouaille.' Humboldt, Essai Pol., torn, i., p. 349. The Ugalenzes or Ugalukmutes, the northernmost Thlinkeet tribe, inhabit the coast from both banks of the mouth of Copper River, nearly to Mount St Elias. 'About Mount Elias.' Latham's Nat. Races, p. 292. Adjacent to Behring Bay. Prichard's Researches, vol. v., p. 370. 'Die Ugalenzen, die im Winter eine Bucht des Festlandes, der kleinen Insel Kajak gegeniiber, bewohnen, zum Sommer aber ihre Wohnungsplatze an dem rechten Ufer des Kupferflusses bei dessen Miindung aufschlagen.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 4. 'Das Vorgebirge St. Elias, kann als die Granzscheide der Wohnsitze der See-Koloschen gegen Nordwest angesehn werden.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 96. 'Les Ugalachmiuti s'etendent depuis le golfe du Prince Guillaume, jusqua la baie de Jakutat.' Humboldt, Essai Pol., torn, i., p. 348. ' Ugalenzen oder Ugaljachmjuten. An der russ. Kiiste ndwstl. vom St. Elias Berg.' Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 807. ' West of Cape St. Elias and near the island of Kadjak.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 194. The Yakulats ' occupy the coast from Mount Fairweather to Mount St. Elias.' Ball's Alaska, p. 428. At ' Behring Bay.' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 575. The Chilkat come next, and live on Lynn Canal and the Chilkat River. 'At Chilkaht Inlet.' 'At the head of Chatham Straits.' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, pp. 535, 575. 'Am Lynn's-Canal, in russ. Nordamerika. Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 736. ' On Lynn's Canal.' Schoolcraft's Archives, vol. v., p. 489. A little to the northward of the ^Stakine-Koan. Bunn's Oregon, p. 288. The Hoonids inhabit the eastern banks of Cross Sound. ' For a distance of sixty miles.' 'At Cross Sound reside the Whinegas.' 'The Hunnas or Hooneaks, who are scattered along the main land from Lynn Canal to Cape Spencer.' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, pp. 535, 562, 575. The Huna Cow tribe is situated on Cross Sound. Schoolcraft's Archives, vol. v., p. 489. THE THLINKEETS. 143 The Hoodsinoos 'live near the head of Chatham Strait.' ' On Admiralty Island.' 'Rat tribes on Kyro and Kespriano Islands.' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1889, pp. 335, 562, 575. ' Hootsinoo at Hoodsinoo or Hood Bay.' Schoolcraft's Archives, vol. v., p. 489. 'Hoodsunhoo at Hood Bay.' Gallatin, in Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 302. ' Hoodsunhoo at Hood Bay.' ' Eclikimo in Chatham's Strait.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 175. The Takoos dwell ' at the head of Takoo Inlet on the Takoo River. The Sundowns and Takos who live on the mainland from Port Houghton to the Tako River.' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, pp. 536, 502. Tako and Samdan, Tako River. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 489. The Auks Indians are at the mouth of the Takoo River and on Admiralty Island. 'North of entrance Tako River.' Schoolcraft's Arch., p. 489. 'The Ark and Kake on Prince Frederick's Sound.' Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 302. The Kakas inhabit the shores of Frederick Sound and Kuprianoff Island. ' The Kakus, or Kakes, who live on Kuprinoff Island, having their principal settlement near the northwestern side.' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 562. 'The Ark and Kake on Prince Frederick's Sound.' Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 302. The Sitkas occupy Baranoff Island. ' They are divided into tribes or clans, of which one is called Coquontans.' Buschmann, Pima Spr. u. d. Spr. der Koloschen, p. 377. 'The tribe of the Wolf are called Coquontans.' Lisiansky's Voy., p. 242. 'The Sitka-Koan,' or the people of Sitka. 'This includes the inhabitants of Sitka Bay, near New Archangel, and the neighboring islands.' Ball's Alaska, p. 412. Simpson calls the people of Sitka ' Sitka- guouays.' Overland Jour., vol. i., p. 226. 'The Sitkas or Indians on Baronoff Island.' Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, pp. 535, 562. The Stikeen Indians inhabit the country drained by the Stikeen River. 'Do not penetrate far into the interior.' Ball's Alaska, p. 411. The Stikein tribe 'live at the top of Clarence's Straits, which run upwards of a hundred miles inland.' Bunn's Oregon, p. 288. 'At Stephens Passage.' 'The Stik- eens who live on the Stackine River and the islands near its mouth.' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 562. 'Stikeen Indians, Stikeen River, Sicknaahutty, Taeeteetan, Kaaskquatee, Kookatee, Naaneeaaghee, Talquatee, Kicksatee, Tlaadgettee.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 489. The Secatquonays occupy the main land about the mouths of the Stikeen River, and also the neighboring islands. Simpson's Overland Journ., vol. i., p. 210. The Tungass, ' live on Tongas Island, and on the north side of Portland Channel.' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 562. Southern entrance Clarence Strait. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 489. The Tongarses or Tun Ghaase 'are a small tribe, inhabiting the S.E. corner of Prince of Wales's Archipelago.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 218. ' Tungass, an der sdlst. russ. Kiiste.' Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 806. 'Tunghase Indians of the'south-eastern part of Prince of Wales's Archipelago.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 192. Tongas Indians, lat. 54° 46' N. and long. 130° 35' W. Ball's Alaska, p. 251. The Tinneh occupy the vast interior north of the fifty-fifth parallel, and west from Hudson Bay, approaching the Arctic and Pacific Coasts to within 144 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. from fifty to one hundred and fifty miles: at Prince William Sound, they even touch the seashore. Mackenzie, Voy., p. cxvii., gives boundaries upon the basis of which Gallatin, Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 9, draws a line from the Mississippi to within one hundred miles of the Pacific at 52J 30', and allots them the northern interior to Eskimos lands. ' Extend across the continent.' Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., p. 2. 'Von der nordlichen Hud- sonsbai aus fast die ganze Breite des Continents durchlauft—im Norden und Nordwesten den 65ten Gradu. beinahe die Gestade des Polarmeers erreicht.' Buschmann, Athapask. Sprachst., p. 313-. -The Athabascan area touches Hudson's Bay on the one side, the Pacific on the other.' Latham's Comp. Phil., p. 388. ' Occupies the whole of the northern limits of North America, together with the Eskimos.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang,, p. 14. The Chepewyans, or Athabascas proper, Mackenzie, Voy., p. cxvi., places between N. latitude 60° and 65°, and W. longitude 100° and 110°. ' Between the Athabasca and Great Slave Lakes and Churchill River.' Franklin's Nar., vol, i., p. 241. ' Frequent the Elk and Slave Rivers, and the country westward to Hay River.' Richardson's Jour., vol. ii. p. 5. The Northern Indians occupy the territory immediately north of Fort Churchill, on the Western shore of Hudson Bay. ' From the fifty-ninth to the sixty-eighth degree of North latitude, and from East to West is upward of five hundred miles wide. Hearne's Jour., p. 326; Martin's Brit. Col., vol. iii., p. 524. The Copper Indians occupy the territory on both sides of the Coppermine River south of the Eskimo lands, which border on the ocean at the mouth of the river. They are called by the Athabascas Tantsawhot-Binneh. Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., 76; Gallatin, in Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 19. The Horn Mountain Indians ' inhabit the country betwixt Great Bear Lake and the west end of Great Slave Lake.' Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 82. The Beaver Indians 'inhabit the lower part of Peace River.' Harmon's Sour., p. 309. On Mackenzie's map they are situated between Slave and Martin Lakes. \ Between the Peace River and the West branch of the Mackenzie.' Richardson's. Jour., vol. ii., p. 6. Edchawtawhoot-dinneh, Strong- bow, Beaver or Thick-wood Indians, who frequent the Riviere aux Liards, or south branch of the Mackenzie River. Franklin's Nar., vol. ii,, p. 85. The Thlingcha-dinneh, or Dog-ribs, ' inhabit the country to the westward of the Copper Indians, as far as Mackenzie's River.' Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 80. Gallatin, in Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 19. ' East from Martin Lake to the Coppermine River.' Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., p. 3. At Fort Confidence, north oi Great Bear Lake.' Simpson's Nar., p. 200. 'Between Martin's Lake and the Coppermine River.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 66. The Kawcho-dinneh, or Hare Indians, are 'immediately to the northward of the Dog-ribs on the north side of Bear Lake River.' Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 83. They 'inhabit the banks of the Mackenzie, from Slave Lake downwards.' Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., p. 3. Between Bear Lake and Fort Good Hope. Simpson's Nar., p. 98. On Mackenzie River, below Great Slave Lake, extending towards the Great Bear Lake. GaUatin, in Am. Antiq, Sojc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 19. ' To the eastward of the Dog-ribs are the Red-knives, named by their southern neighbors, the Tantsaut-'dtinne (Birch-rind people). They inhabit a THE TINNEH. 145 stripe of country running northwards from Great Slave Lake, and in breadth from the Great Fish River to the Coppermine.' Richardson's Jour., vol.ii. p. 4. The Ambawtawhoot Tinneh, or Sheep Indians, ' inhabit the Rocky Mountains near the sources of the Dawhoot-dinneh River which flows into Mackenzie's.' FranJdin's Nar., voL ii., p. 84. Further down the Mackenzie, near the 65° parallel. Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., p. 7. The Sarsis, Circees, Cirie's, Sarsi, Sorsi, Sussees, Sursees, or Surds, 'live near the Rocky Mountains between the sources of the Athabasca and Saskatchewan Rivers; are said to be likewise of the Tinne* stock.' Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., p. 6. 'Near the sources of one of the branches of the Saska- chawan. Gallatin, in Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 19. The Tsillawdawhoot Tinneh, or Brush-wood Indians, inhabit the upper branches of the Riviere aux Liards. Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 87. On the River aux Liards (Poplar River). Gallatin, in Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 19 The Nagailer, or Chin Indians, on Mackenzie's map, latitude 52° 30' longitude 122° to 125°, 'inhabit the country about 52° 30' N. L. to the southward of the Takalli, and thence extend south along Fraser's River towards the Straits of Fuca.' Prichard's Researches, vol. v.. p. 427. The Slouacuss Tinneh on Mackenzie's are next north-west from the Nagailer. Vater places them at 52J 4'. 'Noch naher der Kiiste um den 52° 4' wohnten die Slua-cuss-dinais d. i. Rothfisch-Manner.' Vater, Mithridates, vol. iii., pt. iii., p. 421. On the upper part of Frazers River Cox's Adven., p. 323. The Rocky Mountain Indians are a small tribe situated to the south-west of the Sheep Indians. Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 85. 'On the Unjigah or Peace River.' Gallatin, in Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 19. On the upper tributaries of Peace River. Mackenzie's Voy., p, 163. The Tacullies, or Carriers, inhabit New Caledonia from latitude 52° 30' to latitude 56°. ' A general name given to the native tribes 'of New-Caledonia.' Morse's Report, p. 371. 'All the natives of the Upper Fraser are called by the Hudson Bay Company, and indeed generally, "Porteurs," or Carriers.' Mayne's B.C., p. 298. ' Tokalis, Le Nord de la Nouvelle Caledonie.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. 'Northern part of New Caledonia.' Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 33. ' On the sources of Fraser's River.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p, 178. ' Unter den Volkern des Tinne* Stammes, welche das Land westlich voh den Rocky Mountains bewohnen, nehmen die Ta- kuli (Wasservolk) oder Carriers den grossten Theil von Neu-Caledonien ein.' Buschmann, Athapask. Sprachst., p. 152. 'Greater part of New Caledonia. Richardson's Jour., vol. ii., p. 31. 'Latitude of Queen Charlotte's Island.' Prichard's Researches, vol. v., p. 427. ' From latitude 52° 30', where it borders on the country of the Shoushaps, to latitude 56°, including Simpson's River.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol.yi., p. 202. 'South of the Sicannis and Straits Lake.' Harmon's Jour., p. 196. They 'are divided into eleven clans, or minor tribes, whose names are—beginning at the south—as follows: the Tautin, or Talkotin; the Tsilkotin or Chilcotin; the Naskotin; the Thetliotin; the Tsatsnotin; the Nulaautin; the Ntshaautin; the Natliau- tin; the Nikozliautin; the Tatshiautin; and the Babine Indians.' Hale's Eth- Yqi,. I. W 146 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. nog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 202. ' The principal tribes in the country north of the Columbia regions, are the Chilcotins and the Talcotins.' Green- how's Hist. Ogn., p. 30. The Talcotins ' occupythe territory above Fort Alexandria on Frazer River.' Hazlitt's B. C, p. 79. ' Spend much of their time at Bellhoula, in the Bentinck Inlet.' Mayne'sB. C, p. 299. The Calkobins 'inhabit New Caledonia, west of the mountains.' Be Smet's Letters and Sketches, p. 157. The Nateotetains inhabit the country lying directly west from Stuart Lake on either bank of the Nateotetain River. Harmon's Jour., p. 218. The Naskootains lie along Frazer River from Frazer Lake. Id., p. 245. The Sicannis dwell in the Rocky Mountains between the Beaver Indians on the east, and the Tacullies and Atnas on the west and south. Id., p. 190. They live east of the Tacullies in the Rocky Mountain. Hale's Ethnog. in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 202. ' On the Rocky Mountains near the Rapid Indians and West of them.' Morse's Report, p. 371. The Kutchins are a large nation, extending from the Mackenzie River westward along the Yukon Valley to near the mouth of the 'river, with the Eskimos on one side and the Koltshanes on the other. Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 713, places them on the sixty-fifth parallel of latitude, and from 130° to 150° of longitude west from Greenwich. ' Das Volk wohnt am Flusse Yukon oder Kwichpak und iiber ihm; es dehnt sich nach Richardson's Karte auf dem 65ten Parallelkreise aus vom 130-150J W. L. v. Gr., und gehort daher zur Halfte dem britischen und zur Halfte dem russischen Nordamerika an.' They are located 'immediately to the northward of the Hare Indians on both banks of Mackenzie's River.' Franklin's Nar., vol. ii., p. 83. Gallatin, Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact., vol. ii., p. 83, places their northern boundary in latitude 67° 27'. To the west of the Mackenzie the Loucheux interpose between the Esquimaux ' and the Tinne, and spread westward until they come into the neighborhood of the coast tribes of Beering's Sea.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 377. 'The Kutchin may be said to inhabit the territory extending from the Mackenzie, at the mouth of Peel's River, lat. 68°, long. 134°, to Norton's sound, living principally upon the banks of the Youcon and Porcupine Rivers, though several of the tribes are situated far inland, many days' journey from either.river.' Jones, in Smithsonian Rept., 1866, p. 320. ' They commence somewhere about the 65th degree of north latitude, and stretch westward from the Mackenzie to Behring's straits.' ' They are divided into many petty tribes, each having its own chief, as the Tatlit- Kutchin (Peel River Indians), Ta-Kuth-Kutchin (Lapiene's House Indians), Kutch-a-Kutchin (Youcan Indians), Touchon-ta-Kutchin (Wooded-country Indians), and many others.' Kirby, in Smithsonian Rept., 1864, pp. 417, 418. The Degothi-Kutchin, or Loucheux, Quarrellers, inhabit the west bank of the Mackenzie between the Hare Indians and Eskimos. The Loucheux are on the Mackenzie between the Arctic circle and the sea. Simpson's Nar., p. 103. The Vanta-Kutchin occupy ' the banks of the Porcupine, and the country to the north of it.' ' Vanta-kutshi (people of the lakes), I only find that they belong to the Porcupine River.' Latham's Nat. Races, p. 294. They ' inhabit the territory north of the head-waters of the Porcupine, somewhat below Lapierre's House.' Ball's Alaska, p. 430. THE TINNEH. 147 The Natche-Kutchin, or Gens de Large,.dwell to the 'north of the Porcupine River.' ' These extend on the north bank to the mouth of the Porcupine.' Ball's Alaska, pp. 109, 430. 'Neyetse-Kutshi, (people of the open country), I only find that they belong to the Porcupine river.' Latham's Nat. Races, p. 294. Whymper's map calls them Rat Indians. ' The Na-tsik-Kut-chin inhabit the high ridge of land between the Yukon and the Arctic Sea.' Hardisty, in Ball's Alaska, p. 197. The Kukuth-Kutchin ' occupy the country south of the head-waters of the Porcupine.' Ball's Alaska, p. 430. The Tutchone Kutchin, Gens de Foux, or crow people, dwell upon both sides of the Yukon about Fort Selkirk, above the Han Kutchin. Id., pp. 109, 429. ' Tathzey-Kutshi, or people of the ramparts, the Gens du Fou of the French Canadians, are spread from the upper parts of the Peel and Porcupine Rivers, within the British territory, to the river of the Mountain-men, in the Russian. The upper Yukon is therefore their occupancy. They fall into four bands: a, the Tratse-kutshi, or people of the fork of the river; b, the Kutsha-kutshi; c, the Zeka-thaka (Ziunka-kutshi), people on this side, (or middle people;; and, d., the Tanna-kutshi, or people of the bluffs.' Latham's Nat. Races, p. 293. The Han-Kutchin, An-Kutchin Gens de Bois, or wood people, inhabit the Yukon above Porcupine River. Whymper's Alaska, p. 254. They are found on the Yukon next below the Crows, and above Fort Yukon. Ball's Alaska, p. 109. 'Han-Kutchi residing at the sources of the Yukon.' Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 306. ' The Artez-Kutshi, or the tough (hard) people. The sixty-second parallel cuts through their country; so that they lie between the head-waters of the Yukon and the Pacific' Latham's Nat. Races, p. 293. See also Richardson's Jour., vol. i., p. 397. The Kutcha-Kutchins, or Kot-a-Kutchin, ' are found in the country near the junction of the Porcupine and the Yukon.' Ball's Alaska, p. 431. The Tenan-Kutchin, orTananahs, Gens de Buttes, or people of the mountains, occupy an unexplored domain south-west of Fort Yukon. Their country is drained by the Tananah River. Ball's Alaska, p. 108. They are placed on Whymper's map about twenty miles south of the Yukon, in longitude 151° west from Greenwich. On Whymper's map are placed: the Birch Indians, or Gens de Bouleau on the south bank of the Yukon at its junction with Porcupine River; the Gens de Milieu, on the north bank of the Yukon, in longitude 150J; the Nuclukayettes on both banks in longitude 152°; and the Newicarguts, on the south bank between longitude 153° and 155°. The Kenais occupy the peninsula of Kenai and the surrounding country. Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 562. 'An den Ufern und den Umgebungen von Cook's Inlet und umdie Seen Iliamna und Kisshick. Baer, Stat.-u. Ethn., p. 103. The Unakatana Yunakakhotanas, live ' on the Yukon between Koyukuk and Nuklukahyet.' Ball's Alaska, p. 53. ' Junakachotana, ein Stamm, welcher auf dem Flusse Jun-a-ka wohnt.' Sagoskin, in Benkschr. der russ. geo. Gesell.,p. 324. . 'Die Junnakachotana, am Flusse Jukchana oder Junna (so wird der obere Lauf des Kwichpakh 148 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. genannt) zwischen den Nebenflussen Nulato und Junnaka, so wie am untern Laufe des letztgenannten Flusses.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 6. ' Die Junnachotana bewohnen den obern Lauf des Jukchana oder Junna von der Miindung des Junnaka.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 6. ' Die Jugelnuten haben ihre Ansiedelungen am Kwichpakh, am Tschagel- juk und an der Miindung des Innoka. Die Inkalichljuaten, am obern Laufe des Innoka. Die Thljegonchotana am Flusse Thljegon, der nach der Ver- inigung mit dem Tatschegno den Innoka bildet. Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., pp. 6, 7. ' They extend virtually from the confluence of the Co-Yukuk River to Nuchukayette at the junction of the Tanana with the Yukon.' 'They also inhabit the banks of the Co-yukuk and other interior rivers.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 204. The Ingaliks inhabit the Yukon from Nulato south to below the Anvic River. See Whymper's Map. ' The tribe extends from the edge of the wooded district near the sea to and across the Yukon below Nulato, on the Yukon and its affluents to the head of the delta, and across the portage to the Kuskoquim River and its branches.' Ball's Alaska, p. 28. 'Die Inkiliken, am untern Laufe des Junna sudlich von Nulato.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 6. ' An dem ganzen Ittege wohnt der Stamm der Inkiliken, welcher zu dem Volk der Ttynai gehort.' Sagoskin, in Benkschr. der russ. geo. GeselL, p. 341. 'An den Flussen Kwichpack, Kuskokwim und anderen ihnen zu- stromenden Flussen.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 120. 'The Ingaliks living on the north side of the Yukon between it and the Kaiyuh Mountains (known as Takaitsky to the Russians), bear the name of Kaiyuhkatana or "lowland people," and the other branches of Ingaliks have similar names, while preserving their general tribal name.' Ball's Alaska, p. 53. On Whymper's map they are called T'kitskes and are situated east of the Yukon in latitude 64° north. The Koltschanes occupy the territory inland between the sources of the Kuskoquim and Copper Rivers. ' They extend as far inland as the watershed between the Copper-river and the Yukon.' Latham's Nat. Races, p. 292. ' Die Galzanen oder Koltschanen (d. h. Fremdlinge, in der Sprache der Athnaer) bewohnen das Innere des Landes zwischen den Quellflussen des Kuskokwim bis zu den nordlichen Zuflussen des Athna oder Kupfer- stromes.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 7. 'Diejenigen Stamme, welche die nordlichen und ostlichen, dem Atna zustromenden Flusse und Fliisschen bewohnen, eben so die noch weiter, jenseits der Gebirge lebenden, werden von den Atnaern Koltschanen, d. h. Fremdlinge, genannt.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 101. 'North of the river Atna.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 96. The Nehannes occupy the territory midway between Mount St. Elias and the Mackenzie River, from Fort Selkirk and the Stakine River. ' According to Mr. Isbister, range the country between the Russian settlements on the Stikine River and the Rocky Mountains.' Latham's Nat. Races, p. 295. The Nohhannies live 'upon the upper branches of the Riviere aux Liards.' Franklin's Nar.f vol. ii., p. 87. They 'inhabit the angle between that branch and the great bend of the trunk of the river, and are neighbours of the Beaver Indians.' Richardson's Jour., vol. ii. p. 6. The region which includes the Lewis, or Tahco, and Pelly Rivers, with the valley of the Chilkaht River, is THE TINNEH. 149 Occupied by tribes known to the Hudson Bay voyageurs as Nehannees.' Those on the Pelly and Macmillan rivers call themselves Affats-tena. Some of them near Liard's River call themselves Daho-tena or Acheto-tena, and others are called Sicannees by the voyageurs. Those near Francis Lake are known as Mauvais Monde, or Slave Indians. About Fort Selkirk they have been called Gens des Foux. The Kenai proper, or Kenai-tena, or Thnaina, inhabit the peninsula of Kenai, the shores of Cook Inlet, and thence westerly across the Chigmit Mountains, nearly to the Kuskoquim River. They 'inhabit the country near Cook's Inlet, and both shores of the Inlet as far south as Chugachik Bay.' Ball's Alaska, p. 430. 'Die eigentlichen Thnaina bewohnen die Halbinsel Kenai und ziehen sich von da westlich liber das Tschigmit-Gebirge zum Man- taschtano oder Tchalchukh, einem sudlichen Nebenflusse des Kuskokwim.' Holmberg, Ethn. Skiz., p. 7. 'Dieses—an den Ufern und den Umgebungen von Cook's Inlet und um die Seen Iliamna und Kisshick lebende Volk gehort zu dem selben Stamme wie die Galzanen oder Koltschanen, Atnaer, und Ko- loschen.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethn., p. 103. 'Les Kenayzi habitent la cote occidental de l'entree de Cook ou du golfe Kenayskaja.' Humboldt, Essai Pol., torn, i.. p. 348. ' The Indians of Cook's Inlet and adjacent waters are called "Ka- nisky." They are settled along the shore of the inlet and on the east shore of the peninsula.' 'East of Cook's Inlet, in Prince William's Sound, there are but few Indians, they are called "Nuchusk." ' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 575. The Atnas occupy the Atna or Copper River from near its mouth to near it3 source. ' At the mouth of the Copper River.' Latham's Comp. Phil., vol. viii., p. 392. ' Die Athnaer, am AthnaoderKupferflusse.' Holmberg, Ethn.Skiz., p. 7. * On the upper part of the Atna or Copper River are a little-known tribe of the above name [viz., Ah-tena]. They have been called Atnaer and Kolshina by the Russians, and Yellow Knife or Nehaunee by the English.' Ball's Alaska, p. 429. 'Diese kleine, jetzt ungefahr aus 60 Familien bestehende, Volker- schaft wohnt an den Ufern des Flusses Atna und nennt sich Atnaer.' Baer, StaL u. Efiin., p. 97. CHAPTER III. COLUMBIANS. Habitat of the Columbian Group—Physical Geography—Sources of FooD-yjppLY—Influence of Food and Climate—Four extreme Classes —Haidahs—their Home — Physical Peculiarities— Clothing—Shelter — S CTSTENANCE — IMPLEMENTS — MANUFACTURES — ARTS — PROPERTY — Laws—Slavery—Women—Customs—Medicine—Death—The Nootkas —The Sound Nations—The Chinooks—The Shushwaps—The Salish— The Sahaptins—Tribal Boundaries. The term Columbians, or, as Scouler1 and,others have called them, Nootka-Columbians, is, in the absence of a native word, sufficiently characteristic to distinguish the aboriginal nations of north-western America between the forty-third and fifty-fifth parallels, from thojse of the other great divisions of this work. The Columbia River, which suggests the name of this group, and Nootka Sound on the western shore of Vancouver Island, were originally the chief centres of European settlement on the Northwest Coast; and at an early period these names were compounded to designate the natives of the Anglo-American possessions on the Pacific, which lay between the discoveries of the Russians on the north and those of the Spaniards on the south. As a simple name is always preferable to a complex one, and as no more pertinent name suggests itself than that of the great river which, with its tributaries, drains a large portion of this 1 The Nootka-Columbians comprehend 1 the tribes inhabiting Quadra and Vancouver's Island, and the adjacent inlets of the mainland, down to the Columbia Biver, and perhaps as far S. as Umpqua Biver and the northern part of New California.' Scouler, in Lo7id. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 221. ^50) COLUMBIAN FAMILIES. 151 territory, I drop l Nootka' and retain only the wrord 4 Columbian.'2 These nations have also been broadly denominated Flatheads, from a custom practiced more or less by many of their tribes, of compressing the cranium during infancy;3 although the only Indians in the whole area, tribally known as Flatheads, are those of the Salish family, who do not flatten the head at all. In describing the Columbian nations it is necessary, as in the other divisions, to subdivide the group; arbitrarily this may have been done in some instances, but as naturally as possible in all. Thus the people of Queen Charlotte Islands, and the adjacent coast for about a hundred miles inland, extending from 55° to 52° of north latitude, are called JSaidahs from the predominant tribe of the islands. The occupants of Vancouver Island and the opposite main, with its labyrinth of inlets from 52° to 49°, I term Nootkas. The Sound Indians inhabit the region drained by streams flowing into Puget Sound, and the adjacent shores of the strait and ocean; the Chinooks occupy the banks of the Columbia from the Dalles to the sea, extending along the coast northward to Gray Harbor, and southward nearly to the Californian line. The interior of British Columbia, between the Cascade and Rocky Mountains, and south of the territory occupied by the Hyperborean Carriers, is peopled by the Shushicaps, the Kootenais, and the Okanagans. Between 49° and 47°, 2 Gilbert Malcolm Sproat, a close observer and clear writer, thinks ' this word Nootkah—no word at all—together with an imaginary word, Columbiany denoting a supposed original North American race—is absurdly used to denote all the tribes which inhabit the Bocky Mountains and the western coast of North America, from California inclusively to the regions inhabited by the Esquimaux. In this great tract there are more tribes, differing totally in language and customs, than in any other portion of the American continent;. and surely a better general name for them could be found than this meaningless and misapplied term Nootkah Columbian.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 3i5. Yet. Mr Sproat suggests no other.name. It is quite possible that Cook, Voy. t> the Pacific, vol. ii., p. 288, misunderstood the native name of Nootka Sound- It is easy to criticise any name which might be adopted, and even if it were practicable or desirable to change all meaningless and misapplied geographical names, the same or greater objections might be raised against others,, which necessity would require a writer to invent. 3 Kane's Wand., p. 173; Maefie's Vane. Isl., p. 441; Catlin's N. Am. Jul., vol. ii., p. 108; the name being given to the people between the region of. tha Columbia and 53J 30'. 152 COLUMBIANS. extending west from the Cascade to the Rocky Mountains, chiefly on the Columbia and Clarke Fork, is the Salish or Flathead family. The nations dwelling south of 47° and east of the Cascade range, on the Columbia, the lower Snake, and their tributary streams, may be called Sahaptins, from the name of the Nez Perce tribes.4 The great Slioshone family, extending south-east from the upper wraters of the Columbia, and spreading out over nearly the whole of the Great Basin, although partially included in the Columbian limits, will be omitted in this, and included in the Californian Group, which follows. These divisions, as before stated, are geographic rather than ethnographic.5 Many attempts have been made by practical ethnologists, to draw partition lines between these peoples according to race, all of which have proved signal failures, the best approximation to a scientific division being that of philologists, the results of whose researches are given in the third volume of this series; but neither the latter division, nor that into coast and inland tribes—in many respects the most natural and clearly defined of all6—is adapted to my present purpose. In treating of the Columbians, I shall first take up the coast families, going from north to south, and afterward follow the same order with those east of the mountains. JNTo little partiality was displayed by the Great Spirit of the Columbians in the apportionment of their dwelling-place. The Cascade Mountains, running from north to south throughout their wThole territory, make of it two distinct climatic divisions, both highly but unequally favored by nature. On the coast side—a strip which 4 The name' Nez Perces, 'pierced noses,' is usually pronounced as if English, Nez Per-ces. 5 For particulars and authorities see Tblbal Boundakies at end of this chapter. 6 ' The Indian tribes of the North-western Coast may be divided into two groups, the Insular and the Inland, or those who inhabit the islands and adjacent shores of the mainland, and subsist almost entirely t>y fishing; and those who live in the interior and are partly hunters. This division is perhaps arbitrary, or at least imperfect, as there are several tribes whose affinities with either group are obscure.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 217. See Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., pp. 147-8, and Mamie's B.C., p. 242. I The best division is into coast and inland tribes.' Lord's Nat., wol. ii., p. 226. HOMi: OF THE COLUMBIANS. 153 may be called one hundred and fifty miles wide and one thousand miles long—excessive cold is unknown, and the earth, warmed by Asiatic currents and watered by numerous mountain streams, is thickly wooded; noble forests are well stocked with game; a fertile soil yields a great variety of succulent roots and edible berries, which latter means of subsistence were lightly appreciated by the indolent inhabitants, by reason of the still more abundant and accessible food-supply afforded by the fish of ocean, channel, and stream. The sources of material for clothing were also bountiful far beyond the needs of the people. Passing the Cascade barrier, the climate and the face of the country change. Here we have a succession of plains or table-lands, rarely degenerating into deserts, with a good supply of grass and roots; though generally without timber, except along the streams, until the heavily wooded western spurs of the Rocky Mountains are reached. The air having lost much of its moisture, affords but a scanty supply of rain, the warming and equalizing influence of the ocean stream is no longer felt, and the extremes of heat and cold are undergone according to latitude and season. Yet are the dwellers in this land blessed above many other aboriginal peoples, in that game is plenty, and roots and insects are at hand in case the season's hunt prove unsuccessful. IJthnologically, no wTell-defined line can be drawn to divide the people occupying these two widely different regions. Diverse as they certainly are in form, character, and customs, their environment, the climate, and their methods of seeking food may well be supposed to have made them so. Not only do the pursuit of game in the interior and the taking of fish on the coast, develop clearly marked general peculiarities of character and life in the two divisions, but the same causes produce grades more or less distinct in each division. West of the Cascade range, the highest position is held by the tribes who in their canoes pursue the wrhale upon the ocean, and in the effort to capture Leviathan become themselves great 154 COLUMBIANS. and daring as compared with the lowest order who live upon shell-fish and whatever nutritious substances may be cast by the tide upon the. beach. Likewise in the interior, the extremes are found in the deer, bear, elk, and buffalo hunters, especially when horses are employed, and in the root and insect eaters of the plains. Between these four extreme classes may be traced many intermediate grades of physical and intellectual development, due to necessity and the abilities exercised in the pursuit of game. The Columbians hitherto have been brought in much closer contact with the whites than the Hyperboreans, and the results of the association are known to all. The cruel treacheries and massacres by which nations have been thinned, and flickering remnants of once powerful tribes gathered on government reservations or reduced to a handful of beggars, dependent for a livelihood on charit}^, theft, or the wages of prostitution, form an unwritten chapter in the history of this region. That this process of duplicity was unnecessary as wrell as infamous, I shall not attempt to show, as the discussion of Indian policy forms no part of my present purpose. Whatever the cause, whether from an inhuman civilized policy, or the decrees of fate, it is evident that the Columbians, in common with all the aborigines of America, are doomed to extermination. Civilization and savagism will not coalesce, any more than light and darkness; and although it may be necessary that these things come, yet are those by whom they are unrighteously accomplished none the less culpable. Once more let it be understood that the time of which this volume speaks, was when the respective peoples were first known to Europeans. It was when, throughout this region of the Columbia, nature's wild magnificence was yet fresh; primeval forests unprofaned; lakes, and rivers, and rolling plains unswept; it was when countless villages dotted the luxuriant valleys; when from the warrior's camp-fire the curling smoke never ceased to ascend, nor the sounds of song and dance to be heard; when bands of gaily dressed savages roamed over every HAIDAH NATIONS. 16B hill-side; when humanity unrestrained vied with bird and beast in the exercise of liberty absolute. This is no history; alas! they have none; it is but a sun-picture, and to be taken correctly must be taken quickly. Nor need we pause to look back through the dark vista of unwritten history, and^speculate, who and what they are, nor for how many thousands of years they have been coming and going, counting the winters, the moons, and the sleeps; chasing the wild game, basking in the sunshine, pursuing and being pursued, killing and being killed. All knowledge regarding them lies buried in an eternity of the past, as all knowledge of their successors remains folded in an eternity of the future. We came upon them unawares, unbidden, and while we gazed they melted away. The infectious air of civilization penetrated to the remotest corner of their solitudes. Their ignorant and credulous nature, unable to cope with the intellect of a superior race, absorbed only its vices, yielding up its own simplicity and nobleness for the white man's diseases and death. In the Haidah family I include the nations occupying the coast and islands from the southern extremity of Prince of Wales Archipelago to the Bentinck Amis in about 52°. Their territory is bounded on the north and east by the Thlinkeet and Carrier nations of the Hyperboreans, and on the south by the Nootka family of the Columbians. Its chief nations, whose boundaries however can rarely be fixed with precision, are the Massets, the Skiddegats, and the Cunishaivas, of Queen Charlotte Islands; the Kaiganies, of Prince of Wales Archipelago; the Chi?nsyans, about Fort Simpson, and on Chatham Sound; the Nass and the Skeenas, on the rivers of the same names; the Sebassas, on Pitt Archipelago and the shores of Gardner Channel; and the Millbank Sound Indians, including the HaiMzas and the Bdhcoolas, the most southern of this family. These nations, the orthography of whose names is far from uniform among different waiters, are still farther subdivided into numerous indefinite tribes, as specified at the end of this chapter. 156 COLUMBIANS. The Haidah territory, stretching on the mainland three hundred miles in length, and in width somewhat over one hundred miles from the sea to the lofty Chilkoten Plain, is traversed throughout its length by the northern extension of the Cascade Range. In places its spurs and broken foot-hills touch the shore, and the very heart of the range is penetrated by innumerable inlets and channels, into which pour short rapid streams from interior hill and plain. The country, though hilly, is fertile and covered by an abundant growth of large, straight pines, cedars, and other forest trees. The forest abounds with game, the waters with fish. The climate is less severe than in the middle United States; and notwithstanding the high latitude of their home, the Haidahs have received no small share of nature's gifts. Little has been explored, however, beyond the actual coast, and information concerning this nation, coming from a few sources only, is less complete than in the case of the more southern Nbotkas. Favorable natural conditions have produced in the Haidahs a tall, comely, and well-formed race, not inferior to any in North-western America;7 the northern nations of 7 j By far the best looking, most intelligent and energetic people on the N. W. Coast.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol xi., p. 218. Also ranked by Priehard as the finest specimens physically on the coast. Researches, vol. v., p. 433. The Nass people ■ were peculiarly comely, strong, and well grown.' Simpson's Overland Journ., vol i., p. 207. 'Would be handsome, or at least comely,' were it not for the paint. j Some of the women have exceedingly handsome faces, and very symmetrical figures.' 'Impressed by the manly beauty and bodily proportions of my islanders.' Poole's Queen Charlotte 1st., pp. 310, 314. Mackenzie found the coast people 'more corpulent and of better appearance than the inhabitants of the interior.' Voy. pp. 322-3; see pp. 370-1. 'The stature (at Burke's Canal) was much more stout and robust than that of the Indians further south. The prominence of their countenances and the regularity of their features, resembled the northern Europeans.' Vancouver's Voy. vol. ii., p 262. A chief of 'gigantic person, a stately air, a noble mien, a manly port, and all the characteristics of external dignity, with a symmetrical figure, and a perfect order of European contour.' Dunn's Oregon, pp. 279, 251, 283, 285. Mayne says, their countenances are decidedly plainer' than the southern Indians. B. C, p. 250. *A tall, well-formed people.' Bendel's Alex. Arch., p. 29. 'No finer men can be found on the American Continent.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 23. In 55°, j Son bien corpulentos.' Crespi, in Boc. Hist. Mex., s. iv., vol. vi., p. 646. ' The best looking Indians we had ever met.' ' Much taller, and in every way superior to the Puget Sound tribes. The women are stouter than the men, but not so good-looking.' Reed's Nar. PHYSICAL PECULIABITIES OF THE HAIDAHS. 157 the family being generally superior to the southern,8 and having physical if not linguistic affinities with their Thlinkeet neighbors, rather than with the Nootkas. Their faces are broad, with high cheek bones;9 the eyes small, generally black, though brown and gray with a reddish tinge have been observed among them.10 The few who have seen their faces free from paint pronounce their complexion light,11 and instances of Albino characteristics are sometimes found.12 The hair is not uniformly coarse and black, but often soft in texture, and of varying shades of brown, worn by some of the tribes cut close to the head.13 The beard is usually plucked out with great care, but moustaches are raised sometimes as strong as those of Europeans;14 indeed there seems to sThe Sebassas are 'more active and enterprising than the Millbank tribes.' Bunn's Oregon, p. ii73. The Haeeltzuk are ' comparatively effeminate in their appearance.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 223. The Kyganies ' consider themselves more civilised than the other tribes, whom they regard with feelings of contempt.' Id., p. 219. The Chimsyans 'are much more active and cleanly than the tribes to the south.' Id., p. 220. ' I have, as a rule, remarked that the physical attributes of those tribes coming from the north, are superior to those of the dwellers in the south.' Barrttt- Lennard's Trav., p. 40. 9 Mackenzie's Voy., pp. 370-1, 322-3; Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., pp. 262, 320; Hale's Ethnog.,in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 197. ' Begular, and often fine features.' Bendel's Alex. Arch., p. 29. io Mackenzie's Voy., pp. 309-10, 322-3, 370-1; Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 2-9. ' Opening of the eye long and narrow.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 197. 11 'Had it not been for the filth, oil, and paint, with which, from their earliest infancy, they are besmeared from head to foot, there is great reason to believe that their colour would have differed but little from such of the labouring Europeans, as are constantly exposed to the inclemency and alterations of the weather.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 262. ' Between the olive and the copper.* Mackenzie's Voy., pp. 370-1. ' Their complexion, when they are washed free from paint, is as white as that of the people of the S. of Europe.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 218. Skin 'nearly as white as ours.' Poole's Q. Char. Isl, pp: 314-5. ' Of a remarkable light color.' Bendel's Alex. Arch., p. 29. 'Fairer in complexion than the Vancouverians.' Their young women's skins are as clear and white as those of Englishwomen.' Sproat's Scenes, pp. 23-4." ' Fair in complexion, sometimes with ruddy cheeks.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 197. 'De buen semblante, color bianco y bermejos.' Crespi, in Boc. Hist. Mex., s. iv., vol. vi., p. 646. 12 Tolmie mentions several instances of the kind, and states that ' amongst the Hydah or Queen Charlotte Island tribes, exist a family of coarse, red-haired, light-brown eyed, square-built people, short-sighted, and of fair complexion.' Lord's Nat., vol. ii., pp. 229-30. ^Mackenzie's Voy., pp. 322-3, 371; Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 370; Dunn's Oregon, p. 283; Poole's Q. Char. Isl., p. 315. 14 Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 218; Poole's Q. Char. Isl., p. 74. 'What is very unusual among the aborigines of America, they have 158 COLUMBIANS. be little authority for the old belief that the Northwestern American Indians were destitute of hair except on the head.15 Dr Scouler, comparing Chimsyan skulls writh those of the Chinooks, j who are among the best known of the north-western nations, finds that in a natural state both have broad, high cheek-bones, with a receding forehead, but the Chimsyan skull, between the parietal and temporal bones, is broader than that of the Chinook, its vertex being remarkably flat.16 Swollen and deformed legs are common from constantly doubling them under the body while sitting in the canoe. The teeth are frequently worn down to the gums by eating sanded salmon.17 The Haidahs have no methods of distortion peculiar to themselves, by which they seek to improve their fine physique; but the custom of flattening the head in infancy obtains in some of the southern nations of this family, as the Hailtzas and Bellacoolas,18 and the Thlinkeet lip-piece, already sufficiently described, is in use throughout a larger part of the whole territory. It was observed by Simpson as far south as Millbank Sound, where it was highly useful as well as ornamental, affording a firm hold for the fair fingers of the sex in their drunken fights. These ornaments, made of either wood, bone, or metal, are worn particularly large in Queen thick beards, which appear early in life.' Hcde's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 197. | ' After the age of puberty, their bodies, in their natural state, are covered in the same manner as those of the Europeans. The men, indeed, esteem a beard very unbecoming, and take great pains to get rid of it, nor is there any ever to be perceived on their faces, except when they grow old, and become inattentive to their appearance. .Every crinous efflorescence on the other parts of the body is held unseemly by them, and both sexes employ much time in their extirpation. The Nawdowessies, and the remote nations, pluck them out with bent pieces of hard wood, formed into a kind of nippers; whilst those who have communication with Europeans procure from them wire, which they twist into a screw or worm; applying this to the part, they press the rings together, and with a sudden twitch draw out all the hairs that are inclosed between them.' Carver's Trav., p. 225. * Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 220. !7 Mackenzie's Voy., pp. 370-1; Lord's Nat., vol. ii., p. 226; Bunn's Oregon, p. 287. is Lord's Nat., vol. ii., p. 232;.Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., pp. 218, 220, 223. 'The most northern of these Flat-head tribes is the Haut- zuk.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 325. HAIDAH DEESS AND OENAMENT. 150 Charlotte Islands, where they seem to be not a mark of rank, but to be worn in common by all the women.19 Besides the regular lip-piece, ornaments, various in shape and material, of shell, bone, wood, or metal, are, worn stuck in the lips, nose, and ears, apparently according to the caprice or taste of the wearer, the skin being sometimes, though more rarely, tattooed to correspond.20 Both for ornament and as a protection against the weather, the skin is covered with a thick coat of paint, a black polish being a full dress uniform. Figures of birds and beasts, and a coat of grease are added in preparation for a feast, with fine down of duck or goose—a stylish coat of tar and feathers—sprinkled over the body as an extra attraction.21 When the severity of the weather makes additional protection desirable, a blanket, formerly woven by themselves from dog's.hair, and stained in varied colors, but now mostly procured from Europeans, is thrown loosely over the shoulders. Chiefs, especially in times of feasting, wear richer robes of skins.22 The styles of dress and ornament adopted around the forts from contact with the whites need not be described. Among the more unusual articles that have been noticed by travelers are, u a large hat, lesembling the top of a small parasol, made of the twisted fibres of the roots of trees, with an aperture in the inside, at the broader end" for the head, worn by a Se- bassa chief; and at Millbank Sound, "masks set with 19 Simpson9s Overland Journ., vol. i., pp. 204, 233. ' This wooden ornament seems to be wore by all the sex indiscriminately, whereas at Norfolk Sound it is confined to those of superior rank.' Bixon's Voy., pp. 225, 208, with a cut. A piece of brass or copper is first put in, and ' this corrodes the lacerated parts, and by consuming the flesh gradually increases the orifice.' Vancouver's Voy., vol.ii., pp. 279-80, 408. Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 218; Dunn's Oregon, pp. 276, 279; Crespi, in Doc. Hist. Mex., s. iv., vol. vi., p. 651; Cornwallis' New Eldorado, p. 106; Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 113, with plate. so Mayne's B. C, pp. 281-2; Poole's Q. Char. Isl, pp. 75, 311; Barreit-Len- nard's Trav., pp. 45-6; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 279, 285. 2i Poole's Q. Char. 1st., pp. 82, 106, 310, 322-3; Mayne's B. C, pp. 282, 283; Bunn's Oregon, p. 251. 22 Mayne's B. C, p. 282; Bunn's Oreaon, pp. 251, 276, 291; Parker's Explor. Tour., p. 263; Poole's Q. Char. Isl., p. 310. ' The men habitually go naked, but when they go off on a journey they wear a blanket.' Reed's Nar. 'Cuero de nutrias y lobo marino sombreros de junco bien tejidos con la copa puntiaguda.' Crespi, in Boc. Hist. Mex., s. iv., vol. vi., p. 646. J 160 COLUMBIANS. seals' whiskers and feathers, which expand like a fan," with secret springs to open the mouth and eyes.23 Mackenzie and Vancouver, who were among the earliest visitors to this region, found fringed robes of bark-fibre, ornamented with fur and colored threads. A circular mat, with an opening in the centre for the head, was worn as a protection from the rain; and war garments consisted of several thicknesses of the strongest hides procurable, sometimes strengthened by strips of wood on the inside.24 The Haidahs use as temporary dwellings, in their frequent summer excursions for war and the hunt, simple lodges of poles, covered, among the poorer classes by cedar mats, and among the rich by skips. Their permanent villages are usually built in strong natural positions, guarded by precipices, sometimes on rocks detached from the main land, but connected with it by a narrow platform. Their town houses are built of light logs, or of thick split planks, usually of sufficient size to accommodate a large number of families. Poole mentions a house on Queen Charlotte Islands, which formed a cube of fifty feet, ten feet of its height being dug in the ground, and which accommodated seven hundred Indians. The buildings are often, however, raised above the ground on a platform supported by posts, sometimes carved into human or other figures. Some of these raised buildings seen by the earlier,visitors were twenty-five or thirty feet from the ground, solidly and neatly constructed, an inclined log with notches, serving as a ladder. These houses were found only in the southern part of the Hai- 23 Bunn's Oregon, pp. 253, 276-7; Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 113. 24 At Salmon Biver, 52° 58', ' their dress consists of a single robe tied over the shoulders, falling down behind, to the heels, and before, a little below the knees, with a deep fringe round the bottom. It is generally made of the bark of the cedar tree, \vhich they prepare as fine as hemp; though some of these garments are interwoven with strips of the sea-otter skin, which give them the appearance of a fur on one side. Others have stripes of red and yellow threads fancifully introduced towards the borders.' Clothing is laid aside whenever convenient. ' The women wear a close fringe hanging down before them about two fefet in length, and half as wide. When they sit down they draw this between their thighs.' Mackenzie's Voy., pp. 322-3, 371; Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., pp. 280, 339. HAIDAH HOUSES. 161 dan territory. The fronts were generally painted with figures of men and animals. There were no windows or chimney; the floors were spread with cedar mats, on which the occupants slept in a circle round a central fire, whose smoke in its exit took its choice between the hole which served as a door and the wall-cracks. On the southeastern boundary of this territory, Mackenzie found in the villages large buildings of similar but more careful construction, and with more elaborately carved posts, but they were not dwellings, being used probably for religious purposes.25 Although game is plentiful, the Haidahs are not a race of hunters, but derive their food chiefly from the innumerable multitude of fish and sea animals, which, each 25 A house * erected on a platform,.... raised and supported near thirty feet from the ground by perpendicular spars of a very large size; the whole occupying a space of about thirty-five by fifteen (yards), was covered in by a roof of boards lying nearly horizontal, and parallel to the platform; it seemed to be divided into three different houses, or rather apartments, each having a separate access formed by a long tree in an inclined, position from the platform to the ground, with notches cut in it by way of steps, about a foot and a half asunder.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 274. See also pp. 137, 267-8, 272, 284. 'Their summer and winter residences are built of split plank, similar to those of the Chenooks.' Parker's Exptor. Tour, p. 263. 'lis habi- tent dans des loges de soixante pieds de long, construites avec des troncs de sapin et recouvertes d'ecorces d'arbres.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 337. ' Their houses are neatly constructed, standing in a row; having large images, cut out of wood, resembling idols. The dwellings have all painted fronts, showing imitations of men and animals. Attached to their houses most of them have large potatoe gardens.' Bunn's Oregon, pp. 293-4. See also, pp. 251-2, 273-4, 290; Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 89; vol, ii., pp. 253, 255, with cuts on p. 255 and frontispiece. * Near the house of the chief I observed several oblong squares, of about twenty feet by eight. They were made of thick cedar boards, which were joined with so much neatness, that I at first thought they were one piece. They were painted with hieroglyphics, and figures of different animals,' probably for purposes of devotion, as was ' a large building in the middle of the village The ground-plot was fifty feet by forty-five; each end is formed by four stout posts, fixed perpendicularly in the ground. The corner ones are plain, and support a beam of the whole length, having three intermediate props on each side, but of a larger size, and eight or nine feet in height. The two centre posts, at each.-end, are two and a half feet in diameter, and carved into human figures, supporting two ridge poles on their heads, twelve feet from the ground. The figures at the upper part of this square represent two persons, with their hands upon their knees, as if they supported the weight with pain and difficulty: the others opposite to them stand at their ease, with their hands resting on their hips... .Posts, poles, and figures, were painted red and blackout the sculpture of these people is superior to their painting.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. 33i. See also pp. 307, 318, 328-30,^339, 345; Poole's Q. Char. Isl, pp. Ill, 113-4; Reed's Nar.; Marchand, Voy*, torn, ii., pp. 127-31. Vol. I. 11 162 COLUMBIANS. variety in its season, fill the coast waters. Most of the coast tribes, and all who live inland, kill the deer and other animals, particularly since the introduction of firearms, but it is generally the skin and not the flesh that is sought. Some tribes about the Bentinck channels, at the time of Mackenzie's visit, would not taste flesh except from the sea, from superstitious motives. Birds that burrow in the sand-banks are enticed out by the glare of torches, and knocked down in large numbers with clubs. They are roasted without plucking or cleaning, the entrails being left in to improve the flavor. Potatoes, and small quantities of carrots and other vegetables, are now cultivated throughout this territory, the crop being repeated until the soil is exhausted, when a new place is cleared. Wild parsnips are abundant on the banks of lakes and streams, and their tender tops, roasted, furnish a, palatable food; berries and bulbs abound, and the inner tegument of some varieties of the pine and hemlock is dried in cakes and eaten with salmon-oil. The varieties of fish sent by nature to the deep inlets and streams for the Haidah's food, are very numerous; their standard reliance for regular supplies being the salmon, herring, eulacbon or candle-fish, round-fish, and halibut. Salmon are speared; dipped up in scoop-nets; entangled in drag-nets managed between two canoes and forced by poles to the bottom; intercepted in their pursuit of smaller fish by gill-nets with coarse meshes, made of cords of native hemp, stretched across the entrance of the smaller inlets; and are caught in large wicker baskets, placed at openings in weirs and embankments which are built across the rivers. The salmon fishery differs little in different parts of the Northwest. The candle- fish, so fat that in frying they melt almost completely into oil, and need only the insertion of a pith or bark wick to furnish an excellent lamp, are impaled on the sharp teetji of a rake, or comb. The handle of the rake is from six to eight feet long, and it is swept through the water by the Haidahs in their canoes by moonlight. Herring in immense numbers are taken in April FOOD OF THE HAIDAHS. 163 by similar rakes, as well as by dip-nets, a large part of the whole take being used for oil. Seals are speared in the water or shot while on the rocks, and their flesh is esteemed a great delicacy, fish are captured by squaws, ing beneath manly dignity. Clams, cockles, and shell- such an employment be- Fish, when caught, are delivered to the women, whose duty it is to prepare them for winter use by drying. No salt is used, but the fish are dried in the sun, or smoke-dried by being hung from the top of dwellings, then wrapped in bark, or packed in rude baskets or chests, and stowed on high scaffolds out of the reach of dogs and children. Salmon are opened, and the entrails, head, and back-bone removed before drying. During the process of drying, sand is blown over the fish, and the teeth of the eater are often worn down by it nearly even with the gums. The spawn of salmon and herring is greatly esteemed, and besides that obtained from the fish caught, much is collected on pine boughs, which are stuck in the mud until loaded with the eggs. This native caviare is dried for preservation, and is eaten prepared in various ways; pounded between two stones, and beaten with water into a creamy consistency; or boiled with sorrel and different berries, and moulded into caked about twelve inches square and one inch thick by means of wooden frames. After a sufficient supply of solid food for the winter is secured, oil, the great heat-producing element of all northern tribes, is extracted from the additional catch, by boiling the fish in wooden vessels, and skimming the grease from the water or squeezing it from the refuse. The arms and breast of the women are the natural press in which the mass, wrapped in mats, is hugged; the hollow stalks of an abundant sea-weed furnish natural bottles in which the oil is preserved for use as a sauce, and into which nearly everything is dipped before eating. When the stock of food is secured, it is rarely infringed upon until the winter sets in, but then such is the Indian appetite—ten pounds of flour in the pancake-form at a meal being nothing for the stomach of a Haidah, according to Poole 164 COLUMBIANS. —that whole tribes frequently suffer from hunger before spring.26 The Haidah weapons are spears from four to sixteen feet long, some with a movable head or barb, which comes off when the seal or whale is struck; bows and arrows; hatchets of bone, horn, or iron, with which their planks are made; and daggers. Both spears and arrows are frequently pointed with iron, which, whether it found its way across the continent from the Hudson-Bay settlements, down the coast from the Russians, or was obtained from wrecked vessels, was certainly used in British Columbia for various purposes before the coming of the whites. Bows q,re made of cedar, with sinew glued along one side. Poole states that before the introduction of fire-arms, the Queen Charlotte Islanders had no weapon but a club. Brave as the Haidah warrior is admitted to be, open fair fight is unknown to him, and in true Indian style he resorts to night attacks, superior numbers, and treachery, to defeat his foe. Cutting off the head as a trophy is practiced instead of scalping, but though unmercifully cruel to all sexes and ages in the heat of battle, prolonged torture of captives seems to be unknowm. Treaties of peace are arranged by delegations from the hostile tribes, following set forms, and the ceremonies terminate with a many days' feast.27 Nets are made of native wild hemp and of cedar-bark fibre; hooks, of two pieces of wood or bone fastened together at an obtuse angle; boxes, troughs, and household dishes, of wood; ladles and spoons, of wood, horn, and bone. Candle-fish, with a wick of bark or pith, serve as 26 On food of the Haidahs and the methods of procuring it, see Lord's Nat., vol. i., pp. 41, 152; Mackenzie's Voy., pp. 306, 313-14, 319-21, 327, 333, 339, 369-70; Poole's Q. Char. Isl, pp. 148, 284-5, 315-16; Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 273; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 251, 267, 27^, 290-1; Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 337; Pemberton's Vancouver Island, p. 23; Parker's Explor. Tour., p. 263; Reed's Nar. 27 Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 339; Poile's Q. Char. Isl, p. 316; Mackenzie's Voy., p. 372-3. ' Once I saw a party of Kaiganys of about two hundred men returning from war. The paddles of the warriors killed in the fight were lashed upright in their various seats, so that from a long distance the number of the fallen could be ascertained; and on each mast of the canoes— and some of them had three—was stuck the head of a slain foe.' Bendel's Alex. Arch., p. 30. HAIDAH MANUFACTUBES. lamps; drinking vessels and pipes are carved with great skill from stone. The Haidahs are noted for their skil in the construction of their various implements, particularly for sculptures in stone and ivory, in which they excel all the other tribes of Northern America.28 The cedar-fibre and wild hemp were prepared for use by the women by beating on the rocks; they were then spun with a rude distaff and spindle, and woven on a frame into the material for blankets, robes, and mats, or twisted by the men into strong and even cord, be- 28 The Kaiganies ' are noted for the beauty and size of their cedar canoes, and their skill in carving. Most of the stone pipes, inlaid with fragments of Haliotis or pearl shells, so common in ethnological collections, are their handiwork. The slate quarry from which the stone is obtained is situated on Queen Charlotte's Island.' Ball's Alaska, p. 411. The Chimsyans 'make figures in stone dressed like Englishmen; plates and other utensils Of civilization, ornamented pipe stems and heads, models of houses, stone flutes, adorned with well-carved figures of animals. Their imitative skill is as noticeable as their dexterity in carving.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 317. The supporting posts of their probable temples were carved into human figures, and all painted red and black, \ but the sculpture of these people (52° 40/) is superior to their painting.' Mackenzie's Voy., pp. 330-1; see pp. 333-4. ' One man (near Fort Simpson) known as the Arrowsmith of the north-east coast, had gone far beyond his compeers, having prepared very accurate charts of most parts of the adjacent shores.' Simpson's Overland Journ., vol. i., p. 207. \ The Indians of the Northern Family are remarkable for their ingenuity and mechanical dexterity in the construction of their canoes, houses, and different warlike or fishing implements. They construct drinking-vessels, tobacco- pipes, &c, from a soft argillaceous stone, and these articles are remarkable for the symmetry of their form, and the exceedingly elaborate and intricate figures which are carved upon them. With respect to carving and a faculty for imitation, the Queen Charlotte's Islanders are equal to the most ingenious of the Polynesian Tribes.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 218. ' Like the Chinese, they imitate literally anything that is given them to do; so that if you give them a cracked gun-stock to copy, and do not warn them, they will in their manufacture repeat the blemish; Many of their slate-carvings are very good indeed, and their designs most curious.' Mayne's B. C, p. 278. See also, Bunn's Oregon, p. 293; Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 337, and plate p. 387. The Skidagates ' showed me beautifully wrought articles of their own design and make, and amongst them some flutes manufactured from an unctuous blue slate.... The two ends were inlaid with lead, giving the idea of a fine silver mounting. Two of the keys perfectly represented fri>gs in a sitting posture, the eyes being picked out with burnished lead It would have done credit to a European modeller.' 'Poole's Q. Char. Isl, p. 258. ' Their talent for carving has made them famous far beyond their own country.' Bendel's Alex. Arch., p. 29. A square wooden box, holding one or two bushels, is made from three pieces, the sides being from one piece so mitred as to bend at the corners without breaking. 'During their performance of this character of labor, (carving, etc.) their superstitions will not allow any spectator of the operator's work.' Reed's Nar.; Ind. Life, p. 96. ' Of a very fine and hard slate they make cups, plates, pipes, little images, and various ornaments, wrought with surprising.elegance and taste.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 197. 'Ils peignent aussi avec le meme gout.' Rossi, Souvenirs, p. 298; Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., pp. 74-5. 166 COLUMBIANS. tween the hand and thigh. Strips of otter-skin, bird- feathers, and other materials, were, also woven into the blankets. Dogs of a peculiar breed, now nearly extinct, were shorn each year, furnishing a long white hair, which, mixed with fine hemp and cedar, made the best cloth. By dyeing the materials, regular colored patterns wTere produced, each tribe having had, it is said, a peculiar pattern by which its matting could be distinguished. Since the coming of Europeans, blankets of native manufacture have almost entirely disappeared. The Bella- coolas made very neat baskets, called zeilusqua, as well as hats and water-tight vessels, all of fine cedar-roots. Each chief about Fort Simpson kept an artisan, whose business it was to repair canoes, make masks, etc.29 The Haidah canoes are dug out of cedar logs, and are sometimes sixty feet long, six and a half wide, and four and a half deep, accommodating one hundred men. The prow and stern are raised, and often gracefully curved like a swan's neck, with a monster's head at the extremity. Boats of the better class have their exteriors carved and painted, with the gunwale inlaid in some cases with otter-teeth. Each canoe is made of a single log, except the raised extremities of the larger boats. They are impelled rapidly and safely over the often rough waters of the coast inlets, by shovel-shaped paddles, and when on shore, are piled up and covered with mats for protection against the rays of the sun. Since the coming of Europeans, sails have been added to the native boats, and other foreign features imitated.30 29 Mackenzie's Voy., p. 338; Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 63; vol. ii., pp. 215-17, 254, 258; Dunn's Oregon, pp. 251, 253, 291, 293. 'They boil the cedar root until it becomes pliable to be worked by the hand and beaten with sticks, when they pick the fibres apart into threads. The warp is of a different material—sinew of the whale, or dried kelp-thread.' Reed's Nar. 'Petatito de vara en cuadro bien vistoso, tejido de palma fina de dos colores bianco y negro que tejido en cuadritos.' Crespi, in Doc. Hist. Mex., s. iv., vol. vi., pp. 647, 650-1. 30 Poole's Q. Char. Isl, p. 269, and cuts on pp. 121, 291; Mackenzie's Voy., p. 335; Simpson's Overland Journ., vol. i., p. 204; Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 303; Sutily Mexicana, Viage, p. cxxv; Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 174; Reed's Nar.; Catlin's N. Am. Bid., vol. ii., p. 113, with plate. The Bellabellahs 'promised to construct a steam-ship on the model of ours.... Some time after this rude steamer appeared. She was from 20 to 30 feet long, all in one TRADE AND GOVERNMENT. 167 Rank and power depend greatly upon wealth, which consists of implements, wives, and slaves. Admission to alliance with medicine-men, whose influence is greatest in the tribe, can only be gained by sacrifice of private property. Before the disappearance of sea-otters from the Haidah waters, the skins of that animal formed the chief element of their trade and wealth; now the potatoes cultivated in some parts, and the various manufactures of Queen Charlotte Islands, supply their slight necessities. There is great rivalry among the islanders in supplying the tribes on the main with potatoes, fleets of forty or fifty canoes engaging each year in the trade from Queen Charlotte Islands. Fort Simpson is the great commercial rendezvous of the surrounding nations, who assemble from all directions in September, to hold a fair, dispose of their goods, visit friends, fight enemies, feast, and dance. Thus continue trade and merry-making for several weeks. Large fleets of canoes from the north also visit Yictoria each spring for trading purposes.31 Yery little can be said of the government of the Hai- dahs in distinction from that of the other nations of the Northwest Coast. Among nearly all of them rank is nominally hereditary, for the most part by the female line, but really depends to a great extent on wealth and ability in war. Females often possess the right of chieftainship. In early intercourse with whites the chief traded for the whole tribe, subject, however, to the approval of the several families, each of which seemed to form a kind of subordinate government by itself. In some parts the power of the piece—a large tree hollowed out—resembling the model of our steamer. She was black, with painted ports; decked over; and had paddles painted red, v,nd Indians under cover, to turn them round. The steersman was not seen. She was floated triumphantly, and went at the rate of three miles an hour. They thought they had nearly come up to the point of external structure; Dut then the enginery baffled them; and this they thought they could imitate in time, by perseverance, and the helping illumination of the Great Spirit.' Bunn's Oregon, p. 272. See also, p. 291. 'A canoe easily distanced the champion boat of the American Navy, belonging to the man-of-war Sar- anac' Bendel's Alex. Arch., p. 29. 31 Scouler, in Lond. Geog Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 219; Macfie's B. C, pp. 429, 437, 458; Simpson's Overland Journ., vol. L, p. 206; Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 174; Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 74; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 279, 281-3, 292; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. cxxv. 168 COLUMBIANS. chief seems absolute, and is wantonly exercised in the commission of the most cruel acts according to his pleasure. The extensive embankments and wreirs found by Mackenzie, although their construction must have required the association of all the labor of the tribe, were completely under the chief's control, and no one could fish without his permission. The people seemed all equal, but strangers must obey the natives or leave the village. Crimes have no punishment by law; murder is settled for with relatives of the victim, by death or by the payment of a large sum; and sometimes general or notorious offenders, especially medicine-men, are put to death by an .agreement among leading men.32 Slavery is universal, and as the life of the slave is of no value to the owTner except as property, they are treated with extreme cruelty. Slaves the northern tribes purchase, kidnap, or capture in war from their southern neighbors, who obtain them by like means from each other, the course of the slave traffic being generally from south to north, and from the coast inland.33 Polygamy is everywhere practiced, and the number of wives is regulated only by wealth, girls being bought of parents at any price which may be agreed upon, and^ returned, and the price recovered, when after a proper trial they are not satisfactory. The transfer of the presents or price to the bride's parents is among some tribes accompanied by slight ceremonies nowhere fully described. The marriage ceremonies at Millbank Sound are performed on a platform over the water, supported by canoes. While jealousy is not entirely unknown, chastity appears to be -so, as women who can earn the 32 Mackenzie's Voy., pp. 374-5; Tolmie and Anderson, in Lord's Nat., vol. ii., pp. 240-2, 235; Macjie's B. C, p. 4.29; Sinqjson's Overland Journ.. vol. i., p. 205; Bixon's Voy., p. 227. ' There exists among them a regular aristocracy.' ' The chiefs are always of unquestionable birth, and generally count among their ancestors men who were famous in battle and council.' ' The chief is regarded with all the reverence and respect which his rank, his birth, and his wealth can claim,' but 'his power is by no means unlimited.' Bender's Alex. Arch., p. 30. 33 Bunn's ^Oregon, pp. 273-4, 283; Parker's Explor. Tour., p. 263; Bendel's Alex. Arch., p. 30; Kane's Wand., p. 220. HAIDAH GAMBLERS. 169 greatest number of blankets win great admiration for themselves and high position for their husbands. Abortion and infanticide are not uncommon. Twin births are unusual, and the number of children is not large, although the age of bearing extends to forty or forty-six years. Women, except in the season of preparing the winter supply of fish, are occupied in household affairs and the care of children, for whom they are not without sonie affection, and whom they nurse often to the age of two or three years. Many families live together in one house, with droves of filthy dogs and children, all sleeping on mats round a central fire.34 The Haidahs, like all Indians, are inveterate gamblers, the favorite game on Queen Charlotte Islands being odd and even, played with small round sticks, in which the game is won when one player has all the bunch of forty or fifty sticks originally belonging to his opponent. Farther south, and inland, some of the sticks are painted with red rings, and the player's skill or luck consists in naming the number and marks of sticks previously wrapped by his antagonist in grass. All have become fond of whisky since the coming of whites, but seem to have had no intoxicating drink before. At their annual trading fairs, and on other occasions, they are fond of visiting and entertaining friends with ceremonious interchange of presents, a suitable return being expected for each gift. At these reception feasts, men and women 34 * Polygamy is universal* regulated simply by the facilities for subsistence.' Anderson, in Lord's Nat., vol. ii., p. 235. See pp. 231-5, and vol. i., pp. 89-90. The women I cohabit almost promiscuously with their own tribe though rarely with other tribes.' Poole, spending the night with a chief, was given the place of honor, under the same blanket with the chief's daughter— and her father. Poole's Q. Char. Isl, pp. 312-15, 115-16, 155. «The Indians are in general very jealous of their women.' Bixon's Voy., pu 225-6. ' Tous les individus d'une famille couchent pele-mele sur le sol plancheye de l'habi- tation.' Marchand, Voy., torn, ii., p. 144. • Soon after I had retired... .the chief paid me a visit to insist on my going to his bed-companion, and taking my place himself. Mackenzie's Voy., p. 331. See pp. 300, 371-2. Parker's Explor. Tour;,, p. 263. ' On the weddingday they have a public feast, at which they dance and sing.' Bunn's Oregon, pp. 252-3, 289-90. * According to a custom of the Bellabollahs, the widow of the deceased is transferred to his brother's harem.' Simpson's Overland Journ., vol. i., p. 203-4. 'The temporary present of a wife is one of the greatest honours that can be shown there to a guest.' Sproat's Scenes,p. 95. 170 COLUMBIANS. are seated on benches along opposite walls; at wedding feasts both sexes dance and sing together. In dancing, the body, head, and arms are thrown into various attitudes to keep time with the music, very little use being made of the legs. On Queen Charlotte Islands the women dance at feasts, while the men in a circle beat time with sticks, the only instruments, except a kind of tambourine. For their dances they deck themselves in their best array, including plenty of birds' down, which they delight to communicate to their partners in bowing, and which they also blow into the air at regular intervals, through a painted tube. Their songs are a simple and monotonous chant, with which they accompany most of their dances and ceremonies, though Mackenzie heard among them some soft, plaintive tones, not unlike church music. Th£ chiefs in winter give a partly theatrical, partly religious entertainment, in which, after preparation behind a curtain, dressed in rich apparel and wearing masks, they appear on a stage and imitate different spirits for the instruction of the hearers, who meanwhile keep up their songs.35 After the salmon season, feasting and conjuring are in order The chief, whose greatest authority is, in his character of conjurer, or tzeetzaiak as he is termed in the Hailtzuk tongue, pretends at this time to live alone in the forest, fasting or eating grass, and while there is known as taamish. When he returns, clad in bear-robe, chaplet, and red-bark collar, the crowd flies at his approach, except a few brave spirits, who boldly present their naked arms, from which he bites and swallows large mouthfuls. This, skillfully done, adds to the reputation of both biter and bitten, and is perhaps all the foundation that exists for the report that these people are 35 | The Queen Charlotte Islanders surpass any people that I ever saw in passionate addiction' to gambling. Poole's Q. Char. Isl, p. 318-20. See pp. 186-87, 232-33. Mackenzie's Voy., pp. "288, 311. The Sebassas are great gamblers, and 'resemble the Chinooks in their games.' Dunn's Oregon, pp. 25-7, 252-9, 281-3, 293. 'The Indian mode of dancing bears a strange resemblanae to that in use among the Chinese.' Poole's Q. Char. Isl, p. 82. Lord's Nat., vol. ii., p. 258; Parker's Explor.' Tour, p. 263; Ind. Life, p. 63. MAGICIANS AND MEDICINE-MEN. 171 cannibals; although Mr Duncan, speaking of the Chim- syans in a locality not definitely fixed, testifies to the tearing to pieces and actual devouring of the body of a murdered slave by naked bands of cannibal medicinemen. Only certain parties of the initiated practice this barbarism, others confining their tearing ceremony to the bodies of dogs.36 None of these horrible orgies are practiced by the Queen Charlotte Islanders. The performances of the Haidah magicians, so far as they may differ from those of the Nootkas have not been clearly described by travelers. The magicians of Chatham Sound keep infernal spirits shut up in a box away from the vulgar gaze, and possess great power by reason of the implicit belief on the part of the people, in their ability to charm away life. The doctor, however, is not beyond the reach of a kinsman's revenge, and is sometimes murdered.37 With their ceremonies and superstitions there seems to be mixed very little religion, as all their many fears have reference to the present life. Certain owls.and squirrels are regarded with reverence, and used as charms; salmon must not be cut across the grain, or the living fish will leave the river; the mysterious operations with astronomical and other European instruments about their rivers caused great fear that the fisheries would be ruined; fogs are conjured away without the slightest^suspicion of the sun's agency.38 European navigators they welcome by paddling their boats several times round the ship, making long speeches, scattering birds' down, and singing.39 36 Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 223; Duncan, in Mayne's B. C, pp. 285-8, and in Macfie's Vane. Isl, pp. 434-7; White's Oregon, p. 246; Simpson's Overland Joum., vol. i., p. 205; Hutchings' Cal Mag., Nov. 1860, pp. 222-8; Ind. Life, p. 68; Reed's Nar.; Anderson in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 79. 37 The Indians of Millbank Sound became exasperated against me, * and they gave me the name of " Schloapes," i. e., "stingy:" and when near them, if I should spit, they would run and try to take up the spittle in something; for, according as they afterwards informed me, they intended to give it to their doctor or magician; and he would cbarrn my life away.' Bunn's Oregon, pp. 246-7. See pp. 279-80; Poole's Q. Char. Isl, pp. 320-1. 33 Lord's Nat., vol. ii., pp. 32-4, 53-4; Dunn's Oregon, pp. 267, 274-5. 59 Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii,, pp. 385-9. 172 COLUMBIANS. Ordinary presents, like tobacco or trinkets, are gladly received, but a written testimonial is most highly prized by the Haidahs, who regard writing as a great and valuable mystery. They have absolutely no methods of recording events. Although living so constantly on the water, I find no mention of their skill in swimming, while Poole states expressly that they have no knowledge of that art.40 Very slight accounts are extant of the peculiar methods of curing diseases practiced by the Haidahs. Their chief reliance, as in the case of all Indian tribes, is on the incantations and conjurings of their sorcerers, who claim supernatural powers of seeing, hearing, and extracting disease, and are paid liberally when successful. Bark, herbs, and various decoctions are used in slight sickness, but in serious cases little reliance is placed on them. To the bites of the sorcerer-chiefs on the main, eagle-down is applied to stop the bleeding, after which a pine-gum plaster or sallal-bark is applied. On Queen Charlotte Islands, in a case of internal uneasiness, large quantities of sea-water are swallowed, shaken up, and ejected through the mouth for the purpose, as the natives say, of j washing themselves inside out.'41 Death is ascribed to the ill will and malign influence of an enemy, and one suspected of causing the death of a prominent individual, must make ready to die. As •a rule, the bodies of the dead are burned, though exceptions are noted in nearly every part of the territory. In the disposal of the ashes and larger bones wThich remain unburned, there seems to be no fixed usage. Encased in boxes, baskets, or canoes, or wrapped in 40 Poole's Q. Char. Isl, pp. 109-10, 116; Anderson, in Lord's Nat., vol. ii., p. 242. 4i At about 52° 40', between the Fraser Kiver and the Pacific, Mackenzie observed the treatment of a man with a bad ulcer on his back. They blew on him and whistled, pressed their fingers on his stomach, put their fists into his mouth, and spouted water into his face. Then he was carried into the woods, laid down in a clear spot, and a fire was built against his back while the doctor scarified the ulcer with a blunt instrument. Voy., pp. 331-33; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 258, 284; Poole's Q. Char. Isl, pp. 316-18; Duncan, in Mayne's B. C, 289-91; Reed's Nar., in Olympia- Wash. Stand., May 16, 1868. HAIDAH BURIALS. mats or bark, they are buried in cr deposited on the ground, placed in a tree, on a platform, or hung from a pole. Articles of property are frequently deposited with the ashes, but not uniformly. Slaves' bodies are simply thrown into the river or the sea. Mourning for the dead consists usually of cutting the hair and blackening anew the face and neck for several months. Among the Kai- ganies, guests at the burning of the bodies are wont to lacerate themselves with knives and stones. A tribe visited by Mackenzie, kept their graves free from shrubbery, a woman clearing that of her husband each time she passed. The Nass Indians paddle a dead chief, gaily dressed, round the coast villages.42 The Haidahs, compared with other North American Indians, may be called an intelligent, honest, and brave race, although not slow under European treatment to become drunkards, gamblers, and thieves. Acts of unprovoked cruelty or treachery are rare; missionaries have been somewhat successful in the vicinity of Fort Simpson, finding in intoxicating liquors their chief obstacle.43 42 At Boca de Quadra, Vancouver found ' a box about three feet square, and a foot and a half deep, in which were the remains of a human skeleton, which appeared from the confused situation of the bones, either to have been cut to pieces, or thrust with great violence into this small space.'....' I was inclined to suppose that this mode of depositing their dead is practised only in respect to certain persons of their society.' Voy., vol. ii., p. 351. At Cape Northumberland, in 54° 45', * was a kind of vault formed partly by the natural cavity of the rocks, and partly by the rude artists of the country. It was lined with boards, and contained some fragments of warlike implements, lying near a square box covered with mats and very curiously corded down.' Id., p. 370; Cornwallis' New ElBorado, pp. 106-7. On Queen Charlotte Islands, * Ces monumens sont de deux especes: les premiers et les plus simples ne sont composes que d'un seul pilier d'environ dix pieds d'elevation et d?un pied de diametre, sur le sommet duquel sont fixees des planches formant tin plateau; et dans quelques-uns ce plateau est supporte par deux piliers. Le corps, depose sur cette plate-forme, est reconvert de mousse et de grosses pierres '....' Les mausolees de la seconde espece sont plus composes: quatie poteaux plantes en terre, et eleves de deux pieds seulement au-dessus du sol portent un sarcophage travaille avec art, et hermetiquement clos.' Marchand, Voy., torn, ii., pp. 135-6. 'According to another account it appeared that they actually bury their dead; and when another of the family dies, the remains of the person who was last interred, are taken from the grave and burned.' Mackenzie's Voy., p. 308. See also pp. 374, 295-98; Simpson's Overland Journ., vol.L, pp. 203-4,; Bunn's Oregon, pp.272, 276, 280; Mayne's B. C, pp. 272, 293; Lord's Nat., vol. ii., p. 235; Macfie's Vane. Isl, pp. 440-41; Ball's Alaska, p. 417. 43 On the coast, at 52° 12/, Vancouver found them 'civil, good-humoured and friendly.' At Cascade Canal, about 52° 24', ' in traffic they proved them- 174 COLUMBIANS. The Nootkas, the second division of the Columbian group, are immediately south of the Haidah country; occupying Vancouver Island, and the coast of the main land, between the fifty-second and the forty-ninth parallels. The word nootka is not found in any native dialect of the present day. ^Captain Cook, to whom we are indebted for the term, probably misunderstood the name given by the natives to the region of Nootka Sound.44 selves to be keen traders, but acted with the strictest honesty;' at Point Hopkins 'they all behaved very civilly and honestly;' while further north, at Observatory Inlet, ' in their countenances was expressed a degree of savage ferocity infinitely surpassing any thing of the sort I had before observed,' presents being scornfully rejected. Voy., vol. ii., pp. 281, 269, 303, 337. The Kitswinscolds on Skeena River 'are represented as a very superior race, industrious, sober, cleanly, and peaceable.' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 533. The Chimsyans are fiercer and more uncivilized than the Indians of the South. Sproat's Scenes, p. 317. ' Finer and fiercer men than the Indians of the South.' Mayne's B. C., p. 250. ' They appear to be of a friendly disposition, but they are subject to sudden gusts of passion, which are as quickly composed; and the transition is instantaneous, from violent irritation to the most tranquil demeanor. Of the many tribes... .whom I have seen, these appear to be the most susceptible of civilization.' Mackenzie's Voy , p. 375, 322. At Stewart's Lake the natives, whenever there is any advantage to be gained are just as readily tempted to betray each other as to deceive the colonists. Macfie's Vane. Isl, pp. 466-68, 458-59; Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 174. A Kygarnie chief being asked to go to America%or England, refused to go where even chiefs were slaves—that is, had duties to perform—while he at home was served by slaves and wives. The Sebassas ' are more active and enterprising than the Milbank tribes, but the greatest thieves and robbers on the coast.' Bunn's Oregon, p. 287, 273. 'All these visitors of Fort Simpson are turbulent and fierce. Their broils, which are invariably attended with bloodshed, generally arise from the most trivial causes.' Simpson's Overland Journ., vol. i., p. 206. The Kygarnies 'are very cleanly, fierce and daring.' The islanders, ' when they visit the mainland, they are bold and treacherous, and always ready for mischief.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 219. The Kygarnies 'are a very fierce, treacherous race, and have not been improved by the rum and fire-arms sold to them.' Ball's Alaska, p. 411. Queen Charlotte Islanders look upon white men as superior beings, but conceal the conviction. The Skidagates are the most intelligent race upon the islands. Wonderfully acute in reading character, yet clumsy in their own dissimulation. ...' Not revengeful or blood-thirsty, except when smarting under injury or seeking to avert an imaginary wrong.'....' I never met with a really brave man among them.' The Acoltas have 'given more trouble to the Colonial Government than any other along the coast.' Poole's Q. Char. Isl, pp. 83, 151-2, 185-6, 208, 214, 233, 235, 245, 257, 271-72, 289, 309, 320-21. ' Of a cruel and treacherous disposition.' Hale's Ethnog.. in U. £>.. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 197. They will stand up and fight Englishmen with their fists. Sproat's Scenes, p. 23. Intellectually superior to the Puget Sound tribes. Reed's Nar. 'Mansos y de buena indole.' Crespi, in Boc. Hist. Mex., s. iv., vol. vi., p. 6±Q. On Skeena River, 'the worst I have seen in all my travels.' Bownie, in B. C. Papers, vol. hi., p. 73. ' As rogues, where all are rogues,' preeminence is awarded them. Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., pp. 74-5. 44 ' On my arrival at this inlet, I had honoured it with the name of King George's Sound; but I afterward found, that it is called Nootka by the na- THE NOOTKAS. 175 The first European settlement in this region was on the Sound, which thus became the central point of»early English and Spanish intercourse with the Northwest Coast; but it was soon abandoned, and no mission or trading post has since taken its place, so that no tribes of this family ha^e been less known in later times than those on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The chief tribes of the Nootka family, or those on whose tribal existence, if not on the orthography of their names authors to some extent agree, are as follows.45 The Nitinats, Clayoquots, and Nootkas, on the sounds of the same names along the west coast of Vancouver Island; the Quackolls and Ne- wittees,^ in the north; the Cowichins, Ucletas, and Comux, on the east coast of Vancouver and on the opposite main; the Saukaulutuchs®', in the interior of the island; the Clal- lums,® Sokes, and Patcheena, on the south end; and the Kivantlums and T'eets,® on the lower Fraser River. These tribes differ but little in physical peculiarities, or manners and customs, but by their numerous dialects they have been classed in nations. No comprehensive or satisfactory names have, however, been applied to them as national divisions.50 tives.' Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., p. 288. 'No Aht Indian of the present day ever heard of such a name as Nootkah, though most of them recognize the other words in Cook's account of their language.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 315. Sproat conjectures that the name may have come from Noochee! Noochee! the Aht word for mountain. A large proportion of geographical names originate in like manner through accident. 45 For full particulars see Tkibal Boundabies at end of this chapter, 46 ' The Newatees, mentioned in many books, are not known on the west coast. Probably the Klah-oh-quahts are meant.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 314. 47 There are no Indians in the interior. Fitzwidiam's Evidence, in Hud. B. Co., Rept. Spec. Com., 1857, p. 115. 43 The same name is also applied to one of the Sound nations across the strait in Washington. 49 The Teetsor Haitlins are called by the Tacullies, ' Sa-Chinco' strangers. Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., pp. 73-4. so Sproat's division into nations, 'almost as distinct as the nations of Europe ' is into the Quoquoulth (Quackoll) or Fort Rupert, in the north and north-east; the Kowitchan, or Thongeith, on the east and south; Aht on the west coast; and Komux, a distinct tribe also on the east of Vancouver. ' These tribes of the Ahts are not confederated; and I have no other warrant for calling them a nation than the fact of their occupying adjacent territories, and having the same superstitions a.^.d language.' Sproat's Scenes, pp. 18-19, 311. Mayne makes by language fou^ nations; the first including the Cow- itchen in the harbor and valley of the same name north of Victoria, with the Nanaimo and Kwantlum Indians about the mouth of the Fraser River, and 176 COLUMBIANS. Between the Nootka family and its fish-eating neighbors on the north and south, the line of distinction is not clearly marked, but the contrast is greater with the interior hunting tribes on the east. Since their first intercourse with whites, the Nootkas have constantly decreased in numbers, and this not only in those parts where they have been brought into contact with traders and miners, but on the west coast, where they have retained in a measure their primitive state. The savage fades before the superior race, and immediate intercourse is not necessary to produce in native races those j baleful influences of civilization,' which like a pestilence are wafted from afar, as on the wings of the wind.51 The Nootkas are of less than medium height, smaller than the Haidahs, but rather strongly built; usually plump, but rarely corpulent;52 their legs, like those of the Songhies; the second comprising the Comoux, Nanoose, Nimpkish, Quaw- guult, etc., on Vancouver, and the Squawmisht, Sechelt, Clahoose, Ucle-tah, Mama-lil-a-culla, etc*, on the main, and islands, between Nanaimo and Fort Rupert; the third and fourth groups include the twenty-four west-coast tribes who speak two distinct languages, not named. Mayne's Vane. Isl, pp. 243-51. Grant's division gives four languages on Vancouver, viz., the Quackoll, from Clayoquot Sound north to C. Scott, and thence S. to Johnson's Strait; the Cowitchin, from Johnson's Strait to Sanetch Arm; the Tsclallum, or Clel- lum, from Sanetch to Soke, and on the opposite American shore; and the Macaw, from Patcheena to Clayoquot Sound. ' These four principal languages are totally distinct from each other, both in sound, formation, and modes of expression.' Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 295. Scouler attempts no division into nations or languages. Lond. Geo. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., pp. 221, 224. Mofras singularly designates them as one nation of 20,000 souls, under the name of Ouakich. Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 343. Recent investigations have shown a somewhat different relationship of these languages, which I shall give more particularly in a subsequent volume. 51 See Sproat's Scenes, pp. 272-86, on the 'effects upon savages of intercourse with civilized men.' ' Hitherto, (1856) in Vancouver Island, the tribes who have principally been in intercourse with the white man, have found it for their interest to keep up that intercourse in amity for the purposes of trade, and the white adventurers have been so few in number, that they have not at all interfered with the ordinary pursuits of the natives.' Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 303. 52 < Muy robustos y bien apersonados.' 'De mediana estatura, excepto los Xefes cuya corpulencia se hace notar.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 55, 124. * The young princess was of low stature, very plump.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 395. Macquilla, the chief was five feet eight inches, with square shoulders and muscular limbs; his son was five feet nine inches. Belcher's Voy., vol. i., pp. 110-12. The seaboard tribes have ' not much physical strength.' Poole's Q. Char. Isl, p. 73. 'La gente dicen ser muy robusta.' Perez, Rel. del .Viage, MS., p. 20. ' Leur taille est moyenne.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 343. ' In general, robust and well proportioned.' Meares' Voy., p. 249'. Under the common stature, pretty full and plump, but not muscular—never corpulent, old NOOTKA PHYSIQUE. 177 all the coast tribes, short, small, and frequently deformed, with large feet and ankles;53 the face broad, round, and full, with the usual prominent cheek-bone, a low forehead, flat nose, wide nostrils, small black eyes, round thickish-lipped mouth, tolerably even well-set teeth; the whole forming a countenance rather dull and expressionless, but frequently pleasant.64 The Nootka complexion, people lean—short neck and clumsy body; women nearly the same size as the men. Cook's_ Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 301-3. 'Of smaller stature than the Northern Tribes; they are usually fatter and more muscular.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 221. In the north, among the Clayoquots and Quackolls, men are often met of five feet ten inches and over; on the south coast the stature varies from five feet three inches to five feet six inches. Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 297. ' The men are in general from about five feet six to five feet eight inches in height; remarkably straight, of a good form, robust and strong.' Only one dwarf was seen. Jew- itt's Nar., pp. 60-61. The Klah-oh-quahts are 'as a tribe physically the finest. Individuals may be found in all the tribes who reach a height of five feet eleven inches, and a weight of 180 pounds, without much flesh on their bodies.' Extreme average height: men, five feet six inches, women, five feet one-fourth inch. ' Many of the men have well-shaped forms and limbs. None are corpulent.' 'The men generally have well-set, strong frames, and, if they had pluck and skill, could probably hold their own in a grapple with Englishmen of the same stature. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 22-3. 'Rather above the middle stature, copper-colored and of an athletic make.' Spark's Life of Ledyard, p. 71; Prichard's Researches, vol. v., p. 442. ' Spare muscular forms.' Barrett-Lennard's Trav., pp. 44; Gordon's Hist, and Geog. Mem., pp. 14-22. 53 Limbs small, crooked, or ill-made; large feet; badly shaped, and projecting ankles from sitting so much on their hams and-knees. Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 301-3. 'Their limbs, though stout and athletic, are crooked and ill-shaped.' Meares' Voy., p. 250. 'lis ont les membres infe- rieures legerement arque"s, les chevilles tres-saillantes, et la pointe des pieds tournee en dedans, difformite qui provient de la maniere dont ils sont assis dans leurs canots.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., pp. 343-4. 'Stunted, and move with a lazy waddling gait.' Macfie's Vane. Isl, p. 428. ' Skeleton shanks not much physical strength bow-legged—defects common to the seaboard tribes.' Poole's Q. Char. Isl, pp. 73-4. All the females of the Northwest Coast are very short-limbed. ' Raro es el que no tiene muy salientes los to- billos y las puntas de los pies inclinadas hacia dentro y una especie de entumecimiento que se advierte, particularmente en las mugeres.', Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 124, 30, 62-3. They have great strength in the fingers. Sproat's Scenes, p. 33. Women, short-limbed, and toe in. Id., p. 22; Mayne's B. C, pp. 282-3. 'The limbs of both sexes are ill-formed, and the toes turned inwards.' 'The legs of the women, especially those of the slaves, are often swollen as if oedematous, so that the leg appears of an uniform thickness from the ankle to the calf,' from wearing a garter. Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 221. 54 < The different Aht tribes vary in physiognomy somewhat—faces of the Chinese and Spanish types may be seen.' 'The face of the Ahts is rather broad and flat; the mouth and lips of both men and women are large, though to this there are exceptions, and the cheekbones are broad but not high. The skull is fairly shaped, the eyes small and long, deep set, in colour a lustreless inexpressive black, or very dark hazel, none being blue, grey, or brown.... One occasionally sees an Indian with eyes distinctly Chinese. The nose... .in some instances is remarkably well-shaped.' ' The teeth are reg- Vol. I. 12 178 COLUMBIANS. so far as grease and paint have allowed travelers to observe it, is decidedly light, but apparently a shade darker than that of the Haidah family.55 The hair, worn long, ular, but stumpy, and are deficient in enamel at tjie points,' perhaps from eating sanded salmon. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 19, 27. 'Their faces are large and full, their cheeks high and prominent, with small black eyes; their noses are broad and flat; their lips thick, and they have generally very fine teeth, and of the most brilliant whiteness.' Meares' Voy., pp. 249-50; Barreit-Len- nard's Trav., p. 44. I La fisonomia de estos (Nitinats) era differente de la de los habitantes de Nutka: tenian el craneo de figura natural, los ojos chicos muy prdximos, cargados los parpados.' Many have a languid look, but few a stupid appearance. Sidil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 28, 30, 62-3, 124. 'Dull and inexpressive eye.' ' Unprepossessing and stupid countenances.' Poole's Q. Char. Isl, pp. 74, 80. The Wickinninish have 'a much less open and pleasing expression of countenance ' than the Klaizzarts. The Newchemass ' were the most savage looking and ugly men that I ever saw. * ' The shape of the face is oval; the features are tolerably regular, the lips.being thin and the teeth very white and even: their eyes are black but rather small, and the nose pretty well formed, being neither flat nor very prominent.' The women 'are in general very well-looking, and some quite handsome.' Jewitt's Nar., pp. 76, 77, 61. ' Features that would have attracted notice for their delicacy and beauty, in those parts of the world where the qualities of the human form are best understood.' Meares' Voy., p. 250. Face round and full, sometimes broad, with prominent cheek-bones falling in between the temples, the nose flattening at the base, wide nostrils and a rounded point.... forehead low; eyes small, black and languishing; mouth round, with large, round, thickish lips; teeth tolerably equal and well-set, but not very white. Remarkable sameness, a dull phlegmatic want of expression; no pretensions to beauty among the women. Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 301-2. See portraits of Nootkas in Belcher's Voy., vol. i., p. 108; Cook's Atlas, pi. 38-9; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, Atlas; Whymper's Alaska, p. 75. 'Long nose, high cheek bones, large ugly mouth, very long eyes, and foreheads villainously low.' 'The women of Vancouver Island have seldom or ever good features; they HI almost invariably pug-nosed; they have however, frequently a pleasing expression, and there is no lack of intelligence in their dark hazel eyes.' Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., pp. 297-8. 'Though without any pretensions to beauty, could not be considered as disagreeable.' Vancouver's Voy., vo.\ i., p. 395. 'Have the common facial characteristics of low foreheads, high cheek-bones, aquiline noses, and large mouths.' 'Among some of the tribes pretty women may be seen.' Mayne's B. C, p. 277. 55 'Her skin was clean, and being nearly white,' etc. Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 395. 'Reddish brown, like that of a dirty copper kettle.' Some, when washed, have 'almost a florid complexion.' Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc Jour., vol. xxvii., pp. 297, 299. ' Brown, somewhat inclining to a copper cast.' The women are much whiter, 'many of them not being darker than those in some of the Southern parts of Europe.' The Newchemass are much darker than the other tribes. Jewitt's Nar., pp. 61, 77. 'Their complexion, though light, has more of a copper hue ' than that of the Haidahs. Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 221. Skin white, with the clear complexion of Europe.' Meares' Voy., p. 250. The color hard to tell on account of the paint, but in a few cases ' the whiteness of the skin appeared almost to equal that of Europeans; though rather of that pale effete cast... .of our southern nations... .Their children... .also equalled ours in whiteness.' Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., p. 303. 'Their complexion is a cjhiU brown,' darker than the Haidahs. 'Cook and Meares probably mentioned exceptional cases.' Sproat's Scenes, pp. 23-4. ' Tan blancos como el mejor Espanol.' Perez, Bel del Viage, MS. p. 20. 'Por lo que se puede in- ferir del (color) de los ninos, parece menos obscuro que el de los Mexicanos,' NOOTKA HAIR AND BEARD. is as a rule black or dai*k brown, coarse, and straight, though instances are not wanting where all these qualities are reversed.56 The beard is carefully plucked out by the young men, and this operation, repeated for generations, has rendered the beard naturally thin. Old men often allow it to grow on the chin and upper lip. To cut the hair short is to the Nootka a disgrace. Worn at full length, evened at the ends, cut straight across the forehead, it is either allowed to bang loosely from under a band of cloth or fillet of bark, or is tied in a knot on the crown. On full-dress occasions the top-knot is secured with a green bough, and after being well saturated with whale-grease, the hair is powdered plentifully with white feathers, which are regarded as the crowning ornament for manly dignity in all these regions. Both sexes, but particularly the women, take great pains with the hair, carefully combing and plaiting their long tresses, fashioning tasteful head-dresses of bark-fibre, decked with beads and shells, attaching but judging by the chiefs' daughters they are wholly white. SutU y Mexicana, Viage, p. 125. 'A dark, swarthy copper-coloured figure.' Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 143. They ' have lighter complexions than other aborigines of America.' Greenhow's Hist. Ogn., p. 116. 'Sallow complexion, verging towards copper colour.' Barrett-Lennard's Trav., pp. 44-6. Copper-coloured. Spark's Life of Ledyard, p. 71. 56 «The hair of the natives is never shaven from the head. It is black or dark brown, without gloss, coarse and lank, but not scanty, worn long Slaves wear their hair short. Now and then, but rarely, a light-haired native is seen. There is one woman in the Opechisat tribe at Alberni who had curly, or rather wavy, brown hair. Few grey-haired men can be noticed in any tribe. The men's beards and whiskers are deficient, probably from the old alleged custom, now seldom practiced, of extirpating the hairs with small shells Several of the Nootkah Sound natives (Moouchahts.) have large moustaches and whiskers.' Sproat's Scenes, pp. 25-7. 'El cabello es largo lacio y grueso, variando su color entre rubio, obscuro, castano y negro. La barba sale a los mozos con la misma regularidad que a los de otros paises, y llega a ser en los ancianos tan poblada y larga como la de los Turcos; pero los jovenes parecen imberbes porque se la arrancan con los dedos, d mas com- unmente con pinzas formadas de pequenas conchas.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 124-5, 57. 'Hair of the head is in great abundance, very coarse, and strong; and without a single exception, black, straight and lank.' No beards at all, or a small thin one on the chin, not from a natural defect, but from plucking. Old men often have beards. Eyebrows scanty and narrow. Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 301-3. 'Neither beard, whisker, nor moustache ever adorns the face of the redskin.' Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 143; Jewitt's Nar., pp. 61, 75, 77. Hair 'invariably either black or dark brown.' Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 297; Meares' Voy., p. 250; Maynes' B. C, pp. 277-8; Macfie's Vane Isl, p. 442; Spark's Life of Ledyard, p. 71. 180 COLUMBIANS. leaden weights to the braids to keep them straight. The bruised root of a certain plant is thought by the Ahts to promote the growth of the hair.57 The custom of flattening the head is practiced by the Nootkas, in common with the Sound and Chinook families, but is not universal, nor is so much importance attached to it as elsewhere; although all seem to admire a flattened forehead as a sign of noble birth, even among tribes that do not make this deformity a sign of freedom. Among the Quatsinos and Quackolls of the north, the head, besides being flattened, is elongated into a conical sugar-loaf shape, pointed at the top. The flattening process begins immediately after birth, and is continued until the child can walk. It is effected by compressing the head with tight bandages, usually attached to the log cradle, the forehead being first fitted with a soft pad, a fold of soft bark, a mould of hard wood, or a flat stone. Observers generally agree that little or no harm is done to the brain by this infliction, the traces of which to a great extent disappear later in life. Many tribes, including the Aht nations, are said to have abandoned the custom since they have been brought into contact with the whites.58 The body is kept constantly anointed with a reddish clayey earth, mixed in train oil, and consequently little affected by their frequent baths. In war and mourning the whole body is blackened; on feast days the head, limbs, and body are painted in fantastic figures with various colors, apparently according to individual fancy, although the chiefs monopolize the fancy figures, the 57 Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 304-8; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 126-7; Sproat's'Scenes, pp. 26-7; Meares' Voy., p. 254; Macfie's Vane Jsl, p. 4:4:2; Jewitt's Nar., pp. 21, 23, 62, 65, 77-8; Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 297; Mayne's B. C, pp. 277-8; Barrett-Lennard's Trav., p. 44. 58 Mayne's B. C, pp. 242, 277, with cut of a child with bandaged head, and of a girl with a sugar-loaf head, measuring eighteen inches from the eyes to the summit. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 28-30; Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 298; Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 222; Meares' Voy., p. 249; Macfie's Vane Isl, p. 441; SutU y Mexicana, Viage, p. 124; Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 171; vol. ii., p. 103, cut of three skulls of flattened, conical, and natural form; Kane's Wand., p. 241; Jewitt's Nar., p. 76; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 325; Barrett-Bennard's Trav., p. 45; Gordon's Hist, and Geog. Mem., p. 115. NOOTKA FACE-PAINTING. 18* common people being restricted to plain colors. Solid grease is sometimes applied in a thick coating, and carved or moulded in aUo-rili&vo into ridges and figures afterwards decorated with red paint, while shining sand or grains of mica are sprinkled over grease and paint to impart a glittering appearance. The women are either less fond of paint than the men, or else are debarred by their lords from the free use of it; among the Ahts, at least of late, the women abandon ornamental paint after the age of twenty-five. In their dances, as in war, masks carved from cedar to represent an endless, variety of monstrous faces, painted in bright colors, with mouth and eyes movable by strings, are attached to their heads, giving them a grotesquely ferocious aspect.59 The nose 59 At Valdes Island, ' the faces of some were made intirely white, some red, black, or lead colour.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., pp. 307, 341. At Nunez Gaona Bay, 'se pintan de encarnado y negro.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 30. At Nootka Sound, ' Con esta grasa (de ballena) se untan todo el cuerpo, y despues se pintan con una especie de barniz compuesto de la misma grasa d aceyte, y de almagre en terminos que parece este su color natural.' Chiefs only may paint in varied colors, plebeians being restricted to one.' Id., pp. 125-7. ' Many of the females painting their faces on all occasions, but the men only at set periods.' Vermilion is obtained by barter. Black, their war and mourning color, is made by themselves. Macfie's Vane Isl, p. 442. ' Ces Indiens enduisent leur corps d huile de baleine, et se peignent avec des ocres.' Chiefs only may wear different colors, and figures of animals. Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 344. 'Rub their bodies constantly with a red paint, of a clayey or coarse ochry substance, mixed with oil Their faces are often stained with a black, a brighter red, or a white colour, by way of ornament .... They also strew the brown martial miGa upon the paint, which makes it glitter.' Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., p. 305. 'A line of vermilion extends from the centre of the forehead to the tip of the nose, and from this "trunk line " others radiate over and under the eyes and across the cheeks. Between these red lines white and blue streaks alternately fill the interstices. A similar pattern ornaments chest, arms, and back, the frescoing being artistically arranged to give apparent width to the chest.' Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 143. * They paint the face in hideous designs of black and red (the only colours used), and the parting of the hair is also coloured red.' Mayne's B. C, p. 277. ' At great feasts the faces of the women are painted red with vermilion or berry-juice, and the men's faces are blackened with burnt wood. About the age of twenty-five the women cease to use paint... .Some of the young men streak their faces with red, but grown-up men seldom now use paint, unless on particular occasions The leader of a war expedition is distinguished by a streaked visage from his black-faced followers.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 27-8. The manner of painting is often a matter of whim. • ' The most usual method is to paint the eye-brows black, in form of a half moon, and the face red in small squares, with the arms and legs and part of the body red; sometimes one hall* of the face is painted red in squares, and the other black; at others, dotted with red spots, or red and black instead of squares, with a variety of other devices, such as painting one half of the face and body red, and the other black.' Jewitt's Nar., p. 64; Meares' Voy., p. 252; Barrett-Lennard's Trav., p. 46; Spark's Life of Ledyard, p. 71. 182 COLUMBIANS. and ears are regularly pierced in childhood, with from one to as many holes as the feature will hold, arid from the punctures are suspended bones, shells, rings, beads, or in fact any ornament obtainable. The lip is sometimes, though more rarely, punctured. Bracelets and anklets of any available material are also commonly worn.60 The aboriginal dress of the Nootkas is a square blanket, of a coarse yellow material resembling straw matting, made by the women from cypress bark, with a mixture of dog's hair. This blanket had usually a border of fur; it sometimes had arm-holes, but was ordinarily thrown over the shoulders, and confined at the waist by a belt. Chiefs wore it painted in variegated colors or unpainted, but the common people wore a coarser material painted uniformly red. Women wore the garment longer and fastened under the chin, binding an additional strip of cloth closely about the middle, and showing much modesty about disclosing the person, while the men often went entirely naked. Besides the blanket, garments of many kinds of skin were in use, particularly by the chiefs on public days. In war, a heavy skin dress was worn as a protection against arrows. The Nootkas usually went bareheaded, but sometimes wore a conical hat plaited of rushes, bark, or flax. European blankets have replaced those of native manufacture, and many Indians about the settlements have adopted also the shirt and breeches.61 60 j The habit of tattooing the legs and arms is common to all the women of Vancouver's Island; the men do not adopt it.' Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 307. ' No such practice as tattooing exists among these natives.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 27. 'The ornament on which they appear to set the most value, is the nose-jewel, if such an appellation may be given to the wooden stick, which some of them employ for this purpose.... I have seen them projecting not less than eight or nine inches beyond the face on each side; this is made fast or secured in its place by little wedges on each side of it.' Jewitt's Nar., pp. 65-6, 75; Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 344. Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 304-8; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 30, 126-7; Macfie's Vane Isl, p. 442; Whymper's Alaska, pp. 37, 74, with cut of mask. Mayne's B. C, p. 268; Kane's Wand., pp. 221-2, and illustration of a hair medicine-cap. 61 ' Their cloaks, which are circular capes with a hole in the centre, edged with sea-otter skin, are constructed from the inner bark of the cypress. It turns the rain, is very soft and pliable,' etc. Belcher's Voy , vol. i., p. 112. The usual dress of the Newchemass ' is a kootsuck made of wolf skin, with a number of the tails attached to it.... hanging from the top to the bottom; though they sometimes wear a similar mantle of bark cloth, of a much coarser DWELLINGS OF THE NOOTKAS. 183 The Nootkas choose strong positions for their towns and encampments. At Desolation Sound, Yancouver found a village built on a detached rock with perpendicular sides, only accessible by planks resting on the branches of a tree, and protected on the sea side by a projecting platform resting on timbers fixed in the crevices of the precipice. The Nimkish tribe, according to Lord, build their homes on a table-land overhanging the sea, and reached by ascending a vertical cliff on a bark-rope ladder. Each tribe has several villages in favorable locations for fishing at different seasons. The houses, 'when more than one is needed for a tribe, are placed with regularity along streets; they vary in size according to the need or wealth of the occupants, and are held in common under the direction of the chief. They are constructed in the manner following. A row of large posts, from ten to fifteen feet high, often grotesquely carved, supports an immense ridge-pole, sometimes two and a half feet thick and one hundred feet long. Similar but smaller beams, on shorter posts, are placed on either side of the central row, distant from it fifteen, twenty, or twenty-five feet, according to the dimensions required.. This frame is then covered with split cedar planks, about two inches thick, and from three to eight feet wide. The texture than that of Nootka.' Jewitt's Nar., pp. 77-8, 21- 3, 56^8, 62-6. ' Their common dress is a flaxen garment, or mantle, ornamented on the upper edge by a narrow strip of fur, and at the lower edge, by fringes or tassels. It passes under the left arm, and is tied over the right shoulder, by a string before, and one behind, near its middle.... Over this, which reaches below the- knees, is worn a small cloak of the same substance, likewise fringed at the- lower part Their head is covered with a cap, of the figure of a truncated* cone, or like a flower-pot, made of fine matting, having the top frequently- ornamented with a round or pointed knob, or bunch of leathern tassels.' Coo k's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii,, pp. 304-8, 270-1, 280. 'The men's dress is a blanket;, the women's a strip of cloth, or shift, and blanket. The old costume of the> natives was the same as at present, but the material was different.' Sproat $: Scenes, pp. 25, 315. 'Their clothing generally consists of skins,' but they- have two other garments of bark or dog's hair. ' Their garments of all kinds- are worn mantlewise, and the borders of them are fringed' with wampum. Spark's Life of Ledyard, pp. 71-2; Colyer, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 533'; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 30-1, 38, 56-7, 126-8; Meares' Voy., pp. 251-4; Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 297; Lord's Nat., vol. i., pp. 143-4; Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., pp. 344-5; Whymper's Alaska, ^p. 37; Green- how's Hist. Ogn., p. 116; Macfie's Van. Isl, pp. 431, 443; Barrett-Lennard's. Trav., p. 46. ' See portraits in Cook's Atlas, Belcher's Voy., Sutil y Mexicana,, Atlas, and Whymper's Alaska. I 184 COLUMBIANS. side planks are tied together with bark, and supported by slender posts in couples just far enough apart to receive the thickness of the plank. A house like this, forty by one hundred feet, accommodates many families, each of wThich has its allotted space, sometimes partitioned off like a double row of stalls, with a wide passage in the middle. In the centre of each stall is a circle of stones for a fire-place, and round the walls are raised couches covered with mats. In rainy weather, cracks in the roof and sides are covered with mats. No smoke or window holes are left, and when smoke becomes troublesome a roof-plank is removed. The entrance is at one end. These dwellings furnish, according to Nootka ideas, a comfortable shelter, except when a high wind threatens to unroof them, and then the occupants go out and sit on the roof to keep it in place. Frequently the outside is painted in grotesque figures of various colors. Only the frame is permanent; matting, planks, and all utensils are several times each year packed up and conveyed in canoes to another locality where a frame belonging to the tribe awraits covering. The odor arising from fish- entrails and other filth, which they take no pains to remove, appears to be inoffensive, but the Nootkas are often driven by mosquitos to sleep on a stage over the water.62 62 On the east side of Vancouver was a village of thirty-four houses, arranged in regular streets. The house of the leader 'was distinguished by three rafters of stout timber raised above the roof, according to the architecture of Nootka, though much inferior to those I had there seen, in point of size.' Bed-rooms were separated, and more decency observed than at Nootka Sound. Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., pp. 346-7, with a view of this village; also pp. 324-5, description of the village on Desolation Sound; p. 338, on Valdes Island; p. 326, view of village on Bute Canal; and vol. iii., pp. 310-11, a peculiarity not noticed by Cook—'immense pieces o'f timber which are raised, and horizontally placed on wooden pillars, about eighteen inches above the roof of the largest houses in that village; one of which pieces of timber was of a size sufficient to have made a lower mast for a third rate man of war.' See Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 281, 313-19, and Atlas, plate 40. A sort of a duplicate inside building, with shorter posts, furnishes on its roof a stage, where all kinds of property and supplies are stored. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 37-43. ' The planks or boards which they make use of for building their houses, and for other uses, they procure of different lengths, as occasion requires, by splitting them out, with hard wooden wedges from pine logs, and afterwards dubbing them down with their chiz- zels.' Jewitt's Nar., pp. 52-4. Grant states that the Nootka houses are palisade inclosures formed of stakes or young fir-trees, some twelve or thirteen feet high, driven into the ground close together, roofed in with slabs of FOOD OF THE NOOTKAS. 185 The Nootkas, like the Haidahs, live almost wholly on the products of the sea, and are naturally expert fishermen. Salmon, the great staple, are taken in August and September, from sea, inlet, and river, by nets, spears, pots or baskets, and even by hooks. Hooks consist of sharp barbed bones bound to straight pieces of hard wood; sea-wrack, maple-bark, and whale-sinew furnish lines, which in salmon-fishing are short and attached to the paddles. The salmon-spear is a forked pole, some fifteen feet long, the detachable head having prongs pointed with fish-bone or iron, and the fish in deep water is sometimes attracted within its reach by a wooden decoy, forced down by a long pole, and then detached and allowed to ascend rapidly to the surface. Spearing is carried on mostly by torch-light. A light-colored stone pavement is sometimes laid upon the bottom of the stream, which renders the fish visible in their passage over it. Nets are made of nettles or of wild flax, found along Fraser River. They are small in size, and used as dip-nets, or sunk between two canoes and lifted as the fish pass over. A pot or basket fifteen to twenty feet long, three to five feet in diameter at one end, and tapering to a point at the other, is made of pine splinters one or two inches apart, with twig-hoops; and placed, large end up stream, at the foot of a fall or at an opening in an embankment. The salmon are driven down the fall with poles, and entering the basket are taken out by a door in the small end. This basket is sometimes enclosed in another one, similar but of uniform diameter, and closed at one end. Fences of stakes across the river oblige the salmon to enter the/open mouth in their passage up, and passing readily through fir or cedar. Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 299. The Teets have palisaded enclosures. Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 74. 'The chief resides at the upper end, the proximity of his relatives to him being according to their degree of kindred.' Macfie's Vane Isl, pp. 443-4; Bunn's Oregon, p. 243; Belcher's Voy.- vol. i., p. 112; Lord's Nat., vol. i., pp. 158, 164-5, 167, 320-21; Seemann's Voy. of Herald, vol. i., pp. 105-6. The carved pillars are not regarded by the natives as idols in any sense. Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 128-9, 102; Barrett-Lennard's Trav., pp. 47, 73-4. Some houses eighty by two hundred feet. Colyer, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 533; Mayne's B. C, p. 296; Gordon's Hist, and Geog. Mem., pp. 120-1. 186 COLUMBIANS. an opening left in the point of the inner basket, they find themselves entrapped. In March, herring appear on the coast in great numbers, and in April and May they enter the inlets and streams, where they are taken with a dip-net, or more commonly by the fish-rake—a pole armed with many sharp bones or nails. Early in the season they can be taken only by torch-light. Halibut abound from March to June, and are caught with hooks and long lines, generally at some distance from shore. For all other fish, European hooks wrere early adopted, but the halibut, at least among the Ahts, must still be taken with the native hook. Many other varieties of fish, caught by similar methods, are used as food, but those named supply the bulk of the Nootka's provision. In May or June, whales appear and are attacked in canoes by the chief, with the select few from each tribe who alone have the right to hunt this monarch of the sea. The head of their harpoon is made of two barbed bones and pointed with muscle-shell; it is fastened to a whale-sinew line of a few feet in length, and this short line to a very long bark rope, at one end of which are seal-skin air-bags and bladders, to keep it afloat. The point is also fastened to a shaft from ten to twenty-five feet in length, from which it is easily detached. With many of these buoys in tow the whale cannot dive, and becomes an easy prey. Whale-blubber and oil are great delicacies, the former being preferred half putrid, while the oil with that of smaller denizens of the sea preserved in bladders, is esteemed a delicious sauce, and eaten with almost everything. Sea-otters and seals are also speared, the former with a weapon more barbed and firmly attached to the handle, as they are fierce fighters; but when found asleep on the rocks, they are shot with arrows. Seals are often attracted within arrow-shot by natives disguised as seals in wooden masks. Clams and other shell-fish, which are collected in great numbers by the women, are cooked, strung on cypress- bark cords, and hung in the houses to dry for winter use. Fish are preserved by drying only, the use of salt 1* FOOD OF THE NOOTKAS. 187 being unknown. Salmon, after losing their heads and tails, which are eaten in the fishing season, are split open and the back-bone taken out before drying; smaller fry are sometimes dried as they come from their element; but halibut and cod are cut up and receive a partial drying in the sun. The spawn of all fish, but particularly of salmon and herring, is carefully preserved by stowing it away in baskets, where it ferments. Bear, deer, and other land animals, as well as wild fowl, are sometimes taken for food, by means of rude traps, nets, and covers, successful only when game is abundant, for the Nootkas are but indifferent hunters. In the time of Jewitt, three peculiarities were observable in the Nootka use of animal food, particularly bear-meat. When a bear was killed, it was dressed in a bonnet, decked with fine down, and solemnly invited to eat in the chief's presence, before being eaten; after partaking of bruin's flesh, which was appreciated as a rarity, the Nootka could not taste fresh fish for two months; and while fish to be palatable must be putrid, meat when tainted was no longer fit for food. The Nootka cuisine furnished food in four styles; namely, boiled—the mode par excellence, applicable to every variety of food, and effected, as by the Haidahs, by hot stones in wooden vessels; steamed—of rarer use, applied mostly to heads, tails, and fins, by pouring water over them on a bed of hot stones, and covering the whole tightly with mats; roasted—rarely, in the case of some smaller fish and clams; and raw—fish-spawn and most other kinds of food, when conveniences for cooking were not at hand. Some varieties of sea-weed and lichens, as well as the camass, and other roots, were regularly laid up for winter, while berriesj everywhere abundant, were eaten in great quantities in their season, and at least one variety preserved by pressing in bunches. In eating, they sit in groups of five or six, with their legs doubled under them round a large wooden tray, and dip out the food nearly always boiled to a brothy consistency, with their fingers or clam-shells, paying little or no attention to cleanliness. Chiefs and slaves have trays apart, and ' 188 COLUMBIANS. the principal meal, according to Cook, was about noon. Feasting is the favorite way of entertaining friends, so long as food is plentiful; and by a curious custom, of the portion allotted them, guests must carry away what they cannot eat. Water in aboriginal days was the only Nootka drink; it is also used now when whisky is not to be had.63 Lances and arrows, pointed with shell, slate, flint, or bone, and clubs and daggers of wood and bone, were the weapons with which they met their foes; but firearms and metallic daggers, and tomahawks, have long since displaced them, as they have to a less degree the original hunting and fishing implements.64 The. Nootka tribes were always at war with each other, hereditary 63 | Their heads and their garments swarm with vermin, which,... .we used to see them pick off with great composure, and eat.' Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., p. 305. See also pp. 279-80, 318-24. j Their mode of living is very simple —their food consisting almost wholly of fish, or fish spawn fresh or dried, the blubber of the wrjale, seal, or sea-cow, muscles, clams, and berries of various kinds; all of which are eaten with a profusion of train oil.' Jewitt's Nar., pp. 58-60, 68-9, 86-8, 94-7, 103. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 52-7, 61, 87,144-9, 216-70. ' The common business of fishing for ordinary sustenance is carried on by slaves, or the lower class of people;—While the more noble occupation of killing the whale and hunting the sea-otter, is followed by none but the chiefs and warriors.' Meares' Voy., p. 258. 'They make use of the dried fucus giganteus, anointed with oil, for lines, in taking salmon and sea-otters.' Belcher's Voy., vol. i., pp. 112-13. Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 17, 26, 45-6, 59-60, 76, 129-30, 134-5; Grant, in Lond, Geog. Soc Jour., vol. xxvii., pp. 299-300; Mayne's B. (7., pp. 252-7; Macfie's Vane Isl, pp. 165-442; Simpson's Overland Journ., vol. i., p. 239; Pemberton's Vane Isl, pp. 28-32; Bunn's Oregon, p. 243; Mofras, Explor., tom.ii.,p. 338. The Sau-kau-lutuck tribe 'are said to live on the edge of a lake, and subsist principally on deer and bear, and such fish as they can take in the lake.' Lord's Nat., vol. i., pp. 158-9; Barrett-Lennard's Trav., pp. 48, 74-5, 76-7, 85-6, 90-1,144-50,197-8; vol. ii., p. Ill; Cornwallis' New El Borado, p. 100; Forbes' Vane Isl, pp. 54-5; Rattray's Vane Isl, pp. 77-8, 82 3; Hud. Bay Co., Rept. Spec. Com. 1857, p. 114. 64 Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 57, 63, 78; Jewitt's Nar., pp. 78-81; Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 307; Macfie's Vane Isl., p. 443; Cox's Adven., vol. i., p. 100. ' The native bow, like the canoe and paddle, is beautifully formed. It is generally made of yew or crab-apple wood, and is three and a half feet long, with about two inches at each end turned sharply backwards from the string. The string is a piece of dried seal-gut, deer-sinew, or twisted bark. The arrows are about thirty inches long, and are made of pine or cedar, tipped with six inches of serrated bone, or with two unbarbed bone or iron prongs. I have never seen an Aht arrow with a barbed head.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 82. \ Having now to a great extent discarded the use of the traditional tomahawk and spear. Many of these weapons are, however, still preserved as heirlooms among them.' Barrett-Lennard's Trav., p: 42. ' No bows and arrows.' ' Generally fight hand to hand, and not with missiles.' Fitzwil- liam's Evidence, in Hud. Bay Co. Rept., 1857, p. 115. NOOTKA BATTLES AND BOATS. 189 quarrels being handed down for generations. According to their idea, loss of life in battle can be forgotten only when an equal number of tlie hostile tribe are killed. Their military tactics consist of stratagem and .surprise in attack, and watchfulness in defense. Before engaging in war, some weeks are spent in preparation, which consists mainly of abstinence from women, bathing, scrubbing the skin with briers till it bleeds, and finally painting the whole body jet-black. All prisoners not suitable for slaves are butchered or beheaded. In an attack the effort is always made to steal into the adversary's camp at night and kill men enough to decide the victory before the alarm can be given. When they fail in this, the battle is seldom long continued, for actual hand-to- hand fighting is not to the Nootka taste. On the rare occasions when it is considered desirable to make overtures of peace, an ambassador is sent with an ornamented pipe, and with this emblem his person is safe. Smoking a pipe together by hostile chiefs also solemnizes a treaty.65 Nootka boats are dug out each from a single pine-tree, and are made of all sizes from ten to fifty feet long, the largest accommodating forty or fifty men. Selecting a proper tree in the forest, the aboriginal Nootka fells it with a sort of chisel of flint or elk-horn, three by six inches, fastened in a wooden handle,' and struck by a smooth stone mallet. Then the log is split with wooden wedges, and the better piece being selected, it is hollowed out with the aforesaid chisel, a mussel-shell adze, and a bird' s-bone gimlet worked between the two hands. Sometimes, but not always, fire is used as an assistant. The 65 The Ahts ' do not take the scalp of the enemy, but cut off his head, by three dexterous movements of the knife and the warrior who has taken most heads is most praised and feared.' Sproat's Scenes, pp. 186-202. ' Scalp every one they kill.' Macfie's Vane Isl, p. 470, 443, 467. One of the Nootka princes assured the Spaniards that the bravest captains ate human flesh before engaging in battle. Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 130. The Nittinahts consider the heads of enemies slain in battle as spolia opima. Whymper's Alaska, pp. 54, 78; Jewitt's Nar., pp. 120 1; Lord's Nat, vol. i., pp. 155-6, 158, 166, 171,-vol. ii., p. 251-3. Women keep watch during the night, and tell the exploits of their nation to keep awake. Meares' Voy., p. 267. Vancouver's Voy., vol. i.,.p. 396; Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 2§6; Mayne's B. C, p. 270; Barrett-Lennard's Trav., pp. 41-2, 129-36. 190 COLUMBIANS. exterior is fashioned with the same tools. The boat is widest in the middle, tapers toward each end, and is strengthened by light cross-pieces extending from side to side, which, being inserted after the boat is soaked in hot water, modify and improve the original form. The bow is long and pointed, the stern square-cut or slightly rounded ; both ends are raised higher than the middle by separate pieces of w^ood painted with figures of birds or beasts, the head on the bow and the tail on the stern. The inside is painted red; the outside, slightly burned, is rubbed smooth and black, and for the whale fishery is ornamented along the gunwales with a row of small shells or seal-teeth, but for purposes of war it is painted with figures in white. Paddles are neatly made of hard wood, about five and a half feet long with a leaf-shaped blade of two feet, sharp at the end, and used as a weapon in canoe-fighting. A cross-piece is sometimes added to the handle like the top of a crutch.66 In addition to the implements already named are chests and boxes, buckets, cups and eating-troughs, all of wood, either dug out or pinned together; baskets of twigs and bags of matting; all neatly made, and many of the articles painted or carved, or ornamented with shell work. As among the Haidahs, the dried eulachon is often used as a lamp.67 The matting and coarser kinds 66 'They have no seats... .The rowers generally sit on their hams, but sometimes they make use of a kind of small stool.' Meares' Voy., pp. 263-4. The larger canoes are used for sleeping and eating, being dry and more comfortable than the houses. Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 319, 327, and Atlas, pi. 41. ' The most skillful canoe-makers among the tribes are the Nitinahts and the Klah-oh-quahts. They make canoes for sale to other tribes.' ' The baling-dish of the canoes, is always of one shape—the shape of the gable-roof of a cottage.' Sp>roat's Scenes, pp. 85, 87-8; Mayne's B. C, p. 283, and cut on title-page. Canoes not in use are hauled up on the beach in front of their villages. Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 301. 'They keep time to the stroke of the paddie with their songs.' Jewitt's Nar., pp. 69-71, 75; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 39, 133; Lord's Nat., Vol. i., p. 144; Vancouver's Voy.,- vol. i., p. 338. Their canoes ' are believed to supply the pattern after which clipper ships are built.' Macfie's Vane Isl, pp. 484, 430. Barrett-Lennard's Trav., p. 50. Colyer, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 533. 67 Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 271, 308, 316, 326, 329-30. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 86-9, 317; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 129; Lord's Nat., vol. ii., pp. 257-8, which describes a painted and ornamented plate of native copper some one and a half by two and a half feet, kept with great care in a wooden case, also elaborately ornamented. It was the property of the tribe at Fort PKOPEETY OF THE NOOTKAS. 191 of cloth are made of rushes and of pine or cedar bark, which after being soaked is beaten on a plank with a grooved instrument of wood or bone until the fibres are separated. The threads are twisted into cords between the hand and thigh; these cords, hung to a horizontal beam and knotted with finer thread at regular intervals, form the cloth. Thread of the same bark is used with a sharpened twig for a needle. Intercourse with Europeans has modified their manufactures, and checked the development of their native ingenuity.68 Captain Cook found among the Ahts very u strict notions of their having a right to the exclusive property of everything that their country produces," so that they claimed pay for even wood, water, and grass. The limits of tribal property are very clearly defined, but individuals rarely claim any property in land. Houses belong to the men who combine to build them. Private wealth consists of boats and implements for obtaining food, domestic utensils, slaves, and blankets, the latter being generally the standard by which wealth or price is computed. Food is not regarded as common property, yet any man may help himself to his neighbor's store when needy. The accumulation of property beyond the necessities of life is considered desirable only for the purpose of distributing it in presents on great feast-days, and thereby acquiring a reputation for wealth and liberality ; and as these feasts occur frequently, an unsuccessful man may often take a fresh start in the race. Instead of being given away, canoes and blankets are often destroyed, which proves that the motive in this disposal of property is not to favor friends, but merely to appear indifferent to wealth. It is certainly a most Rupert, and was highly prized, and only brought out on great occasions, though its use was not discovered. Macfie's Vane. Isl, p. 165. 68 Woolen cloths of all degrees of fineness, made by hand and worked in figures, by a method not known. Cook's Voy. to Pac., vol. ii., p. 325. Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 46,136; Lord's Nat., vol. ii., p. 254. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 88-9; Jewitt's Nar., p. 55; Macfie's Vane. Isl, pp. 442, 451, 483-5; Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 344; Pemberton's Vane Isl, p. 131; Cornwallis' New El Borado, pp. 99-100. 'The implement used for weaving, (by the Teets) differed in no apparent respect from the rude loom of the days of the Pharaohs.' Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 78. 192 COLUMBIANS. remarkable custom, and one that exerts a great influence on the whole people. Gifts play an important part in procuring a wife, and a division of property accompanies a divorce. To enter the ranks of the medicine-men or magicians, or to attain rank of any kind, property must be sacrificed; and a man who receives an insult or suffers any affliction must tear up the requisite quantity of blankets and shirts, if he would retain his honor.69 Trade in all their productions was carried on briskly between the different Nootka tribes before the coming of the whites. They manifest much shrewdness in their exchanges ; even their system of presents is a species of trade, the full value of each gift being confidently ex-« pected in a return present on the next festive occasion. In their intertribal commerce, a band holding a strong position where trade by canoes between different parts may be stopped, do not fail to offer and enforce the acceptance of their services as middlemen, thereby greatly increasing market prices.70 The system of numeration, sufficiently extensive for the largest numbers, is decimal, the numbers to ten having names which are in some instances compounds but not multiples of smaller numbers. The fingers are used to aid in counting. The year is divided into months with some reference to the moon, but chiefly by the fish- seasons, ripening of berries, migrations of birds, and other periodical events, for which the months are named, as: 'when the herrings spawn,' etc. The unit of measure is the span, the fingers representing its fractional parts.71 The Nootkas display considerable taste in orna- 69 Sproat's Scenes, pp. 79-81, 89, 96, 111-13; Kane's Wand., pp. 220-1; Macfie's Vane Isl, pp. 429, 437; Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., p. 284; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 147; Lord's Nat., vol. i., pp. 165-6; Mayne's B. C, 263-5. 70 Jewitt's Nar., pp. 78-80; Sproat's Scenes, pp. 19, 55, 78-9, 92. Before the adoption of blankets as a currency, they used small shells from the coast bays for coin, and they are still used by some of the more remote tribes. Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc Jour., vol. xxvii.', p. 307. 'Their acuteness in barter is remarkable.' Forbes' Vane Isl, p. 25. 7i The Ahts ' divide the year into thirteen months, or rather moons, and begin with the one that pretty well answers to our November. At the same time, as their names are applied to each actual new moon as it appears, they are not, by half a month and more (sometimes), identical with our calendar NOOTKA ART AND GOVERNMENT. 193 menting with sculpture and paintings their implements and houses, their chief efforts being made on the posts of the latter, and the wooden masks which they wear in war and some of their dances; but all implements may be more or less carved and adorned according to the artist's fancy. They sometimes paint fishing and hunting scenes, but generally their models exist only in imagination, and their works consequently assume unintelligible forms. There seems to be no evidence that their carved images and complicated paintings are in any sense intended as idols or hieroglyphics. A rude system of heraldry prevails among them, by which some animal is adopted as a family crest, and its figure is painted or embroidered on canoes, paddles, or blankets.72 To the Nootka system of government the terms patriarchal, hereditary, and feudal have been applied. There is no confederation, each tribe being independent of all the rest, except as powerful tribes are naturally dominant over the weak. In each tribe the head chief's rank is hereditary by the male line; his grandeur is displayed on great occasions, when, decked in all his finery, he is the central figure. At the frequently recurring feasts of state he occupies the seat of honor; presides at all councils of the tribe, and is respected and highly honored by all; but has no real authority over any but his slaves. Between the chief, or king, and the people is a nobility, in number about one fourth of the whole tribe, composed of several grades, the highest being partially hereditary, but also, as are all the lower grades, obtainable by feats months/ Sproat's Scenes, pp. 121-4. 'Las personas mas cultas dividen el alio en catorce meses, j cada uno de estos en veinte dias, agregando luego algunos dias intercaiares al fin de cada mes. El de Julio, que ellosr Hainan S'itz-tzi-mitl, y es el primero de su ano, a mas de sus veinte dias ordinarios tiene tantos intercalares quantos dura la abundancia de lenguados, atunes, etc' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 153-4, 148; Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., pp. 295, 301; L>rd's hat., vol. ii., pp. 242-4. 72 ' They shew themselves ingenious sculptors. They not only preserve, with great exactness, the general character of their own faces, but finish the more minute parts, with a degree of accuracy in proportion, and neatness in execution.'.Cook.s V>y. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 32o-7, and Atlas,-pi. 40; Lord's Nat., vol. i., pp. 164-5, vol. ii., pp. 257-8, and cut, p. 103; Macfie's Vane. Isl, pp. 444-7, 484; Jiayne's B. C, cut on p. 271. Vol. I. 13 194 COLUMBIANS. of valor or great liberality. All chieftains must be confirmed by the tribe, and some of them appointed by the king; each man's rank is clearly defined in the tribe, and corresponding privileges strictly insisted on. There are chiefs who have full authority in warlike expeditions. Harpooners also form a privileged class, whose rank is handed down from father to son. This somewhat complicated system of government nevertheless sits lightly, since the people are neither taxed nor subjected to any lawsj nor interfered with in their actions. Still, long- continued custom serves as law and marks out the few duties and privileges of the Nootka citizen. Stealing is not common except from strangers; and offenses requiring punishment are usually avenged—or pardoned in consideration of certain blankets received—by the injured parties and their friends, the chiefs seeming to have little or nothing to do in the matter.73 73 * In an Aht tribe of two hundred men, perhaps fifty possess various degrees of acquired or inherited rank; there may be about as many slaves; the remainder are independent members.' Some of the Klah-oh-quahts 'pay annually to their chief certain contributions, consisting of blankets, skins, etc' 'A chief's "blue blood" avails not in a dispute with one of his own people; he must fight his battle like a common man.' Sproat's Scenes, pp. 113-17, 18-20, 226. Cheslakees, a chief on Johnson's Strait, was inferior but not subordinate in authority to Maquinna, the famous king at Nootka Sound, but the chief at Loughborough's Channel claimed to be under Maquinna. Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., pp. 346,331. \ La dignidad de Tays es hereditaria de padres a hijos, y pasa regularmente a estos luego que estan en edad de gobernar, si los padres por aneianidad u otras causas no pueden seguir mandando.' * El gobierno de estos naturales puede Uamarse Patriarcal; pues .el Xefe de la nacion hace a un mismo tiempo los oficios de padre de familia, cde Rey y de Sumo Sacerdote.' 'Los nobles gozan de tanta consideration en Nutka, que ni aun de palabra se atreven los Tayses a reprehenderlos.' ' To-dos consideraban a este (Maquinna) como Soberano de las costas, desde la ,de Buena Esperanza hasta la punta de Arrecif es, con todos los Canales interi- ,ores.' To steal, or to know carnally a girl nine years old, is punished with .death. Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 140, 136, 147, 19, 25. 'There are such men as Chiefs, who are distinguished by the name or title of Acweek, and to whom the others are, in some measure, subordinate. But, I shou'd guess, the authority of each of these great men extends no farther than the family to which he belongs.' Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 333-4. 'La forme de leur gouvernement est toute patriarcale, et la dignite de chef, hereditaire.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 346. Several very populous villages to the northward, included in the territory of Maquilla, the head chief, were entrusted to the government of the principal of his female relations. The whole government formed a political bond of union similar to the feudal system which formerly obtained in Europe. Meares' Voy., pp. 228-9. ' The king or head Tyee, is their leader in war, in the management of which he is perfectly absolute. He is also president of their councils, which are almost always regulated by his opinion. But lie has no kind of power over the property of his NOOTKA SLAVERY AND MARKIAGE. 195 Slavery is practiced by all the tribes, and the slave- trade forms an important part of their commerce. Slaves are about the only property that must not be sacrificed to acquire the ever-desired reputation for liberality. Only rich men—according to some authorities only the nobles—may hold slaves. War and kidnapping supply the slave-market, and no captive, whatever his rank in his own tribe, can escape this fate, except by a heavy ransom offered soon after he is taken, and before his whereabouts becomes unknown to his friends. Children of slaves, whose fathers are never known, are forever slaves. The power of the owner is arbitrary and unlimited over the actions and life of the slave, but a cruel exercise of his power seems of rare occurrence, and, save the hard labor required, the material condition of the slave is but little worse than that of the common free people, since he is sheltered by the same roof and partakes of the same food as his master. Socially the slave is despised; his hair is cut short, and his very name becomes a term of reproach. Female slaves are prostituted for hire, especially in the vicinity of white settlements. A runaway slave is generally seized and resold by the first tribe he meets.74 The Nootka may have as many wives as he can buy, but as prices are high, polygamy is practically restricted to the chiefs, who are careful not to form alliances with subjects.' Jewitt's Nar., pp. 138-9,47,69, 73. Kane's Wand., pp. 220-1. ' There is no code of laws, nor do the chiefs possess the power or means of maintaining a regular government; but their personal influence is nevertheless very great with their followers.' Bouglas, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour.i vol. xxiv., p. 246. 7* «Usually kindly treated, eat of the same food, and live as well as their masters.' 'None but the king and chiefs have slaves.' 'Maquinna had nearly fifty, male and female, in his house.' Jewitt's Nar., pp. 73-4. Meares states that slaves are occasionally sacrificed and feasted upon. Voy., p. 255. The Newettee tribe nearly exterminated by kidnappers. Bunn's Oregon., p. 242. 'An owner might bring half a dozen slaves out of his house and kill them publicly in a row without any notice being taken of the atrocity. But the slave, as a<rule, is not harshly treated.' ' home of "the smaller tribes at the north of the Island are practically regarded as slave-breeding tribes, and are attacked periodically by stronger tribes.' The American shore of the strait is also a feiiitful source of slaves. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 89-92. 'They say that one Flathead'slave is worth more than two Roundheads.' Rept. Ind. Aff., 1857, p. 327; Mayne's B. C.,p. 284; Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 296; Lord's Nat., vol. i., pp. 154-5, 166; Kane's Wand., p. 220; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 131; Macfie's Vane. Isl, pp. 431, 442, 470-1. 19G COLUMBIANS. families beneath them in rank. Especially particular as to rank are the chiefs in choosing their first wife, always preferring the daughters of noble families of another tribe. Courtship consists in an offer of presents by the lover to the girl's father, accompanied generally by lengthy speeches of friends on both sides, extolling the value of the man raid his gift, and the attractions of the bride. After the bargain is concluded, a period of feasting follows if the parties are rich, but this is not necessary as a part of the marriage ceremony, Betrothals are often made by parents wrhile the parties are yet children, mutual deposits of blankets and other property being made as securities for the fulfillment of the contract, which is rarely broken. Girls marry at an average age of sixteen. The common ISTootka obtains his one bride from his own rank also by a present of blankets, much more humble than that of his rich neighbor, and is assisted in his overtures by perhaps a single friend instead of being followed by the whole tribe. Courtship among this class is not altogether without the attentions which render it so charming in civilized life; as when the fond girl lovingly caresses and searches her lover's head, always giving him the fattest of her discoveries. Wives are not ill treated, and although somewhat overworked, the division of labor is not so oppressive as among many Indian tribes. Men build houses, make boats and implements, hunt and fish; women prepare the fish and game for winter use, cook, manufacture cloth and clothing, and increase the stock of food by gathjjring berries and shell-fish; and most of this work among the richer class is done by slaves. Wives are consulted in matters of trade, and in fact seem to be nearly on terms of equal-, ity with their husbands, except that they are excluded from some public feasts and ceremonies. There is much reason to suppose that before the advent of the whites, the Nootka wife was comparatively faithful to her lord, that chastity was regarded as a desirable female quality, and offenses against it severely punished. The females so freely brought on board the vessels of early voyagers and offered THE NOOTKA FAMILY. 107 to the men, were perhaps slaves, who are everywhere prostituted for gain, so that the fathers of their children are never known. Women rarely have more than two or three children, and cease bearing at about twenty-five, frequently preventing the increase of their family by abortions. Pregnancy and childbirth affect them but little. The male child is named at birth, but his name is afterwards frequently changed. He is suckled by the mother until three or four years old, and at an early age begins to learn the arts of fishing by which he is to live. Children are not quarrelsome among themselves, and are regarded by both parents with some show of affection and pride. Girls at puberty are closely confined for several days, and given a little water but no food; they are kept particularly from the sun or fire, to see either of which at this period would be a lasting disgrace. At such times feasts are given by the parents. Divorces or separations may be had at will by either party, but a strict division of property and return of betrothal presents is expected, the woman being allowed not only the property she brought her husband, and articles manufactured by her in wedlock, but a certain proportion of the common wealth. Such property as belongs to the father and is not distributed in gifts during his life, or destroyed at his death, is inherited by the eldest son.75 75 ■ The women go to bed first, and are up first-in the morning to prepare breakfast,' p. 52. ' The condition of the Aht women is not one of*unseemly inferiority,' p. 93. 'Their female relations act as midwives. 'there is no separate place for lying-in. The child, on being born, is rolled up in a mat among feathers.' ' They suckle one child till another comes,' p. 94. ' A girl who was known to have lost her virtue, lost with it one of her chances of a favourable marriage, and a chief... .would have put his daughter to death for such a lapse,' p. 95. In case of a separation, if the parties belong to different tribes, the children go with the mother, p. 96. ' No traces of the existence of polyandry among the Ahts,' p. 99. The personal modesty of the Aht women when young is much greater than that of the men, p. 315. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 28-30, 50-2, 93-102, 160, 264, 315. One of the chiefs said that three was the number of wives permitted: 'como niimero necesario para no comunicar con la que estuviese en cinta.' 'Muchos de ellos mueren sin casarse.' 'El Tays no puede hacer uso de sus mugeres sin ver enteramente iluminado el disco de la luna.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 141-6. Women treated with no particular respect in any situation. Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., p. 318. Persons of the same crest are not allowed to marry. * The child again always takes the crest of the mother.' 'As a rule also, descent is traced from the 198 COLUMBIANS. From the middle of November to the middle of January, is the Nootka season of mirth and festivity, when nearly the whole time is occupied with public and private gaiety. Their evenings are privately passed by the family group within doors in conversation, singing, joking., boasting of past exploits, personal and tribal, and teasing the women until bed-time, when one by one they retire to rest in the same blankets worn during the day.76 Swimming and trials of strength by hooking together the little fingers, or scuffling for a prize, seem to be the only out-door amusements indulged in by adults, while the children shoot arrows and hurl spears at grass figures of birds and fishes, and prepare themselves for future conflicts by cutting off the heads of imaginary enemies modeled in mud.77 To gambling the Nootkas are passionately addicted, but their games are remarkably few and uniform. Small bits of wood compose their entire paraphernalia, sometimes used like dice, when the game depends on the side turned up; or passed rapidly from hand to hand, when the gamester attempts to name the hand containing the trump stick; or again concealed in dust spread over a blanket and moved about by one player that the rest may guess its location. In playing they always form a circle seated on the ground, and the women rarely if ever join the game.78 They indulge in smok- mother, not from the father.' 'Intrigue with the wives of men of other tribes is one of the commonest causes of quarrel among the Indians.' Mayne's B. C, pp. 257-8, 276; Macfie's Vane Isl, pp. 444-7. The women are 'very reserved and chaste.' Meares' Voy., pp. 251, 258, 265, 268; Kane's Wand., pp. 239-40. The Indian woman, to sooth her child, makes use of a springy stick fixed obliquely in the ground to which the cradle is attached by a string, forming a convenient baby-jumper. Lord's Nat., vol; ii., p. 259; Pemberton's Vane. Isl, p. 131; Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., pp. 346-7. * Where there are no slaves in the tribe or family they perform all the drudgery of bringing firewood, water, &c.' Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., pp. 29tf-9, 304. No intercourse between the newly married pair for a period of ten days, p. 129. 'Perhaps in no part of the world is virtue more prized,' p. 74. Jewitt's Nar., pp. 59-60, 74, 127-9; Cornwallis' New El Dorado, p. 101. 76 I When relieved from the presence of strangers, they have much easy and social conversation among themselves.' ' The conversation is frequently coarse and indecent.' Sproat's Scenes, pp. 50-1. ' Cantando y baylando al rededor de las hogueras, abandonandose a todos los excesos de la liviandad.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 133. m Sproat's Scenes, pp. b5-6; Sutil y Mexicana., Viage, p. 144. 78 Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 299; Mayne's B. C, pp. NOOTKA AMUSEMENTS. 199 ing, the only pipes of their own manufacture being of plain cedar, filled now with tobacco by those who can afford it, but in which they formerly smoked, as it is supposed, the leaves of a native plants—still mixed with tobacco to lessen its intoxicating properties. The pipe is passed round after a meal, but seems to be less used in serious ceremonies than among eastern Indian nations.79 But the Nootka amusement par excellence is that of feasts, given by the richer classes and chiefs nearly every evening during ' the season.' Male and female heralds are employed ceremoniously to invite the guests, the house having been first cleared of its partitions, and its floor spread with mats.80 As in countries more civilized, the common people go early to secure the best seats, their allotted place being near the door. The elite come later, after being repeatedly sent for; on arrival they are announced by name, and assigned a place according to rank. In one corner of the hall the fish and whale-blubber are boiled by the wives of the chiefs, who serve it to the guests in pieces larger or smaller, according to their rank. What can not be eaten must be carried home. Their drink ordinarily is pure water, but occasionally berries of a peculiar kind, preserved in cakes, are stirred in until a froth is formed which swells the body of the drinker nearly to bursting.81 Eating is followed by conversation and speech- making, oratory being an art highly prized, in which, with their fine voices, they become skillful. Finally, the floor is cleared for dancing. In the dances in which the crowd participate, the dancers, with faces painted in black and vermilion, form a circle round a few leaders who give the step, which consists chiefly in jumping with 275-6; Pemberton's Vane. Isl, p. 134; Macfie's Vane. Isl, p. 444; Barrett- Lennard's Trav., p. 53. 79 Sproat's Scenes, p. 269. But Lord says 'nothing can be done without it.' Nat., vol. i., p. 108. 80 The Indian never invites any of the same crest as himself. Macfie's Vane Isl, 445. 'They are very particular about whom they invite to their feasts, and, on great occasions, men and women feast separately, the women always taking the precedence.' Buncan, in Mayne's B. C, pp. 263-6; Sproat's Seems, pp. 59-63. si Lord's Nat., vol. i., pp. 259-60. 200 COLUMBIANS. both feet from the ground, brandishing weapons or bunches of feathers, or sometimes simply bending the body without moving the feet. As to the participation of women in these dances, authorities do not agree.82 In a sort of conversational dance all pass briskly round the room to the sound of music, praising in exclamations the building and all within it, while another dance requires many to climb upon the roof and there continue their motions. Their special or character dances are many, and in them they show much dramatic talent. A curtain is stretched across a corner of the room to conceal the preparations, and the actors, fantastically dressed, represent personal combats, hunting scenes, or the actions of different animals. In the seal-dance naked men jump into the water and then crawl out and over the floors, imitating the motions of the seal. Indecent performances are mentioned by some visitors. Sometimes in these dances men drop suddenly as if dead, and are at last revived by the doctors, Who also give dramatic or magic performances at their houses; or they illuminate a wax moon out on the water, and make the natives believe they are communing with the man in the moon. To tell just where amusement ceases and solemnity begins in these dances is impossible.83 Birds' down forms an important item in the decoration at dances, especially at the reception of strangers. All dances, as well as other ceremonies, are accompanied by continual music, instrumental and vocal. Th& instruments are: boxes and benches 82 ' I have never seen an Indian woman dance at a feast, and believe it is seldom if ever done.' Mayne's B. C, pp. 267-9. The women generally 'form a separate circle, and chaunt and jump by themselves.' Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 306. 'As a rule, the men and women do not dance together; when the men are dancing the women sing and beat time,' but there is a dance performed by both sexes. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 66-7. ' On other occasions a male chief will invite a party of female guests to share his hospitality.' Macfie's Vane Isl, p. 431. 'Las mugeres baylan desayradisi- mamente; rara vez se prestan a esta diversion.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 152. 83 ' La decencia obliga a pasar en silencio los bayles obscenos de los Mis- chimis (common people), especialmente el del impotente a causa de la edad, y el del pobre que no ha podido casarse.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 151-2, 18; Macfie's Vane Isl, pp. 432-7; Sproat's Scenes, pp. 65-71; Mayne's B. C, pp. 266-7; Jewitt's Nar., p. 389; Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol xxvii., p. 306; Cornwallis' New El Borado, pp. 99-103. MISCELLANEOUS CUSTOMS. 201 struck with sticks; a plank hollowed out on the under side and beaten with drum-sticks about a foot long; a rattle made of dried seal-skin in the form of a fish, with pebbles; a whistle of deer-bone about an inch long with one hole, which like the rattle can only be used by chiefs; and a bunch of muscle-shells, to be shaken like castanets.84 Their songs are monotonous chants, extending over but few notes, varied by occasional howls and whoops in some of the more spirited melodies, pleasant or otherwise, according to the taste of the hearer.85 Certain of their feasts are given periodically by the head chiefs, which distant tribes attend, and during which take place the distributions of property already mentioned. Whenever a gift is offered, etiquette requires the recipient to snatch it rudely from the donor with a stern and surly look.86 Among the miscellaneous customs noticed by the different authorities already quoted, may be mentioned the following. . Daily bathing in the sea is practiced, the vapor- bath not being used. Children are rolled in the snow by their mothers to make them hardy. Camps and other property are moved from place to place by piling them on a plank platform built across the canoes. Whymper saw Indians near Bute Inlet carrying burdens on -the back by a strap across the forehead. In a fight they rarely strike but close and depend on pulling hair'and scratching; a chance blow must be made up by a present. Invitations S4 Jewitt's Nar., pp. 39, 66, 72-3; Vancouver's Voy., vol. iii., pp. 307-10; Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 310-11. 85 Their music is mostly grave and serious, and in exact concert, when sung by great numbers. ' Variations numerous and expressive, and the cadence or melody powerfully soothing.' Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 310- 11, 283. Dislike European music. Sutily Mexicana, Viage, pp. 151-2. 'Their tunes are generally soft and plaintive, and though not possessing great variety, are not deficient in harmony.' Jewitt thinks the words of the songs may be borrowed from other tribes. Jewitt's Nar., p. 72, and specimen of war song, p. 166. Airs consist of live or six bars, varying slightly, time being beaten in the middle of the bar. ' Melody they have none, there is nothing soft, pleasing, or touching in their airs; they are not, however, without some degree of rude harmony.' Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xviii., p. 306. ' A certain beauty of natural expression in many of the native strains, if it were possible to relieve them from the monotony which is their fault.' There are,old men, wandering minstrels, who sing war songs and beg. 'It is remarkable how aptly the natives catch and imitate songs heard from settlers or travelers.' Sproat's Scenes, pp. 63-5. se Macfie's Vane Isl, pp. 430-1; Jewitt's Nar., p. 39. 232 COLUMBIANS. to eat must not be declined, no matter how often repeated. Out of doors there is no native gesture of salutation, but in the houses a guest is motioned politely to a couch; guests are held sacred, and great ceremonies are performed at the reception of strangers; all important events are announced by heralds. Friends sometimes saunter along hand in hand. A secret society, independent of tribe, family, or crest, is supposed by Sproat to exist among them, but its purposes are unknown. In a palaver with whites the orator holds a long white pole in his hand, which he sticks occasionally into the ground by way of emphasis. An animal chosen as a crest must not be shot or ill-treated in the presence of any wearing its figure; boys recite portions of their elders' speeches as declamations; names are changed many times during life, at the will of the individual or of the tribe. In sorcery, witchcraft, prophecy, dreams, evil spirits, and the transmigration of souls, the Nootkas are firm believers, and these beliefs enable the numerous sorcerers of different grades to acquire great power in the tribes by their strange ridiculous ceremonies. Most of their tricks are transparent, being deceptions worked by the aid of confederates to keep up their power; but, as' in all religions, the votary must have some faith in the efficacy of their incantations. The sorcerer, before giving a special demonstration, retires apart to meditate. After spending some time alone in the forests and mountains, fasting and lacerating the flesh, he appears suddenly before the tribe, emaciated, wild with excitement, clad in a strange costume, grotesquely painted, and wearing a hideous mask. The scenes that ensue are indescribable, but the aim seems to be to commit all the wdld freaks that a maniac's imagination may devise, accompanied by the most unearthly yells which can terrorize the heart. Live dogs and dead human bodies are seized and torn by their teeth; but, at least in later times, they seem not to attack the living; and their performances are somewhat less horrible and bloody than the wild onries of the northern tribes. The sorcerer is CUSTOMS AND CANNIBALISM. 203 thought to have more influence with bad spirits than with good, and is always resorted to in the case of any serious misfortune. New members of the fraternity are initiated into the mysteries by similar ceremonies. Old women are not without their traditional mysterious powers in matters of prophecy and witchcraft; and all chiefs in times of perplexity practice fasting and laceration. Dreams are believed to be the visits of spirits or of the wandering soul of some living p&rty, and the unfortunate Nootka boy or girl whose blubber-loaded stomach causes uneasy dreams, must be properly hacked, scorched, smothered, and otherwise tormented until the evil spirit is appeased.87 Whether or not these people were cannibals, is a disputed question, but there seems to be little doubfc that slaves have been sacrificed and eaten as a part of their devilish rites.88 87 ' I have seen the sorcerers at work a hundred times, but they use so many charms, which appear to me ridiculous,—they sing, howl, and gesticulate in so extravagant a manner, and surround their office with such dread and mystery,—that I am quite unable to describe their performances,' pp. 1J9-70. 'An unlucky dream will stop a sale, a treaty, a fishing, hunting, or war expedition,' p. 175. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 1L5-75. A chief, offered a piece of tobacco for allowing his portrait to be made, said it was a small reward for risking his life. Kane's Wand., p. 240. Shrewd individuals impose on their neighbors by pretending to receive a revelation, telling them where fish or berries are most abundant. Description of initiatory Ceremonies of the sorcerers. Macfie's Vane Isl, pp. 446, 433-7, 451. Jewitt's Nar., pp. 98-9. A brave prince goes to a distant lake, jumps from a high rock into the water, and rubs all the skin off his face with pieces of rough bark, amid the applause of his attendants. Description of king's prayers, and ceremonies to bring rain. Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 145-6, 37. Candidates are thrown into a state of mesmerism before their initiation. ' Medicus,' in Huichings' Cal. Mag., vol. v., pp. 227-8; Barrett-Lennard's Trav., pp. 51-3; Californias, Noticias, pp. 61-85. 88 They brought for sale 'human skulls, and hands not yet quite stripped of the flesh, which they made our people plainly understand they had eaten; and, indeed, some of them had evident marks that they had been upon the fire.' Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., p. 271. Slaves are occasionally sacrificed and feasted upon. Meares' Voy., p. 255. 'No todos habian cornido la carne humana^ ni en todo tiempo, sino solamente los guerreros mas animosos quan- do se preparaban para salir a campafia.' ' Parece indudable que estos salvages han sido antropdfagos.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viaye, p. 130. 'At Nootka Sound, and at the Sandwich Islands, Ledyard witnessed instances of cannibalism. In both places he saw human flesh prepared for food.' Spark's Life of Ledyard, p. 74; Cornwallis' New El Borado, pp. 104-6. ' Cannibalism, ail- though unknown among the Indians of the Columbia, is practised by the savages on the coast to the northward.' Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 310-11. The 'cannibal ceremonies quoted by Macfie and referred to Vancouver Island, probably were intended for the Haidahs farther north. Vane Isl, p. 434. A £lave as late as 1850 was drawn up and down a pole by a hook through the 204 COLUMBIANS. The Nootkas are generally a long-lived race, and from the beginning to the failing of manhood undergo little change in appearance. Jewitt states that during his captivity of three years at Nootka Sound, only five natural deaths occurred, and the people suffered scarcely any disease except the colic. Sproat mentions as the commonest diseases; bilious complaints, dysentery, a consumption which almost always follows syphilis, fevers, and among the aged, ophthalmia. Accidental injuries, as cuts, bruises, sprains, and broken limbs, are treated with considerable success by means of simple salves or gums, cold water, pine-bark bandages, and wooden splints. Natural pains and maladies are invariably ascribed to the- absence or other irregular conduct of the soul, or to the influence of evil spirits, and all treatment is directed to the recall of the former and to the appeasing of the latter. Still, so long as the ailment is slight, simple means are resorted to, and the patient is kindly cared for by the women; as when headache, colic, or rheumatism is treated by the application of hot or cold water, hot ashes, friction, or the swallowing of cold teas made from various roots and leaves. Nearly every disease has a specific for its cure. Oregon grape and other herbs cure syphilis; wasp-nest powder is a tonic, and blackberries an astringent; hemlock bark forms a plaster, and dog-wood bark is a strengthener; an infusion of young pine cones or the inside scrapings,of a human skull prevent too rapid family increase, while certain plants facilitate abortion. When a sickness becomes serious, the sorcerer or medicine-man is called in and incantations begin, more or less noisy according to the amount of the prospective fee skin and tendons of the back, and afterwards devoured. Medicus, in Hutch- ings' Cal Mag., vol. v., p, 223. L'anthropophagie a ete longtemps en usage .... et peut-etre y existe-t-elle encore. ... Le chef Maquina.... tuait un prison- nier a chaque lune nouvelle. Tous les chefs etaient invites a cette horrible fete.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 345. 'It is not improbable that the sus- j)icion that the Nootkans are cannibals may be traced to the practice of some custom analagous to the Tzeet-tzaiak of the Haeel tzuk.' Scouler, im Lond., Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., pp. 223-4. 'The horrid practice of sacrificing a victim is not annual, but only occurs either once in three years or else at uncertain intervals.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 156. NOOTKA BURIAL. 205 and the number of relatives and friends who join in the uproar. A very poor wretch is permitted to die in comparative quiet. In difficult cases the doctor, wrought up to the highest state of excitement, claims to see and hear the soul, and to judge of the patient's prospects by its position and movements. The sick man shows little fortitude, and abandons himself helplessly to the doctor's ridiculous measures. Failing in a cure, the physician gets no pay, but if successful, does not fail to make a large demand. Both the old and the helplessly sick are frequently abandoned by the Ahts to die without aid in the forest.89 After death the Nootka's body is promptly put away; a slave's body is unceremoniously thrown into the water ; that of a freeman, is placed in a crouching posture, their favorite one during life, in a deep wooden box, or in a canoe, and suspended from the branches of a tree, deposited on the ground with a covering of sticks and stones, or, more rarely, buried. Common people are usually left on the surface; the nobility are suspended from trees at heights differing, as some authorities say, according to rank. The practice of burning the dead seems also to have been followed in some parts of this region. Each tribe has a -burying-ground chosen on some hillside or small island. With chiefs, blankets, skins, and other property in large amounts are buried, hung up about the grave, or burned during the funeral ceremonies, which are not complicated except for the highest officials. The coffins are often ornamented with carv- 89 Rheumatism and paralysis are rare maladies.' Syphilis is probably indigenous. Amputation, blood-letting, and metallic medicine not employed. Medicines to produce love are numerous. 'Young and old of both sexes are exposed when afflicted with lingering disease.' Sproat's Scenes, pp. 251-7, 282, 2i3i4. ' Headache is cured by striking the part affected with small branches of the spruce tree.' Doctors are generally chosen from men "who have themselves suffered serious maladies. Macfie's Vane Isl, pp. 438-40. 'Their cure for rheumatism or similar pains.... is by cutting or scarifying the part affected.' Jewitt's Nar., p. 142. They are sea sick on European vessels. Poole's Q. Char. Isl, p. 81. Description of ceremonies. Swan, in Mayne's B. C, pp. 261-3, 304. 'The patient is put to bed, and for the most part starved, lest the food should be consumed by his internal enemy.' 'The warm and steam bath is very frequently employed.' Medicus, in Hutchings' Cat. Mag., vol. v., pp. 226-8. 206 COLUMBIANS. ings or paintings of the deceased man's crest, or with rows of shells. When a death occurs, the women of the tribe make a general howl, and keep it up at intervals for many days or months; the men, after a little speech- making, keep silent. The family and friends, with blackened faces and hair cut short, follow the body to its last resting-place with music and other manifestations of sorrow, generally terminating in a feast. There is great reluctance to explain their funeral usages to strangers; death being regarded by this people with great superstition and dread, not from solicitude for the welfare of the dead, but from a belief in the power of departed spirits to do much harm to the living.90 The Nootka character presents all the inconsistencies observable among other American aborigines, since there is hardly a good or oad trait that has not by some observer been ascribed to them. Their idiosyncrasies as a race are perhaps best given by Sproat as "want of observation, a great deficiency of foresight, extreme fickleness in their passions and purposes, habitual suspicion, and a love of power and display; added to which may be noticed their ingratitude and revengeful disposition, 90 The custom of burning or burying property is wholly confined to chiefs. ' Night is their time for interring the dead.' Buffoon tricks, with a feast and dance, formed part of the ceremony. Jewitt's Nar., pp. 105,111-2,136. At Val- des Island, ' we saw two sepulchres built with plank about five feet in height, seven in length, and four in breadth. These boards were curiously perforated at the ends and sides, and the tops covered with loose pieces of plank;' inclosed evidently the relics of many different bodies. Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., pp. 338-9. ' The coffin is usually an old canoe, lashed round and round, like an Egyptian mummy-case.' Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 170. ' There is generally some grotesque figure painted on the outside of the box, or roughly sculptured out of wood and placed by the side of it. For some days after death the relatives burn salmon or venison before the tomb.' * They will never mention the name of a dead man.' Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., pp. 301-3. ' As a rule, the Indians burn their dead, and then bury the ashes.' 'It was at one time not uncommon for Indians to desert forever a lodge in which,one of their family had died.' Mayne's B. C, pp. 271-2, with cut of graves. For thirty days after the funeral, dirges are chanted at sunrise and sunset. Macfie's Vane Isl, pp. 447-8. Children frequently, but grown persons never, were found hanging in trees. Meares' Voy., p. 268; Sproat's Scenes, pp. 258-63. The bodies of chiefs are hung in trees on high mountains, while those of the commons are buried, that their souls may have a shorter journey to their residence in a future life. Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 139- 40. "The Indians never inter their dead,' and rarely burn them. Barrett- Lennard's Trav., p. 51. CHABACTER OF THE NOOTKAS. 207 their readiness for war, and revolting indifference to human suffering." These qualities, judged by civilized standards censurable, to the Nootka are praiseworthy, while contrary qualities are to be avoided. By a strict application, therefore, of 'put yourself in his place' principles, to which most 'good Indians' owe their reputation, Nootka character must not be too harshly condemned. They are not, so far as physical actions are concerned, a remarkably lazy people, but their minds, although intelligent when aroused, are averse to effort and quickly fatigued; nor can they comprehend the advantage of continued effort for any future good which is at all remote. What little foresight they have, has much in common with the instinct of beasts. Ordinarily, they are quiet and well behaved, especially the higher classes, but when once roused to anger, they rage, bite, spit and kick without the slightest attempt at self-possession. A serious offense against an individual, although nominally pardoned in consideration of presents, can really never be completely atoned for except by blood; hence private, family, and tribal feuds continue from generation to generation. Women are not immodest, but the men have no shame. Stealing is recognized as a fault, and the practice ag between members of the same tribe is rare, but skillful pilfering from strangers, if not officially sanctioned, is extensively carried on and much admired; still any property confided in trust to a Nootka is said to be faithfully returned. To his wife he is kind and just; to his children affectionate. Efforts for their conversion to foreign religions have been in the highest degree unsuccessful.91 91 As light-fingered as any of the Sandwich Islanders. Of a quiet, phlegmatic, and inactive disposition.' ' A docile, courteous, good-natured people ... .but quick in resenting what they look upon as an injury; and, like most other passionate people, as soon forgetting it.' Not curious; indolent; generally fair in trade, and would steal only such articles as they wanted for some purpose. Cook's Voy. to Pac, vol. ii., pp. 272, 308-12, etc. 'Exceedingly hospitable in their own homes, lack neither courage nor intelligence J Pemberton's Vane Isl, p. 131. The Kla-iz-zarts ' appear to be more civilized than any of the others.' The Cayuquets are thought to be deficient in courage; and the Kla-os-quates 'are a fierce, bold, and enterprizingpeople.' Jewitt's Nar., pp. 75-7. ' Civil and inoffensive' at Horse Sound. Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 307. 'Their moral deformities are as great as their physical 203 COLUMBIANS. The Sound Indians, by which term I find it convenient to designate the nations about Puget Sound, constitute the third family of the Columbian group. In this division I include all the natives of that part of Washington which lies to the west of the Cascade Range, except a strip from twenty-five to forty miles wide along the north bank of the Columbia. The north-eastern section of this territory, including the San Juan group, Whidbey Island, and the region tributary to Bellingham Bay, is the home of the Nooksak, Lummi, Samish and Skagit nations, whose neighbors and constant harassers on the north are the fierce Kwantlums and Cowichins of the Nootka family about the mouth of the Fraser. The central section, comprising the shores and islands of Admiralty Inlet, Hood Canal, and Puget Sound proper, is occupied by numerous tribes with variously spelled names, mostly terminating in mish, which names, with all their orthographic diversity, have been given generally to the .streams on whose banks the different nations dwelt. All these tribes may be termed the Nis- qually nation, taking the name from the most numerous and best-known of the tribes located about the head of the sound. The Clallams, inhabit the eastern portion of the peninsula between the sound and the Pacific. The western extremity of the same peninsula, terminating at Cape Flattery, is occupied by the Classets or Makahs; ones.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 88. The Nittinahts given to aggressive war, and consequently 'bear a bad reputation.' Whymper's Alaska, p. 74. Not brave, and a slight repulse daunts them. ' Sincere in his friendship, kind to his wife and children, and devotedly loyal to his own tribe,' p. 51. ' In sickness and approaching death, the savage always becomes melancholy,' p. 1J2. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 30, 36, 52, 91, 119-24, 150-66, 187, 216. ' Comux and Yucletah fellows very savage and uncivilized dogs,' and the Nootkas not to be trusted. 'Cruel, bloodthirsty, treacherous and cowardly.' Grant, in Bond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., pp. 294, 296, 298, 305, 307. Mayne's B. C, p. 243; Macfie's Vane Isl, pp. 190, 460-1, 472, 477, 484; Poole's Q. Char. Isl, } p. 294-6. The Spaniards gave the Nootkas a much better character than voyagers of other nations. Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 25, 31-2, 57-9, 63, 99, 107, 133, 149-51, 154-6; Forbes' Vane Isl, p. *25; Rattray's Vane Isl, pp. 172-3. The Ucultas 'are a band of lawless pirates and robbers, levying black-mail oh all the surrounding tribes.' Barrett-Lennard's Trav., p. 43. j Dold and ferocious, sly and reserved, not easily provoked, but revengeful.' Spark's Life of Ledyard, p. 72. The Teets have 'all the vices of the coast tribes' with 'none of the redeeming qualities of the interior nations.' Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 78. THE SOUND INDIANS. 209 while the Chehalis and Cowlitz nations are found on the Chehalis River, Gray Harbor, and the upper Cowlitz. Excepting a few bands on the headwaters of streams that rise in the vicinity of Mount Baker, the Sound family belongs to the coast fish-eating tribes rather than to the hunters of the interior. Indeed, this family has so few marked peculiarities, possessing apparently no trait or custom not found as well among the Nootkas or Chi- nooks, that it may be described in comparatively few words. When first known to Europeans they seem to have been far less numerous than might have been expected fronrthe extraordinary fertility and climatic advantages of their country; and since they have been in contact with the whites, their numbers have been reduced,—chiefly through the agency of small-pox and ague,—even more rapidly than the nations farther to the north-west.92* 92 ' Those who came within our notice so nearly,resembled the people of Nootka, that the best delineation I can offer is a reference to the description of those people ' (byXJLpok), p. 252. At Cape Flattery they closely resembled those of Nootka and spoke the same language, p. 218. At Gray Harbor they seemed to vary in little*6r no respect ' from those on the sound, and understood the Nootka tongue,, p. 83. ' The character and appearance of their several tribes here did not seem to differ in any material respect from each other,' p, 288. Evidence that the country was once much more thickly peopled, p. 254. Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., pp. 218, 252, 254,- 288; vol. ii., p. 83. The Chehalis come down as far as Shoal-water Bay. A band of Klikatats (Sa- . haptins) is spoken of near the head of the Cowlitz. 'The Makahs resemble the northwestern Indians far more than their neighbors.' The Lummi are a branch of the ClaUams. Rept. Ind. Aff., 1854, pp. 240-4. The Lummi ' traditions lead them to believe that they are descendants of a better race than common savages.' The Semianmas 'are intermarried with the north band of the Lummis, and Cowegans, and Quantlums.' The Neuk-wers and Si- amahas are called Stick Indians, and in 1852 had never seen a white. ' The Neuk-sacks (Mountain Men) trace from the salt water Indians,' and 'are entirely different from the others.' ' The Loomis appear to be more of a wandering class than the others about Bellingham Bay.' Id., 1857, pp. 327-9. ' They can be divided into two classes—the salt-water and the Stick Indians.' Id., 1857, p. 224. Of the Nisquallies ' some live in the plains, and others on the banks of the Sound.' The Classets have been less affected than the Chinooks by fever and ague. Bunn's Oregon, pp. 231-5. The Clallams speak a kindred language to that of the Ahts. Sproat's Scenes, p. 270. 'El gobier- no de estos naturales de la entrada y canales de Fuca, la disposicion interior de las habitaciones las manufacturas y vestidos que usan son muy parecidos a los de los habitantes de Nutka.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 111. The Sound Indians live in great dread of the Northern tribes. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 513. The Makahs deem themselves much superior to the tribes of the interior, because they go out on the ocean. Scammon, in Overland Monthly, vol. vii., pp. 277-8. The Nooksaks are entirely distinct Vol. I. 14 210 COLUMBIANS. These natives of Washington are short and thick-set, with strong limbs, but bow-legged; they have broad faces, eyes fine but wide apart; noses prominent, both of Roman and aquiline type; color, a light copper, perhaps a shade darker than that of the Nootkas, but capable of transmitting a flush; the hair usually black and almost universally worn long.93 All the tribes flatten the head more or less, but none carry the practice to such an extent as their neighbors on the south, unless it be the Cowlitz nation, which might indeed as correctly be classed with the Chinooks. By most of the Sound natives tattooing is not practiced, and they seem somewhat less addicted to a constant use of paint than the Nootkas; yet on festive occasions a plentiful and hideous application is made of charcoal or colored earth pulverized in grease, and the women appreciate the charms imparted to the face by the use of vermilion clay. The nose, particularly at Cape Flattery, is the grand centre of facial ornamentation. Perforating is extrava- from the Lummi, and some suppose them to have come from the Clallam country. Coleman, in Harper's Mag., vol.xxxix., p. 799. Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 428. 93 At Port Discovery they 'seemed capable of enduring great fatigue.' Their cheek-bones were high.' 'The oblique eye of the Chinese was not uncommon.' ' Their countenances wore an expression of wildness, and they had, in the opinion of some of us, a melancholy cast of features.' Some of women would with difficulty be distinguished in colour from those of European race. The Classet women ' were much better looking than those of other tribes.' Portrait of a Tatouche chief. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 317-8, 320, 517-8. ' All are bow-legged.' ' All of a sad-colored, Caravaggio brown.' 'All have coarse, black hair, and are beardless.' Win- throp's Canoe and Saddle, p. 32. 'Tall and stout.' Maurelle's Jour., p. 28. Sproat mentions a Clallam slave who 'could see in the dark like a racoon.' Scenes, p. 52. The Classet ' cast of countenance is very different from that of the Nootkians.... their complexion is also much fairer and their stature shorter.' Jewitt's Nar., p. 75. The Nisqually Indians 'are of very large stature; indeed, the largest I have met with on the continent. The women are particularly large and stout.' Kane's Wand., pp. 207, 228, 234. The Nis- quallies are by no means a large race, being from five feet five inches to five feet nine inches in height, and weighing from one hundred and thirty to one hundred and eighty pounds. Anderson, in Lord's Nat., vol. ii , p. 2^7. ' De ros- tro hermoso y de gallarda figura.' Navarrete, in Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. xciv. The Queniults, 'the finest-looking Indians I had ever seen.' Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. 78-9. Neuksacks stronger and more athletic than other tribes. Many of the Lummi 'very fair and have light hair.' R,ept. hid. Aff., 1857, p. 328; Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 23; Morton's Crania, p. 215, with plate of Cowlitz skull; Cornwallis' New El Borado, p. 97; Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 252; Murphy and Harned, Puget Sound Birectory, pp. 64-71; Clark's Lights and Shadows, pp. 214-15, 224-6. SOUND DEESS AND DWELLINGS. 211 gantly practiced, and pendant trinkets of every form and substance are worn, those of bone or shell preferred, and, if we may credit Wilkes, by some of the women these ornaments are actually kept clean. The native garment, when the weather makes nakedness uncomfortable, is a blanket of dog's hair, sometimes mixed with birds' down and bark-fibre, thrown about the shoulders. Some few fasten this about the neck with a wooden pin. The women are more careful in covering the person with the blanket than are the men, and generally wear under it a bark apron hanging from the waist in front. A cone-shaped, water-proof hat, woven from colored grasses, is sometimes worn on the head.94 Temporary hunting-huts in summer are merely cross- sticks covered with coarse mats made by laying bulrushes side by side/ and knotting them at intervals with cord or grass. The poorer individuals or tribes dwell permanently in similar huts, improved by the addition of a few slabs; while the rich and powerful build substantial houses, of planks split from trees by means of bone wedges, much like the Nootka dwellings in plan, and nearly as large. These houses sometimes measure over one hundred feet in length, and are divided into rooms or 94 ' Less bedaubed with paint and less filthy' than the Nootkas. At Port Discovery ' they wore ornaments, though none were observed in their noses.' At Cape Flattery the nose ornament was straight, instead of crescent-shaped, as among the Nootkas. Vancouver supposed their garments to be composed of dog's hair mixed with the wool of some wild animal, which he did not see. Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., pp. 218, 230, 266. At Port Discovery some had small brass bells hung in the rim of the ears, p. 318. Some of the Ska- gits were tattooed with lines on the arms and face, and fond of brass rings, pp. 511-12. The Classets 'wore small pieces of an iridescent mussel-shell, attached to the cartilage of their nose, which was in some, of the size of a ten cents piece, and triangular in shape. It is generally kept in motion by their breathing,' p. 517. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol.iv., pp. 317-20, 334, 404, 444, 511-2, 517-8. The conical hats and stout bodies 'brought to mind representations of Siberian tribes.' Pickering's Races, in Idem., vol. ix., p. 23. The Clallams ' wear no clothing in summer.' Paces daubed with red and white mud. Illustration of head-flaitening. Kane's Wand., pp. 180, L07, 210-11, 224. Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., pp. 108-9; Rossi, Souvenirs, p. 299; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 232-3; San Francisco BuUeiin, May 24, 1859; Ind. Aff. Repl, 1854, p. 243; Id., 1857, p. 329; Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 430. Above Gray Harbor they Were dressed with red deer skins. Navarrete, in Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. xciv: Cornwallis' New El Borado, p. 97; Winthrop's Canoe and Saddle, p. 32-3; Murphy and Harned, in Puget Sd. Birect., pp. 64-71. 212 COLUMBIANS. pens, each house accommodating many families. There are several fire-places in each dwelling; raised benches extend round the sides, and the walls are often lined with matting.95 In spring time they abandon their regular dwellings and resort in small companies to the various sources of food-supply. Fish is their chief dependence, though game is taken in much larger quantities than by the Nootkas; some of the more inland Sound tribes subsisting almost entirely by the chase and by root-digging. Nearly all the varieties of fish which support the northern tribes are also abundant here, and are taken substantially by the same methods, namely, by the net, hook, spear, and rake; but fisheries seem to be carried on somewhat less systematically, and I find no account of the extensive and complicated embankments and traps mentioned by travelers in British Columbia. To the salmon, sturgeon, herring, rock-cod, and candle-fish, abundant 95 The Skagit tribe being exposed to attacks from the north, combine dwellings and fort, and build themselves ' enclosures, four hundred feet long, and capable of containing many families, which are constructed of pickets made of thick planks, about thirty feet high. The pickets are firmly fixed into the ground, the spaces between them being only sufficient to point a musket through... .The interior of the enclosure is divided into lodges,' p. 511. At Port Discovery the lodges were 'no more than a few rudely-cut slabs, covered in part by coarse mats,' p. 319. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 319-20, 511, 517. The Clallams also have a fort of pickets one hundred and fifty feet square, roofed over and divided into compartments for families. ' There were about two hundred of the tribe in the fort at the time of my arrival.' ' The lodges are built of cedar like the Chinook lodges, but much larger, some of them being sixty or seventy feet long.' Kane's Wand., pp. 210, 219, 227-9. ' Their houses are of considerable size, often fifty to one hundred feet in length, and strongly built.' Rept. Ind. Aff., 1854, pp. 242-3. ' The planks forming the roof run the whole length of the building, being guttered to carry off the water, and sloping slightly to one end.' Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 429-30. Well built lodges of timber and plank on Whidbey Island. Thornton's Ogn. and Cal, vol. i., p. 300. At New Dungeness, ' composed of nothing more than a few mats thrown over cross sticks;' and on Puget Sound 'constructed something after the fashion of § soldier's tent, by two cross sticks about five feet high,-connected at each end by a ridge-pole from one to the. other, over some of which was thrown a coarse kind of mat; over others a few loose branches of trees, .shrubs or grass.' Vancouver's Voy.,yo\. i., pp. 225, 262. The Queniults sometimes, but not always, whitewash the interior of their lodges with pipe-clay, and then paint figures of fishes and animals in red and black on the white surface. See description and cuts of exterior and interior of Indian lodge in Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. £66-7, 330, 338; Crane's Top. Mem., p. 65; Cornwallis' < New El Borado, p. 98; Clark's Lights and Shadows, p. 225. FOOD OF THE SOUND INDIANS. 213 in the inlets of the sound, the Classets, by venturing out to sea, add a supply of whale-blubber and otter-meat, obtained with spears, lines, and floats. At certain points on the shore tall poles are erected, across which nets are spread; and against these nets large numbers of wild fowl, dazzled by torch-lights at night, dash themselves and fall stunned to the ground, where the natives stand ready to gather in the feathery harvest. Vancouver noticed many of these poles in different localities, but could not divine their use. Deer and elk in the forests are also hunted by night, and. brought within arrow-shot by the spell of torches. For preservation, fish are dried in the sun or dried and smoked by the domestic hearth ,c and sometimes pounded fine, as are roots of various kinds; clams are dried on strings and hung up in the houses, or occasionally worn round the neck, ministering to the native love of ornament until the stronger instinct of hunger impairs the beauty of the necklace. In the better class of houses, supplies are neatly stored in baskets at the sides. The people are extremely improvident, and, notwithstanding their abundant natural supplies in ocean, stream, and forest, are often in great want. Boiling in wooden vessels by means of hot stones is the ordinary method of cooking. A visitor to the Nooksaks thus describes their method of steaming elk-meat: •' They first dig1 a hole in the ground, then build a wood fire, placing stones on the top of it. As it burns, the stones become hot and fall down. Moss and leaves are then placed on the top of the hot stones, the meat on these, and another layer of moss and leaves laid over it. Water is poured on, which is speedily converted into steam. This is retained by mats carefully placed over the heap. When left in this way for a night, the meat is found tender and well cooked in the morning." Fowls wer$ cooked in the same manner by the Queniults.96 96 The Nootsaks, 'like all inland tribes, they subsist principally by the chase.' Coleman, in Harper's Mag., vol. xxxix., pp.795,799,815; Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 328. Sturgeon abound weighing 400 to 600 pounds, and are taken by the Clallams by means of a spear with a handle seventy to eighty feet long, while lying on the bottom of the liver in spawning time. Fish-hooks 214 COLUMBIANS. I find no mention of other weapons, offensive or defensive, than spears, and bows and arrows. The arrows and spears were usually pointed with bone; the bows were of yew, and though short, were of great power. Vancouver describes a superior bow used at Puget Sound. It was from two and a half to three feet long, made from a naturally curved piece of. yew, whose concave side became the convex of the bow, and to the whole length of this side a strip of elastic hide or serpent-skin wras attached so firmly by a kind of cement as to become almost a part of the wood. This lining added greatly are made of cedar root with bone barbs. Their only vegetables are the ca- mas, wappatoo, and fern roots. Kane's Wand., pp. 213-14, 230-4, 289. At Puget Sound, ' men, women and children were busily engaged like swine, rooting up this beautiful verdant meadow in quest of a species of wild onion, and two other roots, which in appearance and taste greatly resembled the sa- ranne.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., pp. 225, 234, 262. In fishing for salmon at Port Discovery ' they have two nets, the drawing and casting net, made of a silky grass,' ' or of the fibres of the roots of trees, or of the inner bark of the white cedar.' Nicolcy's Ogn. Ter., p. 147. ' The line is made either of kelp or the fibre of the cypress, and to it is attached an inflated bladder.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., p. 109. At Port Townsend, 'leurs provisions, consist- aient en poisson seche au soleil ou boucane;... .tout rempli de sable.' Rossi, Souvenirs, pp. 182-3, 299. The Clallams 'live by fishing and hunting around their homes, and never pursue the whale and seal as do the sea-coast tribes.' Scammon, in Overland Monthly, vol. vii., p. 278. The Uthlecan or candle-fish is used on Fuca Strait for food as well as candles. Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 241. Lamprey eels are dried for food and light by the Nisquallies and Chehalis. ' Cammass root,... .stored in baskets. It is a kind of sweet (-quills, and about the size of a small onion. It is extremely abundant on the open prairies, and particularly on those which are overflowed by the small streams.' Cut of salmon fishery, p. 335. 'Hooks are made in an ingenious manner of the yew tree.' 'They are chiefly employed in trailing for fish.' Cut of hooks, pp. 444-5. The Classets make a cut in the nose when a whale is taken. Each seal-skin float has a different pattern painted en it, p. 517. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 318-19, 335, 444-5, 517-18. The Chehalis live chiefly on salmon. Id., vol. v., p. 140. According to Swan the Puget Sound Indians sometimes wander as far as Shoalwater Bay, in Chinook territory, in the spring. The Queniult Indians are fond of large barnacles, not eaten by the Chinooks of Shoalwater Bay. Cut of a sea-otter hunt. The Indians never catch salmon with a baited hook, but always use the hook as a gaff. N. W. Coast, pp. 59, 87, 92,163, 264, 271; Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. i., pp. 293-4, 301, o88-9; Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 241; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 732-5; Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 429. ' They all depend upon fish, berries, and roots for a subsistence,' and get their living with great ease.' Starling, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 600-2. The Makahs live ' by catching cod and halibut on the banks north and east of Cape flattery.' Ind. Aff., Rept 1858, p. 231. ' When in a state of semi-starvation the beast shows very plainly in them (Stick Indians): they are generally foul feeders, but at such a time they eat anything, and are disgusting in the extreme. Id., 1858, p. 225; Id., 1860, p. 195; Coniwallis' New El Borado, p. 97; Lord's Nat , vol. i., pp. 102-5; Hittell, in Hesperian, vol. iii., p. 408; Win- throp's Canoe and Saddle, pp. 33-7; Maurelle's Jour., p. 28. MANUFACTUEES OF PUGET SOUND. 215 to the strength of the bow, and was not affected by moisture. The bow-string was made of sinew.97 The tribes were continually at war with each other, and with northern nations, generally losing many of their people in battle. Sticking the heads of the slain enemy on poles in front of their dwellings, is a common way of demonstrating their joy over a victory. The Indians at Port Discovery spoke to Wilkes of scalping among their warlike exploits, but according to Kane the Classets do not practice that usage.98 Vancouver, finding sepulchres at Penn Cove, in which were large quantities of human bones but no limb-bones of adults, suspected that the latter were used by the Indians for pointing their arrows, and in the manufacture of other implements.99 The Sound manufactures include only the weapons and utensils used by the natives. Their articles were made with the simplest tools of bone or shell. Blankets were made of dog's hair,—large numbers of dogs being raised for the purpose,—the wool of mountain sheep, or wild goats, found on the mountain slopes, the down of wild-fowl, cedar bark-fibre, ravelings of foreign blankets, or more commonly of a mixture of several of these materials. The fibre is twisted into yarn between the hand and thigh, and the strands arranged in perpendicular frames for weaving purposes. Willow and other twigs supply material for baskets of various forms, often neatly made and colored. Oil, both for domestic use and for barter, is extracted by boiling, except in the case of the candle-fish, when hanging in the hot sun suffices; it is preserved in bladders and skin-bottles.100 97 Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 253. At Gray Harbor the bows were somewhat more circular than elsewhere. Id., vol. ii., p. 84; Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 319; Kane's Wand., pp. 209-10. 98 Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 321; Kane's Wand., pp. 231-2; Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 234. 'They have been nearly annihilated by the hordes of northern savages that have infested, and do now, even at the present day, infest our own shores' for slaves. They had fire-arms before our tribes, thus gaining an advantage. Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 327; Clark's Lights and Shadows, p. 224. 99 Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 287. ioo «A single thread is wound over rollers at the top and bottom of a square frame, so as to form a continuous woof through which an alternate 216 COLUMBIANS. Canoes are made by the Sound Indians in the same manner as by the Nootkas already described; being always dug out, formerly by fire, from a single cedar trunk, and the form improved afterwards by stretching when soaked in hot water. Of the most elegant proportions, they are modeled by the builder with no guide but the eye, and with most imperfect tools; three months' work is sufficient to produce a medium-sized boat. The form varies among different nations according as the canoe is intended for ocean, sound, or river navigation; being found w^ith bow or stern, or both, in various forms, pointed, round, shovel-nosed, raised or level. The raised stern, head-piece, and stern-post are usually* formed of separate pieces. Like the Nootkas, they char and polish the outside and paint the interior with red. The largest and finest specimen seen by Mr. Swan was forty-six feet long and six feet wide, and crossed the bar into Shoalwater Bay with thirty Queniult Indians from the north. The paddle used in deep water has a crutch-like handle and a sharp-pointed blade.101 thread is carried by the hand, and pressed closely together by a sort of wooden comb; by turning the rollers every part of the woof is brought within reach of the weaver; by this means a bag formed, open at each end, which being cut down makes a square blanket.' Kane's Wand., pp. 210-11. Cuts showing the loom and process of weaving among the Nootsaks, also house, canoes, and willow baskets. Coleman, in Harper's Mag., vol. xxxix., pp. 799- 800. The Clallams ' have a kind of cur with soft and long white hair, which they shear and mix with a little wool or the ravelings of old blankets.' Stevens, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 431. The Makahs have 'blankets and capes made of the inner bark of the cedar, and edged with fur.' Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 241-2; Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 32. The candle-fish 'furnishes the natives with their best oil, which is extracted by the very simple process of hanging it up, exposed to the sun, which in a few days seems to melt it away.' Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. i., p. 388. They ' manufacture some of their blankets from the wool of the wild goat.' Bunn's Oregon, p. 231. The Queniults showed ' a blanket manufactured from the wool of mountain sheep, which are to be found on the precipitous slopes .of the Olympian Mountains.' Alta California, Feb. 9, 1861, quoted in California Farmer, July 25, 1862; Cornwallis' New El Borado, p. 97; Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 26. 101 jj They present a model of which a white mechanic might well be proud.' Description of method of making, and cuts of Queniult, Clallam, and Cowlitz canoes, and a Queniult paddle. Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. 79-82. At Port Orchard they ' exactly corresponded with the canoes of Nootka,' while those of some visitors were ' cut off square at each end,' and like those seen below Cape Orford. At Gray Harbor the war canoes ' had a piece of wood rudely carved, perforated, and placed at each end, three feet above the gunwale; .through these holes they are able to discharge their arrows.' Vancouver's Voy., TRADE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE SOUND INDIANS. 217 In their barter between the different tribes, and in estimating their wealth, the blanket is generally the unit of value, and the hiagua, a long white shell obtained off Cape Flattery at a considerable depth, is also extensively used for money, its value increasing with its length. A kind of annual fair for trading purposes and festivities is held by the tribes of Puget Sound at Bajada Point, and here and in their other fejists they are fond of showing their wealth and liberality by disposing of their surplus property in gifts.102 The system of government seems to be of the simplest nature, each individual being entirely independent and master of his own actions. There is a nominal chief in each tribe, who sometimes acquires great influence and privileges by his wealth or personal prowess, but he has no authority, and only directs the movements of his band in warlike incursions. I find no evidence of hereditary rank or caste except as wealth is sometimes inherited.103 Slaves are held by all the tribes, and are treated very much like their dogs, being looked upon as vol. i., p. 264; vol. ii., p. 84. The Clallam boats were 'low and straight, and only adapted to the smoother interior waters.' Scammon, in Overland Monthly, vol. vii., p. 278. Cut showing Nootsak canoes in Harper's Mag., vol. xxxix., p. 799. ' The sides are exceedingly thin, seldom exceeding three-fourths of an inch.' To mend the canoe when cracks occur, ' holes are made in the sides, through which withes are passed, and pegged in such a way that the strain .wili draw it tighter; the withe is then crossed, and the end secured in the same manner. When the tying is finished, the whole is pitched with the gum of the pine.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 320-1. The Clallams have ' a very large canoe of ruder shape and workmanship, being wide and shovel-nosed,' used for the transportation of baggage. Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 243; Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 430-1; Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., p. 108; Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., pp. 25-6; Winthrop's Canoe and Saddle, p, 20; Clark's Lights and Shadows, pp. 224-6. 102 Kane's Wand,, pp. 237-9; Ind. Aff. Rept, 1862, p 409; Starling, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 601; Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 26. 103 ' Ils obeissent a un chef, qui n'exerce son pouvoir qu'en temps de guerre.' Rossi, Souvenirs, p. 299. At Gray Harbor 'they appeared to be divided into three different tribes, or parties, each having one or two chiefs.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 84. Wilkes met a squaw chief at Nisqually, who ' seemed to exercise more authority than any that had been met with.' ' Little or no distinction of rank seems to exist among them; the authority of the chiefs is no longer recognized.' Wilkes' Nar.3 in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 444; vol. v., p. 131. Yellow-cum had become chief of the Makahs from his own personal prowess. Kane's Wand., pp. 237-9; Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, pp. 327-8. COLUMBIANS. property, and not within the category of humanity. For a master to kill half a dozen slaves is no wrong or cruelty; it only tends to illustrate the owner's noble disposition in so freely sacrificing his property. Slaves are obtained by war and kidnapping, and are sold in large numbers to northern tribes. According to Sproat, the Classets, a rich and powerful tribe, encourage the slave- hunting incursions of the Nootkas against their weaker neighbors.104 Wives are bought by presents, and some performances or ceremonies, representative of hunting or fishing scenes, not particularly described by any visitor, take place at. the wedding. Women have all the work to do except hunting and fishing, while their lords spend their time in idleness and gambling. Still the females are not ill- treated; they acquire great influence in the tribe, and are always consulted in matters of trade before a bargain is closed. They are not overburdened with modesty, nor are huslands noted for jealousy. Hiring out their women, chiehy however slaves, for prostitution, has been a prominent source of tribal revenue since the country was partially settled by whites. Women are not prolific, three or four being ordinarily the limit of their offspring. Infants, properly bound up with the necessary apparatus for head-flattening, are tied to their cradle or to a piece of bark, and hung by a cord to the end of a springy pole kept in motion by a string attached to the mother's great toe. Affection for children is by no means rare, but in few tribes can they resist the temptation to sell or gamble them away.105 104 Sproat's Scenes, p. 92; Simpson's Overland Journ., vol.i., pp. 242-3; Kane's Wand., pp. 214-15. The Nooksaks 'have no slaves.' Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, pp. 327-8; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 601. It is said 'that the descendants of slaves obtain freedom at the expiration of three centuries.' Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 28. 105 The Makahs have some marriage ceremonies, 'such as going through the performance of taking the whale, manning a canoe, and throwing the harpoon into the bride's house.' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1854, p. 242. The Nooksak women ' are very industrious, and do most of the work, and procure the principal part of their sustenance.' Id., 1857, p. 327. ' The women have not the slightest pretension to virtue.' Id., 1858, p. 225; Siwash Nuptials, in Olym- pia Washington Standard, July 30, 1870. In matters of trade the opinion of AMUSEMENTS OP THE SOUND INDIANS. 219 Feasting, gamblings and smoking are the favorite amusements; all their property, slaves, children, and even their own freedom in some cases are risked in their games. Several plants are used as substitutes for tobacco when that article is not obtainable. If any important differences exist between their ceremonies, dances, songs and feasts, and those of Vancouver Island, such variations have not been recorded. In fact, many authors describe the manners and customs of ' North-west America' as if occupied by one people.106 There is no evidence of cannibalism; indeed, during Vancouver's visit at Puget Sound, some meat offered to the natives was refused, because it was suspected to be human flesh. Since their acquaintance with the whites they have acquired a habit of assuming great names, as Duke of York, or Jenny Lind, and highly prize scraps of paper with writing purporting to substantiate their claims to such distinctions. Their superstitions are many, and they are continually on the watch in all the commonest acts of life against the swarm of evil influences, from which they may escape only by the greatest care.107 Disorders of the throat and lungs, rheumatism and intermittent fevers,' are among the most prevalent forms of disease, and in their methods of cure, as usual, the absurd ceremonies, exorcisms, and gesticulations of the medicine-men play the principal part; but hot and cold baths are also often resorted to without regard to the nature or stage of the malady.108 The bodies of such as the women is always called in, and their decision decides the bargain. See- mann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., p. 108. 'The whole burden of domestic occupation is thrown upon them.' Cut of the native baby-jumper. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 319-20, 361. At Gray Harbor they were not jealous. At Port Discovery they offered their children for sale. Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 231; vol. ii., pp. 83-4. 'Karely having more than three or four' children. Swan's N. W. Coast, p. 266; Clark's Lights and Shadows, pp. 224-6. 106 Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 320, 444; Rossi, Souvenirs, pp. 298-9; San Francisco Bulletin, May 24, 1859. io? Vancouver's Voy., vol. i , p. 263, 270. The Lummi 'are a very superstitious tribe, and pretend to have traditions—legends handed down to them by their ancestors.' ' No persuasion or pay will induce them to kill an owl or eat a pheasant.' Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, pp. 327-8; Kane's Wand., pp. 216- 17, 229. No forms of salutation. Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 23-4; Winthrop's Canoe and Saddle, pp. 21-2. 1(>s Among the Skagits ' Dr. Holmes saw an old man in the last stage oi 220 COLUMBIANS. succumb to their diseases, or to the means employed for cure, are disposed of in different ways according to locality, tribe, rank, or age. Skeletons are found by travelers buried in the ground or deposited in a sitting posture on its surface; in canoes or in boxes supported by posts, or, more commonly, suspended from the branches of trees. Corpses are wrapped in cloth or matting, and more or less richly decorated according to the wealth of the deceased. Several bodies are often put in one canoe or box, and the bodies of young children $re found suspended in baskets. Property and implements, the latter always broken, are deposited with or near the remains, and these last resting-places of their people are religiously cared for and guarded from intrusion by all the tribes.109 All the peculiarities and inconsistencies of the consumption, shivering from the effects of a cold bath at the temperature of 40° Fahrenheit. A favourite remedy in pulmonary consumption is to tie a rope tightly around the thorax, so as to force the diaphram to perform respiration without the aid of Jhe thoracic muscles.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 512. Among the Clallams, to cure a girl of a disease of the side, after stripping the patient naked, the medicine-man, throwing off his blanket, j commenced singing «,nd gesticulating in the most violent manner, whilst the others kept time by beating with little sticks on hollow wooden bowls and drums, singing continually. After exercising himself in this manner for about half an hour, until the perspiration ran down his body, he darted suddenly upon the young woman, catching hold of her side with his teeth and shaking her for a few minutes, while the patient seemed to suffer great agony. He then relinquished his hold, and cried out that he had got it, at the same time holding his hands to his mouth; after which he plunged them in the water and pretended to hold down with great difficulty the disease which he had extracted.' Kane's Wand., pp. 225-6. Small-pox seemed very prevalent by which many had lost the sight of one eye. Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 242. To cure a cold in the face the Queniults burned certain herbs to a cinder and mixing them with grease, anointed the face. Sloan's N. W. Coast, p. 265. Among the Nooksaks mortality has not increased with civilization. ' As yet the only causes of any amount are consumption and the old diseases.' Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 327. At Neah Bay, 'a scrofulous affection pervades the whole tribe.' The old, sick and maimed are abandoned by their friends to die. Id., 1872, p. 350. 109 Slaves have no right to burial. Kane's Wand., p. 215. At a Queniult burial place ' the different colored blankets and calicoes hung round gave the place an appearance of clothes hung out to dry on a washing day.' Swan's N. W. Coast, p. 267. At Port Orchard bodies were ' wrapped firmly^in matting, beneath which was a white blanket, closely fastened round the body, and under this.a covering of blue cotton.' At Port Discovery bodies 'are wrapped in mats and placed upon the ground in a sitting posture, and surrounded with stakes and pieces of plank to protect them.' On the Cowlitz- the,burial canoes are painted with figures, and gifts are not deposited till several months after the funeral. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 323, 347-8, 509-10. Among the Nisquallies bodies of relatives are sometimes disinterred at different places, washed, re-wf apped and buried again in on© CHARACTER OF THE SOUND INDIANS. 221 Nootka character perhaps have been noted by travelers among the Indians of the Sound, but none of these peculiarities are so clearly marked in the latter people. In their character, as in other respects, they have little individuality, and both their virtues and vices are but faint reflections of the same qualities in the great families north and south of their territory. The Cape Flattery tribes are at once the most intelligent, bold, and treacherous of all, while some of the tribes east and north-east of the Sound proper have perhaps the best reputation. Since the partial settlement of their territory by the whites, the natives here as elsewhere have lost many of their original characteristics, chiefly the better ones. The remnants now for the most part are collected on government reservations, or live in the vicinity of towns, by begging and prostitution. Some tribes, especially in the region of Bellingham Bay, have been nominally converted to Christianity, have abandoned polygamy, slavery, head-flattening, gambling, and superstitious ceremonies, and pay considerable attention to a somewhat mixed version of church doctrine and ceremonies.110 grave. Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 238-9. ' Ornes de rubans de diverses coul- eurs, de dents de poissons, de chapelets et d'autres brimborions du gout des sauvages.' Rossi, Souvenirs, pp. 74-5. On Penn Cove, in a deserted village, were found ' several sepulchres formed exactly like a centry box. Some of them were open, and contained the skeletons of many young children tied up in baskets.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., pp. 254-6, 287; Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 242; Stevens in Pac R. R. Repti, vol. i., p. 429, A correspondent describes a nathead mummy from Puget Sound preserved in San Francisco. ' The eye-balls are still round under the lid; the teeth, the muscles, and tendons perfect, the veins injected with some preserving liquid, the bowels, stomach and liver dried up, but not decayed, all perfectly preserved. The very blanket that entwines him, made of some threads of bark and saturated with a pitchy substance, is entire.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 693; Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 32. no 'Their native bashfulness renders all squaws peculiarly sensitive to any public notice or ridicule.! Probably the laziest people in the world. The mails are intrusted with safety to Indian carriers, who are.perfectly safe from interference on the part of any Indian they may meet. Kane's Wand., p. 209-16, 227-8, 234, 247-8. 'La memoire locale et personelle du sauvage est admirable; il n'oublie jamais un endroit ni une personne.' Nature seems to have given him memory to supply the want of intelligence. Much inclined to vengeance. Those having means may avert vengeance by payments. Rossi, Souvenirs, pp. 113, 295-9. 'Perfectly indifferent to exposure; decency has no meaning m their language.' Although always begging, they refuse to accept any article not in good condition, calling it Peesliaaak, a term 222 COLUMBIANS. The Chinooks constitute the fourth division of the Columbian group. Originally the name was restricted to a tribe on the north bank of the Columbia between Gray Bay and the ocean; afterwards, from a similarity in language and customs, it was applied to all the bands on both sides of the river, from its mouth to the Dalles.111 It is employed in this work to designate all the Oregon tribes west of the Cascade Range, southward to the Rogue River or Umpqua Mountains. This family lies between the Sound Indians on the north and the Californian group on the south, including in addition to the tribes of the Columbia, those of the Willamette Valley and the Coast. All closely resemble each other in manners and customs, having also a general resemblance to the northern families already described, springing from their methods of obtaining food; and although probably without linguistic affinities, except along the Columbia River, they may be consistently treated as one of contempt. Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., pp. 108-9. Murder of a Spanish boat's crew in latitude 47J 20'. Maurelle's Jour., pp. 29, 31. ' Cheerful and well disposed ' at Port Orchard. At Strait of Fuca ' little more elevated in their moral qualities than the Fuegians.' At Nisqually, 'addicted to stealing.' I Vicious and exceedingly lazy, sleeping all day.' The Skagits are catholics, and are more advanced than others in civilization. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 317, 444, 510-11, 517. Both at Gray Harbor and Puget Sound they were uniformly civil and, friendly, fair and honest in trade. Each tribe claimed that ' the others were bad people and that the party questioned were the only good Indians in the harbor.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 256; vol. ii., pp. 83-4. 'The Clallam tribe has always had a bad character, which their intercourse with shipping, and the introduction of whiskey, has by no m<rans improved.' Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 243. 'The superior courage of the Makahs, as well as Itheir treachery, will make them more difficult of management than most other tribes.' Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 4J9. The Lummis and other tribes at Bellingham Bay have already abandoned their ancient barbarous habits, and have adopted those of civilization. Coleman, in Harper's Mag., vol. xxxix., pp. 795-7; Simp>son's Overland Journ., vol. i., pp. 240-2. 'The instincts of these people are of a very degraded character. They are filthy, cowardly, lazy, treacherous, drunken, avaricious, and much given to thieving. The women have not the slightest pretension to virtue.' The Makahs 'are the most independent Indians in my district—they and the Quilleyutes, their near neighbors.' Ind. Aff. Rept, 1858, pp. 225, 231; Id., 1802, p. 390; Id., 1870, p. 20; Schoolcraft's Arch., voL iv., p. bOl; Winthrop's Canoe and Saddle, p. 58; Cram's Top. Mem., p. 65. 111 Perhaps the Cascades might more properly be named as the boundary, since the region of the Dalles, from the earliest records, ha,s been the rendez- voux for nahing, trading, and gambling purposes, of tribes from every pail of the surrounding country, rather than the home of any particular nation. THE CHINOOKS. 2-23 family—the last of the great coast or fish-eating divisions of the Columbian group. Among the prominent tribes, or nations of the Chinook family may be mentioned the following: the, Wat- Mas or upper Chinooks, including the bands on the Columbia from the Cascades to the Cowlitz, and on the lower Willamette; the lower Chinooks from the Cowlitz to the Pacific comprising the Wakiakums and Chinooks on the north bank, and the Cathlarnets and Clatsops on the south; the Calapooyas occupying the Valley of the Willamette, and the Clackamas on one of its chief tributaries of the same name; with the Killamooks and Jimp- quas who live between the Coast Range112 and the ocean. With respect to the present condition of these nations, authorities agree in speaking of them as a squalid and poverty-stricken race, once numerous and powerful, now few and weak. Their country has been settled by whites much more thickly than regions farther north, and they have rapidly disappeared before the influx of strangers. Whole tribes have been exterminated by war and disease, and in the few miserable remnants collected on 112 For details see Tribjiii Boundaries at the end of this chapter. The Chinooks, Clatsops, Wakiakums and Cathlarnets, 'resembling each other in person, dress, language, and manners.' The Chinooks and Wakiakums were originally one tribe, and Wakiakum was the name of the chief who seceded with his adherents. Irving's Astoria, pp. 335-6. 'They may be regarded as the distinctive type of the tribes to the north of the Oregon, for it is in them that the peculiarities of the population of these regions are seen in the most striking manner.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 15-6, 36. All the tribes about the mouth of the Columbia ' appear to be descended from the same stock.... and resemble one another in language, dress, and habits. Ross' Adven., pp. 87-8. The Cathleyacheyachs at the Cascades differ but little from the Chinooks. Id., p. 111. Scouler calls the Columbia tribes Cathlas- cons, and considers them 'intimately related to the Kalapooiah Family.' Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 225. The Willamette tribes 'differ very little in their habits and modes of life, from those on the Columbia River.' Hunter's Cap., p. 72. Mofras makes Kxllimous a general name for all Indians south of the Columbia. Explor., torn, ii., p. 357; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 114-18; Cox's Adven., vol. ii., p. 133. The Nechecolees on the Willamette claimed an affinity with the Eloots at the Narrows of the Columbia. The Killamucks 'resemble in almost every particular the Clatsops and Chinnooks. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 427, 504. 'Of the Coast Indians that I have seen there seems to be so little difference in their style of living that a description of one family will answer for the whole.' Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. 153-4. ' All the natives inhabiting the southern shore of the Straits, and the deeply indented territory as far and including the tide-waters of the Columbia, may be comprehended under the general term of Chinooks.' Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 25. in COLUMBIANS. reservations or straggling about the Oregon towns, no trace is apparent of the independent, easy-living bands of the remote past.113 It is however to be noted that at no time since this region has been,known to Europeans has the Indian population been at all in proportion to the supporting capacity of the land, while yet in a state of nature, with its fertile soil and well-stocked streams and forests. In physique the Chinook can not be said to differ materially from the Nootka. In stature the men rarely exceed five feet six inches, and the women five feet. Both sexes are thick-set, but as a rule loosely built, although in this respect they had doubtless degenerated when described by most travelers. Their legs are bowed and otherwise deformed by a constant squatting position in and out of their canoes. Trained by constant exposure with slight clothing, they endure cold and hunger better than the white man, but to continued muscular exertion they soon succumb. Physically they improve in proportion to their distance from the Columbia and its fisheries; the Calapooyas on the upper Willamette, according to early visitors, presenting the finest speci mens. Descending from the north along the coast, 113 ' The race of the Chenooks is nearly run. From a large and powerful tribe... they have dwindled down to about a hundred individuals,.... and these are a depraved, licentious, drunken set.' Swa?i's N. W. Coast, pp. 108- 10. The Willopahs 'may be considered as extinct, a few women only remaining.' Stevens, in Pac'R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 428; Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 351; Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 239-40; Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 354; vol. ii., p. 217; Be Smet, Missions de VOregon, pp. 163-4; Kane's Wand., pp. 173-6, 196-7; Irving's Astoria, pp. 335-6; Fitzgerald's Hud. B. Co., pp. 170-2; Hines' Oregon, pp. 103-19, 233; Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. ii., pp. 52-3; Bottleneck's Besert's, vol. ii., p. 36; Palmer's Jour., pp. 84, 87; Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 191-2. 'In the Wallamette valley, their favorite country,... there are but few remnants left, and they are dispirited and broken-hearted.' Robertson's Oregon, p. 130. 114 < The personal appearance of the Chinooks differs so much from that of the aboriginal tribes of the United States, that it was difficult at first to recognize the affinity.' Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 27. ' There are no two nations in Europe so dissimilar as the tribes to the north and those to the south of the Columbia.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 88; vol. ii., p. 36. 'Thick set limbs' north; 'slight,' south. Id., vol. i., p. 88; vol. ii., p. 16. ' Very inferior in muscular power.' Id., vol. ii , pp. 15-16. 'Among the ugliest of their race. They are below the middle size, with squat, clumsy forms.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex.. vol. vi., pp. 198, 216. The men from five feet to five feet six inches high, with well-shaped limbs; CHINOOK PHYSIQUE. £2j Hyperboreans, Columbians, and Californians gradually assume a more dusky hue as we proceed southward. The complexion of the Chinooks may be called a trifle darker than the natives of the Sound, and of Vancouver; though nothing is more difficult than from the vague expressions of travelers to determine shades of color.115 Points of resemblance have been noted by many observers between .the Chinook and Mongolian physiognomy, consisting chiefly in the eyes turned obliquely upward at the outer corner. The face is broad and round, the nose flat and fat, with large nostrils, the mouth wide and thick-lipped, teeth irregular and much worn, eyes black, dull and expressionless; the hair generally black and worn long, and the beard carefully plucked out; nevertheless, their features are often regular.116 the women six to eight inches shorter, with bandy legs, thick ankles, broad, flat feet, loose hanging breasts. Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 303-4. 'A diminutive race, generally below five feet five inches, with crooked legs and thick ankles.' 'Broad, flat feet.' Irving's Astoria, pp. 87, 336. 'But not deficient in strength or activity.' Nicolay's Oregon, p. 145. Men ' stout, muscular and. strong, but not tall;' women 'of the middle size, but very stout and flabby, with short necks and shapeless limbs.' Ross' Adven., pp. 89-93. At Cape Orford none exceed five feet six inches; ' tolerably well limbed, though slender in their persons.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 204. The Willamette tribes were somewhat larger and better shaped than those of the Columbia and the coast. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp .4^5,436-7,504, 508. Hunter's Cap., pp. 70-73; Hines' Voy., pp. 88, 91. 'Persons of the men generally are rather symmetrical; their stature is low, with light sinewy limbs, and remarkably small, delicate hands. The women are usually more rotund, and, in some instances, even approach obesity.' Townsend's Nar., p. 178. 'Many not even five feet.' Franchere's Nar., pp. 240-1. Can endure cold, but not fatigue; sharp sight and hearing, but obtuse smell and taste. ' The women are uncouth, and from a combination of causes appear old at an early age. Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 244-5. 'The Indians north of the Columbia are, for the most part good-looking, robust men, some of them having fine, symmetrical, forms. They have been represented as diminutive, with crooked legs and uncouth features. This is not correct; but, as a general rule, the direct reverse is the truth.' Swan's N. W. Coast, p. 151; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 122-3. 115 The following terms applied to Chinook complexion are taken from the authors quoted in the preceding note: 'Copper-colored brown? ' light copper color;' 'light olive;' 'fair complexion.' 'Not dark' when young/ ' Rough tanned skins.' ' IMngy copper.' ' Fairer' than eastern Indians. Fairer on the coast than on the Columbia. Half-breeds—partake of the swarthy hue of their mothers. ii6 • The Cheenook cranium, even when not flattened, is long and narrow, compressed laterally, keel-shaped, like the skull of the Esquimaux.* Broad and high cheek-bones, with a receding forehead.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc Jour., vol. xi., p. 220. ' Skulls... .totally devoid of any peculiar development.' Nose flat, nostrils distended, short irregular teeth; eyes black, piercing and Vol. I. 15 22G COLUMBIANS. It is about the mouth of the Columbia that the custom of flattening the head seems to have originated. Radiating from this centre in all directions, and becoming less universal and important as the distance is increased, the usage terminates on the south with the nations which I have attached to the Chinook family, is rarely found east of the Cascade Range, but extends, as we have seen, northward through all the coast families, although it is far from being held in the same esteem in the far north as in its apparently original centre. The origin of this deformity is unknown. All we can do is to refer it to that strange infatuation incident to humanity which lies at the root of fashion and ornamentation, and which even in these later times civilization is not able to eradicate. As Alphonso the Wise regretted not having been present at the creation—for then he would have had the world to suit him—so different ages and nations strive in various ways to remodel and improve the human form. Thus the Chinese lady compresses the feet, the European the waist, and the Chinook the head. Slaves are not allowed to indulge in this extrav- treacherous. Cox's AdVen., vol. i., pp. 115, 303. ' Broad faces, low foreheads, lank black hair, wide mouths.' 'Flat noses, and eyes turned obliquely upward at the outer corner.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., pp. 198, 216. 'Faces are round, with small, but animated eyes. Their noses are broad and flat at the top, and fleshy at the end, with lafge nostrils.' Irving's Astoria, p. 336. Portraits of two Calapooya Indians. Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 14. South of the Columbia they have ' long faces, .thin lips,'but the Calapooyas in Willamette Valley have 'broad faces, low ■foreheads,' and the Chinooks have 'a wide face, flat nose, and eyes turned obliquely outwards.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 88; vol. ii., pp. 15-16. 'Dull phlegmatic want of expression' common to all adults. Nicolay's Ogn. Ter.., p. 145. Women ' well-featured,' with 'light hair, and prominent eyes.' Moss' Adven., pp. 89-93. ' Their features rather partook of the general European character.' Hair long and black, clean and neatly combed. Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 204. 'Women have, in general, handsome faces.' 'There are rare instances of high aquiline noses; the eyes are generally black,' but sometimes ' of a dark yellowish brown, with a black pupil.' Lewis and Clarke s Trav., pp. 425, 436-7. The men carefully eradicate every vestige of a beard. Bunn's Oregon, p. 124. ' The .features of many are regular, though often devoid of expression.' Townsend's Nar., p. 178. ' Pluck out the beard at its first appearance.' Kane's Wand., p. 181. Portrait of chief, p. 174. 'A few qf the old men only suffer a tuft to grow upon their chins.' Franchere's Nar., p. 240. One of the Clatsops 'had the reddest hair I ever saw, and a fair skin, mucb freckled.' Gass' Jour., p. 244; Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 75. For descriptions and plates of Chinook skulls see Morton's Crania, pp. 202-13; pi. 42-7, 49, 50, .and Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., pp. 318-34. HEAD-FLATTENING PHENOMENON. 227 agance, and as this class are generally of foreign tribes or families, the work of ethnologists in classifying skulls obtained by travelers, and thereby founding theories of race is somewhat complicated; but the difficulty is lessened by the fact that slaves receive no regular burial, and hence all skulls belonging to bodies from native cemeteries are known to be Chinook.117 The Chinook ideal of facial beauty is a straight line from the end of the nose to the crown of the head. The flattening of the skull is effected by binding the infant to its cradle immediately after birth, and keeping it there from three months to a year. The simplest form of cradle is a piece of board or plank on which the child is laid upon its back with the head slightly raised by a block of wood. Another piece of wood, or bark, or leather, is then placed over the forehead and tied to the plank with strings which are tightened more and more each day until the skull/ is shaped to the required pattern. Sp&ce is left for lateral expansion; and under ordinary circumstances the child's head is not allowed to leave its position until the process is complete. The body and limbs are also bound to the cradle, but more loosely, by bandag^ys, which are sometimes removed for cleansing purposes. Moss or soft bark is generally introduced between the skin and the wood, and in some tribes comfortable pads> H7 * Practiced by at least ten or twelve distinct tribes of the lower country.' Townsend's Nar., pp. 175-6. ' On the coast it is limited to a space of about one hundred and seventy miles, extending between Cape Flattery and Cape Look-out. Inland, it extends up the Columbia to the first rapids, or one hundred and forty miles, and is checked at the falls on the Wallamette.' Belcher's Voy., vol. i., p. 307. The custom 'prevails among all the nations we have seen west of the Rocky Mountains,' but ' diminishes in receding eastward.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 437. 'The Indians at the Dalles do not distort the head.' Kane's Wand., pp. 263, 180-2. 'The Chinooks are the most distinguished for their attachment to this singular,usage.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 198. The tribes from the Columbia River to Millbank Sound flatten the forehead, also the Yakimas and Klikitats of the interior. Tolmie, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 231-2, 249. 'The practice prevails, generally, from the mouth of the Columbia to the Dalles, about one hundred and eighty miles, and from the Straits of Fuca on the north, to Coos Bay Northward of the Straits it diminishes gradually to a mere slight compression, finally confined to women, and abandoned entirely north of Mil- bank Sound. So east of the Cascade Mountains, it dies out in like manner.' Gibbs, in Nott and Gliddon's Indig. Races, p. 337. 'None but such as are of noble birth are allowed to flatten their skulls.' Gray's Hist. Ogn., p. 197. COLUMBIANS. cushions, or rabbit-skins are employed. The piece of wood which rests upon the forehead is in some cases attached to the cradle by leather hinges, and instances are mentioned where the pressure is created by a spring. A trough or canoe-shaped cradle, dug out from a log, often takes the place of the simple board, and among the rich this is elaborately worked, and ornamented with figures and shells. The child while undergoing this process, with its small black eyes jammed half out of their sockets, presents a revolting picture. Strangely enough, however, the little prisoner seems to feel scarcely any pain, and travelers almost universally state that no perceptible injury is done to the health or brain. As years advance the head partially but not altogether resumes its natural form, and among aged persons the effects are not very noticeable. As elsewhere, the personal appearance of the women is of more importance than that of the men, therefore the female child is subjected more rigorously and longer to the compressing process, than her brothers. Failure properly to mould the cranium of her offspring gives to the Chinook matron the reputation of a lazy and undutiful mother, and subjects the neglected children to the ridicule of their young companions;118 so despotic is fashion. A prac- 118 All authors who mention the Chinooks have something to say of this custom; the following give some description of the process and its effects, containing, however, no points not included in that given above. Bunn's Oregon, pp. 122-3, 128-30; Ross' Adven., pp. 99-100; Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. 167-8, with cut; Chamber's Jour., vol. x., pp. 111-2; Belcher's Voy., vol. i., pp. 307-11, with cuts; Townsend's Nar., pp. 175-6; Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 216; Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., p. 150; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 294; Irving's Astoria, p. 89; Cox's Adven., vol. i., p. 302; Catlin'sN. Am. Ind., vol. ii., pp. 110-11, with plate. Females remain longer than the boys. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 476, 437. 'Not so great a deformity as is generally supposed.' Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 142-3, 251-2. 'Looking with contempt even upon the white for having round heads.' Kane's Wand., p. 181, 204, cut. ' As a general thing the tribes that have followed the practice of flattening the skull are inferior in intellect, less stirring and enterprising in their habits, and far more degraded in their morals than other tribes.' Gray's Hht. Ogn., p. 197. Mr. Gray is the only authority I have seen for this injurious effect, except Domenech, who pronounces the flat-heads more subject to apoplexythan others. Beserts, vol. ii., p. 87; Gass' Jour., pp. 224-5; Brown- ell's Ind. Races, pp. 335-7; Morton's Crania Am., pp. 203-13, cut of cradle and of skulls; Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., pp. 349-50, Atlas, pi. 26; Foster's Pre-Hist Races, pp, 294-5, 328, with cut; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 124; Wilson, in Smithsonian Rept, 1862, p. 287. CHINOOK DRESS. *229 tice which renders the Chinook more hideous than the compression of his skull is that of piercing or slitting the cartilage of the nose and ears, and inserting therein long strings of beads or hiaqua shells, the latter being prized above all other ornaments. Tattooing seems to have been practiced, but not extensively, taking usually the form of lines of dots pricked into the arms, legs, and cheeks with pulverized charcoal. Imitation tattooing,- with the bright-colored juices of different berries, was a favorite pastime with the women, and neither sex could resist the charms of salmon-grease and red clay. In later times, however, according to Swan, the custom of greasing and daubing the body has been to a great extent abandoned. Great pains is taken in dressing the hair, which is combed, parted in the middle, and usually allowed to hang in long tresses down the back, but often tied up in a queue by the women and girls, or braided so as to hang in two tails tied with strings.119 For dress, skins were much more commonly used in this region than among other coast families; particularly the skins of the smaller animals, as the rabbit and wood- rat. These skins, dressed and often painted, were sewed together so as to form a robe or blanket similar in form and use to the more northern blanket of wool, which, as well as a similar garment of goose-skin with the feathers on, was also made and worn by the Chinooks, though not in 119 The Multnomah women's hair 'is most commonly braided into two tresses falling over each ear in front of the body.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 508-9, 416, 425-6, 437-8. The Clackamas ' tattoo themselves below the mouth, which gives a light blue appearance to the countenance.' Kane's Wand., pp. 241,184-5,256. At Cape Orford 'they seemed to prefer the comforts of cleanliness to the painting of their bodies.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 204. On the Columbia ' in the decoration of their persons they surpassed all the other tribes with paints of different colours, feathers and other ornaments.' Id., vol. ii., p. 77. 'Hs mettent toute leur vanity dans leurs colliers et leurs pendants d'oreilles.' Be Smet, Miss, de VOregon, p. 45. ' Some of these girls I have seen with the whole rim of their ears bored full of holes, into each of which would be inserted a string of these shells that reached to the floor, and the whole weighing so heavy that to save their ears from being *pulled off they were obliged to wear a band across the top of the head.' _ 'I never have seen either men or women put oil or grease of any kind on their bodies.' Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. 112, 158-9. See Bunn's Oregon, pp. 115, 123-4; Cox's Adven., pp. 111-12; Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 25; Irving's Astoria, pp. 336-8; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 354; Franchere's Nar., p. 244. 230 COLUMBIANS. common use among them. They prefer to go naked when the weather permits. Skins of larger animals, as the deer and elk, are also used for clothing, and of the latter is made a kind of arrow-proof armor for war; an- another coat of mail being made of sticks bound together. Females almost universally wear a skirt of cedar bark- fibre, fastened about the waist and hanging to the knees. This garment is woven for a few inches at the top, but the rest is simply a hanging fringe, not very effectually concealing the person. A substitute for this petticoat in some tribes is a square piece of leather attached to a belt in front; and in others a long strip of deer-skin passed between the thighs and wound about the waist. A fringed garment, like that described, is also sometimes wrorn about the shoulders; in cold weather a fur robe is wrapped about the body from the hips to the armpits, forming a close and warm vest; and over all is sometimes thrown a cape, or fur blanket, like that of the men, varying in quality and value with the wealth of the wearer. The best are made of strips of sea-otter skin, woven with grass or cedar bark, so that the fur shows on both sides. Chiefs and men of wealth wear rich robes of otter and other valuable furs. The conical hat woven of grass and bark, and painted in black and white checks or with rude figures, with or without a brim, and fastened under the chin, is the only covering for the head.120 120 j These robes are in general, composed of the skins of a small animal, which we have supposed to be the brown mango.' ' Sometimes they have a blanket woven with the fingers, from the wool of their native sheep.' Every part of the body but the back and shoulders is exposed to view. The Nechecolies had ' larger and longer robes, which are generally of deer skin dressed in the hair.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. b92, 4:25-0, 438, 504-9, 521. ' I have often seen them going about, half naked, when the thermometer ranged between 30J and 40\ and their children barefooted and barelegged in the snow.' ' The lower Indians do not dress as well, nor with as good taste, as the upper.' Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 241-5. The fringed skirt 'is still used by old women, and by all the females when they are at work in the water, and is called by them their siwash coat' Sloan's N. W. Coast, pp. 154-5. Ross' Adven., pp. 89-93; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 123-4; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 15-16, 281-2, 288; Townsend's Nar., p. 178; Kane's Wand., pp. 184-5; Franchere's Nar., pp. 242-4. The ccmical cap reminded Pickering of the Siberian tribes. Races, in U< S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., pp. 25, 39; Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 111-12, 126-7; Hines' Voy., p. 107. Collars of bears' claws, for dw: INGS OF THE CHINOOKS. 231 The Chinooks moved about less for the purpose of obtaining a supply of food, than many others, even of the coast families, yet the accumulation of filth or—a much stronger motive—of fleas, generally forced them to take down their winter dwellings each spring, preserving the materials for re-erection on the same or another spot. The best houses were built of cedar planks attached by bark-fibre cords to a frame, which consisted of four corner, and two central posts and a ridge pole. The planks of the sides and ends were sometimes perpendicular, but oftener laid horizontally, overlapping here in clapboard fashion as on the roof. In some localities the roof and even the whole structure was of cedar bark. These dwellings closely resembled those farther north, but were somewhat inferior in size, twenty-five to seventy-five feet long, and fifteen to twenty-five feet wide, being the ordinary dimensions. On the Columbia they were only four or five feet high at the eaves, but an equal depth was excavated in the ground, while on the Willamette the structure was built on the surface. The door was only just large enough to admit the body, and it was a favorite fancy of the natives to make it represent the mouth of an immense head painted round iii Windows there were none, nor chimney; one or more fireplaces were sunk in the floor, and the smoke escaped by the cracks, a plank in the roof being sometimes moved for the purpose. Mats were spread on the floor and raised berths were placed on the sides, sometimes in several tiers. Partitions of plank or matting separated the apartments of the several families. Smaller temporary huts, and the permanent homes of the poorer Indians were built in various forms, of sticks, covered with bark, rushes, or skins. The interior and exterior of all dwellings were in a state of chronic filth.121 the men, and elks' tusks for the women and children. Irving's Astoria, pp. 336-8; Gass' Jour., pp. 232, 239-40, 242-4, 267, 274, 278, 282. 121 < Their houses seemed to be more comfortable than those at Nootka, the roof having a greater inclination, and the planking being thatched over with the bark of trees. The entrance is through a hole, in a broad plank, covered in such a manner as to resemble the face of a man, the mouth serv- / 232 COLUMBIANS. The salmon fisheries of the Columbia are now famous throughout the world. Once every year innumerable multitudes of these noble fish enter the river from the ocean to deposit their spawn. Impelled by instinct, they struggle to reach the extreme limits of the stream, working their way in blind desperation to the very sources of every little branch, overcoming seeming impossibilities, and only to fulfill their destiny and die; for if they escape human enemies, they either kill themselves in their mad efforts to leap impassable falls, or if their efforts are crowned with success, they are supposed never to return to the ocean. This fishery has always been the chief and an inexhaustible source of food for the Chinooks, who, although skillful fishermen, have not been obliged to invent a great variety of methods or implements for the capture of the salmon, which rarely if ever have failed them. Certain ceremonies must, however, be observed with the first fish taken; his meat must be cut only with the grain, and the hearts of all caught must be burned or eaten, and on no account be thrown into the water or be devoured by a dog. With these precautions there is no reason to suppose that the Chinook would ever lack a supply of fish. The salmon begin to run in April, but remain several weeks in the ing the purpose of a door-way. The fire-place is sunk into the earth, and confined from spreading above by a wooden frame.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 77. Emmons, in Schoolcraft's Archives, vol. iii., p. 206, speaks of a palisade enclosure ten or fifteen feet high, with a covered way to the river. ' The Indian huts on the banks of the Columbia "are, for the most part, constructed of the bark of trees, pine branches, and brambles, which are sometimes covered with skins or rags.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 260. But' the Chinooks build their houses of thick and broad planks,' etc. Id. Lewis and Clarke saw a house in the Willamette Valley two hundred and twenty-six feet long, divided into two ranges of large apartments separated by a narrow alley four feet wide. Travels, pp. 502-4, 509, 431-2, 415-16, 409, 392. The door is a piece of board 'which hangs loose by a string, like a sort of pendulum,' and is self-closing. Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. 110-11. 'The tribes near the coast remove less frequently than those of the interior.' California, Past, 'Present and Future, p. 138. ' I never saw more than four fires, or above eighty persons—slaves and all—in the largest house.' Ross' Adven., pp. 98-9; Palmer's Jour., pp. 86, 108; Irving's Astoria,, p. 322; Nicolay's Ogn., 144, 148-9; Cox's Adven., vol. i., p. 327, from Lewis and Clarke; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 135-7, from Lewis and Clarke; Parker's Fxpldr. Tour., pp. 144-5, 178-9, 245; Franchere's Nar.,,pp. 247-8; Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 65; Townsend's Nar., p. 181; Kane's Wand., pp. 187-8; Hale's Ethnog. in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., pp. 204, 216-17; Strickland's Hist. Missions, pp.. 136-9. FISIIEBIES OF THE CHINOOKS. 2S3 warmer waters near the mouth, and are there taken while in their best condition, by the Chinook tribe proper, with a straight net of bark or roots, sometimes five hundred feet long and fifteen feet deep, with floats and sinkers. One end of the net is carried out into the river at high water, and drawn in by the natives on the shore, who with a mallet quiet the fish and prevent them from jumping over the net and escaping. Farther up," especially at the Cascades and at the falls of the Willamette, salmon are speared by natives standing on the rocks or on planks placed for the purpose; scooped up in small dip-nets; or taken with a large unbaited hook attached by a socket and short line to a long pole. There is some account of artificial channels of rocks at these places, but such expedients were generally not needed, since, beside those caught by the Chinooks, such numbers were cast on the rocks by their own efforts to leap the falls, that the air for months was infected by the decaying mass; and many of these in a palatable state of decay were gathered by the natives for food. Hooks, spears, and nets were sometimes rubbed with the juice of certain plants supposed to be attractive to the fish. Once taken, the salmon were cleaned by the women, dried in the sun and smoked in the lodges; then they were sometimes powdered fine between two stones, before packing in skins or mats for winter use. The heads were always eaten as favorite portions during the fishing season. Next to the salmon the sturgeon was ranked as a source of food. This fish, weighing from two hundred to five hundred pounds, was taken by a baited hook, sunk about twenty feet, and allowed to float down the current; when hooked, the sturgeon rises suddenly and is dispatched by a spear, lifted into the canoe by a gaff- hook, or towed ashore. The Chinooks do not attack the whale, but when one is accidentally cast upon the shore, more or less decayed, a season of feasting ensues and the native heart is glad. Many smaller varieties of fish are taken by net, spear, hook, or rake, but no methods are employed meriting special description. Wild &>wl are -234 COLUMBIANS. snared or shot; elk and deer are shot with arrows or taken in a carefully covered pit, dug in their favorite haunts. As to the methods of taking rabbits and wood- rats, whose skins are said to have been so extensively used for clothing, I find no information. Nuts, berries, wild fruits and roots are all used as food, and to some extent preserved for winter. The Wapato, a bulbous root, compared by some to the potatoe and turnip, was the aboriginal staple, and was gathered by women wading in shallow ponds, and separating the root with their toes.122 Boiling in wooden kettles by means of hot stones, was the usual manner of cooking, but roasting on sticks stuck in the sand near the fire was also common. Clam-shells and a few rude platters and spoons of wood were in use, but the fingers, with the hair for a napkin, 122 ' In the summer they resort to the principal rivers and the sea coast,' retiring to the smaller rivers of the interior during the cold season.' Warre aid Vavasour, in Martin's Hud. Bay, p. 83. All small fish are driven into the small coves or shallow waters, ' when a number of Indians in canoes continue splashing the water; while others sink branches of pine. The fish are then taken easily out with scoops or wicker baskets.' Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. i., pp. 389, 288-9, 384-6, 390-1. Fish ' are not eaten till they become soft from keeping, when they are mashed with water.' In the Willamette Valley they raised corn, beans, and squashes. Hunter's Cap., pp. 70-2. A ' sturgeon, though weighing upwards of three hundred pounds, is, by the single effort of one Indian, jerked into the boat'! Bunn's Oregon, pp. 135, 114-15, lo4, 137-9. The Umpquas, to cook salmon, 'all provided themselves with sticks about three feet long, pointed at one end and split at the other. They then apportioned the salmon, each one taking a large piece, and filling it with splinters to prevent its falling to pieces when cooking, which they fastened with great care, into the forked end of the stick;... .then placing themselves around the fire so as to describe a circle, they stuck the pointed end of the stick into the ground, a short distance from the fire, inclining the top towards the flames, so as to bring the salmon in contact with the heat, thus forming a kind of pyramid of salmon over the whple fire.' Hines' Voy, p. 102; Id. Ogn., p. 306. ' There are some articles of food which are mashed by the teeth before being boiled or roasted; this mastication is performed by the women.' Bome- nech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 314,16, 240-2. ' The salmon in this country are never caught with a (baited) hook.' Wilkes' Hist Ogn., p. 107. ' Turbot and flounders are caught (at Shoalwater Bay) while wading in the water, by means of the feet.' Sican's N. W. Coast, pp. 38, 83, 103-8, 140, 163-6, with cuts. On food, see Ross' Adven., vol. i., pp. 94-5, 97, 112-3; Lord's Nat, vol. i., pp. 68-9, 181-3; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 409-15, 422, 425, 43G-1, 445, 506; Wells, in Harper's Mag., vol. xiii., pp. 605-7, with cuts; Nicolay's Ogn., pp. 144, 147-8; Palmer's jour., pp. 84, 105; Parker's Exp^r. Tour., p. 244; lrv- ing's Astoria, pp. 86, 335; Cox's Adven., vol. i., p. 329-32; vol it., pp. 128-31; Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 113; Abbott, in'Pac R. R. Rept, vol. vi., p. 89; Ind. Life, p. 165; Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 26; Kane's Wand., pp. 185-9; Franchere's Nar., pp. 235-7; Gass*' Jour., pp. 224, 230-1, 282-3; ledix, L'0re:jon, pp. 44-5; Lthnly's Portraits, pp. 59-62. "WEAPONS OF THE CHINOOKS. 235 were found much more convenient table ware.123 In all their personal habits the Chinooks are disgustingly filthy, although said to be fond of baths for health and pleasure. The Clatsops, as reported by one visitor, form a partial exception to this rule, as they occasionally wash the hands and face.124 Their chief weapons are bows and arrows, the former of which is made of cedar, or occasionally, as it is said, of horn and bone; its elasticity is increased by a covering of sinew glued on. The arrow-head is of bone, flint, or copper, and the shaft consists of a short piece of some hard wood, and a longer one of a lighter material. The bows are from two and a half to four feet long; five styles, differing in form and curve, are pictured by Schoolcraft. Another weapon in common use was a double- edged wooden broad-sword, or sharp club, two and a half or three feet long; spears, tomahawks, and scalping knives are mentioned by many travelers, but not described, and it is doubtful if either were ever used by these aborigines.125 I have already spoken of their thick arrow- proof elk-skin armor, and of a coat of short sticks bound together with grass; a bark helmet is also employed of sufficient strength to ward off arrows and light blows. Ross states that they also carry a circular elk-skin shield about eighteen inches in diameter. Although by no means a blood-thirsty race, the Chinook tribes wTere frequently involved in quarrels, resulting, it is said, from the abduction of women more frequently than from other causes. They, like almost all other American tribes, 123 por description of the various roots and berries used by the Chinooks as food, see Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 450-5. 124 The Multnomahs ' are very fond of cold, hot, and vapour baths, which are used at all seasons, and for the purpose of health as well as pleasure. They, however, add a species of bath peculiar to themselves, by washing the whole body with urine every morning.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 509, 409. Eat insects from each other's head, for the animals bite them, and they claim the right to bite back. Kane's Wand., pp. 183-4. 125 Cox*8 Adven., vol. i., pp. 323-4; vol. \i.,pA.'d; Ircing's Astoria, pp. 324, 338; Ross' Adven., p. 90; Kane's Wand., p. 189; Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 113, pi. 210%; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 124-5; Levdsand Clarke's Trav., pp. 429- 11, 509; Ilines' Ogn., p. 110; Franchere's Nar., p. 253; Emmons, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., pp. 206-7, 215-16, 468. 236 COLUMBIANS. make a free use of war paint, laying it on grotesquely and in bright colors; but unlike most other nations, they never resorted to treachery, surprise, night attacks, or massacre of women and children. Fighting was generally done upon the water. When efforts to settle amicably their differences, always the first expedient, failed, a party of warriors, covered from head to foot with armor, and armed with bows, arrows, and bludgeons, was paddled by women to the enemies' village, where diplomatic efforts for peace were renewed. If still unsuccessful, the women were removed from danger, and the battle commenced, or, if the hour was late, fighting was postponed till the next morning. As their armor was arrow-proof and as they rarely came near enough for hand-to-hand conflict, the battles were of short duration and accompanied by little bloodshed; the fall of a few warriors decided the victory, the victors gained their point in the original dispute, the vanquished paid some damages, and the affair ended.120 Troughs dug out of one piece of cedar, and woven baskets served this people for dishes, and were used for every purpose. The best baskets were of silk grass or fine fibre, of a conical form, woven in colors so closely as to hold liquids, and with a capacity of from one to six gallons. Coarser baskets were made of roots and rushes, rude spoons of ash-wood, and circular mats did duty as plates. Wapato diggers used a curved stick with handle of horn; fish-hooks and spears were made of wood and bone in a variety of forms; the wing-bone of the crane supplied a needle. With regard to their original cutting instruments, by which trees were felled for canoes or for planks which were split off by wedges, there is much uncertainty; since nearly all authorities 126 I When the conflict is postponed till the next day, they keep up frighful cries all night long, and, when they are sufficiently near to understand each other, defy one another by menaces, railleries, and sarcasms, like the heroes of Homer and Virgil.' Franchere's Nar., pp. 251-4; Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 322-3; Bunn's Oregon, p. 124; Irving's Astoria, pp. 340-1; Ross' Fur Hunters vol. i., pp. 88, 105-8; Bomenech's Besevts, vol. ii., p. 354; Stanly's Portraits, pp. 61-2; Foster's Pre-Hist. Races, p. 232. IMPLEMENTS, MANUFACTUEES, BOATS. 237 state that before their intercourse with Europeans, chisels made ofi old files/ were employed, and driven by an oblong stone or a spruce-knot mallet. Pipe-bowls were of hard wood fitted to an elder stem, but the best ones, of stone elegantly carved, were of Haidah manufacture and obtained from the north.127 To kindle a fire the Chinook twirls rapidly between the palms a cedar stick, the point of which is pressed into a small hollow in a flat piece of the same material, the sparks falling on finely-frayed bark. Sticks are commonly carried for the purpose, improving with use. Besides woven baskets, matting is the chief article of Chinook manufacture. It is made by the women by placing side by side common bulrushes or flags about three' feet long, tying the ends, and passing strings of twisted rushes through the whole length, sometimes twenty or thirty feet, about four inches apart, by means of a bone needle.128 Chinook boats do not differ essentially, either in material, form, or method of manufacture, from those already described as in use among the Sound family. Always dugout of a single log of the common white cedar, they vary in length from ten to fifty feet, and in form according to the waters they are intended to navigate or the freight they are to carry. In these canoes lightness, strength, and elegance combine to make them perfect models of water- craft. Lewis and Clarke describe four forms in use in this region, and their description of boats, as of most other matters connected with this people, has been taken with or without credit by nearly all who have treated of the subject. I cannot do better than to give their account of the largest and best boats used by the Killamooks and 127 Pickering makes ' the substitution of the water-proof basket, for the square wooden bucket of the straits' the chief difference between this and the Sound Family. Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol ix., p. 25; Emmons, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 206; Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 77; Ross' Adven., p. '92; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii-, pp. 241, 260; Franchere's Nar., pp. 248-9; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp, 432-5; Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 329-32; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 138-9; Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 113, pi. 210%, showing cradle, ladles, Wapato diggers, Paulomaugons, or war clubs and pipes. Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 248-9; Kane's Wand., pp. 184-5, 188-9. 123 Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. 161-3; Parker's Explor. Tour., p. 253. J 238 COLUMBIANS. other tribes on the coast outside the river. "The sides are secured by cross-bars, or round sticks, two or three inches in thickness, which are inserted through holes just below the gunwale, and made fast with cords. The upper edge of the gunwale itself is about five-eighths of an inch thick, and* four or five in breadth, and folds outwards, so as to form a kind of rim, which prevents the water from beating into the boat. The bow and stern are about the same height, and each provided with a comb, reaching to the bottom of the boat. At each end, also, are pedestals, formed of the same solid piece, on which are placed strange grotesque figures of men or animals, rising sometimes to the height of five feet, and composed of small pieces of wood, firmly united', with great ingenuity, by inlaying and mortising, without a spike of any kind. The paddle is usually from four feet and a half to five feet in length; the handle being thick for one-third of its length, when it Nwidens, and is hollowed and thinned on each side of the centre, which forms a sort of rib. When they embark, one Indian sits4n the stern, and steers with a paddle, the others kneel in pairs in the bottom of the canoe, and sitting on their heels, paddle over the gunwale next to them. In this way they ride with perfect safety the highest waves, and venture without the least concern in seas where other boats or seamen could not live an instant." The women are as expert as the men in the management of canoes.129 The Chinooks were always a commercial rather than a warlike people, and are excelled by none in their 129 Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 433-5. ' Hollowed out of the cedar by fire, and smoothed off with stone axes.' Kane's Wand., p. 189. At Cape Or- f ord ] their shape much resembled that of a butcher's tray.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. i., p. 204. | A humanface or a white-headed eagle, as large as life, carved on the prow, and raised high in front.' Ross' Adven., pp. 97-8. 'In landing they put the canoe round, so as to strike the beach stern on.' Francheres Nar., p. 246. 'The larger canoes on the Columbia are sometimes propelled by short oars.' Emmons, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 218. 'Finest canoes in the world.' Wilkes' Hist Ogn., p. 107; Parker's Explor. Tour., p. 252; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 121-2; Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. 79-82, with cuts; Irving's Astoria, pp. 86, 324; Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 325-7; Hale's Ethnog.,<in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 217; Bqmenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 276-7; Brownell'sInd. Races, pp. 535-7; Gass' Jour., p. 279. CHINOOK PROPERTY AND TRADE. 239 shrewdness at bargaining. Before the arrival of the Europeans they repaired annually to the region of the Cascades and Dalles, where they met the tribes of the interior, with whom they exchanged their few article© of trade—fish, oil, shells, and Wapato—for the skins, roots, and grasses of their eastern neighbors. The coming of ships to the coast gave the Chinooks the advantage in this trade, since they controlled the traffic in beads, trinkets and weapons; they found also in the strangers ready buyers of the skins obtained from the interior in exchange for these articles. Their original currency or standard of value was the hiaqua shell from the northern coast, whose value was in proportion to its length, a fathom string of forty shells being worth nearly double a string of fifty to the fathom. Since the white men came, beaver-skins and blankets have been added to their currency. Individuals were protected in their rights to personal property, such as slaves, canoes, and implements, but they had no idea of personal property in lands, the title to which rested in the tribe for purposes of fishing and the chase.130 In decorative art this family cannot be said to hold a high place compared with more northern nations, their only superior work being the modeling of their canoes, and the weaving of ornamental baskets. In carving they are far inferior to the Haidahs; the Cathlarnets, according to Lewis and Clarke, being somewhat superior to the others, or at least more fond of the art. Their attempts at painting are exceedingly rude.131 130 Dried and pounded salmon, prepared by a method not understood except at the falls, formed a prominent article of commerce, both with coast and interior nations. Bewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 444-7, 413. A fathom of the largest hiaqua shells is worth about ten beaver-skins. A dying man gave his property to his intimate friends ' with a promise on their part to restore them if he recovered.' Franchere's Nar., pp. 244-5,137; Ross' Adven., pp. 87-8, 95-6; Swan's N. W. Coast, p. 166; Irving's Astoria, p. 322; Dunn's Oregon, pp. 133-4; Cox's Adven., vol. i., p. 333; Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. i., p. 392; Kane's Wand., p. 185; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 250; Gass' Jour., p. 227; Morton's Crania Am., pp. 202-14; Fedix, VOregon, pp. 44-5. 131 Have no idea of drawing maps on the sand. ' Their powers of computation. .. .are very limited.' Emmons, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., pp. 205, 207; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 493; Ross' Adven., pp. 88-9, 98; Kane's Wand., p. 185. ' 240 COLUMBIANS. Little can be said of iheir system of government ex- cspt that it was eminently successful in producing peaceful and well regulated communities. Each band or village was usually a sovereignty, nominally ruled by a chief, either hereditary or selected for his wealth and popularity, who exerted over his tribe influence rather than authority, but who was rarely opposed in his measures. Sometimes a league existed, more or less permanent, for warlike expeditions. Slight offenses against usage—the tribal common law—were expiated by the payment of an amount of property satisfactory to the party offended. Theft was an offense, but the return of the article stolen removed every trace of dishonor. Serious crimes, as the robbery of a burial-place, were sometimes punished with death by the people, but no special authorities or processes seem to h&ve been employed, either for detection or punishment.132 Slavery, common to all the coast families, is also practiced by the* Chinooks, but there is less difference here perhaps than elsewhere between the condition of the slaves and the free. Obtained from without the limits of the family, towards the south or east, by war, or more commonly by trade, the slaves are obliged to perform all the drudgery for their masters, and their children must remain in their parents' condition, their round heads serving as a distinguishing mark from freemen. But the amount of the work connected with the Chinook household is never great, and so long as the slaves are well and strong, they are liberally fed and wyell treated. True, many instances are known of slaves murdered by the whim of a cruel and rich master, and it was not very uncommon to kill slaves on the occasion of the death of prominent persons, but wives and friends are also known to have been sacrificed on similar oc- 132 The Willamette tribes, nine in number, were under four principal chiefs. Ross' Adven., pp. 235-6, 88, 216. Casanov, a famous chief at.Fort Vancouver employed a hired assassin to remove obnoxious persons. Kane's Wand., pp. 173-6; Franchere's Nar., p. 250; Irving's Astoria, pp. 88, 340, Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 322-3; Parker's Explor. tour., p. 253; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 443. MARITAL RELATIONS OF THE CHINOOKS. 241 casions. No burial rights are accorded to slaves, and no care taken of them in serious illness; when unable to work they are left to die, and their bodies cast into the sea or forest as food for fish or beast. It was not a rare occurrence for a freeman to voluntarily subject himself to servitude in payment of a gambling-debt; nor for a slave to be adopted into the tribe, and the privilege of head-flattening accorded to his offspring.133 Not only were the Chinooks a peaceable people in their tribal intercourse, but eminently so in their family relations. The young men when they married brought their wives to their father's home, and thus several generations lived amicably in their large dwellings until forced to separate by numbers, the chief authority being exercised not by the oldest but by the most active and useful member of the household. Overtures for marriage were made by friends of the would-be bridegroom, who offered a certain price, and if accepted by the maiden's parents, the wedding ceremony was celebrated simply by an interchange and exhibition of presents with the congratulations of invited guests. A man might take as many wives as he could buy and support, and all lived together without jealousy; but practically few, and those among the rich and powerful, indulged in the luxury of more than one wife. It has been noticed that there was often great disparity in the ages of bride and groom, for, say the Chinooks, a very young or very aged couple lack either the experience or the activity neoessary for fighting the battles of life. Divorce or separation is easily accomplished, but is not of frequent occurrence. A husband can repudiate his wife for infidelity, or any cause of dissatisfaction, and she can marry again. Some cases are known of infidelity punished with 133 «Live in the same dwelling with their masters, and often intermarry with those who are free.' Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 197, 247. ' Treat them with humanity while their services are useful.' .Franchere's Nar., p. 241. Treated with great severity. Kane's Wand., pp. 181-2; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 447; Ross' Adven., pp. 92-3; Irving's Astoria, p. 88; Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 305-6; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 1^9-30; Fitzgerald's Hud. B. Co., pp. 196-7; Stanly's Portraits, pp. 61-2. Vol. I. 16 242 COLUMBIANS. death. Barrenness is common, the birth of twins rare, and families do not usually exceed two children. Childbirth, as elsewhere among aboriginals, is accompanied with but little inconvenience, and children are often nursed until three or five years old. They are carried about on the mother's back until able to walk; at first in the head-flattening cradle, and later in wicker baskets. Unmarried women have not the slightest idea of chastity, and freely bestow their favors in return for a kindness, or for a very small consideration in property paid to themselves or parents. When married, all this is changed—female virtue acquires a marketable value, the possessorship being lodged in the man and .not in the woman. Rarely are wives unfaithful to their husbands; but the chastity of the wife is the recognized property of the husband, who sells it whenever he pleases. Although attaching no honor to chastity, the Chinook woman feels something like shame at becoming the mother of an illegitimate child, and it is supposed to be partly from this instinct that infanticide and abortion are of frequent occurrence. At her first menstruation a girl must perform a certain penance, much less severe, however, than among the northern nations. In some tribes she must bathe frequently for a moon, and rub the body with rotten hemlock, carefully abstaining from all fish and berries which are in season, and remaining closely in the house during a south wind. Did she partake of the forbidden food, the fish would leave the streams and the berries drop from the bushes; or did she go out in a south wind, the thunder-bird would come and shake his wings. All thunder-storms are thus caused. Both young children and the old and infirm are kindly treated. Work is equally divided between the sexes; •the women prepare the food which the men provide; they also manufacture baskets and matting; they are nearly as skillful as the men with the canoe, and are consulted on all important matters. Their condition is by no means a hard one. . It is among tribes that live by the chase or by other means in which women can be CHINOOK FEASTS AND FESTIVITIES. 243 of little service, that we find the sex most oppressed and cruelly treated.134 Like all Indians, the Chinooks are fond of feasting, but their feasts are simply the coming together of men and women during the fishing season with the determination to eat as much as possible, and this meeting is devoid of those complicated ceremonies of invitation, reception, and social etiquette, observed farther north; nor has any traveler noticed the distribution of property as a feature of these festivals. Fantastically dressed and gaudily decked with paint, they are wont to jump about on certain occasions in a hopping, jolting kind of dance, accompanied by songs, beating of sticks, clapping of hands, and occasional yells, the women usually dancing in a separate set. As few visitors mention their dances, it is probable that danping was less prevalent than with others. Their songs were often soft and pleasing, differing in style for various occasions, the words extemporized, the tunes being often sung with meaningless sounds, like our tra- la-la. Swan gives examples of the music used under different circumstances. Smoking was universal, the leaves of the bear-berry being employed, mixed in later times with tobacco obtained from the whites. Smoke is swallowed and retained in the stomach and lungs until partial intoxication ensues. No intoxicating drink was known to them before the whites came, and after their coming for a little time they looked on strong drink with suspicion, and were averse to its use. They are sometimes sober even now, when no whisky is at hand. But the favorite amusement of all the Chinook nations is gambling, which occupies the larger part of their time when 134 Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. 161, 171; Emmons, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., pp. 211-2. 'In proportion as we approach the rapids from the sea, female impurity becomes less perceptible; beyond this point it entirely ceases^' Cox's Adven., vol. ii., pp. 134,159; vol. i., pp. 366-7, 318; Wells, in Harpir's Mag., vol. xiii., p. 602; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 439-43. Ceremonies of a widow in her endeavors to obtain a new husband. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 124; Ross' Adven., pp. 88, 92-3; Franchere's Nar., pp. 245, 254-5; Hunter's Cap., p. 70; Hines' Voy., p. 113; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 16, 294-5; Irving's Astoria, p. 340; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 132-3; Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 231-2; Kane's Wand., pp. 175-7, 182;' Gass' Jour., p. 275; Strickland's Hist. Missions, pp. 139-40. 244 COLUMBIANS. not engaged in sleeping, eating, or absolutely necessary work. In their games they risk all their property, their wives and children, and in many instances their own freedom, losing all with composure, and nearly always accompanying the game with a song. Two persons, or two parties large or small, play one against the other; a banking game is also in vogue, in which one individual plays against all comers. A favorite method is to pass rapidly from hand to hand two sniall sticks, one of which is marked, the opponent meanwhile guessing at the hand containing the marked stick. The sticks sometimes take the form of discs of the size of a silver dollar, each player having ten; these are wrapped in a mass of fine bark- fibre, shuffled and separated in two portions; the winner naming the bunch containing the marked or trump piece. Differently marked sticks may also be shuffled or tossed in the air, and the lucky player correctly names the relative position in which they shall fall. A favorite game of females, called ahikia, is played with beaver-teeth, having figured sides, which are thrown like dice; the issue depends on the combinations of figures which are turned up. In all these games the players squat upon mats; sticks are used as counters; and an essential point for a successful gambler is to make as much noise as possible, in order to confuse the judgment of opponents. In still another game the players attempt to roll small pieces of wood between two pins set up a few inches apart, at a distance of ten feet, into a hole in the floor just beyond. The only sports of an athletic nature are shooting at targets with arrows and spears, and a game of ball in wrhich two goals are placed a mile apart, and each party—sometimes a whole tribe—endeavors to force the ball past the other's goal, as in foot-ball, except that the ball is thrown with a stick, to one end of which is fixed a small hoop or ring.135 Children's sports are described 135 ' I saw neither musical instruments, nor dancing, among the Oregon tribes.' Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 43. 'All extravagantly fond of ardent spirits, and are not particular what kind they have, provided it is strong, and gets them drunk quickly.' Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS. 245 only by Swan, and as rag babies and imitated Catholic baptisms were the favorite pastimes mentioned, they may be supposed not altogether aboriginal. Personal names with the Chinooks are hereditary, but in many cases they either have no meaning or their original signification is soon forgotten. They are averse to telling their true name to strangers, for fear, as they sometimes say, that it may be stolen; the truth is, however, that with them the name assumes a personality; it is the shadow or spirit, or other self, of the flesh and blood person, and between the name and the individual there is a mysterious connection, and injury cannot be done to one without affecting the other; therefore, to give one's name to a friend is a high mark of Chinook favor. No account is kept of age. They are believers in sorcery and secret influences, and not without fear of their medicine-men or conjurers, but, except perhaps in their quality of physicians, the latter do not exert the influence which is theirs farther north; their ceremonies and tricks are consequently fewer and less ridiculous. Inventions of the whites not understood by the natives are looked on with great superstition. It was, for instance, very difficult at first to persuade them to risk their lives before a photographic apparatus, and this for the reason before mentioned; they fancied that their spirit thus palssed into the keeping of others, who could torment it at pleasure136 Consumption, liver complaint and ophthalmia are the most prevalent Chinook maladies; to which, since the whites came, fever and ague have been added, and have killed eighty or ninety per cent, of the 155-8, 197-202. 'Not addicted to intemperance.' Franchere's Nar., p. 242. At gambling ' they will cheat if they can, and pride themselves on their success.' Kane's Wand., pp. 190, 196. Seldom cheat, and submit to their losses with resignation. Cox's Adven., vol. i., p. 332; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 410, 443-4; Wells, in Harper's Mag., vol. xiii., p. 601, and cut of dance at Coos Bay; Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv.,' pp. 392-3; vol. v., p. 123; Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 77; Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., pp. 90-4,112-13; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 114-15, 121, 125-8, 130-1; Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 247-8; Domenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 242; Irving's Astoria, p. 341; Palmer's Jour., p. 86. ise Tolmiem. Lord's Nat, vol. ii., p. 248; Gass' Jour., pp. 232, 275; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 123-8; Kane's Wand., pp. 205, 255-6; Swan's N. W. Coast, p. 267; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 654. 246 COLUMBIANS. whole people, utterly exterminating some tribes. The cause of this excessive mortality is supposed to be the native method of treatment, which allays a raging fever by plunging the patient in the river or sea. On the Columbia this alleviating plunge is preceded by violent perspiration in a vapor bath; consequently the treatment has been much more fatal there than on the coast where the vapor bath is not in use. For slight ills and ^pains, especially for external injuries, the Chinooks employ simple remedies obtained from various plants and trees. Many of these remedies have been found to be of actual value, while others are evidently quack nostrums, as when the ashes of the hair of particular animals are considered essential ingredients of certain ointments. Fasting and bathing serve to relieve many slight internal complaints. Strangely enough, they never suffer from diseases of the digestive organs, notwithstanding the greasy compounds used as food. When illness becomes serious or refuses to yield to simple treatment, the conclusion is that either the spirits of the dead are striving to remove the spirit of the sick person from the troubles of earth to a happier existence, or certain evil spirits prefer this world and the patient's body for their dwelling-place. Then the doctor is summoned. Medical celebrities are numerous, each with his favorite method of treatment, but all agree that singing, beating of sticks, indeed a noise, however made, accompanied by mysterious passes and motions, with violent pressure and kneading of the body are indispensable. The patient frequently survives the treatment. Several observers believe that mesmeric influences are exerted, sometimes with benefit, by the doctors in their mummeries.137 13? Doctors, if unsuccessful, are sometimes subjected to rough treatment, but rarely killed, except when they have previously threatened the life of the patient. Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. 17o-185. At the Dalles an old woman,, whose incantations had caused a fatal sickness, was beheaded by a brother of the deceased. Ind. Life, pp. 173-4, 142-3. Whole tribes have been almost exterminated by the small-pox. Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 82, 179. Venereal disease prevalent, and a complete cure is never effected. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 440, 508. Generally succeed in curing venereal disease even in its worst stage. Ross' Adven., p. 96-9. The unsuc- CHINOOK BURIAL RITES. 247 When the Chinook dies, relatives are careful to speak in whispers, and indulge in no loud manifestations of grief so long as the body remains in the house. The body is prepared for final disposition by wrapping it in blankets, together with ornaments and other property of a valuable but not bulky nature. For a burial place an elevated but retired spot near the river bank or on an island is almost always selected, but the methods of disposing of the dead in these cemeteries differ somewhat among the various tribes. In the region about the mouth of the Columbia, the body with its wrappings is placed in the best canoe of the deceased, which is washed for the purpose, covered with additional blankets, mats, and property, again covered, when the deceased is of the richer class, by another inverted canoe, the whole bound together with matting and cords, and deposited usually on a plank platform five or six feet high, but sometimes suspended from the branches of trees, or even left on the surface of the ground. The more bulky articles of property, such as utensils, and weapons, are deposited about or hung from the platform, being previously spoiled for use that they may not tempt desecrators among the whites or foreign tribes; or, it may be that the sacrifice or death of the implements is necessary before the spirits of the implements can accompany the spirit of the owner. For the same purpose, and to allow the water to pass off, holes are bored in the bottom of the canoe, the head of the corpse being raised a little higher than the feet. Some travelers have observed a uniformity in the position of the canoe, the head pointing towards the east, or down the current of the stream. After about a year, the bones are sometimes taken out and buried, but the canoe and platform are never removed. Chiefs' canoes are often repainted * cessful doctor killed, unless able to buy his life. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex.,. vol. iv., p. 394. Flatheads more subject to apoplexy than others. Bomenech's Beserts, vol i., p. 87; Cox's Adven., vol. i., p.*126-7, 307, 312-15, 335, vol. ii.. pp. 94-5; Townsend's Nar., pp. 158, 178-9; Franchere's Nar., p. 250; Dunn's Oregon, pp. 115-9, 127; Thomt m's Ogn. and Gal, vol. ii., p. 53; Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 176, 191 2; Fitzgerald's H id. B. Co., pp-„ 171—J;. Strickland's' Hist. Missions, pp. 139-40. J 248 COLUMBIANS. Farther up both the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, excavations of little depth are often made, in which bodies are deposited on horizontal boards and covered over with a slightly inclining roof of heavy planks or poles. In these vaults several tiers of corpses are often placed one above another. At the Cascades, depositories of the dead have been noticed in the form of a roofed inclosure of planks, eight feet long, six feet wide, and five feet high, with a door in one end, and the whole exterior painted. The Calapooyas also buried their dead in regular graves, over which was erected a wooden head-board. Desecration of burial places is a great crime with the Chinook; he also attaches great importance to having his bones rest in his tribal cemetery wherever he may die. For a long time after a death, relatives repair daily at sunrise and sunset to the vicinity of the grave to sing songs of mourning and praise. Until the bones are finally disposed of, the name of the deceased must not be spoken, and for several years it is spoken only with great reluctance. Near relatives often change their name under the impression that spirits wrill be attracted back to earth if they hear familiar names often repeated. Chiefs are supposed to die through the evil influence of another person, and the suspected, though a dear friend, was formerly often sacrificed. The dead bodies of slaves .are never touched save by other slaves.138 138 A chief on the death of his daughter j had an Indian slave bound hand .and foot, and fastened to the body of the deceased, and enclosed the two in another mat, leaving out the head of the living one. The Indian then took the canoe and carried it to a high rock and left it there. Their custom is to let the slave live for three days; then another slave is compelled to strangle the victim by a cord.' Letter, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 71. See also vol. iii., pp. 217-18; vol. vi., pp. 616-23, with plate; vol. v., p. 655. 'The emblem of a squaw's grave is generally a camass-root digger, made.of a deer's horns, and fastened on the end.of a stick.' Wilkes' Nar. in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., pp. 233-4, vol. iv., p. 394. j I believe I saw as many as an hundred canoes at one burying place of the Chinooks.' Gass' Jour., p. 274. i Four stakes, interlaced with twigs and covered with brush,' filled with dead bodies. Abbott, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. vi., p. 88. At Coose Bay, 'formerly the body was burned, and the wife of the corpse killed and interred.' Now the body is sprinkled with sand and ashes, the ankles are bent up and fastened to the neck; relatives shave their heads and put the hair on the body with shells and roots, and the corpse is then buried and trampled on by the whole tribe. Wells, in Harper's Mag., vol. xiii., p. 602. ' The canoe-coffins were decorated with rude carved work.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 54. Strangers are paid CHINOOK CHARACTER. 2-19 There is little difference of opinion concerning the character of the Chinooks. All agree that they are intelligent and very acute in trade; some travelers have found them at different points harmless and inoffensive; and in a few instances honesty has been detected. So much for their good qualities. As to the bad, there is unanimity nearly as great that they are thieves and liars, and for the rest each observer applies to them a selection of such adjectives as lazy, superstitious, cowardly, inquisitive, intrusive, libidinous, treacherous, turbulent, hypocritical, fickle, etc. The Clatsops, with some authors, have the reputation of being the most honest and moral; for the lowest position in the scale all the rest might present a claim. It should however be said in their favor that they are devotedly attached to their homes, and treat kindly both their young children and aged parents; also that not a few of their bad traits originated with or have been aggravated by contact with civilization.139 to join in the lamentations. Ross' Adven., p. 97. Children who die during the head-flattening process are set afloat in their cradles upon the surface of some sacred pool, where the bodies of the old are also placed in their canoes. Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 111. On burial and mourning see also, Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. 72-3, 153, 186-9, with cut of canoe on platform. Mofras' Explor., vol. ii., p. 355, and pi. 18 of Atlas; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 423, 429, 509, Kane's Wand., pp. 176-8, 181, 202-5; Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp- 124-5, 335-6, vol. ii., p. 157; Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 144, 151-2; Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. i., pp. 281-2, vol. ii., p. 53; Belcher's Voy., vol. i., p. 292; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 255; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 119-20, 131-2; Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., pp. 149-50; Fremont's Ogn. and Cat, p. 186; Irving's Astoria, p. 99; Franchere's Nar., p. 106; Palmer's Jour., p. 87; Ind. Life, p. 210; Townsend's Nar., p. 180. 139 «The clumsy thief, who is detected, is scoffed at and despised.' Bunn's Oregon, pp. 130-1, 114. ' The Kalapuya, like the Umkwa,... are more regular and quiet' than the inland tribes, ' and more cleanly, honest and moral than the' coast tribes. The Chinooks are a quarrelsome, thievish, and treacherous people. Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., pp. 217, 215, 198, 204. ' A rascally, thieving set.' Gass' Jour., p. 304. * When well treated, kind and hospitable.' Swan's N. W. Coast, pp. 215, 110, 152. At Cape Or- ford 'pleasing and courteous deportment .. .scrupulously honest.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. i , pp. 204-5. Laziness is probably induced by the ease with which they obtain food. Kane's Wand., pp. 181,185. ' Crafty and intriguing.' Easily irritated, but a trifle will appease him. Ross' Fur Hunters., vol. i., p. 61, 70-1, 77, 88, 90-1, 124-5, 235-6. ' They possess in an eminent degree, the qualities opposed to indolence, improvidence, and stupidity: the chiefs above all, are distinguished for their good sense and intelligence. Generally speaking, they have a ready intellect and a tenacious memory.' ' Rarely resist the temptation of stealing' white men's goods. Franchere's Nar., pp. 241-2, 261. Loquacious, never gay, knavish, impertinent. Lewis and Clarke's J 250 COLUMBIANS. The Inland Families, constituting the fifth and last division of the Columbians, inhabit the region between the Cascade Range and the eastern limit of what I term the Pacific States, from 52° 30' to 45° of north latitude. These bounds are tolerably distinct; though that on the south, separating the eastern portions of the Columbian and Californian groups, is irregular and marked by no great river, mountain chain, or other prominent physical feature. These inland natives of the Northwest occupy, in person, character, and customs, as well as in the location of their home, an intermediate position between the coast people already described—to whom they are pronounced superior in most respects—and the Rocky Mountain or eastern tribes. Travelers crossing the Rocky Mountains into this territory from the east, or entering it from the Pacific by way of the Columbia or Fraser, note contrasts on passing the limits, sufficient to justify me in regarding its inhabitants as one people for the purposes aimed at in this volume.140 Instead, there- Trav., pp. 416, 441-2, 504, 523-4. ' Thorough-bred hypocrites and liars.' 'The Killymucks the most roguish.' Industry, patience, sobriety and ingenuity are their chief virtues; thieving, lying, incontinence, gambling and cruelty may be classed among their vices. Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 115, 131, 296-7, 332, 304-5, 321, vol. ii., p. 133. At Wishiam ' they were a community of arrant rogues and freebooters.' Irving's Astoria, pp. 322, 342. 'Lying is very common; thieving comparatively rare.' White's Ogn., p. 207. 'Do not appear to possess a particle of natural good feeling.' Townsend's Nar., p. 183. At Coos Bay 'by no means the fierce and warlike race found further to the northward.' Wells, in Harper's Mag., vol. xiii., p. 601. Umqua and Coose tribes are naturally industrious; the Suislaws the most advanced; the Alcea not so enterprising. Sykes, in Ind. Aff. Rept, i860, p. 215. Calapooias, a poDr, cowardly, an! thievish race. Miller, in id., 1857, p. 364; Nicolay'sOgn. Te.t\, p. 151; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 87, vol. ii., pp. 16, 36; Warre and Vavasour, in Martin's Hud. B., p. 83; Palmer's Jour., pp. 84, 105; Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 249-50; Ind. Life, pp. 1-4, 210; Fitzgerald's Vane Isl, p. 19J; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 207, etc. 140 < They all resemble each other in general characteristics.' Parkzr's Explor. Tour., p. 229. Shushwaps and Salish all one race. Mayne's B. C, p. 296-7. 'The Indians of the interior are, both physically and morally, vastly superior to the tribes of the coast.' Id., p. 242. 'The Kliketat near M 3unt Rainier, the Walla-Wallas, and the Okanagan.... speak kindred dialects.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 170. The best-supported opinion is that the inland were of the same original stock with the lower tribes. Bunn's Oregon, p. 316. 'On leaving the verge of the Carrier country, near Alexandria, a marked change is at once perceptible.' Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 77. Inland tribes differ widely from the piscatorial tribes. Ross' Adven., p. 127. 'Those residing near the Rocky Mountains... .are and always have b^en superior races to those living on the lower Columbia.' Alvord, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 654. 'I was particularly struck with their THE SHUSHWAPS. 251 fore, of treating each family separately, as has been done with the coast divisions of the group, I deem it more convenient, as well as less monotonous to the reader, to avoid repetition by describing the manners and customs of all the people within these limits together, taking care to note such variations as may be found to exist. The division into families and nations, made according to principles already sufficiently explained, is as follows, beginning again at the north: The Shushwaps, our first family division, live between 52° 30' and 49° in the interior of British Columbia, occupying the valleys of the Fraser, Thompson, and Upper Columbia rivers with their tributary streams and lakes. They are bounded on the west by the Nootkas and on the north by the Carriers, from both of which families they seem to be distinct. As national divisions of this family may be mentioned the Shushwaps proper, or Atnahs,141 who occupy the whole northern portion of the territory; the Okanagans,142 in the valley of the lake and river of the same name; and the Kootenais,14B who vast superiority (on the Similkameen River, Lat. 49° 30', Long. 120° 30') in point of intelligence and energy to the Fish Indians on the Fraser River, and in its neighbourhood.' Palmer, in B. C. Papers, vol. iii., p. 84. Striking contrast noted in passing up the Columbia. Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 199. i4i * The Shewhapmuch.... who compose a large branch of the Saeliss family,' known as Nicute-much—corrupted by the Canadians into Couteaux— b^low the junction of the Fraser and Thompson. Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 76-7. Atnahs is their name in the Takali language, and signifies 'strangers.' 'Differ so little from their southern neighbors, the Salish, as to render a particular description unnecessary.' Hale's Ethno'j., in U. S. Ex. Ev., vol. vi., p. 205. They were called by'Mackenzie the Chin tribe, according to Prichard's Rsssarchss, vol. v., p. 427, but Mackenzie's Chin tribe was north of the Atnahs, being the Nagailer tribe of the Carriers. See Mackenzie's Voy., pp. 257-8, and map. 142 'About Okanagan, various branches of the Carrier tribe.' Nicolay's 0 m. Tir., p. 143. ' Okanagans, on the upper part of Frazer's River.' Lude- zoij, Ab. Lang., p. 170. 143 Also known as Flat-bows. * The poorest of the tribes composing the Flathead nation.' MaCormick, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1867, p. 211. ' Speaking a language of their own, it is not easy to imagine their origin; but it appears probable that they once belonged to some more southern tribe, from which they became shut off by the intervention of larger tribes.' Mayne's B. C, p. 297. 'In appearance, character, and customs, they resemble more the Indians east of the Rocky Mountains than those of Lower Oregon.' Hale's Ethnog., in-U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 205. ' Les Arcs-a-Plats, et les Koetenais sont connus dans le pays sous le nom de Skalzi.' De Smet, Miss, de VOregon, p. 80. 252 COLUMBIANS. inhabit the triangle bounded by the Upper Columbia, the Rocky Mountains, and the 49th parallel, living chiefly on Flatbow river and lake. All three nations might probably be joined with quite as much reason to the Salish family farther south, as indeed has usually been done with the Okanagans; while the Kootenais are by some considered distinct from any of their adjoining nations. The Salish Family dwells south of the Shushwaps, between 49° and 47°, altogether on the Columbia and its tributaries. Its nations, more clearly defined than in most other families, are the Flatheads,144" or Salish proper, between the Bitter Root and Rocky Mountains on Flathead and Clarke rivers; the Pend d Oreilks,145 who dwell about the lake of the same name and on Clarke River, for fifty to seventy-five miles above and below the lake; the Ooeurs d'Alene,146 south of the Pend d'Oreilles, on Coeur d'Alene Lake and the streams falling into it; the Colvilles,141 a term which may be used to designate the variously named bands about Kettle Falls, and northward along the Columbia to the Arrow Lakes; the Spokanes,148 on the Spokane River and plateau along the Columbia below Kettle Falls, nearly to the mouth of the H4 The origin of the name Flathead, as applied to this nation, is not known, as they have never been known to flatten the head. 'The mass of the nation consists of persons who have more or less of the blood of the Spokanes, Pend d'Oreilles, Nez Perces, and Iroquois.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 207; Pac R. R. Ript, vol. i., p. 150; Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 108; Stuart's Montana, p. 82. Gass applied the name/apparently to tribes on the Clearwater of the Sahaptin family. Jour., p. 224. 143 Also called Kalispslms and Ponderas. The Upper Pend d'Oreilles consist of a number of wandering families of Spokanes, Kalispelms proper, and Flatheads. SucJdey, in Pac R. R. R?pt., vol. i., p. 294; Stevens, in II., p. 149; Stevens, in Ind. Ajf. Rept, 1854, p. 210. 'Very similar in manners, etc., to the Flatheads, and form one people with them.' De Smet, Miss, de VOregon, p. 32. us The native name, according to Hale, is Skitsuish, and Coeur d'Alene, j Awl heart,' is a nickname applied from the circumstance that a chief used these words to express his idea of the Canadian traders' meanness. Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 210. 147 Quiarlpi,' Basket People,' Chaudieres, * Kettles,' Kettle Falls, Chualpays, Skoielpoi, and Lakes, are some of the names applied to these bands, . !43 ' Ils s'appellent entre eux les Enfants du Soleil, dans leur langue Spokane.' Be'Smet, Miss, de l'Oregon, p. 31. 'Differing very little from the Indians at Colville, either in their appearance, habits, or language.' Kane's Wand., p. 307. THE SAHAPTIN FAMILY. 253 Okanagan; and the Pisquovse,149 on the west bank of the Columbia between the Okanagan and Priest Rapids. The Sahaptin Family, the last of the Columbian group, is immediately south of the Salish, between the Cascade and Bitter Root mountains, reaching southward, in general terms, to the forty-fifth parallel, but very irregularly bounded by the Shoshone tribes of the Californian group. Of its nations, the Nez Percys,150 or Sa- haptins proper, dwell on the Clearwater and its branches, and on the Snake about the forks; the P abuse151 occupy the region north of the Snake about the mouth of the Palouse; the south banks of the Columbia and Snake near their confluence, and the banks of the lower Walla Walla are occupied by the Walla Wallas-152 the Yakimas and Kliketats153 inhabit the region north of the Dalles, 149 ' So much intermarried with the Yakamas that they have almost lost their nationality.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 236. 150 < Pierced Noses,' so named by the Canadians, perhaps from the nasal ornaments of the first of the tribe seen, although the custom of piercing the nose has never been known to be prevalent with this people. ' Generally known and distinguished by the name of " black robes," in contradistinction to those who live on fish.' Named Nez Perces from the custom of boring the nose to receive a white shell, like the fluke of an anchor. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., pp. 305, 185-6. ' There are two tribes of the Pierced-Nose Indians, the upper and the lower.' BrowneU's Ind. Races, pp. 533-5. ' Though originally the same people, their dialect varies very perceptibly from that of the Tushepaws.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 341. Called Thoiga-rik-kah, Tsoi-gah, ' Cowse-eaters,' by the Snakes. ' Ten times better off to-day than they were then'—'a practical refutation of the time-honored he, that intercourse with whites is an injury to Indians.' Stuart's Montana, pp. 76-7. 'In character and appearance, they resemble more the Indians of the Missouri than their neighbors, the Salish.' Hale's Ethnog. in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 212; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 54. 151 ' La tribu Paloose appartient a la nation des Nez-perc£s et leur ressem- ble sous tous les rapports.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 31. 152 The name comes from that of the river. It should be pronounced Wala-Wala, very short. Pandosy's Gram., p. 9. 'Descended from slaves formerly owned and liberated by the Nez Perces.' Parker's Explor. Tour. p. 247. 'Not unlike the Pierced-Noses in general appearance, language, and habits.' BrowneU's Ind. Races, pp. 533-5. Parts of three different nations at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia. Gass' Jour., pp. 218-19. 'None of the Indians have any permanent habitations' on the south bank of the Columbia about and above the Dalles. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 365. ' Generally camping in winter on the north side of the river.' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1854, p. 223. 153 The name Yakima is a word meaning ' Black Bear' in the Walla Walla dialect. They are called Klikatats west of the mountains. Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 407. ' The Klikatats and Yakimas, in all essential peculiarities of character, are identical, and their intercourse is constant.' ld.fp. 403, and Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 225. * Pshawanwappam bands, usually called Yakamas.' The name signifies ' Stony Ground.' Gibbs, in Pan* 254 COLUMBIANS. betwreen the Cascade Range and the Columbia, the former in the valley of the Yakima, the latter in the mountains about Mt. Adams. Both nations extend in some bands across into the territory of the Sound family. The natives of Oregon east of the Cascade Range, who have not usually been included in the Sahaptin family, I will divide somewhat arbitrarily into the Wascos, extending from the mountains eastward to John Day River, and the Cayuse154 from this river across the Blue Mountains to the Grande Ronde. The inland Columbians are of medium stature, usually from five feet seven to five feet ten inches, but sometimes reaching a height of six feet; spare in flesh, but muscular and symmetrical; with well-formed limbs, the legs not being deformed as among the Chinooks by constant sitting in the canoe; feet and hands are in many tribes small and well made. In bodily strength they are inferior to whites, but superior, as might be expected from their habits, to the more indolent fish-eaters on the Pacific. The women, though never corpulent, are more inclined to rotundity than the men. The Nez Perces and Cay uses are considered the best specimens, while in dosy's Gram., p. vii. ' Roil-roil-pam, is the Klikatat country.' ' Its meaning is I the Mouse country." ' Id. The Yakima valley is a great national rendezvous for these and surrounding nations. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., pp. 19, 21. Kliketats, meaning robbers, was first the name given-tp the Whulwhy- pums, and then extended to all speaking the same language. For twenty-five years before 1854 they overran the Willamette Valley, but at that time were forced by government to retire to their own country. Tolmie, in Lord's Nat., vol. ii., pp. 244-7. iJ4 Wasco is said to mean 'basin,* and the tribe derives its name, traditionally, from the fact that formerly one of their chiefs, his wife having died, spent much of' his time in making cavities or basins in the soft rock for his children to fill with water and pebbles, and thereby amuse themselves. Victor's All over Ogn., pp. 94-5. The word Cayuse is perhaps the French Cail- loux, 'pebbles.' Called by Tolmie, 'Wyeilats or K>oose.' He says their language has an affinity to that of the Carriers and Umpquas. Lora's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 249-50. ' Resemble the Walla-Wallas very much.' Kane's Wand., pp. 279-80. ' The imperial tribe of Oregon ' claiming jurisdiction over the whole Columbia region. Farnham's Trav., p. 81. The Snakes, Walla-Wallas, and Cayuse meet annually in the Grande Ronde Valley. Tliornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. i., p. 270. 'Individuals of the pure.blood are few, the majority being intermixed with the Nez Perces and the Wallah-Wallahs.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 218-19. The region which I give to the Wascos and Cayuses is divided on Hale's map between the Walla-Wallas, Waiilatpu, and Molele. PHYSIQUE OF THE INLAND TRIBES. 255 the north the Kootenais seem to be superior to the other Shushwap nations. The Salish are assigned by Wilkes and Hale an intermediate place in physical attributes between the coast and mountain tribes, being in stature and proportion superior to the Chinooks, but inferior to the Nez Perces.155 Inland, a higher order of face is observed than on the coast. The cheek-bones are still high, the forehead is rather low, the face long, the eyes black, rarely oblique, the nose prominent arid frequently aquiline, the lips thin, the teeth white and regular but generally much worn. The- general expression of the features is stern, often melancholy, but not as a rule harsh or repulsive. Dignified, fine-looking men, and handsome young women have been remarked in nearly all the tribes, but here again the Sahaptins bear off the palm. The complexion is not darker than on the coast, but has more of a coppery hue. The hair is black, generally coarse, and worn long. The beard is very thin, and its growth is carefully prevented by plucking.156 155 In the interior the ' men are tall, the women are of common stature, and both are well formed.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 229. ' Of middle height, slender.' Hale's Ethnog, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 199. The inland tribes of British Columbia, compared with those on the coast, ' are of a better cast, being generally of the middle height.' Id., p. 198. See also p. 206. The Nez Perces and Cayuses 'are almost universally fine-looking, robust men.' In criticising the person of one of that tribe ' one was forcibly reminded of the Apollo Belvidere.' Townsend's Nar., pp. 148, 98. The Klikatat 'stature is low, with light, sinewy limbs.' Id., p. 178; also pp. 158-174. The Walla- Wallas are generally powerful men, at least six feet high, and the Cayuse are still ' stouter and more athletic' Gairdner, in Lond. Geog. Soc Jour., vol. xi., p. 256. The Umatillas 'may be a superior race to the "Snakes," but I doubt it.' Barnhart, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1862, p. 271. The Salish are 'rather below the average size, but are well knit, muscular, and good-looking.' Stv- ens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 208. ' Well made and active.' Bunn's Oregon, pp. 311, 327. 'Below the middle hight, with thick-set limbs.' Bomenech's Deserts, vol. i., p. 88, vol. ii., pp. 55-6, 64-5. The Cootonais are above the medium height. Very few Shushwaps reach the height of five feet nine inches. Cox's Adven., vol. ii., pp. 155, 376, vol. i., p. 240. See also on physique of the inland nations, Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 321, 340, 356. 359, 382, 527-8, 553-7; Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 475; Dunn, in Gal. Farmer, April 26,1861; San Francisco Herald, June, 1858; Stevens* in Fae R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 309, 414; Nicolay's- Ogn. Ter., p. 151; Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 105-6, and vol. i., frontispiece, cut of a' group of Spokanes. Be Smet, Voy., pp. 30, 198; Palmer's Jour., p. 54; Ross' Adven., pp. 127, 294; Stuart's Montana, p. 82. 156 The interior tribes have ' long faces, and bold features, thin lips, wide cheek-bones, smooth skins, and the usual tawny complexion of the American tribes.' 'Features of a less exaggerated harshness' than the coast tribes.. 256 COLUMBIANS. The custom of head-flattening, apparently of seaboard origin and growth, extends, nevertheless, across the Cascade barrier, and is practiced to a greater or less extent by all the tribes of the Sahaptin family. Among them all, however, with the exception perhaps of the Kliketats, the deformity consists only of a very slight compression of the forehead, which nearly or quite disappears at maturity. The practice also extends inland up tie valley of the Fraser, and is found at least in nearly all the more western tribes of the Shushwaps. The Salish family do not flatten the skull.157 Other methods of Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex.rYol. vi., p. 198-9. 'Hair and eyes are black, their cheek bones high, and very frequently they have aquiline noses.' * They wear their hair long, part it upon their forehead, and let it hang in tresses on each side, or down behind.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 229. Complexion ' a little fairer than other Indians.' Id. The Okanagans are 'better featured and handsomer in their persons, though darker, than the Chinooks or other Indians along the sea-coast.' 'Teeth white as ivory, well set and regular.' The voices of Walla Wallas, Nez Perces, and Cayuses, are strong and masculine. Ross' Adven., pp. 294, 127. The Flatheads.(Nez Perces) aie 'the whitest Indians I ever saw.' Gass' Jour., p. 189. The Shushwap 'complexion is darker, and of a more muddy, coppery hue than that of the true Eed Indian.' Milton and Cheadle's N.W. Pass., p. 335. The Nez Perces darker than the Tushepaws. Dignified and pleasant features. Would have quite heavy beards if they shaved. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 340, 356, 359, 527-8, 556-7, 321. The inland natives are an ugly race, with ' broad faces, low foreheads, and rough, coppery and tanned skins.' The Salish 'features are less regular, and their complexion darker' than the Sahaptins. Bom- enech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 88, vol. ii., pp. 55-6. Teeth of the river tribes worn down by sanded salmon. Anderson, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., p. 228; Kane's Wand., p. 273. Nez Perces and Cayuses ' are almost universally fine looking, robust men, with strong aquiline features, and a much more cheerful cast of countenance than is usual amongst the race. Some of the women might almost be called beautiful, and none that I have seen are homely.' Some very handsome young girls among the Walla Wallas. The Kliketat features are 'regular, though often devoid of expression.' Townsend's Nar:, pp. 78, 148, 158, 178. Flatheads 'comparatively very fair in complexion, ....with oval faces, and a mild, and playful expression of countenance.' Bunn's Oregon, p. 311. The Kayuls had long dark hair, and regular features. Coke's Ron'ky Mountains, p. 304. Cut and description of a Clickitat skull, in Morton's Crania, p. 214, pi. 48. ' The Flatheads are the ugliest, and most of their women are far from being beauties.' Stuart's Montana, p. 82. w ' The Sahaptin and Walla wallas compress the head, but not so much as the tribes near the coast. It merely serves with them to make the forehead more retreating, which, with the aquiline nose common to these natives, gives to them occasionally, a physiognomy similar to that represented in tne hieroglyphical paintings of Central America.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., pp. 214, 205. All the Shushwaps flatten the head more or less. Mayne's B. C, p. 303. ' II est a remarquer que les tribus etablies au-dessus de la jonction de la branche sud de la Colombie, et designees sous le nom de Tetes Plates, ont renonce depuis longtemps a cet usage.' Mofras, Explor., torn. ii.. p. 349. 'A roundhead Klickatat woman would be a pariah.' Win- throp's Canoe and Saddle, p. 204. Nez Perces 'seldom known to flatten the HEAD-FLATTENING IN THE INTEBIOR. 257 deforming the person, such as tattooing and perforating the features are as a rule not employed; the Yakimas and Kliketats, however, with some other lower Columbia tribes, pierce or cut away the septum of the nose,158 and the Nez Perces probably derived their name from a similar custom formerly practiced by them. Paint, however, is used by all inland as well as coast tribes on occasions when decoration is desired, but applied in less profusion by the latter. The favorite color is vermilion, applied as a rule only to the face and hair.159 Elaborate hair-dressing is not common, and both sexes usually wear the hair in the same style, soaked in grease, often painted, and hanging in a natural state, or in braids, plaits, or queues, over the shoulders. Some of the southern tribes cut the hair across the forehead, while others farther north tie it up in knots on the back of the head.160 The coast dress—robes or blankets of bark-fibre or pp. i Nar. head.' Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 108. See Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., 5-6, 64-5; Tolmie, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 231-2, 249-51; Townsend's p. 175; Kane's Wand., p. 263; Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 207-8; WUkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 415, with cut. Walla Wallas, Skyuse, and Nez Perces flatten the head and perforate the nose. Farnham's Trav., p. 85; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 374, 359; Gass' Jour., p. 224. 158 Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., pp. 38-9; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 362', 382-3. 159 The Salish 'profuse in the use of paint.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 207-8, and in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 309. Nez Perces painted in colored stripes. Hine's Voy., p. 173. ' Four Indians (Nez Perces) streaked all over with white mud.' Kane's Wand., p. 291. Walla Walla ' faces painted red.' The Okanagan ' young of both sexes always paint their faces with red and black bars.' Ross' Adven., pp. 127, 294-8. The inland tribes 'appear to have less of the propensity to adorn themselves with painting, than the Indians east of the mountains, but not unfrequently vermilion mixed with red clay, is used not only upon their faces but upon their hair.' Parker's Explor.' Tour, p. 229. Red clay for face paint, obtained at Vermilion Forks of the Similkameen River, in B. C. Palmer, in B. C. Papers, vol. iii., p. 84. Pend d'Oreille women rub the face every morning with a mixture of red and brown powder, which is made to stick by a coating of fish-oil. Be Smet, Voy., p. 198. 160 The Oakinack ' women wear their hair neatly clubbed on each side of the head behind the ears, and ornamented with double rows of the snowy higua, which are among the Oakinackens called Shet-la-cane;.but they keep it shed or divided in front. The men's hair is queued or rolled up into a knot behind the head, and ornamented like that of the women; but in front it falls or hangs down loosely before the face, covering the forehead and the eyes, which causes them every now and then to shake the head, or use the hands to uncover their eyes.' Ross' Adven., pp.. 294-5.. The head of the Nez Perces not ornamented. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp.. 341, 321, 351, 377, 528, 532-3; Coke's Ro;ky Mts., p. 304; Kane's Wand, p\ 274'. Vol. I. 17 258 COLUMBIANS. small skins—is also used for some distance inland on the banks of the Columbia and Fraser, as among the Nieoutamuch, Kliketats, and Wascos; but the distinctive inland dress is of dressed skin of deer, antelope, or mountain sheep; made into.a rude frock, or shirt, with loose sleeves; leggins reaching half-way up the thigh, and either bound to the leg or attached by strings to a belt about the waist; moccasins, and rarely a cap. Men's frocks descend half-way to the knees; women's nearly to the ankles. Over this dress, or to conceal the want of some part of it, a buffalo or elk robe is worn, especially in winter. All garments are profusely and often tastefully decorated with leather fringes, feathers, shells, and porcupine quills; beads, trinkets and various bright- colored cloths having been added to Indian ornamentation since the whites came. A new suit of this native skin clothing is not without beauty, but by most tribes the suit is worn without change till nearly ready to drop off, and becomes disgustingly filthy. Some tribes clean and whiten their clothing occasionally with white earth, or pipe-clay. The buffalo and most of the other large skins are obtained from the country east of the mountains.161 161 The Ootlashoot women wear 'a long shirt of skin, reaching down to the ancles, and tied round the waist.' Few ornaments. The Nez Perces wear ' the buffalo or elk-skin robe decorated with beads, sea-shells, chiefly mother-of-pearl, attached to an otter-skin collar and hung in the hair ' Leggins and moccasins are painted; a plait of twisted grass is worn round .the neck. The women wear their long robe without a girdle, but to it ' are tied little pieces of brass and shells, and other small articles.' 'The dress of the female is indeed more modest, and more studiously so than any we have observed, though the other sex is careless of the indelicacy of exposure.' ' The Sokulk females have no other covering but a truss or piece of leather tied round the hips and then drawn tight between the legs.' Three fourths of the Pisquitpaws 'have scarcely any robes at all.' The Chilluckittequaws 'use skins of wolves, deer, elk, and wild cats. 'Round their neck is put a strip of some skin with the tail of the animal hanging down over the breast.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 321, 340-1, 351, 359, 361, 377, 528, 528, 532-3. Many of the Walla Walla, Nez Perce, and Cayuse females wore robes ' richly garnished with be&ds, higuas/ etc. The war chief wears as a head-dress the whole skin of a wolf's head, with the ears standing erect. The Okanagans wear in winter long detachable sleeves or mittens of wolf or fox skin, also wolf or bear skin caps when hunting. Men and women dress nearly alike, and are profuse in the use of ornaments. Ross' Adven., p. 127, 294-8; Id., Fur Hunters, vol. i., p.J306. The Flatheads often change their clothing and clean it with pipe-clay. They have no regular head-dress. From the Ya- INLAND DWELLINGS. 259 The inland dwelling is a frame of poles, covered with rush matting, or with the skins of the buffalo or elk. As a rule the richest tribes and individuals use skins, although many of the finest Sahaptin houses are covered with mats only. Notwithstanding these nations are/rich in horses, I find no mention that horse-hides are ever employed for this or any other purpose. The form of the lodge is that of a tent, conical or oblong, and usually sharp at the top, where an open space is left for light and air to enter, and smoke to escape. Their internal condition presents a marked contrast with that of the Chinook and Nootka habitations, since they are by many interior tribes kept free from vermin and filth. Their light material and the frequency with which their location is changed contributes to this result. The lodges are pitched by the women, who acquire great skill and celerity in the work. Holes are left along the sides for entrance, and within, a floor of sticks is laid, or more frequently the ground is spread with mats, and skins serve for beds. Dwellings are often built sufficiently large to accommodate many families, each of which in such case has its own fireplace on a central longitudinal line, a definite space being allotted for its goods, but no dividing partitions are ever used. The dwellings are kima to the Okanagan the men go naked, and the women wear only a belt with a slip passing between the legs. Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 133, 148, 240-1, vol. ii., p. 144. Nez Perces better clad than any others, Cayuses well clothed, Walla Wallas naked and half starved. Palmer's Jour., pp. 54, 124, 127-8. At the Dalles, women 'go nearly naked, for they wear little else than what may be termed a breech-cloth, of buckskin, which is black and filthy with dirt.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 409-10, 426, 473. The Kliketat women wear a short pine-bark petticoat tied round the loins. Townsend's Nar., pp. 78, 178, 148. ' Their buffaloe robes and other skins they chiefly procure on the Missouri, when they go over to hunt, as there are no buftaloe in this part of the country and very little other game.' Gass' Jour., pp. 189, 205, 218-19, 295. Tusshepaw 'women wore caps of willow neatly worked and figured.' Irving's Astoria, pp. 315, 317, 319; Id., Bonneville's Adven., p. 301. The Flathead women wear straw hats, used also for drinking and cooking purposes. Be Smet, Voy., pp. 45-7,198. The Shushwaps wear in wet weather capes of bark trimmed with fur, and reaching to the elbows. Moccasins are more common than on the coast, but they often ride barefoot. Mayne's B. C, p. 301. Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 2^.9- 30; Kane's Wand., p. 264, and cut; Fremont's Ogn. and Cat., pp. 186-7; Stevens, in Bid. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 222; Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., p. 153; Franchere's Nar., p. 268; Bunn's Oregon, p. 311; Coke's Rocky Mts., p. 304; Hunt, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., torn, x., 1821, pp. 74-5, 78. 260 COLUMBIANS. arranged in small villages generally located in winter on the banks of small streams a little away from the main rivers. For a short distance up the Columbia, houses similar to those of the Chinooks are built of split cedar and bark. The Walla Wallas, living in summer in the ordinary mat lodge, often construct for winter a subterranean abode by digging a circular hole ten or twelve feet deep, roofing it with poles or split cedar covered with grass and mud, leaving a small opening at the top for exit and entrance by means of a notched-log ladder. The Atnahs on Fraser River spend the winter in similar structures, a simple slant roof of mats or bark sufficing for shade and shelter in summer. The Okanagans construct their lodges over an excavation in the ground several feet deep, and like many other nations, cover their matting in winter with grask and earth.162 !62.The Sokulk houses ' generally of a square or oblong form, varying in length from fifteen to sixty feet, and supported in the inside by poles or forks about six feet high.' The roof is nearly flat. The Echeloot and Chil- luckittequaw houses were of the Chinook style, partially sunk in the ground. The Nez Perces live in houses built ' of straw and mats, in the form of the roof of a house.' One of these 'was one hundred and fifty-six feet long, arid about fifteen wide, closed at the ends, and having a number of doors on each side.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 340, 851, 369-70, 381-2, 540. Nez Perce dwellings twenty to seventy feet long and from ten to fifteen feet wide; free from vermin. Flathead houses conical but spacious, made of buffalo and moose skins over long poles. Spokane lodges oblong or conical, covered with' skins or mats. Cox's Adven., voh i., pp. 148, 192, 200. Nez Perce and Cayuse lodges ' composed of ten long poles, the lower ends of which are pointed and driven into the ground; the upper blunt and drawn together at the top by thongs' covered with skins. ' Universally used by the mountain Indians while travelling.' Umatillas live in ' shantys or wigwams of driftwood, covered with buffalo or deer skins.' Klicatats 'in miserable loose hovels.' Townsend's Nar., pp. 104-5,156,174. Okanagan winter lodges are long and narrow, ' chiefly of mats and poles, covered over with grass and earth;' dug one or two feet below the surface; look like the roof of a common house set on the ground. Ross' Adven., pp. 313-4. On the Yakima River ' a small canopy, hardly sufficient to shelter a sheep, was found to contain four generations of human beings/ Pickering's Rqces, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., pp. 34, 37. On the Clearwater 'there are not more than four lodges in a place or village, and these small camps or villages are eight or ten miles apart.' 'Summer lodges are made of willows and flags, and their winter lodges of split pine.' Gass' Jour., pp. 212, 221, 223. At Kettle Falls, the lodges are of rush mats.' 'A flooring is made of sticks, raised three or four feet from the ground, leaving the space beneath it entirely open, and forming a cool, airy, and shady place, in which to hang their salmon.' Kane's Wand., pp. 309, 272-3. The Pend d'Oreilles roll their tent- mats into' cylindrical bundles for convenience in traveling. Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 215, 238, 282. Bamhart, in Id., 1862, p. 271. The Shush wap den is warm but ' necessarily unwholesome, and redolent.,.. of anything but roses.' Anderson, mllisl Maj., vol. vii., p. 77. Yakimas, 'rude FOOD OF THE INLAND NATIONS. 261 The inland families eat fish and game, with roots and fruit; no nation subsists without all these supplies; but the proportion of each consumed varies greatly according to locality. Some tribes divide their forces regularly into bands, of men to fish and hunt, of women to cure fish and flesh, and to gather roots and berries. I have spoken of the coast tribes as a fish-eating, and the interior tribes as a hunting people, attributing in great degree their differences of person and character to their food, or rather to their methods of obtaining it; yet fish constitutes an important element of inland subsistence as well. Few tribes live altogether without salmon, the great staple of the Northwest; since those dwelling on streams inaccessible to the salmon by reason of intervening falls, obtain their supply by annual migrations to the fishing-grounds, or by trade with other nations. The principal salmon fisheries of the Columbia are at the Dalles, the falls ten miles above, and at Kettle Falls. Other productive stations are on the Powder, Snake, Yakima, Okanagan, and Clarke rivers. On the Fraser, which has no falls in its lower course, fishing is carried on all along the banks of the river instead of at regular stations, as on the Columbia. Nets, weirs, hooks, spears, and all the implements and methods by which fish are taken and cured have been sufficiently described in treating of the coast region; in the interior I find no important variations except in the basket method in use at the Chaudieres or Kettle Falls by the Quiarlpi tribe. Here an immense willow basket, often ten feet in diameter and twelve feet deep, is suspended at the falls from huts covered with mats.' Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 407. Shushwaps erect rude slants of bark or matting; have' no tents or houses. Milton and Cheadle's N. W. Pass., p. 242. From the swamps south of Flatbow Lake, ' the Kootanie Indians obtain the klusquis or thick reed, which is the only article that serves them in the construction of their lodges,' and is traded with other tribes. Sullivan, in Palliser's Explor., p. 15. In winter the Salish cover their mats with earth. Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 207. Flag huts of the Walla Wallas. Farnham's Trav., p. 85; Mullan's Rept, pp. 49-50; Palmer's Jour., p. 61; Coke's Rocky Mts., p. 295; Irving!s Astoria, pp. 315, 319; Id., Bonneville's Adven., p. 301; Be Smet, Voy., p. 185; Id., West Missions, p. 284; Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 105-6. Hunt, in NouveUes Annales des Voy., torn, x., 1821, pp. 74-5, 79. 262 COLUMBIANS. strong timbers fixed in crevices of the rocks, and above this is a frame so attached that the salmon in attempting to leap the fall strike the sticks of the frame and are thrown back into the basket, in the largest of which naked men armed with clubs await them. Five thousand pounds of salmon have thus been taken in a day by means of a single basket. During the fishing-season the Salmon Chief has full authority; his basket is the largest, and must be located a month before others are allowed to fish. The small nets used in the same region have also the peculiarity of a stick which keeps the mouth open when the net is empty, but is removed by the weight of the fish. Besides the salmon, sturgeon are extensively taken in the Fraser, and in the Arrow Lakes, while trout and other varieties of small fish abound in most of the streams. The fishing-season is the summer, between June and September, varying a month or more according to locality. This is also the season of trade and festivity, when tribes from all directions assemble to exchange commodities, gamble, dance, and in later times to drink and fight.163 163 Natives begin to assemble at Kettle Falls about three weeks before the salmon begin to run; feuds are laid by; horse-racing, gambling, love-making, etc., occupy the assembly; and the medicine-men are busy working charms for a successful season. The fish are cut open, dried on poles over a small fire, and packed in bales. On the Fraser each family or village fishes for itself; near the mouth large gaff-hooks are used, higher up a net managed between two canoes. All the principal Indian fishing-stations on the Fraser are below Fort Hope. For sturgeon a spear seventy to eighty feet long is used. Cut of sturgeon-fishing. Lord's Nat, vol. i., pp. 71-6,181,184-6. The Pend d'Oreilles ' annually construct a fence which reaches across the stream, and guides the fish into a weir or rack,' on Clarke River, just above the lake. The Walla Walla ' fisheries at the Dalles and the falls, ten miles above, are the finest on the river,' The Yakima weirs constructed ' upon horizontal spars, and supported by tripods of strong poles erected at short distances apart; two of the logs fronting up stream, and one supporting them below;' some fifty or sixty yards long. The salmon of the Okanagan were ' of a small species, which had assumed a uniform red color.' 'The fishery at the Kettle Falls is one of the most important on the river, and the arrangements of the Indians in the shape of dryings-scaffolds and store-houses are on a corresponding scale.' Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 214, 223, 231, 233; Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 40'7-8. The salmon chief at Kettle Falls distributes the fish among the people, every one, even the Smallest child, getting an equal share. Kane's Wand., pp. 31J.-14. On Des Chutes Biver ' they spear the fish with barbed iron points, fitted loosely by sockets to the ends of poles about eight feet long,' to which they are fastened by a thong about twelve feet long. Abbott, in Paz. R. R. Rept, vol. vi., p. 90* On the upper Columbia an jlndian 'cat off a bit of his leathern shirt, about the size of a small bean; HUNTING BY SHUSHWAPS, SALISH, AND SAHAPTINS. 263 The larger varieties of game are hunted by the natives on horseback wherever the nature of the country will permit. Buffalo are now never found west of the Rocky Mountains, and there are but few localities where large game has ever been abundant, at least since the country became known to white men. Consequently the Flat- heads, Nez Perces, and Kootenais, the distinctively hunting nations, as well as bands from nearly every other tribe, cross the mountains once or twice each year, penetrating to the buffalo-plains between the Yellowstone and the Missouri, in the territory of hostile nations. The bow and arrow was the weapon with which buffalo and all other game were shot. No peculiar cunning seems to have been necessary to the native hunter of buffalo; he had only to ride into the immense herds on his well- trained horse, and select the fattest animals for his arrows. Various devices are mentioned as being practiced in the chase of deer, elk, and mountain sheep; such as driving them by a circle of fire on the prairie towards the concealed hunters, or approaching within arrow-shot th.3n pulling out two or three hairs from his horse's tail for a line, tied the bit of leather to ons end of it, in place of a hook or fly.' Ross' Adven., pp. 132-3. At the mouth of Flatbow River 'a dike of round stones, which runs up obliquely against the main stream, on the west side, for more than one hundred yards in length, resembling the foundation of a wall.' Similar range on the east side, supposed to be for taking fish at low water. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. ii., pp. 165-6. West of the Rocky Mountains they fish ' with great success by means of a kind of large basket suspended from a long cord.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii , pp. 240-1. On Powder River they use tha hook as a gaff. Coke's Rocky Mis., p. 283. A Wasco spears three or four salmon of twenty to thirty pounds each in ten minutes. Remy and Brenchley's Jour., vol. ii., p. 503. No salmon are taken above the upper falls of the Columbia. Thornton's Ogn. and Cal, vol. i., p. 392. Walla Walla fish-weirs ' formed of two curtains of small willow switches matted together with withes of the same plant, and extending across the river in two parallel lines, six feet asunder. These are supported by several parcels of poles, and are either rolled up or let down at pleasure for a few feet.... A seine of fifteen or eighteen feet in length is then dragged down the river by two persons, and the bottom drawn up against the curtain of willows.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 532. Make fishing-nets of flax. Parker's Explor. Tour., p. 9.). ' The Inland, as well as the Coast, tribes, live to a great extent upon salmon.' Mayne's B. C, p. 242; Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., pp. 152-3. Palouse 'live solely by fishing.' Mullan's Rept., p. 49. Salmon cannot ascend to Coeur d'Alene Lake. Hale's Ethnog., in if. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., pp. 2C9-10. Okanagan food ' consists principally of salmon and a small fish which they call carp.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 462. The Walla Wallas ' may well be termed the fishermen of the Skyuse camp.' Farnham's Trav., p.8.1. 284 COLUMBIANS. by skillful manipulations of a decoy animal; or the frightened deer are driven into an ambush by converging lines/of bright-colored rags so placed in the bushes as to represent men. Kane states that about the Arrow Lakes hunting dogs are trained to follow the deer and to bring back the game to their masters even from very long distances. Deer are also pursued in the winter on snow-shoes, and in deep snow often knocked down with clubs. Bear and beaver are trapped in some places; and, especially about the northern lakes and marshes, wild fowl are very abundant, and help materially to eke out the supply of native food.164 Their natural improvidence, or an occasional unlucky hunting or fishing season, often reduces them to want, and in such case the resort is to roots, berries, and mosses, several varieties of which are also gathered and laid up 164 The Shushwaps formerly crossed the mountains to the Assinniboine territory. The Okanagans when hunting wear wolf or bear skin caps; there is no bird or beast whose voice they cannot imitate. War and hunting were the Nez Perce occupation; cross the mountains for buffalo. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., pp. 148, 219, 297-8, 3J5. The chief game of the Nez Perces is the deer, ' and whenever the ground will permit, the favourite hunt is on horseback.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 555. The Salish live by the chase, on elk, moose, deer, big7horn and bears; make two trips annually, spring to fall, and fall to mid-winter, across the mountains, accompanied by other nation .. The Pend d'Oreilles hunt deer in the snow with clubs; have distinct localities for hunting each kind of game. Nez Perces, Flatheads, Coeurs d'Alene, Spokanes, Pend d'Oreilles, etc., hunt together. Yakimas formerly joined the Flatheads in eastern hunt. Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 207-8, 212-15, 218, 225-6. ' Two hunts annually across the mountains—one in April, for the bulls, from which they return in June and July; and another, after about a month's recruit, to kill cows, which have by that time become fat.' Stevens, Gibbs, and Suckley, in Pac R. R. Ript, vol. 1 pp. 415, 408, 296-7, vol. xii., p. 134. Kootenais live by the chase principally. Hutchins, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1863, p. 455. Spokanes rather indolent in hunting; hunting deer by fire. Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 197, vol. ii., pp. 46-7. The Kootenais 'seldom hunt;' there is not much to shoot except wild fowl in fall. Trap beaver and carri- boeuf on a.tributary of the Kootanie Riyer. Palliser's Explor., pp. 10, 15, 73. Flatheads ' follow the buffalo upon the headwaters of Clarke and Salmon rivers.' Nez Perce women accompany the men to the buffalo-hunt. Park-, er's Explor. Tour., pp. 107, 31L. Kootenais cross the mountains for buffalo. Mayne's B. C, p. 297. Coeurs d'Alene ditto. Mutton's Rept, p. 49. Half of the Nez Perces ' usually make a trip to the buffalo country for three months.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 494. Shushwaps 'live by hunting the bighorns, mountain goats, and marmots.' Milton and Cheadle's N. W. Pass., p. 242. Buffalo never pass to west of the Rocky Mountains. Lord's Nat, vol. ii., p. 179; Kane's Wand., p. 318; Be Smet, Voy., pp. 31, 45, 144-5; Ind. Life, pp. 23-4, 31r-41; Franchere's Nar., pp. 268-9; Hunt, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., torn, x., 1821, pp. 77-82, 87; Stuart, in Id., torn, xii., pp., 23, 35-6; Joset, in Id,, torn, c-.xiii., 1849, pp. 334-40. FOOD AND ITS PREPARATION. 265 as a part of their regular winter supplies. Chief among the roots are the camass, a sweet, onion-like bulb, which grows in moist prairies, the couse, which flourishes in more sterile and rocky spots, and the bitter-root, which names a valley and mountain range. To obtain these roots the natives make regular migrations, as for game or fish. The varieties of roots and berries used for food are very numerous; and none seem to grow in the country which to the native taste are unpalatable or injurious, though many are both to the European.165 Towards obtaining food the men hunt and fish; all the other work of digging roots, picking berries, as well as dressing, preserving, and cooking all kinds of food is done by the women, with some exceptions among the Nez Perces and Pend d'Oreilles. Buffalo-meat is jerked by cutting in thin pieces and drying in the sun and over smouldering fires on scaffolds of poles. Pish is sun-dried on scaffolds, and by some tribes on the lower Columbia 165 The Kliketats gather and eat peahay, a bitter root boiled into a jelly; n'poolthla, ground into flour; mamum and seekywa, made into bitter white cakes; kamassj calz, a kind of wild sunflower. Tolmie, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., p. 247. The Flatheads go,every spring to Camass Prairie. Be Smet, Voy., p. 183. The Kootenais eat kamash'and an edible moss. Id., Missions de VOregon, pp. 75-6. 'The Cayooses, Nez Perces, and other warlike tribes assemble (in Yakima Valley) every spring to lay in a stock of the favourite ka- mass and pelua, or sweet potatoes.' Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i. p. 19. Quamash, round, onion-shaped, and sweet, eaten by the Nez Perces. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 330. Couse root dug in April or May; camas in June and July. Alvord, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 656. The Skyuses' 'main subsistence is however upon roots.' The Nez Perces eat kamash, cowish or biscuit root, jackap, aisish, quako, etc. Irving's Bonneville's Adven., p. 301, 388. Okanagans live extensively on moss made into bread. The Nez Perces also eat moss. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp, 462, 494. Pend d'Oreilles at the last extremity live on pine-tree moss; also collect camash, bitter-roots, and sugar pears. Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 211, 214-15. ' I never saw any berry in the course of my travels which the Indians scruple to eat, nor have I seen any ill effect from their doing so.' Kane's Wand., p. 327. The Kootenai food in September ' appears to be almost entirely berries; namely, the " sasketoom " of the Crees, a delicious fruit, and a small species of cherry, also a sweet root which they obtain to the southward.' Blakiston, in Palliser's Explor., p. 73. Flatheads dig konah, 'bitter root' in May. It is very nutritious and very bitter. Pahseego, camas, or ' water seego,' is a sweet, gummy, bulbous root. Stuart's Montana, pp. 57-8. Colvilles cut down pines for their moss (alectoria ?). Kamas also eaten. Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p, 34. The.Shushwaps eat moss and lichens, chiefly the black lichen, or whyelkine. Mayne's B. C, p. 301; Parker's Explor. Tour., p. 127. The Salish in March and April eatpopkah, an onion-like bulb; in May, spatlam, a root like vermicelli; in June and July, itwha, like roasted chestnuts; in August, wild fruits; in September, marani, a grain. Domenech's Deserts, vol. ii., p. 312. 266 COLUMBIANS. is also pulverized between two stones and packed in baskets lined with fish-skin. Here, as on the coast, the heads and offal only are eaten during the fishing-season. The Walla Wallas are said usually to eat fish without cooking. Roots, mosses, and such berries as are preserved, are usually kept in cakes, which for eating are moistened, mixed in various proportions and cooked, or eaten without preparation. To make the cakes simply drying, pulverizing, moistening, and sun-drying usually suffice; but camas and pine-moss are baked or fermented for several days in an underground kiln by means of hot stones, coming out in the form of a dark gluey paste of the proper consistency for moulding. Many of these powdered roots may be preserved for years without injury. Boiling by means of hot stones and roasting on sharp sticks fixed in the ground near the fire, are the universal methods of cooking. No mention is made of peculiar customs in eating; to eat often and much is the aim; the style of serving is a secondary consideration.^ Life with all these nations is but a struggle for food, 166 At the Dalles ' during the fishing season, the Indians live entirely on the heads, hearts and offal of the salmon, which they string on sticks, and roast over a small fire.' Besides pine-moss, the Okanagans use the seed of ths balsam oriza pounded into meal, called mielito. ' To this is added the si flews.' Berries made into cakes by the Nez Perces. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 410, 462, 494. Quamash, 'eaten either in its natural state, or boiled into a kind of soup, or made into a cake, which is then called pasheco.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 330, 353, 365, 369.' Women's head- drsss serves the Flatheads for cooking, etc. Be Smet, Voy., pp. 47, 193-9; Id., Missions de VOregon, pp. 75-6. ' The dog's tongue is the only dish-cloth known' to the Okanagans. Pine-moss cooked, or squill-ape, will keep for years. ' At their meals they generally eat separately and in succession- man, woman and child.' Ross' Adven., pp. 132-3, 295, 317-18. ' Most of their food is roasted, and they excel in roasting fish.' Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 231, 107. ' Pine moss, which they boil till it is reduced to a sort of glue or black paste, of a sufficient consistence to take the form of biscuit.' Franchere's Nar., p. 279. Couse tastes like parsnips, is dried and pulverized, and sometimes boiled with meat. Alvord, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 656. Root bread on the Clearwater tastes like that made of pumpkins. Gass' Jour., pp. 202-3. Kamas after coming from the kiln is ' made into large cakes, by being mashed, and pressed together, and slightly baked in the sun.' Wliite- root, pulverized with stones, moistened and sun-baked, tastes not unlike stale biscuits. ' Townsend's Nar., pp. 126-7. Camas and sun-flower seed mixed with salmon-heads caused in the eater great distension of the stomach. Rwiy and Brenchley's Jour., vol. ii., pp. 509-11. Sowtte, is the name of the mixture la§t named, among the Cayuses. Coke's Rocky Mts., p. 310; Ind. Life, p. 41; Stuart's Montana, pp. 57-8; Pidkerinfs Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 3i; Kane's Wanl., pp. 272-3; Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 214-15. PERSONAL HABITS IN THE INTERIOR. 267 and the poorer tribes are often reduced nearly to starvation; yet they never are known to kill dogs or horses for food. About the missions and on the reservations cattle have been introduced and the soil is cultivated by the natives to considerable extent.167 In their personal habits, as well as the care of their lodges, the Cayuses, Nez Perces, and Kootenais, are mentioned as neat and cleanly; the rest, though filthy, are still somewhat superior to the 'dwellers on the coast. The Flatheads wash themselves daily, but their dishes and utensils never. De Smet represents the Pend d'O- reille women as untidy even for savages.168 Guns, 167 Additional notes and references on procuring food. The Okanagans breakup winter quarters in February; wander about in small bands till June. Assemble on the river and divide into two parties of men and two of women for fishing and dressing fish, hunting and digging roots, until October; hunt in small parties in the mountains or the interior for four or six weeks; and then go into winter quarters on the small rivers. Ross' Adven., pp. 314-16. Further south on the Columbia plains the natives collect and dry roots until May; fish on the north bank of the river till September, burying the fish; dig camas on the plains till snow falls; and retire to the foot of the mountains to hunt deer and elk through the winter. The Nez Perces catch salmon and dig roots in summer; hunt deer on snow-shoes in winter; and cross the mountains for buffalo in spring. Sokulks live on fish, roots, and antelope. Eneeshur, Echeloots, and Chilluckittequaw, on fish, berries, roots and nuts. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 444r-5, 340-1, 352, 365, 370. Spokanes live on deer, wild fowl, salmon, trout, carp, pine-moss, roots and wild fruit. They have no repugnance to horse-flesh, but never kill horses for food. The Sina- poils live on salmon, camas, and an occasional small deer. . The Chaudiere country well stocked with game, fish and fruit. Cox's Adven., vol. i., p. 201, vol. ii., p. 145. -The Kayuse live on fish, game, and camass bread. Be Smet, Voy., pp. 30-1. 'lis cultivent avec succes le ble, les patates, les pois et plusieurs autres legumes et fruits.' Id., Miss, de VOregon., p. 67. Pend d'Oreilles; fish, Kamash, and pine-tree moss. Id., West. Missions, p. 284. ' Whole time was occupied in providing for their bellies, which were rarely full.' Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 211. Yakimas and Kliketats; Unis or freshwater muscles, little game, sage-fowl and grouse, kamas, berries, salmon. The Okanagans raise some potatoes. Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 404, 408, 413. Kootenais; fish and wild fowl, berries and pounded meat, have cows and oxen. Palliser's Explor., pp. 10, 72. Palouse; fish, birds, and small animals. Umatillas; fish, sage-cocks, prairie-hares. Lord's Nat., vol. ii., pp. 97, 105-6. Tushepaws would not permit horses or dogs to be eaten. Irving's Astoria, p. 316. Nez Perces; beaver, elk, deer, white bear, and mountain sheep, also steamed roots. Id., Bonneville's Adven., p. 391. Sahaptin; gather cherries and berries on Clarke River. Gass' Jour., p. 193; Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., p. 151; Hines' Voy., p. 167; BrowneU's Ind. Races, pp. 533-5; Stanley's Portraits, pp. 63-71; datlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 108; Kane's Wand., pp. 263-4; Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 228-31, 309; Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv.„p. 474; Hale's Ethnoj., lb., vol. vi., p. 206. 163 Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 383, 548; Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 230, 312; Townsman's Nar., p, 148; Be Smet, Voy., pp. 46-7, 198; Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 197-9, 358, vol. ii., pp. 155, 373, 375; Coke's Rocky Mts., p. 295; Palmer's Jour., pp. 51, 58, 59. 288 COLUMBIANS. knives and tomahawks have generally taken the place of such native weapons as these natives may have used against their foes originally. Only the bow and arrow have survived intercourse with white men, and no other native weapon is described, except one peculiar to the Okanagans,—a kind of Indian slung-shot. This is a small cylindrical ruler of hard wood, covered with raw hide, wrhich at one end forms a small bag and holds a round stone as large as a goose-egg; the other end of the weapon is tied to the wrist. Arrow-shafts are of hard wood, carefully straightened by rolling between two blocks, fitted by means of sinews with stone or flint heads at one end, and pinnated with feathers at the, other. The most elastic woods are chosen for the bow, and its force is augmented by tendons glued to its back.169 The inland families cannot be called a warlike race. Resort to arms for the settlement of their intertribal disputes seems to have been very rare. Yet all are brave warriors when fighting becomes necessary for defense or vengeance against a foreign foe; notably so the Cayuses, Nez Perces, Flatheads and Kootenais. The two former waged both aggressive and defensive warfare against the Snakes of the south; while the latter joined their arms against their common foes, the eastern Blackfeet, who, though their inferiors in bravery, nearly exterminated the Flathead nation by superiority in numbers, and by being the first to obtain the white man's weapons. Departure on a warlike expedition is always preceded by ceremonious preparation, including councils of the wise, great, and old; smoking the pipe, harangues by the chiefs, dances, and a general review, or display of equestrian feats and the manoeuvres of battle. The warriors are always mounted; in many tribes white or speck- 169 The Okanagan weapon is called a Spampt Ross' Adven., pp. 318-19; Id., Fur Hunters, vol. L, pp. 306-8. j Ils. .. .faire leurs arcs d'un bois tras- elastique, ou de la corne du cerf.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 48; Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 486; Stevens, in Pac R. R: Rept, vol. L, p. 405; Town- send's Nar., p. 98; Irving's Astoria, p. 317; Lewis*and Clarke's Trav., p. 351; Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 106-7, 233; Cox's Adven., vol. i.,.p. 216. THE INLAND NATIONS AT WAR. 269 lei war-horses are selected, and both rider and steed are gaily painted, and decked with feathers, trinkets, and bright-colored cloths. The war-party in most nations is under the command of a chief periodically elected by the tribe, who has no authority whatever in peace, but who keeps his soldiers in the strictest discipline in time of war. Stealthy approach and an unexpected attack in the early morning constitute their favorite tactics. They rush on the enemy like a whirlwind, with terrific yells, discharge their guns or arrows, and retire to prepare for another attack. The number slain is rarely large; the fall of a few men, or the loss of a chief decides the victory. When a man falls, a rush is made for his scalp, which is defended by his party, and a fierce hand-to-hand conflict ensues, generally terminating the battle. After the fight, or before it when either party lacks confidence in the result, a peace is made by smoking the pipe, with the most solemn protestations of goodwill, and promises which neither party has the slightest intention of fulfilling. The dead having been scalped, and prisoners bound and taken up behind the victors, the party starts homeward. Torture of the prisoners, chiefly perpetrated by the women, follows the arrival. By the Flatheads and northern nations captives are generally killed by their sufferings; among the Sahaptins some survive and are made slaves. In tliQ Flathead torture of the Blackfeet are practiced all the fiendish acts of cruelty that native cunning can devise, all of which are borne with the traditional stoicism and taunts of the North American Indian. The Nez Perce system is a little less cruel in order to save life for future slavery. Day after day, at a stated hour, the captives are brought out and made to hold the scalps of their dead friends aloft on poles while the scalp-dance is performed about them, the female participators meanwhile exerting all their devilish ingenuity in tormenting their victims.170 no Torture of Blackfeet prisoners; burning with a red-hot gun-barrel, pulling out the nails, taking off fingers, scooping out the eyes, scalping, revolting cruelties to female captives. The disputed right of the Flatheads to hunt buffalo at the eastern foot of the mountains is the cause of the long- J 270 COLUMBIANS. The native saddle consists of a rude wooden frama, under and over which is thrown a buffalo-robe, and which is bound to the horse by a very narrow thong of hide in place of the Mexican cincha. A raw-hide crupper is used; a deer-skin pad sometimes takes the place of the upper robe, or the rbbe and pad are used without the wooden frame. Stirrups are made by binding three straight pieces of wood or bone together in triangular form, and sometimes covering all with raw-hide put on wet; or one straight piece is suspended from a'forked thong, and often the simple thong passing round the foot suffices. The bridle is a rope of horse-hair or of skin, made fast with a half hitch round the animal's lower jaw. The same rope usually serves for bridle and lariat. Sharp bones, at least in later times, are used for spurs. Wood is split for the few native uses by elk-horn wedges driven by bottle-shaped stone mallets. Baskets and vessels for holding water and cooking are woven of willow, bark, and grasses. Rushes, growing in all swampy localities are cut of uniform length, laid parallel and tied continued hostility. The wisest and bravest is annually elected war chief. The war chief carries a long whip and secures discipline by flagellation. Except a few feathers and pieces of red cloth, both the Flathead and Kootenai enter battle perfectly naked. Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 232-45, vol. ii., p. 160. The Cayuse and Sahaptin are the most warlike of all the southern tribes. The Nez Perces good warriors, but do not follow war as a profession. Boss' Fur Hunters, vol. i., pp. 185-6, 305, 308-12, vol. ii., pp. 93-6, 139. Among the Okanagans ' the hot bath, council, and ceremony of smoking the great pipe before warvis always religiously observed. Their laws, however, admit of no compulsion, nor is the chief's authority implicitly obeyed on these occasions; consequently, every one judges for himself, and either goes or stays as he thinks proper. With a view, however, to obviate this defect in their system, they have instituted the dance, which answers every purpose of a recruiting service.' ' Every man, therefore, who enters within this ring and joins in the dance is in honour bound to assist in carrying on the war.' Id., Adven., pp. 319-20. Mock battles and military display for the entertainment of white visitors. Hines' Voy., pp. 173-4. The Chilluckittequaws cut off the forefingers of a slain enemy as trophies. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 375-6. When scouting, \ Flathead chief would ride at full gallop so near the foe as to flap in their faces the eagle's tail streaming behind (from his cap), yet no one dared seize the tail or streamer, it being considered sacrilegious and fraught with misfortune to touch it.' Tolmie, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., p. 238. A thousand Walla Wallas came to the Sacramento River in 1846, to avenge the death of a young chief killed by an American about a year before. Col- ton's Three Years in Cat, p. 52. One Flathead is said to be equal to four Blackfeet in battle. Be Smet, Voy., pp. 31, 49; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 312-13; Gray's Hist Ogn., pp. 171-4; Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 23S-7; Stanley's Portraits, pp. 65-71; Ind. Life, pp. 23-5; Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 495, PREPARATION OF SKINS. RIVER-BOATS 271 togethar for matting. Rude bowls and spoons are sometimes dug out of horn or wood, but the fingers, with pieces of bark and small mats are the ordinary table furniture. Skins are dressed by spreading, scraping off the flesh, and for some purposes the hair, with a sharp piece of bone, stone, or iron attached to a short handle, and used like an adze. The skin is then smeared with the animal's brains, and rubbed or pounded by a very tedious process till it becomes soft and white, some hides being previously smoked and bleached with white clay.171 On the lower Columbia the Wascos, Kliketats, Walla Wallas, and other tribes use dug-out boats like those of the coast, except that little skill or labor is expended on their construction or ornamentation; the only requisite being supporting capacity, as is natural in a country where canoes play but a small part in the work of procuring food. Farther in the interior the mountain tribes of the Sahaptin family, as the Cayuses and Nez Percys, make no boats, but use rude rafts or purchase an occasional canoe from their neighbors, for the rare cases when it becomes necessary to transport property across an un- fordable stream. The Flatheads sew up their lodge-skins into a temporary boat for the same purpose. On the Fraser the Nootka dug-out is in use. But on the northern lakes and rivers of the interior, the Pend d'Oreille, Flatbow, Arrow, and Okanagan, northward to the Ta- 171 White marl clay used to cleanse skin robes, by making it into a paste, rubbing it on the hide and leaving it to dry, after which it is rubbed off. Saddles usually sit uneasily on the horse's back. Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 106, 232-4. ' Mallet of stone curiously carved' among the Sokulks. Near the Cascades was seen a ladder resembling those used by the whites. The Pishquitpaws used ' a saddle or pad of dressed skin, stuffed with goats' hair.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 353, 370, 375, 528. On the Fraser a rough kind of isinglass was at one time prepared and traded to the Hudson Bay Company. Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 177. ' The Sahaptins still make a kind of vase of lava, somewhat in the shape of a crucible, but very wide; they use it as a mortar for pounding the grain, of which they make cakes.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 64, 243. (Undoubtedly an error.) Pend d'Oreilles; 'les femmtg font des nattes de joncs, des paniers, et des chapeaux sans bords.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 199. 'Nearly all (the Shushwaps) use the Spanish wooden saddle, which they make with much skill.' Mayne's B. C, pp. 301-2. 'The saddles for women differ in form, being furnished with the antlers of a deer, so as to resemble the high pommelled saddle of the Mexican ladies.' Franchere's Nar., pp. 269-70; Palmer's Jour., p. 129; Irving's Astoria, p. 317, 365; Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 148-9. 272 COLUMBIANS. cully territory, the natives manufacture and navigate bark canoes. Both birch and pine are employed, by stretching it over a cedar hoop-work frame, sewing the ends with fine roots, and gumming the seams and knots. The form is very peculiar; the stem and stern are pointed, but the points are on a level with the bottom of the boat, and the slope or curve is upward towards the centre. Travelers describe them as carrying a heavy load, but easily capsized unless when very skillfully managed.172 Horses constitute the native wealth, and poor indeed is the family which has not for each member, young and old, an animal to ride, as well as others sufficient to transport all the household goods, and to trade for the few foreign articles needed. The Nez Perces, Cayuses and Walla Wallas have more and better stock than other nations, individuals often possessing bands of from one thousand to three thousand. The Kootenais are the most northern equestrian tribes mentioned. How the natives originally obtained horses is unknown, although there are some slight traditions in support of the natural supposition that they were first introduced from the south by way of the Shoshones. The latter are one people with the Comanches, by whom horses were obtained during the Spanish expeditions to New Mexico in the sixteenth century. The horses of the natives are 172 « The white-pine bark is a very good substitute for birch, but has the disadvantage of being more brittle in cold weather.' Suckley, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 296. Yakima boats are * simply logs hollowed out and sloped up at the ends, without form or finish.' Gibbs, in Id., p. 408. The Flatheads ' have no canoes, but in ferrying streams use their lodge skins, which are drawn up into an oval form by cords, and stretched on a few twigs. These they tow with horses, riding sometimes three abreast.' Stevens, in Id., p. 415. In the Kootenai canoe ' the upper part is covered, except a space in the middle.' The length is twenty-two feet, the bottom being a dead level from end to end. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. ii., pp. 169-70. ' The length of the bottom of the one I measured was twelve feet, the width between the gunwales only seven and one half feet.' ' When an Indian paddles it, he sits at the extreme end, and thus sinks the conical point, which serves to steady the canoe like a fish's tail.' Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 178-9, 255-7. On the Arrow Lakes ' their form is also peculiar and very beautiful. These canoes run the rapids w;th more safety than those of any other shape.' Kane's Wand., p. 328. See Be Smet, Voy., pp. 35,187; Irving's Astoria, p. 319; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 375; Hector, in Palliser's Explor., p. 27; Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp., 208, 214, 223, 238. HORSES, PEOPERTY, AND TRADE. 273 of small size, probably degenerated from a superior stock, but hardy and surefooted; sustaining hunger and hard usage better than those of the whites, but inferior to them in form, action, and endurance. All colors are met with, spotted and mixed colors being especially prized.173 The different articles of food, skins and grasses for clothing and lodges and implements, shells and trinkets for ornamentation and currency are also bartered between the nations, and the annual summer gatherings on the rivers serve as fairs for the display and exchange of commodities; some tribes even visit the coast for purposes of trade. Smoking the pipe often precedes and follows a trade, and some peculiar commercial customs prevail, as for instance when a horse dies soon after purchase, the price may be reclaimed. The rights of property are jealously defended, but in the Salish nations, according to Hale, on the death of a father his relatives seize the most valuable property with very little attention to the rights of children too young to look out for their own interests.174 Indeed, I have heard of 173 «The tradition is that horses were obtained from the southward,' not many generations back. Tolmie, in Lord's Nat., vol. ii., pp. 247, 177-8. Individuals of the Walla Wallas have over one thousand horses. Warre and Vavasour, in Martin's Hud. Bay, p. 83. Kootenais rich in horses and cattle. Palliser's Explor., pp. 44, 73. Kliketat and Yakima horses sometimes fine, but injured by early usage; deteriorated from a good stock; vicious and lazy. Gibbs, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 405. 'La richesse principale des sauvages de l'ouest consiste en chevaux.' Be Smet, Voy., pp. 47, 56. At an assemblage of Walla Wallas, Shahaptains and Kyoots, ' the plains were literally covered with horses, of which there could not have been less than four thousand iD sight of the camp.' Ross' Adven., p. 127. The Kootanies about Arrow Lake, or Sinatcheggs have no horses, as the country is not suitable for them. Id., Fur Hunters, vol. ii,, pp. 171-2. Of the Spokanes the 'chief riches are their horses, which they generally obtain in barter from the Nez Perces.' Cox's Adven., vol. i., p. 200. A Skyuse is poor who has but fifteen or twenty horses. The horses are a fine race, ' as large and of better form and more activity than most of the horses of the States.' Farnham's Trav., p. 82. The Flatheads 'are the most northern of the equestrian tribes.'Nico- lay's Ogn. Ter., p. 153. Many Nez Perces 'have from five to fifteen hundred head of horses.' Palmer's Jour., pp. 128-9. Indians of the Spokane and Flathead tribes ' own from one thousand to four thousand head of horses and cattle.' Stevens' Address, p. 12. The Nez Perce* horses 'are principally of the pony breed; but remarkably stout and long-winded.' Irving's Bonneville's Adven., p. 301; Hastings' Em. Guide, p. 59; Hines' Voy., p. 344; Gass' Jour., p. '295; Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 230. 17* The Chilluckittequaw intercourse seems to be an intermediate trade with the nations near the mouth of the Columbia. The Chopunnish trade for, as well as hunt, buffalo-robes east of the mountains. Course of trade in Vol. I. 18 274 COLUMBIANS. deeds of similar import in white races. In decorative art the inland natives must be pronounced inferior to those of the coast, perhaps only because they have less time to devote to such unproductive labor. Sculpture and painting are rare and exceedingly rude. On the coast the passion for ornamentation finds vent in carving and otherwise decorating the canoe, house, and implements; in the interior it expends itself on the caparison of the horse, or in bead and fringe work on garments. Systems of numeration are simple, progressing by fours, fives, or tens, according to the different languages, and is sufficiently extensive to include large numbers; but the native rarely has occasion to count beyond a few hundreds, commonly using his fingers as an aid to his numeration. Years are reckoned by winters, divided by moons into months, and these months named from the ripening of some plant, the occurrence of a fishing or hunting season, or some other periodicity in their lives, or by the temperature. Among the Salish the day is divided according to the position of the sun into nine parts. De Smet states that maps are made on bark or skins by which to direct their course on distant excur- the Sahaptin county: The plain Indians during their stay on the river from May to September, before they begin fishing, go down to the falls with skins, mats, silk-grass, rushes and chapelell bread. Here they meet the mountain tribes from the Kooskooskie (Clearwater) and Lewis rivers, who bring bear- grass, horses, quamash and a few skins obtained by hunting or by barter from the Tushepaws. At the falls are the Chilluckittequaws, Eneeshurs', Echeloots and Skilloots, the latter being intermediate traders between the upper and lower tribes. These tribes have pounded fish for sale; and the Chinooks bring wappato, sea-fish, berries, and trinkets obtained from the whites. Then the trade begins; the Chopunnish and mountain tribes buy wappato, pounded fish and beads; and the plain Indians buy wappato, horses, beads, etc. Leiois and Clarke's Trav., pp. 341, 382, 444-5. Horse- fairs in which the natives display the qualities of their steeds with a view to sell. Lord's Nat., voh ii., pp. 86-7. The Oakinacks make trips to the Pacific to trade wild hemp for hiaqua shells and trinkets. Ross' Adven., pp. 291, 323. Trade conducted in silence between a Flathead and Crow. Be Smet, Voy., p. 56. Kliketats and Yakimas ' have become to the neighboring tribes what the Yankees were to the once Western States, the traveling retailers of notions.' Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 403, 4li6. Cayuses, Walla Wallas, and Nez Perces meet in Grande Ronde Valley to trade with the Snakes. Thornton's Ogn, and Cal , vol. i., p. 270; Hale's Ethnog. in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 208; Cox's Adven., vol. ii., pp. 88-9, 156; Palmer's Jour., pp. 46, 54; Bun- niway's Capt Gray's Comp., p. 160; Coke's Rocky Mts., p. 294; Mayne's B. C, p. 299; Gass' Jour., p. 205. CHIEFS AND THEIR AUTHORITY. 275 that they are guided at night by the polar sions, and star.175 War chiefs are elected for their bravery and past success, having full authority in all expeditions, marching at the head of their forces, and, especially among the Flatheads, maintaining the strictest discipline, even to the extent of inflicting flagellation on insubordinates. With the war their power ceases, yet they make no effort by partiality during office to insure re-election, and submit without complaint to a successor. Except by the war chiefs no real authority is exercised. The regular chieftainship is hereditary so far as any system is observed, but chiefs who have raised themselves to their position by their merits are mentioned among nearly all the nations. The leaders are always men of commanding influence and often of great intelligence. They take the lead in haranguing at the councils of wise men, which meet to smoke and deliberate on matters of public moment. These councils decide the amount of fine necessary to atone for murder, theft, and the few crimes known to the native code; a fine, the chief's reprimand, and rarely flogging, probably not of native origin, are the only punishments; and the criminal seldom attempts to escape. As the more warlike nations have especial chiefs with real power in time of war, so the fishing tribes, some of them, grant great authority to a i salmon chief during the fishing-season. But the regular inland 175 in calculating time the Okanagans use their fingers, each finger standing for ten; some will reckon to a thousand with tolerable accuracy, but most can scarcely count to twenty. Ross' Adven., p. 324. The Flatheads 'font neanmoins avec precision, sur des ecorces d'arbres ou sur des peaux le plan, des pays qu'ils ont parcourus, marquant les distances par journe*es, demi- journees ou quarts de journees.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 205. Count years by snows, months by moons, and days by sleeps. Have names for each number up to ten; then add ten to each; and then add a wprd to multiply by- ten. Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 242. -Names of the months in the Pisquouse and Salish languages beginning with January;—' cold, a certain herb, snow- gone, bitter-root, going to root-ground, camass-root, hot, gathering berries, exhausted salmon, dry, house-building, snow.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 211. ' Menses computant lunis, ex spkani, sol vel luna et dies per ferias. Hebdomadam unicam per splchaskat, septem dies, plures vero hebdomadas per s'chaxeus, id est, vexillum quod a duce maximo qualibet die dominica suspendebatur. Dies autem in novem dividitur partes.' Mengarini, Grammatva Linguae Selicae, p. 120; Sproat's Scenes, p. 270; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 374. 276 COLUMBIANS. chiefs never collect taxes nor presume to interfere with the rights or actions of individuals or families.176 Prisoners of war, not killed by torture, are made slaves, but they are few in number, and their children are adopted into the victorious tribe. Hereditary slavery and the slave-trade are unknown. The Shushwaps are said to have no slaves.177 In choosing a helpmate, or helpmates, for his bed and board, the inland native makes capacity for work the standard of female excellence, and having made a selection buys a wife from her parents by the payment of an amount of property, generally horses, which among the southern nations must be equaled by the girl's parents. Often a betrothal is made by parents while both 176 The twelve Oakinack tribes ' form, as it were, so many states belonging to the same union, and are governed by petty chiefs.' The chieftainship descends from father to son; and though merely nominal in authority, the chief is rarely disobeyed. Property pays for all crimes. Ross' Adven.. pp. 289-94, 322-3, 327. The Chualpays'are governed by the ' chief of the earth ' and ' chief of the waters,' the latter having exclusive authority in the fishing- season. Kane's Wand., pp. 309-13. The Nez Perces offered a Flathead the position of head chief, through admiration of his qualities. Be Smet, Voy., pp. 50, 171. Among the Kalispels the chief appoints his successor, or if he fails to do so, one is elected. Be Smet, Western Miss., p. 297. The Flathead war chief carries a long whip, decorated with scalps and feathers to enforce strict discipline. The principal chief is hereditary. Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 241-2, vol. ii., p. 88. The 'camp chief of the Flatheads as well as the war chief was chosen for his merits. Ind. Life, pp. 28-9. Among the Nez Perces and Wascos ' the form of government is patriarchal. They acknowledge the hereditary principle—blood generally decides who shall be the chief.' Alvord, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., pp. 652-4. No regularly recognized chief among the Spokanes, but an intelligent and rich man often controls the tribe by his influence. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 475-6. 'The Salish can hardly be said to have any regular form of government.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., pp. 207-8. Every winter the Cayuses go down to the Dalles to hold a council over the Chinooks ' to ascertain their misdemeanors and punish them therefor by whipping'! Farnham's Trav., p. 81-2. Among the Salish ' criminals are sometimes punished by banishment from their tribe.' ' Fraternal union and the obedience to the chiefs are truly admirable.' Bom- ene^h's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 343-4; Hines' Voy., p. 157; Stanly's Portraits, p. 63; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 311-12; White's Oregon, p. 189; Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 108; Joset, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., torn, cxxiii, 1849, pp. 334-40. 177 ' Slavery is common with all the tribes.' Warre and Vavasour, in Martin's Hud. B., p. 83. Sahaptins always make slaves of prisoners of war. The Cayuses have many. Alvord, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 654; Palmer's Jour., p. 56. Among the Okanagans ' there are but few slaves. .. and these few are adopted as. children, and treated in all respects as members of the family.' Ross' Adven., p. 320. The inland tribes formerly practiced slavery, but long since abolished it. Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 247. ' Not practised in the interior.' Mayne's B. C, p. 243. Not practiced by the Shushwaps. Anderson, in Hist Mag., vol. vii., p. 78. FAMILY RELATIONS. 277 parties are yet children, and such a contract, guaranteed by an interchange of presents, is rarely broken. To give away a wife without a price is in the highest degree disgraceful to her family. Besides payment of the price, generally made for the suitor by his friends, courtship in some nations includes certain visits to the bride before marriage; and the Spokane suitor must consult both the chief and the young lady, as well as her parents; indeed the latter may herself propose if she wishes. Runaway matches are not unknown, but by the Nez Perces. the woman is in such cases considered a prostitute, and the bride's parents may seize upon the man's property. Many tribes seem to require no marriage ceremony, but in others an assemblage of friends for smoking and feasting is called for on such occasions; and among the Flatheads more complicated ceremonies are mentioned, of which long lectures to the couple, baths, change of clothing, torch-light processions, and dancing form a part. In the married state the wife must do all the heavy work and drudgery, but is not otherwise ill treated, and in most tribes her rights are equally respected with those of the husband. When there are several wives each occupies a separate lodge, or at least has a separate fire. Among the Spokanes a man marrying out of his own tribe joins that of his wife, because she can work better in a country to which she is accustomed; and in the same nation all household goods are considered as the wife's property. The man who marries the eldest daughter is entitled to all the rest, and parents make no objection to his turning off one in another's favor. Either party may dissolve the marriage at will, but property must be equitably divided, the children going with the mother. Discarded wives are often reinstated. If a Kliketat wife die soon after marriage, the husband may reclaim her price; the Nez Perce may not marry for a year after her death, but he is careful to avoid the inconvenience of this regulation by marrying just before that event. The Salish widow must remain a widow for about two years, ^y 278 COLUMBIANS. and then must marry agreeably to her mother-in-law's taste or forfeit her husband's property.178 The women make faithful, obedient wives and affectionate mothers. Incontinence in either girls or married women is extremely rare, and prostitution almost unknown, being severely punished, especially among the Nez Perces. In this respect the inland tribes present a marked contrast to their coast neighbors.179 At the first appearance of the menses the woman must retire from the sight of all, 178 Each Okanagan ' family is ruled by the joint will or authority of the husband and wife, but more particularly by the latter.' Wives live at different camps among their relatives; one or two being constantly with the husband. Brawls constantly occur when several wives meet. The women are chaste, and attached to husband and children. At the age of fourteen or fifteen the young man pays his addresses in person to the object of his love, aged eleven or twelve. After the old folks are in bed, he goes to her wigwam, builds a fire, and if welcome the mother permits the girl to come and sit with him for a short time. These visits are several times repeated, and he finally goes in the day-time with friends and his purchase money. Ross' Adven., pp. 295-302. The Spokane husband joins his wife's tribe; women are held in great respect; and much affection is shown for children. Among the Nez Perces both men and women have the power of dissolving the marriage tie at pleasure. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. !Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 410, 475-6, 486, 495. The Coeurs d'Alene 'have abandoned polygamy.' Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 149, 309; Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 406. Pend d'Oreille women less enslaved than in the mountains, but yet have much heavy work, paddle canoes, etc. Generally no marriage among savages. Be Smet, Voy., pp. 198-9, 210. The Nez Perces generally confine themselves to two wives, and rarely marry cousins. No wedding ceremony. Alvord, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 655. Polygamy not general on the Fraser; and unknown to Kootenais. Cox's Adven., vol. ii., pp. 155, 379, vol. i., pp. 256-9. Nez Perces have abandoned polygamy. Palmer's Jour., pp. 129, 56. Flathead women do everything but hunt and fight. Ind. Life, p. 41. Flathead women ' by no means treated as slaves, but, on the contrary, have much consideration and authority.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 207. 'Karely marry out of their own nation,' and do not like their women to marry whites. Bunn's Oregon, pp. 313-14. The Sokulk men ' are said to content themselves with a single wife, with whom.... the husband shares the labours of procuring subsistence much more than is usual among savages.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 351; Bunniway's Capt Gray's Comp., p. 161; Gray's Hist. Ogn., p. 171; Tolmie and Anderson,- in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 231-5; Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 208; Be Smet's West Miss., p. 289. 179 The wife of a young Kootenai left him for another, whereupon he shot himself. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. ii., p. 169. Among the Flatheads 'conjugal infidelity is scarcely known.' Bunn's Oregon, p. 311. The Sahaptins 'do not exhibit those loose feelings of carnal desire, nor appear addicted to the common customs of prostitution.' Gass' Jour.,^p. 275. Inland tribes have a reputation for chastity, probably due to circumstances rather than to fixed principles. Mayne's B. C., p. 3U0. Spokanes 'free from the vice of incontinence.' Among the Walla Wallas prostitution is unknown, 'and I believe no inducement would tempt them to commit a breach of chastity.' Prostitution common on the Fraser. Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 145, 199-200. Nez Perce women remarkable for their chastity. Alvord, in Schoolcraft's Arch.t vol. v., p. 655. WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 279 especially men, for a period varying from ten days to a month, and on each subsequent occasion for two or three days, and must be purified by repeated ablutions before she may resume her place in the household. Also at the time of her confinement she is deemed unclean, and must remain for a few weeks in a separate lodge, attended generally by an old woman. The inland woman is not prolific, and abortions are not uncommon, which may probably be attributed in great measure to her life of labor and exposure. Children are not weaned till between one and two years of age; sometimes not until they abandon the breast of their own accord or are supplanted by a new arrival; yet though subsisting on the mother's milk alone, and exposed with slight clothing to all extremes of weather, they are healthy and robust, being carried about in a rude cradle on the mother's back, or mounted on colts and strapped to the saddle that they may not fall off when asleep. After being weaned the child is named after some animal, but the name is changed frequently later in life180 Although children and old people are as a rule kindly cared for, yet so great the straits to which the tribes are reduced by circumstances, that both are sometimes abandoned if not put to death.181 180 In the Salish family on the birth of a child wealthy relatives make presents of food and clothing. The Nez Perce mother gives presents but receives none on such an occasion. The Flatheads and Pend d'Oreilles bandage the waist and legs of infants with a view to producing broad-shouldered, small-waisted and straight-limbed adults. Tolmie and Anderson, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 231-2. Among the Walla Wallas 'when traveling a hoop, bent over the head of the child, protects it from injury.' The confinement after child-birth continues forty days. At the first menstruation the Spokane woman must conceal herself two days in the forest; for a man to see her would be fatal; she must then be confined for twenty days longer in a separate lodge. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 426-8, 485. The Okanagan mother is not allowed to prepare her unborn infant's swaddling clothes, which consist of a piece of board, a bit of skin, a bunch of moss, and a string. Ross' Adven., pp. 324-30. ' Small children, not more than three years old, are mounted alone and generally upon colts.' Younger ones are carried on the mother's back ' or suspended from a high knob upon the forepart of their saddles.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 98. Houses among the Chopunnish ' appropriated for women who are undergoing the operation of the menses.' 'When anything is to be conveyed to these deserted females, the person throws it to them forty or fifty paces off, and then retires.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 539; Townsend's Nar.rp. 78; Alvord, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v , p. 655. ;-, 181 With the Pend d'Oreilles 'it was not uncommon for them to bury the 280 COLUMBIANS. The annual summer gathering on the river banks for fishing and trade, and, among the mountain nations, the return from a successful raid in the enemy's country, are the favorite periods for native diversions.182 To gambling they are no less passionately addicted in the interior than on the coast,183 but even in this universal Indian vice, their preference for horse-racing, the noblest form of gaming, raises them above their stick-shuffling brethren of the Pacific. On the speed of his horse the native stakes all he owns, and is discouraged only when his animal is lost, and with it the opportunity to make up past losses in another race. Foot-racing and target- shooting, in which men, women and children participate, also afford them indulgence in their gambling propensities and at the same time develop their bodies by exercise, and perfect their skill in the use of their native weapon.18* The Colvilles have a game, alkollock, played very old and the very young alive, because, they said, " these cannot take care of themselves, and we cannot take care of them, and they had better die." Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 211; Suckley, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 297; Domenech's Deserts, vol. ii., p. 328; White's Ogn., p. 96; Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp, 148-9. ^ 182 In the Yakima Valley ' we visited every street, alley, hole -and corner of the camp.... Here was gambling, there scalp-dancing; laughter in one place, mourning in another. Crowds were passing to and fro, whooping, yelling, dancing, drumming, singing. Men, women, and children were huddled together; flags flying, horses neighing, dogs howling, chained bears, tied wolves, grunting and growling, all pell-mell among the tents.' Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., p. 28. At Kettle Falls 'whilst awaiting the coming salmon, the scene is one great revel: horse-racing, gambling, love-making, dancing, and diversions of all sorts, occupy the singular assembly; for at these annual gatherings feuds and dislikes are for the time laid by.' Lord's Nat, vol. i., pp. 72-3. i83 The principal amusement of the Okanagans is gambling, ' at which they are not so quarrelsome as the Spokans and other tribes,' disputes being settled by arbitration. Cox's Adven., vol. ii., p. 88. A young man at Kettle Falls committed suicide, having lost everything at gambling. Kane's Wand., pp. 309-10. ' Les Indiens de la Colombie ont porte les jeux de hasard au dernier exces. Apres avoir perdu tout ce qu'ils ont, ils se met- tent eux-memes sur le tapis, d'abord une main, ensuite l'autre; s'ils les perdent, les bras, et ainsi de suite tous les membres du corps; la tete suit, et s'ils la perdent, ils deviennent esclaves pour la vie avec leurs femmes ct leurs enfants.' Be Smet, Voy., pp. 49-50. Many Kooteneais have abandoned gambling. Be Smet, West Miss., p. 300. ' Whatever the poor Indian can call his own, is ruthlessly sacrificed to this Moloch of human weakness.' Ind. Life, p. 42; lrving's Bonneville's Adven., p. 102-3. 184 Spokanes; 'one of their great amusements is horse-racing.' Wilkes' 'Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 487. Kliketats and Yakimas; ' the racing season is the grand annual occasion of these tribes. A horse of proved -reputation is a source of wealth or ruin to his owner. On his speed he stakes his GAMES IN THE INTEKIOE. 281 with spears. A wooden ring some three inches in diameter is rolled over a level space between two slight stick barriers about forty feet apart; when the ring strikes the barrier the spear is hurled so that the ring will fall over its head; and the number scored by the throw depends on which of six colored beads, attached to the hoop's inner circumference, falls over the spear's head.185 The almost universal Columbian game of guessing which hand contains a small polished bit of bone or wood is also a favorite here, and indeed the only game of the kind mentioned; it is played, to the accompaniment of songs and drumming, by parties sitting in a circle on mats, the shuffler's hands being often wrapped in fur, the better to deceive the players.186 All are excessively fond of dancing and singing; but their songs and dances, practiced on all possible occasions, have not been, if indeed they can be, described. They seem merely a succession of sounds and motions without any fixed system. Pounding on rude drums of hide accompanies the songs, which are sung without words, and in which some listeners have detected a certain savage melody. Scalp-dances are performed by women hideously painted, who execute their diabolical antics in the centre of a circle formed by the rest of the tribe who furnish music to the dancers.187 whole stud, his household goods, clothes, and finally his wives; and a single heat doubles his fortune, or sends him forth an impoverished adventurer. The interest, however is not confined to the individual directly concerned; the tribe share it with him, and a common pile of goods, of motley description, apportioned according to their ideas of value, is put up by either party, to be divided among the backers of the winner.' Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 404, 412. ' Running horses and foot-races by men, women and children, and they have games of chance played with sticks or bones;' do not drink to excess. Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 237, 406. Lewis and Clarke's Trav, pp. 557; Franchere's Nar., p. 269. W5 Kane's Wand., pp. 310-11. 186 The principal Okanagan amusement is a game called by the voyageurs ' jeu de main,' like our odd and even. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., p. 4b3. It sometimes takes a week to decide the game. The loser never repines. Ross' Adven., pp. 308-11; Stuart's Montana, p. 71. 187 Among the Wahowpums ' the spectators formed a circle round the dancers,, who, with their robes drawn tightly round the shoulders, and divided into parties of five or six men, perform by crossing in a line from one side of the circle to the other. All the parties, performers as well as spectators, hi.ig, and after proceeding in this way for some time, the spectators join, and the whole concludes by a promiscuous dance and song.' The Walla Wallas 'were formed into a solid column, round a kind of hollow 282 COLUMBIANS. AU are habitual smokers, always inhaling the smoke instead of puffing it out after the manner of more civilized devotees of the weed. To obtain tobacco the native will part with almost any other property, but no mention is made of any substitute used in this region before the white man came. Besides his constant use of the pipe as an amusement or habit, the inland native employs it regularly to clear his brain for the transaction of important business. Without the pipe no war is declared, no peace officially ratified; in all promises and contracts it serves as the native pledge of honor; with ceremonial wrhiffs to the cardinal points the wise men open and close the deliberations of their councils; a commercial smoke clinches a bargain, as it also opens negotiations of trade.188 The use of the horse has doubtless- been a most powerful agent in molding inland customs; and yet the introduction of the horse must have been of comparatively recent date. What were the customs and character of these people, even when America was first discovered by the Spaniards, must ever be unknown. It is by no means certain that the possession of the horse has materially bettered their condition. Indeed, by facilitating the capture of buffalo, previously taken perhaps by stratagem, by introducing a medium with which at least the wealthy may always purchase supplies, as well as by rendering practicable long migrations for food and trade, the square, stood on the same place, and merely jumped up at intervals, to keep time to the music' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 526, 531. Nez Perces dance round a pole on Sundays, and the chiefs exhort during the pauses. Irving's Bonneville's Adven., pp. 101-2, 245. In singing ' they use hi, ah, in constant repetition,.... and instead of several parts harmonizing, they only take eighths one above another, never exceeding three.' Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 242-3. ' The song was a simple expression of a few sounds, no intelligible words being uttered. It resembled the words ho-ha-ho-ha-ho-ha- hi-ha, commencing in a low tone, and gradually swelling to a full, round, and beautifully modulated chorus.' Townsend's Nar., p. 106. Chualpay scalp-dance. Kane's Wand., p. 315. Keligious songs. Bunn's Oregon, pp. 333-40; Palmer's Jour., p. 124. 188 De Smet thinks inhaling tobacco smoke may prevent its injurious effects. Voy., p. 207. In all religious ceremonies the pipe of peace is smoked. R->ss' Adven., pp. 288-9. Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 286; Hines' Voy., p. 184. ' The medicine-pipe is a sacred pledge of friendship among all the northwestern tribes.' Stevens, in Bid. Aff. R pt, 1851, p. 220. TREATMENT OF HORSES. 283 horse may have contributed somewhat to their present spirit of improvidence. The horses feed in large droves, each marked with some sign of ownership, generally by clipping the ears, and when required for use are taken by the lariat, in the use of which all the natives have some skill, though far inferior to the Mexican vaqueros. The method of breaking and training horses is a quick and an effectual one. It consists of catching and tying the animal; then buffalo-skins and other objects are thrown at and upon the trembling beast, until all its fear is frightened out of it. When willing to be handled, horses are treated with great kindness, but when refractory, the harshest measures are adopted. They are well trained to the saddle, and accustomed to be mount- ed from either side. They are never shod and never taught to trot. The natives are skillful riders, so far as the ability to keep their seat at great sp3ed over a rough country is concerned, but they never ride gracefully, and rarely if ever perform the wonderful feats of horsemanship so often attributed to the western Indians. A loose girth is used under which to insert the knees when riding a wild horse. They are hard riders, and horses in use always have sore backs and mouths. Women ride astride, and quite as well as the men; children also learn to ride about as early as to walk.189 Each nation has its superstitions; by each individual is recognized the influence of unseen powers, exercised usually through the medium of his medicine animal chosen early in life. The peculiar customs arising from this belief in the supernatural are not very numerous or complicated, and belong rather to the religion of these people treated elsewhere. The Pend d'Oreille, on approaching manhood, 189 In moving, the girls and small boys ride three or four on a horse with their mothers, while the men drive the herds of horses that run loose ahead. Lord's Nat, vol. i., pp. 71-3, 306. Horses left for months without a guard, and rarely stray far. They call this ' caging' them. Be Smet, Voy., pp. 187, 47, 56. 'Babies of fifteen months old, packed in a sitting posture, rode along without fear, grasping the reins with their tiny hands.' Stevens, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. xii., pt. ii., p. 130, with plate; Gibbs, in^Pae R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 404-5; Palliser's Rept, p. 73; Farnham's Trav., pp. 81- ; Bom- enech's Deserts, vol. ii., p. 64; Irving's Astoria, p. 365; Franchere's Nar., jp. 269-71; Cox's Adven., vol. ii.,.pp. 110-11. 284 COLUMBIANS. was sent by his father to a high mountain and obliged to remain until he dreamed of some animal, bird, or fish, thereafter to be his medicine, whose claw, tooth, or feather was worn as a charm. The howling of the medicine-wolf and some other beasts forebodes calamity, but by the Okanagans the white-wolf skin is held as an emblem of royalty, and its possession protects the horses of the tribe from evil-minded wolves. A ram's horns left in the trunk of a tree where they were fixed by the misdirected zeal of their owner in attacking a native, were much venerated by the Flatheads, and gave them power over all animals so long as they made frequent offerings at the foot of the tree. The Nez Perces had a peculiar custom of overcoming the mawish or spirit of fatigue, and thereby acquiring remarkable powers of endurance. The ceremony is performed annually from the age of eighteen to forty, lasts each time from three to seven days, and consists of thrusting willow sticks down the throat into the stomach, a succession of hot and cold baths, and abstinence from food. Medicine-men acquire or renew their wonderful powers by retiring to the mountains to confer with the wrolf. They are then invulnerable ; a bullet fired at them flattens on their breast. To allowing their portraits to be taken, or to the operations of strange apparatus they have the same aversion that has been noted on the coast.190 Steam baths are universally used, not for motives of cleanliness, but sometimes for medical purposes, and chiefly in their superstitious ceremonies of purification. The bath-house is a hole dug in the ground from three to eight feet deep, and sometimes fifteen feet in diameter, in some locality where wood and water are at hand, often in the river bank. It is also built above ground of willow branches covered with grass and earth. Only a small hole is left 190 'L'aigle... .^est le grand oiseau de me*decine.' Be Smet, Voy., pp. 46, -205; Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 494-5; Stevens, in Ind, Aff. Rept., 1854:, p. 212, and in Be Smet's West. Miss., pp. 285-6; Suckley, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 297; Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 208-9; Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., p. 64, vol. ii., p. 19; Kane's Wand., pp. 267, 28tf- 1, 318. MISCELLANEOUS CUSTOMS. 285 for entrance, and this is closed up after the bather enters. Stones are heated by a fire in the bath itself, or are thrown in after being heated outside. In this oven, heated to a suffocating temperature, the naked native revels for a long time in the steam and mud, meanwhile singing, howling, praying, and finally rushes out dripping with perspiration, to plunge into the nearest stream.191 Every lodge is surrounded by a pack of worthless coyote-looking curs. These are sometimes made to carry small burdens on their backs when the tribe is moving; otherwise no use is made of them, as they are never eaten, and, with perhaps the exception of a breed owned by the Okanagans, are never trained to hunt. I give in a note a few miscellaneous customs noticed by travelers.192 These natives of the interior are a healthy but not a very long-lived race. Ophthalmia, of which the sand, smoke of the lodges, and reflection of the sun's rays on the lakes are suggested as the causes, is more or less prevalent throughout the territory; scrofulous complaints and skin-eruptions are of frequent occurrence, especially in the Sahaptin family. Other diseases are comparatively rare, excepting of course epidemic disorders like 191 Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 343-4; Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 241-2; Ross' Adven., pp. 311-12. I 192 The Walla Wallas receive bad news with a howl. The Spokanes ' cache' their salmon. They are willing to change names with any one they esteem. ' Suicide prevails more among the Indians of the Columbia River than in any other portion of the continent which I have visited.' Kane's Wand., pp. 282-3, 3 >7-10. ' Preserve particular order in their movements. The first chief leads the way, the next chiefs follow, then the common men, and after these the women and children.' They arrange themselves in similar order in coming forward to receive visitors. Do not usually know their own age. Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 87, 133-4, 242. Distance is calculated by time; a day's ride is seventy miles on horseback, thirty-five miles on foot. Ross' Adven., p. 329. Natives can tell by examining arrows to what tribe they belong. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. ii., p. 167. Kliketats and Yakimas often unwilling to tell their name. Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 405. 'D'apres toutes les observations que j'ai faites, leur journee <squivaut a peu pres a cinquante ou soixante milles anglais lorsqu'ils voyagent seuls, et a quinze ou vingt millesj seulement lorsqu'ils levent leur camps.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 205. Among the Nez Perces everything was promulgated by criers. ' The office of crier is generally filled by some old man, who is good for little else. A village has generally several.' Irving''s Bonneville's Adven., p. 286. Habits of worship of the Flatheads in the missions. Bunn's Oregon, pp. 315-6. ' A pack of prick- eared curs, simply tamed prairie wolves, always in attendance.' Lord's Nat., vol. i., pp. 71-3. _y COLUMBIANS. small-pox and measles contracted from the whites, wThich have caused great havoc in nearly all the tribes. Hot and cold baths are the favorite native remedy for all their ills, but other simple specifics, barks, herbs, and gums are employed as well. Indeed, so efficacious is their treatment, or rather, perhaps, so powerful with them is nature in resisting disease, that when the locality or cause of irregularity is manifest, as in the case of wounds, fractures, or snake-bites, remarkable cures are ascribed to these people. But here as elsewhere, the sickness becoming at all serious or mysterious, medical treatment proper is altogether abandoned, and the patient committed to the magic powers of the medicineman. In his power either to cause or cure disease at will implicit confidence is felt, and failure to heal indicates no lack of skill; consequently the doctor is responsible for his patient's recovery, and in cp,se of death is liable to, and often does, answer with his life, so that a natural death among the medical fraternity is extremely rare. His only chance of escape is to persuade relatives of the dead that his ill success is attributable to the evil influence of a rival physician, who is the one to die; or in some cases a heavy ransom soothes the grief of mourning friends and avengers. One motive of the Cayuses in the massacre of the Whitman family is supposed to have been the missionary's failure to cure the measles in the tribe. He had done his best to relieve the sick, and his power to effect in all cases a complete cure was unquestioned by the natives. The methods by which the medicine-man practices his art are very uniform in all the nations. The patient is stretched on his back in the centre of a large lodge, and his friends few or many sit about him in a circle, each provided with sticks wherewith to drum. The sorcerer, often grotesquely painted, enters the ring, chants a song, and proceeds to force the evil spirit from the sick man by pressing both clenched fists with all his might in the pit of his stomach, kneading and pounding also other parts of the Body, blowing* occasionally through his own fingers, and sucking blood MEDICAL PRACTICE. 287 froni the part supposed to be affected. The spectators pound with their sticks, and all, including doctor, and often the patient in spite of himself, keep up a continual song or yell. There is, however, some method in this madness, and when the routine is completed it is again begun, and thus repeated for several hours each day until the case is decided. In many nations the doctor finally extracts the spirit, in the form of a small bone or other object, from the patient's body or mouth by some trick of legerdemain, and this once effected, he assures the surrounding friends that the tormentor having been thus removed, recovery must soon follow.193 193 The Nez Perces ' are generally healthy, the only disorders which we have had occasion to remark being of scrophulous kind.' With the Sokulks 'a bad soreness of the eyes is a very common disorder.' 'Bad teeth- are very general.' The Chilluckittequaws' diseases are sore eyes, decayed teeth, and tumors. The Walla Wallas have ulcers and eruptions of the skin, and occasionally rheumatism. The Chopunnish had .'scrofula, rheumatism, and sore eyes,' and a few have entirely lost the use of their limbs. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 311, 352, 382, 531, 549. The medicine-man uses a medicine- bag of relics in his incantations. Parker's Exploi\ Tour, pp. 240-1. The Okanagan medicine-men are called tlaquillaughs, and ' are men generally past the meridian of life; in their habits grave and sedate.' 'They possess a good knowledge of herbs and roots, and their virtues.' I have often 'seen him throw out whole mouthfuls of bloofl, and yet not the least mark would appear on the skin.' ' I once saw an Indian who had been nearly devoured by a grizzly bear, and had his skull split open in several places, and several pieces of bone taken out just above the brain, and measuring three-fourths of an inch in length, cured so effectually by one of these jugglers, that in less than two months after he was riding on his horse again at the chase. I have also seen them cut open the belly with a knife, extract a large quantity of fat from the inside, sew up the part again, and the patient soon after perfectly recovered.' The most frequent diseases are ' indigestion, fluxes, asthmas, and consumptions.' Instances of longevity rare. Ross' Adven., pp. 302-8. A desperate case of consumption cured by killing a dog each day for thirty-two days, ripping it open and placing the patient's legs in the warm intestines, administering some barks meanwhile. The Flatheads subject to few diseases; splints used for fractures, bleeding with sharp flints for contusions, ice-cold baths for ordinary rheumatism, and vapor bath with cold plunge for chronic rheumatism. Cox's Adven., vol. ii., pp. 90-3, vol. i., pp. 248-51. Among the Walla Wallas convalescents are directed to sing some hours each day. The Spokanes require all garments, etc, about the death-bed to be buried with the body, hence few comforts for the sick. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 426-7, 485. The Flatheads say their wounds cure themselves. Be Smet, Voy., pp. 198-200. The Wascos cure rattlesnake bites by salt applied to the wound or by whisky taken internally. Kane's Wand., pp. 265, 273, 317-18. A female doctor's throat cut by the father of a patient she had failed to cure. Hines' Voy., p. 19J. The office of medicine-men among the Sahaptins is generally hereditary. Men often die from fear of a medicine-man's evil glance. ,; Rival doctors work on the fears of patients to get each other killed. Murders of doctors somewhat rare among the Nez Perces. Alvord, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., pp. 652-3, 655. Small-pox seems to have come among the Yakimas and Kliketats before direct intercourse with whites. Gibbs, in 238 COLUMBIANS. Grief at the death of a relative is manifested by cutting the hair and smearing the face with black. The women also howl at intervals for a period of weeks or even months; but the men on ordinary, occasions rarely make open demonstrations of sorrow, though they sometimes shed tears at the death of a son. Several instances of suicide in mourning are recorded; a Walla Walla chieftain caused himself to be buried alive in the grave with the last of his five sons. The death of a wife or daughter is deemed of comparatively little consequence. In case of a tribal disaster, as the death of a prominent chief, or the killing of a band of warriors by a hostile tribe, all indulge in the most frantic demonstrations,, tearing the hair, lacerating the flesh with flints, often inflicting serious injury. The sacrifice of human life, generally that of a slave, was practiced, but apparently nowhere as a regular part of the funeral rites. Among the Flatheads the bravest of the men and women ceremonially bewail the loss of a warrior by cutting out pieces of their own flesh and casting them with roots and other articles into the fire. A long time passes before a dead person's name is willingly spoken in the tribe. The corpse is commonly disposed of by wrapping in or- dinary clothing and burying in the ground without a coffin. The northern tribes sometimes suspended the body in a canoe from a tree, while those in the south formerly piled their, dead in wooden sheds or sepulchres above ground. The Okanagans often bound the body upright to the trunk of a tree. Property was in all cases sacrificed; horses usually, and slaves -sometimes, killed on the grave. The more valuable articles of wealth were deposited with the body; the rest suspended on poles over and about the grave or left on the surface of the ground; always previously damaged in such manner as not to tempt the sacrilegious thief, for their places of Paz. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 405, 408. A Nez Perce doctor killed by a brother of a man who had shot himself in mourning for his dead relative; She brother in turn killed, and several other lives lost. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i.,.p. 239. CHAEACTER OF THE INLAND TRIBES. 289 burial are held most sacred. Mounds of stones surmounted with crosses indicate in later times the conversion of the natives to a foreign religion.19* In character and in morals,195 as well as in physique, the 194 The Sokulks wrap the dead in skins, bury them in graves, cover with earth, and mark the grave by little pickets of wood struck over and about it. On the Columbia below the Snake was a shed-tomb sixty by twelve feet, open at the ends, standing east and west. Recently dead bodies wrapped in leather and arranged on boards at the west end. About the centre a promiscuous heap of partially decayed corpses; and at eastern end a mat with twenty-one skulls arranged in a circle. Articles of property suspended on the inside and skeletons of horses scattered outside. About the Dalles eight vaults of boards eight feet square, and six feet high, and all the walls decorated with pictures and carvings. The bodies were laid east and west. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 344-5, 359-60, 379-80, 557-8. Okanagans observe silence about the death-bed, but the moment the person dies the house is abandoned, and clamorous mourning is joined in by all the camp^for some hours; then dead silence while the body is wrapped in a new garment, brought out, and the lodge torn down. Then alternate mourning and silence, and the deceased is buried in a sitting posture in a round hole. Widows must mourn two years, incessantly for some months, then only morning and evening. Ross' Adven., pp. 321-2. Frantic mourning, cutting the flesh, etc., by Nez Perces. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., pp. 234-5, 238-9, vol. ii., p. 139. Destruction of horses and other property by Spokanes. Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 200-1. A shush- wap widow instigates the murder of a victim as a sacrifice to her husband. The horses of a Walla Walla chief not used after his death. Kane's Wand., pp. 178-9, 261-5, 277, 289. Hundreds of Wasco bodies piled in a small house on an island, just below the Dalles. A Walla Walla chief caused himself to be buried alive in the grave of his last son. Hines' Voy., pp. 159, 184-8. Among the Yakimas and Kliketats the women do the mourning, living apart for a few days, and then bathing. Okanagan bodies strapped to a tree. Stone mounds over Spokane graves. Gibbs and Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp.405, 413, vol. xii., pt.i., p. 150. Pend d'Oreilles buried old and young alive when unable to take care of them. Ind. Aff. Rept., 1854, pp. 211, 238. 'High conical stacks of drift-wood' over Walla Walla graves. Townsend's Nar., p. 157. Shushwaps often deposit dead in trees. If in the ground, always cover grave with stones. Mayne's B. C, p. 304. Killing a slave by Wascos. White's Ogn., pp. 260-3. Dances and prayers for three days at Nez Perce chief's burial. Irving's Bonneville's Adven., p. 283. Burying infant with parents by Flatheads. Be Smet, Voy., p. 173. Light wooden palings about Shushwap graves. Milton and Cheadle's Northw. Pass., p. 242;: Alvord, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 655; Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 104; Palmer, in B. G. Papers, pt. iii., p. 85; Gass' Jour., p. 219; Ind. Life, p. 55; Tolmie, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 237-8, 260-J. 195 Sokulks 'of a mild and peaceable disposition,' respectful to old age. Chilluckittequaws ' unusually hospitable and good humoured.' Chopunnish ' the most amiable we have seen. Their character is placid and gentle, rarely moved into passion.' \ They are indeed selfish and avaricious.' Will pilfer small articles. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 338, 341, 351, 376, 556-8, 564. The Flatheads 'se distinguent par la civilite, l'honnetete, et la. bonte.* Be Smet, Voy., pp. 31-2,.38-40, 47-50, 166-74, L02-4. Flatheads 'the best Indians of the mountains and the plains,—honest, brave, and docile.*' Kootenais 'menof great docility and artlessness of character.' Stevens-and Hoeckcn, in Be Smet's West. Miss., pp. 281, 281, 290, 300. Coeurs d'Alene selfish and poor-spirited. Be Smet, Miss, de VOregon, p. 329. In the Walla Wallas ' an air of open unsuspecting confidence,' 'natural politeness,' no obtrusive familiarity. Flatheads 'frank and hospitable.' Except cruelty to,captivea Vol. I. 19 J 200 COLUMBIANS. inland native is almost unanimously pronounced superior to the dweller on the coast. The excitement of the chase, of war, and of athletic sports ennobles the mind as it develops the body; and although probably not by nature less indolent than their western neighbors, yet are these natives of the interior driven by circumstances to habits of industry, and have much less leisure time for the cultivation of. the lower forms of vice. As a race, and compared with the average American aborigines, they are honest, intelligent, and pure in morals. Travelers are liable to form their estimate of national character from a view, perhaps unfair and prejudiced, of the actions of a few individuals encountered; consequently qualities the best and the worst have been given by some to each of the nations now under consideration. For the best reputation the Nez Perces, Flatheads and Kootenais have always been rivals; their good qualities have been praised by all, priest, trader and tourist. Honest, just, and often charitable; ordinarily cold and reserved, but on occasions social and almost gay; quicktempered and revengeful under what they consider in- have 'fewer failings than any of the tribes I ever met.' Brave, quiet, and amenable to their chiefs. Spokanes 'quiet, honest, inoffensive,' but rather indolent. 'Thoughtless and improvident.' Okanagans 'Indolent rascals;' ' an honest and quiet tribe.' Sanspoils dirty, slothful, dishonest, quarrelsome, etc. Coeurs d'Alene 'uniformly honest;' 'more savage than their neigh? bours.' Kootenais honest, brave, jealous, truthful. Kamloops ' thieving and quarrelling.' Cox's Adven., vol. i., pp. 145, 148, 192, 199, 239-40, 262-3, 344, vol. ii., pp. 44, 87-8, 109, 145-60. Okanagans active and industrious, revengeful, generous and brave. Ross' Adven., pp. 142, 290-5, 327-9. Skeen ' a hardy, brave people.' Cayuses far more vicious and ungovernable than the Walla Wallas. Nez Perces treacherous and villainous. Kane's Wand., pp. 263, 280, 290, 307-8, 315. Nez Perces ' a quiet, civil, people, but proud and haughty.' Palmer's Jour., pp. 128, 48, 53, 59, 61, 124-7. 'Kind to each other.' ' Cheerful and often gay, sociable, kind and affectionate, and anxious to receive instruction.' 'Lying scarcely known.' Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 97, 105, 232, 239, 303-4, 311-12. Of the Nicutemuchs 'the habitual vin- .dictiveness of their character is fostered by the ceaseless feuds.' 'Nearly every family has a minor vendetta of its own.' I The races that depend entirely or chiefly on fishing, are immeasurably inferior to those tribes who, with nerves and sinews braced by exercise, and minds comparatively ennobled by frequent excitement, live constantly amid war and the chase.' Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., pp. 77-80. Inland tribes of British Columbia less industrious and less provident than the more sedentary coast Indians. Mayne's B. C, pp. 301, 297. Sahaptins 'cold, taciturn, high- tempered, warlike, fond of hunting.' Palouse, Yakimas, Kliketats, etc., of a ' less hardy and active temperament' than the Nez Perces. Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., pp. 199, 210-13. Cayuses ' dreaded by their neigh- INLAND MOKALITY. 251 justice, but readily appeased by kind treatment; cruel only to captive enemies, stoical in the endurance of torture; devotedly attached to home and family; these natives probably come as near as it is permitted to flesh- and-blood savages to the traditional noble red man of the forest, sometimes met in romance. It is the pride and boast of thje Flathead that his tribe has never shed the blood of a white man. Yet none, whatever their tribe, could altogether resist the temptation to steal horses from their neighbors of a different tribe, or in former times, to pilfer small articles, wonderful to the savage eye, introduced by Europeans. Many have been nominally converted by the zealous labors of the Jesuit fathers, or Protestant missionaries; and several nations have greatly improved, in material condition as well as in character, under their change of faith. As Mr Alexander Ross remarks, " there is less crime in an Indian camp of five hundred souls than there is in a civilized village of but half that number. Let the lawyer or moralist point out the cause." bors on account of their courage and warlike spirit.' Walla Wallas 'notorious as thieves since their first intercourse with whites.' 'Indolent, superstitious, drunken and debauched. Character of Flatheads, Pend d'Oreilles, Umatillas. Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 207-9, 211, 218, 223, 282, 1861, pp. 164-5. Yakimas and Kliketats ' much superior to the river Indians.' Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 405, 298, 403, 416, vol. xii., pt. i., p. 139. Wascos ' exceedingly vicious.' Hines' Voy., pp. 159, 169. The Nez Perces ' are, certainly, more like a nation of saints than a horde of savages.' Skyuses, Walla Wallas. Irving's Bonneville's Adven., pp. 101, 287, 289-90, 300. Tushepaws; Irving's Astoria, p. 316. Thompson Biver Indians rather a superior and clever race. Victoria Colonist, Oct., 1860. ' Indians from the Rocky mountains to the falls of Columbia, are an honest, ingenuous, and well disposed people,' but rascals below the falls. Gass' Jour., p. 304. Flathead ' fierceness and barbarity in war could not be exceeded.' Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., p. 153. ■ Flatheads, Walla Wallas and Nez Perces; Gray's Hist Ogn., pp. 171, 219. Kootenais; Palliser's Explor., pp., 44, 73. Salish, Walla Wallas; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 88, vol. ii.; p. 64. Walla Wallas, Cayuses, and Nez Perces; White's Oregon, p. 174., Walla Wallas, Kootenais; Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 85, 178. Flat- heads, Nez Perces; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 311, 315, 326-8. Nez Percys; Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 109; Franchere's Nar., p. 268. Kayuses, Walla Wallas; Townsend's Nar., p. 156. Sahaptins; Wilkes' Hist Ogn., p. 106. Nez Perces; Hastings' Emigrants' Guide, p. 59. Flatheads; Ind. Life, pp. ix., x., 25. At Dalles; Wilkes' Nar., in U. 8. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 412. Shushwaps; Grant's Ocean to Ocean, pp. 288-304, 313. At Dalles; Hunt, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1821, torn, x., p. 82; Stuart, in Id., 1821, torn, xii., p. 43. Pend d'Oreilles; Joset, in Id., 1849, torn, cxxiii., pp. 334-40. -^ 292 COLUMBIANS. TEIBAL BOTJNDA.BIES. The Columbian Group comprises the tribes inhabiting the territory immediately south of that of the Hyperboreans, extending from the fifty-fifth to the forty-third parallel of north latitude.. In the Haidah Family, I include all the coast and island nations of British Columbia, from 55° to 52 P and extending inland about one hundred- miles to the borders of the Chilcoten Plain, the Haidah nation proper having their home on the Queen Charlotte Islands. * The Haidah tribes of the Northern Family inhabit Queen Charlotte's Island, j j The Massettes, Skitte- gas, Cumshawas, and other (Haidah) tribes inhabiting the eastern shores of Queen Charlotte's Island.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 219. 'The principal tribes upon,it (Q. Char. Isl.) are the Sketigets, Massets, and Comshewars.' Bunn's Oregon, p. 292. 'Tribal names of the principal tribes inhabiting the islands: — Klue, Skiddan, Ninstence or Cape St. James, Skidagate, Skidagatees, Gold-Harbour, Cumshewas, and four others Hydah is the generic name for the whole.' Poole'sQ. Char. Isl, p. 309. ' The Cumshewar, Massit, Skittageets, Keesarn, and Kigarnee, are mentioned as living on the island.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 157. . The following bands, viz.: Lulanna, (or Sulanna), Nightan, Massetta, (orMosette), Necoon, Ase- guang, (or Asequang), Skittdegates, Cumshawas, Skeedans, Queeah, Cloo, Kishawin, Kowwelth, (or Kawwelth), and Too, compose the Queen Charlotte Island Indians, ' beginning at N. island, north end, and passing round by the eastward.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 489; and Kane's Wand., end of vol. ' The Hydah nation which is divided into numerous tribes inhabiting the island and the mainland opposite.' Reed's Nar< ' Queen Charlotte's Island and Prince of Wales Archipelago are the country of tiie Haidahs; include ing the Kygany, Massett, Skittegetts, Hanega, Cumshewas, and other septs.' Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 74. 'Les Indiens Koumchaouas, Ha'i- das, Massettes, et Skidegats, de 1'ile de la Heine Charlotte.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 337. My Haidah Family is called by Warre and Vavaseur Qua- cott, who with the Newette and twenty-seven other tribes live, ' from Lat. 54" to Lat. 50°, including Queen Charlotte's Island; North end of Vancouver's Island, Millbank Sound and Island, and the Main shore.' Martin's Hudson's Bay, p. 80. The Massets and thirteen other tribes besides the Quacott tribes occupy t Queen Charlotte Islands. Warre and Vavaseur^ in Martin's Hud. Bay, p. 80. The Ninstence tribe inhabits ' the southernmost portions of Moresby Island.' Poole's Q. Char. 1st, pp. 122, 314-15. The Crosswer Indians live on Skiddegate Channel. Bownie, in B. Col. Papers, vol. iii., p. 72. The Kdiganies inhabit the southern part of the Prince of Wales Archipelago, and the northern, part of Queen Charlotte Island. . The Kygargeys or Kygarneys are divided by Schoolcraft and Kane into the Youahnoe, Clictass lor Clictars), Quiahanles, Houaguan, (orWonagan), Shouagan, (or Show- THE HAIDAH FAMILY. 293 gan), Chatcheenie, (or Chalchuni). Archives, vol. v., p. 489; Wanderings, end of vol. The Kygani ' have their head-quarters on Queen Charlotte's Archipelago, but there are a few villages on the extreme southern part of Prince of Wales Archipelago.' Ball's Alaska, p. 411. A colony of the Hy- dahs ' have settled at the southern extremity of Prince of Wales's Archipelago, and in the Northern Island.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 219. ' Die Kaigani (Kigarnies, Kigarnee, Kyganies der Englander) bewohnen den siidlichen Theil der Inseln (Archipels) des Prinzen von Wales.' Radloff, Sprache der Kaiganen, in Melanges Russes, torn, iii., livrais. v., p. 569. * The Kegarnie tribe, also in the Russian territory, live on an immense island, called North Island.' Bunn's Oregon, p. 287. The Hydahs of the southeastern Alexander Archipelago include 'the Kassaaus, the Chatcheenees, and the Kaiganees.' Bendel's Alex. Arch., p. 28. 'Called Kaiganies and Kliavakans; the former being near Kaigan Harbor, and the latter near the Gulf of Kliavakan scattered along the shore from Cordova to Tonvel's Bay.' Halleck and Scott, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 562-4. ' A branch of this tribe, the Kyganies (Kigarnies) live in the southern part of the Archipel of the Prince of Wales.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 80. ' To the west and south of Prince- of Wales Island is an off-shoot of the Hydah,' Indians, called Anega or Hennegas. Mahony, in Ind. Aff. Rept., I8C9, p. 575. The Chimsyans inhabit the coast and islands about Fort Simpson. Ten tribes of Chymsyans at ' Chatham Sound, Portland Canal, Port Essington, and the neighbouring Islands.' Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hudson's Bay, p. 80. 'The Chimsians or Fort Simpson Indians.' Tolmie, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., p. 231. 'Indians inhabiting the coast and river mouth known by the name of Chyniseyans.' Ind. Life, p. 93. The Tsimsheeans live 'in the Fort Simpson section on the main land.' Poole's Q. Char. Isl, p. 257. Chimpsains, 'living on Chimpsain Peninsula.' Scott, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 533. The Chimmesyans inhabit 'the coast of the main land from 55J 30' N., down to 53J 30' N.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 20J; Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 40. The Chimseeans ' occupy the country from Douglas' Canal to Nass River.' Simpson's Overland Journ., vol. i., p. 206. Divided into the following bands; Kispachalaidy, Kitlan (or Ketlane) , Kee- ches (or Keechis), Keenathtoix, Kitwillcoits, Kitchaclalth, Kelutsah CorKet- utsah), Kenchen Kieg, Ketandou, Ketwilkcipa, who inhabit ' Ghatham's Sound, from Portland Canal to Port Essington (into which Skeena Biver discharges) both main land and the neighboring islands.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 487; Kane's Wand., end of vol. The Chymsyanconnection ' extending from Milbank Sound to Observatory Jnlet, including the Sebas- sas, Neecelowes, Nass, and other offsets.' Anderson, in Hist Mag., vol. vii. p. 74. Mr. Duncan divides the natives speaking the Tsimshean language into four parts at Fort Simpson, Nass Biver, Skeena Biver, and the islands of Milbank Sound. Mayne's B. C, p. 250. The Keethratlah live 'near Fort Simpson.' Id., p. 279. The Nass nation lives on the banks of the Nass Biver, but the name is often applied to all the mainland tribes of what I term the Haidah Family. The nation consists of the Kithateen, Kitahon, Ketoonokshelk, Kinawalax (or 294 TRIBAL BOUNDABIES. Kinaroalax), located in that order from the mouth upward. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 487; Kane's Wand., end of vol. Four tribes, 'Nass Biver on the Main land.' Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hudson's Bay, p. 80. ' On Observatory Inlet, lat. 55°.' Bryant., in Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact, vol. ii, p. 302. Adjoin the Sebassa tribe. Cornwallis' N. Eldorado, p. 107. About Fort Simpson. Bunn's Oregon, p. 279. The Hailtsa, Haeeltzuk, Billechoola, and Chimmesyans are Nass tribes. Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 130. See Buschmann, Brit Nordamer, pp. 398-400. ' There is a tribe of about 200 souls now living on a westerly branch of the Naas near Stikeen Biver; they are called " Lackweips " and formerly lived on Portland Channel.' Scott, in Ind, Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 563. The Skeenas are on the river of the same name, ' at the mouth of the Skeena Biver.' Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hudson's Bay, p. 80. They are the ' Kitsalas, Kitswingahs, Kitsiguchs, Kitspayuchs, Hagulgets, Kitsag- as, andKitswinscolds.' Scott, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 563. Keechumakarlo (or KeeChumakailo) situated ' on the lower part of the Skeena Biver.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 487; Kane's Wand., end of vol. The Kitswinscolds live ' between the Nass and the Skeena.' Scott, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 563. The Kitatels live ' on the islands in Ogden's Channel, about sixty miles below Fort Simpson.' Id. The Sebassas occupy the shores of Gardner Channel and the opposite islands. Inhabit Banks Island. Simpson's Overland Journ., vol. i., p. 206. The Labassas in five tribes are situated on ' Gardner's Canal, Canal de Principe, Canal de la Beida.' Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hudson's Bay, p. 80. Keekheatla (or Keetheatla), on Canal de Principe; Kilcatah, at the entrance of Gardner Canal; Kittamaat (or Kittamuat), on the north arm of Gardner Canal; Kitlope on the south arm; Neeslous on Canal de la Beido (Beina). Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 487; Kane's Wand., end of vol. 'In the neighbourhood of Seal Harbour dwell the Sebassa tribe.' Cornwallis' N. Eldorado, p. 106. ' The Shebasha, a powerful tribe inhabiting the numerous islands of Pitt's Archipelago.' Bryant, in Am. Antiq, Soc. Transact, vol. ii., p. 302. 1 The Milbank Sound tribes are the Onieletoch, Weitletoch (or Weetletoch), and Kokwaiytoch, on Millbank Sound; Eesteytoch, on Cascade Canal; Kui- muchquitoch, on Dean Canal; Bellahoola, at entrance of Salmon Biver of Mackenzie; Guashilla, on Biver Canal; Nalalsemoch, at Smith Inlet, and Weekemoch on Calvert Island. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., pp. 487-8; Kane's Wand., end of vol. * The Millbank. Indians on Millbank Sound.' Bryant, in Am. Antiq. Soc. Transact, vol. ii., p. 302. The Bellacoolas live about the mouth of Salmon Biver. ''' Bentick's Arms'' —inhabited by a tribe of Indians—the Bellaghchoolas. Their village is near Salmon Biver.' Bunn's Oregon, p. 267. The Billechoolas live on Salmon Biver in latitude 53° 30'. Buschmann, Brit Nordamer., p. 384. The Bella- hoolas 'on the banks of the Salmon river.' Lord's Nat, vol. ii., p. 258. 'The Indians at Milbank Sound called Belbellahs.' Bwm's Oregon, p. 271. ' Spread along the margins of the numerous canals or inlets with which this part of the coast abounds.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. £24. THE NOOTKA FAMILY. 295 ' In the neighbourhood of the Fort (McLoughlin) was a village of about five hundred Ballabollas.' Simpson's Overland Journ., vol. i., p. 202. The Hailtzas, Hailtzuks, or Haeelzuks ' dwell to the south of the Bille- choola, and inhabit both the mainland and the northern entrance of Vancouver's Island from latitude 53° 30' N. to 50°'30' N.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 224. ' The Hailtsa commencing in about latitude 51° N., and extending through the ramifications of Fitzhugh and Milbank Sounds.' Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 74. 'An diesem Sunde (Milbank) woh- nen die Hailtsa-Indianer.' Buschmann, Brit. Nordamer., p. 383; Tolmie, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., p. 230. The Nootka Family dwells south of the Haidah, occupying the coast of British Columbia, from Bentinck Arms to the mouth of the Fraser, and the whole of Vancouver Island. By other authors the name has been employed to designate a tribe at Nootka Sound, or applied to nearly all the Coast tribes of the Columbian Group. ' The native population of Vancouver Island.... is chiefly composed of the following tribes:—North and East coasts (in order in which they stand from North to South)—Quackolls, Newittees, Comuxes, Yukletas, Suanaimuchs, Cowitchins, Sanetchs, other smaller tribes;—South Coast (.. from East to West) —Tsomass, Tsclallums, Sokes, Patcheena, Sen- natuch;—West Coast (from South to North)—Nitteenats, Chadukutl, Oiatuch, Toquatux, Schissatuch, Upatsesatuch, Cojuklesatuch, Uqluxlatuch, Clayoquots, Nootkas, Nespods, Koskeemos, other small tribes.' Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 293. 'In Barclay Sound: Pacheenett, Nittinat, Ohiat, Ouchuchlisit, Opecluset, Shechart, Toquart, Ucletah, Tsomass;—Clayoquot Sound: Clayoquot, Kilsamat, Ahouset, Mahnawousut, Ish- quat;—Nootka Sound: Matchclats, Moachet, Neuchallet, Ehateset.' Mayne's B. C, p. 251. 'About Queen Charlotte Sound;—Naweetee, Quacolth, Quee- havuacolt (or Queehaquacoll), Marmalillacalla, Clowetsus (or Clawetsus), Murtilpar (or Martilpar), Nimkish, Wewarkka, Wewarkkum, Clallueis (or Clalluiis), Cumquekis, Laekquelibla, Clehuse (or Clehure), Soiitinu (or Soiilenu), Quicksutinut (or Quicksulinut), Aquamish, Clelikitte, Narkock- tau, Quainu, Exenimuth, (or Cexeninuth), Tenuckttau, Oiclela.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 488; Kane's Wand., end of vol. On the seabord, south of Nitinaht Sound, and on the Nitinaht Biver, the Pacheenaht and Niti- naht tribes; on Barclay, otherwise Nitinaht Sound, the Ohyaht, Howchu- klisaht, Opechisaht, Seshaht, Youclulaht, and Toquaht tribes; on Klahoh- quaht Sound, the Klahohquaht, Killsmaht, Ahousaht and Manohsaht tribes; on Nootkah Sound, the Hishquayaht, Muchlaht, Moouchat (the so-called Nootkahs), Ayhuttisaht and Noochahlaht; north of Nootkah Sound, the Kyohquaht, Chaykisaht, and Klahosaht tribes. Sproat's Scenes, p. 308. Alphabetical list of languages on Vancouver Island: Ahowzarts, Aitizzarts, Aytcharts, Cayuquets, Eshquates (or Esquiates), Klahars, Klaiz- zarts, Klaooquates (or Tlaoquatch), Michla'its, Mowatchits, Neuchadlits, Neu- witties, Newchemass, (Nuchimas), Savinnars, Schoomadits, Suthsetts, Tlaoquatch, Wicananish. Buschmann, Brit Nordamer., p. 349. 'Among those from the north were the Aitizzarts, Schoomadits, Neuwitties, Savinnars, Ahowzarts, Mowatchits, Suthsetts, Neuchadlits, Michlaits, and Cayuquets; the most of whom were considered as tributary to Nootka. From the South 296 TBIBAL BOUNDARIES. the Aytcharts, and Esquiates also tributary, with the Klaooquates and the Wickanninish, a large and powerful tribe, about two hundred miles distant.' Jewitt's Nar., pp. 36-7. ' Tribes situated between Nanaimo and Fort Rupert, on the north of Vancouver Island, and the mainland Indians between the same points.... are divided into several tribes, the Nanoose, Comoux, Nimpkish, Quawguult, &c, on the Island; and the Squawmisht, Sechelt, Clahoose, Ucletah, Mamalilaculla, &c, on the coast, and among the small islands off it.' Mayne's B. C, p. 243. List of tribes on Vancouver Island: ' Songes, Sanetch, Kawitchin, Uchulta, Nimkis, Quaquiolts, Neweetg, Quack- toe, Nootka, Nitinat, Klayquoit, Soke.' Findlay's Birectory, pp. 391-2. The proper name of the Vancouver Island Tribes is Yucuatl. Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 135. The Nootka Territory ' extends to the Northward as far as Cape Saint James, in the latitude of 52° 20' N... and to the Southward to the Islands.. ! of the Wicananish.' Meares' Voy., p. 228. ' The Cawitchans, Ucaltas, and Co- quilths, who are I believe of the same family, occupy the shores of the Gulf of Georgia and Johnston's Straits.' Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 74. ' Twenty-four tribes speaking the Challam and Cowaitzchim languages, from latitude 50| along the Coast South to Whitby Island in latitude 48°; part of Vancouver's Island, and the mouth of Franc's River.' Also on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Vancouver Islands, the Sanetch, three tribes; Hallamp, eleven tribes; Sinahomish; Skatcat; Cowitchici; seven tribes; Soke; Cowit- ciher,'three tribes. Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hudson's Bay, p. 81; also in Hazlitt's B.C., pp. 66-7. Five tribes at Fort Rupert;—Quakars, Qual- quilths, Kumcutes, Wanlish, Lockqualillas. Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 165. ' The Chicklezats and Ahazats, inhabiting districts in close proximity on the west coast of Vancouver.' Barret-Lennard's Trav., p. 41. 'North of the district occupied by the Ucletahs come the Nimkish, Mamalilacula, Matelpy and two or three other smaller tribes. The Mamalilaculas live on the mainland.' Mayne's B. C, p. 249. The population of Vancouver Island 'is divided into twelve tribes; of these the Kawitchen, Quaquidts and Nootka are the largest.' Cornwallis' N. Eldorado, p. 30. ' Ouakichs, ,Grande ile de Quadra et Van Couver.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. In naming the following tribes and nations I will begin at the north and follow the west coast of the island southward, then the east coast and main land northward to the starting-point. The Uclenus inhabit Scott Island. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 488; Kane's Wand., end of vol. The Quanes dwell at Cape Scott. Id. The Quactoe are found in the ' woody part N.W. coast of the island.' Find- lay's Birectory, p. 391. The Koskiemos and Quatsinos live on 'the two Sounds bearing those names.' Mayne's "B. C, p. 251. Kuskema, and Quatsinu, ' outside'Vancouver's Island south of C. Scott.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 488; Kane's Wand., end of vol. The Kycucut, 'north of Nootka Sound, is the largest tribe of the West coast.' Mayne's B. C, p. 251. The Aitizzarts are ' a people living about thirty or forty miles to the Northward ' of Nootka Sound. Jewitt's Nar., pp. 63, 77. NATIONS INHABITING VANCOUVER ISLAND. 297 The Ahts live on the west coast of the island. ' The localities inhabited by the Aht tribes are, chiefly, the three large Sounds on the west coast of Vancouver Island, called .Nitinaht (or Barclay) Klahohquaht, and Nootkah.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 10. The Chicklezahts and Ahazats inhabit districts in close proximity on the west coast of Vancouver. Barrett-Lennard's Trav., p. 41. The Clayoquots, or Klahoh quants, live at Clayoquot Sound, and the Moo- uchats at Nootka Sound. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 22, 25. North of the Wick- ininish. Jewitt's Nar., p. 76. The Toquahts are a people ' whose village is in a dreary, remote part of Nitinaht (or Barclay) Sound.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 104. * The Seshats live at Alberni, Barclay Sound. Sproat's Scenes, p. 3. The Pacheenas, or ' Pacheenetts, which I have included in Barclay Sound, also inhabit Port San Juan.' Mayne's B. C, p. 251. The Tlaoquatch occupy the south-western part of Vancouver. ' Den Sud- westen der Quadra-und Vancouver-Insel nehmen die Tlaoquatch ein, deren Sprache mit der vom Nutka-Sunde verwandt ist.' Buschmann, Brit. Nordamer., p. 372. Tlaoquatch, or Tloquatch, on ' the south-western coast of Vancouver's Island.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 188. The Sokes dwell ' between Victoria and Barclay Sound.' Mayne's B. C, p. 251. 'East point of San Juan to the Songes territory.' Findlay's Birectory, p. 392. The WicMnninish live about two hundred miles south of Nootka. Jewitt's Nar., p. 76. The SongJdes are ' a tribe collected at and around Victoria.' Mayne's B. C, " p. 243. 'The Songhish tribe, resident near Victoria.' Macfie's Vane Isl, p. 430. Songes, ' S.E. part of the island.' Findlay's Birectory, p. 391. The Sanetch dwell ' sixty miles N.W. of Mount Douglas.' Findlay's Directory, p. 391. The Cowichins live ' in the harbour and valley of Cowitchen, about 40 miles north of Victoria.' Mayne's B. C, p. 243. ' Cowichin river, which falls into that (Haro) canal about 20 miles N. of Cowichin Head, and derives its name from the tribe of Indians which inhabits the neighbouring country.' Bouglas, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxiv., p. 246. Kawitchin, ' country N.W. of Sanetch territory to the entrance of Johnson's Straits.' Findlay's Birectory, p. 391. 'North of Fraser's Biver, and on the opposite shores of Vancouver's Island.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 224. 'North of Fraser's Biver, On the north-west coast.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 91. The Comux, or Komux, ' live on the east coast between the Kowitchan and the Quoquoulth tribes.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 311. Comoux, south of Johnston Straits. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 488; Kane's Wand., end of vol. The Comoux 'extend as far as Cape Mudge.' Mayne's B. C, p. 243. The Kwantlums dwell about the mouth of the Fraser. ' At and about the entrance of the Fraser Biver is the Kuantlun tribe: they live in villages which extend along the banks of the river as far as Langley.' Mayne's B. C, pp. 243, 295. The Teets live on the lower Frazer River. ' From the falls (of the Fraser) downward to the seacoast,, the banks of the river are inhabited by several LV 298 TBIBAL BOUNDABIES. branches of the Haitlin or Teet tribe.' Anderson, in Hist Mag., vol. vii., p. 73. 'Extending from Langley to Yale, are the Smess, Chillwayhook, Pal- lalts, and Teates The Smess Indians occupy the Smess River and lake, and the Chillwayhooks the river and lake of that name.' Mayne's B. C, p. 295. Teate Indians. See Bancroft's Map of Pac. States. The Nanaimos are 'gathered about the mouth of the Fraser.' Mayne's B. C, p. 243.—Chiefly on a river named the Nanaimo, which falls into Wen- tuhuysen Inlet. Bouglas, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxiv., p. 247. The Squawmishts 'live in Howe Sound.' Mayne's B. C, p. 243. The Sechelts live on Jervis Inlet. Mayne's B. C, pp. 243-4. The Clahoose, or Klahous, 'live in Desolation Sound.' Mayne's B. C, pp. 243-4. The Nanoose ' inhabit the harbour and district of that name, which lies 50 miles north of Nanaimo.' Mayne's B. C, p. 243. The Tacultas, or Tahcultahs, live at Point Mudge on Valdes Island. Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 155. The Ucletas are found 'at and beyond Cape Mudge.' 'They hold possession of the country on both sides of Johnstone Straits until met 20 or 30 miles south of Fort Rupert by the Nimpkish and Mamalilacullas.' Mayne's B. C, p. 244. Yougletats—'Une partie campe sur Pile Vancouver elle-meme,"le reste habite sur le continent, au nord de la Riviere Fraser.' Be Smet, Miss, de VOregon, p. 340. Yongletats, both on Vancouver Island, and on the mainland above the Fraser River. Bolduc, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1.845, torn, cviii., pp. 366-7. The Nimkish are * at the mouth of the Nimpkish river, about 15 miles below Fort Rupert.' Mayne's, B. C, p. 249; Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 158. The Necultas and Queehanicultas dwell at the entrance of Johnston Straits. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 488; Kane's Wand., end of vol. The Quackolls and ' two smaller tribes, live at Fort Rupert.' Mayne's **. C, pp. 244, 249. 'On the north-east side of Vancouver's Island, are U) be found the Coquilths.' Cornwallis' N. Eldorado, p. 98. Coquilths, a numerous, tribe living at the north-east end. Bunn's Oregon, p. 239. The Cogwell Indians live around Fort Rupert. Barret-Lennard's Trav., p. 68. The Newittees ' east of Cape Scott meet the Quawguults at Fort Rupert.' Mayne's B. C, p. 251. Neweetg, 'at N.W. entrance of Johnson's Straits.' Findlay's Birectory, p. 391. 'At the northern extremity of the island the Newette tribe.' Cornwallis' N. Eldorado, p. 98. Newchemass came to Nootka ' from a great way to the Northward, and from some distance inland.' Jewitt's Nar., p. 77. The Saukaulutucks inhabit the interior of the northern end of Vancouver Island. Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 158. 'At the back of Barclay Sound, about two days' journey into the interior, live the only inland tribe.... They are called the Upatse Satuch, and consist Dnly of four families.' Grant, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xxvii., p. 287. TnE Sound Family includes all the tribes^ about Puget Sound and Admiralty Inlet, occupying all of Washington west of the Cascade Bange, except a narrow strip along the north bank of the Columbia.. In locating the nations of this family I begin with che extreme north-east, follow the eastern THE SOUND FAMILY. 299 shores of the sound southward, the western shores northward, and the coast of the Pacific southward to Gray Harbor. List of tribes between Olympia and Nawaukum Biver. ' Staktamish, Squaks'namish, Sehehwamish, Squal- liamish, Puyallupamish, S'homamish, Suquamish, Sinahomish, Snoqual- mook, Sinaahmish, Nooklummi.' Tolmie, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 251; Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 434. A Canadian trapper found the following tribes between Fort Nisqually and Fraser Biver; ' Sukwames, Su- nahdmes, Tshikatstat, Puiale, and Kawitshin.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., pp. 220-1. Cheenales, west; Cowlitz, south; and Nisqually, east of Puget Sound. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. hi., p. 200, map. The Shimiahmoos occupy the 'coast towards Frazer's river.' 'Between Lummi Point and Frazer's Biver.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 247, 250. ' Most northern tribe on the American side of the line.' Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 433; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 491. The Lummis ' are divided into three bands - a band for each mouth of the Lummi Biver.' Fitzhugh, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1857, p. 327. ' On the northern shore of Bellingham Bay.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1854, p. 244. ' Lummi river, and peninsula.' Id., p. 250. ' On a river eniptying into the northern part of Bellingham bay and on the peninsula.' Id., p. 247, and in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 433. :<^ The Nooksaks are ' on the south fork of the Lummi River.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 250. Nooksahk, ' on the main fork of the river.' Id., p. 247. Nooksahk, ' above the Lummi, on the main fork of the river.' Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 433. 'South fork Lummi river.' Id., p. 435. Noot- saks ' occupy the territory from the base of Mount Baker down to within five miles of the mouth of the Lummi.' Coleman, in Harper's Mag., vol. xxxix., p. 799. Neuksacks 'principally around the foot of Mount Baker.' Fitznugh, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 328. The Neukwers and Siamanas, or Stick Indians ' live on lakes back of Whatcom and Siamana lakes and their tributaries.' Id., p. 329. Three tribes at Bellingham Bay, Neuksack, Samish, and Lummis, with some Neukwers and Siamanas who live in the back country. Id., p. 326. Neuksacks, a tribe inhabiting a country drained by the river of the same name taking the name Lummi before emptying into the Gulf of Georgia. Simmons, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1860, p. 188. Nooklummie, ' around Bellingham's bay.' Am. Quar. Register, vol. iii., p. 389; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 714. The Samish live on Samish Biver and southern part of Bellingham Bay. Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 247, 250. 'They have several islands which they claim as their inheritance, together with a large scope of the main land/' Fitzhugh, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 327. The Skagits ' live on the main around the mouth of Skagit river, and own the central parts of Whidby's island, their principal ground being the neighborhood of Penn's cove.' Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 433, and in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 246. Whidby's Island ' is in the possession of the Sachet tribe.' Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. i., p. 300. The Sachets inhabit Whidby's Island. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 510. Sachets, 'about Possession Sound.' Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., p. 143. Skadjets, 'on both sides of the Skadjet river, and on the north end of Whidby's Island. '^ZShooteraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 701; Am. Quar. Register, vol. iii., p. 388. The Skagit, 'on 7 300 TBIBAL BOUNDABIES. Skagit river, and Penn's cove,' the N'quachamish, Smalehhu, Miskaiwhu, Sakumehu, on the branches of the same river. Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 250; Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 435. Sockamuke, 'headwaters of Skagit Biver,' Neutubvig, 'north end of Whidby's Island, and county between Skagit's river and Bellingham's bay.' Cowewachin, Noothum, Mie- missouks, north to Frazer Biver. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 598. The Kikiallis occupy the banks of 'Kikiallis river and Whitby's island.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 246, 250. The Skeysehamish dwell in the ' country along the Skeysehamish river and the north branch of the Sinahemish.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 701; Am. Quar. Register, vol. iii., p. 388. The Snohomish reside on 'the southern end of Whidby's island, and the country on and near the mouth of the Sinahomish river.' Stevens, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 432, 435. 'The Sinahemish 'live on the Sinahemish river (falling into Possession Sound).' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 701; Am. Quar. Register, vol. iii., p. 388. ' Sinahoumez (en 12 tribus) de la riviere Fraser a la baie de Puget.' Mofras, Ef&plor., torn, ii., p. 335. ' N'quutl-' mamish, Skywhamish, Sktahlejum, upper branches, north side, Sinahomish river.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 245, 250. Neewamish, 'Nee- wamish river, bay and vicinity;' Sahmamish, ' on a lake between Neewamish and Snohomish river;' Snohomish, ' South end of Whitney's Island, Snohomish river, bay and vicinity;' Skeawamish, ' north fork of the Snohomish river, called Skeawamish river;' Skuckstanajumps, ' Skuckstanajumps river, a branch of Skeawamish river;' Stillaquamish, ' Stillaquamish river and vicinity;' Kickuallis, 'mouth of Kickuallis river and vicinity.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 598. Stoluchwamish, on Stoluchwamish river, also called Steilaquamish. Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 432, 435, also in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 246, 250. Squinamish, Swodamish, Sinaahmish, 'north end of Whitby's island, canoe passage, and Sinamish river.' Id, pp. 247, 250. 'Southern end of Whidby's island and Sinahomish river.' Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 432-3. The Snoqualmooks 'reside on the south fork, north side of the Sinahomish river.' Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 436, and in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 250. Snoqualimich, ' Snoqualiniich river and the south branch of the Sinahemish.' Harley, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 701; Am. Quar. Register, vol. iii., p. 388. The Bwamish are 'living on and claiming the lands on the D'Wamish river.' Paige, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 329. Dwamish Biver and Lake, White ancl Green Bivers. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 491. On D'wamish lake etc... reside the Samamish and S'Ketehlmish tribes. ' The D'wamish tribe have their home on Lake Fork, D'Wamish river.' Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 432, 4S6. Dwamish, 'Lake Fork, Dwamish Biver;' Samamish, S'Ketehlmish, 'Dwamish Lake;' Smelkamiah, 'Head of White Biver;' Skopeahmish, 'Head of Green Biver;' Stkamish, 'main White Biver.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1854, p. 250. The Skopeahmish have their home at the ' head of Green river.' Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 436. The Sekamish band ' on the main White river;' the Smulkamish tribe ' at the head of White river.' lb. SOUND INDIANS. 301 The Seattles, a tribe of the Snowhomish nation, occupied as their principal settlement, ' a slight eminence near the head of what is now known as Port Madison Bay.' Overland Monthly, 1870, vol. iv., p. 297. The Suquamish ' claim all the land lying on the west side of the Sound, between Apple Tree cove on the north, and Gig harbor on the south.' Paige, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 329. Soquamish, 'country about Port Orchard and neighbourhood, and the west side of Widby's Island.' Harley, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 700; Am. Quar. Register, vol. iii., p. 388. 'Peninsula between Hood's canal and Admiralty inlet.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 250, and in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 435. Snoquamish, ' Port Orchard, Elliott's Bay, and their vicinity.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 598. Shoma- mish, 'on Vashon's Island.' lb. 'Vashon's Island.' Stevens, in Bid. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 250. S'slomamish, ' Vaston's island.' Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 435. 'The Indians frequenting this port (Orchard) call themselves the Jeachtac tribe.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 510. The Puyallupamish live ' at the mouth of Puyallup river;' T'quaquamish, ' at the heads of Puyallup river.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1854, p. 250, and in Pac R. R Rept, vol. i.. p. 435. Squallyamish and Pugallipamish, 'in the country about Nesqually, Pugallipi, and Sinnomish rivers.' Harley, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 701; Am. Quar. Register, vol. iii., p. 388. Pual- li;>awmish or Pualliss, 'on Pualliss river, bay, and vicinity.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 598. Puyyallapamish, 'Puyallop Biver.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 491. The Nisquallies, or Skwall, ' inhabit the shores of Puget's Sound.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 211. 'Nesquallis, de labaie de Puget a la pointe Martinez.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. Nasqually tribes, ' Nasqually Biver and Puget's Sound.' Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hudson Bay, p. 81. Squallyamish, 'at Puget Sound.' Budewig, Ab. Lang., p. 177. The Squalliahmish are composed of six bands, and have their residence on Nisqually Biver and vicinity. Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 435. Squallyamish or Nisqually, Nisqually Biver and vicinity. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 598. Fort Nisqually is frequented by the ' Squallies, the Clallams, the Paaylaps, the Scatchetts, the Checaylis,' and other tribes. Simpson's Overland Journey, vol. i., p. 181. The Steilacoomish dwell on ' Stalacom Creek;' Loquamish, 'Hood's Beef.' S ihoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 491. Stitcheosawmish,' Budd's inlet and South bay,' in the vicinity of Olympia. Id., vol. iv., p. 598. Steilacoomamish, ' Steilacoom creek and vicinity.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 250, and in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 435. The Sawamish have their residence on 'Totten's inlet.' Stevens, in Pac. R*. Ii. Rept, vol.!., p. 435. Sayhaymamish, ' Totten inlet.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 598. ' Srootlemamish, Quackenamish at Case's inlet.' lb. Quak- s'namish,' Case's inlet;' S'Hotlemamish, * Carr's inlet;' Sahehwamish, 'Ham- mersly's inlet;' Sawamish, 'Totten's inlet;' Squaiaitl, 'Eld's inlet;' Sieh- chasamish, 'Budd's inlet;' Noosehchatl, 'South bay.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 250. The Skokomish live at the upper end of Hood Canal. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 598; Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 244, 250, Toan* y 302 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. hooch and Shokomish on Hood's Canal. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 491. Tuanoh and Skokomish 'reside along the shores of Hood's Canal.' Am. Quar. Register, vol. iii., p. 388. Toankooch, 'western shore of Hood's canal. They are a branch of the Nisqually nation.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 244; Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 431. Tuanooch, 'mouth of Hood's Canal.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 598. 'The region at the head of Puget Sound is inhabited by a tribe called the .Toandos.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p; 140. Homamish, Hotlimamish, Squahsinawmish, Sayhaywamish, Stitchassamish, 'reside in the country from the Narrows along the western shore of Puget's Sound to New Market.' MitcheU and Harley, in Am. Quar. Register, vol. iii.,-p. 388. The Noosdalums, or Nusdalums, 'dwell on Hood's Channel.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 135. * Die Noosdalum, wohnen am Hood's-Canal;' Buschmann, Brit Nordamer., p. 373. ' Noostlalums, consist of eleven tribes or septs living about the entrance of Hood's canal, Dungeness, Port Discovery, and the coast to the westward.' Am. Quar. Register, vol. iii., p. 388; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 700. The Chimakum, or Chinakum, ' territory seems to have embraced the shore from Port Townsend to Port Ludlow.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 242-244. ' On Port Townsend Bay.' Id., in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 431, 435; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 598. The Clallams, or Clalams, are ' about Port Discovery.' Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., p. 143. ' Their country stretches along the whole southern shore of the Straits to between Port Discovery and Port Townsend.' Gibbs, in Pac.R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 429; Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 242, 244. Southern shore of the Straits of Fuca east of the Classets. Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 220. At Port Discov%. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 319. Sklal- lum, 'between Los Angelos and Port Townsend.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 598. Sklallams, ' at Cape Flattery.' Id., vol. v., p. 491. ' Scattered along the strait and around the bays and bights of Admiralty Inlet, upon a shoreline of more than a hundred miles.' Scammon, in Overland Monthly, 1871, vol. yii., p. 278. ' S'Klallams, Chemakum, Toanhooch, Skokomish, and bands of the same, taking names from their villages, and all residing on the shores of the straits of Fuca and Hood's Canal.' Webster, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1862, p. 407. Kahtai, Kaquaith, and Stehllum, at Port Townsend, Port Discovery, and New Dungeness. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 491; Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 249. Stentlums at New Dungeness. Id., in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 435. The Makahs, or Classets, dwell about Cape Flattery. Macaw, * Cape Flattery to Neah Bay.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 598. Pistchin, 'Neah Bay to Los Angelos Point.' lb. 'Country about Cape Flattery, and the coast for some distance to the southward, and eastward to the boundary of the Halam or Noostlalum lands.' Id., vol. v., p. 700; Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 241, 249; Hale, in Id., 1862, p. 390; Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 429, 435. 'At Neah Bay or Waadda, and its vicinity.' Simmons, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1858, p. 231. Tatouche, a tribe of the Classets. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 516. Classets 'reside on the south side of the Straits of Fuca.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 220; INDIANS OF THE COAST OF WASHINGTON. 303 MUch'tt and Harley, in Am. Quar. Register, vol. iii., p. 388. Tatouche or Classets, 'between the Columbia and the strait of Fuca.' Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., p. 143. 'Clatset tribe.' Cornwallis' N. Eldorado, p. 97. 'Classets, on the Strait of Fuca.' Greenhow's Hist. Ogn., p. 30; Stevens' Address, p. 10. Makahs, ' inhabiting a wild broken peninsula circumscribed by the river Wy- atch, the waters of the Strait and the Pacific' Scammon, in Overland Monthly, 1871, vol. vii., p. 277. Klaizzarts, 'living nearly three hundred miles to the South ' of Nootka Sound. Jewitt's Nar., p. 75. The Elkwhahts have a village on the strait. Sproat's Scenes, p. 153. List of tribes between Columbia River and Cape Flattery on the Coast; Calasthocle, Chillates, Chiltz, Clamoctomichs, Killaxthocles, Pailsh, Poto- ashs, Quieetsos, Quinnechart, Quiniults. Morse's Rept., p. 371. The Quillehute and Queniult, or Quenaielt, ' occupy the sea-coast between Ozelt or old Cape Flattery, on the north, and Quinaielt river on the south.' Simmons, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1860, p. 195. Quinaielt, Quillehute, Queets, and Hoh, live on the Quinaielt river and ocean. Smith, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1870, p. 21. The Queniult live 'at Point Grenville.' Swan's N. W. Coast, p. 210. ' On the banks of a river of the same name.' Id., p. 78. The Wilapahs ' on the Wilapah River.' Id., p. 211. The Copalis 'on the Copalis River, eighteen miles north of Gray's Harbor.' Id., p. 210. Qiiinaitle, north of Gray's Harbor. Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 249. Quinaik, ' coast from Gray's harbor northward.' Stevens, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 435. Ehi- halis, Quinailee, Grey's Harbor and north. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 490. South of the Classets along the coast come the Quinnechants, Calasthortes, Chillates, Quinults, Pailsk, etc. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 428. The Ka- liouches and Konnichtchates, spoken of as dwelling on Destruction Island and the neighboring main. Tarakanov, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1823, torn, xx., p. 336, et seq. The Chehalis, or Chickeeles, ' inhabit the country around Gray's Harbour.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 140. On the Chehalis river. Nesmith, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1867, p. 8. Frequent also Shoalwater Bay. Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 240, 249. On the Cowelits. 'Among the Tsihailish are included the Kwaiantl and Kwenaiwitl who live near the coast, thirty or forty miles south of Cape Flattery.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., pp. 211-12. 'In the vicinity of the mouth of the Columbia,' Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 113. * Cheki- lis, et Quinayat. Pres du havre de Gray et la riviere Chekilis.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335; Swan's N. W. Coast, p. 210; Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 435; Starling, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 599. 'A quarante milles au nord, (from the Columbia) le long de la c6te, habitent les Tcheilichs.' Stuart, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1821, torn, x., p. 90. The Whiskkah and Wynooche tribes on the northern branches of the Chihailis. Stevens, in Ind. Aff, Rept, 1854, p. 240. Sachals 'reside about the lake of the same name, and along the river Chickeeles.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 140. The Cowlitz live on the upper Cowlitz Biver. Occupy the middle of the peninsula which lies west of Puget Sound and north of the Columbia. Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 211. On the Cowlitz River. The 304 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Taitinapams have their abode at the base of the mountains on the Cowlitz. Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 435; and in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 240, 249; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 599, vol. v., p. 490. Cowlitsick, ' on Columbia river, 62 miles from its mouth.' Morse's Rept, p. 368. There are three small tribes in the vicinity of the Cowlitz Farm, 'the Cowlitz, the Che- caylis and the Squally.' Simpson's Overland Journ., vol. i., p. 179. ^The Stak- tomish live * between Nisqually and Cowlitz and the head waters of Chehaylis river.' Am. Quar. Register, vol. iii., p. 389; Harley, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 701. The Chinook Family includes, according to my division, all the tribes of Oregon west of the Cascade Range, together with those on the north bank of the Columbia river. The name has usually been applied only to the tribes of the Columbia Valley up to the Dalles, and belonged originally to a small tribe on the north bank near the mouth. ' The nation, or rather family, to which the generic name of Chinook has attached, formerly inhabited both banks of the Columbia River, from its mouth to the Grand Dalles, a distance of about a hundred and seventy miles.' ' On the north side of the river, first the Chinooks proper (Tchi-nuk), whose territory extended from Cape Disappointment up the Columbia to the neighborhood of Gray's Bay (not Gray's Harbor, which is on the Pacific), and back to the northern vicinity of Shoalwater Bay, where they interlocked with the Chihalisof the coast.' Gibbs' Chinook Vocab., pp. iii., iv; The name Watlalas or Upper Chinooks "properly belongs to the Indians at the Cascades,' but is applied to all ' from the Multno- ma Island to the Falls of the Columbia.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. mm pp. 214-5. ' The principal tribes or bands were the Waka'kam (known as the Wahkyekum), the KatlAmat (Cathlamet), the Tshinuk (Chinook), and the Tlatsap (Clatso.p).' lb. ' The natives, who dwell about the lower parts of the Columbia, may be divided into four tribes—the Clotsops, who reside around Point Adams, on the south side;.. .the Chinooks; Waakiacums; and the Cathlarnets; who live on the north side of the river, and around Baker's Bay and other inlets.' Bunn's Oregon, p. 114. The tribes may be classed; ' Chinooks, Clatsops, Cathlamux, Wakicums, Wacalamus, Cattleputles, Clatscanias, Kil- limux, Moltnomas, Chickelis.' Ross' Adven., p. 87. Tribes on north bank of the Columbia from mouth; Chilts, Chinnook, Cathlamah, Wahkiakume, Skil- lute, Quathlapotle. Lewis and Clarke's Map. 'All the natives inhabiting the southern shore of the Straits (of Fuca), and the deeply indented territory as far as and including the tide-waters of the Columbia, may be comprehended under the general term of Chinooks.' Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol: ix., p. 25. ' The Chenook nation resides along upon the Columbia river, from the Cascades to its confluence with the ocean.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 261. 'Inhabiting the lower parts of the Columbia.' Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 110. ' Hauts-Tchinouks, pres des cascades du Rio Colombia. Tchi- nouks d'en-bas, des Cascades jusqu'a la mer, Bas-Tchinouks.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., pp. 335, 350-1. 'On the right bank of the Columbia.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 40. The Cheenooks and Kelussuyas, 4 tribes, live at I Pillar Rock, Oak Point, the Dallas, the Cascades, Gheate River, Takama River, on the Columbia.' ' Cheenooks, Clatsops and several tribes near the THE CHINOOK FAMILY. 305 entrance of the Columbia River.' Warre and Vo.vaseur, in Martin's Hud. B., p. 81. Upper and Lower Chinooks on the Columbia River, Lower Chinooks at Shoalwater Bay. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 490. Chinooks, ' north of the Columbia.' Id., p. 492. 'Upper Chinooks, five bands, Columbia River, above the Cowlitz. Lower Chinooks, Columbia River below the Cowlitz, and four other bands on Shoalwater Bay.' Stevens, in Id., p 703. 'Mouth of Columbia river, north side, including some 50 miles interior.' Emmons, in Id., vol. iii., p. 201. The Chinnooks 'reside chiefly along the banks of a river, to which we gave the same name; and which, running parallel to the sea coast... .empties itself into Haley's Bay.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 425, and map; Irving's Astoria, p. 335. 'To the south of the mouth of the Columbia.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 15. 'Chenooks on the Columbia.' Swan's N. W. Coast, p. 210. North side of the Columbia. Morse's Report, p. 368; Greenhow's Hist Ogn., p. 286. Tshinuk south of the Columbia at mouth. Watlala on both sides of the river from the Willamette to Dalles. They properly belong to the Indians at the Cascades. Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., pp. 214-5, and map, p. 197. Banks of the Columbia from Dalles to the mouth. Farnham's Trav., p. 85. The Upper Chinooks were the Shalala and Echeloots of Lewis and Clarke. Gibbs, in Pac R. R. Rept^ vol. i., p. 417. In the vicinity of the mouth of the Columbia, there are, besides the Chinooks, the Klickatacks, Cheehaylas, Naas, and many other tribes. Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 113. ' The Flathead Indians are met with on the banks of the Columbia River, from its mouth eastward to the Cascades, a distance of about 150 miles;, they exten<J up the Walhamette River's mouth about thirty or forty miles, and through the district between the Walhamette and Fort Astoria.' Kane's Wand., p. 173. ' The Flatheads are a very numerous people, inhabiting the shores of the Columbia River, and a vast tract of country lying to the south of it.' Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 108. 'The Cathlascon tribes, which inhabit the Columbia River.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc Jour., vol. xi., p. 225. Cathlascos on the Columbia River, S. side 220 miles from its mouth. Morse's Rept, p. 368. Shoalwater Bay Indians: Whilapah on Whilapah river; Necomanchee, or Nickomin, on Nickomin river, flowing into the east side of the bay; Quelap- tonlilt, at the mouth of Whilapah river; Wharhoots, at the present site of Bruceport; Querqueltin, at the mouth of a creek; Palux, on Copalux or Palux river; Marhoo, Nasal, on the Peninsula. Swan's N. W. Coast, p. 211. 'Karweewee, or Artsmilsh, the name of the Shoalwater Bay tribes.' Id., p. 210. Along the coast north of the Columbia are the Chinnooks, Killax- thockle, Chilts, Clamoitomish, Potoashees, etc. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 4.8. Quillequeoquas at Shoalwater Bay. Map in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p 200. Kwalhioqua, north of the Columbia near the mouth. Hale's Ethnog. in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 204, and map, p. 197. Klatskanai, 'on the upper waters of the Nehalem, a stream running into the Pacific, on those of Young's 'River, and one bearing their own name, which enters the Columbia at Oak Point.' Gibbs' Chinook Vocab., p. iv. Willopahs, 'on the Willopah Biver, and the head of the Chihahs.' lb. The Chilts inhabit the ? coast to the northward of Cape Disappointment. Vol. I. 20 y 303 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Cox's Adven., vol. i., 302. ' North of the mouth of the Columbia and Chealis rivers.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 261, and map. ' On the sea-coast near Point Lewis.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav , p. 401. Miscellaneous bands on the Columbia; Aleis, on the north side of the Columbia. Gass' Jour., p. 285. Cathlacumups 'on the main shore S.W. of Wappatoo Isl.' Morse's Rept, p. 371. Cathlakamaps, 'at the mouth of the Wallaumut.' Id., p. 368. Cathlanamenamens, ' On the island in the mouth of the Wallaumut.' Id., p. 368. Cathlanaquiahs, 'On the S.W. side of Wappatoo Isl.' Id., p. 371. Cathlapootle, eighty miles from mouth of the Columbia opposite the mouth of the Willamette. Id , p. 368. Cathlathlas, 'at the rapids, S. side.' Id., p. 368. Clahelellah, 'below the rapids.' Morse's Rept, p. 370. Clannarminnamups, 'S.W. side of Wappatoo Isl.' Id., p. 371. Clanimatas, 'S.W. side of Wappatoo Isl.' lb. Clockstar, 'S.E. side of Wappattoo Isl.' lb. Cooniacs, 'of Oak Point (Kahnyak or Kukhnyak, the Kreluits of Franchere and Skilloots of Lewis and Clarke).' Gibbs' Chinook Vocab., p. iv. Hellwits, ' S. side 39 miles from mouth.' Morse's Rept, p. £68. Katlagakya, ' from the Cascades to Vancouver.' Framboise, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 255. Katlaminimim, on Multnomah Island. lb. Katla- portl, river of same name, and right bank of Columbia for five miles above its mouth. lb. Ketlakaniaks, at Oak Point, formerly united with Kolnit. lb. Klakalama, between Kathlaportle and Towalitch rivers. lb. Mamnit, 'Multnomah Isl.' lb. Nechakoke, ' S. side, near Quicksand river, opposite Diamond Isl.' Morse's Rept., p. 370. Neerchokioon, south side above the Wallaumut river. lb. Shalala at the grand rapids down to the Willamet. lb. Quathlapotle, between the Cowlits and Chahwahnahinooks (Cathlapootle ?) river. Lewis and Clarke's Map. Seamysty, ' at the mouth of the Towalitch River.' Framboise, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 255. Shoto, W. side back of a pond and nearly opposite the entrance of the WiKaniut. Morse's Rept, p. 370. Skillutes, ' about junction of Cowlitz.' Lewis and Clarke's Map. Skiloots on the Columbia on each side, from the lower part of the Columbia Valley as low as Sturgeon Island, and on both sides of the Coweliskee River. Morse's Rept, p. 371. Smockshop. Id., p. 370. Trile Kalets, near Fort Vancouver. Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hud. B., p. 81. Wahclellah, 'below all the lapids.' Morse's Rept, p. 370. Wakamass, 'Deer's Isle to the lower branch of the Wallamat.' Framboise, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 255. Wyampams, at the narrows. Ross' Adven., pp. 117-19. Tchilouits on the Columbia, south bank, below the Cowlitz. Stuart, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1821, torn, x., p. 112. Cathlakaheckits and Cathlathlalas in vicinity of the Cascades. Id., torn, xii., 1821, p. 23. The Clatsops live on Point Adams. Hines' Voy., 88. ' South side of the (Columbia) river at its mouth.' Greenhow's Hist. Ogn., pp. 30, 286. ' Southern shore of the bay at the mouth of the Columbia, and along the seacoast on both sides of Point Adams.' Morton's Crania, p. 211; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 401, 426, and map. 12 miles from mouth, south side. Morse's Rept., p. 368. 'South side of the river.' Gass' Jour., p. 244. 'From near Tillamook Head to Point Adams and up the river to Tongue Point.' Gibls' Chinook Vocab., p. iv. Klakhelnk, ' on Clatsop Point, commonly called Clatsops.' Framboise, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 255; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 201, vol. v , p. 492. COAST TRIBES OF OREGON. 307 The Wakiakum, or ' Wakaikum, live on the right bank of the Columbia; on a small stream, called Cadet River.' Framboise, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 255. Wakiakums (Wakaiakum) 'towards Oak Point.' Gibbs' Chinook Vocab., p. iv. Wahkiacums, adjoining the Cathlamahs on the southeast and the Skilloots on the north-west. Lewis and Clarke's Map. Waaki- cums, thirty miles from the mouth of the Columbia, north side. Morse's Rept, p. 368. The Cathlarnets extend from Tongue Point to Puget's Island. Gibbs' Chinook Vocab., p. iv. ' Opposite the lower village of the Wahkiacums.' Irvtng's Astoria, p. 33J. '30 miles from the mouth of Columbia.' Morse's Rept., p. 368. ' On a river of same name.' Framboise, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 255; Lewis and Clarke's Map. 'Along the coast south of the Columbia river are the Clatsops, Killa- mucks, Lucktons, Kahunkle, Lickawis, Youkone, Necketo, Ulseah, Youitts, Shiastuckle, Killawats, Cookoose, Shalalahs, Luckasos, Hannakalals.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 427-8. 'Along the coast S. of Columbia river, and speak the Killamucks language,' Youicone, Neekeetoos, Ulseahs, Youitts, Sheastukles, Killawats, Cookkoooose, Shallalah, Luckkarso, Hannakallal. Morse's Rept., p. 371. Naelim, 'on a river on the sea-coast, 30 miles S. of Clatsop Point,' and the following tribes proceeding southward. Nikaas, Kowai, Neselitch,Tac6dn, Aleya, Sayonstla, Kiliwatsal, Kaons, Godamyou (!), Stotonia, at the mouth of Coquin river. Framboise, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., pp. 255-6; The KXUamooks dwell along the coast southward from the mouth of the Columbia. ' Near the mouth of the Columbia.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 262. Callimix, '40 miles S. of Columbia.' Morse's Rept., p. 368. Killamucks, 'along the S.E. coast for many miles.' Id., p. 371. Tillamooks, 'along the coast from Umpqua River to the Neachesna, a distance of one hundred and twenty miles.' Palmer, in Bid. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 256, 259. Kilamukes, ' south and east of mouth of the Columbia, extending to the coast.' Emmons, in Schoolcraft's Arch, vol. iii., p. 201. Nsietshawus, or Killamuks, 'on the sea-coast south of the Columbia.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 211, and map, p. 197. 'Between the river Columbia and the Umpqua.' Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hud. B., p. 81. 'Country about Cape Lookout.' Palmer's Jour., p. 105. ' On comprend sous le nom general de Killimous, les Indiens du sud du Rio Colombia, tels que les Nahelems, les Nikas, les Kaouais, les Alsiias, les Umquas, les Toutounis et les Sastes. Ces deux dernieres peuplades se sont jusqu'a present montrees hostiles aux car- avanes des blancs.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., pp. 335,357. Killamucks, next to the Clatsops. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 426. ' Callemeux nation.' Gass? Jour., p. 260. Callemax on the coast forty leagues south of the Columbia. Stuart, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., torn, x., p. 90. The Lucktons are found ' adjoining the Killamucks, and in a direction S S.E.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 427. The Jakon, or Yakones, dwell south of the Killamooks on th« coast. Hole's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 218, and map, p. 197. The Tlatskanai- are farther inland than the Killamooks. Id., p. 204. The Umpquas live ' on a river of that name.' Framboise, in Lond. Geog. Socm 308 TRIBAL BOUNDABIES. Jour., vol. xi., p. 256. 'In a valley of the same name. They are divided into six tribes; the Sconta, Chalula, Palakahu, Quattamya, and Chasta.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 262. Umbaquas. Id., p. 262. 'Umpquas (3 tribus) sur la riviere de ce nom, et de la riviere aux Vaches.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. 'The Umkwa inhabit the upper part of the river of that name, having the Kalapuya on the north, the Lutuami (Clamets), on the east, and the Sainstkla between them and the sea.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 204, and map, p. 197. Two hundred and twenty-five miles south of the Columbia. Hines' Voy., p. 94. 'The country of the Umpquas is bounded east by the Cascade mountains, west by the Umpqua mountains and the ocean, north by the Calipooia mountains. and south by Grave Creek and Rogue River mountains.' Palmer, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 255; Emmons, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 201, vol. v., p. 492. The Saiustkla reside ' upon a small stream which falls into the sea just south of the Umqua River.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 221, map, p. 197. Sinselaw, ' on the banks of the Sinselaw river.'. Harvey, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1863, p. 80. Sayousla, 'near the mouth of Sayousla bay.' Brooks, in Id., 1862, p. 299. Saliutla, ' at the mouth of the Umbaqua river.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 262. The Katlawotsetts include the Siuslawand Alsea bands on Siuslaw River; the Scottsburg, Lower Umpqua, and Kowes Bay bands on Umpqua River. Brew, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 359. Kiliwatshat, ' at the mouth of the Umpqua.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S.- Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 221. The Alseas, or Alseyas, live on Alsea Bay. Brooks, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1862, p. 299; Harvey, in Id., 1863, p. 80. Chocreleatan, 'at the forks of the Coquille river.' Quahtomahs, between Coquille Biver and Port Orford. Na^somah, ' near the mouth of the Coquille Biver.' Parrish, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 287. Willamette Valley Nations: j The nations who inhabit this fertile neighbourhood are very numerous. The Wappatoo inlet extends three hundred yards wide, for ten or twelve miles to the south, as far as the hills near which it receives the waters of a small creek, whose sources are not far from those of the Killamuck river. On that creek resides the Clackstar nation, a numerous people of twelve hundred souls, who subsist on fish and wappatoo, and who trade by means of the Killamuck river, with the nation of that name on the sea-coast. Lower down the inlet, towards the Columbia, is the tribe called Cathlacumup. On the sluice which connects the inlet with the Multnomah, are the tribes Cathlanahquiah and Cathlacomatup; and on Wappatoo island, the tribes of Clannahminamun and Clahnaquah. Immediately opposite, near the Towahnahiooks, are the Quathlapotles, and higher up, on the side of the Columbia, the Shotos. All these tribes, as well as the Cathlahaws, who live somewhat lower on the river, and have an old village on Deer island, may be considered as parts of the great Multnomah nation, which has its principal residence on Wappatoo island, near the mouth of the large river to which they give their name. Forty miles above its junction with the Columbia, it receives the waters of the Clackamos, a river which may be traced through a woody and fertile country to its sources in Mount Jefferson, almost to the foot of which it is navigable for canoes. A nation IM NATIVES OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. 309 of the same name resides in eleven villages along its borders: they live chiefly on fish and roots, which abound in the Clackamos and along its banks, though they sometimes descend to the Columbia to gather wappatoo, where they cannot be distinguished by dress or manners, or language, from the tribes of Multnomahs. Two days' journey from the Columbia, or about twenty miles beyond the entrance of the Clackamos, are the falls of the Multnomah. At this place are the permanent residences of the Cushooks and Chaheowahs, two tribes who are attracted to that place by the fish, and by the convenience of trading across the mountains and down Killamuck river, with the nation of Killamucks, from whom they procure train oil. These falls were occasioned by the passage of a high range of mountains; beyond which the country stretches into a vast level plain, wholly destitute of timber. As far as the Indians, with whom we conversed, had ever penetrated that country, it was inhabited by a nation called Calahpoewah, a very numerous people, whose villages, nearly forty in number, are scattered along each side of the Multnomah, which furnish them with their chief subsistence, fish, and the roots along its banks.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 507-8. Calapooyas, Moo- lallels, and Clackamas in the Willamette Valley. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 200, map. Cathlakamaps at the mouth of the Ouallamat; Cathlapoutles opposite; Cathlanaminimins on an island a little higher up; Mathlanobes on the upper part of the same island; Cathlapouyeas just above the falls; the Cathlacklas on an eastern branch farther up; and still higher the Chochonis. Stuart, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1821, torn, x., pp. 115, 117. The Cathlathlas live ' 60 miles from the mouth of the Wallaumut.' Morse's Rept, p. 368. The Cloughewallhah are ' a little below the falls.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 177. The Katlawewalla live ' at the falls of the Wallamat.' Framboise, in Lond. Geog. Soc Jour., vol. xi., p. 256. The Leeshtelosh occupy the 'headwaters of the Multnomah.' Hunter's Captivity, p. 73. The Multnomahs (or Mathlanobs) dwell 'at upper end of the island in the mouth of the Wallaumut.' Morse's Rept., p. 368. The Nemalquinner lands are 'N.E. side of the Wallaumut river, 3 miles above its mouth.' Morse's Rept, p. 370. The Newaskees extend eastward of the headwaters of the Multnomah, on a large lake. Hunter's Captivity, p. 73. The Yamkallies dwell ' towards the sources of the Wallamut Biver.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 225. The Calapooyas live in the upper Willamette Valley. Callipooya, ' Willamette Valley.' Schoolcraft's Arch,, vol. v., p. 492, vol. hi., p. 201. Kala- puya, 'above the falls.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 217. Callawpohyeaas, Willamette tribes sixteen in number. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., p. 108. Calapooah, seventeen tribes on the Willamette and its branches. Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 261. Callappohyeaass nation consists of Wa- comeapp, Nawmooit, Chillychandize, Shookany, Coupd, Shehees, Long- tonguebuff, Lamalle, and Pecyou tribes. Ross' Adven., pp. 236-6. Kalapoo- yahs, 'on the shores of the Oregon.' Morton's Crania, p. 213. 'Willamat 310 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Plains.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 225. Kalapuyas, 'above the falls of the Columbia.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 36. '50 miles from the mouth of the Wallaumut, W. side.' Morse's Rept., p. 368. Yule Puyas, Valley of the Willamette. Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hud. B., p. 81. The Clackamas are on the 'Clackama River.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 492. 'Clakemas et Kaoulis, sur le Ouallamet et la riviere Kaoulis.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. 'Valley of the Clakamus and the Willa- nvata Falls.' Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's'Hud. B., p. 81. Klackamas, ' three miles below the falls.' Hines' Voy., p. 144. Clackamis. Palmer's Jour., p. 81. Clarkamees. Morse's Rept., p. 372. Clackamus. Lewis and Clarke's Map. The Mollales are found in 'Willamettee Valley.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 492. ' At the mouth of the Wallamet, and the Wapatoo Islands. Tucker's Oregon, p. 71. 'Upon the west side of the Willamette and opposite Oregon City.' Palmer's Jour., p. 84. The Shttshwap Family comprises all the inland tribes of British Columbia, south of lat. 52° 30'. The AtnaJis, Strangers, Niccoutamuch, or Shushwaps proper, inhabit the Fraser and Thompson valleys. ' At Spuzzum a race very different both in habits and language is found. These are the Nicoutamuch, or Nicouta- meens, a branch of a widely-extended tribe. They, with their cognate septs, the Atnaks, or Shuswapmuch, occupy the Frazer River from Spuzzum to the frontier of that part of the country called by the Hudson Bay Company New Caledonia, which is within a few miles of Fort Alexandria.' Mayne's B. C, p. 296. ' Shushwaps of the Rocky Mountains inhabit the country in the neighbourhood of Jasper House, and as far as Tete Jaune Cache on the western slope. They are a branch of the great Shushwap nation who dwell near the Shushwap Lake and grand fork of the Thompson River in British Colombia.' Thompson River and Lake Kamloops. Milton and Cheadle's Northw. Pass., pp. 241, 335. ' On the Pacific side, but near the Rocky Mountains, are the Shoushwaps who, inhabiting the upper part of Frazer's River, and the north fork of the Columbia.' Blakiston, in Palliser's Explor., p. 44. 'The Shooshaps live below the Sinpauelish Indians.'- Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 313. ' The Shushwaps possess the country bordering on the lower part oi" Frazer's River, and its branches.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 205. The Atnahs or Soushwap, 'live in the country on the Fraser's and Thompson's Rivers.' ' They were termed by Mackenzie the Chin tribe.' (See p. 251, note 141 of this vol.) Prichard's Researches, vol. v., p. 427; Buschmann, Brit Nordamer., p. 320. Shooshaps, south of the Sinpavelist. Be Smet, Voy., pp. 50-1. 'The Atnah, or Chin Indian country extends about one hundred miles,' from Fort Alexander. Cox's Adven., vol. ii., p. 361. Shoo- shewaps inhabit the region of the north bend of the Columbia, in 52J. Atnahs, in the region of the Fraser and Thompson rivers. Macdonald's Becture on B. C, p. 10; Hector, in Palliser's Explor., p. 27. 'The Shewhapmuch (Atnahs of Mackenzie) occupy the banks of Thompson's River; and along Frazer's River from the Rapid village, twenty miles below Alexandria, THE SHUSHWAP FAMILY. 311 to the confluence of these two streams. Thence to near the falls the tribe bears the name of Nicutemuch.' Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 76. ' The Stta Llimuh, natives of Anderson Lake, speak a dialect of the She- swap language.' Skowhomish, in the same vicinity. McKay, in B. C. Papers, vol. ii., p. 32. ' The Loquilt Indians have their home in the winter on Lake Anderson, and the surrounding district, whence they descend to the coast in Jervis Inlet in the summer.' Mayne's B. C, p. 299. The Kamloops dwell about one hundred and fifty miles north-west of Okanagan. Cox's Adven., vol. ii., p. 156. The Clunsus are east of Fraser River, between Yale and' latitude 50°; Skowtous, on the fiftieth parallel south of Lake Kamloops and west of Lake Okanagan; Sockatcheenum, east of Fraser and north of 51°. Bancroft's Map of Pac. States. The Kootenais live in the space bounded by the Columbia River, Rocky Mountains, and Clarke River. The Kitunaha, Coutanies, or Flatbows, 'wander in the rugged and mountainous tract enclosed between the two northern forks of the Columbia. The Flat-bow River and Lake also belong to them.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., pp. 204-5, map, p. 297. ' Inhabit the country extending along the foot of the Rocky mountains, north of the Flatheads, for a very considerable distance, and are about equally in American and in British territory.' Gibbs, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 416. Kootoonais, ' on Mc- Gillivray's Biver, the Flat Bow Lake, etc' Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hud. B., p. 82. Kootonais, on ' or about the fiftieth parallel at Fort Koo* tonie, east of Fort Colville.' Simpson's Overland Journ., vol. i., p. 138. ^Between the Rocky Mountains, the Upper C olumbia and its tributary the Kil- luspehn or Pend'oreille, and watered by an intermediate stream called the Kootanais River is an angular piece of country peopled by a small, isolated tribe bearing the same name as the last-mentioned river, on the banks of vhich they principally live.' Mayne's B. C, p. 297. The lands of the Cot- tonois 'lie immediately north of those of the Flatheads.' Irving's Bonneville's Adven., p. 70. Kutanae, K^tani, Kitunaha, Kutneha, Coutanies, Flatbows, ' near the sources of the Mary River, west of the Rocky Mountains.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 98. ' Inhabit a section of country to the north of the Ponderas, along M'Gillivray's river.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 312. 'Koutanies ou Arcs-Plats, Pres du fort et du lac de ce nom.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. 'In the Kootanie Valley.' Lord's Nat, vol. ii., p. 178. Kootonays, south of the Shushwaps. Palliser's Explor., p. 44. ' threat longitudinal valley ' of the Kootanie river. Hector, in Id , p. 27. ' The Tobacco Plains form the country of the Kootanies.' Blakiston, in Id., p. 73. 'About the northern branches of the Columbia.' Greenhow's Hist. Ogn., p. 30. Kootanais, 'angle between the Saeliss lands and the eastern heads of the Columbia.' Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 79. About the river of the same name, between the Columbia and Rocky Mountains. Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., p. 143. A band called Sinatcheggs on the upper Arrow Lake. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. ii., p. 190. The Kootenais were perhaps the Tushepaws of Lewis and Clarke. The Tushepaws are ' a numerous people of four hundred and fifty tents, residing on the heads of the Missouri and Columbia rivers, and some of. TRIBAL BOUNDABIES. them lower down the latter river.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 321, and map; Bullfinch's Ogn., p. 134. 'On a N. fork of Clarke's River.' Morse's Rept, p. 372. Ootlashoots, Micksucksealton (Pend d'Oreilles?), Hohilpos (Flatheads?), branches of the Tushepaws. Id., and Lewis and Clarke's Map. The Tushepaw nation might as correctly be included in the Salish family or omitted altogether. According to Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol., i., p. 417, they were the Kootenais. The Okanagans, or Okinakanes, ' comprise the bands lying on- the river of that name, as far north as the foot of the great lake. They are six in number, viz: the Tekunratum at the mouth; Konekonep, on the creek of that name; Kluckhaitkwee, at the falls; Kinakanes, near the forks; and Mi- lake tkun, on the west fork. With them may be classed the N'Pockle, or Sans Puelles, on the Columbia river, though these are also claimed by the Spokanes. The two bands on the forks are more nearly connected with the Schwogelpi than with the ones first named.' Stevens, in Ind, Aff. Rept., 1854, p. 237, and in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 412. Oakinackens, Priests' Rapids, northward over 500 miles, and 100 miles in width, to the Shewhaps, branching out into 12 tribes, as follows, beginning with the south: ' Skamoynu- machs, Kewaughtchenunaughs, Pisscows, Incomecanetook, Tsillane, Inti- etook, Battlelemuleemauch, or Meatwho, Inspellum, Sinpohellechach, Sin- whoyelppetook, Samilkanuigh and Oakinacken, which is nearly in the centre.' Ross' Adven., pp. 289-90. ' On both sides' the Okanagan River-from its mouth up to British Columbia, including the Sennelkameen River.' Ross, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 22. ' Pres du fort de ce nom.' Mofras, Explor. torn, ii., p. 335. 'On the Okanagan and Piscour Rivers.' Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hud. B., p. 82. ' Composed of several small bands living along the Okina- kane river, from its confluence with the Columbia to Lake Okinakane, A majority of the tribe live north of the boundary line.' Paige, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 99. 'Columbia Valley.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 490. Northeast and west of the Shoopshaps. Be Smet, Voy., p. 51. Junction of the Okanagan and Columbia. Parker's Map. 'Upper part of Fraser's River and its tributaries.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 225. Principal family called Conconulps about 9 miles up stream of the same name. Ross' Adven., pp. 289-90. The Similkameen live on S. river, and 'are a portion of the Okanagan tribe.' Palmer, in B. Col. Papers, vol. iii., p. 85. The Okan- .agans, called Catsanim by Lewis and Clarke. Gibbs, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i.,p. 417. Cutsahnim, on the Columbia above the Sokulks, and on the northern branches of the Taptul. Morse's Rept, p. 372. The Salish Family includes all the inland tribes between 49° and 47°. The Salish, Saalis, Selish, or Flatheads, ' inhabit the country about the upper part of the Columbia and its tributary streams, the Flathead, Spokan, and Okanagan Rivers. The name includes several independent tribes or bands, of which the most important are the Salish proper, the Kullespelm, the Soayalpi, the Tsakaitsitlin, and the Okinakan.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi.', p. 205. 'The Saeliss or Shewhapmuch race, whose limits may be defined by the Rocky Mountains eastward; on the west the line of Frazer's river from:below Alexandria to Kequeloose, near the Falls, in about THE SALISH FAMILY. 313 latitude 4.V 59'; ndrthward by the Carrier offset of the Chippewyans; and south by the Sahaptins or Nez Percys of Oregon.' Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 73. 'From Thompson's River other septs of this race—the Shuswaps, Skowtous, Okanagans, Spokans, Skoielpoi (of Colville), Pend'o* reilles, and Coeurs d'Aleines—occupy the country as far as the Flathead Passes of the Rocky Mountains, where the Saelies or Flatheads form the eastern portion of the race.' Mayne's B. C, pp. 296-7. 'About the northern branches of the Columbia.' Greenhow's Hist. Ogn., p. 30; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 55. Tribes mentioned in Lewis and Clarke's Trav., and map: Tushe- paw (Kootenai), Hopilpo (Flathead), Micksucksealtom (Pend d'Oreilles), Wheelpo, (Chualpays), Sarlisto and Sketsomish (Spokanes), Hehighenimmo (Sans Poils), according to Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 417. See Morse's Rept, p. 372; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 55. 'Between the two great branches of the Columbia and the Rocky Mountains are only five petty tribes: the Kootanais and Selish, or Flatheads, at the foot of the mountains, and the Pointed Hearts, Pend d'Oreilles, and Spokanes lower down.' Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. ii., p. 190. 'Divided into several tribes, the most important of which are the Selishes, the Kullespelms, the Soayalpis, the Tsakaitsitlins, and the Okinakans.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 55-6. The Flatheads, or Salish proper, reside on the river, valley, and lake of the same name. ' Inhabit St. Mary's or the Flathead Valley and the neighborhood of the lake of the same name.' Stevens, in Pac R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 415, and in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 207. ' Occupying the valleys between the Bitter Root and Rocky mountains.' Thompson, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 282. 'South of the Flathead Valley on the Bitter Root.' SuUy, in Id., 1870, p. 192. St. Mary's River. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 490. 'East and south-east (of the Coeurs d'Alene) and extends to the Rocky Mountains.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 311, and map. Be Smet, Miss, de VOregon, p. 31. Saalis ou faux Tetes-Plates. Sur la riviere de ce nom au pied des Mon- tagnes Rocheuses. Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. ' Along the foot of the mountains.' Ross' 3Wvm., p. 213. ' In New Caledonia, W. of the Rocky Mountains.' Morse's Rept, p. 371. Bitter -Root valley. Hutchins, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1863, p. 455, 1865, p. 246; Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., p. 153. Hopilpo, of Lewis and Clarke. Gibbs, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 417. ' Hs occupent le pays compris entre le Lewis River et la branche nord-ouest ou la Columbia, et borne en arriere par les Monts-Rocailleux. Stuart, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1821, torn, xii., p. 43. The Pend d'Oreilles occupy the vicinity of the lake of the same name. ' On the Flathead or Clarke River.' Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hud. B., p. 62. ' At Clark's Fork.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 490. Lower Pend d 'O- reilles,' in the vicinity of the St. Ignatius Mission.' Paige, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1865, p. 98. ' The Kalispelms or Pend d'Oreilles of the Lower Lake, inhabit the country north of the Coeur d'Alenes and around the Kalispelm lake.' Gibbs, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 415. Calispels, or Cahspellum, ' on Fool's Prairie at the head of Colville Valley, and on both sides of the Pend d'Oreille River, from its mouth to the Idaho line, but principally at the Camas Prairie.' Winans, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, pp. 22, 25, 192. Situated to the east of Fort Colville, adjoining the Kootonais on their eastern border. Simp* 314 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. son's Overland Jqurn., vol. i., p. 146. ' Pend'oreilles ou Kellespem. Au- dessous du fort Colville.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. Skatkmlschi, or Pend d'Oreilles of the upper lake. A tribe who, by the consent of the Se- lish, occupy jointly with them the country of the latter. Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. ■».., p. 415. Kullas-Palus, 'on the Flathead or Clarke River.' Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hud. B., p. 82. Ponderas, 'north of Clarke's river and on a lake which takes its name from the tribe.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 312 and map; Be Smet, Voy., p. 32. The Pend'oreilles were probably the Micksucksealtom of Lewis and Clarke. Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 417. Tribes baptized by De Smet: Thlishatkmuche, Stietshoi, Zingomenes, Shaistche, Shuyelpi, Tschilsolomi, Siur Poils, Tinabsoti, Yinkaceous, Yej- ak-oun, all of same stock. Tribes mentioned by Morse as living in the vicinity of Clarke River: Coopspellar, Lahama, Lartielo, Hihighenimmo, Wheelpo, Skeetsomish. Rept., p. 372. The Coeurs d'Alene 'live about the lake which takes its name from them.* Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 209. East of the Spokanes, at headwaters of the Spokane River. Parker s Explor. Tour, p. 310, and map. ' The Skitswish or Coeur d'Alenes, live upon the upper part of the Coeur d'Alene river, above the Spokanes, and around the lake of the same name.' Gibbs, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 415. Their mission is on the river ten miles above the lake and thirty miles from the mountains. Stevens, in Bid. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 216. Stietshoi, or Coeur d'Alenes on the river, and about the lake. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 200, map, vol. v., p. 490. Pointed Hearts, ' shores of a lake about fifty miles to the eastward of Spo- kan House.' Cox's Adven., vol. ii., p. 150; Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., p. 143; Be Smet, Miss, de VOregon, p. 31. , 'St. Joseph's river.' Mullan's Rept, p. 49. The Colvilles include the tribes about Kettle Falls, and the banks of the Columbia up to the Arrow Lakes. ' Colville valley and that of the Columbia river from Kettle Falls to a point thirty miles below.' Paige, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 98. 'The Colvilles, whose tribal name is Swielpree, are located in the Golville Valley, on the Kettle River, and on both sides of the Columbia River, from Kettle Falls down to the mouth of the Spokane.' Winans, in Id., 1870, p. 22. Colvilles and Spokanes, 'near Fort Colville.' Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hud. B., p. 82. The Lakes, ' whose tribal name is Senijextee, are located on both sides of the Columbia River, from Kettle Falls north to British Columbia.' Winans, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 22. 'So named from their place of residence, which is about the Arrow Lakes.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 312. 'Les sau- vages des Lacs resident sur le Lac-aux-fleches.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 50. The Chaudieres, or Kettle Falls, reside 'about Colville.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 313. The village of Les Chaudieres ' is situated on the north side just below the fall.' Cox's Adven., vol. i., p. 358. Chaudieres ' live south •of the Lake Indians.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 50. 'Fort Colville is the principal ground of the Schwoyelpi or Kettle Falls tribe.' Gibbs, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 413. ' The tribe in the vicinity (of Fort Colville) is known as the Chaudiere, whose territory reaches as far up as the Columbia Lakes.' Simp* THE SPOKANE NATION. 815 i du lae p. J 335. 308-9. vol. iv., and by son's Overland Journ., vol. i., p. 151. 'Gens des Chaudieres. Pres Schouchouap au-dessous des Dalles.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., 'Called in their own language, Chualpays.' Kane's Wand., pp. ' Called Quiarlpi (Basket People).' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., p. 472. The Chualpays called Wheelpo by Lewis and Clarke, Morse. Gibbs, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 417. The Spokatws live on the Spokane river and plateau, along the banks of the Columbia from below Kettle Falls, nearly to the Okanagan. 'The Spo- kihnish, or Spokanes, lie south of the Schrooyelpi, and chiefly upon or near the Spokane river. The name applied by the whites to a number of small bands, is that given by the Coeur d'Alene to the one living at the forks. They are also called Sinkoman, by the Kootonies. These bands are eight in number: the Sinslihhooish, on the great plain above the crossings of the Coeur d'Alene iriver; the Sintootoolish, on the river above the forks; the Smahoomenaish (Spokehnish), at the forks; the Skaischilt'nish, at the old Chemakane mission; the Skecheramouse, above them on the Colville trail; the Scheeetstish, the Sinpoilschne, and Sinspeelish, on the Columbia river; the last-named band is nearly extinct. The Sinpoilschne (N'pochle, or Sans Puelles) have always been included among the Okin- akanes, though, as well as the Sinspeelish below them, they are claimed by the Spokanes. The three bands on the Columbia all speak a different language from the rest.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 220, 236; and Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 414-15. 'This tribe claim as their territory the country commencing on the large plain at the head of the Slawn- tehus-r-the stream entering the Columbia at Fort Colville; thence down the Spokane to the Columbia, down the Columbia half way to Fort Okina- kane, and up the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, to some point between the falls and the lake, on the .latter.' Id., p. 414. ' Inhabit the country on the Spokane river, from its mouth to the boundary of Idaho.' Paige, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 99. 'At times on the Spokane, at times on the Spokane plains.' Mullan's Rept., pp. 18, 49. 'Principally on the plains.' Lord's Nat., vol. ii., p. 157. 'North-east of the Palooses are the Spokein nation.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 310, and map. ' Au-dessous du fort Okanagam a l'Est.' Myfras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. ' Au nord-ouest des Palooses se trouve la nation des Spokanes.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 31. 'Have a small village at the entrance of their river, but their chief and permanent place of residence is about forty miles higher up .... where the Pointed-heart River joins the Spokan from the south-east.' Cox's Adven., vol. ii., p. 147. 'The Spokanes, whose tribal names are Sineequomenach, or Upper, Sintootoo, or Middle Spokamish, and Chekasschee, or Lower Spokanes, living on the Spokane River, from the Idaho Une to its mouth.' Winans, in Ind. Aff. Rept.. 1870, p. 23. Spokane, the Sarlilso and Sketsomish of Lewis and Clarke. Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 417. The Sans Poils (Hairless), or ' Sanpoils, which includes the Nespeelum Indians, are located on the Columbia, from the mouth of the Spokane down to Grand Coule*e (on the south of the Columbia), and from appoint opposite the mouth of the Spokane down to the mouth of the Okanagan on the north side of the Columbia, including the country drained by the Sanpoil, and 316 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Nespeelum Creeks.' Winans, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1870, p. 22. Sinpoilish, west of the Columbia between Priest Rapids and Okanagan. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 200, map. Sinpauelish, west of the Kettle Falls Indians. Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 313. ' Sinipouals. Pres des grands rapides du Rio Colombia.', Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. Sinpavelist, west of the Chaudieres. Be Smet, Voy., p. 50. Sinapoils, 'occupy a district on the northern banks of the Columbia, between the Spokan and Oakinagan rivers.' Cox's Adven., vol. ii., p. 145. Hehighenimmo of Lewis and Clarke. Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 417. The Pisquouse inhabit the west bank of the Columbia between the Okanagan and Priest Rapids. Piskwaus, or Piscous; 'name properly belongs to the tribe who live on the small river which falls into the Columbia on the west side, about forty miles below Fort Okanagan. But it is here extended to all the tribes as far down as Priest's Bapids.' The map extends their territory across the Columbia. Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 210, and map, p. 197. Pisquouse, 'immediately north of that of the .Yakamas.! ' On the Columbia between the Priest's and Ross Rapids.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff'. Rept, 1854, p. 236; and Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 412. ' Piscaous. Sur la petite riviere de cenom a l'Ouest de la Colombie.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. The Skamoynumacks live on the banks of the Columbia, at Priest Rapids, near the mouth of the Umatilla. Thirty miles distant up the river are the Kewaughtohen^machs. Ross' Adven., pp. 134, 137. ' The Mithouies are located on the west side of the Columbia River, from the mouth of the Okanagan down to the Wonatchee, and includes the country drained by the Mithouie, Lake Chelan, and Enteeatook Rivers.' Winans, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 23. ' The Isle de Pierres, whose tribal name is Linkinse, are located on the east and south side of the Col. Riv. from Grand Coulee down to Priests' Rapids, which includes the peninsula made by the great bend of the Col.' lb. The Sahaptin Family is situated immediately south of the Salish. Only six of the eight nations mentioned below have been included in the Family by other authors. ' The country occupied by them extends from the Dalles of the Columbia to the Bittex-Root mountains, lying on both sides of the Columbia and upon the Kooskooskie and Salmon Forks of Lewis' and Snake Biver, between that of the Selish family on the north, and of the Snakes on the south.' Gibbs, in Pandosy's Gram., p. vii. ' The first and more northern Indians of the interior may be denominated the Shahaptan Family, and comprehends three tribes; the Shahaptan, or Nez Perces of the Canadians; the Kliketat, a scion from the Shahaptans who now dwell near Mount Rainier, and have advanced toward the falls of the Columbia; and the Okanagan, who inhabit the upper part of Fraser's River and its tributaries.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., vol. xi., p. 225. Hale's map, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 197, divides the territory among the Nez Perces, Walla-Wallas, Waiilaptu, ahd'Molele. ' The Indians in this district (of the Dalles) are Dog River, Wascos, Tyicks, Des Chutes, John Day, Utilla, Cayuses, Walla-Walla, Nez Perces, Mountain Snakes and Bannacks.' Bennison; in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1859, p. 435. SAHAPTIN FAMILY. 317 " The different tribes attached to Fort Nez Perce's, and who formerly went by that cognomen, are the Shamooinaugh, Skamnaminaugh, E'yackiinah, Ispipe- whumaugh, and Inaspetsum. These tribes inhabit the main north branch above the Forks. On the south branch are the Palletto Pallas, Shawhaapten or Nez Perces proper, Pawluch, and Ctfsispa tribes. On the main Columbia, beginning at the Dallas, are the Necootimeigh, Wisscopam, Wisswhams, Wayyanipas, Lowhim, Sawpaw, and Youmatalla bands.' Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., p. 185-6. Cathlakahikits, at the rapids of Columbia river, N. side; Chippanchickchicks, ' N. side of Columbia river, in the long narrows, a little below the falls.' Hellwits, 'at the falls of Columbia river;' Ithkyema- mits, 'on Columbia river, N. side near Chippanchickchicks;' Yehah, 'above the rapids.' Morse's Rept, pp. 368-70. The Nez Perces 'possess the country on each side of the Lewis or Snake River, from the Peloose to the Wapticacoes, about a hundred miles—together with the tributary streams, extending, on the east, to the foot of the Rocky Mountains.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 212; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 551. ' On both sides of the Kooskooskia and north fork of Shake river.' Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 416; and Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 217. ' A few bands of the Nez Perces Indians occupy the Salmon river and the Clearwater.' Thompson, in Id., p. 282. ' The Nez Perce's country is bounded west by the Palouse river and the Tucannon; on the north by the range of mountains between Clear Water and the Coeur d'Alene; east by the Bitter Root mountains; on the south they are bounded near the line dividing the two Territories.' Craig, in Id., 1857, p. 353. The Buffalo, a tribe of the Nez Perces, winter in the Bitter Root Valley. Owen, in Id., 1859, p. 424. 'Upper waters and mountainous parts of the Columbia.' Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 108. ' Country lying along Lewis river and its tributaries from the eastern base of the Blue Mountains to, the Columbia.' Palmer's Jour., p. 55. Nez Perces or Sahaptins, 'on the banks of the Lewis Fork or Serpent River.' Bomenech's Beserts, voh ii., p. 54. ' Chohoptins, or Nez-Perces, on the banks of Lewis River.' Cox's Adven., vol. ii., p. 143. 'Rove through the regions of the Lewis branch.' Greenhow's Histi Ogn., p. 30. ' The Lower Nez Perce's range upon the Wayleeway, Immahah, Yenghies, and other of the streams west of the mountains.' Irving's Bonneville's Adven., p. 301. Some Flatheads live along the Clearwater River down to below its junction with the Snake. Gass' Jour., p. 212. Country 'drained by the Kooskooskie, westward from the Blackfoot country, and across the Rocky Mountains.' BrowneU's Ind. Races, p. 533. 'Pres du fort de ce nom, a la jonction des^deux branches du fleuve.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. Junction of Snake and Clearwater. Parker's Explor. Tour, Map. Chopunnish. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 331, and map. Copunnish. Bul- finch's Oregon, p. 144. 'The Nez-Perces are divided into two classes, the Nez-Perces proper, who inhabit the mountains, and the Polonches, who inhabit the plain country about the mouth of the Snake River.' Gairdner, in Lond. Geog. Soc Jour., vol. xi., p. 2$6. Chopunnish, ' on Lewis river below the entrance of the Kooskooskee, on both sides.' 'On the Kooskooskee river below the forks, and on Cotter's creek.' Bands of the ChopunnisTi; Pelloatpallah, Kimmooenim, Yeletpoo, Willewah, Soyennom. Morse's Rept, p. 369. y 318 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. The Pdlouse, or 'the Palus, usually written Paloose, live between the Columbia and the Snake.' Gibbs, in Pandosy's Gram., p. vi. 'The Peloose tribe has a stream called after it which empties into Lewis River.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 213. Upon the Peloose River. 'Entrance of Great Snake River and surrounding country.' Tolmie, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 105, 245. ' Properly a part of the Nez Perces. Their residence is along the Nez Perce river and up the Pavilion.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 310. In three bands; at the mouth of the Pelouse River; on the north bank of Snake River,.thirty miles below the Pelouse; and at the mouth of the Snake River. Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1854, pp. 222-3, and in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., pp. 150-1. Palouse, or Pelouse, ' reside on the banks of the Palouse and Snake rivers.' Mullan's Rept, pp. 18, 49. 'Latribu Paloose appartient a la nation des Nez-Perces ... elle habite les bords des deux rivieres des Nez-perces et du Pavilion.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 31. Selloat- pallah, north of the Snake, near its confluence with the Columbia. Lewis and Clarke's Map. Same as the Sewatpalla. Gibbs, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 417. The Walla- Wallas ' occupy the country south of the Columbia and about the river of that name.' Gibbs, in Pandosy's Gram., p. vii. 'A number of bands living usually on the south side of the Columbia, and on the Snake river to a little east of the Peluse.' Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 402. ' Are on a small stream which falls into the Columbia near Fort Nez-perces.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 213. \ Inhabit the country about the river of the same name, and range some distance below along the Columbia.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 310. 'Upon the banks of the Columbia, below the mouth of the Lewis Fork are found the Walla-wallas.' BrowneU's Ind. Races, p. 535. ' Oualla-Oualla, au-.dessus du fort des Nez Perces.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. ' Under this term are embraced a number of bands living usually on the south side of the Columbia, and on the Snake river, to a little east of the Pelouse; as also the Klikatats and Yakamas, north of the former.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 223. ' On both sides of the Columbia river between Snake river and Hudson Bay fort, Walla-Walla.' Bennison, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 374. Walla Wallapum. Tolmie, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 244-7. ' Les Walla-walla habitent, sur la riviere du nieine nom, l'un des tributaires de la Colombie, et leur pays s'etend aussi le long de ce fleuve.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 30. Wollaw Wollah. South side of the Snake, at junction with the Columbia. Lewis and Ctarke's Map. Wollaolla and Wollawalla, ' on both sides of Col., as low as the Mus- cleshell rapid, and in winter pass over to the Taptul river.' Morse's Rept., pp. 389-70. 'Country south of the Columbia and about the river of that name.' Gibbs, in Pandosy's Gram., p. vii. Walawaltz nation about the junction of the Snake and Columbia. On Walla Walle Biver. Gass' Jour, f pp. 294-8. ' On both banks of the Columbia, from the Blue Mountains to the Dalles.' Farnham's Trav., p. 151. Wallah Wallah. Cox's Adven., vol. ii., p. 142. 'About the river of that name.' Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., pp. 143, 151. Wallawallahs, ' reside along the lower part of the Walla Walla, the low bot- torn of thcUmatilla and the Columbia, from the mouth of Lewis River for one hundred miles south.' Palmer's Jour., pp. 58, 124. ' On the borders of THE CAYUSES AND WACCOS. 319 .64; the Wallah wallah and Columbia.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1821, torn, xii., p. 35. The Sciatogas and Toustchipas live on Canoe River (Tukanon ?), and the Euotalla (Touchet ?), the Aka'itchis ' sur le Big-river,' (Columbia). Hunt, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1821, torn, x., pp. 74r-8. The Sciatogas ' possede le pays borne au sud-est par la Grande-Plaine; au nord, par le Lewis-River; a l'ouest par la Columbia; au sud par l'Oualamat.' Id., 1821, torn, xii., p. i.2. The Cayuses extend from John Day River eastward to Grande Ronde Valley. The. Cayuse, Cailloux, WaiUatpu, ' country south of the Sahaptin and Wallawalla. Their head-quarters are on the upper part of Wallawalla River.' Hale's Ethnog., in 17. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 214, map, p. 197. 'The country belonging to the Cayuse is to the south of and between the Nez Perces and Walla-Wallas, extending from the Des Chutes, or Wanwanwi, to the eastern side of the Blue mountains.' Stevens, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 218; Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 416. ' On the west side of the Blue mountains and south of the Columbia river.' Thompson, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 282. ' Occupy a portion of the Walla-Walla valley.' Bennison, in Id., 1857, p. 374; Cain, in Id., 1859, pp. 413-14. ' A l'ouest des Nez-perces sont les Kayuses.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 30. The Kayouse dwell upon the Utalla or Emnutilly River. Townsend's Nar., p. 122. 'West of the Nez Perces.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 309, and map. 'Rove through the regions of the Lewis branch.' Greenhow's Hist. Ogn., p. 30. 'Kayouses. Pres du grand detour de la Colombie.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. Waiilatpu, Molele, called also Willetpoos, Cayuse, 'western Oregon, south of the Columbia river.' Budewig, Ab. Lang., p. 199; Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 417. Caaguas ' inhabit the country bordering on Wallawalla river and its tributaries, the Blue mountains and Grand round.' Palmer's Jour., pp. 54-6. Wyeilat or Kyoose, country to the south of Walla Walla. Tolmie, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 244-5. The Skyuses ' dwell about the waters of the Way- leeway and the adjacent country.' Irving's Bonneville's Adven., p. 388. The Willewah ' reside on the Willewah river, which falls into the Lewis river on the S.W. side, below the forks.' Morse's Rept, p. 369. In Grande Ronde Valley. Lewis and Clarke's Map; Gibbs, in-Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 417. The Umatillas 'live near the junction of the Umatilla and Columbia rivers.' Lord's Nat, vol. ii., p. 97. Umatallow River and country extending thence westward to Dalles. Tolmie, in Id., p. 245. 'The Utillas occupy the country along the river bearing that name.' Bennison, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 374. The Wahowpum live ' on the N. branch of the Columbia, in different bands from the Pishquitpahs; as low as the river Lapage; the different bands of this nation winter on the waters of Taptul and Cataract rivers.' Morse's Rept, p. 370; Bewis and Clarke's Map. On John Day's River. Gibbs, in Pac. R.R.Rept, vol. i., p. 417. The Wascos include all the tribes between the Cascade Range and John Day River, south of the Columbia. 'They are known by the name of Wasco Indians, and they call their country around the Dallas, Wascopam. They claim the country extending from the cascades up to the falls of the 320 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Columbia, the distance of about fifty miles.' Hines' Voy., p. 159. 'The Wascos occupy a small tract of country near to and adjoining the Dalles.* Bennison, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 372. On both sides of the Columbia about the Dalles are the Wascopams. Map, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 200. Eneshur, Echeloots, Chillukkitequaw and Sinacshop occupy the territory, on Lewis and Clarke's Map; Morse's Rept, p. 370. The Tchipantchick- tchick, Cathlassis, Ilttekaimamits, and Tchelouits about the Dalles. Stuart, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1821, torn, xii., p. 26; Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 417. 'The residence of the Molele is (or was) in the broken and wooded country about Mounts Jlood and Vancouver..' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 214. The Mollales have their home in the Willamette Valley. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 492. 'The Tairtla, usually called Taigh, belong... .to the environs of the Des- Chutes River.' Gibbs, in Pandosy's Gram., p. vii. 'The Des Chutes formerly occupied that section of country between, the Dalles and the Tyich river.' Bennison, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 373. ' The Tyichs.... formerly occupied the Tyich valley and the country in its vicinity, which lies about 30 -miles south of Fort Dalles.' lb. ' The John Day Rivers .occupy the country in the immediate vicinity of the river bearing that name.' lb. ' The Dog River, or Cascade Indians reside on a small stream called Dog river, which empties into the Columbia river, about half way between the Cascades and Dalles.' Id., p. 371. The Cascades dwell ' on the river of that name.' Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., p. 143. The Yakimas occupy the valley of the Yakima River and its branches. ' The upper Yakimas occupy the country upon the Wenass and main branch of the Yakima, above the forks; the Lower upon the Yakima and its tributaries, below the forks and along the Columbia from the mouth of the Yakima to a point three miles below the Dalles.' Robie, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 350. Three bands, Wishhams, Clickahut, and Skien, along the Cola nbia. Id., p. 352. 'The Pshwanwappam bands, usually called Yakamas, inhibit the Yakama River.' Gibbs, in Pandosy's Gram., p. vii. Lewis and Clarke's Chanwappan, Shaltattos, Squamaross, Skaddals, and Chimnahpum, on the Yakima River. Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 417. The Yakimas ' are divided into two principal bands, each made up of a number of villages, and very closely connected; one owning the country on the Nahchess and Lower Yakinra, the other are upon the Wenass and main branch above the forks.' Id., p. 407. Yackamans, northern banks of the Columbia and on the Yack- amans river. Cox's Adven., vol. ii., p. 143. On the Yakima. Hale's Ethnog., U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 213. 'South of the Long* Rapids, to the confluence of Lewis"river with the Columbia, are the Yookoomans.' Parker's Explor. Tour, p. 313. Pishwanwapum (Yakima), in Yakimaw or Eyakema Valley. Tolmie, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., pp. 244-7. Called Stobshaddat by the Sound Indians. Id., p. 245. The Chimnapums are ' on the N.W. side of Col. river, both above and below the entrance of Lewis' r. and the Taptul r.' Morse's Rept., p. 370; Lewis and Clarke's Map. The 'Chunnapuns and Chanwappans, are between the THE KLIKETATS. 321 Cascade Range and the north branch of the Columbia.' Nicolay's Ogn. Ter.f p. 143. The Pisquitpahs, ' on the Muscleshell rapids, and on the N. side of the Columbia, to the commencement of the high country; this nation winter on the waters of the Taptul and Cataract rivers.' Morse's Rept., p. 370. The Sokulks dwell north of the confluence of the Snake and Columbia. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 351, and map; Morse's Rept, p. 369. At Priest Rapids. Gibbs, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 417. The Kliketats live in the mountainous country north of the Cascades, on both sides of the Cascade Range, and south of the Yakimas. Klikatats 'inhabit, properly, the valleys lying between Mounts St. Helens and Adams, but they have spread over districts belonging to other tribes, and a band of them is now located as far south as the Umpqua.' Gibbs, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 403. 'Roilroilpam is the Klikatat country, situated in the Cascade mountains north of the Columbia and west of the Yakamas.' Gibbs, in Pandosy's Gram., p. vii. 'Wander in the wooded country about Mount St. Helens.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 213. ' In the vicinity of the mouth of the Columbia.' Catlin's N. Am. Ind., vol. ii., p. 113. Klikatats. * Au-dessus du fort des Nez-Perces.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. ' The Kliketat, a scion from the Sahaptans, who now dwell near Mount Rainier and have advanced towards the falls of the Columbia.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc Jour., vol. xi., p. 225. On Lewis and Clarke's Map the Kliketat territory is occupied by the Chanwappan, Shallatos, Squamaros, Skaddals, Shahalas. Also in Morse's Rept, p. 372. Whulwhypum, or Kliketat, 'in the wooded and prairie country between Vancouver and the Dalles.' Tolmie, in Lord's Nat, vol. ii., p. 245. fjfhe Weyehhoo live on the north side of the Columbia, near Chusattes Hi\Jt. (Kliketat.) Gass' Jour., p. 288. Vos* I. 21 CHAPTER IV. CALIFORNIANS. Gboupal Divisions; Nobtheen, Central, and Southebn Caltfoenians, and SHOSHONES—CoUNTBY OF THE CALIFOENIANS—THE KlAMATHS, MoDOCS, Shastas, Pitt River Indians, Eueocs, Caheocs, Hoopahs, Weeyots, *jlolewas, and Rogue Rivee Indians and theib Customs—The Teha- mas, Pomos, Uriahs, Gualalas, Sonomas, Petalumas, Napas, Suscols, Suisunes, Tamales, . Kaequines, Ohlones, Tulomos, Thamiens, Ol- CHONES, RUMSENS, ESCELENS, AND OTHEES OF CENTEAL CaLIFOBNIA—THE Cahuillas, Dieguenos, Islandebs, and Mission Rancheeias of Southebn California—The Snakes ob Shoshones pbopee, Utahs, Bannocks, Washoes and otheb Shoshone Nations. Of the seven groups into which this work separates the nations of western North America, the Californians constitute the third, and cover the territory between latitude 43° and 32°30', extending back irregularly into the Rocky Mountains. There being few distinctly marked families in this group, I cannot do better in subdividing it for the purpose of description than make of the Californians proper three geographical divisions, namely, the Northern Californians, the Central Californians, and the Southern Californians. . The Shoshones, or fourth division of this group, who spread out over south-eastern Oregon, southern Idaho, and the whole of Nevada and Utah, present more distinctly marked family characteristics, and will therefore be treated as a family. The same chain of mountains, which, as the Cascade Range, divides the land of the Columbians, holds its course steadily southward] and entering the territory cf (322) of the PACIFIC MATS CALIFORNIAN CROUP T 3 O O S'tatttte nvite HOME OF THE CALIFORNIANS. 823 the Californian group forms, under the name of the Sierra Nevada, the partition between the Californians proper and the Shoshones of Idaho and Nevada. The influence of this range upon the climate is also here manifest, only intenser in degree than farther north. The lands of the Northern Californians are well watered and wooded, those of the central division have an abundance of water for six months in the year, namely, from November to May, and the soil is fertile, yielding abundantly under cultivation. Sycamore, oak, cotton-wood, willow, and white alder, fringe the banks of the rivers; laurel, buckeye, manzanita, and innumerable berry-bearing bushes, clothe the lesser hills; thousands of acres are annually covered with wild oats; the moist bottoms yield heavy crops of grass; and in summer the valleys are gorgeous with wild-flowers of every hue. Before the blighting touch of the white man was laid upon the land, the rivers swarmed with salmon and trout; deer, antelope, and mountain sheep roamed over the foot-hills, bear and other carnivora occupied the forests, and numberless wild fowl covered the lakes. Decreasing in moisture toward the tropics, the climate of the Southern Californians is warm and dry, while the Shoshones, a large part of whose territory Mis in the Great Basin, are cursed with a yet greater dryness. The region known as the Great Basin, lying between the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada and the Wahsatch Mountains, and stretching north and south from latitude 33° to 42°, presents a very different picture from the land of the Californians. This district is triangular in shape, the apex pointing toward the south, or southwest; from this apex, which, round the head of the Gulf of California, is at tide level, the ground gradually rises until, in central Nevada, it reaches an altitude of about five thousand feet, and this, with the exception of a few local depressions, is about the level of the whole of the broad part of the basin. The entire surface of this plateau is alkaline. Being in parts almost destitute of water, there is comparatively little timber; sage-brush and grease- 324 CALIFORNIANS. wood being the chief signs of vegetation, except at rare intervals where some small stream struggling against almost universal aridity, supports on its banks 1 little scanty herbage and a few forlorn-looking cotton-wood trees. The northern part of this region, as is the case with the lands of the Californians proper, is somewhat less destitute of vegetable and animal life than the southern portion which is indeed a desert occupied chiefly by rabbits, prairie-dogs, sage-hens, and reptiles. The desert of the Colorado, once perhaps a fertile bottom, extending northward from the San Bernardino Mountains one hundred and eighty miles, and spreading over an area of about nine thousand square miles, is a silent unbroken sea of sand, upon whose ashy surface glares the mid-day sun and where at night the stars draw near through the thin air and brilliantly illumine the eternal solitude. Here the gigantic cereus, emblem of barrenness, rears its contorted form, casting wierd shadows upon the moonlit level. In such a country, where in winter the keen dust-bearing blast rushes over the unbroken desolate plains, and in summer the very earth cracks open with intense heat, what can we expect of man but that he should be distinguished for the depths of his low attainment. But although the poverty and barrenness of his country account satisfactorily for the low type of the inhabitant of the Great Basin, yet no such, excuse is offered for the degradation of the native of fertile California. On every side, if we except the Shoshone, in regions possessing far fewer advantages than California, we find a higher type of man. Among the Tuscaroras, Cherokees, and Iroquois of the Atlantic, slope, barbarism assumes its grandest proportions; proceeding west it bursts its fetters in the incipient civilization of the Gila; but if we continue the line to the shores of the Pacific we , find this intellectual dawn checked, and man sunk almost to the utter darkness of the brute. Coming southward from the frozen land of the Eskimo, or northward from tropical Darien we pass through nations possessing the neces- TRIBAL DIVERSITY. 325 saries and even the comforts of life. Some of them raise and grind wheat and corn, many of them make pottery and other utensils, at the north they venture out to sea in good boats and make Behemoth their spoil. The Californians on the other hand, comparatively speaking, wear no clothes, they build no houses, do not cultivate the soil, they have no boats, nor do they hunt to any considerable extent; they have no morals nor any religion worth calling such. The missionary Fathers found a virgin field whereon neither god nor devil was worshiped. We must look, then, to other causes for a solution of the question why a nobler race is not found in California; such for instance as revolutions and migrations of nations, or upheavals and convulsions of nature, causes arising before the commencement of the short period within which we are accustomed to reckon time. There is, perhaps, a greater diversity of tribal names among the Californians than elsewhere in America; the whole system of nomenclature is so complicated and contradictory that it is impossible to reduce it to perfect order. There are tribes that call themselves by one ,name, but whose neighbors call them by another; tribes that are known by three or four names, and tribes that have no name except that of their village or chief.1 Tribal names are frequently given by one writer which are never mentioned by any other;2 nevertheless there are tribes on whose names authorities agree, and though 1 ' Sometimes there is a tribal name for all who speak the same language; sometimes none, and only names for separate villages; sometimes a* name for a whole tribe or family, to which is prefixed a separate word for each dialect, which is generally co-extensive with some valley. Of the first, an instance is found in the Cahrocs, on the Klamath, who are a compact tribe, with no dialects; of the second, in the large tribe on the lower Klamath, who have also no dialects, and yet have no name, except for each village; of the third, in the great family of the Pomos on Russian river, who have many dialects, and a name for each,—as Ballo Ki Pomos, Cahto Pomos, etc Some remnants of tribes have three or four names, all in use within a radius of that number of miles; some, again, are merged, or dovetailed, into others; and some never had a name taken from their own language, but have adopted that given them by a neighbor tribe, altogether different in speech.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. viii., p. 328. 2 The natives ' when asked to what tribe they belong, give the name of their chief, which is misunderstood by the inquirer to be that of the tribe itself.' Bartlett's Nar., vol. ii., .p. 30. 326 CALIFORNIANS. the spelling differs, the sound expressed in these instances is about the same. Less trouble is experienced in distinguishing the tribes of the northern division, which is composed of people who resemble their neighbors more than is the case in central California, where the meaningless term ' Indians,' is almost universally applied in speaking of them.3 Another fruitful source of confusion is the indefinite nickname 'Digger' which is applied indiscriminately to all the tribes of northern and middle California, and to those of Nevada, Utah, and the southern part of Oregon. These tribes are popularly known as the Californian Diggers, Washoe Diggers, Shoshone Diggers of Utah, etc., the signification of the term pointing to the digging of roots, and in some parts, possibly, to burrowing in the ground. The name is seemingly opprobrious, and is certainly no more applicable to this people than to many others. By this territorial division I hope to avoid, as far as possible, the two causes of bewilderment before alluded to; neither treating the inhabitants of an immense country as one tribe, nor attempting to ascribe distinct names and idio- osyncrasies to hundreds of small, insignificant bands, roaming over a comparatively narrow area of country and to all of which one description will apply. The Northern Californians, the first tribal group, or division, of which I shall speak, might, not improperly, be called the Klamath family, extending as they do from Rogue River on the north, to the Eel River south, and from the Pacific Ocean to the Californian boundary east, and including the Upper and Lower Kla-v math and other lakes. The principal tribes occupying 3 ; Every fifteen or twenty miles of country seems to have been occupied by a number of small lodges or septs, speaking a different language or very divergent dialect.' Taylor, in Bancroft's Hand-book Almanac, 1864, p. 29. Beechey counted eleven different dialects in the mission of San Carlos. Voyage, vol. ii., p. 73. \ Almost every 15 or 20 leagues, you find .a distinct dialect; so different, that in no way does one resemble the other.' Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, p. 240. ' From the San Joaquin northward to the Klamath there are some hundreds of small tribes.' Henley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 304. NATIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 327 this region are the Klamaths,1 who live on the headwaters of the river and on the shores of the lake of that name; the Modocs,5 on Lower Klamath Lake and along Lost River; the S'hastas, to the south-west of the lakes, near the Shasta Mountains; the Pitt River Indians; the Mirocs on the Klamath River between Weitspek and the coast; the Cahrocs6 on the Klamath River from a short distance above the junction of the Trinity to the Klamath Mountains; the Hoopahs in Hoopah Valley on the Trinity near its junction with the Klamath; numerous tribes on the coast from Eel River and Humboldt Bay north, such as the Weeyots,1 WaUies, Tolewahs, etc., and the Rogue River Indians,8 on and about the river of that name.9 The Northern Californians are in every way superior to the central and southern tribes.10 Their physique and 4 Hale calls them the Lutuami, or Tlamatl, and adds, ' the first of these names is the proper designation of the people in their own language. The second is that by which they are known to the Chinooks, and through them, to the whites.' Ethnog., in fj. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 218. 5 'There true name is Moildoc—a word which originated with the Shas- teecas, who applied it indefinitely to all wild Indians or enemies.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, 1873, vol. x., p. 535. 'Also called Moahtockna.' Taylor, in Col. Farmer, June 22, 1860. ' The word Modoc is a Shasta Indian word, and means all distant, stranger, or hostile Indians, and became applied to these Indians by white men in early days, by hearing the Shastas speak of them.' Steele, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1861, p. 121. 6 Speaking of Indians at the junction of the Salmon and Klamath rivers: ' They do not seem to have any generic appellation for themselves, but apply the terms "Kahruk," up, and " Youruk," down, to all who live above or below themselves, without discrimination, in the same manner that the others (at the junction of the Trinity) do "Peh-tsik," and "Poh-lik."' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 151. 7 'The Bay (Humboldt) Indians call themselves, as we were informed, Wish-osk; and those of the hills Te-ok-a-wilk; but the tribes to the northward denominate both those of the Bay and Eel river, We-yot, or Walla-wal- loo.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 133. 8 They are also called Lototen or Tututamy, Totutime, Toutouni, Tootoo- ton, Tutoten, Tototin, Tototutna, etc. 9 For further particulars as to location of tribes, see notes on Tribal Boundabies, at the end of this chapter. w Mr. Gibbs, speaking of the tribes seen on the Klamath and Trinity livers, says: 'Inperson these people are far superior to any we had met below; the men being larger, more muscular, and with countenances denoting greater force and energy of character, as well as intelligence. Indeed, they approach rather to the races of the plains, than to the wretched " diggers" of the greater part of California.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 140. 'The Indians in the northern portion of California and in Oregon, are vastly superior in stature and intellect to those found in the southern part of California.' Hubbard, in Golden Era, 18"6. The Indians on the Trinity 'are of another tribe and nature from those along the Sacramento.' KeUy's Excursion, voL 323 CALIFORNIANS. character, in fact, approach nearer to the Oregon nations than to the people of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. ' This applies more particularly to the inland tribes. The race gradually deteriorates as it approaches the coast, growing less in stature, darker in color, more and more degraded in character, habits, and religion. The Rogue River Indians must, however, be made an exception io this rule. The tendency to improve toward the north, which is so marked among the Californians, holds good in this case; so that the natives on the extreme north-west coast of the region under consideration, are in many respects superior to the interior but more southerly tribes. The Northern Californians round the Klamath lakes, and the Klamath, Trinity, and Rogue rivers, are tall, 'muscular, and well made,31 with a complexion varying from nearly black to light brown:, in proportion to their proximity to, or distance, from the ocean or other large bodies of water; their face is large, oval, and heavily made,(with slightly prominent cheek-bones; nose well set on. the face and frequently straight,' and eyes ,which, when not blurred by ophthalmia, are keen and bright. The women are short and some of them quite handsome, even in the Caucasian sense of the word;12 ii., p. 166. Speaking of the Wallies, they, ' in many respects differ from their brethren in the middle and lower counties of the State. They are lighter colored-and more intelligent.' Johnson, in Overland Monthly, 1869, vol. ii., p. 536. 11 ' The males are tall, averaging in height about five feet eight inches, are well proportioned, athletic, and possess the power of endurance to a great degree.' Hubbard, in Golden Era, March 1856. 'The people here (Rogue River) were larger and stronger than those in South California, but not ^handsomer.' Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 317. Speaking of Indians on the Klamath River, ' their stature is a trifle under the American; they have well- sized bodies, erect and strong-knit:' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. viii.,' p. 328. On the upper Trinity they are 'large and powerful men, of a swarthier complexion, fierce and intractable.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft-s Arch., vol. iii., p. 129. Near Mount Shasta, ' a fine-looking race, being much better proportioned than those more to the northward, and their features mo're regular.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., 254. At Klamath Lake, 'well-grown and muscular.' Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 277. On the Trinity, j majestic in person, chivalrous in bearing.' Kelly's Excursion, vcl. ii., p. 166. 12 In the vicinity of Klamath lake 'the squaws are short in comparison with the men, and, for Indians have tolerably regular features.' Lord's JNat, vol. i., p. 277. In the Rogue River region ' some of them are quite PHYSICAL PECULIARITIES. 823 and although their beauty rapidly fades, yet they do not in old age present that unnaturally wrinkled and shriveled appearance, characteristic of the Central Californians. This description scarcely applies to the people inhabiting the coast about Redwood Creek, Humboldt Bay, and Eel River, who are squat and fat in figure, rather stoutly built, with large heads covered with coarse thick hair, and repulsive countenances, who are of a much darker color, and altogether of a lower type than the tribes to the east and north of them.13 Dress depends more on the state of the climate pretty, usually well-formed, handsomely developed, small features, and very delicate and well-turned hands and feet They are graceful in their movements and gestures, always timid and modest.' Hubbard, in Golden Era, Mareh, 1856. On the Klamath River, ' with their smooth, hazel skins, oval faces, plump and brilliant eyes, some of the young maidens,—barring the tattooed chins,—have a piquant and splendid beanty.' Powers, in Overland MontMy, vol. viii., 329. On the Klamath and Trinity Rivers, many of the women 'were exceedingly pretty; having large almond-shaped eyes, sometimes of a hazel color, and with the red showing through the cheeks. Their figures were full, their chests ample; and the younger ones had well-shaped busts, and rounded limbs.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch, vol. iii., p. 140. But as to the beauty of women tastes never agree; Mr Kelly in his Excursion to Col., vol. ii., p. 167, speaking of a band of ' noble-looking Indians' which he met near Trinity River, says that they were ' accompanied by a few squaws, who, strange to say, in this latitude are ugly, ill-favoured, stunted in stature, lumpy in figure, and awkward in gait,' and concerning the Rogue River Indians a lady states that ' among the women there were some extremely clumsy figures.' Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 317. The Pit-River Indian* girls ' have the smallest and prettiest feet and hands I have ever seen.' Milter's Life amongst the Modocs, p. 374. 13 At Crescent City, Mr Powers saw some ' broad-faced squaws of an almost African blackness;' the Patawats in the vicinity of Mad River and Humboldt Bay are 'blackskinned, pudgy in stature; well cushioned with adipose tissue;' at Redwood Creek ' like most of the coast tribes they are very dark colored, squat in stature, rather fuller-faced than the interior Indians.' Porno, MS. At Trinidad Bay ' their persons were in general indifferently, but stoutly made, ©f a lower stature than any tribe of Indians we had before seen.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 246. At the mouth of EelRiverthe Weeyots ' are generally repulsive in countenance as well as filthy in person. ... .Their heads are disproportionately large; their figures, though short, strong and well developed.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 127. Carl Meyer names the Indians he saw at Trinidad Bay, AUequas, or Wood-Indians (Holzindianer). I do not find the name anywhere else, and judging by his description, they appear to differ considerably from the natives seen in the same vicinity by Vancouver or Mr Powers; he, Meyer, says; 'Sie sind von unserm Wuchse, stark und beleibt, kraftdge Gestalten.; Ihre Hnut ist wenig zimmet oder lohfarbig, eher weisslich, wie die der antisischen Inkas gewesen sein soil; bei der jugend und besonders beim weiblichen Geschlechte schim- mert oft ein sanftes Roth auf den Wangen hervor. Ihr Kopf ist wenig gedruckt, die Stirn noch, der.G-esichtswinkel gegen 80 Grad, die Nase rdmisch gekrummt, das Auge gross in wenig quadratisch erweiterten AugenhohJen und intelligent, die Lippen nicht aufgetrieben, das Kinn oval, und Han4» und Fusse klein.' Nach dem Sacramento, p. 215. 330 CALIFORNIANS. than on their own sense of decency. The men wear I belt, sometimes a breech-clout, and the women an apron or skirt of deer-skin or braided grass; then they sometimes throw over the shoulders a sort of cloak, or robe, of marten or rabbit skins sewn together, deer-skin, or, among the coast tribes, seal or sea-otter skin. When they indulge in this luxury, however, the men usually dispense with all other covering.14 Occasionally we find them taking great pride in their gala dresses and sparing no pains to render them beautiful. The Modocs, for instance, took large-sized skins, and inlaid them with brilliant-colored duck-scalps, sewed on in various figures; others, again, embroidered their aprons with colored grasses, and attached beads and shells to a deep fringe falling from the lower part.15 A bowl-shaped hat, or 14 At Pitt River they ' have no dress except a buckskin thrown around them.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. Near Mount Shasta 'they can scarcely be said to wear any dress, except a mantle of deer or wolf skin. A few of them had deer-skins belted around their waists, with a highly ornamented girdle.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 255. Near Pitt River, the Indians were nearly naked. Abbott, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. vi., p. 61. At Trinidad Bay ' their clothing was chiefly made of the skins of land animals, with a few indifferent small skins of the sea-otter.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 247. 'The men, however, do not wear any covering, except the cold is intense, when indeed they put upon their shoulders the skins of sea-wolves, otters, deer, or other animals/ Maurelle's Jour., p. 16. 'They were clothed, for the most part, in skins-.' Greenhow's Hist Ogn., p. 118. On Smith River they were 'in a complete state of nature, excepting only a kind of apology for an apron, worn by the women, sometimes made of elk's skin, and sometimes of grass.' Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 313. Among the Weeyots at Eel River the men 'wore a deer-skin robe over the shoulder, and the women a short petticoat of fringe.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., 127. On Klamath River their only dress was the fringed petticoat, or at most, a deerskin robe thrown back over the shoulders, in addition. Id., p. 141. 'The primitive dress of the men is simply a buckskin girdle about the loins; of the women, a chemise of the same material, or of braided grass, reaching from the breast to the knees.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. viii., 329. ' Were quite naked excepting the maro.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex , vol. v., p. 253. The Klamath Lake Indians 'wear little more than the breech-cloth.' Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 277. ' They were all well dressed in blankets and buckskin.' Abbott, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. vi., p. 70. Carl Meyer, speaking of a tribe he names Alle- quas. at Trinidad Bay, says: 'der Mann geht im Sommer ganz nackt, in Winter tragt er eine selbst gegerbte Hirsch- oder Rehdecke liber die Schul- tern.' ' Die Allequas-Weiber tragen im Sommer von Bast-schnuren oder von Rehfellstreifen, im Winter von Pelzwerk oder Gansefiaum verfertigte Schurzen, die bis auf die Knie reichen.' Nach dem Sacramento, p. 217, 219. ' The Klamaths, during the summer go naked,-in winter they use the skins of .rabbits and wild fowl for a covering.' Thompson, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 283. 15 ' An Indian will trap and slaughter seventy-five rabbits for one of these robes, making it double, with fur inside and out.' Powers' Porno, MS. DRESS IN NORTHEBK CALIFORNIA. 381 cap, of basket-work, is usually worn by the women, in making which some of them are very skillful. This hat is sometimes painted with various figures, and sometimes interwoven with gay feathers of the woodpecker or blue quail.16 The men generally go bare-headed, their thick hair being sufficient protection from sun and weather. In the vicinity of the lakes, where, from living constantly among the long grass and reeds, the greatest skill is acquired in weaving and braiding,, moccasins of straw or grass are worn.17 At the junction of the Klamath and Trinity rivers their mocassins have soles of several thicknesses of leather.18 The natives seen by Maurelle at Trinidad Bay, bound their loins and legs down to the ankle with strips of hide or thread, both men and women. The manner of dressing the hair varies; the most common way being to club it together behind in a queue, sometimes in two, worn down the back, or occasionally in the latter case drawn forward over the shoulders. The queue is frequently twisted up in a knot on the back of the head—en castanna—as Maurelle calls it. Occasionally the hair is worn loose and flowing, and some of the women cut it short on the forehead. It is not uncommon to see wreaths of oak or laurel leaves, feathers, or the tails of gray squirrels twisted in the hair; indeed, from the trouble which they frequently take to adorn their coiffure, one would imagine that these people were of a somewhat aesthetic turn of mind, but a closer acquaintance quickly dispels the illusion. On Eel River some cut all the hair short, a custom practiced to some extent by the Central Californians.19 w Fremont's Explor. Ex., p. 204; Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch, vol. iii., pp. 137, 127; Bomenech's Deserts, vol. ii., 282. ft Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 282; Fremont's Explor. Ex., p. 204. 18 Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 142. 19 MaureUe's Jour., p. 17; Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., pp. 127, 142; Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. viii., p. 329; Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 317. 'Die Allequas (Trinidad Bay) haben starkes, ziemlich ge- schmeidiges Haar, das der Manner and der Kinder wird bis auf einen Zoll Lange regelmassig abgebrannt, so dass sie das Aussehen von Tituskopfen erhalten. Zuweilen sieht man die Manner auch mit einem ziemlich langen, durch eine harzige Flussigkeit gesteiften, auf gerichteten Zopf, der als Schmuck betrachtet, bei festlichen Anl&ssen, oder im Kriege mit rothen oder weissen Federn geziert wird, und alsdann dem Schopf eines Wiedehopfs gleicht.' 332 CALIFORNIANS. As usual these savages are beardless, or nearly so.20 Tattooing, though not carried to any great extent, is universal among the women, and much practiced by the men, the latter confining this ornamentation to the breast and arms. The women tattoo in three blue lines, extending perpendicularly from the centre and corners of the lower lip to the chin. In some tribes they tattoo the arms, and occasionally the back of the hands. As they grow older the lines on the chin, which at first are very faint, are increased in width and color, thus gradually narrowing the-intervening spaces. Now, as the social importance of the female is gauged by the width and depth of color of these lines, one might imagine that before long the whole chin would be what Southey calls | blue, darkly, deeply, beautifully blue;" but fashion ordains, as in the lip-ornament of the Thlinkeets, that the lines should be materially enlarged only as the charms of youth fade, thus therewith gauging both age and respectability.21 In some few tribes, more especially Meyer, Nach dem Sacramento, p. 215. j Both men and women part their hair in the middle, the men cut it square on the neck and wear it rather long, the women wear theirs long, plaited in two braids, hanging down the back.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. 20 Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 127. 'Barthaare haben sie, wie alle Indianer Nord-Amerikas, nur wenig; sie werden ausgerupft, und nur in der Trauer stehen gelassen.' Meyer, Nach dem Sacramento, pp. 215-16. 21 The men tattoo so that they may ' be recognized if stolen by Modocs.' 'With the women it is entirely for ornament.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. At Rogue River the women ' were tattooed on the hands and arms as well as the chin.' Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 3J7. At Trinidad Bay j they ornamented their lower lip with three perpendicular columns of punctuation, one from each corner of the mouth and one in the middle, occupying three fifths of the chin.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 247. Maurelle says the same, and adds that a space is left between each line, ' which is much larger in the young than in the older women, whose faces are generally covered with, punctures.' Jour. p. 17. At Mad River and Humboldt Bay, the same, 'and also lines of small dots on the backs of their hands.' Powers' Porno, MS. At mouth of Eel River 'both sexes tattoo: the men on their arms and breasts; the women from inside the under lip down to and beneath the chin. The extent of this disfigurement indicates to a certain extent, the age and condition of the person.' 'In the married women the lines are extended up above the corners of the mouth.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., pp. 127, 142. j I have never observed any particular figures or designs upon their persons; but the tattooing is generally on the chin, though sometimes on the wrist and arm. Tattooing has mostly been on the persons of females, and seems to be esteemed as an ornament, not apparently indicating rank or condition.' Johnston, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 223. The squaws among the Cahrocs on the Klamath ' tattoo, in blue, three narrow f irn-leaves, perpendicularly on the chin.' 'For this purposje they are said to FACIAL ORNAMENTATION. 333 in the vicinity of the lakes, the men paint themselves in various colors and grotesque patterns. Among the Modocs the women also paint. Miller says that when a Modoc warrior paints his face black before going into battle it means victory or death, and he will not survive a defeat.22 Both men and women pierce the dividing cartilage of the nose, and wear various kinds of ornaments in the aperture. Sometimes it is a goose-quill, three or four inches long, at others, a string of beads or shells. Some of the more northerly tribes wear large round pieces of wood or metal in the ears.23 Maurelle, in his bucolic description of the natives at Trinidad bay, says that uon their necks they wear various fruits, instead of beads."24 Vancouver, who visited the same place nearly twenty years later, states that "all the teeth employ soot, gathered from a stove, mingled with the juice of a certain plant.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. viii., p. 3_i9. Among the Shastas the women 'are tattooed in lines from the mouth to the chin.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi , p. 218. Among the Allequas at Trinidad bay: 'Die Madchen werden im fiinften Jahre mit einem schwarzen Streifen von beiden Mund- winkeln bis unter das Kinn tattowirt, welchem Striche dann all funf Jahre ein parallellaufender beigefiigt wird, so das man an diesen Zeichnungen leicht das Alter jeder Indianerin tibersehen kann.... Die Manner bemalen sich bei besondern Anlassenmit einem Tannenfirniss, den sie selbst bereiten, das Gesicht, und zeichnen allerlei geheimnissvolle Figuren und Verzierungen auf Wange, Nase und Stirn, indem sie mit einem holzernen Stabchen den noch weichen Firniss auf den einzelnen Stellen von der Haut wegheben. Meyer, Nach dem Sacramento, p. 216. 22 'I never saw two alike.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. At Klamath lake they are ' painted from their heads to their waists all colours and patterns.' Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 277. The Modocs 'paint themselves with various pigments formed from rotten wood, different kinds of earth, &c.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. x., p. 536. Kane 'took a sketch of a Chastay (Shasta) female slave (among the Chinooks) the lower part of whose face, from the corners of the mouth to the ears and downwards, was tattooed of a bluish colour. The men of this tribe do not tattoo, but paint their faces like other Indians.' Wand., p. 182. Ida Pfeiffer, Second Journ., p. 315, saw Indians on Smith river, who painted their faces f in a most detestable man- n r. They first smeared them with fish fat and then they rubbed in the paint, sometimes passing a finger over it in certain lines, so as to produce a pattern.' Miller's Life Amongst the Modocs, p. 361. 23 'No taste in bead work.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. 4In den Ohren tragen die Allequas (at Trinidad bay) Schmucksachen, welche sie theils von den Weissen erhalten, theils aus Holz nachahmen; auch sind diese Gegenstande zuweilen durch Steinchen ersetzt, die talismanische Krafte besitzen sollen. Nur die in den fernen Bergen wohnenden tragen holzerne oder auch eiserne Ringe in den Nasenwandungen.' Meyer, Nach dem Sacramento, p. 216; Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 142; Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 317; Powers, in Overland MontJdy, vol. x., p. 537; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., plate xiv. 24 Maurelle's Jour., p. 18. 334 CALIFORNIANS. of both sexes were by some process ground uniformly down horizontally to the gums, the women especially, carrying the fashion to an extreme, had their teeth reduced even below this level."25 Here also we see in their habitations the usual summer and winter residences common to nomadic tribes. The winter dwellings, varying with locality, are principally of two forms—conical and square. Those of the former shape, which is the most widely prevailing, and obtains chiefly in the vicinity of the Klamath lakes and on the Klamath and Trinity rivers, are built in the manner following: A circular hole, from two to five feet in depth, and varying in diameter, is dug in the ground. Round this pit, or cellar, stout poles are sunk, which are drawn together at the. top until they nearly meet;^ the whole is then covered with earth to the depth of several inches. A hole is left in the top, which serves as chimney and door, a rude ladder or notched pole communicating with the cellar below, and a similar one with the ground outside. This, however, is only the commoner and lighter kind of conical house.^ Many of them are built of much heavier timbers, which, instead of being bent over at the top, and so forming a bee-hive- shaped "structure, are leaned one against the other. The dwellings built by the Hoopahs are somewhat better. The inside of the cellar is walled up with stone; round this, and at a distance of a few feet from it, another stone wall is built on the surface level, against which heavy beams or split logs are leaned up, meeting at the top, or sometimes the lower ends of the poles rest against the inside of the wall, thus insuring the inmates against a sudden collapse of the hut.26 25 Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 247. 26 ' The lodges are dome-shaped; like beaver-houses, an arched roof covers a deep pit sunk in the ground, the entrance to which is a round hole Lords Nat vol i p 278. 'Lirge round huts, perhaps 20 feet in diameter with rounded topsf on which was the door by which they descended into the interior. ' Fremont's Explor. Ex., p« 204. \ The Modoc excavates a circular space from two to four feet deep, then makes over it a conical structure of puncheons, which is strongly braced up with timbers, frequently hewn and a foot square.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. x., p. 536; Id., vol. ix., ] . 13Q. 'The style was very substantial, the large poles requiring five or s.x CALIFORNIAN HABITATIONS. 335 The square style of dwelling is affected more by the coast tribes, although occasionally seen in the interior. A cellar, either square or round, is dug in the same manner as with the conical houses. The sides of the hole are walled with upright slabs, which project some feet above the surface of the ground. The whole structure is covered with a roof of sticks or planks, sloping gently outward, and resting upon a ridge-pole. The position of the door varies, being sometimes in the roof, sometimes on a level with the ground, and occasionally high up in the gable. Its shape and dimensions, however, never alter; it is always circular, barely large enough to admit a full-grown man on hands and knees. When on the roof or in the gable, a notched pole or mud steps lead up to the entrance; when on the ground, a sliding panel closes the entrance. In some cases, the excavation is planked up only to a level with the ground. The upper part is then raised several feet from the sides, leaving a bank, or rim, on which the inmates sleep; occasionally there is no excavation, the house being erected on the level ground, with merely a small fire-hole in the centre. The floors are kept smooth and clean, and a small space in front of the door, paved with stones and swept clean, serves as gossiping and working ground for the women.27 men to lift.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 175. 'Have only an opening at the summit.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 261. On the inside of the door they frequently place a sliding panel. 'The Kailtas build wigwams in a conical shape—as all tribes on the Trinity do—but they excavate no cellars.' Powers' Porno, MS. See full description of dwellings, by Johnston, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 223. The entrance is a 'round hole just large enough to crawl into, which is on a level with the surface of the ground, or is cut through the roof.' Johnson, in Overland Monthly, vol. ii., p. 536; Miller's Life Amongst the Modocs, p. 377. 27 'Built of plank, rudely wrought.' The roofs are not 'horizontal like those at Nootka, but rise with a sma.l degree of elevation to a ridge in the middle.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., pp. 241-2. Well built, of boards; often twenty feet square; roof pitched over a ridge-pole; ground usually excavated 3 or 4 feet; some cellars floored and walled with stone. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 140. 'The dwellings of the Hoopas were built of large planks, about 1% inches thick, from two to four feet wide, and from six to twelve feet in length.' Trinity Journal, April, 1857. 'The floors of these tats are perfectly smooth and clean, with a square hole two feet deep in the centre, in which they make their fire.' Maurelle's Jour., p. 17. 'The huts have never but one apartment. The fire is kindled in the centre, the smoke »s- caping through the crevices in the roof.' Hubbard, in Golden Era, March, 1856. 336 CALIFORNIANS. The temporary summer houses of the Northern Californians are square, conical, and inverted-bowl-shaped huts; built, when square, by driving light poles into the ground and laying others horizontally across them; when conical, the poles are drawn together at the top into a point; when bowl-shaped, both ends of the poles are driven into the ground, making a semi-circular hut. These frames, however shaped, are covered with neatly woven tule matting,28 or with bushes or ferns.29 The Californians are but poor hunters; they prefer the snare to the bow and arrow. Yet some of the mountain tribes display considerable dexterity in the chase. To hunt the prong-buck, the Klamath fastens to each heel a strip of ermine-skin, and keeping the herd to the. windward, he approaches craftily through the tall grass as near as possible, then throwing himself on his back, or standing on his head, he executes a pantomime in the air with his legs. Naturally the antelope wonder, and being cursed with curiosity, the simple animals gradually approach. As soon as they arrive within easy shoojing- distance, down go the hunter's legs and up comes the body. Too late the antelope learn their mistake; swift as they are, the arrow is swifter; and the fattest buck pays the penalty of his inquisitiveness with his life. The Veeards, at Humboldt Bay, construct a slight fence from tree to tree, into which inclosure elk are driven, the only exit being by a narrow opening at one end, wrhere a pole is placed in such a manner as to force the The houses of the Eurocs and Cahrocs ' are sometimes constructed on the level earth, but oftener they excavate a round cellar, four or five feet deep, and twelve or fifteen feet in diameter.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. viii., p. 53J; Meyer, Nach dem Sacramento, p. 220; The Shastas and their neighbors, MS. 28 Kit Carson says of lodges seen near Klamath lake: ' They were made of the broad leaves of the swamp flag, which were beautifully and4ntricately woven together.' Peters' Life of Carson, p. 2J3. ' The wild sage furnishes them shelter in the heat of summer, and, like the Cayote, they burrow in the earth for protection from the inclemencies of winter.' Thompson, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 283. ' Their lodges are generally mere temporary structures, scarcely sheltering them from the pelting storm.' Palmer, in Ind. Aff. .R:p/., 1854, p. 262. 29'Slightly constructed, generally of poles.' Emmons, .in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 218. 'The earth in the centre scooped out, and thrown up in a low, circular embankment.' Turner, in Overland Monthly, p. xi., p. 21. HUNTING AND FISHING. 337 animal to stoop in passing under it, when its head is caught in a noose suspended from the pole. This pole is dragged down by the entangled elk, but soon he is caught fast in the thick undergrowth, and firmly held until the hunter comes up.30 Pitfalls are also extensively used in trapping game. A narrow pass, through which an elk or deer trail leads, is selected for the pit, which is ten or twelve feet deep. The animals are then suddenly stampeded from their feeding-grounds, and, in their wild terror, rush blindly along the trail to destruction.31 The bear they seldom hunt, and if one is taken, it is usually by accident, in one of their strong elk-traps. Many of the tribes refuse to eat bear-meat, alleging that the flesh of a man-eating animal is unclean; but no doubt Bruin owes his immunity as much to his teeth and claws as to his uncleanness. Fishing is more congenial to the lazy taste of these people than the nobler but more arduous craft of hunting; consequently fish, being abundant, are generally more plentiful in the aboriginal larder than venison. Several methods are adopted in taking them. Sometimes a dam of interwoven willows is constructed across a rapid at the time when salmon are ascending the river; niches four or five feet square are made at intervals across the dam, in which the fish, pressed on by those behind, collect in great numbers and are there speared or netted without mercy. Much ingenuity and labor are required to build some of the larger of these dams. Mr Gibbs describes one thrown across the Klamath, where the ™ Powers' Porno, MS. 3i 'The rocks supply edible shell-fish.' Schumacher's Oregon Antiquities, MS. ' The deer and elk are mosily captured by driving them into traps and pits.' 'Small game is killed with arrows, and sometimes elk and deer are dispatched in the same way.' Hubbard,-in Golden Era, April, 18L6. 'The elk they usually take in snares.' Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 317. ' The mountain Indians subsisted largely on game, which of every variety was very abundant, and was killed with their bows and arrows, in the use of which they were very expert.' Wiley, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1867, p. 497. 'Die Indianer am Pittflusse machen Graben oder Locher von circa 5 Kubikfuss, bedecken diese mit Zweigen und Grass ganz leicht, sodass die Thiere, wenn sie daruber gejagt werden, hinein fallen und nicht wieder herauekonnen. Wilde Ganse fangen sie mit Netzen... .Nur selten mogen Indianer den grau- en Bar jagen.' Wimmd, Californien, p. 181; Tlue Shastas and their Neigh* bors, MS. Vol. I. 22 CALIFORNIANS. river was about seventy-five yards wide, elbowing up the stream in its deepest part. It was built by first driving stout posts into the bed of the river, at a distance of some two feet apart, having a moderate slope, and supported from below, at intervals of ten or twelve feet, by two braces; the one coming to the surface of the water, the other reaching to the # string-pieces. These last were heavy spars, about thirty feet in length, and secured to each post by withes. The whole dam was faced with twigs, carefully peeled, and placed so close together as to prevent the fish from passing up. The top, at this stage of the water, was two or three feet above the surface. The labor of constructing this work must, with the few and insufficient tools of the natives, have been immense. Slight scaffolds wrere built out below it, from which the fish were taken in scoop-nets; they also employ drag-nets and spears, the latter having a movable barb, which is fastened to the shaft with a string in order to afford the salmon play.32 On Rogue River, spearing by torch-light—a most picturesque sight —is resorted to. Twenty canoes sometimes start out together, each carrying three persons—two women, one to row and the other to hold the torch, and a spearman. Sometimes the canoes move in concert, sometimes independently of each other; one moment the lights are .seen in line, like an army of fire-flies, then they are scattered over the dark surface of the water like ignes fatui. The fish, attracted by the glare, rise to the surface, where they are transfixed by the unerring aim of the spearmen. Torchlight spearing is also done by driving the fish down stream in the day-time by dint of much wading, yelling, and howling, and many splashes, until they are stopped by a dam previously erected lower 32 Schumacher, Oregon Antiquities, MS., classifies their ancient arrow and spear points thus: Long barbs with projections, short barbs with projections, and long and short barbs without projections. ' The point of the spear is composed of a small bone needle, which sits in a socket, and pulls out as soon as the fish starts. A string connecting the spear handle and the center of the bone serves, when pulled, to turn the needle cross wise in the wound.' Taylor, in Cat. Farmer, March 8, 1861; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 146. FISHING BY NIGHT ON THE KLAMATH. 339 down; another dam is then built above, so that the fish cannot escape. At night fires are built round the edge of the enclosed space, and the finny game speared from the bank.33 Some tribes on the Klamath erect platforms over the stream on upright poles, on which they sleep and fish at the same time. A string leads from the net either to the fisherman himself or to some kind of alarm; and as soon as a salmon is caught, its floundering immediately awakens the slumberer. On the sea-shore smelts are taken in a triangular net stretched on two slender poles; the fisherman wades into the water up to his waist, turns his face to the shore, and his back to the incoming waves, against whose force he braces himself writh a stout stick, then as the smelts are washed back from the beach by the returning waves, he receives them in his net. The net is deep, and a narrow neck connects it with a long network bag behind; into this bag the fish drop when the net is raised, but they cannot return. In this manner the fisherman can remain for some time at his post, without unloading. Eels are caught in traps having a funnel-shaped entrance, into which the eels can easily go, but which closes on them as soon as they are in. These traps are fastened to stakes and kept down by weights. Similar traps are used to take salmon. When preserved for winter use, the fish are split open at the back, the bone taken out, then dried or smoked. Both fish and meat, when eaten fresh, are either broiled on hot stones or boiled in water-tight baskets, hot stones being thrown in to make the water boil. Bread is made of acorns ground to flour in a rough stone mortar with a heavy stone pestle, and baked in the ashes. Acorn- flour is the principal ingredient, but berries of various kinds are usually mixed in, and frequently it is seasoned 33 The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS.; Hubbard, in Golden Era, April, 1856; Wiley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1867, p. 497. 'In spawning-time the fi>h school up from Clear Lake in extraordinary numbers, so that the Indini s have only to put a slight obstruction in the river, when they can literally shovel them out.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. x., p. 537; Schumachers Oregon Antiquities, MS. MO CALIFORNIANS. with some high-flavored herb. A sort of pudding is also made in the same manner, but is boiled instead of baked. They gather a great variety of roots, berries, and seeds. The principal root is the camas,34 great quantities of which are dried every summer, and stored away for winter provision. Another root, called kice, or kace,™ is much sought after. Of seeds they have* the wocus,36 and several varieties of grass-seeds. Among berries the huckleberry and the manzanita berry are the most plentiful.37 The women do the cooking, root and berry gathering, and all the drudgery. The winter stock of smoked fish hangs in the family room, sending forth an ancient and fish-iike smell. Roots and seeds are, among some of the more northerly tribes, stored in large wicker boxes, built in the lower branches of strong, wide-spreading trees. The trunk of the tree below the granary is smeared with pitch to keep away vermin.37 The Modocs are sometimes obliged to cache their winter hoard under rocks and bushes; the great number of their enemies and bad character of their ostensibly friendly neighbors, rendering it unsafe for them to store it in their villages. So cunningly do they conceal their treasure that one winter, after an unusually heavy fall of snow, they themselves could not find it, and numbers starved in consequence.38 Although the Northern Californians seldom fail to 34 'The camas is a bulbus root, shaped much like an onion.' Miller's Life Amongst the Modocs, p. 22. 35 ' A root about an inch long, and as large as one's little finger, of a bitter-sweetish and pungent taste, something like ginseng.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. x., p. 5^7. 36 ' An aquatic plant, with a floating leaf, very much like that of a pond- lily, in the centre of which is a pod resembling a poppy-head, full of farinaceous seeds.' lb. See also Meyer, Nach dem Sacramento, p. 222. 'Their principal food is the kamas root, and the seed obtained from a plant growing in the marshes of the lake, resembling, before hulled, a broom-corn seed.' Palmer, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 263. 37 The Klamaths ' subsist upon roots and almost every living thing within their reach, not excepting reptiles, crickets, ants, etc' Thompson, in Ind. Aff. R?pt, 1854, p. 283; Heintzelman, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 391; Rose- borough's letter to the author, MS. 1 Turner, in Overland Monthly, vol. xi., p. 24. WAR AND WEAPONS. 341 take a cold bath in the morning, and frequently bathe at intervals during the day, yet they are never clean.39 The Northern Calfornians are not of a very warlike disposition, hence their weapons are few, being confined chiefly to the bow and arrow.40 The bow is about three feet in length, made of yew, cedar, or some other tough or elastic wood, and generally painted. The back is flat, from an inch and a half to two inches wide, and covered with elk-sinews, which greatly add both to its strength and elasticity; the string is also of sinew. The bow is held horizontally when discharged, instead of perpendicularly as in most countries. The arrows are from two to three feet long, and are made sometimes of reed, sometimes of light wood. The points, which are of flint, obsidian, bone, iron, or copper, are ground to a very fine point, fastened firmly into a short piece of wood, and fitted into a socket in the main shaft, so that on withdrawing the arrow the head will be left in the wound. The feathered part, which is from five to eight inches long, is also sometimes a separate piece bound on with sinews. The quiver is made of the skin of a fox, wild-cat, or some other small animal, in the same shape as when the animal wore it, except at the tail end, where room is left for the feathered ends of arrows to project. It is usually carried on the arm.41 39 At Rogue River, ' the men go in the morning into the river, but, like the Malays, bring all the dirt out on their skins that they took in.' Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 317. At Pitt River they are 'disgusting in their habits.' Abbott, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. vi., p. 61; The Slmstas and their Neighbors, MS. ' Of the many hundreds I have seen, there was not one who still observed the aboriginal mode of life, that had not a sweet breath. This is doubtless due to the fact that, before they became civilized, they ate their food cold.' Powers' Porno, MS. 'They always rise at the first dawn of day, and plunge into the river.' Hubbard, in Golden Era, March, 1856. 'Their persons are unusually clean, as they use both the sweat-house and the cold*- bath constantly.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. hi., p: 142. 'Mit Tages- anbruch begibt sich der Allequa (Trinidad Bay) in jeder Jahrenseit zur nahen Quelle, wo er sich am ganzen Leibe wascht und in den Strahlen der aufsteigenden Sonne trocknen lasst.' Meyer, Nach dem Sacramento, p. 221; Roseborough's letter to the author, MS. 40 Carl Meyer, after describing the bow, adds: 'Fernere Waffen der Allequas sind: das Obsidian-Beil oder Tomahawk, die Keule, die Lanze und der Wurfspiess.' Nach dem Sacramento, p. 218. This statement^ I think, may be taken with some allowance, as nowhere else do I find mention of a tomahawk being used by the Californians., 41 Schumacher, Oregon Antiquities, MS., speaking of an ancient spear- 342 CALIFORNIANS. Mr Powers says: idoubtless many persons who have seen the flint arrow-heads made by the Indians, have wondered how they succeeded with their rude implements, in trimming them down to such sharp, thin points, without breaking them to pieces. The Veeards—and probably other tribes do likewise—employ for this purpose a pair of buck-horn pincers, tied together at the point with a thong. They first hammer out the arrowhead in the rough, and then with these pincers carefully nip off one tiny fragment after another, using that infinite patience which is characteristic of the Indian, spending days, perhaps weeks, on one piece. There are Indians who make arrows as a specialty, just as there are others who concoct herbs and roots for the healing of men."42 The Shastas especially excelled in making obsidian arrow-heads; Mr Wilkes of the Exploring Expedition notices them as being I beautifully wrought," and Lyon, in a letter to the American Ethnological Society, communicated through Dr E. H. Davis, describes the very remarkable ingenuity and skill which they display point, says, 'the pointed teeth show it to have been a very dangerous weapon.' Roseborough's letter to the author, MS. On the Klamath River, 'among the skins used for quivers, I noticed the otter, wild-cat, fisher, fawn, grey fox and others.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 141. Near Mt Shasta, 'bows and arrows are very beautifully made: the former are of yew, and about three feet long.... backed very neatly with sinew, and painted.... The arrows are upwards of thirty inches long.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 255. At Port Trinidad, 'arrows are carried in quivers of wood or bone, and hang from their wrist or neck.' Maurelle's Jour., p. 20. On Pigeon River 'their arrows were in general tipped with copper or iron.' Greenhow's Hist. Ogn., p. 110. The Pit River 'arrows are made in three parts.' Abbott, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. vi., p. 61. The Allequas at Trinidad Bay, described by Carl Meyer, carried their arrows either ' schussfertig in der Hand oder in einem iiber die Schultern geworfe- nen Kocher aus Fuchs-oder Biberpelz. Der Bogen ist aus einer starken, elastischen Rothtannenwurzel veriertigt, etwa 3% Fuss lang und auf der Riiakseite mit einer Barensehne uberklebt. Nach dem Sacramento, p. 217. See Mofras, Explor., Atlas, plate xxv. Speaking of the quiver, Mr Powers says: ' rn the animal's head they stuff a quantity of grass or moss, as a cushion for the arrow-heads to rest in, which prevents them from being broken.' Overland Monthly, vol. viii., p. 532. ' Their arrows can only be extracted from the flesh with the knife.' Cutis' Conquest of Cat, p. 170. 'Am oberen Theile (California) ist der Bogen von einer Lage von Hirsh-sehnen verstarkt und elastisch gemacht. Die Pfeile bestehen aus einem rohrartigen Gewachse von ma'ssiger Lange, an der Spitze mit Obsidian.... versehen, ihre Lange ist 2 Zoll, ihre Breite 1 Zoll und die Dicke % Zoll, scharfkantig und spitz zu- laufend.' Wimmel, Ccdifornien, p. 180. 42 Powers' Porno, MS.; Schumacher's Oregon Antiquities, MS.; The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. WAR AND ITS MOTIVES. 343 in this particular. The arrow-point maker, who is one of a regular guild, places the obsidian pebble upon an anvil of talcose slate and splits it with an agate chisel to the required size; then holding the piece with his finger and thumb against the anvil, he finishes it off with repeated slight blows, administered with marvelous adroitness and judgment. One of these artists made an arrow-point for Mr Lyon out of a piece of a broken porter-bottle. Owing to his not being acquainted with the grain of the glass, he failed twice, but the third time produced a perfect specimen.43 The Wallies poison their arrows with rattlesnake-virus, but poisoned weapons seem to be the exception.44 The bow is skilfully used; war- clubs are not common.45 Wars, though of frequent occurrence, were not particularly bloody. • The casus belli was usually that which brought the Spartan King before the walls of Ilion, and Titus Tatius to incipient Rome—woman. It is true, the Northern Californians are less classic abductors than the spoilers of the Sabine women, but their wars ended in the same manner—the ravished fair cleaving to her warrior-lover. Religion also, that ever-fruitful source « Hist Mag., vol. iii., p. 214. 44 Johnson, in Overland Monthly, vol. ii., p. 536. At Trinidad Bay 'zu- weilen werden die Pfeile mit dem Safte des Sumachbaumes vergifted, und alsdann nur zum Erlegen wilder Raubthiere gebraucht.' Meyer, Nach dem Sacramento, p. 218. 'Einige Stamme vergiften die Spitzen ihrer Pfeile auf folgende Weise: Sie reizen namlich eine Klapperschlange mit einer vorge- haltenen Hirschleber, worin sie beisst, und nachdem nun die Leber mit dem Gifte vollstandig impragnirt ist, wird sie vergraben und muss verfaulen; hierin wird nun die Spitze eingetaucht und dann getrocknet.' Wimmel, Californien, p. 180. The Pitt River Indians ' use the poison of the rattle-snake, by grinding the head of that reptile into an impalpable powder, which is then applied by means of the putrid blood and flesh of the dog to the point of the weapon.' Gross' System of Surgery, vol. i., p. 321. 'The Pitt River Indians poisoned their arrows in a putrid deer's liver. This is a slow poison, however, and sometimes will not poison at all.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS.; Schumacher's Oregon Antiquities, MS. *5 Among other things seen by Meyer were, ' noch grossere Bogen, die ihnen als bedeutende Ferngeschosse dienen. Ein salcher ist 6 Fuss lang, und der Indianer legt sich auf die Erde, um denselben zu spannen, indem er das rechte Knie in den Bogen einstemmt und mit beiden Armen nachhilft.' The bow and arrow, knife, and war-club, constitute their weapons. In one of their lodges I noticed an elk-skin shield, so constructed as to be impervious to the sharpest arrows. Palmer, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1854, p. 262. Milhr mentions a Modoc who was ' painted red, half-naked, and held a tomahawk in his hand.' Life Amongst the Modocs, p. 20. CALIFORNIANS. of wrar, is not without its conflicts in savagedom; thus more than once the Shastas and the Umpquas have taken up arms because of wicked sorceries, which caused the death of the people.46 So when one people obstructed the river with their wreir, thereby preventing the ascent of salmon, there was nothing left for those above but to fight or starve. Along Pitt River, pits from ten to fifteen feet deep were formerly dug, in which the natives caught man and beast. These man-traps, for such was their primary use, were small at the mouth, widening toward the bottom, so that exit was impossible, even were the victim to escape impalement upon sharpened elk and deer horns, which were favorably placed for his reception. The opening was craftily concealed by means of light sticks, over which earth was scattered, and the better to deceive the unwary traveler, footprints were frequently stamped with a moccasin in the loose soil. Certain landmarks and stones or branches, placed in a peculiar manner, warned the initiated, but otherwise there was no sign of impending danger.47 Some few nations maintain the predominancy and force the weaker to pay tribute.48 When two of these dominant nations war with each other, the conflict is more sanguinary. No scalps are taken, but in some cases the head, hands, or feet of the conquered slain are severed as trophies. The Cahrocs sometimes fight hand to hand with ragged stones, which they use with deadly effect. The Rogue River Indians kill all their male prisoners, but spare the women and children.49 The 46 Salem Statesman, April, 1857. 47 Hence, if we may credit Miller, Life Amongst the Modocs, p. 373, the name Pitt River. 48 The Hoopas exacted tribute from all the surrounding tribes. At the time the whites arrived the Chimalaquays were paying them tribute in deerskins at the rate of twenty-five cents per head. Powers' Porno, MS. The Hoopahs have, a law requiring those situated on the Trinity, above them to . pay tribute. Humboldt Times, Nov. 1857; S. F. Evening Bulletin, Nov. 23,1857. 49 The Sassics, Cahrocs, Hoopahs, Klamaths and Rogue River Indians, take no scalps, but decapitate the slain, or cut off their hands and feet. Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 317. MANUFACTURES AND BOATS. 345 elk-horn knives and hatchets are the result of much labor and patience.50 The women are very ingenious in plaiting grass, or fine willow-roots, into mats, baskets, hats, and strips of parti-colored braid for binding up the hair. On these, angular patterns are worked by using different shades of material, or by means of dyes of vegetable extraction. The baskets are of various sizes, from the flat, basin- shaped, water-tight, rush bowl for boiling food, to the large pointed cone which the women carry on their backs when root-digging or berry-picking.51 They are also expert tanners, and, by a comparatively simple process, will render skins as soft and pliable as cloth. The hide is first soakedVin water till the hair loosens, then stretched between trees or upright posts till half dry, when it is scraped thoroughly on both sides, well beaten with sticks, and the brains of some animal, heated at a fire, are rubbed on the inner side to soften it. Finally it is buried in moist ground for some weeks. The interior tribes manifest no great skill in boat- making, but along the coast and near the mouth of the Klamath and Rogue rivers, very good canoes are found. They are still, however, inferior to those used on the Columbia and its tributaries. The lashed-up-hammock- shaped bundle of rushes, which is so frequently met in the more southern parts of California, has been seen on the Klamath,52 but I have reason to think that it is only used as a matter of convenience, and not because no better boat is known. It is certain that dug-out canoes 50 The Veeards on Lower Humboldt Bay ' took elk-horns and rubbed them on stones for days together, to sharpen them into axes and wedges.' Powers' Porno, MS. On the Klamath river they had ' spoons neatly made of bone and horn.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 146. 51 ' For basket making, they use the roots of pine-trees, the stem of the spice-bush, and ornament with a kind of grass which looks like a palm- leaf, and will bleach white. They also stain it purple with elder berries, and green with soapstone.' . ..' The Pitt River Indians excel all others in basket- making, but are not particularly good at bead work.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. Fremont's Explor. Ex., p. 204; Johnson, in Overland Monthly, vol. ii., p. 536; Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 134; Powers' Porno, MS. 52 Wilkes' Nar. in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 253; Emmons, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 2i8. 346 CALIFORNIANS. were in use on the same river, and within a few miles of the spot where tule buoys obtain. The fact is, this bundle of rushes is the best craft that could be invented for salmon-spearing. Seated astride, the weight of the fisherman sinks it below the surface; he can move it noiselessly with his feet so that there is no splashing of paddles in the sun to frighten the fish; it cannot capsize, and striking a rock does it no injury. Canoes are hollowed from the trunk of a single redwood, pine, fir, sycamore, or cottonwood tree. They are blunt at both ends and on Rogue River many of them are flat-bottomed. It is a curious fact that some of these canoes are made from first to last without being touched with a sharp- edged tool of any sort. The native finds the tree ready felled by the wind, burns it off to the required length, and hollows it out by fire. Pitch is spread on the parts to be burned away, and a piece of fresh bark prevents the flames from extending too far in the wrong direction. A small shelf, projecting inward from the stern, serves as a seat. Much trouble is sometimes taken with the finishing up of these canoes, in the way of scraping and polishing, but in shape they lack symmetry. On the coast they are frequently large; Mr Powers mentions having seen one at Smith River forty- two feet long, eight feet four inches wide, and capable of carrying twenty-four men and five tons of merchandise. The natives take great care of their canoes, and always cover them when out of the water to protect them from the sun. Should a crack appear they do not caulk it, but stitch the sides of the split tightly together with withes. They are propelled with a piece of wood, half pole, half paddle.53 53 The boats formerly used by the Modocs were \ quite rude and unshapely concerns, compared with those of the lower Klamath, but substantial and sometimes large enough to carry 1800 pounds of merchandise.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. viii., p. 532, vol. x., p 536. 4 Blunt at both ends, with a small projection in the stern for a seat.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 142. I Those on Rogue river were roughly built—some of them scow fashion, with flat bottom.' Emmons, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 218. The Pitt River Indians I used boats made from pine; they burn them out ...about twenty feet long, some very good ones.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. WEALTH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 347 Wealth, which is quite as important here as in any civilized communities, and of much more importance than is customary among savage nations, consists in shell- money, called allicochick, white deer-skins, canoes, and, indirectly, in women. The shell which is the regular circulating medium is white, hollow, about a quarter of an inch through, and from one to two inches in length. On its length depends its \ialue. A gentleman, who writes from personal observation, says: u all of the older Indians have tattooed on their arms their, standard of value. A piece of shell corresponding in length to one of the marks being worth five dollars, ' Boston mftney, the scale gradually increases un|il the highest mark is reached. For five perfect shells corresponding in length to this- mark they will readily give one hundred dollars in gold or silver."54 White deer-skins are rare and considered very valuable, one constituting quite an estate in itself.55 A scalp of the red-headed woodpecker is equivalent to about five dollars, and is extensively used as currency on the Klamath. Canoes are valued according to their size and finish. Wives, as they must be bought, are a sign of wealth, and the owner of many is respected accordingly.56 Among the Northern Californians, hereditary chieftainship is almost unknown. If the son succeed the father it is because the son has inherited the father's 54.Chase, in Overland Monthly, vol. ii., p. 433. ' A kind of bead made from a shell procured on the coast. These they string and wear about the neck. .... Another kind is a shell about an inch long, which looks like a porcupine quill. They are more valuable than the other. They also use them as nose- ornaments.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. 'The unit of currency is a string of the length of a man's arm, with a certain number of the longer shells below the elbow, and a certain number of the shorter ones above.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. viii., p. 329. 'A rare shell, spiral in shape, varying from one to two inches in length, and about the size of a crowquill, called by the natives, Siwash, is used as money.' Hubbard, in Golden Era, March, 1856. 55 ' The ownership of a (white) deer-skin, constitutes a claim to chieftainship, readily acknowledged by all the dusky race on this coast.' Humboldt Times, Dec, 1860. 56 < Property consists in women, ornaments made of rare feathers and shells, also furs and skins.' Hubbard, in Golden Era, March, 1856. Their wealth ' consisted chiefly of white deerskins, canoes, the scalp of the redheaded woodpecker, and aliquachiek.' Wiley, in Ind. Aff. Rept Joint. Spec. Com., 1867, p. 497. 348 CALIFORNIANS. wealth, and if a richer than he arise the ancient ruler is deposed and the new chief reigns in his stead. But to be chief means to have position, not powrer. He can advise, but not command; at least, if his subjects do not choose to obey him, he cannot compel obedience. There is most frequently a head man to each village, and sometimes a chief of the w7hole tribe, but in reality each head of a family governs his own domestic circle as he thinks best. As in certain republics, when powerful applicants become multiplied—new offices are created, as salmon-chief, elk-chief, and the like. In one or two coast tribes the office is hereditary, as with the Patawats on Mad River, and that mysterious tribe at Trinidad Bay, mentioned by Mr Meyer, the Allequas.57 Their penal code is far from Draconian. A fine of a few strings of allicochick appeases the wrath of a murdered man's relatives and satisfies the requirements of custom. A woman may be slaughtered for half the sum it costs to kill a man. Occasionally banishment from the tribe is the penalty for murder, but capital punishment is never resorted to. The fine, whatever it is, must be promptly paid, or neither city of refuge nor sacred altar-horns will shield the murderer from the vengeance of his victim's friends.58 57 'Have no tribal organization, no such thing as public offence.' Rose- borough's letter to the author, MS. A Pitt River chief tried the white man's code, but so unpopular was it, that he was obliged to abandon it. The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. Among the Klamath and Trinity tribes the power of the chief ' is insufficient to control the relations of the several villages, or keep down the turbulence of individuals.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., pp. 139-140. The Cahrocs, Eurocs, Hoopas, and Kailtas, have a nominal chief for each village, but his power is extremely limited and each individual does as he likes. Among, the Tolewas in Del Norte County, money makes the chief. The Modocs and Patawats have an hereditary chieftainship. Powers' Porno, MS. At Trinidad Bay they were (governed by a ruler, who directs where they shall go both to hunt and fish.' Maurelle's Jour., p. 18. j Der Hauptling ist sehr geachtet; er hat iiber Handel und Wandel, Leben und Tod seiner Unterthanen zu verfugen, und seine Macht vererbt sich auf seinen Erstgebornen.' Meyer, Nach dem Sacramento, p. 223. The chief ' obtains his position from his wealth, and usually manages to transmit his effects and with them his honors, to his posterity.' Hubbard, in Golden Era, March, 1856. Formerly 'the different rancherias had chiefs, or heads, known as Mow-wee-mas, their influence being principally derived from their age, number of relatives, and wealth.' Wiley, in fnd. Aff. Rept Joint. Spec Com., p. 497. 58 The Cahrocs compound for murder by payment of one string. Among the Patawais the average fine for murdering a man is ten strings, for killing WOMEN AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. 349 In vain do we look for traces of that Arcadian simplicity and disregard for worldly advantages generally accorded to children of nature. Although I find no description of an actual system of slavery existing among them, yet there is no doubt that they have slaves. We shall see that illegitimate children are considered and treated as such, and that women, entitled by courtesy wives, are bought and sold. Mr Drew asserts that the Klamath children of slave parents, who, it' may be, prevent the profitable prostitution or sale of the mother, are killed without compunction.59 Marriage, with the Northern Californians, is essentially a matter of business. The young brave must not hope to win his bride by feats of arms or softer wooing, but must buy her of her father, like any other chattel, and pay the price at once, or resign in favor of a richer man. The inclinations of the girl are in nowise consulted; no matter where her affections are placed, she goes to the highest bidder, and " Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair." Neither is it a trifling matter to be bought as a wife; the social position of the bride herself, as well as that of her father's family thereafter, depends greatly upon the price she brings; her value is voted by society at the price her husband pays for her, and the father whose daughter commands the greatest number of strings of allicochick, is greatly to be honored. The purchase effected, the successful suitor leads his blushing property to his hut and she becomes his wife without further ceremony. Wherever this system of wife-purchase obtains, the rich old men almost absorb the female youth and beauty of the tribe, while the younger and poorer men must content themselves a woman five strings, worth about $100 and $50 respectively. ' An average Patawat's life is considered worth about six ordinary canoes, each of which occupies two Indians probably three months in making, or, in all, tantamount to the labor of one man for a period of three years.' ' The Hoopas and Kailtas also paid for murder, or their life was taken by the relatives of the deceased.' Powers' Porno, MS. 'They seem to do as they please, and to be only governed by private revenge. If one man Mils another the tribe or family of the latter kill the murderer, unless he buy himself off.' The Shastas and their Nei-hhors, MS. i9 Brew's Owyhee Reconnaissance, p. 17. 350 CALIFOKNIANS. with old and ugly wives. Hence their eagerness for that wealth which will enable them to throw away their old wives and buy new ones. When a marriage takes place among the Modocs, a feast is given at the house of the bride's father, in which, however, neither she nor the bridegroom partake. The girl is escorted by the women to a lodge, previously furnished by public contributions, where she is subsequently joined by the man, who is conducted by his male friends. All the company bear torches, which are piled up as a fire in the lodge of the wedded pair, who are then left alone. In some tribes this wife-traffic is done on credit, or at least partially so; but the credit system is never so advantageous to the buyer as the ready-money system, for until the full price is paid, the man is only \ half-married,' and besides he must live with his wife's family and be their slave until he shall have paid in full.60 The children of a wife who has cost her husband nothing are considered no better than bastards, and are treated by society with contumely; nobody associates with them, and they become essentially ostracized. In all this there is one redeeming feature for the wife-buyer; should he happen to make a bad bargain he can, in most instances, send his wife home and get his money back. Mr Gibbs asserts that they shoot their wives when tired of them, but this appears inconsistent with custom. Polygamy is almost universal, the number of wives depending only on the limit of a man's wealth. The loss of one eye, or expulsion from the tribe, are common punishments for adultery committed by a man. A string of beads, however, makes amends. Should the wife ven- 60 The Cahrocs, Eurocs, Hoopahs, and Patawats, all acquire their wives by purchase. The Shastas and their Neigbors, MS.; Powers' Porno, MS. ' Wenn ein Allequa seine kiinftige Lebensgefahrtin unter den Schonen seines Stammes erwahlt hat und sich verheirathen will, muss er dem Mau- hemi (chief) cine armslange Muschelschnur vorzeigen.' Meyer, Nach dem Sacramento, p. 223. The mountain Indians seldom, if ever, intermarry with those on the coast. Wiley, in Ind. Aff. Rept Joint. Spec. Com., 1867, p. 41>7; Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii.* p. 127. Buy wives with shell-money. Pfeiffer's Second Journ. Among the Modocs ' the women are offered for sale'to the highest buyer.' Meacham's Lecture, in S. F. Alta California, Oct. 6, 1861; Miller's Life Amongst the Modocs. ADULTERY AND CHASTITY. hire on any irregularity without just compensation, the outraged honor of her lord is never satisfied until he has seen her publicly disemboweled. Among the Hoopahs the'women are held irresponsible and the men alone suffer for the crime.61 Illegitimate children are life- slaves to some male relative of the mother, and upon them the drudgery falls; they are only allowed to marry one in their own station, and their sole hope of emancipation lies in a slow accumulation of allicochick, with which they can buy their freedom. We are told by Mr Powers that a Modoc may kill his mother-in-law with impunity. Adultery, being attended with so much danger, is comparatively rare, but among the unmarried, who have nothing to fear, a gross licentiousness prevails.62 Among the Muckalucs a dance is instituted in honor of the arrival of the girls at the age of puberty. On the Klamath, during the period of menstruation the women are banished from the village, and no man may approach them. Although the principal labor falls to the lot of the women, the men sometimes assist in building the wigwam, or even in gathering acorns and rpots.63 Kane mentions that the Shastas, or, as he calls them, the Chastays, frequently sell their children as slaves to the Chinooks.64 Dances and festivities, of a religio- 61 Polygamy is common among the Modocs. Meacham's Lecture, in S. F. Alto- California, Oct. 6, 1873. On Pitt River a chief sometimes has five wives. 'The most jealous people in the world.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS.; Roseborough's letter to. the author, MS. * Among the tribes in the north of the State adultery is punished by the the death of the child.' Taylor, in California Farmer, March 8, 1861. 'The males have as many wives as they are able to purchase;' adultery committed by a woman is punished wiih death. Hubbard, in Golden Era, March, 1856. Among the Cahrocs polygamy is not tolerated; among the Modocs polygamy prevails, and the women have considerable privilege. The Hoopa adulterer loses one eye, the adulteress is exempt from punishment. Powers' Porno, MS. The Weeyots at Eel river ' have as many wives as they please.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch, vol. iii., p. 127. At Trinidad Bay 'we found out that they had a plurality of wives.' Maurelle's Jour., p. 19. 62 All the young unmarried women are a common possession. Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. viii., p. 330. The women bewail their virginity for three nights before their marriage. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 173. If we believe Powers, they cannot usually have much to bewail. 63 Boys are disgraced by work. The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. Women work, while men gamble or sleep. Wiley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, Joint Spec Com., 1867, p. 497; Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 242; Rose- borough's letter to the author, MS. 64 Kane's Wand., p. 182. CALIFORNIANS. playful character, are common, as when a whale is stranded, an elk snared, or when the salmon come. There is generally a kind of thanksgiving-day once a year, when the people of neighboring tribes meet and dance. The annual feast of the Yeeards is a good illustration of the manner of these entertainments. The dance, which takes place in a large wigwam, is performed by as many men as there is room for, and a small proportion of women. They move in a circle slowly round the fire, accompanying themselves with their peculiar chant. Each individual is dressed in all the finery he can muster; every valuable he possesses in the way of shells, furs, or woodpecker-scalps, does duty' on this occasion; so that the wealth of the dancers may be reckoned at a glance. When the dance has concluded, an old gray-beard of the tribe rises, and pronounces a thanksgiving oration, wherein he enumerates the benefits received, the riches accumulated, and the victories wron during the year; exhorting the hearers meanwhile, by good conduct and moral behavior, to deserve yet greater benefits. This savage Nestor is listened to in silence and with respect; his audience seeming to drink in with avidity every drop of wisdom that falls from his lips; but no sooner is the harangue concluded than every one does his best to violate the moral precepts so lately inculcated, by a grand debauch. The Cahrocs have a similar festival, which they call the Feast of the Propitiation. Its object is much the same as that of the feast just described, but in place of the orator, the chief personage of the day is called the Chareya, which is also the appellation of their deity. No little honor attaches to the position, but much suffering is also connected with it. It is the duty of the Chareya-man to retire into the mountains, with one attendant only, and there to remain for ten days, eating only enough to keep breath in his body. Meanwhile the Cahrocs congregate in honor of the occasion, dance, sing, and make merry. When the appointed period has elapsed, the Chareya-man returns to camp, or is carried SPORTS AND GAMES. 353 b}' deputies sent out for the purpose, if he have not strength to walk. His bearers are blindfolded, for no human being may look upon the face of the Chareya- man and live. His approach is the signal for the abrupt breaking up of the festivities. The revelers disperse in terror, and conceal themselves as best they may to avoid catching sight of the dreaded face, and where a moment before all was riot and bustle, a deathly stillness reigns. Then the Chareya-man is conducted to the sweat-house, where he remains for a time. And now the real Propitiation-Dance takes place, the men alone participating in its sacred movements, which are accompanied by the low, monotonous chant of singers. The dance over, all solemnity vanishes, and a lecherous saturnalia ensues, which will not bear description. The gods are conciliated, catastrophes are averted, and all is joy and happiness.65 A passion for gambling obtains among the northern Cal* ifornians as elsewhere. Nothing is too precious or too insignificant to be staked, from a white or black deer-skin, which is almost priceless, down to a wife, or any other trifle. In this manner property changes hands with great rapidity. I have already stated that on the possession of riches depend power, rank, and social position, so that there is really much to be lost or won. They have a game played with little sticks, of which some are black, but the most whi te. These they throw around in a circle, the object being seemingly to make the black ones go farther than the white. A kind of guess-game is played with clay balls.66 There is also an international game, played between friendly tribes, which closely resembles our ' hockey.' Two poles are set up in the ground at some distance apart, and each side, being armed with sticks, endeavors to drive a wooden ball round the goal opposite to it.67 65 For the god Chareya, see Bancroft's Nat Races, vol. iii., pp. 90, 161. 66 Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 318. The Pitt Kiver Indians ' sing as they gamble and play until they are so hoarse they cannot speak.* The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. 67 CJiase, in Overland Monthly, vol. ii., p. 4C3. Vol. I. 23 Jr 334 CALIFOKNIANS. In almost all their games and dances they are accompanied by a hoarse chanting, or by some kind of uncouth music produced by striking on a board wTith lobster-claws fastened to sticks, or by some other equally primitive method. Before the introduction of spirituous liquors by white men drunkenness was unknown. With their tobacco for smoking, they mix a leaf called Jcinnik-kin- nik.6S The diseases and ailments most prevalent among these people are scrofula, consumption, rheumatism, a kind of leprosy, affection of the lungs, and sore eyes, the last arising from the dense smoke which always pervades their cabins.6^ In addition to this they have imaginary disorders caused by wizards, witches, and evil spirits, who, as they believe, cause snakes and other reptiles to enter into their bodies and gnaw their vitals. Some few roots and herbs used are really efficient medicine, but they rely almost entirely upon the mummeries and incantations of their medicine men and women.70 Their whole system of therapeutics having superstition for a basis, mortality is great among them, which may be one of the causes of the continent being, comparatively speaking, so thinly populated at the time of its discovery. Syphilis, one of the curses for which they may thank the white man, has made fearful havpc among 68 * They used tobacco, which they smoaked in small wooden pipes, in form of a trumpet, and procured from little gardens, where they had planted it.' Maurelle's Jour., p. 21. 69 The Pitt River Indians j give no medicines.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. I The prevailing diseases are venereal, scrofula and rheumatism.' Many die of consumption. Force, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1871, p. 157. At the mouth of Eel river J the principal diseases noticed, were sore eyes and blindness, consumption, and a species of leprosy.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 128. They suffer from .a species of lung fever. Geiger, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1858, p. 289. 'A disease was observed among them (the Shastas) which had the appearance of the leprosy.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex.. vol. v., p. 255. 70 j The only medicine I know of is a root used for poultices, and another root or plant for an emetic' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. 'The root of a parasite fern, found growing on the tops of the fir trees (collque nashul), is the principal remedy. The plant in small doses is expectorant and diurtetic; hence it is used to relieve difficulties of the lungs and kidneys; and, in large doses, it becomes sedative and is an emmenagogue; hence, it relieves fevers, and is useful in uterine diseases, and produces abortions. The squaws use the root extensively for this last mentioned purpose.' Hub' bard, in Golden Era, Mapch, 1856. MEDICAL TREATMENT. 355 them. Women doctors seem to be more numerous than men in this region; acquiring their art in the temescal or sweat-house, where unprofessional women are not admitted. Their favorite method of cure seems to consist in sucking the affected part of the patient until the blood flows, by which means they pretend to extract the disease. Sometimes the doctress vomits a frog, previously swallowed for the occasion, to prove that she has not sucked in vain. She is frequently assisted by a second physician, whose duty it is to discover the exact spot where the malady lies, and this she effects by barking like a dog at the patient until the spirit discovers to her the place. Mr Gibbs mentions a case where the patient was first attended by four young women, and afterward by the same number of old ones. Standing round the unfortunate, they went through a series of violent gesticulations, sitting down when they could stand no longer, sucking, with the most laudable perseverance, and moaning meanwhile most dismally. Finally, when with their lips and tongue they had raised blisters all over the patient, and had pounded his miserable body with hands and knees until they were literally exhausted, the performers executed a swooning scene, in which they sank down apparently insensible.71 The Rogue River medicine-men are supposed to be able to wield their mysterious power for harm, as well as for good, so that should a patient die, his relatives kill the doctor who attended him; or in case deceased could not afford medical attendance, they kill the first unfortunate disciple of JEscula- pius they can lay hands on, frequently murdering one belonging to another tribe; his death, however, must be paid for.72 But the great institution of the Northern Californians is their temescal, or sweat-house, which consists of a 71 A Pitt River doctor told his patient that for his fee ' he must have his horse or he would not let him get well.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. ; Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. viii., p. 428; Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 175. 72 The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS.; Rector, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 18G2, p. 261; Ostrander, in Id., 1857, p. 369; Miller, in Id., p. 361. 336 CALIFORNIANS. hole dug in the ground, and roofed over in such a manner as to render it almost air-tight. A fire is built in the centre in early fall, and is kept alive till the following spring, as much attention being given to it as ever was paid to the sacred fires of Hestia; though between the . subterranean temescal, writh its fetid atmosphere, nnd lurid fire-glow glimmering faintly through dense smoke on swart, gaunt forms of savages, and the stately temple on the Forum, fragrant with fumes of incense, the lambent altar-flame glistening on the pure white robes of the virgin priestesses, there is little likeness. The temescal73 is usually built on the brink of a stream; a small hatchway affords entrance, which is instantly closed after the person going in or out. Here congregate the men of the village and enact their sudorific ceremonies, which ordinarily consist in squatting round the fire until a state of profuse perspiration sets in, when they rush out and plunge into the water. Whether this mode of treatment is more potent to kill or to cure is questionable. The sweat-house serves not only as bath and medicine room, but also as a genenal rendezvous for the male drones of the village. The women, with the exception of those practicing or studying medicine, are forbidden its sacred precincts on pain of death; thus it offers as convenient a refuge for henpecked husbands as a civilized club-house. In many of the tribes the men sleep in the temescal during the winter, wThich, notwithstanding the disgusting impurrfy of the atmosphere, affords them a snug retreat from the cold gusty weather common to this region.74 Incremation obtains but slightly among the Northern Californians, the body usually being buried in a recumbent position. The possessions of the deceased are either 73 Temescal is an Aztec word defined by Molina, Vocabulario, ' Temazcalli, casilla como estufa, adonde se banan y sudan.' The word was brought to this region and applied to the native sweat-houses by the Franciscan Fathers. Turner, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 72, gives '-sweat-house' in the Che- mehuevi language, as pahcaba. 74 Roseborough's letter to the author, MS.; The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS.; Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 317; Powers' Porno, MS.; Chase, in Overland Monthly, vol. ii., p. 432. BUKIAL AND MOUBNING. interred with him, or are hung around the grave; sometimes his house is burned and the ashes strewn over his burial-place. Much noisy lamentation on the part of his relatives takes place at his death, and the wiflow frequently manifests her grief by sitting on, or even/half burying herself in, her husband's grave for some days, howling most dismally meanwhile, and refusing food and drink; or, on the upper Klamath, by cutting her hair close to the head, and so wearing it until she obtains consolation in another spouse. The Modocs hired mourners to lament at different places for a certain number of days, so that the whole country was filled with lamentation. These paid mourners were closely watched, and disputes frequently arose as to whether they had fulfilled their contract or not.75 Occasionally the body is doubled up and interred in a sitting position, and, rarely, it is burned instead of buried. On the Klamath a fire is kept burning near the grave for several nights after the burial, for which rite various reasons are assigned. Mr Powers states that it is to light the departed shade across a certain greased pole, which is supposed to constitute its only approach to a better wrorld. Mr Gibbs affirms that the fire is intended to scare away the devil, obviously an unnecessary precaution as applied to the Satan of civilization, who by this time must be pretty familiar with the element. The grave is generally covered with a slab of wood, and sometimes two more are placed erect at the head and foot; that of a chief is often surrounded with a fence; nor must the name of a dead person ever be mentioned under any circumstances.76 75 Meacham's Lecture on the Modocs, in S. F. Alta California, Oct. 6, 1873; The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. 76 On Pitt Biver they burn their dead and heap stones over the ashes for a monument. 'No funeral ceremonies.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. On the ocean frontier of south Oregon and north California 'the dead are buried with their faces looking to the west.' Hubbard, in Golden Era, March, 1856. The Patawats and Chillulas bury their dead. The Tolewahs are not allowed to name the dead. Powers' Porno, MS. ' It is one of the most strenuous Indian laws that whoever mentions the name of a deceased person is liable to a heavy fine, the money being paid to the relatives.' Chase, in Overland Monthly, vol. ii., p. 431. ' The bodies had been doubled up, and placed in a sitting posture in holes. The earth, when replaced, formed conical mounds over the heads.' Abbott, in Pac li. R. Rept, vol. vi., p. 69. 'They bury their dead under 358 CALIFORNIANS. The following vivid description of a last sickness and burial by the Pitt River Indians, is taken from the letter of a lady eye-witness to her son in San Francisco:— It was evening. We seated ourselves upon a log, your father, Bertie, and I, near the fire round which the natives had congregated to sing for old Gesnip, the chief's wife. Presently Sootim, the doctor, appeared, dressed in a low-necked, loose, white muslin, sleeveless Avaist fastened to a breech-cloth, and red buck-skin cap fringed and ornamented with beads; the face painted with white stripes dowm to the chin, the arms from wrist to shoulder, in black, red, and white circles, which by the lurid camp-fire looked like bracelets, and the legs in white and black stripes,—presenting altogether a merry-Andrew appearance. Creeping softly along, singing in a low, gradually-increasing voice, Sootim approached the invalid and poised his hands over her as in the act of blessing. The one nearest him took up the song, singing low at first, then the next until the circle was completed; after this the pipe went round; then the doctor taking a sip of water, partly uncovered the patient and commenced sucking the left side; last of all he took a pinch of dirt and blew it over her. This is their curative process, continued night after night, and long into the night, until the patient recovers or dies. Next day the doctor came to see me, and I determined if possible to ascertain his own ideas of these things. Giving him some muck-a-muck,11 I asked him, u What do you say when you talk over old Gesnip?" UI talk to the trees, and to the springs, and birds, and sky, and rocks," replied Sootim, "to the wind, and rain, and the noses of the living, and with them all their worldly goods. If a man of importance, his house is burned and he is buried on its site.' Johnson, in Overland Monthly, vol. ii., p. 536. 'The chick or ready money, is placed in the owner's grave, but the bow and quiver become the property of the nearest male relative. Chiefs only receive the honors of a fence, surmounted with feathers, round the grave.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 175. \ Upon the death of one of these Indians they raised a sort of funeral cry, and afterward burned the body within the house of their ruler.' Maurelle's Jour., p. 19. 77 Muck-a-muck, food. In the Chinook Jargon 'to eat; to bite; food. Muckamuck chuck, to drink water.' Bid. Chinook Jargon, or Indian Trade Language, p. 12. BURIAL CEREMONIES AT PITT RIVER. 859 leaves, I beg them all to help me." Iofalet, the doctor's companion on this cccasion, volunteered the remark: " When Indian die, doctor very shamed, all same Boston doctor;78 when Indian get well, doctor very smart, all same Boston doctor." Gesnip said she wanted after death to be put in a box and buried in the ground, and not burned. That same day the poor old woman breathed her last—the last spark of that wonderful thing called life flickered and went out; there remained in that rude camp the shriveled dusky carcass, the low dim intelligence that so lately animated it having fled—whither? When I heard of it I went to the camp and found them dressing the body. First they put on Gesnip her best white clothes, then the next best, placing all the while whatever was most valuable, beads, belts, and necklaces, next the body. Money they put into the mouth, her daughter contributing about five dollars. The knees were then pressed up against the chest, and after all of her own clothing was put on, the body was rolled up in the best family bear-skin, and tied with strips of buckskin. Then Soomut, the chief and husband, threw the bundle over his shoulders, and started off for the cave where they deposit their dead, accompanied by the whole band crying and singing, and throwing ashes from the camp-fire into the air. And thus the old barbarian mourns: "Soomut had two wives—one good, one bad; but she that was good was taken away, while she that is bad remains. 0 Gesnip gone, gone, gone!" And the mournful procession take up the refrain:. "0 Gesnip gone, gone, gone!" Again the ancient chief: "Soomut lias a little boy, Soomut has a little girl, but no one is left to cook their food, no one to dig them roots. 0 Gesnip gone, gone, gone!" followed by the chorus. Then again Soomut: "White woman knows that Gesnip was 78 In the vicinity of NootKa Sound and the Columbia River, the first United States traders with the natives were from Boston; the first English vessels appeared about the same time, which was during the reign of George III. Hence in the Chinook Jargon we find 'Boston, an American; Boston illahie, the United States;' and 'King George, English—King George man, an Englishman.' CALIFORNIANS. strong to work; she told me her sorrow when Gesnip died. 0 Gesnip gone, gone, gone!" and this was kept up during the entire march, the dead wife's virtues sung and chorused by the whole tribe, accompanied by the scattering of ashes and lamentations which now had become very noisy. The lady further states that the scene at the grave was so impressive that she was unable to restrain her tears. No wonder then that these impulsive children of nature carry their joy and sorrow to excess, even so far as in* this instance, where the affectionate daughter of the old crone had to be held by her companions from throwing herself into the grave of her dead mother. After all, how slight the shades of difference in hearts human, whether barbaric or cultured! As before mentioned, the ruling passion of the savage seems to be love of wealth; having it, he is respected, without it he is despised; consequently he is treacherous when it profits him to be so, thievish when he can steal without, danger, cunning when gain is at stake, brave in (Jefense of his lares and penates. Next to his excessive venality, abject superstition* forms the the most prominent feature of his character. He seems to believe that everything instinct with animal life— with some, as with the Siahs, it extends to vegetable life also—is possessed by evil spirits; horrible fancies fill his imagination. The rattling of acorns on the roof, the rustling of leaves in the deep stillness of the forest is sufficient to excite terror. His wicked spirit is the very incarnation of fiendishness; a monster who falls suddenly upon the unwary traveler in solitary places and rends him in pieces, and whose imps are ghouls that exhume the dead to devour them.79 Were it not for the diabolic view he takes of nature, his life would be a comparatively easy one. His wants are few, and such as they are, he has the means of supplying them, He is somewhat of a stoic, his motto being 79 'They will often go three or four miles out of their way, to avoid passing a place which they think to be haunted.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. THH CENTRAL CALIFORNIANS. CC1 never do to-day what can be put off until to-morrow, and he concerns himself little with the glories of pence or war. Now and then we find him daubing himself with great stripes of paint, and looking ferocious, but ordinarily he prefers the calm of the peaceful temescal to the din of battle. The task of collecting a winter store of food he converts into a kind of summer picnic, and altogether is inclined to make the best of things, in spite of the annoyance given him in the way of reservations arid other benefits of civilization. Taken as a whole, the Northern Californian is not such a bad specimen of a savage, as savages go, but filthiness and greed are not enviable qualities, and he has a full share of both.80 The Central Californians occupy a yet larger extent of territory, comprising the whole of that portion of California extending, north and south, from about 40° 30' to 35°, and, east and west, from the Pacific Ocean to the Californian boundary. 80 The Pitt River Indians ' are very shrewd in the way of stealing, and will beat a coyote. They are full of cunning.' The Shastas and their Neighbors, MS. They 'are very treacherous and bloody in their dispositions.' Abbott, in Pac R. R. Rept., vol. vi., p. 61. 'The Indians of the North of California stand at the very lowest point of culture.' Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 316. * Incapable of treachery, but ready to fight*to the death in avenr- rug an insult or injury. They are active and energetic in the extreme.' Kelly's Excursion to Cat, vol. ii., p. 166. * At Klamath Lake they are noted for treachery. Fremont's Explor. Ex., p. 205. ' The Tolowas resemble the Hoopas in character, being a bold and masterly race, formidable in battle, aggressive and haughty.' The Patawats are 'extremely timid and inoffensive.' The Chillulas, like most of the coast tribes ' are characterized by hideous and incredible superstitions.' The Modocs 'are rather a cloddish, indolent, ordinarily good-natured race, but treacherous at bottom, sullen when angered, and notorious for keeping punic faith. Their bravery nobody can dispute.' The Yukas are a ' tigerish, truculent, sullen, thievish, and every way bad, but brave race.' Powers' Porno, MS. On Trinity River ' they have acquired the vices of the whites without any of their virtues.' Heintzel- man, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1857, p. 391. Above the forks of the main Trinity they are ' fierce and intractable.' On the Klamath they ' have a reputation for treachery, as well as revengefulness; are thievish, and much disposed to sulk if their whims are not in every way indulged.' They ' blubber like a schoolboy at the application of a switch.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., pp. 139, 141, 176. The Rogue River Indians and Shastas ' are a warlike race, proud and haughty, but treacherous and very degraded in their moral nature.' Miller, in Ind. Aff-. Rept, 1857, p. 361. At Rogue River they are 'brave, haughty, indolent, and superstitious.' Ostrander, in Id., 1857,'p. 363; Roseborough's letter to the author, MS. 332 CALIFORNIANS. The Native Races of this region are not divided, as in the northern part of the state, into comparatively large tribes, but are scattered over the face of the country in innumerable little bands, with a system of nomenclature so intricate as to puzzle an (Edipus. Neverthless, as among the most important, I may mention the following: The Tehamas, from whom the county takes its name; the Pomos, which name signifies 'people', and is the collective appellation of a number of tribes living in Potter Valley, where the head-waters of Eel and Russian rivers interlace, and extending west to the ocean and south to Clear Lake. Each tribe of the nation takes a distinguishing prefix to the name of Porno, as, the Castel Pomos and iu Pomos on the head-waters of Eel River*, the Pome Pomos, Earth People, in Potter Valley; the Cahto Pomos, in the valley of that name; the Choam Vhadela Pomos, Pitch-pine People, in Redwood Valley; the Matomey Ki Pomos, Wooded Valley People, about Little Lake; the Usals, or Camalel Pomos, Coast People, on Usal Creek; the Shebalne Pomos, Neighbor People, in Sherwood Valley, and many others. On Russian River, the Gallinomeros occupy the valley below Healdsburg; the Sands, Socoas, Lamas, and Seacos, live in the vicinity of the village of Sanel; the Comachos dwell in Rancherla and Anderson valleys; the Ukiahs, or Yokias, near the town of Ukiah, which is a corruption of their name;81 the Gualalas82 on the creek which takes its name from them, about twenty miles above the mouth of Russian River. On the borders of Clear Lake were the Lopillamillos, the Mvpacmas, and Tyugas; the Yobs, or Yolays, that is to say, j region thick with rushes/ of which the present name of the county of Yolo is a corruption, lived on Cache Creek; the Colusas occupied the west bank of the Sacramento; in the Valley of the Moon, as the Sonomas called their country, besides themselves there were the Guitticas, the Kanimares, the Simla- 81 These are not to be confounded with the Yukas in Round Valley, Tehama County. 82 Spelled Walhalla on some maps. NATIONS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. 363 hkees, the Petalumas, and the Wapos; the Yaehichumnes inhabited the country between Stockton and Mount Diablo. According to Hittel, there were six tribes in Napa Valley: the Mayacornas, the Calajonmnas, the Cay- ?nus, the JSFapas, the Uhcas, and the Suscols; Mr Taylor also mentions the Guenocks, the Tidkays, and the SocoUo- ?nittos; in Suisun Valley were the Suisunes, the Pulpones, the Tolenos, and the Ullulatas; the tribe of the celebrated chief Marin lived near the mission of San Rafael, and on the ocean-coast of Marin County were the Bolanos and Tamales; the Karquines lived on the straits of that name. Humboldt and Muhlenpfordt mention the Mata- lanes, Salses, and Quirotes, as living round the bay of San Francisco. According to Adam Johnson, who wras Indian agent for California in 1850, the principal tribes originally living at the Mission Dolores, and Yerba Buena, were the Ahwashtes, Altahmos, Romanans, and Tubmos-, Choris gives the names of more than fifteen tribes seen at the Mission, Chamisso of nineteen, and transcribed from the mission books to the Tribal Boundaries of this group, are the names of nearly two hundred rancherlas. The Socoisukas, Thamiens, and Gerge- censens roamed through Santa Clara County. The Olchones inhabited the coast between San Francisco and Monterey; in the vicinity of the latter place were the Pumsens or Runsiens, the Ecclemaches, JEscelens or Eslens, the Achastliens1 and the Mittsunes. On the San Joaquin lived the Costrowers, the Pitiaches, Talluches, Loomnears, and Amonces; on Fresno River the Chowclas, Cookchaneys, Ponechas, Nookchues, and Howetsers-, the Pemitches and Comahs, lived on Four Creeks; the Wa- ches, JSfotoowthas, and Chunemmes on King River, and on Tulare Lake, the Patches and Woowells. In their aboriginal manners and customs they differ but little, so little, in fact, that one description will apply to the ' whole division within the above-named limits. The reader will therefore understand that, except where a tribe is specially named, I am. speaking of the whole people collectively. 3G1 CALIFORNIANS. The conflicting statements of men who had ample opportunity for observation, and who saw the people they describe, if not in the same place, at least in the same vicinity, render it difficult to give a correct description of their physique. They do not appear to deteriorate toward the coast, or improve toward the interior, so uniformly as their northern neighbors; but this may be accounted for by the fact that several tribes that formerly lived on the coast have been driven inland by the settlers and vice versa. Some ethnologists see in the Californians a stock different from that of any other American race; but the more I dwell upon the subject, the more convinced I am, that, except in the broader distinctions, specific classifications of humanity are but idle speculations. Their height rarely exceeds five feet eight inches, and is more frequently five feet four or five inches, and although strongly they are seldom symmetrically built. A low retreating forehead, black deep-set eyes, thick bushy eyebrows, salient cheek-bones, a nose depressed at the root and somewhat wide-spreading at the nostrils, a large mouth with thick prominent lips, teeth large and white, but not always regular, and rather large ears, is the prevailing type. Their complexion is much darker than that of the tribes farther north, often being nearly black; so that writh their matted, bushy hair, which is frequently cut short, they present a very uncouth appearance.83 83 In the vicinity of Fort Ross, j Die Indianer sind von mittlerem Wuchse, doch trifft man auch hohe Gestalten unter ihnen an; sie sind ziemlich wohl proportionirt, die Farbe der Haut ist braunlich, doch ist diese Farbe mehr eine Wirkung der Sonne als angeboren; die Augen und Haare sindschwarz, die letzteren stehen straff. .. .Beide Geschlechter sind von kraftigem Korper- bau.' Kostromitonow, in Baer. StcU.u. Ethn., p. 81. Quoique surpris dans un tres-grand neglige, ces hommes me parurent beaux, de haute taille, robustes et parfaitement decouples., traits reguliers. .. yeux noirs... nez aquilin " surmonte d'un front eleve, les pommettes des joues arrondies,.... fortes levres dents blanches et bien rangees... .peau jaune cuivre, un cou annoncant la vigueur et soutenu par de larges epaules.... un air intelligent et fier a la fois Je trouvai toutes les femmes horriblementlaides.' Laplace, Circumnav, torn, vi., 145-6. At the head of the Eel River ' the average height of these men was not over five feet four or five inches. They were lightly built, with no superfluous flesh, but with very deep chests and sinewy legs.' Gibbs, in School- . craft's ArchA, vol. iii., p. 119. ' The Clear Lake Indians are*of a very degraded caste; their foreheads naturally being often as low as the compressed sku'ls of the Chinooks, and their forms commonly small and ungainly.' Id., p. 10S. PHYSICAL PECULIARITIES. 365 The question of beard has been much mooted; some travelers asserting that they are bearded like Turks, At Bodega Bay * they are an ugly and brutish race, many with negro profiles.' ld.f p. 103. 'They are physically an inferior race, and have flat, unmeaning features, long, coarse, straight black hair, big mouths, and very dark skins.' Revere's Tour., p. 120. ' Large and strong, their colour being the same as that of the whole territory.' Maurelle's Jour.,- p. 47. It is said of the natives of the Sacramento valley, that ' their growth is short and stunted; they have short thick necks, and clumsy heads; the forehead is low, the nose flat with broad nostrils, the eyes very narrow and showing no intelligence, the cheek-bones prominent, and the mouth large. The teeth are white, but they do not stand in even rows; and their heads are covered by short, thick, rough hair. .. .Their color is a dirty yellowish-brown.' Pfeiffer'& Second Journ., p. 307. ' This race of Indians is probably inferior to all others on the continent. Many of them are diminutive in stature, but they do net lack muscular strength, and we saw some who were tall and well-formed. .... Their complexion is a dark mahogany, or often nearly black, their faces round or square, with features approximating nearer to the African than the Indian. Wide, enormous mouth, noses nearly flat, and hair straight, black, and coarse.... Small, gleaming eyes.' Johnson's Cat. and Ogn., pp. 142- 3. Of good stature, strong and muscular. Bryant's Cal.,p. 266. 'Rather below the middle stature, but strong, well-knit fellows Good-looking, and well limbedf' Kelly's Excursion to Cat, vol. ii., pp. 81, 111. 'They were in general fine stout men.' A great diversity of physiognomy was noticeable. Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., pp. 105, 107. On the Sacramento "were fine robust men, of low stature, and badly formed.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 198. ' The mouth is very large, and the nose broad and depressed.' ' Chiefly distinguished by their dark color.... bi-oadfaces, alow forehead.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 222. ' Their features are coarse, broad, and of a dark chocolate color.' Taylor, in Cat Farmer, Nov. 2, 1860. At Drake's Bay, just above San Francisco, tlie men are ' commonly so strong of body, that that which two or three of our men could hardly beare, one of them would take vpon his backe, and without grudging carrie it easily away, vp hill and downe hill an English mile together.' Brake's World Encomp., p. 131, 'Los Naturales de este sitio y Puerto son algo triguenos, por lo quemados del Sol, aunque los venidos de la otra banda del Puerto y del Estero... son mas blancos y corpulentos.' Palou Vida de Junipero Serra, p. 215. 'Ugly, stupid, and savage; otherwise they are well formed, tolerably tall, and of a dark brown complexion. The women are short, and very ugly; they have much of the negro in their countenance. ... .Very long, smooth, and coal-black hair.' Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., pp. 282-3. ' They all have a very savage look, and are of a very dark color.' Cliamisso, in Kotzebue's Voy., vol. hi., p. 47. ' 111 made; their faces ugly, presenting a dull, heavy, and stupid countenance.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 13. The Tcholovoni tribe ' diffare beaucoup de toutes les autres par les traits du visage par sa physionomie, par un exterieur assez agreable.' Choris, Voy. Pitt, part iii., p. 6., plate vi., vii., xii. ' The Alchones are of good height, and the Tuluraios were thought to be, generally, above the standard of Englishmen. Their complexion is much darker than that of the South-sea Islanders, and their features far inferior in beauty.' Beechey's Voy., vol. ii., p. 76. At Santa Clara they are ' of a blackish colour, they have flat faces, thick lips, and black, coarse, straight hair.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 98. 'Their features are handsome, and well-proportioned; their countenances are cheerful and interesting.' Morrell's Voy., p. 212. At Placerville they are 'most repulsive-looking wretches They are nearly black, and are exceedingly ugly.' Borthwick's Three Years in Cat, p. 128. In the Yosemite Valley 'they are very dark colored,' and 'the women are perfectly hideous.' Kneeland's Wonders of Yosemite, p. 52. The Monos on the east side of the Sierra are 'a fine looking race, straight, and of good height, and appear to be active.' 366 CALIFORNIANS. others that they are beardless as women. Having carefully compared the pros and cons, I think I am justified in stating that the Central Californians have beards, Von Schmidt, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856, p. 2-3. At Monterey 'ils sont en general bien faits, mais faibles d'esprit et de corps.' In the vicinity of San Miguel, they are * g&neralement d'une couleur foncee, sales et mal faits a l'exception tout fois des Indiens qui habitent sur les bords de la riviere des tremblements de terre, et sur la cote voisine. Ceux-ci sont blancs, d'une joli figure, et leurs cheveux tirent sur le roux.' Fages, in NouveUes Annales des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., pp. 332, 163; also quoted in Marmier, Notice sur les Indiens, p. 236. ' Sont generalement petits, faibles leur couleur est tres-approchante de celle des negres dont les cheveux ne sont point laineux: ceux de ces peuples sont longs ettres-forts.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 281. 'La taille des hommes est plus haute (than that of the Chilians), et leurs muscles mieux prononces.' The figure of the women ' est plus elevee (than that of the Chilian women), ej; la forme de leurs membres est plus r^guliere; elles sont en general d'une stature mieux developpee et d'une physitfnomie moins repoussante.' Rollin, in La Perouse, Voy., torn, iv., p. 52. At San Jose | the men are almost all rather above the middling stature, and well built; very few indeed are what may be called undersized. Their complexions are dark but not negro like some seemed to possess great muscular strength; they have very coarse black hair.' Some of the women were more than five feet six inches in height. And speaking of the Californian Indians, in general, ' they are of a middling, or rather of a low stature, and of a dark brown colour, approaching to black large projecting lips, and broad, flat, negro-like noses; bear a strong resemblance to the negroes None of the men we saw were above five feet high... ill-proportioned we had never seen a less pleasing specimen of the human race.' Langsdorff's Voy., voL ii., pp. 194-5, 164, see plate.1 And speaking generally of the Californian Indians: ' Die Manner sind im Allgemeinen gut gebaut und von starker Korperbildung,' height 'zwischen fiinf Fuss vier Zoll und fiinf Fuss zehn oder eilf Zoll.' Complexion ' die um ein klein wenig heller als bei den Mulatten, also weit dunkler ist, als bei den ubrigen Indianer- stammen.' Osswald, Californien, p. 62. The coast Indians 'are about five feet and a half in height, and rather slender and feeble,' in the interior they 'are taller and more robust.' Farnham's Life.in Cat, p. 364. ' Cubische Schadelform, niedrige Stirn, breites Gesicht, mit hervcrragendem Jochbogen, breite Lippen und grosser Mund, mehr platte Nase und am Innenwinkel herabgezogene Augen.' Wimmel, Californien, pp. v., 177. ''Les Californiens sont presquenoirs; la disposition de leur yeux et l'ensemble de leur visage leur donnent avec les europeens une ressemblance assez marquee.' Rossi, Souvenirs, pp. 279-80. 'They are small in stature; thin, squalid, dirty, and degraded in appearance. In their habits little better than an ourang-outang, they are certainly the worst type of savage I have ever seen.' Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 249. ' More swarthy in complexion, and of less stature than those east of the Rocky Mountains... .more of the Asiatic cast of countenance than the eastern tribe.' Belano's Life on the Plains, p. 304. ' Depasse rarement la hauteur de cinq pieds deux ou trois pouces; leur membres sont greles et mediocrement muscles. lis ont de grosses levres qui se projettent en avant, le nez large et aplati comme les Ethiopiens; leurs cheveux sont noirs, rude et droits.' Auger, Voy. en Cat, p. 165. ' Generally of small stature, robust appearance, and not well formed.' Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. ii., p. 91. ' Schon gewachsen und von schwartzlich-brauner Farbe.' Muhlenpfordt Mejico, torn, ii., part ii., p. 455. ' Low foreheads and skins as black as Guinea negroes.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 85, 'En naissant les en- fants sont presque blancs mais ils noircissent en grandissant.' \' Depuis le nord du Rio Sacramento jusqu'au cap San Lucas... .leurs caracteres physique, leurs moeurs et leurs usages sont les memes.' Mofras, Explor., torn. DRESS IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. 367 though not strong ones, and that some tribes suffer it to grow, wThile others pluck it out as soon as it appears.84 During summer, except on festal occasions, the apparel of the men is of the most primitive character, a slight strip of covering round the loins being full dress; but even this is unusual, the majority preferring to be perfectly unencumbered by clothing. In winter the skin of a deer or other animal is thrown over the shoulders, or sometimes a species of rope made from the feathers of water-fowl, or strips of otter-skin, twisted together, is wound round the body, forming an effectual protection against the weather. The women are scarcely better clad, their summer costume being a fringed apron of tule-grass, which falls from the waist before and behind ii., pp. 263, 367. ' Skin of such a deep reddish-brown that it seems almost black.' Figuier's Human Race, p. 493; Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Sprache, p. 528; Forbes' Cat, pp. 180-3; Harper's Monthly, vol. xiii., p. 583. 'A fine set of men, who, though belonging to different nationalities, had very much the same outward appearance; so that when you have seen one you seem to have seen them all.' Pirn and Seemann's Boltings, p. 15. 84 Oh the Sacramento River ' the men universally had some show of a beard, an inch or so in length, but very soft and fine.' Pickerinc/'s Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 105. 'They had beards and whiskers an inch or two long, very soft and fine.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 198. On Russian River ' they have quite heavy moustaches and beards on the chin, but not much on the cheeks, and they almost all suffer it to grow.'' The Clear Lake Indians ' have also considerable beards, and hair on the person.' At the head of South Fork of "Eel River, 'they pluck their beards.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., pp. 108-119. At Monterey 'plusieurs ont de la barbe; d'autres, suivant les peres missionairesv n'en ont jamais eu, et c'est un question qui n'est pas mem e decidee dans le pays.' La Perouse, Voy., vol. ii., p. 282. ' Les Californiens ont la barbe plus fournie que les Chiliens, et les parties genitales mieux garnies: cependant j'ai remarque, parmi les hommes, un grand nombre d'individus totalement depourvus de barbe; les femmes ont aussi peu de poil au penil et aux aisselles.' Rollin, in La Perouse, Voy., vol. iv., p. 53. 'They have the habit common to all American Indians of extracting the beard and the hair of other parts of their body.' Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 364. Beards 'short, thin, and stiff.' Bart- lett's Nar., vol. ii., p. 34. 'In general very scanty, although occasionally a full flowing beard is observed.' Forbes' Cat, pp. 181-2. ' Beards thin; mauy shave them close with mussel-shells.' Langsdorff's Voy., vol. ii., p. 164. * 3hr Bart ist schwach.' Wimmel, Californien, vol. v.' At San Antonio, 'in the olden times, before becoming christians, they pulled out their beards.' Taylor, in Cat Farmer, April 27, 1860. Choris in his Voy. Pitt, plates vi.. vii., xii.,- of part iii., draws the Indians with a very slight and scattered beard. 'Pluck out their beard.' Auger, Voy. in Cat, p. 165. 'Wear whiskers.' Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. ii., p. 91. 'Les Indiens qui habitent dans la direction du cap de Nouvel-An (del Afio Nuevo) ont des moustaches.' Fages, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 335. Muhlenpfordt mentions that at the death of a relation, ' die Manner raufen Haupthaar und Bart sich aus.' Mejico, vol. ii., part ii., p. 456. 368 CALIFORNIANS. nearly down to the knees, and is open at the sides. Some tribes in the northern part of the Sacramento Valley wear the round bowl-shaped hat worn by the natives on the Klamath. During the cold season a half-tanned deer-skin, or the rope garment above mentioned, is added. The hair is worn in various styles. Some bind it up in a knot on the back of the head, others draw it back and club it behind; farther south it is worn cut short, and occasionally we find it loose and flowing. It is not uncommon to see the head adorned with chaplets of leaves, or flowers, reminding one of a badly executed bronze of Apollo or Bacchus. Ear-ornaments are much in vogue; a favorite variety being a long round piece of carved bone or wood, sometimes with beads attached, which is also used as a needle-case. Strings of shells and beads also serve as ear-ornaments and necklaces. The headdress for gala days and dances is elaborate, composed of gay feathers, skillfully arranged in various fashions.85 85 At Fort Ross ' Dfe Manner gehen ganz nackt, die Frauen hingegen be- idecken nur den mittleren Theil des Korpers von vorne und von hinten mit den Fellen wilder Ziegen; das Haar binden die Manner auf dem Schopfe, die Frauen am Nacken in Biischel zusammen; bisweilen lassen sie es frei h .'ranter wallen; die Manner heften die Biischel mit ziemlich kiinstlich, aus einer rothen Palme geschnitzten Holzchenfest.' Kostromitonow, in Baer, Stat, u. Ethno., p. 82. At Clear Lake 'the women generally wear a small round, bowl-shaped basket on their heads; and this is frequently interwoven with the red feathers of the woodpecker, and edged with the plume tufts of the blue quail.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 107. See also p. 68, 1 late xiv., for plate of ornaments. At Kelsey River, dress ' consists of a deerskin robe thrown over the shoulders.' Id., p. 122. In the Sacramento Valley • they were perfectly naked.' Kelly's Excursion to Cat, vol. ii., p. 111. 'Both sexes have the ears pierced with large holes, through which they pass a piece of wood as thick as a man's finger, decorated with paintings or glass beads.' Buffer's Second Journ., p. 307. ' The men go entirely naked; but the women, with intuitive modesty, wear a small, narrow, grass apron, which extends from th3 waist to the knees, leaving their bodies and limbs partially exposed.' Belano's Life on Plains, pp. 305, 307. ' They wear fillets around their heads of leaves.'* Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 192. ' The dress of tli3 women is a cincture, composed of narrow slips of fibrous bark, or of swings of 'Californian flax,' or sometimes of rushes.' Men naked. Picker- lifs Races, in U. S. Ex Ex., vol. ix., p. 108. At Bodega they ' most liberally presented us with plumes of feathers, rosaries of bone, garments of feathers, as also garlands of the same materials, which they wore round their head.' Miurelle's Jour., p. 47. * The women wore skins of animals about their shoulders and waists;' hair 'clubbed behind.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 436. Around San Francisco Bay: ' in summer many go entirely naked. The women, however, wear a deer-skin, or some other covering about their loins; but skin dresses are not common.' To their ears the women 'attach long wooden cylinders, variously carved, which serve the double purpose of ear-rings and needle-cases.' Beechey's Voy., yo\. ii., p. 77. 'All go naked.' Chamisso, in PERSONAL ADORNMENT. 3G9 Tattooing is universal with the women, though confined within narrow limits. They mark the chin in Kotzebue's Voy., vol. iii., p.48. 'The men either go naked or wear a simple breech-cloth. The women wear a cloth or strips of leather around their loins.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 33. Three hundred years ago we are told that the men in the vicinity of San Francisco Bay ' for the most part goe naked; the women take a kinde of bulrushes, and kembing it after the manner of hemp, make themselues thereof a loose garment, which being, knitte about their middles, hanges downe about their hippes, and so affordes to them a couering of that which nature teaches should be hidden; about their shoulders they weare also the skin of a deere, with the haire vpon it.' The king had upon his shoulders ' a coate of the skins of conies, reaching to his wast; his guard also had each coats of the same shape, but of other skin.' After these in their order, did follow the naked sort of common people, whose haire being long, was gathered into a bunch behind, in which stucke plumes of feathers; but in the forepart onely single feathers like hornes, every one pleasing himselfe in his owne device.' Brake's World Encomp., pp. 121, 126. ' Asi como Adamitas se presentan sin el menor rubor ni vergiienza (esto es, los hombres) y para librarse del frio que todo el ano hace en esta Mision (San Francisco), principalmente las mananas, se embarran con lodo, diciendo que les preserva de el, y en quanto empieza a calentar el Sol se la van: las mu- geres andan algo honestas, hasta las muchachas chiquitas: usan para la honestidad de un delantar que hacen de hilos de tule, d juncia, que no pasa de la rodilla, y otro atras amarrados a la cintura. que ambos forman como unas enaguas, con que se presentan con alguna honestidad, y en las espaldas se ponen otros semejantes para librarse en alguna manera del frio.' Palou, Vida de Junipero Serra, p. 217. At Monterey, and on the coast between Monterey and Santa Barbara the dress ■ du plus riche consiste en un manteau de peau de loutre qui couvre ses reins et descend au-dessous des aines .. . L'habillement des femmes est un manteau de peau de cerf mal tannee... .Les jeunes filles au-dessous de neuf ans n'ont qu'une simple cein- ture, et les enfans de l'autre sexe sont tout nus.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., pp. 304-5. ' Ils se percent aussi les oreilles, et y portent des ornemens d'un genre et d'un gout tres-varies.' Rollin, in La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 53. ' Those between Monterey and the extreme northern boundary of the Mexican domain, shave their heads close.' Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, p. 239. On the coast between San Diego and San Francisco ' presque tous vont entierement nus; ceux qui out quelques vetements, n'ont autre chose qu'une casaque faite de courroies de peau de lapins, de lievres ou de loutres. tresses ensemble, et qui ont conserve le poil. , Les femmes ont une es- pec© de tablier de roseaux tresses qui s'attache autour de la taille par un cordon, et pend jusqu'aux genoux; une peau de cerf mal tannee et mal preparee. jetee sur leurs epaules en guise de manteau, complete leur toilette.' Facjes, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1844, torn.ci.,p.155; see also Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 227. ' Sont tres peu couverts, et en ete, la plupart vont tout . nus. Les femmes font usage de peaux de daim pour se couvrir.. Ces femmes portent encore comme vetement des especes de couvertures sans envers, faites en plumes tissues ensemble.. .il a l'avantage d'etre tres-chaud.. .Elles portent generalement, au lieu de boucles d'oreilles, des morceaux d'os ou de bois en forme de cylindre et sculptes de differentes manieres. Ces ornements s >nt creux et servent egalement d'etuis pour renfermer leurs aiguilles.' Petit- Thouars, Voy., torn, ii., p. 135. Speaking generally of the Californian Indians, ' both sexes go nearly naked, excepting a sort of wrapper round the waist, only in the coldest part of the winter they throw over their bodies a covering of deer-skin, or the skin of the sea-otter. They also make themselves garments of the feathers of many different kinds of water fowl, particularly ducks and geese, bound together fast in a sort of ropes, which ropes are then united quite close so as to make something like a feather skin.' It Vol. I. 24 370 CALIFORNIANS. perpendicular lines drawn downward from the corners and centre of the mouth, in the same manner as the Northern Californians; they also tattoo slightly on the neck and breast. It is said that by these marks women of different tribes can be easily distinguished. The men rarely tattoo, but paint the body in stripes and grotesque patterns to a considerable extent. Red was the favorite color, except for mourning, when black was used. The friars succeeded in abolishing this custom except on occasions of mourning, when affection for their dead would not permit them to relinquish it. The New Almaden cinnabar mine has been from time immemorial a source of contention between adjacent tribes. Thither, from a hundred miles away, resorted vermilion-loving savages, and often such visits were not free from blood-shed.86 is very warm. ' In the same manner they cut the sea-otter skins into small strips, which they twist together, and then join them as they do the feathersj- so that both sides have the fur alike.' Langsdorff's Voy., vol. ii., pp. 163-4. See also Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 364, and Forbes' Cat,p. 183. ' Im Winter selbst tragen sie wenig Bekleidung, vielleicht nur eine Hirschhaut, welche sie iiber die Schulter werfen; Manner, Frauen und Kinder gehen selbst im Winter im Schnee barfuss.' Wimmel, Californien, p. 177; Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 249; Patrick, Gilbert, Heald, and Von Schmidt, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856, pp. 240-4; Choris, Voy., Pitt, part iii., p. 4, and plate xii.; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, vol. ii., part ii., p. 455; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 239; Shea's Catholic 31issions, p. 98; Johnston, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 223; B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 457; Auger, Voy. en Cat, p. 100. After having collated the above notes I was rather taken aback by meeting the following: ' The ge?i* eral costume of nearly all the Californian Indians gives them rather an interesting appearance; when fully dressed, their hair, which has been loose, is tied up, either with a coronet of silver, or the thongs of skin, ornamented with feathers of the brightest colours; bracelets made in a similar manner are wore; breeches and leggings of doe-skin, sewed, not unfrequently with human hair; a kind of kilt of varied coloured cloth or silk (!), fastened by a scarf, round their waist; . . The women wear a cloth petticoat, dyed either blue or red, doe-skin shirt, and leggings, with feathered bracelets round their waist.' Coulter's Adventures, vol. i., pp., 172-3. Surely Mr Coulter should know an Indian dress from one composed of $Eexican cloth and trinkets. 86 At Bodega the women ' were as much tatooed or punctured as any of the females of the Sandwich islands.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 436. In the Sacramento Valley ' most of the men had some slight marks of tattooing on the breast, disposed like a necklace.' Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 105. Dana, in a note to Hale, says: ' The faces of the men were colored with black and red paint, fancifully laid on in triangles and zigzag lint s. The women were tattooed below the mouth.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 222. ' Most of them had some slight marks of tattooing on their breast; somewhat similar to that of the Chinooks... .The face was usually painted, the upper part of the cheek in the form of a triangle, with a blue- black substance, mixed with some shiny particles that looked like pulverized mica.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol.v., pp. 198, 259. ' Their faces daubed \,ith a thick dark glossy substance like tar, in a line from the outside corners DWELLINGS IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. 371 A thick coat of mud sometimes affords protection from a chilly wind. It is a convenient dress, as it costs nothing, is easily put on, and is no incumbrance to the wearer. The nudity of the savage more often proceeds from an indifference to clothing than from actual want. No people are found entirely destitute of clothing when the weather is cold, and if they can manage to obtain garments of any sort at one time of year they can at another. Their dwellings are about as primitive as their dress. In summer all they require is to be shaded from the sun, and for this a pile of bushes or a tree will suffice. The winter huts are a little more pretentious. These are sometimes erected on the level ground, but more frequently over an excavation three or four feet deep, and varying from ten to thirty feet in diameter. Round the brink of this hole willow poles are sunk upright in the ground and the tops drawn together, forming a conical structure, or the upper ends are bent over of the eyes to the ends of the mouth, and back from them to the hinge of the jawbone... .some also had their entire foreheads coated over.' Kelly's Excursion to Cat, vol. ii., p. 111. 'The women are a little tattooed on the chin.' Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 307. At Monterey and vicinity, 'se peignent le corps en rouge, et en noir lorsqu'ils sont en deuil,' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 305. ' Se peignent la peau pour se parer.' Rollin, in La Perouse, Voy., torn, iv., p. 53. ' This one thing was obserued to bee generall amongst them all, that euery one had his face painted, some with white, some blaeke, and some with other colours'.' Brake's World Encomp., p. 126. ' Tattooing is practised in these tribes by both sexes, both to ornament the person and to distinguish one clan from another. It is remarkable that the women mark their chins precisely in the same way as the Esquimaux.' Beechey's Voy., vol. ii.Jvp. 77. 'Les indigenes independents de la Haute-Californie sont tatoues... .ces signes servent d'ornement et de distinction, non seulement d'une tribu a une autre tribu, mais encore, d'une famille a une autre famille.' Petit-Thouars, Voy., torn, ii., pp. 134-5. ' Tattooing is also used, but principally among the women. Some have only a double or triple line from each corner of the mouth down to the chin; others have besides a cross stripe extending from one of these stripes to the other; and most have simple long and cross stripes from the chin over the neck down to the breast and upon the shoulders.' Langsdorff's Voy., vol. ii., p. 167; see plate, p. 169. When dancing, 'ils se peignent sur le corps des lignes regulieres, noires, rouges et blanches. Quelques-uns ont la moitie* du corps, depuis la tete jusqu'en bas, barbouillee de noir, et l'autre de rouge; le tout croise par des raies blanches, d'autres se poudrent les cheveux avec du duvet d'oiseaux.' Choris, Voy. Pitt, part iii., p. 4; see also plate xii. 'I have never observed any ^_~ticular figured designs upon their persons, but the tattooing is generally on the chin, though sometimes on the wrist and arm.' Mostly on the persons of the females. Johnston,.in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 223. 'Les femmes seules emploient le tatouage.' Auger, Voy. en Cat, p. 165. 372 CALIFORNIANS. and driven into the earth on the opposite side of the pit, thus giving the hut a semi-globular shape. Bushes, or strips of bark, are then piled up against the poles, and the whole is covered with a thick layer of earth or mud. In some instances, the interstices of the frame are filled by twigs woven cross-wise, over and under, between the poles, and the outside covering is of tule-reeds instead of earth. A hole at the top gives egress to the smoke, and a small opening close to the ground admits the occupants. Each hut generally shelters a whole family of relations by blood and marriage, so that the dimensions of the habitation depend on the size of the family.87 Thatched oblong houses are occasionally met with in Russian River Valley, and Mr Powers mentions having seen one among the Gallinomeros which was of the form of the letter L, made of slats leaned up against each other, and heavily thatched. Along the centre the dif- erent families or generations had their fires, while they slept next the walls. Three narrow holes served as doors, one at either end and one at the elbow.88 A col- 87 ' II est bien rare qu'un Indien passe la nuit dans sa maison. Vers le soir chacun prend son arc et ses fleches et va se reunir aux autres dans de grandes cavernes, parce-qu'ils craignent d'etre attaques a l'improviste par leurs ennemis et d'etre surpris sans defense au milieu de leurs femmes et de leurs enfants.' Fages, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., pp. 316-7. 88 Two authors describe their dwellings as being much smaller than I have stated them to be: 'leur maisonsont quatre pieds de diametre.' Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat p. 238. Their wigwams have ' une elevation au- dessus du sol de cinq ahuit pieds et une circonference de dix adouze.' Holin- ski, La Californie, p. 172. The authorities I have followed, and who agree in essential particulars, are: Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., pp. 103, 106; Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 198; Pfeiffer's Second Journ., pp. 307-8; Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 106; Fremont's Explor. Ex., p. 242; Kelly's Excursion to Cat, vol. ii., pp. 34, 282; Choris, Voy. Pitt, pa.rt iii., p. 2; Brake's World Encomp., p. 121; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 30, with cut; Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., pp. 13, 15; Palou, Noticias, in Boe Hist Mex., serie iv., vol. vi., pp. 367, 390; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 165; La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 295; Belano's Life on the Plains, p. 306; Gerstaecker's Journ., p. 218; Gilbert, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856, p. 242; Patrick, in Id., p. 240; Jewett, in Id , p. 244; Bailey, in Id., 1858, p. 299; Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 248; Langsdorff's Voy., vol. ii., p. 163; Wimmel, Californien, pp. 177, 179; Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 365; Beechey's Voy., vol. ii., p. 51; Baer, Stat und Ethno., p. 72; Kostromitonow, in Id., p. 83; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 239; Muhtenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., p. 456; Johnston, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 223; Thornton's' Ogn. and Cat, vol. ii., p. 91; RoquefeuU's Voy. Round the World, p. 29; Fages, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., '1844, torn, ci., pp. 316, 343. FOOD AND METHODS OF OBTAINING IT. lection of native huts is in California called a rancherta, from rancho, a word first applied by the Spaniards to the spot where, in the island of Cuba, food was distributed to repartimiento Indians. The bestial laziness of the Central Californian prevents him from following the chase to any extent, or from even inventing efficient game-traps. Deer are, however, sometimes shot with bow and arrow. The hunter, disguised with the head and horns of a stag, creeps through the long grass to within a few yards of the unsuspecting herd, and drops the fattest buck at his pleasure. Small game, such as hares, rabbits, and birds, are also shot with the arrow. Reptiles and insects of all descriptions not poisonous are greedily devoured; in fact, any life-sustaining substance which can be procured with little trouble, is food for them. But their main reliance is on acorns, roots, grass-seeds, berries and the like. These are eaten both raw and prepared. The acorns are shelled, dried in the sun, and then pounded into a powder with large stones. From this flour a species of coarse bread is made, which is sometimes flavored with various kinds of berries or herbs. This bread is of a black color when cooked, of about the consistency of cheese, and is said; by those who have tasted it, to be not at all unpalatable.89 The dough is frequently boiled into pudding instead of being baked. A sort of mush is made from clover-seed, which is also described as being rather a savory dish. Grasshoppers constitute another toothsome delicacy. When 89 Wilkes, and the majority of writers, assert that the acorns are sweet and palatable in their natural state; Kostromitonow, however, says: J Nachdem die Eicheln von Baume gepfliickt sind, werden sie on der Sonne gedorrt, dar rauf gereinigt und in Korben mittelst besonders dazu behauener Steine ge- stossen, dann wird im Sande oder sonst wo in lockerer Erde eine Grube ge- graben, die Eicheln werden hineingeschuttet und mit Wasser ubergoss welches bestandig von der Erde eingezogen wird. Dieses Ausspiilen wieder- holt man so lange bis die Eicheln alle ihre eigenthumliche Bitterkeit verloren haben.' Baer, Stat, und Ethno., p. 84. The acorn bread 'looks and tastes like coarse black clay, strongly resembling the soundings in Hampton roads, and being about as savory and digestible.' Revere's Tour., p. 121. Never having eaten ■ coarse black clay,' I cannot say how it tastes, but, according to all other authorities, this bread, were it not for the extreme filthiness of those who prepare it, would be by no means disagreeable food. 374 CALIFOENIANS, for winter use, they are dried in the sun; when for present consumption, they are either mashed into a paste, which is eaten with the fingers, ground into a fine powder and mixed with mush, or they are saturated with salt water, placed in a hole in the ground previously heated, covered with hot stones, and eaten like shrimps wrhen well roasted. Dried chrysalides are considered a bonne bouche, as are all varieties of insects and worms. The boiled dishes are cooked in water-tight baskets, into which hot stones are dropped. Meat is roasted on sticks before the fire, or baked in a hole in the ground. The food is conveyed to the mouth with the fingers. Grasshoppers are taken in pits, into which they are driven by setting the grass on fire, or by beating the grass in a gradually lessening circle, of which the pit is the .centre. For seed-gathering two baskets are used; a large one, which is borne on the back, and another smaller and scoop-shaped, which is carried in the hand; with this latter the tops of the ripe grass are swept, and the seed thus taken is thrown over the left shoulder into the larger basket. The seeds are then parched and pulverized, and usually stored as pinole,90 for winter use.91 90 Pinole is an Aztec word, and is applied to any kind of grain or seeds, parched and ground, before being made into dough. ' Pinolli, la harina de mayz y chia, antes que la deslian.' Molina, Vocabulario. The Aztecs made pinole chiefly of maize or Indian corn. 91 ' Nos trageron su regalo de tamales grandes de mas de a tercia con su correspondiente grueso, amasados de semillas silvestres muy prietas que parecen brea; los probe y no tienen mal gusto y son muy mgntecosos.' Palou, Noticias, in Boc, Hist. Mtx., serie iv., torn, vii., p. 68. Among the presents given to Drake by the Indians was ' a roote which they call Petah, whereof they make a kind of meale, and either bake it into bread or eate it raw; broyled fishes, like a pilchard; the seede and downe aforenamed, with such like.' Brake's World Encomp., p. 126. Catch salmon in baskets. ' They neither sow nor reap, but burn their meadows from time to time to increase their fertility.' Chamisso, in Kotzebue's Voy., vol. iii., p. 48. 'Les rats, les insectes, les serpentes, tout sans exception leur sert de nourriture lis sont trop maladroits et trop paresseux pour chasser.' Choris, Voy. Pitt., part iii., p. 2, 'Entre elias tienen una especie de semilla negra, y de su harina hacen unos tamales, a modo de bolas, de tamano de una naranja, que son muy sa- brosos, que parecen de almendra tostada muy mantecosa.' Palou, Vida de Junipero Serra, p. 216; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 164; Kotzebue's New Vcy., vol. ii.. p. 116. 'Their fastidiousness does not prompt them to take the entrails out' of fishes and birds. Belano's Bife on the Plains, p. 305. ' Live upon various plants in their several seasons, besides grapes, and even use the Arte- mesia.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., pp. 202, 259. 'lis trouvent aussi autour d'eux une quantite d'aloes dont ils font un frequent usage.... Ils utilisent encore la racine dune espece de ro»eau.. .lis mangrat aussi une fleur ACORNS AND WILD FOWL. When acorns are scarce the Central Californian: resorts to a curious expedient to obtain them. The woodpecker, or carpintero as the Spaniards call it, stores awTay acorns for its own use in the trunks of trees. Each acorn is placed in a separate hole, which it fits quite tightly. These the natives take; but it is never until hunger compels them to do so, as they have great respect for their little caterer, and would hold it sacrilege to rob him except in time of extreme need.92 Wild fowl are taken with a net stretched across a narrow stream between two poles, one on either bank. Decoys are placed on the water just before the net, one end of which is fastened to the top of the pole on the farther bank. A line passing through a hole in the top of the pole on the bank where the fowler is concealed, is attached to the sucree qui ressemble a (telle de l'eglantier d'Espagne, etqui croit dans les en- droits marecageux.' Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, pp. 232-3, 237. Were cannibals and their sorcerers still eat human flesh. Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., pp. 362, 366-9. The Meewocs ' eat all creatures that swim in the waters, all that fly through the air, and all that creep, crawl, or walk upon the earth, with, perhaps a dozen exceptions.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. x., p. 324. 'lis se nourrissent egalement d une espece de gateaux fabriques avec du gland, et qu'ils roulent dansle sable avant de le livrer a la cuisson; de la vient qu'ils sont, jeunes encore, les dents usees jusqu'a la racine, et ce n'est pas, comme le dit Malte-Brun, parce qu'ils ont l'habitude de les limer.' Auger, Voy. en Cat, p. 163. 'While I was standing there a couple of pretty young girls came from the woods, with flat baskets full of flower-seed, emitting a peculiar fragrance, which they also prepared for eating. They put some live coals among the seed, and swinging it and throwing it together, to shake the coals and the seed well, and bring them in continual and close contact without burning the latter, they roasted it completely, and the mixture- smelled so beautiful and refreshing that I tasted a good handful of it, and found it most excellent.' Gerstaecfter'sJowi^n^p. 211. See farther: Humboldt* Essai Pot, torn, i., pp. 324-5; HolinsJci, La Californie, p. 174; Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., pp. 106-7, 113; Wimmel, Californien, pp. 179,181; Kelly's. < Excursion to Cat, vol. ii., p. 113; Taylor's El Borado, vol.i, p. 241; King's. Rept, in Taylor's El Borado, vol. ii., p. 210; langsdorff's Voy., vol. ii., p. 163; Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 248; Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii.,p. 36; Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 103; Petit-Thouars, Voy., torn, ii., pp. 136-7; Fremont's Explor. Ex., pp. 242, 244; Johnson's Cat and Ogn., p. 142; Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 222; PlacerviUe Index,. Aug., 1859; Henley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 303; Patrick, McBermott, Gilbert, Benitz, Jannson, Von Schmidt, McAdam, Bowlby, and Jewett, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1856, pp. 18, 41-4; La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 282; Helper's Land of Gold, pp. 269-70; Hutchings' Cat Mag., vol. iii., pp. 441-2; Macfie's Vane 1st, pp. 450-1; Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, pp. 91-2, 152, 316; Yale's Sketch of the Sacramento Valley in 1842, MS.; B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 457; McBaniels' Early Bays of Cat MS.; Bomenech's Beserts, vol.i., pp. 339, 346 ^ Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt. ii., pp. 455-6; Knight's Pioneer Life, MS. 9'2 When the Indian finds a tree stocked by the-carpenter bird he 'kindles a fire at its base and keeps it un till ..the tree falls, when.he helps himself to the acorns.' Helper's Land of Gold, p. 1109. 376 CALIFOKNIANS. nearest end of the net, which is allowed to hang low. When the fowl fly rapidly up to the decoys, this end is suddenly raised with a jerk, so that the birds strike it with great force, and, stunned by the shock, fall into a large pouch, contrived for the purpose in the lower part of the net.93 Fish are both speared and netted. A long pole, projecting sometimes as much as a hundred feet over the stream, is run out from the bank. The farther end is supported by a small raft or buoy. Along this boom the net is stretched, the nearer corner being held by a na tive. As soon as a fish becomes entangled in the meshes it can be easily felt, and the net is then hauled in.94 On the coast a small fish resembling the sardine is caught on the beach in the receding waves by means of a hand- net, in the manner practiced by the Northern Californian heretofore described.95 The Central Californians do not hunt the whale, but it is a great day with them when one is stranded.96 In reality their food was not so bad as some writers assert. Before the arrival of miners game was so plentiful that even the lazy natives could supply their necessities. The ' nobler race,' as usual, thrust them down upon a level with swine. Johnson thus describes the feeding of the natives at Sutter's Fort: "Long troughs inside the walls were filled with a kind 'of boiled mush made of the wheat-bran; and the Indians, huddled in rows upon their knees before these troughs, quickly conveyed their contents by the hand to the mouth." "But," writes Powers to the author, "it is a well-established fact that California Indians, even when reared by Americans from infancy, if they have 93 Beechey's Voy , vol. ii., p. 75. 94 < When a sturgeon is caught, the spinal marrow, which is considered a delicacy, is drawn out whole, through a cut made in the back, and devoured raw.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., pp. 32-3. . 95 Browne, in Harper's Mag., vol. xxiii., p. 315. 96 ' They cook the flesh of this animal in holes dug in the ground and curbed ap with stone like wells. Over this they build large fires, heat them thoroughly, clean out the coals and ashes, fill them with whale flesh, cover the opening with sticks, leaves, grass and earth, and thus bake their repast.' Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 366-7. 'lis font rotir cette chair dans des trous .ereuses en terre.' Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 237. CALIFOKNIAN WEAPONS. been permitted to associate meantime with others of th race, will, in the season of lush blossoming out and eat it in preference to all other food."9 In th^ir personal habits they are filthy in the extreme. Both their dwellings and their persons abound in vermin, which they catch and eat in the same manner as their northern neighbors.98 Their weapons are bows and arrows, spears, and sometimes clubs. The first-named do not differ in any essential respect from those described as being used by the Northern Californians. They are well made, from two and a half to three feet long, and backed with sinew; the string of wild flax or sinew, and partially covered with bird's down or a piece of skin, to deaden the twang. The arrows are short, made of reed or light wood, and winged with three of four feathers. The head is of flint, bone, obsidian, or volcanic glass, sometimes barbed and sometimes diamond-shaped. It is fastened loosely to the^ shaft, and can be extracted only from a wound by cutting it out. The shaft is frequently painted in order that the owner may be able to distinguish his own arrows from others. Spears, or rather javelins, are used, seldom exceeding from four and a half to five feet in length. They are made of some tough kind of wood and headed with the same materials as the arrows. Occasionally the point of the stick is merely sharpened and hardened in the fire.99 The head of the 97 Johnson's Cat and Ogn., p. 132; Powers' Account of John A. Sutter, MS.; and Id., Letter to the author, MS. 98 ' Keinlichkeit kennen sie nicht, und in ihren Hiitten sind die diverse- sten Parasiten vertreten.' Wimmel, Californien, p. 177. 'I have seen them eating the vermin which they picked from each other's heads, and from their blankets. Although they bathe frequently, they lay for hours in the dirt, basking in the sun, covered with dust.' Belano's Life on the Plains, p. 305. ' In their persons they are extremely dirty.' Eat lice like the Tartars. Beechey's Voy., vol. ii., pp. 76-7. ' Very filthy, and showed less sense of decency in every respect than any we had ever met with.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 106. 99 'Ein Bogen mit Pfeilen und ein Spiess sind ihre Waffen; alles dieses wird meistens aus jungem Tannenholz verfertigt. Die Spitzen der Pfeile und Spiesse bestehen aus scharfen, kunstlich behauenen Steinen, zur Bogensehne nehmen sie die Sehnen wilder Ziegen; ausserdem fuhren sie in Kriegszeiten eine Art von Schleuder, mit welcher sie Steine auf eine grosse Entfernung werfen.' Kostromitonow, in Baer, Stat. u. Ethno., p. 89. Bow 'from three to CALIFOENIANS. fishing-spear is movable, being attached to the shaft by a line, so that when a fish is struck the pole serves as a float. Some of the tribes formerly poisoned their arrows, but it is probable that tne custom never prevailed four and a half feet long.' Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 368. 'Their arms are clubs, spears of hard wood, and the bow and arrow .Arrows are mostly made of reeds.' Taylor, in Gal. Farmer, Feb. 22, 1860. ' Die einzige Wafle zur Erle- guug des Wildes ist ihnen der Bogen und Pfeil/ WimmeT,. Californien, p. 180. ' Their only arms were bows and arrows.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 222. Bows 'about thirty inches long... .arrows are a species of reed spears are pointed with bone.' Belano's Life on Plains, p. 306. ' The quiver of dressed deer-skin, holds both bow and arrows.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 123. ' The point (of the arrow) itself is a piece of flint chipped down into a flat diamond shape, about the size of a diamond on a playing-card; the edges are very sharp, and are notched to receive the tendons with which it is firmly secured to the arrow.' Borthwick's Three Years in Cat, p. 131. ' Arrows are pointed with flint, as are also their spears, which are very short. They do not use the tomahawk or scalping knife.' Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. ii,, p. 91. 'Leurs armes sont l'arc et les fleches armees d'un silex tres-artisstement travaille.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 305. (Ces arcs sont encore garnis, au milieu, d'une petite laniere de euir, qui a pour object d'empecher la fleche de devier de la position qu'on lui donne en la posant sur l'arc Ils pretendent que cette precaution rend leurs coups encore plus siirs. Les fleches sont moins longues que l'arc, elles ont ordi- nairement de 80 a 85 centimetres de long, elles sont faites d'un bois tres- leger et sont egales en grosseur a chaque extremite.... l'autre extremite de la fliche est garnie, sur quatre faces, de barbes en plumes qui ont 10 centimetres de longueur sur 0,015 millimetres de hauteur.' Petit-Tliouars, Voy., torn, ii., p. 138. They 'maintain armories to make their bows, and arrows, and lances.' Arrows 'are tipped with barbed obsidian heads:.. .the shaft is ornamented with rings of the distinguishing paint of the owner's rancheria. Their knives and spear-points are made of obsidian and flint.' Arrows are of two kinds, ' one short and light for killing game, and the other a war-shaft measuring a cloth-yard in length.' Revere's Tour., pp. 121-2. 'Ces fleches offrent peu de danger a une certaine distance, a cause de laparabole qu' elles sont f orcees de decrire, et qui donne a celui que les voit venir le temps de les eviter.' Auger, Voy. en Cat, p. 163. 'La corde, faite avec du chanvre sylves- tre, est garnie d'un petit morceau de peau qui en etouffe le sifflment.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 378; see Atlas, plate 25. 'Ihre Waffen bestehen nur in Bogen und Pfeil.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., part ii., p. 455. ' They have no offensive arms at all, except bows and arrows, and these are small aa;l powerless... .Arrows are about two feet long.' Gerstaecker's Journ., p. 212. ' Sometimes the bow is merely of wood and rudely made. Chamisso, in Kotzebue's Voy., vol. iii., p. 48. 'Their weapons consist only of bows and arrows; neither the tomahawk nor the spear is ever seen in their hands.' Beechey's Voy., vol. ii., p. 77. 'A portion of the string is covered with downy fur' to deaden the sound. Arrows are invariably pointed with flint. They have | sometimes wooden barbs.' Javelins pointed with flint, or sometimes simply sharpened at the end. Pickerinq's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 10J. Arrows were about three feet long, and pointed with flint. Short spears also pointed with flint. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 198. I Traian unas lanzas cortas con su lengueta de pedernal tan bien labradas como si fuesen de hierro d acero, con solo la diferencia de no estar lisas.' Pilou, Noticias, in Boe Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, vii., p. p. 68. 'Los mas de ellos traian varas largas en las manos a modo de lanzas.'' Id., p. 61; Lord's Nat., vol. i., p. 249; Langsdorff's Voy., vol. ii., p. 165; Life of Gov. L. W. Boggs, by his Son, MS. BATTLES AND WEAPONS. to any great extent. M. du Petit-Thouars was told that they used for this purpose a species of climbing plant which grows in shady places. It is said that they also poison their weapons with the venom of serpents.11 Pedro Fages mentions that the natives in the country round San Miguel use a kind of sabre, made of hard wood, shaped like a cimeter, and edged with sharp flints. This they employ for hunting as well as in war, and with such address that they rarely fail to break the leg of the animal at which they hurl it.101 Battles, though frequent, were not attended with much loss of life. Each side was anxious for the fight to be over, and the first blood would often terminate the contest. Challenging by heralds obtained. Thus the Shu- meias challenge the Pomos by placing three little sticks, notched in the middle and at both ends, on a mound which marked the boundary between the two tribes. If the Pomos accept, they tie a string round the middle notch. Heralds then meet and arrange time and place, and the battle comes off as appointed.102 Among some tribes, children are sent by mutual arrangement into the enemy's ranks during the heat of battle to pick up the fallen arrows and carry them back to their owners to be used again.103 When fighting, they stretch out in a long single line and endeavor by shouts and gestures to intimidate the foe.104 100 Petit-Thouars, Voy., torn, ii., p. 139. 101 Fages, in Nouvelles Amiales des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 164; Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 228. It is impossible to locate with certainty the San Miguel of Fages. There are now several places of the name in California, of which the San Miguel in San Luis Obispo County comes nearest the region in which, to agree with his own narrative, Fages must have been at the time. The cimeter mentioned by him, must have strongly resembled the maquahuitl of the ancient Mexicans, and it was possibly much farther south that he saw it. 102 Powers' Porno, MS.;- Sutil y Mexicana, Viage. p. 169. 103 Butte Record, Aug., 1866. i°4 ' Suelen entrar en ella entonando canticos militares mezclados de ex- tranos alaridos; y acostumbran formarse los campeones en dos hneas muy proximas para empezar disparandose flechazos. Como uno de sus principals ardides consiste en intimidar al enemigo, para conseguirlo procura cada partido que oiga el contrario los preparativos de la batalla.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 170. ' On coming in sight of the enemy they form in an extended line, something like light infantry, and shouting, like bacchanals dance from side to side to prevent the foe from taking deliberate aim.' Revere 's Tour, p. 122. 380 CALIFORNIANS. Notwithstanding the mildness of their disposition and the inferiority of their weapons, the Central Californians do not lack courage in battle, and when captured will meet their fate with all the stoicism of a true Indian. For many years after the occupation of the country by the Spaniards, by abandoning their villages and lying in ambush upon the approach of the enemy, they were enabled to resist the small squads of Mexicans sent against them from the presidios for the recovery of deserters from the missions. During the settlement of the country by white people, there were the usual skirmishes growing out of wrong and oppression on the one side, and retaliation on the other; the usual uprising among miners and rancheros, and vindication of border law, which demanded the massacre of a village for the stealing of a cow. Trespass on lands and abduction of women are the usual causes of war among themselves. Opposing armies, on approaching each other in battle array, dance and leap from side to side in order to prevent their enemies from taking deliberate aim. Upon the invasion of their territory they rapidly convey the intelligence by means of signals. A great smoke is made upon the nearest hilltop, which is quickly repeated upon the surrounding hills, and thus a wide extent of country is aroused in a remarkably short time. The custom of scalping, though not universal in California, was practiced in some localities. The yet more barbarous habit of cutting off the hands, feet, or head of a fallen enemy, as trophies of victory, prevailed more widely. They also plucked out and carefully preserved the eyes of the slain. It has been asserted that these savages were cannibals, and there seems to be good reason to believe that they did devour pieces of the flesh of a renowned enemy slain in battle. Human flesh was, however, not eaten as food, nor for the purpose of wreaking vengeance on or showing hate for a dead adversary, but because they thought that by eating part of a brave man they absorbed a por- IMPLEMENTS AND MANUFACTURES. 381 tion of his courage. They do not appear to have kept or sold prisoners as slaves, but to have either exchanged or killed them.105 They are not ingenious, and manufacture but few articles requiring any skill. The principal of these are the baskets in which, as I have already mentioned, they carry water and boil their food. They are made of fine. grass, so closely woven as to be • perfectly water-tight, and are frequently ornamented with feathers, beads, shells, and the like, worked into them in a very pretty manner. Fletcher, who visited the coast with Sir Francis Drake in 1579, describes them as being "made in fashion like a deep boale, and though the matter were rushes, or such other kind of stuffe, yet it wras so cunningly handled that the most part of them would hold water; about the brimmes they were hanged with peeces of the shels of pearles, and in some places with two or three linkes at a place, of the chaines forenamed and besides this, they were, wrought vpon with the matted downe of red feathers, distinguished into diuers workes and formes."106 The baskets are of various sizes and 105 In the vicinity of Fort Ross: 'In ihren Kriegen wird Unerschrocken- heit geachtet; gefangene Feinde todtet man nicht, sondern wechselt sie nach beendigtem Kampfe aus; nie verurtheilt man sie zu Sklaven.' Baer, Stat, u. Ethno., p. 77. Near Feather River 'they carry off their dead to prevent their being scalped, which next after death they are most fearful of.' Kelly's Excursion to Cat, vol. ii , p. 83. In the Sacramento Valley 'the Californians differ from the other North American tribes in the absence of the tomahawk and of the practice of scalping.' Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 108. At Clear Lake, 'they do not scalp the slain.' Revere's Tour., p. 122. In the vicinity of San Francisco 'occasionally, they appear to have eaten pieces of the bodies of their more distinguished adversaries killed in battle.' Soule's Annals of San Francisco, p. 52. At Monterey, ' lorsqu'ils avaient vaincu et mis a mort sur le champ de bataille des chefs ou des hommes tres-courageux, ils en mangaient quelques morceaux, moins en signe de haine et de vengeance, que comme un hommage qu'ils rendaient a leur valeur, et dans la persuasion que cette nouriture etait propre a augmenter leur courage.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 306. ' Muchos indios armados de arco y flechas y llamando- los vinieron luego y me regalaron muchos de ellos flechas, que es entre ellos la mayor demostracion de paz.' Palou, Noticias, in Boc Mex. Hist, serie iv., torn, vii., p. 53. At Santa Cruz they eat slicesdof the flesh of a brave fallen enemy, thinking to gain some of his valour. They ' take the scalps of their enemies... they pluck out the eyes of their enemies.' Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 370. 'Gefangene werden nicht lange gehalten, sondern gleich getodtet.' Wimmel, Californien, p. 178. In order to intimidate their enemies ' cometen con el propio fin en las primeras victimas las crueldades mas horrorosas.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viaqe, p. 170. 106 Brake's World Encomp., p. 126. 382 CALIFORNIANS. sha-f^s, the most common being conical or wide and flat. Their pipes are straight, the bowl being merely a continuation of the stem, only thicker and hollowed out.101 It is a singular fact that these natives about the bay of San Francisco and the regions adjacent, had no canoes of any description. Their only means of navigation were bundles of tule-rushes about ten feet long and three or four wide, lashed firmly together in rolls, and pointed at both ends. They were propelled, either end foremost, with long double-bladed paddles. In calm weather, and on a river, the centre, or thickest part of these rafts might be tolerably dry, but in rough water the rower, who sat astride, was up to his waist in wrater.108 It has 107 'Make baskets of the bark of trees.' Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 368. Make a very ingenious straw box for keeping their worm bait alive; burying it in the earth, yet not allowing the worms to escape.' Kneelamd's Wonders of Yosemite, p. 52. ' Die gewohlichste Form fur den Korb ist halbconisch, 3 Fuss £ang und 18 Zoll breit.' Wimmel, Californien, p. 182. ' Their baskets, made of willows, are perfectly water-tight.' Belano's Life on the Plains, p. 305. ' They sometimes ornament the smaller ones with beads, pearl-shell, feathers, &c.' Revere's Tour., p. 122. 'Leurs mortiers de pierre et divers autres utensiles sont artistiquement incrustes de morcea^ux de nacre de perle.... garnissent leur calebasses et leur cruches d'ouvrages de vannerie brodes avec des fils- delies qu'elles tirentde diverses racines.' Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 233; Langsdorff's Voy., vol. ii., p. 165; Fremont's Explor. Ex., p. 243; Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 107; Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 367; Chamisso, in Kotzebue's Voy., vol. hi., p. 48; Borthwick's Three Years in Cat, p. 131; Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., p. 324. i°8 Maurelle's Jour., p. 47. At Clear Lake 'their canoes or rather rafts are made of bundles of the tule plant.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 107. At San Francisco Bay and vicinity 'the only canoes of the Indians are made of plaited reeds.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 90. 'They do not possess horses or canoes of any kind; they only know how to fasten together bundles of rushes, which carry them over the water by their com-, parative lightness.' Chamisso, in Kotzebue's Voy., vol. iii., p. 48. 'Les Indiens font leur pirogues a l'instant ou ils veulent entreprendre un voyage par eau; elles sont en roseaux. Lorsque Ton y entre elles s'emplissent a moitie d'eau; de sorte qu'assis, l'on en a jus-qu'au gras de la jambe; on les fait aller avec des avirons extremement longs, et pointus aux deux extrenritts.' Choris, Voy. Pitt, part hi., p. 6. Had no boats, but it was reported that they had previously used boats made of rushes. Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 103. 'The most rude and sorry contrivances for embarca- tion I had ever beheld... .They were constructed of rushes and dried grass of a long broad leaf, made up into rolls the length of the canoe, the thickest in the middle and regularly tapering to a point at each end... .appeared to be very ill calculated to contend with wind and waves.. They conducted their canoe or vessel by long double-bladed paddles, like those used by the Esquimaux.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii , p. 5. 'The balsas are entirely formed of the bulrush... .commonly the rowers sit on them soaked in water, as they seldom rise above the surface.' Forbes' Cat, p. 191. Build no canoes, but occasionally make use of rafts composed of one or two logs, generally split. Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 192. ' The "Balsa " is the onJj >J>ing of the boat kind known among them. It is constructed entirely of NO BOATS IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY. 383 been asserted that they even ventured far out to sea on them, but that this was common I much doubt.109 They were useful to spear fish from, but for little else; in proof of which I may mention, on the authority of Roque- feuil, that in 1809—11, the Koniagas employed by the Russians at Bodega, killed seals and otters in San Francisco Bay .under the very noses of the Spaniards, and in spite of all the latter, who appear to have had no boats of their own, could do to prevent them. In their light skin baidarkas, each with places for two persons only, these bold northern boatmen would drop down the coast from Bodega Bay, where the Russians were stationed, or cross over from the Farallones in fleets of from forty to fifty boats, and entering the Golden Gate creep along the northern shore, beyond the range of the Presidio's guns, securely establish themselves upon the islands of the bay and pursue their avocation unmolested. For three years, namely from 1809 to 1811, these northern fishermen held possession of the bay of San Francisco, during which time they captured over eight thousand otters. Finally, it occurred to the governor, Don. Luis Argiiello, that it would be well for the Spaniards to have boats of their own. Accordingly four were built, but they were so clumsily constructed, ill equipped, and poorly manned, that had the Russians and Koniagas felt disposed, they could easily have continued their incursions. Once within the entrance, these northern barbarians were masters of the bay, and such was their sense of security that they would sometimes venture for a time to stretch their limbs upon the shore. The capture of several of their number, however, by the soldiers from the fort, made them more wary thereafter. Maurelle, who touched at Point Arenas in 1775, but did bulrushes... sit flat upon the craft, soaked in water, plying their paddles.... most of them in all kinds of weather, are either below, or on a level with the water.' Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 368. 'My opinion is that the Indians of California, previous to the occupation by the Jesuit Fathers had no other boats than those made from the tule, and even as late as 1840, I never knew or heard of an Indian using any other.' Phelps' Letter, MS. 109 Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 103; Cronise's Nat. Wealth, p. 23, 334 CALIFORNIANS. not enter the bay of San Francisco, says that ua vast number of Indians now presented themselves on both points, who passed from one to the other in small canoes made of fule, where they talked loudly for two hours or more, till at last two of them came alongside of the ship, and most liberally presented us with plumes of feathers, rosaries of bone, garments of feathers, as also garlands of the same materials, which they wore round their head, and a canister of seeds which tasted much like walnuts.' j The only account of this voyage in my possession is an English translation, in which u canoes made of fule" might easily have been mistaken for boats or floats of tule.110 Split logs were occasionally used to cross rivers, and frequently all means of transportation were dispensed with, and swimming resorted to. Captain Phelps,.in a letter to the author, mentions having seen skin boats, or baidarkas, on the Sacramento River, but supposes that they were left there by those same Russian employes.111 Yancouver, speaking of a canoe which he saw below Monterey, says: "Instead of being composed of straw, like those we had seen on our first visit to San Francisco, it was neatly formjed of wood, much after the Nootka fashion, and was navigated with much adroitness by four natives of the country. Their paddles were about four feet long with a blade at each end; these were handled with great dexterity, either entirely on one side or alternately on each side of their canoe."112 I account for the presence of this canoe in the same manner that Captain Phelps accounts for the 110 Roquefeuil's Voy., pp. 25-6. Tule is an Aztec word, from tollin, signifying rushes, flags, or reeds. Molina, Vocabulario. Mendoza says that when the ancient Mexicans arrived at the site of Mexico, it was a complete swamp, covered ' con grandes matorrales de enea, que Hainan tuli.' Esplicacion del Codice, in Kingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. v., p. 40. That the Spaniards themselves had not boats at this time is also asserted by Kotzebue: 'That no one ha,« yet attempted to build even the simplest canoe in a country which produces a superabundance of the finest wood for the purpose, is a striking proof of the indolence of the Spaniards, and the stupidity of the Indians.' New Voy., vol. ii., p. 90. ni Phelps' Letter, MS. 112 Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 445. 'Sending off a man with great expedition, to vs in a canow.' Brake's World Encomp., p. 119. CHIEFTAINSHIP AND ITS EIGHTS. 385 skin canoes on the Sacramento, and think that it must have come either from the south or north. The probable cause of this absence of boats in Central California is the scarcity of suitable, favorably located timber. Doubtless if the banks of the Sacramento and the shores of San Francisco Bay had been lined with large straight pine or fir trees, their waters would have been filled with canoes; yet after all, this is but a poor excuse; for not only on the hills and mountains, at a little distance from the water, are forests of fine trees, but quantities of driftwood come floating down every stream during the rainy season, out of which surely sufficient material could be secured for some sort of boats. Shells of different kinds, but especially the variety, known as aulone, form the circulating medium. They are polished, sometimes ground dowTn to a certain size, and arranged on strings of different lengths.113 Chieftainship is hereditary, almost without exception. In a few instances I find it depending upon wealth, influence, family, or prowess in war, but this rarely. In some parts, in default of male descent, the females of the family are empowered to appoint a successor.114 Although considerable dignity attaches to a chief, and his family are treated with consideration, yet his power is limited, his principal duties consisting in making peace and war, and in appointing and presiding over feasts. Every band has its separate head, and two or even 113 The shells ' they broke and rubbed down to a circular shape, to. the size of a dime, and strung them on a thread of sinews.' Taylor, in Cat Farmer, March 2, 1860. ' Three kinds of money were employed white shell-beads, or rather buttons, pierced in the centre and strung together, were rated at $5 a yard; periwinkles, at $1 a yard; fancy marine shells, at various prices, from $3 to $10, or $15, according to their beauty.' Powers, in Overla)ul Monthly, vol. x., p. 325. 114 The office of chief is hereditary in the male line only. The widows and daughters of the chiefs are, however, treated with distinction, and are not required to work, as other women. Beechey's Voy., vol. ii., p. 73. In one case near Clear Lake, when ' the males of a family had become extinct and a female only remained, she appointed a chief.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. hi., p. 112. At the Port of Sardinas ' durmid dos noches en la capitana una india anciana, que era seiiora de estos pueblos, acompahada. de muchos Indios.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. xxxii. Vol. I. 25 386 CALIFOKNIANS. three have been known to preside at the same time.115 Sometimes wThen several bands are dwelling together they are united under one head chief, who, however, cannot act for the whole without consulting the lesser chiefs. Practically, the heads of families rule in their own circle, and their internal arrangements are seldom interfered with. Their medicine-men also wield a very powerful influence among them.116 Sometimes, when a flagrant murder has been committed, the chiefs meet in council and decide upon the punishment of the offender. The matter is, however, more frequently settled by the relatives of the victim, who either exact blood for blood from the murderer or let the thing drop for a consideration. Among the Neeshenams revenge must be had within twelve months after the murder or not at all.117 According to Fletcher's narrative, there seems to have been much more distinction of rank at the time of Drake's visit to California than subsequent travelers have seen; 115 The Kainameahs Jiad three hereditary chiefs. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 103. us In Russian River Valley and the vicinity: 'Die Achtung die man fur den Vater hegte, geht haufig auf den Sohn iiber; aber die Gewalt des Ober- hauptes ist im Allgemeinen sehr nichtig; denn es steht einem jeden frei, seinen Geburtsort zu verlassen und einen anderen Aufenthalt zu wahlen.' Baer, Stat u. Ethno., pp. 77-8. 'Derjenige, der am meisten Anverwandte besitzt, wird als Hauptling oder Tojon anerkannt; in grosseren Wohnsitzen giebt es mehrere solcher.Tojone, aber ihre Autoritat ist nichts sagend. Sie haben weder das Recht zu befehlen, noch den Ungehorsam zu zuchtigen.' Kostromitonow, in Baer, Stat u. -Ethno., p. 86. At Clear Lake chiefdom was hereditary. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 112. See also pp. 103, 110. Among the Gualalas and Gallinomeros, chieftainship was hereditary. The Sanels live in large huts, each containing 20 or 30 persons related to ..each other, each of these families has its own government. The Comachos paid voluntary tribute for support of chief. Powers' Porno, MS. In the Sacramento Valley a chief has more authority than that arising merely from his personal character. Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 108. On the coast between San Diego and San Francisco, in the vicinity of San Miguel ' chaque village est gouverne despotiquement par un chef qui est seul arbitre de la paix et de la guerre.' Fages, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 163. See also Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 227; Jewett, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1856, p. 244; Gerstaecker's Journ., p. 213; Histoire Chre- Uenne de la Cat, p. 52; Wimmel, Californien, pp. 177-8. 117 ' El robo era un delito casi desconocido en ambas naciones. Entre los Runsienes se miraba quasi con indiferencia el homicidio; pero no asi entre los Eslenes, los quales castigaban al delinqiiente con pena demuerte.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 171. ' Im Fall ein Indianer ein Verbrechen in irgend einenrStamme verabt hat, und diev Hauptlinge sich bestimmt, haben ihn zu todten, so geschieht dies durch Bogen und Pfeil.'Wimmel, Californien, pp. 177-8; Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. xii., p. 24. RULERS OF NEW ALBION. 387 however, allowance must be made for the exaggerations invariably found in the reports of early voyagers. In proof of this, we have only to take up almost any book of travel in foreign lands printed at that time; wTherein dragons and other impossible animals are not only zoologically described, but carefully drawn and engraved, as well as other marvels in abundance. Captain Drake had several temptations to exaggerate. The richer and more important the country he discovered, the more would it redound to his credit to have been the discoverer; the greater the power and authority of the chief who formally made over his dominions to the queen of England, the less likely to be disputed would be that sovereign's claims to the ceded territory. Fletcher never speaks of the chief of the tribe that received Drake, but as 'the king,' and states that this dignitary was treated with great respect and ceremony by the courtiers who surrounded him. These latter were distinguished from the canaille by various badges of rank. They wore as ornaments chains "of a bony substance, euery linke or part thereof being very little, and thinne, most finely burnished, with a hole pierced through the mid- dest. The number of linkes going to make one chaine, is in a manner infinite; but of such estimation it is amongst them, that few be the persons that are admitted to weare the same; and euen they to whom its lawfull to use them, yet are stinted what number they shall vse, as some ten, some twelue, some twentie, and as they exceed in number of chaines, so thereby are they knowne to be the more honorable personages." Another mark of distinction was a "certain downe, which groweth vp in the countrey vpon an herbe much like our lectuce, which exceeds any other downe in the world for fine- nesse, and beeing layed vpon their cawles, by no winds can be remoued. Of such estimation is this herbe amongst them, that the downe thereof is not lawfull to be worne, but'of such persons as are about the king (to whom also it is permitted to weare a plume of feather on their heads, in signe of honour), and the seeds are 38S CALIFORNIANS. not vsed but onely in sacrifice to their gods." The king, who was gorgeously attired in skins, with a crown of feather-work upon his head, was attended by a regular body-guard, uniformly dressed in coats of skins. His coming was announced by two heralds or ambassadors, one of whom prompted the other, during the proclamation, in a low voice. His majesty was preceded in the procession by "a man of large body and goodly aspect, bearing the septer or royall mace;" all of which happened, if we may believe the worthy chaplain of the expedition, on the coast just above San Francisco Bay, three hundred years ago.118 Slavery in any fqrm is rare, and hereditary bondage unknown.119 Polygamy obtains in most of the tribes, although there are exceptions.120 It is common for a man to marry a whole family of sisters, and sometimes the mother also, if she happen to be free.121 Hus- hs Brake's World Encomp., pp. 124-6. U9 Wimmel, Californien. p. 178. 120 Near San Francisco, ' teniendo muchas mugeres, sin que entre elias se experimente la menor emulacion.' Palou, Vida, de Junijoero Serra, p. 217. At Monterey 'la polygamic leur etait permise.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 3i>3. In Tuolumne County 'polygamy is practiced.' Hcaley, in Bid. Aff. Rept, 1856, p. 244. At Clear Lake ' polygamy is practiced only by the chiefs.' Revere's Tour, p. 125. ' Bei manchen Stammen wird Vielweiberei gestattet.' Wimmel, Californien, p. 178. 'A man often marries a whole family, the mother and her daughters.. .No jealousies ever appear among these families of wives.' Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 367. ' An Indian man may have as many wives as he can keep; but a woman cannot have a plurality of husbands, or men to whom she owes obedience.' Johnston, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 224. In the Sacramento Valley ' the men in general have but one wife.' Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., p. 108. 'Of these Indians it is reported that no one has more than one wife.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 201. 'Entre los Runsienes y Eslenes no era per- mitido a cada hombre tener mas de una muger.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 170. At Clear Lake and down the coast to San Francisco Bay ' they have but one wife at a time.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 112. In the vicinity of Fort Ross 'es ist nich eriaubt mehr als eine Frau zu haben.' Kostromitonow, in Baer, Stat u. Ethno., p. 88. In the country round San. Miguel ' non-seulement ce capitaine a le droit d'avoir deux femmes, tandis que les autres Indiens n'en ont qu'une, mais i\ peut les renvoyer quand cela lui plait, pour en prendre d'autres dans le village.' Fages, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 163. See also Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 227. 121 At Monterey, j ils etaient meme dans l'usage d'epouser toutes les sceurs d'une famille.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 303. Near Fort Ross, * die Bluts- verwandtschaft wird streng beachtetund es ist nicht gestattet aus dem ersten oder zweiten Grade der Verwandschaft zu heirathen; selbst im Falle einer Scheidung darf der nachste Anverwandte die Frau nich ehelichen, doch giebt es auch Ausnahmen.' Kostromitonow, in Baer, Stat. u. Ethno., p. 88. At HOW A BRIDE IS WON. 3S9 band and wife are united with very little ceremony. The inclinations of the bride seem to be consulted here more than among the Northern Californians. It is true she is sometimes bought from her parents, but if she violently opposes the match she is seldom compelled to marry or to be sold. Among some tribes the wooer, after speaking with her parents, retires with the girl; if they agree, she thenceforth belongs to him; if not, the match is broken off.122 The Neeshenam buys his wife indirectly by making presents of game to her family. He leaves the gifts at the door of the lodge without a word, and, if they are accepted, he shortly after claims and takes his bride without further ceremony. In this tribe the girl has no voice whatever in the matter, and resistance on her part merely occasions brute force to be used by her purchaser.123 When an Oleepa lover wishes to marry, he first obtains permission from the parents. The damsel then flies and conceals herself; the lover searches for her, and should he succeed in finding her twice out of three times she belongs to him. Should he be unsuccessful he waits a few weeks and then repeats the performance. If she again elude his search, the matter is decided against him.124 The bonds of matrimony can be thrown aside San Francisco 'no conocen para sus casamientos el parentezco de afmidad; antes bien este los incita a recibir por sus propias mugeres a sus cunadas, y aun a las suegras, y la costumbre que observan es, que el que logra una muger, tiene por suyas a todas sus hermanas.' Palou, Vide de Junipero Serra, p. 217. 'Parentage and other relations of consanguinity are no» obstacles to matrimony.' Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 367. ' Souvent une femme presse son mari d'epouser ses soeurs, et meme sa mere, et cette proposition est fre- quemment acceptee.' Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 235. 'Este metodo de comprar las mugeres era comun a entrambas naciones (Runsien- es y Eslenes), bien que entre los Runsienes hacia mucho mas solemne el contrato la intervencion de los parientes de los novios, contribuyendo los del varon con su quota, la qual se dividia entre los de la novia al tiempo de en- tregar a esta.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 171. 122 Johnston, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 223. 123 Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. xii., p. 23. 124 Belano's Life on the Plains, p. 3J6. At Santa Cruz, ' the Gentile Indian, when he wishes to marry, goes to the hut of her he desires for a wife, and sitting himself close by her, sighs without speaking a word, and casting at her feet some beads on a string, goes out, and without further ceremony he is married.' Cornelias' Letter, in Cat Farmer, April 5,1860. At Clear Lake 'rape exists among them in an authorized form, and it is the custom for a party of young men to surprise and ravish a young girl, who becomes the wife of one of them.' Revere's Tour, pp. 125-6. 390 CALIFORNIANS. as easily as they are assumed. The husband has only to say to his spouse, I cast you off, and the thing is done.125 The Gallinomeros acquire their wives by purchase, and are at liberty to sell them again when tired of them.126 As usual the women are treated with great contempt by the men, and forced to do all the hard and menial labor; they are not even allowed to sit at the same fire or eat at the same repast with their lords. Both sexes treat children with comparative kindness;127 boys are, however, held in much higher estimation than girls, and from early childhood are taught their superiority over the weaker sex. It is even stated that many female children are killed as soon as born,128 but I am inclined to doubt the correctness of this statement as applied to a country where polygamy is practiced as extensively as in California. Old people are treated with contumely, both men and women, aged warriors being obliged to do menial work under the supervision of the women. The Gallinomeros kill their aged parents in a most cold-blooded manner. The doomed creature is led into the woods, thrown on his back, and firmly fastened in that position to the ground. A stout pole is then placed across the throat, upon either end of which a person sits until life is extinct.129 A husband takes revenge for his wife's infidelities upon the person of her seducer, whom he is justified in killing. Sometimes the male offender is compelled to buy the object of his unholy passions. In consequence of their strictness in this particular, adultery is not common among themselves, although a husband is generally willing to prosti- 125 Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 234. At Clear Lake 'if the parties separate the children go with the wife.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 112. 126 Powers' Porno, MS. 127 | The Yukas are often brutal and cruel to their women and children, especially to the women.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. ix., p. 308. In the vicinity of Fort Ross, 'sie lieben ihre Kinder mit grosser Zartlichkeit.' Baer, Stat. u. Ethno., p. 77. !28 Wimmel, Californien, p. 178. 'The practice of abortion, so common among the Chinooks and some other tribes in Oregon, is unknown here.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., pp. 112-13. 129 ]y[r Powers, in his Porno, MS., makes this assertion upon what he states to be reliable authority. CHILD-BIRTH AND THE COUVADE. 391 tute his dearest wife to a white man for a consideration. The Central Californian wTomen are inclined to rebel against the tyranny of their masters, more than is usual in other tribes. A refractory Tahtoo wife is sometimes frightened into submission. The women have a great dread of evil spirits, and upon this weakness the husband plays. He paints himself in black and white stripes to personate an ogre, and suddenly jumping in among his terrified wives, brings them speedily to penitence. Child-bearing falls lightly on the Californian mother. When the time for delivery arrives she betakes herself to a quiet place by the side of a stream; sometimes accompanied by a female friend, but more frequently alone. As soon as the child is born the mother washes herself and the infant in the stream. The child is then swaddled from head to foot in strips of soft skin, and strapped to a board, which is carried on the mother's back. When the infant is suckled, it is drawn round in front and allowed to hang there, the mother meanwhile pursuing her usual avocations. So little does child- bearing affect these women, that, on a journey, they will frequently stop by the way-side for half an hour to be delivered, and then overtake the party, who have traveled on at the usual pace. Painful parturition, though so rare, usually results fatally to both mother and child when it does occur. This comparative exemption from the curse, "in sorrow shalt thou bring forth," is doubtless owing partly to the fact that the sexes have their regular season for copulation, just as animals have theirs, the women bringing forth each year with great regularity. A curious custom prevails, which is, however, by no means peculiar to California. When child-birth overtakes the wife, the husband puts himself to bed, and there grunting and groaning be affects to suffer all the agonies of a woman in labor. Lying there, he is nursed and tended for some days by the women as carefully as though he were the actual sufferer. Ridiculous as this custom is, it is asserted by Mr Tylor to have been practiced in western China, in the country of the Basques,. CALIFORNIANS. by the Tibareni at the south of the Black Sea, and in modified forms by the Dyaks of Borneo, the Arawaks of Surinam, and the inhabitants of Kamchatka and Greenland.130 The females arrive early at the age of puberty,131 and grow old rapidly.132 Most important events, such as the seasons of hunting, fishing, acorn-gathering, and the like, are celebrated with feasts and dances which differ in no essential respect from those practiced by the Northern Californians. They usually dance naked, having their heads adorned with fea.ther ornaments, and their bodies and faces painted with glaring colors in grotesque patterns. Broad stripes, drawn up and^ down, across, or spirally round the body, form the favorite device; sometimes one half of the body is colored red and the other blue, or the wThole person is painted jet black and serves as a ground for the representation of a skeleton, done in white, which gives the wearer a most ghastly appearance.133 The 130 For a full account of this custom of the couvade, as it existed in various parts of the world, see Tylor's Researches, pp. 293-302, and Max Miiller's Chips, vol. ii., pp. 271-9. For its observance in California, see Venegas, Noticias de Cat, torn, i., p. 94, and Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 367. 131 j it was not a thing at all uncommon, in the days of the Indians' ancient prosperity, to see a woman become a mother at twelve or fourteen. An instance was related to me where a girl had borne her first-born at ten, as nearly as her years could be ascertained, her husband, a White Man, being then sixty-odd.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. ix., p. 500.' 132 For further authorities on family and domestic affairs, see: Muhlen- pfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt. ii., p. 456; Belano's Bife on the Plains, pp. 306; Forbes' Cat, p. 190; Fages, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., pp. 317-26. Also quoted in Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, pp. 232-35; Wimmel, Californien, p. 178; Johnston, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 223-4; Cornelias' Letter, in Cat Farmer, April 5, 1860; Palou, Vida de Junipero Serra, p. 217; Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. ix., pp. 308, 500-6, vol. x., p. 325; Pickering's Races, in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. ix., pp. 1C6-8; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage; pp. 170-1; Borthwick's Three Years in Cat, p. 129; La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 303; Rollin, in Id., torn, iv., pp. 57-8; Laplace, Circumna.v., torn, vi., p. 145; Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., pp. 1,12-13; Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., pp. 201, 259; B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 457; Gilbert, McAdam, and Jewett, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856, pp. 242-4; Revere's Tour, p. 126; Rejd, in Los Angeles Star, 1852; Farnham's Life in Cat, pp. 367-70; Baer, Stat. u. Ethno., p. 77; Kostromitonow, in Baer, Stat. u. Ethno., pp. 83-8. , 133 Every traveler who has seen them dance enters into details of dress, etc.; but no two of these accounts are alike, and the reason of this is that they have no regular figures or costumes peculiar to their dances, but that every man, when his dress is not paint only, wears all the finery he possesses with an utter disregard for uniformity. ' At some of their dances. .we were told that they avoid particular articles of food, even fowls and eggs.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 113. Dancing is executed at Santa Cruz, CALIFORNIAN DIVERSIONS. 393 dancing is accompanied by chantings, clapping of hands, blowing on pipes of two or three reeds and played with the nose or mouth, beating of skin drums, and rattling of tortoise-shells filled with small pebbles. This horrible discord is, however, more for the purpose of marking time than for pleasing the ear.134 The women are seldom allowed to join in the dance with the men, and when they are so far honored, take a very unimportant part in the proceedings, merely swaying their bodies to and fro in silence. Plays, represex iing scenes of war, hunting, and private life, serve to while away the time, and are performed with considerable skill. Though naturally the very incarnation of sloth, at least as far as useful labor is concerned, they have one or two games which require some exertion. One of these, in vogue among the Meewocs, is played with bats and an oak-knot ball. The former are made of a pliant stick, having the end bent round and lashed to the main part so as to form a loop, which is filled with a network of strings. They do not strike but push the ball along with these bats. The players take sides, and each party endeavors to drive the ball past the boundaries of the other. Another game, which was formerly much played at the missions on the coast, requires more skill and scarcely less activity. It consists by forming a circle, assuming a stooping posture, raising a loud, discordant chant, and, without moving from their places, lifting and lowering a foot, and twisting the body into various contortions. Archives of Santa Cruz Mission. 'In their dances they sometimes wear white masks.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 192. ' Se poudrent les cheveux avec du duvet d'oiseaux.' Choris, Voy. Pitt., part iii., p. 4. When a Wallie chief 'decides to hold a dance in his village, he dispatches messengers to the neighboring rancherias, each bearing a string whereon is tied a certain number of knots. Every morning thereafter the invited chief unties one of the knots, and when the last but one is reached, they joyfully set forth for the dance.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. x., p. 325. For descriptions of dances of Neeshe- nains, see Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. xii., pp. 26-7. 134 ' Each one had two and sometimes three whistles, made of reed's, in his mouth.' San Francisco Bulletin, Oct 21, 1858. 'Some had whistles or double flageolets of reed which were stuck into their noses.' Revere's Tour, p. 133. ' The Gentiles do not possess any instrument whatever.' Cornelias' Better, in Cat Farmer, April 5, 1860. ' Their own original instrument consists x>f a very primitive whistje, some double, some single, and held in the mouth by one end, without the aid of the fingers; they are about the size and length of a common fife, and only about two notes can be sounded on them.' Cat Farmer, Oct. 26, I860. 394 CALIFORNIANS. in throwing a stick through a hoop which is rapidly rolled along the ground. If the player succeeds in this, he gains two points; if the stick merely passes partially through, so that the hoop remains resting upon it, one point is scored. But, as usual, games of chance are much preferred to games of skill. The chief of these is the same as that already described in the last chapter as being played by the natives all along the coasts of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, and which bears so close a resemblance to the odd-and-even of our school-days. They are as infatuated on this subject as their neighbors, and quite as willing to stake the whole of their possessions on an issue of chance. They smoke a species of strong tobacco in the straight pipes before mentioned;135 but they have no native intoxicating drink.136 The principal diseases are small-pox, various forms of fever, and syphilis. Owing to their extreme filthiness they are also very subject to disgusting eruptions of the skin. Women are not allowed to practice the healing art, as among the Northern Californians, the privileges of quackery being here reserved exclusively to the men. Chanting incantations, waving of hands, and the sucking powers obtain. Doctors are supposed to have power 135 ' They use a species of native tobacco of nauseous and sickening odour.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 107. ' They burned the aulone shell for the lime to mix with their tobacco, which they swallowed to make them drunk.' Taylor, in Cat Farmer, April 27, 1860. 'A species of tobacco is found on the sandy beaches which the Indians prepare and smoke.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 202. ' Se pusieron a, chupar y repare* en ellos la misma ceremonia de esparcir el humo hacia arriba diciendo en cada bocanada unas palabras; solo entendi una que fue esmen que quiere decir sol; observe la misma costumbre de chupar primero el mas principal, luego da la pipa a otro, y da vuelta a otros.' Palou, Noticias, in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn- vii., p. 69; see also p. 77. 136 On the subject of amusements, see Kotzebue's Voy., vol. i., p. 282. Be- lano's Life on the Plains, p. 307; Helper's Land of Gold, pp. 271-2; Baer, Stat. u. Ethno., pp. 72, 76-7; Kostromitonow, in Id., pp. 85-92; Holinski, La Californie, p. 173; Cornelias' Letter, in Cat Farmer, Oct. 5, 1860; Wimmel, Californien, p. 178; Brake's World Encomp., p. 128; Revere's Tour, pp. 120-133; San Francisco Bulletin, Oct 21, 1858, Nov. 29, 1871; Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. ix., pp. 307-8, 501-5, vol. x., pp. 325-7; Power's Porno, MS.; Laplace, Circum- nav., torn vi., p. 150; Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 127; Hutchings' Cat Mag., vol. iii., pp. 442-6; Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 367; Hist. Chretienne, pp. 53-4; Muhtenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii, pt. ii, p, 456; Choris, Voy. Pitt, pt. iii., pp. 4-5; La Perouse, Voy., vol. ii., pp. 306-7. 1*1 MEDICINE AND SWEAT-HOUSES. 395 over life and death, hence if they fail to effect a cure, they are frequently killed.137 They demand the most extortionate fees in return for their services, and often refuse to officiate unless the object they desire is promised them. Sweat-houses similar to those already described are in like manner used as a means of cure for every kind of complaint.138 They have another kind of sudatory. A hole is dug in the sand of a size sufficient to contain a person lying at full length j over this a fire is kept burning until the sand is thoroughly heated, when the fire is removed and the sand stirred with a stick until it is reduced to the required temperature. The patient is then placed in the hole and covered, with the exception of his head, with sand. Here he remains until in a state of profuse perspiration, when he is unearthed and plunged into cold water. They are said to practice phlebotomy, using the right arm when the body is affected and the left when the complaint is in the limbs. A few simple decoctions are made from herbs, but these are seldom very efficient medicines, especially when administered for the more complicated diseases which the whites have brought among them. Owing to the insufficient or erroneous treatment they receive, many disorders which would be easily cured by us, degenerate with them into chronic maladies, and are transmitted to their children.139 137 The Meewocs ' believe that their male physicians, who are more properly sorcerers, can sit on a mountain top fifty miles distant from a man they wish to destroy, and compass his death by filliping poison towards him from their finger-ends.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. x., p.'327. 138 * I incautiously entered one of these caverns during the operation above described, and was in a few moments so nearly suffocated with the heat, smoke, and impure air, that I found it difficult to make my way out.' Bryant's Cat., p. 272. 139 < Zur Heilung bedienen sich die Schamane der Krauter und Wurzeln, grosstentheils aber saugen sie mit dem Munde das Blut aus der kranken Stelle aus, wobei sie Steinchen oder kleine Schlangen in den Mund nehmen und darauf versichern, sie hatten dieselben aus der Wunde herausgezogen.' Kostromitonow, in Baer, Stat. u. Ethno., p. 95; see also pp. 83, 91, 94-5. ' Until now it has not been ascertained that the Indians had any remedy for curing the sick or allaying their sufferings. If they meet with an accident they invariably die.' ComeUas' Letter, i t Cat Farmer, April 5, 1860. 'Ring-worm is cured by placing the milk o\ the poison oak in a circle round the affected part.' Hutchings' Cat Mag., vol. iii., p. 440, 'Among the Meewocs stomachic affections and severe travail are treated with a plaster of hot CALIFORNIANS. Incremation is almost universal in this 'part of California.140 The body is decorated with feathers, flowers, and beads, and after lying in state for some time, is burned amid the howls and lamentations of friends and relations. The ashes are either preserved by the family of the deceased or are formally buried. The wreapons and effects of the dead are burned or buried with them.141 When a body is prepared for interment the knees are doubled up against the chest and securely bound with cords. It is placed in a sitting posture in the grave, wThich is circular. This is the most common manner of sepulture, but some tribes bury the body perpendicularly in a hole just large enough to admit it, sometimes with the head down, sometimes in a standing position. The Pomos formerly burned their dead, and since they have been influenced by the whites to bury them, they invariably place the body with its head toward the south. A scene of incremation is a weird spectacle. The ashes and moist earth spread on the stomach.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. x., p. 327. See further: Petit-Thouars, Voy., torn, ii., p. 140; Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 37.0; Holinski, La Californie, p. 173; Humboldt, E>- sai Pol., torn, i., p. 324; Beechey's Voy., vol. ii., pp. 35, 78; San Joaquin Republican, Sept., 1858; La Perouse, Voy., torn, iv., p. 63; Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., pp. 103, 107; Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 193; Pickering's Races, in Id., vol. ix., p. 109; Fages, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 333; also quoted in Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 237; Kneeland's Wonders of Yosemite, p. 52; Kelly's Excursion to Cat, vol. ii., p. 284; Powers' Porno, MS.; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 166; Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. ii., p. 94; Belano's Life on the Plains, p. 295; Laplace, Circumnav., torn, vi., p. 152. 140 < From north to south, in the present California, up to the Columbia river they burnt the dead in some tribes, and in others buried them. These modes of sepulture differed every few leagues.' Taylor's Indianology, in Cat Farmer, June 8, 1860. A dead Oleepa was buried by one woman in ' a pit about four feet deep, and ten feet in front of the father's door.' Belano's Life on the Plains, p. 301. At Santa Cruz 'the Gentiles burn the bodies of their warriors and allies who fall in war; those who die of natural death they" inter at sundown.' Cornelias' Letter, in Cat Farmer, April 5, 1860. The Indians of the Bay of San Francisco burned their dead with everything belonging to them, 'but those of the more southern regions buried theirs.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 363. In the vicinity of Clear Lake all the tribes with the exception of the Yubas bury their dead. Geiger, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1858, p. 289. 141 ' Los Runsienes dividian ultimamente entre los parientes las pocas cosas que componian la propiedad del difunto. Los Eslenes, al contrario, no solo no repartian cosa alguna, sino que todos sus amigos y subditos debian contribuir con algunos abalorios que enterraban con el cadaver del fallecido.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 172. ' If a woman dies in becoming a mother, the child, whether living or dead, is buried with its mother* Hutchings' Cat Mag., vol. iii., p. 437. MOURNING FOR THE DEAD. 397 friends and relatives of the deceased gather round the funeral pyre in a circle, howling dismally. As the flames mount upward their enthusiasm increases, until in a perfect frenzy of excitement, they leap, shriek, lacerate their bodies, and even snatch a handful of smoldering flesh from the fire, and devour it. The ashes of the dead mixed with grease, are smeared over the face as a badge of mourning, and the compound is suffered to remain there until worn off by the action of the weather. The widow keeps her head covered with pitch for several months. In the Russian River Valley, where demonstrations of grief appear to be yet more violent than elsewhere, self-laceration is much practiced. It is customary to have an annual Dance of Mourning, when the inhabitants of a whole village collect together and lament their deceased friends with howls and groans. Many tribes think it necessary to nourish a departed spirit for several months. This is done by scattering food about the place where the remains of the dead are deposited. A devoted Neeshenam widow does not utter a word for several months after the death of her husband; a less severe sign of grief is to speak only in a low whisper for the same time.142 Regarding a future state their ideas are vague; some say that the Meewocs believe in utter annihilation after death, but who can fathom the hopes and fears that struggle in their dark imaginings. They are not particularly cruel or vicious; they show much sorrow for the 142 < Die nachsten Anverwandten schneiden sich das Haar ab und werfen es ins Feuer, wobei sie sich mit Steinen an die Brust schlagen, auf den Bo- den stiirzen, ja bisweilen aus besonderer Anhanglichkeit zu dem Verstorbe- nen sich blutrunstig oder gar zu Tode stossen; doch sind solche Falle selten.' Kostromitonow, in Baer, Stat. u. Ethno., p. 88. ' The body is consumed upon a scaffold built over a hole, into which the ashes are thrown and covered.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 112. See also: Tehama Gazette, May, 1859; Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, pp. 171-2; Powers' Porno, MS.; also in Overland Monthly, vol. ix., p. 502, vol. x., p. 328, vol. xii., p. 28; San Francisco Evening Bulletin, Aprils, 1861; Macfie's Vane 1st, pp. 448-50; La Perouse, Voy., torn. ii., p. 306; Placerville Index, 1857; Marmier, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, pp. 230, 236; Hatchings' Cat Mag., vo]. iii., p. 437; Wimmel, Californien, p. 178; Farnham's Life in Cat, p, 369; Folsom Bispatch, in Cat Farmer, Nov. 9, 186•■'; Johnston, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 225; B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 458; Henley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856, p. 242; Forbes' Cat, p. 195. 398 CALIFORNIANS. death of a relative; in some instances they are affectionate toward their families.143 143 In the Russian River Valley the Indians ' sind weichherzig, und von Natur nichtrachsiichtig*.. .sie erlernen mit Leichtigkeit mancherlei Handaiv. beiten und Gewerbe.' Baer, Stat u. Ethno., pp. 77-8. Near Fort Ross 'sind .sie sanft und friedfertig, uncLsehr f ahig, besonders in der Auffassung sinn- licher Gegenstande. Nur in Folge ihrer unmassigen Tragheit und Sorglosig- keit scheinen sie sehr dumm zu seynV Kostromitonow, in Id., pp. 81-2. ' They appear by no means so stupid* as those at the missions. Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 28. At Bodega Bay ' their disposition is most liberal.' Maurelle's Jour., p. 47. At Clear Lake 'they are docile, mild, easily managed. .. .roguish, ungrateful, and incorrigibly lazy cowardly and cringing towards the whites... thorough sensualists and most abandoned gamblers .. wretchedly improvident,' Revere's Tour, pp. 120-1. In the Sacramento Valley they are ' excessively jealous of their squaws ... stingy and inhospitable.' Kelly's Excursion to Cat., vol. ii., p. 114. 'A mirthful race, always disposed to jest and laugh.' Bona, in Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 222. ' Possessed of mean, treacherous, and cowardly traits of character, and the most thievish propensities.' Johnson's Cat and Ogn., p. 143. In the vicinity of San Francisco Bay ' they are certainly a race of the most miserable beings I ever saw, possessing the faculty of human reason.' Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 13. ' For the most part an idle, intemperate race.' Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. ii., p. 78. 'They are a people of a tractable, free, and louing nature, without guile or treachery.' Brake's World Encomp., p. 131. ' Bas- tantes rancherias de gentiles muy mansos y apacibles.' Crespi, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, vi., p. 497. ' Son muy mansos, afables, de buenas caras y los mas de ellos barbados.' Palou, Noticias, in Id., torn, vii., p. 59. At Monterey they ' etaient lourds et peu intelligent^.' Those living farther from the missions were not without ' une certaine finesse, commune a tbus les hommes eleves dans l'etat de nature.' Petit-Thouars, Voy., torn, ii., p. 134. ' Cespeuples sont si peu courageux, qu'ils n'opposent jamais aucune resistance aux trois ou quatre soldats qui violent si evidement a leur egard le droit des gens.' La Perouse, Voy., torn, ii., p. 297. ' The Yukas are a tigerish, truculent, sullen, thievish, and every way bad, but brave race.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol.ix., p. 306. The Tahtoos were very cowardly and peace-loving. Powers' Porno, MS. Than the Oleepas ' a more jolly, laughter-loving, careless, and good-natured people do not exist For intelligence they are far behind the Indians east of the Rocky Mountains.' Belano's Life on the Plains, p. 297. The Kanni- mares 'were considered a brave and warlike Indian race.' Taylor, in Cat \Farmer, March 30,1860. The condition of the Wallas ' is the most miserable that it is possible to conceive; their mode of living, the most abject and destitute known to man.' Henley, in Ind. Aff. Ript, 1856, p. 241. The Fresno River Indians 'are peaceable, quiet and industrious.' Henley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 3J4. A rational, calculating people, generally industrious. Lzwis, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1858, p. 291. On the coast range north and east of Mendocino 'they are a timid and generally inoffensive race.' Bailey, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1858, p. 304. In Placer County they are industrious, honest, and temperate; the females strictly virtuous. Brown, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856, p. 213. Lazy, trifling, drunken. Applegate, lb. In Tuolumne: friendly, generally honest, truthful; men lazy, women industrious. Jewett, Id., p. 244. In the Yosemite Valley, ' though low in the scale of man, they are not the abject creatures generally represented; they are mild, harmless, and singularly honest. Kneeland's Wonders of Yosemite, p. 52. At Santa Clara they have no ambition, are entirely regardless of reputation and renown. Vancouver's Voy., vol. ii., p. 21. In stupid apathy 'they exceed every race of men I have ever known, not excepting the degraded, races of Terra del Fuego or Van Dieman's Land.' Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 97. At Santa Cruz 'they are'so inclined to lying that they almost always will confess offences they have not committed;' very lustful and inhospitable. Cornelias' Letter, in CENTRAL CALIFORNIAN CHARACTER. 399 Although nearly all travelers who have seen and described this people, place them in the lowest scale of humanity, yet there are some who assert that the character of the Californian has been maligned. It does not follow, they say, that he is indolent because he does not work when the fertility of his native land enables him to live without labor; or that he is cowardly because he is not incessantly at war, or stupid and brutal because the mildness of his climate renders clothes and dwellings superfluous. But is this sound reasoning ? Surely a people assisted by nature should progress faster than another, struggling with depressing difficulties. Prom the frozen, wind-swept plains of Alaska to the malaria-haunted swamps of Darien, there is not a fairer land than California; it is the neutral ground, as it were, of the elements, where hyperboreal cold, stripped of its rugged aspect, and equatorial heat, tamed to a genial warmth, meet as friends, inviting, all blusterings laid aside. Yet if we travel' northward Cat Farmer, April 5, 1860. At Kelsey River they are ' amiable and thievish.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 124. ' In general terms, the California Indians are more timid, peaceable, and joyous than any of their neighbors.' Stephens, in Powers' Porno, MS. j Their stupidity, insensibility, ignorance, inconstancy, slavery to appetite, excessive sloth and laziness, being absorbed for the time in the stir and din of night-watching and battle, give them a new existence.' Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 366. 'Faul und jeder Anstren- gun^ abgeneigt.' Osswald, Californien, p. 63. 'Stupidity seemed to be their distinctive character.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 239. 'Loose, lazy, careless, capricious, childish and fickle.' Taylor, in Cat Farmer, March 2,' 1860. ' They are really the most harmless tribes on the American continent.' Ger- staecker's Nar., p. 212. Revengeful, timid, treacherous and ungrateful. Kelly's Excursion to Cat, vol. ii., p. 284. ' Cowardly, treacherous, filthy and indolent.' Johnston, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 223. * Dull, indolent, phlegmatic, timid and of a gentle, submissive temper.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol! vi., p. 199. 'In stature no less than in mind are certainly of a very inferior race of human beings.' Langsdorff's Voy., pt. ii., p. 168. ' Pusillanimous.' Forbes' Cat, p. 183. ' lis sont £galement extremes dans l'expression de la joie et de la colere.' Rollin, in La Perouse, Voy., torn, iv., p. 58. 'Seemed to be almost of the lowest grade of human beings.' King's Rept, in Bayard Taylor's El Borado, Appendix, vol. ii., p. 210. 'Lie Indianer von Californien sind physisch und moralish den andern Indianern untergeordnet.' Wimmel, Californien, p. 177. ' Su estupidez mas parece un entorpecimiento de las poten- cias por falta de action y por pereza caracter.stica, que limitacion absoluta de sus facultades intelectuales; y asi quando se las pone en movimiento, y se ies dan ideas, no dexan de discernir y de aprender lo que se les ensefia.' SutU y Mexicana, Viage, p. 164. 'I noticed that all the Indians from Southern to Northern California were low, shiftless, indolent, and cowardly.* Miller's Life Amonqst the Modocs, p. 16. Cowardly and treacherous in the extreme. Life of Gov. L. W. Boggs, by his Son, MS. 400 CALIFORNIANS. from the Isthmus, we must pass by ruined cities and temples, traces of mighty peoples, who there flourished before a foreign civilization extirpated them. On the arid deserts of Arizona and New Mexico is found an incipient civilization. Descending from the Arctic sea we meet races of hunters and traders, which can be called neither primitive nor primordial, living after their fashion as men, not as brutes. It is not until we reach the Golden Mean in Central California that we find whole tribes subsisting on roots, herbs and insects; having no boats, no clothing, no laws, no God; yielding submissively to the first touch of the invader; held in awe by a few priests and soldiers. Men do not civilize themselves. Had not the Greeks and the Egyptians been driven on by an unseen hand, never wTould the city of the Violet Crown have graced the plains of Hellas, nor Thebes nor Memphis have risen in the fertile valley of the Nile. Why Greece is civilized, wThile California breeds a race inferior to the lowest of their neighbors, save only perhaps the Shoshones on their east, no one yet can tell. When Father Junipero Serra established the Mission of Dolores in 1776, the shores of San Francisco Bay were thickly populated by the Ahwashtees, Ohlones, Altahmos, Romanons, Tuolomos, and other tribes. The good Father found the field unoccupied, for, in the vocabulary of these people, there is found no word for god, angel, or devil; they held no theory of origin or destiny. A rancheria was situated on the spot where now Beach street intersects Hyde street. Were it there now, as contrasted with the dwellings of San Francisco, it would resemble a pig-sty more than a human habitation. On the Marin and Sonoma shores of the bay were the Tomales and Camimares, the latter numbering, in 1824, ten thousand souls. Marin, chief of the Tomales, was for a long time the terror of the Spaniards, and his warriors were ranked as among the fiercest of the Californians. He was brave, energetic, and possessed of no ordinary intelligence. When quite old he consented to be baptized into the Romish Church. YOSEMITE VALLEY INDIANS. 401 It has been suspected that the chief Marin was not a full-bred Indian, but that he was related to a certain Spanish sailor who was cast ashore from a wrecked galeon on a voyage from Manila to Acapulco about the year 1750. The ship-wrecked Spaniards, it has been surmised, were kindly treated by the natives; they married native wives, and lived with the Tomales as of them, and from them descended many of their chiefs; but of this we have no proof. Yosemite Valley was formerly a stronghold to which tribes in that vicinity resorted after committing their depredations upon white settlers. They used to make their boast that their hiding place could never be discovered by white men. But during the year 1850, the marauders growing bold in their fancied security, the whites arose and drove them into the mountains. Following them thither under the guidance of Tenaya, an old chief and confederate, the white men were suddenly confronted by the wondrous beauties of the valley. The Indians, disheartened at the discovery of their retreat, yielded a reluctant obedience, but becoming again disaffected they renewed their depredations. Shortly afterward the Yosemite Indians made a visit to the Monos. They were hospitably entertained, but upon leaving, could not resist the temptation to drive off a few stray cattle belonging to their friends. The Monos, enraged at this breach of good faith, pursued and gave them battle. The warriors of the valley were nearly exterminated, scarce half a dozen remaining to mourn their loss. All their women and children were carried away into captivity. These Yosemite Indians consisted of a mixture from various tribes, outlaws as it were from the surrounding tribes. They have left as their legacy a name for every cliff and waterfall within the valley. How marvelous would be their history could we go back and trace.it from the beginning, these millions of human bands, who throughout the ages have been coming and going, unknowing and unknown! Vol. I. 26 CALIFORNIANS. In the Southern Californians, whose territory lies south of the thirty-fifth parallel, there are less tribal differences than among any people whom we have yet encountered, whose domain is of equal extent. Those who live in the south-eastern corner of the State are thrown by the Sierra Nevada range of mountains into the Shoshone family, to which, indeed, by affinity they belong. The chief tribes of this division are the Ca- huillas and the Dieguenos, the former living around the San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains, and the latter in the southern extremity of California. Around each mission were scores of small bands, wrhose ranche-. rias were recorded in the mission books, the natives as a whole being known only by the name of the mission. When first discovered by Cabrillo in 1542, the islands off the coast were inhabited by a superior people, but these they were induced by the padres to abandon, following which event the people rapidly faded away. The natives called the island of Santa Cruz Liniooh, Santa Rosa Hurmal, San Miguel Twocan, and San Nicolas Gha- lashat. As we approach the southern boundary of California a slight improvement is manifest in the aborigines. The men are here well made, of a stature quite up to the average, comparatively fair-complexioned and pleasant-featured. The children of the islanders are described by the early voyagers as being white, with light hair and ruddy cheeks, and the women as having fine forms, beautiful eyes, and a modest demeanor.144 The beard is 144 At Santa Catalina * las mujeres son muy hermosas y honestas, los ninos son blancos y rubios y muy risuenos.' Salmeron, Relaciones, p. 18, in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn. iv. See also Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 140; Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 712. At Santa Barbara,' son mas altos, dispuestos, y membrados, que otros, que antes se avian visto.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., . torn, i., p. 714. On the coast from San Diego to San Francisco they are ' d'une couleur foncee, de petite taille, et assez mal faits.' Fages, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 153; see also Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 226. At San Luis Rey, ' sont bien faits et d'une taille moyenne.' Id., p. 171; quoted in Marmier, p. 229. An Indian seen at Santa Inez Mission \ was about twenty-seven years old, with a black thick beard, iris of the eyes light chocolate-brown, nose small and round, lips not thick, face long and angular.' Cat Farmer, May 4, 1860. The Noches ' aunque de buena disposi- cion son delgados y bastante delicados para andar a pie.' Garces, in Boc. Hist. DRESS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 403 plucked out with a bivalve shell, which answers the purpose of pincers. A short cloak of deer-skin or rabbit-skins sewed together, suffices the men for clothing; and sometimes even this is dispensed with, for they think it no shame to be naked.145 The women and female children wear a petticoat of skin, with a heavy fringe reaching down to the knees; in some districts they also wear short capes covering the breasts.146 On the coast and, formerly, on the islands, seals furnished the material.147 The more industrious and wealthy embroider their garments profusely with small shells. Around Santa Barbara rings of bone or shell were worn in the nose; at Los Angeles nasal ornaments were not the fashion. The women had cylinder-shaped pieces of ivory, sometimes as much as eight inches in length, attached to the ears by a shell ring. Bracelets and necklaces were made of pieces of ivory ground round and perforated, small pebbles, and shells. Paint of various colors was used by warriors and dancers. Mr Hugo Reid, who has contributed valuable information concerning the natives of Los Angeles County, states that girls in love paint the cheeks sparingly with red ochre, and all the women, before they grow old, protect their complexion from the effects of Mex., serie ii., torn, i., p. 295. 'Well proportioned in figure, and of noble appearance.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 45. 'The women (of the Die- gefios) are beautifully developed, and superbly formed, their bodies as straight as an arrow.' Michler, in Emory's U. S. and Mex., Bound. Survey, vol. i., p. 107. The Cahuillas 'are a filthy and miserable-looking set, and great beggars, presenting an unfavorable contrast to the Indian upon the Colorado.' Whipple, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 134. 145 The ordinary cloak descends to the waist: ■ le chef seul en a une qui lui tombe jusqu'au jarret, et c'est la la seule marque de distinction.' Fages, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 172; see also Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 229. 146 These capes Father Crespi describes as being ' unos capotillos hechos de pieles de liebres y conejos deque hacen tiras y tercidas como mecate; cosen uno con otro y las defienden del frio cubriendolas por la honestidad ' Crespi, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, vi., pp. 291-2; see also Id., p. 312. H7 The lobo marino of the Spanish is the common seal and sea calf of the the English; le veau marin and phoque commun of the French; vecchio marino of the Italians; Meerwolf and Meerhund of the Germans; Zee-Hund of the Dutch; Sael-hund of the Danes; Sial of the Swedes; and moelrhon of the Welsh.. Knight's Eng. Encyc. Nat. Hist, vol. iv., p. 299. CALIFORNIANS. the sun by a plentiful application of the same cosmetic.148 jYizcaino saw natives on the southern coast painted blue and silvered over with some kind of mineral substance. On his asking where they obtained the silver-like material they showed him a kind of mineral ore, which they said they used for purposes of ornamentation.149 They take much pride in their hair, which they wear long. It is braided, and either wound round the head turban-like,150 or twisted into a top-knot; some tie it in a queue behind. According to Father Boscana the girls are tattooed in infancy on the face, breast, and arms. The most usual method was to prick the flesh with a thorn of the cactus-plant; charcoal produced from the maguey was then rubbed into the wounds, and an ineffaceable blue was the result.151 Dwellings, in the greater part of this region, differ but little from those of the Central Californians. In shape they are conical or semi-globular, and usually consist of a frame, formed by driving long poles into the ground, covered with rushes and earth.152 On the coast of the Santa Barbara Channel there seems to have been some improvement in their style of architecture. It was probably here that Cabrillo saw houses built after the manner of those in New Spain.153 It is possible that the 148 Reid, in Los Angeles Star. 149 Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 18. 150 This hair turban or coil ' sirve de bolsa para guardar en la cabeza los abalorios y demas chucherias que se les da.' Palou, Vida de Junipero Serra, p. 215. The same custom seems to prevail among the Cibolos of New Mexico, as Marmier, in his additional chapter in the French edition of Bryant's Cat, p. 258, says: 'les hommes du peuple tressent leurs cheveux avec des cordons, et y placent le peu d'objets qu'ils possedent, notamment la corne qui renferme leur tabac a fumer.' 151 On the subject of dress see also Navarrete, Introd., in Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. lxiv.; Palou, Vida de Junipero Serra, p. 79; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 45; Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, p. 240; Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 138; Garces, in Boc. Mex. Hist, serie ii., torn, i., p. 294; Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 229. i^2 On the Los Angeles Coast: ' La rancheria se compone de veinte casas hechas de zacate de forma esferica a modo de uno media naranja con su res- piradero en lo alto por donde les entra la luz y tiene salida el humo.' Crespi, in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, vi., p. 314; Hoffmann, in San Francisco Medical Press, vol. v., p. 149. ]53 'Partieron de alii el 9, entraron en una ensenada espaciosa, y siguien- do la costa vieron en ella un pueblo de Indios junto a la mar con casas gran- des a manera de las de Nueva-Espaiia.' Navarrete Introd., in Sutil y Mexicana, DWELLINGS AND FOOD. 405 influences of the southern civilization may have extended as far as this point. Father Boscana's description of the temples or vanquechs erected by the natives in the vicinity of San Juan Capistrano, in honor of their god, Chinigchinich, is thus translated: "They formed an enclosure of about four or five yards in circumference, not exactly round, but inclining to an oval. This, they divided by drawing a line through the centre, and built another, consisting of the branches of trees, and mats to the height of about six feet, outside of which, in the other division, they formed another of small stakes of wood driven into the ground. This was called the gate, or entrance, to the vanquech. Inside of this, and close to the larger stakes, was placed a figure of their god Chinigchinich, elevated upon a kind of hurdle. This is the edifice of the vanquech."154 Almost every living thing that they can lay their hands on serves as food. Coyotes, skunks, wild cats, rats, mice, crows, hawks, owls, lizards, frogs, snakes, excepting him of the rattle, grasshoppers and other insects, all are devoured by the inland tribes. Stranded whales, animals of the seal genus, fish, and shell-fish, form the main support of those inhabiting the coast. Venison they are of course glad to eat when they can get it, but as they are poor hunters, it is a rare luxury. When they did hunt the deer they resorted to the same artifice as their northern neighbors, placing a deer's head and horns on their own head, and thus disguised approaching within bow-shot. Bear-meat the majority Viage, pp. xxix., xxxi., xxxvi. The accounts of Cabrillo's voyage are so confused that it is impossible to know the exact locality in which he saw the people he describes. On this point compare Cabrillo, Relacion, in Col. Boc. Hist. Florida, torn, i., p. 173; Browne's Lower Cat, pp. 18, 19; Burney's Chron. Hist. Biscov., vol. i., pp. 221-5; Clavigero, Storia delta Cat, torn, i., pp. 154-5; Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., p. 329; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, pp. 210-11; Sal- meron, Relaciones, in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 18; Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 306. 'Nur um die Meerenge von Santa Barbara fanol man, 1769, die Bewohner ein wenig gesittigter. Sie bauten grosse Hauser von pyra- midaler Form, in Dorfer vereint.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt. ii., pp. 454-5. 154 Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, p. 259; Bancroft's Nat. Races, vol. tfi., pp. 163-9. 406 CALIFORNIANS. refuse to eat from superstitious motives.155 Grasshoppers are eaten roasted. Acorns are shelled, dried, and pounded in stone mortars into flour, which is washed and re washed in hot and cold water until the bitterness is removed, when it is made into gruel with cold water, or baked into bread. Various kinds of grass-seeds, herbs, berries, and roots, are also eaten, both roasted and raw. Wild fowl are caught in nets made of tules, spread over channels cut through the rushes in places frequented by the fowl, at a sufficient height above the water to allow the birds to swim easily beneath them. The game is gently driven or decoyed under the nets, when at a given signal, a great noise is made, and the terrified fowl, rising suddenly, become hopelessly entangled in the meshes, and fall an easy prey. Or selecting a spot containing clear water about two feet deep, they fasten a net midway between the surface and the bottom, and strewing the place with berries, which sink to the bottom under the net, they retire. The fowl approach and dive for the berries. The meshes of the net readily admit the head, but hold the prisoner tight upon attempting to withdraw it. And what is more, their position prevents them from making a noise, and they serve also as a decoy for others. Fish are taken in seines made from the tough bark of the tione-tree. They are also killed with spears having a movable bone head, attached to a long line, so that when a fish is struck the barb becomes loosened; line is then paid out until the fish is exhausted with running, when it is drawn in. Many of the inland tribes come down to the coast in the fishing season, and remain there until the shoals leave, when they return to the interior. Food is either boiled by dropping hot stones into water-baskets, or, more frequently, in vessels made of soap-stone.156 155 « One of their most remarkable superstitions is found in the fact of their not eating the flesh of large game. This arises from their belief that in the bodies of all large animals the souls of certain generations, long since past, have entered ... A term of reproach from a wild tribe to those more tamed is, "they eat venison." ' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., pp. 215-6; see also Reid, in Los Angeles Star. !56 * All their food was either cold or nearly so Salt was used very spar- WEAPONS AND WAR. 407 In their cooking, as in other respects, they are excessively unclean. They bathe frequently, it is true, but when not in the water they are wallowing in filth. Their dwellings are full of offal and other impurities, and vermin abound on their persons. Bows and arrows, and clubs, are as usual the weapons most in use. Sabres of hard wood, with edges that cut like steel, are mentioned by Father Junipero Serra.157 War is a mere pretext for plunder; the slightest wrong, real or imaginary, being sufficient cause for a strong tribe to attack a weaker one. The smaller bands form temporary alliances; the women and children accompanying the men on a raid, carrying provisions for the march, and during an engagement they pick up the fallen arrows of the enemy and so keep their own warriors supplied. Boscana says that no male prisoners are taken, and no quarter given; and Hugo Reid affirms of the natives of Los Angeles County that all prisoners of war, after being tormented in the most cruel manner, are invariably put to death. The dead are decapitated and scalped. Female prisoners are either sold or retained as slaves. Scalps, highly prized as trophies, and publicly exhibited at feasts, may be ransomed, but no consideration would induce them to part with their living captives.158 Among the few articles they manufacture are fishhooks, needles, and awls, made of bone or shell; mortars and pestles of granite, and soap-stone cooking vessels, and water-tight baskets.159 The clay vessels which are ingly in their food, from an idea that it had a tendency to turn their hair gray.' Reid, in Los Angeles Star. 'I have seen many instances of their taking a rabbit, and sucking its blood with eagerness, previous to consuming the flesh in a crude state,' Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, p. 239. ' Viven muy regalados con varias semillas, y con la pesca que hacen en sus balsas de tule . .y queriendoles dar cosa de comida, solian decir, que de aquello no, que lo que querian era ropa; y solo con cosa de este genero, eran los camba- laches que hacian de su pescado con los Soldados y Arrieros.' Palou, Vida de Junipero Serra, p. 79. See also Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 712; Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 139; Stanley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1866, p. 102; Id., 1869, pp. 194-5; yValker, in Id., 1872, p. 67; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 125; Hoffmann, in San Francisco Medical Press, vol. v., p. 149; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., vol. i., pp. 82-3. 157 Palou, Vida de Junipero Serra, pp. 83-4. 158 Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, pp. 306-9. !59 The baskets, though water-proof, 4 were used only for dry purposes. 408 CALIFORNIANS. frequently found among them now, were not made by them before the arrival of the Spaniards. The stone implements, however, are of aboriginal manufacture, and are well made. The former are said to have been procured mostly by the tribes of the mainland from the Santa Rosa islanders.160 The instruments which they used in their manufactures were flint knives and awls; the latter Fages describes as being made from the small bone of a deer's fore-foot. The knife is double-edged, made of a flint, and has a wooden haft, inlaid with mother of pearl.161 On this coast we again meet with wooden canoes, although the balsa, or tule raft, is also in use. These boats are made of planks neatly fastened together and paid with bitumen;162 prow and stern, both equally sharp, are elevated above the centre, which made them appear to Vizcaino ucomo barquillos" when seen beside his own junk-like craft. The paddles were long and double- bladed, and their boats, though generally manned by three or four men, were sometimes large enough to carry twenty. Canoes dug out of a single log, scraped smooth on the outside, with both ends shaped alike, were some- more rarely, used.163 times, though The circulating The vessels in use for liquids were roughly made of rushes and plastered outside and in with bitumen or pitch, called by them sanot.' Reid, in Los Angeles Star; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, vol. ii., pt. ii., pp. 454-5; and Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., vol. i., p. 82. 160 I Leurs mortiers de pierre et divers autres ustensiles sont incrustes avec beaucoup d'art de morceaux de nacre de perle.' Fages, in Nouvelles Annales desVoy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 319. 'Mortars and pestles were made of granite, about sixteen inches wide at the top, ten at the bottom, ten inches high and two thick.' Soapstone pots were ' about an inch in thickness, and procured from the Indians of Santa Catalina; the cover used was of the same material.' Reid, in Los Angeles Star. On the eastern slopes of the San Bernardino Mountains, blankets are made which will easily hold water. Taylor, in San Francisco Bulletin, 1862, also quoted in Shuck's Cat Scrap Book, p. 405. ' To- das sus obras son primorosas y bien acabadas.' Crespi, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, vi., p. 315. i6i Fages, in Nouvelles Annales desVoy., 1844, torn, ci., pp. 319-20. 162 'The planks were bent and joined by the heat of fire, and then payed with asphaltum, called by them chapapote.' Taylor, in Cat Farmer, June 1, 1860. 163 At Santa Catalina Vizcaino saw ! vnas Canoguelas, que ellos vsan, de Tablas bien hechas, como Barquillos, con las Popas, y Proas levantadas, y mas altas, que el Cuerpo de la Barca, 6 Canoa.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p 712; see also Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 18. GOVERNMENT AND PUNISHMENTS. 409 medium consisted of small round pieces of the white mussel-shell. These were perforated and arranged on strings, the value of which depended upon their length.164 I have said before that this money is supposed to have been manufactured for the most part on Santa Rosa Island. Hence it was distributed among the cOast tribes, who bought with it deer-skins, seeds, etc., from the people of the interior. Each tribe acknowledged one head, whose province it was to settle disputes,165 levy war, make peace, appoint feasts, and give good advice. Beyond this he had little power.166 He was assisted in his duties by a council of elders. The office of chief was hereditary, and in the absence of a male heir devolved upon the female nearest of kin. She could marry whom she pleased, but her husband obtained no authority through the alliance, all the power remaining in his wife's hands until their eldest boy attained his majority, when the latter at once assumed the command. A murderer's life was taken by the relatives of his victim, unless he 'should gain refuge in the temple, in which case his punishment was left to their god. Ven- On the coast of Los Angeles Father Crespi saw 'canoas hechas de buenas tablas de pino, bien ligadas y de una forma graciosa con dos proas.. - . Usan remos largos de dos palas y vogan con indecible lijeriza y velocidad.' Crespi, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, vi., p. 315. At San Diego Palou describes ' balsas de tule, en forma de Canoas, con lo que entran muy adentro del mar.' Palou, Vida de Junipero Serra, p. 79; Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, p. 240; Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 228. Description of balsas, which differ in no respect from those used north. 164 < The worth of a rial was put on a string which passed twice and a-half round the hand, i. e., from end of middle finger to wrist. Eight of these strings passed for the value of a silver dollar.' Cat Farmer, June 1, 1860. 'Eight yards of these beads made about one dollar of our currency ' Id., Jan. 18, 1861. 165 'If a quarrel occurred between parties of distinct lodges (villages), each chief heard the witnesses produced by his own people; and then, associated with the chief of the opposite side, they passed sentence. In case they could not agree, an impartial chief was called in, who heard the statements made by both, and he alone decided. There was no appeal from his decision.' Reid, iu Los Angeles Star. 166 f Pour tout ce qui concerne les affaires interieures, l'influence des devins est bien superieure a la leur.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 373. At San Diego ' Chaque village est sounds aux ordres absolus d'un chef.' Fages, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 153; or see Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 226. 'I have found that the captains have very little authority.' Stanley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 194. J 410 CALIFORNIANS. geance was, however, only deferred; the children of the murdered man invariably avenged his death, sooner or later, upon the murderer or his descendants. When a chief grew too old to govern he abdicated in favor of his son, on which occasion a great feast was given. When all the people had been called together by criers, "the crown was placed upon the head of the chief elect, and he was enrobed with the imperial vestments," as Father Boscana has it I that is to say, he was dressed in a head-ornament of feathers, and a feather petticoat reaching from the waist half-way down to the knees, and the rest of his body painted black. He then went into the temple and performed a pas seul before the god Chinigchinich. Here, in a short time, he was joined by the other chiefs, who, forming a circle, danced round him, accompanied by the rattling of turtle-shells filled with small stones. When this ceremony was over he was publicly acknowledged chief. As I said before, the chief had little actual authority over individuals; neither was the real power vested in the heads of families; but a system of influencing the people was adopted by the chief and the elders, which is somewhat singular. Whenever an important step was to be taken, such as the killing of a malefactor, or the invasion of an enemy's territory, the sympathies of the people were enlisted by means of criers, who were sent round to proclaim aloud the crime and the criminal, or to dilate upon the wrongs suffered at\the hands of the hostile tribe; and their eloquence seldom failed to attain the desired object.167 The chief could have a plurality of wives, but the common people were only allowed one.168 The form of 167 Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, pp. 262-9. 168 Dr. Hoffman states that in the vicinity of San Diego ' their laws allow them to keep as many wives as they can support.' San Francisco Medical Press, vol. vi., p. 150. Fages, speaking of the Indians on the coast from San Diego to San Francisco, says: 'Ces Indiens n'ont qu'une seule femme a la f ois, mais ils en changent aussi souvent que cela leitr convient.' NouveUes Annales des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 153. Of those in the vicinity of San Luis Rey the same author says: ' Les chefs de ce district ont le privilege de prendre deux, ou trois femmes, de les re*pudier ou de les changer aussi souvent qu'ila MARRIAGE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 411 contracting a marriage varied. In Los Angeles County, according to Mr Reid, the matter was arranged by a preliminary interchange of presents between the male relatives of the bridegroom and the female relatives of the bride. The former proceeded in a body to the dwelling of the girl, and distributed small sums in shell money among her female kinsfolk, who were collected there for the occasion. These afterward returned the compliment by visiting the man and giving baskets of meal to his people. A time was then fixed for the final ceremony. On the appointed day the girl, decked in all her finery, and accompanied by her family and relations, was carried in the arms of one of her kinsfolk toward the house of her lover; edible seeds and berries were scattered before her on the way, which were scrambled for by the spectators. The party was met half-way by a deputation from the bridegroom, one of whom now took the young woman in his arms and carried her to the house of her husband, who waited expectantly. She was then placed by his side, and the guests, after scattering more seeds, left the couple alone. A great feast followed, of which the most prominent feature was a character-dance. * The young men took part in this dance in the roles of hunters and warriors, and were assisted by the old women, who feigned to carry off game, or dispatch wounded enemies, as the case might be. The spectators sat in a circle and chanted an accompaniment. According to another form of marriage the man either asked the girl's parents for permission to marry their daughter, or commissioned one of his friends to do so. If the parents approved, their future son-in-law took up his abode with them, on condition that he should provide a certain quantity of food every day. This was done to afford him an opportunity to judge of the domestic qualities, of his future wife. If satisfied, he appointed a day for the marriage, and the ceremony was conducted much le veulent; mais les autres habitants n'en ont qu'une seule et ne peuvent les repudier qu'en cas d'adultere.' Id., p. 173. 412 CALIFORNIANS. in the same manner as that last described, except that he received the girl in a temporary shelter erected in front of his hut, and that she was disrobed before being placed by his side. Children were often betrothed in infancy, kept continually in each other's society until they grew up, and the contract wras scarcely ever broken. Many obtained their wives by abduction, and this was the cause of many of the inter-tribal quarrels in which they were so constantly engaged. If a man ill-treated his wife, her relations took her away, after paying back the value of her wedding presents, and then married her to another. Little difficulty was experienced in obtaining a divorce on any ground; indeed, in many of the tribes the parties separated whenever they grew tired of each other. Adultery was severely punished. If a husband caught his wife in the act, he was justified in killing her, or, he could give her up to her seducer and appropriate the spouse of the latter to himself. At the time of child-birth many singular observances obtained; for instance, the old women washed the child as soon as it was born, and drank of the water; the unhappy infant was forced to take a draught of urine medicinally, and although the husband did not affect the sufferings of labor, his conduct was supposed in some manner to affect the unborn child, and he was consequently laid under certain restrictions, such as not being allowed to leave the house, or to eat fish and meat. The women as usual suffer little from child-bearing. One writer thus describes the accouchement of a woman in the vicinity of San Diego: " A few hours before the time arrives she gets up and quietly walks off alone, as if nothing extraordinary was about to occur. In this manner she deceives all, even her husband, and hides herself away in some secluded nook, near a stream or hole of water. At the foot of a small tree, which she can easily grasp with both hands, she prepares her l lying- in-couch,' on which she lies down as soon as the labor tm CHILD-BIRTH. pains come on. When the pain is on, she grasps the tree with both hands, thrown up backward over her head, and pulls and strains with all her might, thus assisting each pain, until her accouchement is over. As soon as the child is born, the mother herself ties the navel-cord with a bit of buck-skin string, severing it with a pair of sharp scissors, prepared for the occasion, after which the end- is burned with a coal of fire; the child is then thrown into the water; if it rises to the surface and cries, it is taken out and cared for; if it sinks, there it remains, and is not even awarded an- Indian burial. The affair being all over, she returns to her usual duties, just as if nothing had happened, so matter of fact are they in such matters." Purification at child-birth lasted for three days, during which time the mother was allowed no food, and no drink but warm water. The ceremony, in wThich mother and child participated, was as follows: In the centre of the hut a pit was filled with heated stones, upon which herbs were placed, and the whole covered with earth, except a small aperture through which water was introduced. The mother and child, wrapped in blankets, stood over the pit and were soon in a violent perspiration. When they became exhausted from the effect of the steam and the heated air, they lay upon the ground and were covered with earth, after which they again took to the heated stones and steam. The mother was allowed to eat no meat for two moons, after which pills made of meat and wild tobacco were given her. In some tribes she could hold no intercourse with her husband until the child was weaned. Children, until they arrived at the age of puberty, remained under the control of their parents, afterward they were subject only to the chief Like the Spartan youth, they were taught that abstinence, and indifference to hardship and privations, constitute the only true manhood. To render them hardy much unnecessary 169 ' Les veufs des deux sexes, qui veulent se remarier, ne peuvent le faire qu'avec d'autres veufs.' Fages, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 173; see also Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 230. HI CALIFORNIANS. pain was inflicted. They were forbidden to approach the fire to warm themselves, or to eat certain seeds and berries which were considered luxuries. A youth, to become a warrior, must first undergo a severe ordeal; his naked body was beaten with stinging nettles until he was literally unable to move; then he was placed upon the nest of a species of virulent ant, while his friends irritated the insects by stirring them up with sticks. The infuriated ants swarmed over every part of the sufferer's body, into his eyes, his ears, his mouth, his nose, causing indescribable pain. Boscana states that the young were instructed to love truth, to do good, and to venerate old age.170 At an early age they were placed under the protection of a tutelar divinity, which was supposed to take the form of some animal. To discover the particular beast which was to guide his future destinies, the child was intoxicated,171 and for three or four days kept without food of any kind. During this period he was continually harassed and questioned, until, weak from want of food, crazed with drink and importunity, and knowing that the persecution would not cease until he yielded, he confessed to seeing his divinity, and described what kind of brute it was. The outline of the figure was then molded in a paste made of crushed herbs, on the breast and arms of the novitiate. This was ignited and allowed to burn until entirely consumed, and thus the figure of the divinity remained indelibly delineated in the flesh. Hunters, before starting on an expedition, would bea{ their faces with nettles to render them clearsighted. A girl, on arriving at the age of puberty, was laid upon a bed of branches placed over a hole, which 170 < The perverse child, invariably, was destroyed, and the parents of such remained dishonored.' Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, p. 270.^ 'Ilsne pensent pas a donner d'autre education a leurs enfants qu'a enseigner aux fils exactement ce que faisait leur pere; quant aux filles, elles ont le droit de choisir l'occupation qui leur convient le mieux.' Fages, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 153. 171 The intoxicating liquor was ' made from a plant called Pibat, which was reduced to a powder, and mixed with other intoxicating ingredients.' Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, p. 271. AMUSEMENTS. 415 had been previously heated, where she was kept with very little food for two or three days. Old women chanted songs, and young women danced round her at intervals during her purification. In the vicinity of San Diego the girl is buried all but her head, and the ground above her is beaten until she is in a profuse perspiration. This is continued for twenty-four hours, the patient being at intervals during this time taken out and washed, and then reimbedded. A feast and dance follow.172 When the missionaries first arrived in this region, they found men dressed as women and performing women's duties, who were kept for unnatural purposes. From their youth up they were treated, instructed, and used as females, and were even frequently publicly married to the chiefs or great men.173 Gambling and dancing formed, as usual, their principal means of recreation. Their games of chance differed little from those played farther north. That of guessing in which hand a piece of wood was held, before described, was played by eight, four on a side, instead of four. Another game was played by two. Fifty small pieces of wood, placed upright in a row in the ground, at distances of two inches apart, formed the score. The players were provided with a number of pieces of split reed, blackened on one side; these were thrown, points 172 Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 215. For other descriptions of ceremony observed at age of puberty, see: Hoffman, in San Francisco Medical Press, vol. vi., pp. 150-1; McKinstry, in San Francisco Herald, June, 1853. 173 < pero en la Mision de S. Antonio se pudo algo averiguar, pues avi- sando a los Padres, que en una de las casas de los Neofitos se habian metido dos Gentiles, el uno con el traje natural de ellos, y el otro con el trage de muger, expresandolo con el nombre de Joya (que dicen llamarlos asi en su lengua nativa) rue* luego el P. Misionero con el Cabo y un Soldado a la casa a ver lo que buscaban, y los hallaron en el acto de pecado nefando. Casti- garonlos, aunque no con la pena merecida, y af earonles el hecho tan enorme; y responded el Gentil, que aquella Joya era su muger... .Solo en el tramo de la Canal de Santa Barbara, se hallan muchos Joyas, pues raro es el Pueblo donde no se vean dos 6 tres.' Palou, Vida de Junipero Serra, p. 222. ' Asi en esta ranchen'a como en otros de la canal, hemos visto algunos gentiles con traje de muger con sus nagiiitas de gamusa, y muy engruesadas y limpias; no hemos podido entender lo que significa, ni a que" fin,' Crespi, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, vi., p. 325. See also Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, pp. 283-4; Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 371; Torquemada, Monarq Ind., torn. ii., pp. 427; Fages, in Nouvelles Annales desVoy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 173. CALIFORNIANS. down, on the ground, and the thrower counted one for every piece that remained white side uppermost; if he gained eight he was entitled to another throw. If the pieces all fell with the blackened side up they counted also. Small pieces of wood placed against the upright pegs, marked the game. They reckoned from opposite ends of the row, and if one of the players threw just so many as to make his score exactly meet that of his opponent, the former had to commence again. Throwing lances of reed through a rolling hoop was another source of amusement. Professional singers were employed to furnish music to a party of gamblers. An umpire was engaged, whose duty it was to hold the stakes, count the. game, prevent cheating, and act as referee; he was also expected to supply wood for the fire. When they were# not eating, sleeping, or gambling, they were generally dancing; indeed, says Father Boscana, I such was the delight with which they took part in their festivities, that they often continued dancing day and night, and sometimes entire weeks." They danced at a birth, at a marriage, at a burial; they danced to propitiate the divinity, and they thanked the divinity for being propitiated by dancing. They decorated themselves with shells and beads, and painted their bodies with divers colors. Sometimes head-dresses and petticoats of feathers were worn, at other times they danced naked. ' The women painted ,the upper part of their bodies brown. They frequently danced at the same time as the men, but seldom with them. Time was kept by singers, and the rattling of turtle-shells filled with pebbles. They were good actors, and some of their character-dances were well executed; the step, however, like their chanting, wras monotonous and unvarying. Many of their dances were extremely licentious, and were accompanied with obscenities too disgusting to bear recital. Most of them were connected in some way with their superstitions and religious rites.174 174 ' In some tribes the men and the women unite in the dance; in others the men alone trip to the music of the women, whose son^sare by no means CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS. 417 These people never wandered far from their own territory, and knew little or nothing of the nations lying beyond their immediate neighbors. Mr Reid relates that one who traveled some distance beyond the limits of his own domain, returned with the report that he had seen men whose ears descended to their hips; then he had met with a race of Lilliputians; and finally had reached a people so subtly constituted that they u would take a rabbit, or other animal, and merely with the breath, inhale the essence; throwing the rest away, which on examination proved to be excrement." They had a great number of traditions, legends, and fables. Some of these give evidence of a powerful imagination ; a few are pointed with a moral; but the majority are puerile, meaningless, to us at least, and filled with obscenities. It is said that, in some parts, the Southern Californians are great snake-charmers, and that they allow the reptiles to wind themselves about their bodies and bite them, with impunity. Feuds between families are nursed for generations; the war is seldom more than one of words, however, unless a murder is to be avenged, and consists of mutual vituperations, and. singing obscene songs about each other. Friends salute by inquiries after each other's health. On parting one says 11 am going,' the other answers * go.' They are very superstitious, and believe in all sorts of omens arid auguries. An eclipse frightens them beyond measure, and shooting stars cause them to fall down in the dust and cover their heads in abject terror. Many of them believe that, should a hunter eat meat or fish which he himself had procured, his luck would leave unpleasant to the ear.' McKinstry, in S. Francisco Herald, June 1853. 'In their religious ceremonial dances they differ much. While, in some tribes, all unite to celebrate them, in others, men alone are allowed to dance, while the women assist in singing.' Schoolcraft's Arch, vol. v., p. 214-15. 175 ' La danse est executee par deux couples au son d'une espece de flute, les autres restent simples spectateurs et se contentent d'augmenter le bruit en frappant des roseaux sees.' Fages, in Nouvelles Annales desVoy., 1844, torn, ci., p. 176; Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, pp. 289-95; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., pp. 214-15; McKinstry, in S. Francisco Herald, June 1853;. Reid, in Los Angeles Star; Crespi, in Boc Hist. Mex., se«rie iv., torn, vi., p. 322. Vol. I. 27 418 CALIFORNIANS. him. For this reason they generally hunt or fish in pairs, and when the day's sport is over, each takes what the other has killed. Living as they do from hand to mouth, content to eat, sleep, and dance away their existence, we cannot expect to find much glimmering of the simpler arts or sciences among them. Their year begins at the winter solstice, and they count by lunar months, so that to complete their year they are obliged to add several supplementary days. All these months have symbolic names. Thus December and January are called the month of cold; February and March, the rain; March and April, the first grass; April and May, the rise of waters; May and June, the month of roots; June and July, of salmon fishing; July and August, of heat; August and September, of wild fruits; September and October, of bulbous roots; October and November, of acorns and nuts; November and December, of bear and other hunting. • Sorcerers are numerous, and as unbounded confidence is placed in their power to work both good and evil, their influence is great. As astrologers and soothsayers, they can tell by the appearance of the moon the most propitious day and hour in which to ^celebrate a feast, or attack an enemy. Sorcerers also serve as almanacs for the people, as it is their duty to note by the aspect of the moon the time of the decease of a chief or prominent man, and to give notice of the anniversary when it comes round, in order that it may be duly celebrated. They extort black-mail from individuals by threatening them with evil. The charm which they use is a ball made of mescal mixed with wild honey; this is carried under the left arm, in a small leather bag,—and the spell is effected by simply laying the right hand upon this bag. Neither does their power end here; they hold intercourse with supernatural beings, metamorphose themselves at will, see into the future, and even control the elements. They are potent to cure as well as to kill. For all complaints, as usual, they l put forth the charm of woven paces and of waving hands/ and in some cases add other reme- MEDICAL TREATMENT. 419 dies. For internal complaints they prescribe cold baths; wounds and sores are treated with lotions and poultices of crushed herbs, such as sage and rosemary, and of a kind of black oily resin, extracted from certain seeds. Other maladies they affirm to be caused by small pieces of wood, stone, or other hard substance, which by some means have entered the flesh, and which they pretend to extract by sucking the affected part. In a case of paralysis the stricken parts were whipped with nettles. Blisters are raised by means * of dry paste made from nettle-stalks, placed on the bare flesh of the patient, set on fire, and allowed to burn out. Cold water or an emetic is used for fever and like diseases, or, sometimes, the sufferer is placed naked upon dry sand or ashes, with a fire close to his feet, and a bowl of water or gruel at his head, and there left for nature to take its course, while his friends and relatives sit round and howl him into life or into eternity. Snake-bites are cured by an internal dose of ashes, or the dust found at the bottom of ants' nests, and an external application of herbs.176 The medicine-men fare better here than their northern brethren, as, in the event of the non-recovery of their patient, the death of the latter is attributed to the just anger of their god, and consequently the physician is not held responsible. To avert the displeasure of the divinity, and to counteract the evil influence of the sorcerers, regular dances of propitiation or deprecation are held, in which the whole tribe join.177 The temescal, or sweat-house, is the same here as elsewhere, which renders a description unnecessary.178 The 176 Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 380. ' When the new year begun, no thought was given to the past; and on this account, even amongst the most intelligent, they could not tell the number of years which had transpired, when desirous of giving an idea of any remote event.' Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, p. 303. 177 < ;por Gonorrhoea they used a strong decoction of an herb that grows very plentifully here, and is called by the Spanish " chancel agua," and wild pigeon manure, rolled up into pills. The decoction is a very bitter astringent, and may cure some sores, but that it fails in many, I have undeniable proof. In syphilis they use the actual cautery, a living coal of fire applied to the chancer, and a decoction of an herb, said to be something like sarsaparilla, called rosia.' Hoffman, in San Francisco Medical Press, vol. v. p. 152-3. 178 I am indebted for the only information of value relating to the medical usages of the southern California tribes, 'to Boscana's MS., literally trans- 420 CALIFORNIANS. dead wrere either burned or buried. Father Boscana says that no particular ceremonies were observed during the burning of the corpse. The body was allowed to lie untouched some days after death, in order to be certain that no spark of life remained. It was then borne out and laid upon the funeral pyre, which was ignited by a person specially appointed for that purpose. Everything belonging to the deceased was burned with him. When all was over the mourners betook themselves to the outskirts of the village, and there gave vent to their lamentation for the space of three days and nights. During this period songs wrere sung, in which the cause of the late death was related, and even the progress of the disease which brought him to his grave minutely described in all its stages. As an emblem of grief the hair was cut short in proportion to nearness of relation to or affection for the deceased, but laceration was not resorted to.180 Mr Taylor relates that the Santa Inez Indians buried their dead in regular cemeteries. The body was placed in a sitting posture in a box made of slabs of clay stone, and interred with all the effects of the dead person.181 According to Reid, the natives of Los Angeles County waited until the body began to show signs of decay and then bound it together in the shape of a ball, and buried it in a place set apart for that purpose, with offerings of seeds contributed by the family. At the first news of his death all the relatives of the deceased gathered together, and mourned his departure with groans, each having a groan peculiar to himself. The dirge was presently changed to a song, in which all united, while an accompaniment was wThistled through a deer's leg- bone. The dancing consisted merely in a monotonous lated by Robinson in his Life in Cat, pp. 310-14, and also given in substance in Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., pp. 378-9, and to Reid's papers on the Indians of Los Angeles County, in the Los Angeles Star, also quoted in Cat Farmer, Jan. 11,1861. S See Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., pp. 377-8, and platerp. 248, and Hoffmann, in San Francisco Medical Press, vol. v., p. 152. 180 « The same custom is now in use, but not only applied to deaths, but to their disappointments and adversities in life, thus making public demonstration of their sorrow.' Boscana, in Robinson's Bife in Cat, pp. 314-15. isl California Farmer, May || 1863. DEATH AND BURIAL. shuffling of the feet.182 Pedro Fages thus describes a burial ceremony at the place named by him Sitio de los Pedernales.183 Immediately after an Indian has breathed his last, the corpse is borne out and placed before the idol which stands in the village, there it is watched by persons who pass the night round a large fire built for the purpose; the following morning all the inhabitants of the place gather about the idol and the ceremony commences. At the head of the procession marches one smoking gravely from a large stone pipe; followed by three others, he three times walks round the idol and the corpse; each time the head of the deceased is passed the coverings are lifted, and he who holds the pipe blows three puffs of smoke upon the body. When the feet are reached, a kind of prayer is chanted in chorus, and the parents and relatives of the defunct advance in succession and offer to the priest a string of threaded seeds, about a fathom long; all present then unite in loud cries and groans, while the four, taking the corpse upon their shoulders, proceed with it to the place of interment. Care is taken to place near the body articles which have been manufactured by the deceased during his life-time. A spear or javelin, painted in various vivid colors, is planted erect over the tomb, and articles indicating the occupation of the dead are placed at his foot; if the deceased be a woman, baskets or mats of her manufacture are hung on the javelin.184 Death they believed to be a real though invisible being, who gratified his own anger and malice by slowly taking away the breath of his victim until finally life was extinguished. The future abode of good spirits resembled the Scandinavian Valhalla; there, in the dwelling-place of their god, they would live for ever and ever, eating, and drinking, and dancing, and having wives in abundance. As their ideas of reward in the next world were matter-of-fact and material, so were their fears of 182 Reid, in Los Angeles Star. 183 The latitude of which he fixes at 34° 33'. 184 Fages, in Nouvelles Annales desVoy., 1844, torn, ci., pp. 173-4. Quoted almost literally by Marmier, Notice, in Bryant, Voy. en Cat, p. 230. 422 CALIFORNIANS. punishment in this life; all accidents, such as broken limbs or bereavement by death, wrere attributed to the direct vengeance of their god, for crimes which they had committed.185 Though good-natured and inordinately fond of amusement, they are treacherous and unreliable. Under a grave and composed exterior they conceal their thoughts and character so well as to defy interpretation. And this is why we find men, who have lived among them for years, unable to foretell their probable action under ^ny given circumstances. The Shoshone Family, which forms the fourth and last division of the Californian group, may be said to consist of two great nations, the Snakes, or Shoshones proper, and the Utahs. The former inhabit south-eastern Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, and the northern portions of Utah and Nevada, are subdivided into several small tribes, and include the more considerable nation of the Bannacks. The Utahs occupy nearly the whole of Utah and Nevada, and extend into Arizona and California, on each side of the Colorado. Among the many tribes into which the Utahs are divided may be mentioned the Utahs proper, whose territory covers a great part of Utah and eastern Nevada; the Washoes along the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada, between Honey Lake and the west fork of Walker River; the Pah Vies, or, as they are sometimes called, Piutes, in western and central Nevada, stretching into Arizona gffud south-eastern California; the Pah Vants in the vicinity of Sevier Lake, the Pi PJdes south of them, and the Gosh Uies, a mixed tribe of Snakes and Utahs, dwelling in the vicinity of Gosh Ute Lake and Mountains. The Shoshones186 are below the medium stature; the 185 Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, p. 317. 186 In spelling the word Shoshone, I have followed the most common orthography. Many, however, write it Shoshonee, others, Shoshonie, either of which would perhaps give a better idea of the pronunciation of the word, as the accent falls on the final e. The word means ' Snake Indian,' according to Stuart, Montana, p. 80; and 'inland,' according to Ross, Fur Hunters, THE SHOSHONE FAMILY. 423 Utahs, though more powerfully built than the Snakes, are coarser-featured and less agile. All are of a dark bronze-color when free from paint and dirt, and, as usual, beardless. The women are clumsily made, although some of them have good hands and feet.187 On the barren plains of Nevada, where there is no large game, the rabbit furnishes nearly the only clothing. The skins are sewn together in the form of a cloak, which is thrown over the shoulders, or tied about the body with vol. i., p. 249. I apply the name Shoshones to the whole of this family; the Shoshones proper, including the Bannacks, I call the Snakes; the remaining tribes I name collectively Utahs. i87 See Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., p. 249; Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 228-9; Remy and Brenchly's Journey, vol. i., p. 124; Chandless' Visit, p. 118; Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 377; Carvalho's Incid. of Trav., p. 200; Graves, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 178; Beckwith, in Pac R. B. Rept, vol. ii., p. 42; Farley's Sanitary Rept, in San Francisco Medical Press, vol. iii., p. 154; Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 298; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 88; Hesperian Magazine, vol. x., p. 255; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 197; Prince, quoted in Cat Farmer, Oct 18, 1861; Townsend's Nar., pp. 125, 133; Bryant, Voy. en Cat, pp. 152, 194; Coke's Rocky Mountains, p. 276; Fremont's Explor. Ex., pp. 148, 267; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 312; Figuier's Human Race, p. 484; Burton's City of the Saints, p. 585. Mention is made by Sal- meron of a people living south of Utah Lake, who were 'blancas, y rosadas las mejillas como los franceses.' Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 101. Escalante, speaking of Indians seen in the same region, lat. 39° 34' 37", says: ' Eran estos de los barbones, y narices agujeradas, y en su idioma se nom- bran Tirangapui, Tian los cinco, que con su capitan venieron primero, tan crecida la barba, que parecian padres capuchinos 6 belemitas.' Boc Hist. Mex., serie ii., torn, i., p. 476. Wilkes writes. 'Southwest of the Youta Lake live a tribe who are known by the name of the Monkey Indians; a term which is not a mark of contempt, but is supposed to be a corruption of their name They are reported to live in fastnesses among high mountains; to have good clothing and houses; to manufacture blankets, shoes, and various other articles, which they sell to the neighboring tribes. Their colour is as light as that of the Spaniards; and the women in particular are very beautiful, with delicate features, and long flowing hair Some have attempted to connect these with an account of an ancient Welsh colony, which others had thought they discovered among the Mandans of the Missouri; while others were disposed to believe they might still exist in the Monkeys of the Western Mountains. There is another account which speaks of the Monquoi Indians, who formerly inhabited Lower California, and were partially civilized by the Spanish missionaries, but who have left that country, and of whom all traces have long since been lost.' Wilkes' Nar., in IT. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., pp. 502-3. 'On the southern boundary of Utah exists a peculiar race, of whom little is known. They are said to be fair-skinned, and are called the "White Indians;" have blue eyes and straight hair, and speak a kind of Spanish language differing from other tribes.' San Francisco Evening Bulletin, May 15, 1863. Taylor has a note on the subject, in which he says that these fair Indians were doubtless the Moquis of Western New Mexico. Cat Farmer, June 26, 1863. Although it is evident that this mysterious and probably mythic people belong in no way to the Shoshone family, yet as they are mentioned by several writers as dwelling in a region which is surrounded on all sides by Shoshones, I have given this note, wherefrom the reader can draw his own conclusions. 424 CALIFORNIANS. thongs of the same. In warm weather, or when they cannot obtain rabbit-skins, men, women and children are, for the most part, in a state of nudity. The hair is generally allowed to grow long, and to flow loosely over the shoulders; sometimes it is cut straight over the forehead, and among the Utahs of New Mexico it is plaited into two long queues by the men, and worn short by the women. Ornaments are rare; I find mention in two instances188 of a nose-ornament, worn by the Pah Utes, consisting of a slender piece of bone, several inches in length, thrust through the sepftm of the nose. Tattooing is not practibJR but paint of all colors is used unsparingly.189 The Snakes are better dressed than the Utahs, their clothing being made from the skins of larger game, and ornamented with beads, shells, fringes, feathers, and, since their acquaintance with the whites, with pieces of brilliant-colored cloth. A common costume is a shirt, leggins, and moccasins, all of buck-skin, over which is thrown, in cold wreather, a heavy robe, generally of buffalo-skin, but sometimes of wolf, deer, elk/ or beaver. The dress of the women differs but little from that of the men, except that it is less ornamented and the shirt is longer.190 M Beckwith, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. ii., p. 42; Heap's Cent Route, p. 102. ig9 Speaking of women: | their breasts and stomachs were covered with red mastic, made from an earth peculiar to these rocks, which rendered them hideous. Their only covering was a pair of drawers of hare-skin, badly sewn together, and in holes.' Remy and Brenchley's Journ., vol. ii., p. 386; see also vol. L, p. 127, and vol. ii., pp. 389, 404, 407. ' The women often dress in skirts made of entrails, dressed and sewed together in a substantial way.' Prince, in Cat Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861. Hareskihs ' they cut into cords with the fur adhering; and braid them together so as to form a sort of cloak with a hole in the middle, through which they thrust their heads.' Farnham's Life and Adven., p. 376. The remaining authorities describe them as naked, or slightly and miserably dressed; see Stansbury's Rept, pp. 82, 202-3; Chand- less' Visit, p. 291; Heap's Cent. Route, p. 100; Irving's Bonneville's Adveii., p. 255; Bryant's Cat, p. 194; Forney, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1859, p. 365; Bodge, lb., pp. 374-5; Fepton, in Id., 1869, p. 203; Graves, in Id., 1854, p. 178; Burton's City of the Saints, pp. 217-18, 272-3, 581, 585; Fremont's Explor. Ex., pp. 148, 168-9, 212, 218, 225, 227, 267; Bullfinch's Oregon, p. 129; Saxon's Golden Gate, p. 251; Scenes in the Rocky Mts., p. 197; BrowneU's Ind. Races, p. 539; Bunn's Oregon, p. 331. wo Townsend's Nar., pp. 125,133; Be Smet, Voy., p. 25; Bunn's Oregon, p. ^325; Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 228-30, 308-9; Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., pp. 249-50, 257-8, vol. ii., pp. 22-3; Chandless' Visit, p. 118; Carvalho's Incid. of DRESS OF THE SNAKES. 42,5 The dress of the Snakes seen by captains Lewis and Clarke was richer than is usually worn by them now; it was composed of a robe, short cloak, shirt, long leggins, and moccasins. The robe was of buffalo or smaller skins, dressed with the hair on; the collar of the cloak, a strip of skin from the back of the otter, the head being at one end and the tail at the other. From this collar were suspended from one hundred to two hundred and fifty ermine-skins,191 or rather strips from the back of the ermine, including the head and tail; each of these strips was sewn round a cord of twisted silk-grass, which tapered in thickness toward the tail. The seams were concealed with a fringe of ermine- skin ; little tassels of white fur were also attached to each tail, to show off its blackness to advantage. The collar was further ornamented with shells of the pearl-oyster; the shirt, made of the dressed hides of various kinds of deer, was loose and reached half-way down the thigh; the sleeves were open on the under side as low as the elbow,—the edges being cut into a fringe from the elbow to the wrist,—and they fitted close to the arm. The collar was square, and cut into fringe, or adorned with the tails of the animals which furnished the hide; the shirt was garnished with fringes and stained porcupine-quills; the leggins were made each from nearly an entire antelope-skin, and reached from the spikle to the upper part of the thigh. The hind legs of the skin were worn uppermost, and tucked into the girdle; the neck, highly ornamented with fringes and quills, trailed on the ground behind the heel of the wearer; the side seams were fringed, and for this purpose the scalps of fallen enemies were frequently used. The moccasins were also of dressed hide, without the hair, except in winter, when buffalo-hide, with the hair inside, answered the purpose. They were made with a single seam on the outside edge, and were Trav., p. 200; White's Ogn., p. 377; Lord's Nat, vol. i., p. 298; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 244, 281. - 191 < The ermine is the fur known to the north-west traders by the name'of the white weasel, but is the genuine ermine.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 313. 426 CALIFORNIANS. embellished with quills; sometimes they were covered with the skin of a polecat, the tail of which dragged behind on the ground. Ear-ornaments of beads, necklaces of shells, twisted-grass, elk-tushes, round bones, like joints of a fish's back-bone, and the claws of the brown bear, were all worn. Eagles' feathers stuck in the hair, or a strip of otter-skin tied round the head, seem to have been the only head-dresses in use.192 This, or something similar, was the dress only of the wealthy and prosperous tribes. Like the Utahs, the Snakes paint extensively, especially when intent upon war.193 The Snakes also build better dwellings than the Utahs. Long poles are leaned against each other in a circle, and are then covered with skins, thus forming a conical tent. A hole in the top, which can be closed in bad weather, serves as chimney, and an opening at the bottom three or four feet high, admits the occupants on pushing aside a piece of hide stretched on a stick, which hangs over the aperture as a door. These skin tents, as is necessary to a nomadic people, are struck and pitched with very little labor. When being moved from one place to another, the skins are folded and packed on the ponies, and the poles are hitched to each side of the animal by one end, while the other drags. The habitations of the people of Nevada and the greater part of Utah are very primitive and consist, of heaps of brush, under which they crawl, or even of a mere shelter of bushes, semicircular in shape, roofless, and three or four feet high, which serves only to break the force of the wind. Some of them build absolutely no dwellings, but live in caves and among the rocks, while others burrow like reptiles in the ground. Farnham gives us a very doleful picture of their condition; he says: " When the lizard, and snail, and wild roots are buried in the snows of winter, they !92 Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 312-15. 193 < On y rencontre aussi des terres metalliques de differentes couleurs, telles que vertes, bleues, jaunes, noires, blanches, et deux sortes d'ocres, l'u'ne pale, l'autre d'un rouge brillant comme du vermillion. Les Indiens en font tres*-grand cas; ils s'en servent pour,se peindre le corps et le visage.' Stuart, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1821, torn, xii., p. 83. DWELLINGS AND FOOD OF THE SHOSHONES. 427 are said to retire to the vicinity of timber, dig holes in the form of ovens in the steep sides of the sand-hills, and, having heated them to a certain degree, deposit themselves in them, and sleep and fast till the weather permits them to go abroad again for food. Persons who have visited their haunts after a severe winter, have found the ground around these family ovens strewn with the unburied bodies of the dead, and others crawling among them, who had various degrees of strength, tfrom a bare sufficiency to gasp in death, to those that crawled upon their hands and feet, -eating grass like cattle."19* Naturally pusilanimous, weak in development, sunk below the common baser passions of the savage, more improvident than birds, more beastly than beasts, it may be possible to conceive of a lower phase of humanity, but I confess my inability to do so. Pine-nuts, roots, berries, rewrites, insects, rats, mice, and occasionally rabbits are the only food of the poorer Shoshone tribes. Those living in the vicinity of streams or lakes depend more or less for their subsistence upon fish. The Snakes of Idaho and Oregon, and the tribes occupying the more fertile parts of Utah, having abundance of fish and game, live well the year round, but the miserable root-eating people, partly owing to their inherent improvidence, partly to the scantiness of their 194 < They remain in a semi-dormant, inactive state the entire winter, leaving their lowly retreats only now and then, at the urgent calls of nature, or to warm their burrows In the spring they creep from their holes poor and emaciated, with barely flesh enough to hide their bones, and so enervated from hard fare and frequent abstinence, that they can scarcely move.' Scenes in Rocky Mts., p. 179. Stansburv mentions lodges in Utah, east of of Salt Lake, which were constructed of ' cedar poles and logs of a considerable size, thatched with bark and branches, and were quite warm and comfortable.' Stansbury's Rept, p. Ill; Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. i., p. 334; Irving's Bonneville's Adven., p. 255; Remy and Brenchley's Journ., vol. i., pp. 80-1, 129, vol. ii., pp. 362, 373; Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 101; Farley, in San Francisco Medical Press, vol. iii., p. 154; Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 378; BrowneU's Ind. Races, p. 538; Heap's Cent. Route, pp. 98-^-9; Be Smet, Voy., p. 28; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 247, vol. ii., pp. 256-7; Coke's Rocky Mountains, p. 257; Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. ii., p. 117; White's Ogn., p. 376; Irving's Astoria, pp. 257, 290; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 305; Fremont's Explor. Ex., 1842-3, pp. 142, 212, 218; Townsend's Nar., p. 136; Bunn's Oregon, pp. 325, 331-2, 337-8; Bullfinch's Oregon, p. 179; Farnham's Trav., pp. 58, 61-2; Simpson's Route to Cat., p. 51; Burton's City of the Saints, p. 573; Knight's Pioneer Life, MS. 428 CALIFORNIANS. food-supply, never store sufficient provision for the winter, and consequently before the arrival of spring they are invariably reduced to extreme destitution. To avoid starvation they will eat dead bodies, and even kill their children for food.194 A rat or a rabbit is prepared for eating by singeing the hair, pressing the offal from the entrails and cooking body and intestines together. Lizards, snakes, grasshoppers, and ants are thrown alive into a dish containing hot embers, and are tossed about until roasted; they are then eaten dry or used to thicken soup. Grasshoppers, seeds, and roots, are also gathered and cooked in the same manner as by the nations already described. The Gosh Utes take rabbits in nets made of flax-twine,, about three feet wide and of considerable length. • A fence of sage-brush is erected across the rabbit-paths, and on this the net is hung. The rabbits in running quickly along the trail becohie entangled in the meshes and are taken before they can escape. Lizards are dragged from their holes by means of a hooked stick. To catch ants a piece of fresh hide or bark is placed upon the ant-hill; this is soon covered by vast swarms of the insects, which are then brushed off into a bag and kept there until dead, when they are dried for future use. Among the hunting tribes antelope are gradually closed in upon by a circle of horsemen and beaten to death with clubs. They are also stalked after the fashion of the Californians proper, the hunter placing the head and horns of an antelope or deer upon his own head and thus disguised approaching within shooting distance. Fish are killed with spears having movable heads, which become detatched when the game is struck, and are also taken in nets made of rushes or twigs. In the latter case a place is chosen where the river is crossed by a bar, the net is then floated down the stream and on reaching the bar both ends are drawn together. The fish thus enclosed are taken from the circle by hand, and the Shoshone as he takes each one, puts its head in 194 Coke's Rocky Ms., p. 275; Be Smet, Voy.,*p. 29; Bennison, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 375; Saint-Amant, Voyages, p. 325. NATIVE FISH-WEIR. his mouth and kills it with his teeth. Captain Clarke describes an ingeniously constructed weir on Snake River, where it was divided into four channels by three small islands. Three of these channels were narrow "and stopped by means of trees which were stretched across, and supported by willow stakes, sufficiently near to prevent the passage of the fish. About the centre of each was placed a basket formed of willows, eighteen or twenty feet in length, of a cylindrical form, and terminating in a conic shape at its lower extremity; this was situated with its mouth upwards, opposite to an aperture in the weir. The main channel of the water was then conducted to this weir, and as the fish entered it they were so entangled with each other, that they could not move, and were taken out by emptying the small end of the willow basket. The weir in the main channel was formed in a manner somewhat different; there were, in fact two distinct weirs formed of poles and willow sticks quite across the river, approaching each other obliquely with an aperture in each side of the angle. This is made by tying a number of poles together at the top, in parcels of three, which were then set up in a triangular form at the base, two of the poles being in the range desired for the weir, and the third down the stream. To these poles two ranges of other poles are next lashed horizontally, with willow bark and withes, and willow sticks joined in with these crosswise, so as to form a kind of wicker-work from the bottom of the river to the height of three or four feet above the surface of the water. This is so thick as to prevent the fish from passing, and even in some parts with the help of a little gravel and some stone enables them to give any direction which they wish to the water. These two weirs being placed near to each other, one for the purpose of catching the fish as they ascend, the other as they go down the river, are provided with two baskets made in the form already described, and which are placed at the apertures of the weir." For present consumption the fish are boiled in water- CALIFORNIANS. tight baskets by means of red-hot stones, or are broiled on the embers; sometimes the bones are removed before the fish is cooked; great quantities are also dried for winter. Some few of the Utahs cultivate a little maize, vegetables, and tobacco, and raise stock, but efforts at agriculture are not general. The Snakes sometimes accompany the more northern tribes into the country of the Blackfeet, for the purpose of killing buffalo.195 In their persons, dwellings and habits, the Utahs are filthy beyond description. Their bodies swarm with 195 j They eat the seed of two species of Conifers, one about the size of a hazel-nut, the other much smaller. They also eat a small stone-fruit, somewhat red, or black in colour, and rather insipid; different berries, among others, those of Vaccinium. They collect the seed of the Atriplex and Cheno- podium, and occasionally some grasses. Among roots, they highly value that of a bushy, yellowish and tolerably large broomrape, which they cook or dry with the base, or root-stock, which is enlarged, and constitutes the most nutritious part. They also gather the napiform root of a Cirsium acaule, which they eat raw or cooked; when cooked, it becomes quite black, resinous as pitch and rather succulent; when raw, it is whitish, soft, and of a pleasant flavour.' Remy and Brenchley's Journey, vol. i., p. 129. The Shoshones of "Utah and Nevada f eat certain roots, which in their native state are rank poison, called Tobacco root, but when put in a hole in the ground, and a large fire burned over them, become wholesome diet.' Schoolcraft's Arch, vol. vi., p. 697. 'Of the roots used the pap-pa, or wild potatoe, is abundant.' Id., vol. iv., p. 222; see also, Id., vol. v., pp. 199-200. At Bear River, 'every living animal, thing, insect, or worm they eat.' Fremont's Explor. Exp., p. 142, see also pp. 148, 160, 173-4, 212, 218-19, 267, 273. Inland savages are passionately fond of salt; those living near the sea detest it. Stuart, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1821, torn, xii., p. 85. The Utahs eat 'the cactus leaf, pinon-nut, and various barks; the seed of the bunch-grass, and of the wheat, or yellow grass, somewhat resembling rye, the rabbit-bush twigs, which are chewed, and various roots and tubers; the soft sego bulb, the rootlet of the cat-tail flag, and of the tule, which when sun-dried and powdered to flour, keeps through the winter and is palatable even to white men.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 581, see also pp. 573, 577. The Pi-Edes ' live principally on lizards, swifts, and horned toads.' Ind. Aff. Rept., 1865, p. 145; see also Id., 1854, p. 229; 1856, p. 234; 1861, p. 112; 1859, p. 365; 1866, pp. 114, 1869; pp. 203, 216; 1870, pp. 95,114; 1872, p. 59. The Snakes eat a white-fleshed kind of beaver, which lives on poisonous roots, whose flesh affects white people badly, though the Indians roast and eat it with impunity. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. ii., p. 117, see also vol. i., p. 269-72; BrowneU's Ind. Races, p. 539; Farnham's Life and Adven., pp. 371, 376-8; Irving's Bonneville's Adven., pp. 255, 257, 401-2; Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. v., p. 501; Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 219; Bryant's Cat, p. 202; Stansbury's Rept, pp. 77, 148, 233; Kelly's Excursion, vol. i., p. 238; Saxon's Golden Gate, p. 251; Smith, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1828, torn, xxxvii., p. 209; Scenes in the Rocky Mts., p. 178-9; Townsend's Nar., p. 144; White's Ogn., p. 376; Parker's Explor. Tour., p. 228-31, 309; Coke's Rocky Mts.. p. 277; Irving's Astoria, pp. 258, 295; Be Smet, Voy., pp. 28-30, 127; Stevens, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. i., p. 334; Farnham's Trav., pp. 58, 61; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., pp. 242, 270, vol. ii., pp. 19, 60, 61, 64, 244, 311; Hutchings' Cat Mag., vol. ii., p. 534; Simpson's Route to Pac, pp. 51-2; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 270, 288-9, 298-9; Bigler's Early Bays in Utah and Nevada, MS. WEAPONS OF THE SHOSHONES. 45T vermin which they catch and eat with relish. Some of the Snakes are of a more cleanly disposition, but, generally speaking, the whole Shoshone family is a remarkably dirty one.196 The bow and arrow are universally used by the Shoshones, excepting only some of the most degraded root- eaters, who are said to have no weapon, offensive or defensive, save the club. The bow is made of cedar, pine, or other wood, backed with sinew after the manner already described, or, more rarely, of a piece of elk-horn. The string is of sinew. The length of the bow varies. According to Farnham, that used by the Pi Utes is six feet long, while that of the Shoshones seen by Lewis and Clark was only two and a half feet in length. The arrows are from two to four feet, and are pointed with obsidian, flint, or, among the lower tribes, by merely hardening the tip with fire. Thirty or forty are usually carried in a skin quiver, and two in the hand ready for immediate use. Lances, which are used in some localities, are pointed in the same manner as the arrows when no iron can be procured. The Snakes have a kind of mace or club, which they call a poggamoggon. It consists of a heavy stone, sometimes wrapped in leather-, attached by a sinew thong about two inches in length, to the end of a stout leather-covered handle, measuring nearly two feet. A loop fastened to the end held in the hand prevents the warrior from losing the weapon in the fight, and allows him to hold the club in readiness while he uses the bow and arrow.197 They also have a circular. 196 The Wararereeks are ' dirty in their camps, in their dress, and in their persons.' Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., p. 250. The persons of the Piutes are ' more disgusting than those of the Hottentots. Their heads are white with the germs of crawling filth.' Farnham's Trav., p. 58. 'A filthy tribe—the prey of idleness and vermin.' Farnham's Life and Adven., p. 325. Bryant says, of the Utahs between Salt Lake and Ogden's Hole, 'I noticed the females hunting for the vermin in the heads and on the bodies of their children; finding which they ate the animals with an apparent relish.' Bryant's Cat, p. 154. The Snakes 'are filthy beyond description.' Townsend's Nar., p. 137. ' J'ai vu les Sheyennes, les Serpents, les Youts, etc., manger la vermine les uns des autres a pleins peignes.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 47. 'The Snakes are rather cleanly in their persons.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 61. 197 ' A weapon called by the Chippeways, by whom it was formerly used, the poggamoggon.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav.. p. 309. Bulfinch, Oregon, p. 126, says the stone weighs about two pounds. Salmeron also mentions a CALIFORNIANS. shield about two and a half feet in diameter, which is considered a very important part of a warrior's equipment, not so much from the fact that it is arrow-proof, as from the peculiar virtues supposed to be given it by the medicine-men. The manufacture of a shield is a season of great rejoicing. It must be made from the entire fresh hide of a male two-year-old buffalo, and the process is as followrs. A hole is dug in the ground and filled with red-hot stones; upon these water is poured until a thick steam arises. The hide is then stretched, by as many as can take hold of it, over the hole, until the hair can be removed with the hands and it shrinks to the required size. It is then placed upon a prepared hide, and pounded by' the bare feet of all present, until the ceremony is concluded. When the shield is completed, it is supposed to render the bearer invulnerable. Lewis and Clarke also make mention of a species of defensive armor | something like a coat of mail, which is formed by a great many folds of dressed antelope skins, united by means of a mixture of glue and sand. With this they cover their own bodies and those of their horses, and find it impervious to the arrow." I find mention in one instance only, of a shield being used by the Utahs. In that case it was small, circular, and worn suspended from the neck. The fishing spear I have already described as being a long pole with an elk-horn point. When a fish is struck the shaft is loosened from its socket in the head, but remains connected with the latter by a cord.198 Arrows are occasion- similar weapon used by the people living south of Utah Lake; concerning whom see note 187, p. 423. 198 The Utahs ' no usan mas armas que las flechas y algunas lanzas de per- dernal, ni tienen otro peto, morrion ni espaldar que el que sacaron del vientre de susmadres.' Escalante, quoted in Salmeron, Kelaciones, in Boc. Hist Mex., ser. iii., part iv., p. 126. ' Bows made of the horns of the bighorn are formed by cementing with glue flat pieces of the horn together, covering the b ick with sinewes and glue, and loading the whole with an unusual quantity of ornaments.' Lewis and Clark's Trav., p. 309. At Ogden River, in Utah, they work obsidian splinters ' into the most beautiful and deadly points, with which they arm the end of their arrows.' Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. \., p. 343. 'Pour toute arme, un arc, des fleches et un baton pointu.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 28. 'Bows and arrows are their (Banattees) only weapons of defence.' Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., p. 251, The arrows of the Pa-Utes ' are MANNER OF MAKING WAR. 433 ally poisoned by plunging them into a liver which has been previously bitten by a rattlesnake.199 The tribes that possess horses always fight mounted, and manage their animals with considerable address. In war they place their reliance upon strategy and surprise; fires upon the hills give warning of an enemy's approach. Prisoners of war are killed with great tortures, especially female captives, who are given over to the women of the victorious tribe and by them done to death most cruelly; it is said, however, that male prisoners who have distinguished themselves by their prowess in battle, are frequently dismissed unhurt. Scalps are taken, and sometimes portions of the flesh of a brave fallen enemy are eaten that the eater may become endued with the valor of the slain. He who takes the most scalps gains the most glory. Whether the warriors who furnished the trophies fell by the hand of the accumulator or not, is immaterial; he has but to show the spoils and his fame is established. The Snakes are said to be peculiarly skillful in eluding pursuit. When on foot, they will -crouch down in the long grass and remain motionless while the pursuer passes within a few feet of them, or when caught sight of they will double and twist so that it is impossible to catch them. The custom of ratifying a peace treaty by a grand smoke, common to so many of the North American aborigines, barbed with a very clear translucent stone, a species of opal, nearly as hard as the diamond; and, shot from their long bow, are almost as effective as a* gunshot.' Fremont's Expl. Ex., p. 267. The Pi-Utes and Pitches ' have no weapon of defence except the club, and in the use of that they are very unskilful.' Farnham's Trav., p. 58. Southwest of Great Salt Lake, 'their arms are clubs, with small bows and arrows made of reeds.' Scenes in the Rocky Mts., p. 180. The Pi-Utes ' make some weapons of defence, as bows and arrows. The bows are about six feet long; made of the savine (Juniperiis sabina).' Farnham's Life and Adven., p: 378; see farther, Remy and Brench- leys Journ., vol. ii., pp. 291, 261; Stansbury's Rept, p. 232; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 198; Heap's Cent Route, pp. 56, 72, 77, 84, 99; Palmer's Jour, p. 134; Bulfinch's Oregon, p. 129; Irving's Bonneville's Adven., pp. 146, 255, 400; Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 219; Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 228-9, 233; Irving's Astoria, p. 279; Stuart, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy , 1822, torn, xiii., p. 50; Bigler's Early Bays in Utah and Nevada, MS.; Knight's Pioneer Life, MS. 199 Remy and Brenchley's Jour., vol. ii., p. 407; Heap's^ Cent Route, p. 99; Thornton's Ogn. and Cat, vol. i., p. 171. Vol. I. 28 434 CALIFORNIANS. is observed by the Shoshones.200 The pipe, the bowl of which is usually of red stone, painted or carved with various figures and adorned with feathers, is solemnly passed from mouth to mouth, each smoker blowing the smoke in certain directions and muttering vows at the same time. The only tools used before iron and steel were introduced by the whites were of flint,bone, or horn. The flint knife had no regular form, and had a sharp edge about three or four inches long, which was renewed when it became dull. Elk-horn hatchets, or rather wedges, were used to fell trees. They made water-proof baskets of plaited grass, and others of wicker-work covered with hide. The Snakes and some of the Utahs were versed in the art of pottery, and made very good vessels from baked clay. These were not merely open dishes, but often took the form of jars with narrow necks, having stoppers.201 200 ' Taking an enemy's scalp is an honour quite independent of the act of vanquishing him. To kill your adversary is of no importance unless the scalp is brought from the field of battle, and were a warrior to slay any number of his enemies in action, and others were to obtain the scalps or fi :st touch the dead, they would have all the honours, since they have borne off the trophy.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 309; see also p. 265. The Utahs k will devour the heart of a brave man to increase their courage, or chop it up, boil it in soup, engorge a ladleful, and boast they have drunk the enemy's blood.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 581; see also p. 140. The Utahs never carry arrows when they intend to fight on horseback. Heap's Cent. Route, p. 77; see also p. 100; Remy and Brenchley's Journ., pp. 97, 99; Stans- bury's Rept, p. 8L; Be Smet, Voy., pp. 28-9; Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., p. 275, vol. ii., pp. 93-6; Bulfinch's Oregon, p. 129; Farnham's Trav., p. 36. 201 The pipe of the chief ' was made of a dense transparent green stone, very highly polished, about two and a half inches long, and of an oval figure, the bowl being in the same situation with the stem. A small piece of burnt clay is placed in the bottom of the bowl to separate the tobacco from the end of the stem.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 267. Pots made of ' a stone found in the hills... .which, though soft and white in its natural state, becomes very hard and black after exposure to the fire.' Id., p. 312. 'These vessels, although rude and without gloss, are nevertheless strong, and reflect much credit on Indian ingenuity.' Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., p. 274. Pipe-stems ' resemble a walking-stick more than anything else, and they are generally of ash, and from two-and-a-half to three feet long.' Id., vol. ii., p. 109. ' Cooking vessels very much resembling reversed bee-hives, made of basket work covered with buffalo skins.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 244. Stans- bury discovered pieces of broken Indian pottery and obsidian about Salt Lake. Stansbury's Rept, p. 182. The material of baskets 'was mostly willow twig, with a layer of gum, probably from,the pine tree.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 573. The Utahs, 'manufacture very beautiful and serviceable blankets.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 200. 'Considering that they have nothing but stone hammers and flint knives it is truly wonderful to see the LAWS AND GOVERNMENT. 435 Boats, as a rule, the Shoshones have none. They usually cross rivers by fording; otherwise they swim, or pass over on a clumsy and dangerous raft made of branches and rushes.202 By way of compensation they all, except the poorest, have horses, and these constitute their wealth. They have no regular currency, but use for purposes of barter their stock of dried fish, their horses, or whatever skins and furs they may possess. They are very deliberate traders, and a solemn smoke must invariably precede a bargain.203 Although each tribe has an ostensible chief, his power is limited to giving advice, and although his opinion may influence the tribe, yet he cannot compel obedience to his wishes. Every man does as he likes. Private revenge, of course, occasionally overtakes the murderer, or, if the sympathies of the tribe be with the murdered man, he may possibly be publicly executed, but there are no fixed laws for such cases. Chieftainship is hereditary in some tribes; in others it is derived from prestige.204 The Utahs do not hesitate to sell their wives and chil- exquisite finish and neatness of their implements of war and hunting, as well as their ear-rings and waist-bands, made of an amalgam of silver and lead.' Prince, in Cat. Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861. 'Les Indiens en font des jarres, des pots, des plats de di verses formes. Ces vaisseaux communiquent une odeur et une saveur tres-agreables a tout ce qu'ils renferment; ce qui pro- vient sans doute de la dissolution de quelque substance bitumineuse contenue - dans l'argile.' Stuart, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1821, torn. xii., p. 83. ' The pipes of these Indians are either made of wood or of red earth; sometimes these earthen pipes are exceedingly valuable, and Indians have been known to give a horse in exchange for one of them.' Remy and Brenchley's Journ., vol. i., p. 130; Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 128-32, 228-9, 234. 202 Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., p. 274. 203 Among the Snakes in Idaho garments of four to five beaver-skins were sold for a knife or an awl, and other articles of fur in proportion. Horses were purchased for an axe each. A ship of seventy-four guns might have been loaded with provision, such as dried buffalo, bought with buttons and rings. Articles of real value they thus disposed of cheaply, while articles of comparatively no value, such as Indian head-dress and other curiosities, were held high. A beaver-skin could thus be had for a brass-ring, while a necklace of bears' claws could not be purchased for a dozen of the same rings. Axes, knives, ammunition, beads, buttons and rings, were most in demand. Clothing was of no value: a knife sold for as much as a blanket; and an ounce of vermilion was of more value than a yard of fine cloth. Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., pp. 257-9. See further, Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p» 316; Townsend's Nar., pp. 133, 138; Prince, in Cat Farmer, Oct 18, 1861; Farnham's Trav., p. 61. 204 < They inflict no penalties for minor offentes, except loss of character and disfellowship.' Prince, in Cat Farmer, Oct 18, 1861; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 306-7; Remy and Brenchley's Journ., vol. i., p. 128. 438 CALIFORNIANS. dren into slavery for a few trinkets. Great numbers of these unfortunates are sold to the Navajos for blankets. An act which passed the legislature of Utah in 1852, legalizing slavery, sets forth that from time immemorial slavery has been a customary traffic among the Indians; that it was a common practice among them to gamble away their wives and children into slavery, to sell them into slavery to other nations, and that slaves thus obtained wTere most barbarously treated by their masters; that they were packed from place to place on mules; that these unfortunate humans were staked out to grass and roots like cattle, their limbs mutilated and swollen from being bound with thongs; that they were frozen, starved, and killed by their inhuman owners; that families and tribes living at peace would steal each other's wives and children, and sell them as slaves. In view of these abuses it was made lawful for a probate judge, or selectmen, to bind out native captive women and children to suitable white persons for a term not to exceed twenty years.205 Polygamy, though common, is not universal; a wife is generally bought of her parents;206 girls are frequently betrothed in infancy; a husband will prostitute his wife to a stranger for a trifling present, but should she be unfaithful without his consent, her life must pay the forfeit. The women, as usual, suffer very little from the pains of child-bearing. When the time of a Shoshone woman's confinement draws near, she retires to some secluded place, brings forth unassisted, and remains there 205 ' It is virtuous to seize and ravish the women of tribes with whom they are at war, often among themselves, and to retain or sell them and their children as slaves.' Brews' Owyhee Recon., p. 17. The Pi-Edes 'barter their children to the Utes proper, for a few trinkets or bits of clothing, by whom they are again sold to the Navajos for blankets.' Simpson's Route to Cat, p. 45. ' Some of the minor tribes in the southern part of the Territory (Utah), near New Mexico, can scarcely show a single squaw, having traded them off for horses and arms.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 582. ' Viennent trouver les blancs, et leur vendent leurs enfants pour'des bagatelles.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 29; Knight's Pioneer Life, MS.; Utah, Acts, Resolutions, etc, p. 87. 206 'A. refusal in these lands is often a serious business; the warrior collects his friends, carries off* the recusant fair, and after subjecting her to the insults of all his companions espouses her.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 582. GAMBLING AND DRINKING. 437 for about a month, alone, and procuring her subsistence as best she can. When the appointed time has elapsed she is considered purified and allowed to join her friends again. The weaker sex of course do the hardest labor, and receive more blows than kind words for their pains. These people, in common with most nomadic nations, have the barbarous custom of abandoning the old and infirm the moment they find them an incumbrance. Lewis and Clarke state that children are never flogged; as it is thought to break their spirit.207 The games of hazard played by the Shoshones differ little from those of their neighbors; the principal one appears to be the odd-and-even game so often mentioned ; but of late years they have nearly abandoned these, and have taken to j poker,' which they are said to play with such adroitness as to beat a white man. With the voice they imitate with great exactness the cries of birds and beasts, and their concerts of this description, which generally take place at midnight, are discordant beyond measure. Though they manufacture no intoxicating liquor themselves, they will drink the whisky of the whites whenever opportunity offers. They smoke the kinikkinik leaf when no tobacco can be procured from the traders.208 In connection with their smoking they 207 « The women are exceedingly virtuous... .they are a kind of mercantile commodity in the hands of their masters. Polygamy prevails among the chiefs, but the number of wives is not unlimited.' Remy and Brenchly's Journ., vol. i., pp. 123-8. They are given to sensual excesses, and other immoralities. Farnham's Trav., p. 62; see also p. 60. 'Prostitution and illegitimacy are unknown.... they are not permitted to marry until eighteen or twenty years old... .it is a capital offence to marry any of another nation without special sanction from their council and head chief. They allow but ©newife.' Prince, in Cat Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861. At the time of their confinement the women ' sit apart; they never touch a cooking utensil, although it is not held impure to address them, and they return only when the signs of wrath have passed away.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 573. 'Infidelity of the wife, or prostitution of an unmarried female, is punishable by death.' Bavies, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1861, p. 133. ' Our Pi-Ute has a peculiar way of getting a foretaste of connubial bliss, cohabiting experimentally with his intended for two or three days previous to the nuptial ceremony, at the end of which time, either party can stay further proceedings, to indulge other trials until a companion more congenial is found.' Farley, in San Francisco Medical Press, vol. iii., p. 155; Bewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 307-8, 315; Be Smet, Voy., p. 27. 208 The Snakes ' ont une sorte de. tabac sauvage qui croit dans les plaines contigues aux montagnes du Spanish-River, il a les feuilles plus etroites que 438 CALIFORNIANS. have many strange observances. When the pipe is passed round at the solemnization of a treaty, or the confirmation of a bargain, each smoker, on receiving it from his neighbor, makes different motions with it; one turns the pipe round before placing the stem to his lips; another describes a semicircle with it; a third smokes with the bowl in the air; a fourth, with the bowl on the ground, and so on through the whole company. All this is done with a most grave and serious countenance, which makes it the more ludicrous to the looker-on. The Snakes, before smoking with a stranger, always draw off* their moccasins as a mark of respect. Any great feat performed by a warrior, which adds to his reputation and renown, such as scalping an enemy, or successfully stealing his horses, is celebrated by a change of name. Killing a grizzly bear also entitles him to this honor, for it is considered a great feat to slay one of these formidable animals, and only he who has performed it is allowed to wear their highest insignia of glory, the feet or claws of the victim. To bestow his name upon a friend is the highest compliment that one man can offer another. The Snakes, and some of the Utahs, are skillful riders, and possess good horses. Their horse-furniture is simple. A horse-hair or raw-hide lariat is fastened round the animal's neck; the bight is passed with a single half- hitch round his lower jaw, and the other end is held in the rider's hand; this serves as a bridle. When the horse is turned loose, the lariat is loosened from his jaw and allowed to trail from his neck. The old men and le notre, il est plus agreable a fumer, ses effets e"tant bien moins violens.' Stuart, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1821, torn, xii., pp. 82-3. The Kinik-kinik I they obtain from three different plants. One is a Cornus, resembling our Cornus sanguinea; after having detached the epidermic cuticle, they scrape the bark and dry it, when it is ready for use. Another is a Vaccinium with red berries; they gather the leaves to smoke them when dry; the third is a small shrub, the fruit and flower of which I have never seen, but resembles certain species of Daphnads (particularly that of Kauai), the leaves of which are in like manner smoked.' Remy and Brenchley's Journ , vol. i., p. 130; see also p. 132; Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., p. 250, 'Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 306; Fremont's Explor. Ex., p. 174; Be Smet, Voy., pp. 25-6. Parker's Explor. Tour, pp. 228-9, 237, 242-3. DISEASES AND BURIAL. 439 the women have saddles similar to those used for packing by the whites; they are a wooden frame made of two pieces of thin board fitting close to the sides of the horse, and held together by two cross-pieces, in shape like the legs of an isosceles triangle. A piece of hide is placed between this and the horse's back, and a robe is thrown over the seat when it is ridden on. The younger men use no saddle, except a small pad, girthed on with a leather thong. When traveling they greatly overload their horses. All the household goods and. provisions are packed upon the poor animal's back, and then the women and children seat themselves upon the pile, sometimes as many as four or five on one horse.209 The poorer Utahs are very subject to various diseases, owing to exposure in winter. They have few, if any, efficient remedies. They dress wounds with pine-gum, after squeezing out the blood. The Snakes are much affected by rheumatism and consumption, caused chiefly by their being almost constantly in the water fishing,, and by exposure. Syphilis has, of course, been extensively introduced among all the tribes. A few plants and herbs are used for medicinal purposes, and the medicine-men practice their wonted mummeries, but what particular means of cure they adopt is not stated by the authorities houses.210 Concerning the disposal of the^ dead usage differs. Inj some parts the body is burned, in others it is buried.. In either case the property of the deceased is. destroyed at his burial. His favorite horse, and, in some instances,, 209 * En deux occasions diverses, je comptai cinq personnes ainsi monies, dont deux, certes, paraissaient aussi capables, chacune a elle seule, de porter la pauvre bete, que le cheval 6ta.it a meme de supporter leurs poids ' Be Smet, Voy., p. 127; Lewis and Clarke's Trav., pp. 266, 309-11, 316; Graves, in Bid. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 178. 210 * With strong constitutions generally, they either die at once or readily recover.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 581. * There is no lack of pulmonary difficulties among them.' Farley, in San Francisco Medical Press, vol. iii., p. 155. Syphilis usually kills them. Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 316. 'The convoUaria steUata... .is the best remedial plant known among those Indians.' Fremont's Explor. Ex., p. 273; Bavies, in Bid. Aff. Rept, 1861, p. 132; Prince, in Cat. Farmer, Oct 18, 1861; Coke's Rocky Mts., p. 276; Parker's Exploit Tour., pp. 228-9, 240-2. I find no mention of their having sweat- 440 CALIFORNIANS. his favorite wife, are killed over his grave, that he may not be alone in the spirit land. Laceration in token of grief is universal, and the lamentations of the dead person's relatives are heard for weeks after his death, and are renewed at intervals for many months. Child-like in this, they rush into extremes, and wThen not actually engaged in shrieking and tearing their flesh, they appear perfectly indifferent to their loss.211 The character of the better Shoshone tribes is not much worse than that of the surrounding nations; they are thieving, treacherous, cunning, moderately brave after their fashion, fierce when fierceness will avail them anything, and exceedingly cruel. Of the miserable root and grass eating Shoshones, however, even this much cannot be said. Those who have seen them unanimously agree that they of all men are lowest. Lying in a state of semi-torpor in holes in the ground during the winter, and in spring crawling forth and eating grass on their hands and knees, until able to regain their feet; having no clothes, scarcely any cooked food, in many instances no weapons, with merely a few vague imaginings for religion, living in the utmost squalor and filth, putting no bridle on their passions, there is surely room for no missing link between them and brutes.212 Yet as 211 < The Yutas make their graves high up the kanyons, usually in clefts of rock.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 150. At the obsequies of a chief of the Timpenaguchya tribe [ two squaws, two Pa Yuta children, and fifteen of his best horses composed the "customs."' Id., p. 577. 'When a death takes place, they wrap the body in a skin or hide, and drag it by the leg to a grave, which is heaped up with stones, as a protection against wild beasts.' Id., p. 582; Remy and Brenchley's Journ., vol. i., pp. 131, 345; Be Smet, Voy., p. 28; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 359, 363. 212 The Shoshones of Carson Valley 'are very rigid in their morals. 'Remy and Brenchley's Journ., vol. i., p. 85. At Haw's Kanch, ' honest and trustworthy, but lazy and dirty.' Id., p. 123. These Kusi-Utahs 'were very inoffensive and seemed perfectly guileless.' Id., vol. ii., p. 412. The Pai-uches are considered as mere dogs, the refuse of the lowest order of humanity. Farnham's Life and Adven., p. 376. The Timpanigos Yutas ' are a noble race brave and hospitable.' Id., p. 371. The Pi-utes are 'the most degraded and least intellectual Indians known to the trappers.' Farnham's Trav., p. 58. ' The Snakes are a very intelligent race.' Id., p. 62. The Bannacks are ' a treacherous and dangerous race.' Id., p. 76. The Pi-Edes are 'timid and dejected;' the Snakes are 'fierce and warlike;' the Tosawitches 'very treacherous;' the Bannacks 'treacherous;' the Washoes 'peacable, but indolent.' Simpson's Route to Cat, p. 45-9. The Utahs 'are brave, impudent, and war- .like of a revengeful disposition.' Graves, in Ind Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 178. SHOSHONE CHARACTER. Ml in all men there stands out some prominent good, so in these, the lowest of humanity, there is one virtue: they are lovers of their country; lovers, not of fair hills and fertile valleys, but of inhospitable mountains and barren plains; these reptile-like men love their miserable burrowing-places better than all the comforts of ' Industrious.' Armstrong, in Id., 1856, p. 233. f A race of men whose cruelty is scarcely a stride removed from that of cannibalism.' Hurt, in Id., p. 231. ' The Pah-utes are undoubtedly the most interesting and docile Indians on the continent.' Bodge, in Id., 1859, p. 374., The Utahs are 'fox-like, crafty, and cunning.' Archuleta, in Id., 1865, p. 167. The Pi-Utes are 'teachable, kind, and industrious... .scrupulously chaste in all their intercourse.' Parker, in Id., 1866, p. 115. The Weber-Utes ' are the most worthless and indolent of any in the Territory.' Head, in Id., p. 123. The Bannocks 'seem to be imbued with a spirit of dash and bravery quite unusual.' Campbell, in Id., p. 120. The Bannacks are ' energetic and industrious.' Banilson, in Id., 1869, p. 288. The Washoes are docile and tractable. Bouglas, in Id., 1870, p. 96. The Pi-utes are ' not warlike, rather cowardly, but pilfering and treacherous.' Powell, in Id., 1871, p. 562. The Shoshokoes 'are extremely indolent, but a mild, inoffensive race.' Irving's Bonneville's Adven., p. 257. The Snakes ' are a thoroughly savage and lazy tribe.' Franchere's Nar., p. 150. The Shoshones are 'frank and communicative.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 306. The Snakes are 'pacific, hospitable and honest.' Bunn's Oregon, p. 325. ' The Snakes are a very intelligent race.' White's Ogn., p. 379. The Pi-utes ' are as degraded a class of humanity as can be found upon the earth. The male is proud, sullen, intensely insolent... .They will not steal. The women are chaste, at least toward their white brethren.' Farley, in San Francisco Medical Jour., vol. iii., p. 154. The Snakes have been considered ' as rather a dull and degraded people .. .weak in intellect, and wanting in courage. And this opinion is very probable to a casual observer at first sight, or when seen in small numbers; for their apparent timidity, grave, and reserved habits, give them an air of stupidity. An intimate knowledge of the Snake character will, however, place them on an equal footing with that of other kindred nations, either east or west of the mountains, both in respect to their mental faculties and moral attributes.' Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. ii., p. 151. 'Les Sampectches, les Pagouts et les Ampayouts sont un peuple plus miserable, plus degrade et plus pauvre. Les Francois les appellent communement les Dignes-de-pitie, et ce nom leur convient a merveille.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 28. The Utahs 'paraissent doux et affables, tres-polis et hospitaliers pour les etrangers, et charitables entre eux.' Id., p. 30. 'The Indians of Utah are the most miserable, if not the most degraded, beings of all the vast American wilderness.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 64. The Utahs 'possess a capacity for improvement whenever circumstances favor them.' Scenes in the Rocky Mts., p. 180. The Snakes are 'la plus mauvaise des races des Peaux-Rouges que j'ai frequentees. Ils sont aussi paresseux que peu pre- voyants.' Saint-Amant, Voy., p. 325. The Shoshones of Idaho are 'highly intelligent and lively... .the most virtuous and unsophisticated of all the Indians of the United States.' Taylor, in Cat Farmer, Aprit'27, 1860. The Washoes have ' superior intelligence and aptitude for learning.' Id., June 14, 18G1; see also Id., June 26, 1863. The Nevada Shoshones 'are the most pure and uncorrupted aborigines upon this continent.... they are scrupulously clean in their persons, and chaste in their habits.... though whole families live together, of all ages and both sexes, in the same tent, immorality and crime are of rare occurrence.' Prince, in Id., Oct. 18, 1861. TheJBannacks ' are cowardly, treacherous, filthy and indolent.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 223. The Utahs are predatory, voracious and perfidious. Plunderers and murderers by habit •.. when their ferocity is not excited, 442 | CALIFORNIANS. civilization; indeed, in many instances, when detained by force among the whites, they have been known to pine away and die. their suspicions are so great as to render what they say unreliable, if they do not remain altogether uncommunicative.' Id., vol. v., pp. 19?-8. The Pa-Vants ' are as brave and improvable as their neighbours are mean and vile.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 577. 'The Yuta is less servile, and consequently has a higher ethnic status than the African negro; he will not toil, and he turns at a kick or a blow.' Id., p. 581. The Shoshokoes ' are harmless and exceedingly timid and shy.' BrowneU's Ind. Races; p. 538. TBIBAL BOUNDARIES. To the Northern Californians, whose territory extends from Rogue River on the north to Eel River south, and from the Pacific Ocean to the Californian boundary east, including the Klamath, and other lakes, are assigned, according to the authorities, the following tribal boundaries: There are ' the Hoopahs, and the Ukiahs of Mendocino;' ' the Umpquas, Kowooses or Cooses, Maeanootoony's of the Umpqua river section, Nomee Cults, and Nomee Lacks of Tehama County; the Copahs, Hanags, Yatuckets, Terwars and Tolowas, of the lower Klamath river; the Wylaks and Noobimucks of Trinity county mountains west from Sacramento plains; the Modocs of Klamath Lake, the Ylackas of Pitt River, the Ukas and Shastas of Shasta county.' Taylor, in Cat Farmer, June 8, 1860. 'The Tototins are divided into twelve bands; eight of them are located on the coast, one on the forks of the Coquille, and three on Rogue river.' * The Tototins, from whom is derived the generic name of the whole people speaking the language, reside on the north bank of the Tototin river, about four miles from its mouth. Their country extends from the eastern boundary of the Yahshutes, a short distance below their village, up the stream about six miles, where the fishing-grounds of the Mackanotins commence.' 'The country of the Euquachees commences at the "Three Sisters," and extends along the coast to a point about three miles to the south of their village, which is on a stream which bears their name. The mining town of Elizabeth is about the southern boundary of the Euquachees, and is called thirty miles from Port Orford. Next southward of the Euquachees are the Yahshutes, whose villages occupy both banks of the Tototin or Rogue river, at its mouth. These people claim but about two and a half miles back from the coast, where the Tototin country commences. The Yahshutes claim the coast to some remarkable headlands, about six miles south of Rogue river. South of these headlands are the Chetlessentuns. Their village is north of, but near, the mouth of a stream bearing their name, but better, known to the whites as Pistol river. The Chetlessentuns claim but about eight miles of the coast; but as the country east of them is uninhabited, like others similarly situated, their lands are supposed to extend to the summit of the mountains. Next to the Chetlessentuns on the south are the Wish*' tenatins, whose village is at the mouth of a small creek bearing their name. NORTHERN CALIFORNIANS. 443 They claim the country to a small trading-post known as the Whale's Head, about twenty-seven miles south of the mouth of Rogue River. Next in order are the Cheattee or Chitco band, whose villages were situated on each side of the mouth, and about six miles up a small river bearing their name ... .The lands of these people extend from Whale's Head to the California line, and back from the coast indefinitely.. .The Mackanotin village is about seven miles above that of the Tototins, and is on the same side of the river. They claim about twelve miles of stream. The Shistakoostees succeed them (the Mackanotins). Their village is on the north bank of Rogue river, nearly opposite the confluence of the Illinois. These are the most easterly band within my district in the South.' Parrish, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1854, pp. 288-9. ' Dr. Hubbard, in his notes (1856) on the Indians of Rogue River and £>outh Oregon, on the ocean, before alluded to, gives the following list of names of Rancherias and clans of the Lototen or Tutatamys tribe. Masbnah Band, location, Coquille river; Chockrelatan Band, location, Coquille forks; Qua- tomah- Band, location, Flore's creek; Laguaacha Band, location, Elk river; Cosulhenten Band, location, Port Orford; Yuquache Band, location, Yugua creek; Chetlessenten Band, location, Pistol river; Yah Shutes Band, location, Rogue river; Wishtanatan Band, location, Whale's head; Cheahtoc Band, location, Chetko; Tototen Band, location, six miles above the mouth of Rogue river; Sisticoosta Band, location, above Big Bend, of Rogue river; Maquelnoteer Band, location, fourteen miles above the mouth of Rogue river.' Cat Farmer, June 18, 1860. The Tutotens were a large tribe, numbering thirteen clans, inhabiting the southern coast of Oregon. Golden Era, March, 1856. ' Toutounis ou Coquins, sur la riviere de ce nom et dans l'in- terieur des terres.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. ' On the lower part of the Clamet River are the Totutune, known by the unfavorable soubriquet of the Rogue, or Rascal Indians.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 221. The bands of the Tootooton tribe ' are scattered over a great extent of country—along the coast and on the streams from the California line to twenty miles north of the Coquille, and from the ocean to the summit of the coast range of mountains.' Palmer, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 259. Taylor places the Tutunahs in the northwest corner of Del Norte County. MS. Map. The Hunas live in California a little south of Rogue River, on the way north from Crescent City. Pfeiffer's Second Journ., p. 314. Modoc, by some Moddoc, is a word which originated with the Shasteecas, who applied it indefinitely to all wild Indians or enemies. ' Their proper habitat is on the southern shore of Lower Klamath Lake, on Hot Creek, around Clear Lake, and along Lost River in Oregon.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. x., p. 535. They own the Klamath River from the lake ' to where it breaks through the Siskiyou range to the westward.' Id., vol. xi., p. 21. In the northern part of Siskiyou County. MS. Map. 'The Modocs of the Klamath Lake were also called Moahtockna.' Cat Farmer, June 22, 1860. East of the Klamaths, whose eastern boundary is twenty-five or thirty miles' east of the Cascade Range, along the southern boundary of Oregon, ' and extending some distance into California, is a tribe known as the Mo- docks. East of these again, but extending further south, are the Moetwas.' ' The country round Ancoose and Modoc lakes, is claimed and occupied by 444 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. the Modoc Indians.' Palmer, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 262-3. 'The Modocs (or Moadoc, as the word is pronounced) known in their language as the Okkowish, inhabit the Goose lake country, and are mostly within the State of California The word Modoc is a Shasta Indian word, and means all distant, stranger, or hostile Indians, and became applied to these Indians by white men in early days from hearing the Shastas speak of them.' See Steele, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1864, p. 121. The Oukskenalis, in the north-western part of Siskiyou County. MS. Map. The Klamaths or Lutuami—'Lutuami, or Tlamatl, or Clamet Indians. The first of these names is the proper designation of the people in their own language. The second is that by which they are known to the Chinooks, and through them to the whites. They live on the head waters of the river and about the lake, which have both received from foreigners the name of Clamet.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 218. That portion of the eastern base of the Cascade Range, south of the forty- fourth parallel, 'extending twenty-five or thirty miles east, and south to the California line, is the country of the Klamath Indians.' Palmer, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 262. The Tlameths 'inhabit the country along the eastern base of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada Mountains, and south to the Great Klameth Lake.' Thompson, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 283. The Clamets inhabit 'Roquas River, near the south boundary' (of Oregon). Warre and Vavaseur, in Martin's Hudson's Bay, p. 81. 'Lutuami; Clamets; also Tlamatl—Indian* of southwestern Oregon, near the Clamet Lake.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 100. 'Klamacs, sur la riviere de ce nom et dans l'interieur des terres.' Be Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. Clamet: on the upper part of the river, and sixty miles below the lake so named. Framboise, in Lond. Geog. Soc Jour., vol. xi., p. 255. ' Next east of the Shastas are the Klamath Lake Indians, known in their language as the Okshee, who inhabit the country about the Klamath lakes, and east about half way to the Goose Lake, to Wright Lake, and south to a line running about due east from Shasta Butte.' Steele, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1864, pp. 120-1. 'The name of Klamath or Tlamath, belonging to the tribes on the lake where the river rises, is not known among those farther down....Thus, at the forks, the Weitspeks call the river below Pohlik, signifying down; and that above Pehtsik, or up; giving, moreover, the same name to the population in speaking of them collectively. Three distinct tribes, speaking different languages, occupy its banks between the sea and the mouth of the Shaste, of which the lowest extends up to Bluff Creek, a few miles above the forks. Of these there are, according to our information, in all, thirty-two villages! The names of the principal villages are the Weitspek (at the forks), Wahsherr, Kaipetl, Moraiuh, Nohtscho, Mehteh, Schregon, Yauterrh, Pec- quan, Kauweh, Wauhtecq, Scheperrh, Oiyotl, Naiagutl, Schaitl, Hopaiuh, Rekqua, and Weht'lqua, the two last at the mouth of the river.' Gibbs, in Sclioolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 138. The Eurocs inhabit ' the lower Klamath from Weitspeck down, and along the coast for about twenty miles.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. viii., p. 530. The Eurocs j inhabit the banks of the Klamath from the junction of THE TRINITY RIVER TRIBES. 445 the Trinity to the mouth, and the sea-coast from Gold Bluff up to a point about six miles above the mouth of the "Klamath.' Powers' Porno, MS. The Cahrocs live between the Eurocs and the foot of the Klamath Mountains; also a short distance up Salmon River. ' On the Klamath River there live three distinct tribes, called the Eurocs, Cahrocs, and Modocs; which names mean respectively, "down the river," "up the river," and "head of the river."' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. viii., p. 328. Speaking of Indians at the junction of Salmon and Klamath Rivers, Mr. Gibbs says: ' they do not seem to have any generic appellation for themselves, but apply the terms "Kahruk," up, and " Youruk," down, to all who live above or below themselves, without discrimination, in the same manner that the others (at the junction of the Trinity) do "Pehtsik," and "Pohlik." Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 151. The Tolewahs are the first tribe oh the coast north of Klamath River. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 139. The Tahlewahs are a 'tribe on the Klamath River.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 179. ' In the vicinity of Crescent City and Smith's River there are the Lopas, Talawas, and Lagoons.* Heintzelman, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, pp. 391-2. 'In Del Norte County the Haynaggis live along Smith River, the Tolowas on the Lagoon, and the Tahatens around Crescent City.' Powers' Porno, MS. The Cops, Hanags, Yantuckets, and Tolawas, are ' Indian tribes living hear the Oregon and California coast frontiers.' Crescent City Herald, Aug. 1857. The Tolowas at the meeting point of Trinity, Humboldt, and Klamath counties. MS. Map. The Terwars, north-west of the Tolowas. MS. Map. The WeitspeJcs are the ' principal band on the Klamath, at the junction of the Trinity.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 422; Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 200. The Oppegachs are a tribe at Red-Cap's Bar, on the Klamath River. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 148. The Hoopahs live ' am unteren Rio de la Trinidad, oder Trinity River.* Buschmann, Bas Apache als eine Athhapask. Spr., p. 218. ' Indian tribe on the lower part of the Trinity River.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 82. The Hoopas live 'in Hoopa Valley, on the lower Trinity River.' Power's Porno, MS., p. 85. 'The lower Trinity tribe is, as well as the river itself, known to the Klamaths by the name of Hoopah.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 139; see also p. 422. In the northern part of Klamath County. MS. Map. 'Upon the Trinity, or Hoopah, below the entrance of the south fork or Otahweiaket, there are said to be eleven ranches, the Okenoke, Agaraits, Uplegoh, Olleppauh'lkahtehtl and Pephtsoh;... .and the Haslintah, Ahel- tah, Sokeakeit, Tashhuanta, and Witspuk above it; A twelfth, the Meyem- ma, now burnt, was situated just above "New" or "Arkansas" River. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 139. The Cbpahs, in the extreme north of Klamath county, north of the Hoopahs. MS. Map. The Cops are mentioned as 'living near the Oregon and California coast frontiers,' in the Cresent City Herald, Aug., 1857. The Kailtas live on the south fork of Trinity River. Powers' Porno, MS. The Pataways occupy the banks of the Trinity, from the vicinity of Big Bar to South Fork.' Powers' Porno, MS. TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. The Chimalquays lived on New River, a tributary of the Trinity. Powers* Porno, MS. The Siahs % occupied the tongue of land jutting down between Eel River, and Van Dusen's Fork.' Powers' Porno,, MS. The Sians or Siahs lived on the headwaters of Smith River. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 1S9. The Ehneks, Eenahs, or Eenaghs, lived above the Tolewas on Smith River. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. hi., p. 139.' Ehnek was the name of a band at the mouth of the Salmon or Quoratem River.' Id., p. 422; Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 67. Wishosk ' is the name given to the Bay (Humboldt) and Mad River Indians by those of Eel River.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 422; Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 201. The Weeyots are ' a band on the mouth of Eel River and near Humboldt Bay.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 200. The Humboldt Bay Indians call themselves Wishosk; and those of the hills Teokawilk; 'but the tribes to the northward denominate both those of the Bay and Eel River, Weyot, or Walla- walloo.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 133. ' The Patawats live oh the lower waters of Mad River, and around Humboldt Bay, as far south as Areata, perhaps originally as far down as Eureka.' Powers' Porno, MS. Ossegon is the name given to the Indians of Gold Bluff, between Trinidad and the Klamath. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 133. ' The Lassies formerly dwelt in Mad River Valley, from the head waters down to Low Gap, or thereabout, where they borrowed on the Wheelcuttas.' Powers' Porno, MS. Chori was the name given to the Indians of Trinidad by the Weeyots. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 133. The Chillulahs 'occupied the banks of Redwood Creek, from the coast up about twenty miles.' Powers' Porno, MS. The Oruk, Tchololah, or Bald Hill Indians, lived on Redwood Creek. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 139. The Watties occupy the sandy country north of Humboldt Bay. Overland Monthly, vol. ii., p. 536. ' The Wheelcuttas had their place on the Upper Redwood Creek, from the land of the Chillulahs up to the mountains. They ranged across southward by the foot of the Bald Hills, which appear to have marked the boundary between them and the Chillulahs in that direction; and penetrated to Van Dusen's Fork, anent the Siahs and Lassies, with whom they occasionally came in bloody collision.' Powers' Porno, MS. The Veeards ' live around lower Humboldt Bay, and up Eel River to Eagle Prairie.' Powers' Porno, MS. The Shastas live to the south-west of the Lutuamis or Klamaths. Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 218. ' Sastes, dans l'interieur au Nord dela Californie.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. 'The Shasta Indians, known in their language as Weohow—it meaning-stoae house, from the large cave in their country—occupy the land east of Shasta riverv and south of the Siskiyou mountains, and west of the lower Klamath lake.' Steele, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1864, p. 120. The Shastas occupy the centre of the county of that THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIANS. 447 name. MS. Map. 'Indians of south-western Oregon, on the northern frontiers of Upper California.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 168. Watsahewah is the name ' of one of the Scott River bands of the Shasta family.' Gibbs, in School- craft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 422. The name is spelled variously as Shasty, Shaste, Saste, &c. The Palaiks live to the southeast of the Lutuamis or Klamaths. Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 218. • Indians of south-western Oregon, on the northern frontiers of Upper California.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 145. On the Klamath are the Odeeilahs; in Shasta Valley the Ikarucks, Kose- tahs, and Idakariukes; and in Scott's Valley the NWatsahewas and Eehs. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 171. ' The Hamburg Indians, known in their language as the Tka> inhabit immediately at the mouth of Scott's river, known in their language as the Otte- tiewa river.' Steele, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1864, p. 120. 1 The Scott's Valley Indians, known in their language as the Iddoa, inhabit Scott's Valley above the canon.' lb. The Yreka (a misnomer for Yeka—Shasta Butte) Indians, known in their language as the Hoteday, inhabit that part of the country lying south of Klamath river, and west of Shasta river.' lb. 'The Yuka or Uka tribe 'inhabited the Shasta Mountains in the vicinity of McCloud's fork of Pitt River.' Cat Farmer, June 22, 1860. The Ukas are directly south of the Modocs. MS. Map. 'The Yukeh, or as the name is variously spelt, Yuka, Yuques, and Uca, are the original inhabitants of the Nome-Cult, or Round Valley, in Tehama County and are not to be confounded with the Yukai Indians of Russian River.' Gibbs, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 123. 'The Noser or Noza Indians... .live in the vicinity of Lassen's Butte.' Siskiyou Chronicle, May, 1859. The Ylakas are to the southeast of the Ukas. MS. Map. The CENTRAn Californians occupy the whole of that portion of California extending north and south, from about 40° 30' to 35°, and east and west, from the Pacific Ocean to the Californian boundary. They are tribally divided as follows: ' The Mattoles have their habitat on the creek which bears their name, and on the still smaller stream dignified with the appellation of Bear River. From the coast they range across to Eel River, and by immemorial Indian usage and prescriptive right, they hold the western bank of this river from about Eagle Prairie, where they border upon the Veeards, up southward to the mouth of South Fork;' Powers' Porno, MS. The Betumkes live on the South Fork of Eel River. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii,, p. 634. In the northern part of Mendocino County. MS. Map. The Choweshaks live on the head of Eel river. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 421. Tribes living on the Middle Fork of Eel River, in the valley called by the Indians Betumki were the Naboh Choweshak, Chawteuh Ba- kowa, and Samunda. Id., p. 116. The Choweshaks lived on the head of Eel River. Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 48. 'The Loloncooks live on Bull Creek and the lower South tfork of Eel 448 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. River, owning the territory between those streams and the Pacific' Powers' Porno, MS. The Batemdakaiees live in the valley of that name on the head of Eel River. Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 17. The Pomos consist of ' a great number of tribes or little bands, sometimes one in a valley, sometimes three or four, clustered in the region where the headwaters of Eel and Russian rivers interlace, along the estuaries of the coast and around Clear Lake. Really, the Indians all along Russian river to its mouth are branches of this great family, but below Calpello they no longer call themselves Pomos The broadest and most obvious division of this large family is, into Eel river Pomos and Russian river Pomos.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. ix., pp. 498-9. The Castel Pomos 'live between the forks of the river extending as far south as Big Chamise and Blue Rock*' Id., p. 499. The Ki-Pomos ' dwell on the extreme headwaters of South Fork, ranging eastward to Eel River, westward to the ocean and northward to the Castel« Pomos.' lb., MS. Map. ' The Cahto Pomos (Lake people) were so called from a little lake which formerly existed in the valley now called by their name.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. ix., p. 500. The Choam Chadela Pomos (Pitch Pine People) live in Redwood Valley. Id., p. 504. The Matomey Ki Pomos (Wooded Valley People) live about Little Lake. lb. The Camalel Pomos (Coast People) or U&als live on Usal Creek. lb. The Shebalne Pomos (Neighbor People) live in Sherwood Valley, lb. The Pome Pomos (Earth People) live in Potter Valley. Besides the Pome Pomos there are two or three other little rancherias in Potter Valley, each with a different name; and the whole body of them are called Ballo Ki Pomos (Oat Valley People). Id. The Camalel Pomos, Yonsal Pomos, and Bayma Pomos live on Ten Mile, and the country just north of it, in Mendocino County. Tobin, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 405. 'The Salan Pomas are'a tribe of Indians inhabiting a valley called Potter's Valley.' Ford, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856, p. 257. The Niahbella Pomos live in the north-west of Mendocino County.-MS. Map. The Wkiahs live on Russian River in the vicinity of Parker's Ranch. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 112, 421. ' The Yuka tribe are those mostly within and immediately adjoining the mountains.' Mendocino Herald, March, 1871. The Yukai live on Russian River. Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 205. The Ukias are in the south-eastern part of Mendocino County. MS. Map. The Soteomellos or Sotomieyos ' lived in Russian River valley.' Cat Farmer, March 30, 1860. The Shumeias ' lived on the extreme upper waters of Eel River, opposite Potter Valley.' Powers' Porno, MS. The Tahtoos 'live in the extreme upper end of Potter Valley.' lb. The Yeeathslive at Cape Mendocino. Tobin, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 406. RUSSIAN RIVER AND COAST TRIBES. The Kushkish Indians live at Shelter Cove. Id., p. 405. The Comachos live in Russian River Valley, in Rancheria and Anderson Valleys. Powers' Porno, MS. The Kajatschims, Makomas, and Japiams live in the Russian River Valley, north of Fort Ross. Baer, Stat und Ethno., p. 80. The Gallinomeros occupy Dry Creek Valley and Russian River Valley below Healdsburg. Powers' Porno, MS. The Masalla Magoons 'live along Russian river south of Cloverdale.' Id. The Rincons live south of the Masalla Magoons. Id. The Gualalas live on Gualala or Wallalla Creek. Id. The Nahlohs, Carlotsapos, Chowechaks, Chedochogs, Choiteeu, Misalahs, Bacowas, Samindas, and Cachenahs, Tuwanahs, lived in the country between Fort Ross and San Francisco Bay. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 634. Chwachamaju (Russian Severnovskia) or Northerners, is the name of one of the tribes in the vicinity of Fort Ross. Kostromitonow, in Baer, Stat, und Ethno., p. 80. ' Severnovskia, Severnozer, or " Northerners." Indians north of Bodega Bay. They call themselves Chwachamaja.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 170. The Olamentkes live at Bodega. Kostromitonow, in Baer, Stat, und Ethnog., p. 80; Budewig's Ab. Bang., p. 20. The Kainamares or Kainameahs are at Fitch's Ranch, extending as far back as Santa Rosa, down Russian River, about three leagues to Cooper's Ranch, and thence across the coast at Fort Ross, and for twenty-five miles above. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 102. 'The Kanimares had rancherias at Santa Rosa, Petaluma, or Pataloma, and up to Russian river.' Cat Farmer, March 30,1860. ' The proper name of Russian river in Sonoma valley is Canimairo after the celebrated Indians of those parts.' Id., June 8, 1860. The Indians of the plains in vicinity of Fort Ross, call themselves Kainama. Kostromitonow, in Baer, Stat und Ethno., p. 80. The Kyanama- ras ' inhabit the section of country between the canon of Russian river and its mouth.' Ford, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856, p. 257. The Tumalehnias live on Bodega Bay. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. hi., p. 102. The Socoas, Lamas, and Seacos, live in Russian River Valley in the vicinity of the village of Sanel. Powers' Porno, MS. The Sonomas, Sonomis, or Sonomellos, lived at the embarcadero of Sonoma. Cat Farmer, March 30,1860. The Sonomas lived in the south-eastern extremity of what is now the county of Sonoma. MS Map. The Tchokoyems lived in Sonoma valley. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 421. The Chocuyens lived in the region now called Sonoma county, and from their chief the county takes its name. Cronise's Nat Wealth, p. 22. The word Sonoma means 'Valley of the Moon.' Tuthill's Hist. Cat, p. 301. The Tchokoyems live in Sonoma Valley. Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 184. 'The Timbalahx.es lived on the west side of Sonoma valley.' Cat Farmer, March 30, 1860. The Guillicas lived ' northwest of Sonoma,' on the old Wilson ranch of 1846, lb.; MS. Map. Vol. I. 29 450 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. The Kxnklas live in 39° i4' north lat. and 122° 12' long. WUkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. §3 p. 201. The Klinkas are a 'tribu nxe*e au nord du Rio del Sacramento.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 358. South of the Rogue River Indians ' the population is very scanty until we arrive at the valley of the Sacramento, all the tribes of which are included by the traders under the general name of Kinkla, which is probably, like Tlamatl, a term of Chinook origin.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 221. The Talatui live ' on the Kassima River, a tributary to the Sacramento, on the eastern side, about eighty miles from its mouth.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 631. Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 180. The Oleepas live on Feather River, twenty miles above Marysville. Belano's Life on the Plains, p. 293. ' The Nemshous, as stated by General Sutter, roamed (prior to 1846) between the Bear and American rivers; across the Sacramento were the Yolos and Colusas; north of the American Fork were the Bashones. On the banks of the river north of Fort Helvetia, roamed the Veshanacks, the Touserlen> nies and Youcoolumnies; between the American (plain and hills) and the Mokalumne roamed the Walacumnies, Cosumnies, Solumnees, Mokelumnees, Suraminis, Yosumnis, Lacomnis, Kis Kies and Omochumnies.' Cat Farmer, June 8,1860. The Colusas live in the north-eastern corner of Colusa County, The Yolos, in the northern part of the county of that name. West of them the Olashes. The Bushones in the south of Yolo County. The Nemshoos in the eastern part of Placer County. The Yukutneys north of them. The Vesnacks south-west of the Nemshoos, and north of the Pulpenes. The Youcoulumnes and Cosumnes are in the eastern part of Amador county. The Mokelumnes south of them. The Yachachumnes west of the Mokelumnes. MS. Map. ' Yolo is a corruption of the Indian Yoloy, which signified a region thick with rushes, and was the name of the tribe owning the tule lands west of the Sacramento and bordering on Cache Creek.' TuthiU's Hist. Cat, p. 301. The following are names of rancherias of tame Indians or Neophytes in the Sacramento Valley; Sakisimme, Shonomnes, Tawalemnes, Seywamenes, Mukelemnes, Cosumne. Rancherias of wild Indians or Gentiles, are: Sagayacumne, Socklumnes, Olonutchamne, Newatchumne, Yu- magatock, Shalachmushumne, Omatchamne, Yusumne, Yuleyumne, Tam- locklock, Sapototot, Yalesumne, Wapoomne, Kishey^ Secumne, Pushune, Oioksecumne, Nemshan, Palanshan, Ustu, Olash, Yukulme, Hock, Sishu, Mimal, Yulu, Bubu, Honcut. Indian Tribes of the Sacramento Valley, MS. Tame Indians or Neophites: Lakisumne, Shonomne, Fawalomnes, Mukeem- \ nes, Cpsumne. Wild Indians or Gentiles: Sagayacumne, Locklomnee, Olonutchamne, Yumagatock, Shalachmushumne, Omutchamne, Yusumne, Yale- yumne, Yamlocklock, Lapototot, Yalesumne, Wajuomne, Kisky, Secumne, Pushune, Oioksecumne, Nemshaw, Palanshawl Ustu, Olash, Yukulme, Hock, Lishu, Mimal, Ubu, Bubu, Honcut. Sutter's Estimate of Indian Population, 1847, MS. The Ochecamnes, Servushamnes, Chupumnes, Omutchumnes, Sicumnes, Walagumnes, Cosumnes, Sololumnes, Turealemnes, Saywamines, Nevichumnes, Matchemnes, Sagayayumnes, Muthelemnes, and Lopstatim- nes, lived on the eastern bank of the Sacramento. The Bushumnes (or Pu- juni), (or Sekomne) Yasumnes, Nemshaw, Kisky, Yae'sumnes, Huk, and CLEAR LAKE TRIBES. 451 Yucal, lived on the western bank of the Sacramento. Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., pp. 630, 63J. The Yubas or Yuvas lived on Yuva River, a tributary to the Sacramento. Fremont's Geog. Memoir, p. 22. The Meidoos and Neeshenams are on the Yuba and Feather Rivers. ' As you travel south 'from Chico the Indians call themselves Meidoo until you reach Bear River; but below that it is Neeshenam, or sometimes mana or maidec, all of which denote men or Indians.' Powers' in Overland Monthly, vol. xii., p. 21. The Cushnas live near the south fork of the Yuba River. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., 506; Ludewig's Ab. Ixing., p. 59. Taylor also mentions the Cushnas south of the Yuba. Cat Farmer, May, 31, 1861. The Guenocks and Locollomillos lived between Clear Lake and Napa. Cat Farmer, March 30, 1860. The Lopillamillos or Lupilomis lived on the borders of Clear lake. lb.; MS. Map. The Mayacmas and Tyugas dwell about Clear Lake. San Francisco Herald, June, 1858. The Mayacmas and Tyugas 'inhabited the vicinity of Clear, lake and the mountains of Napa and Mendocino counties.' Cat Farmer, June 22, 18G0; MS. Map. The Wi-Lackees 'live along the western slope of the Shasta mountains from round Valley to Hay Fork, between those mountains on one side and Eel and Mad Rivers on the other, and extending down the latter stream about to Low Gap.' Powers' Porno, MS. The Wye Lakees, Nome Lackees, Noi- mucks, Noiyucans and Noisas, lived at Clear Lake. Geiger, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1859, p. 438. Napobatin, meaning 'many houses,' was the collective name of six tribes living at Clear Lake: their names were Hulanapo, Habenapo or stone house, Dahnohabe, or stone mountain, Moalkai, Shekom, and Howkuma. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 109. The SlianelJcayas and Bedahmareks, or lower people, live on the east fork of Eel River. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 109. ' The Sanels live at Clear lake.' Gibbs, in Schoolcrafts Arch., vol. iii., p. 112. ' The Sanels occupy Russian River Valley in the vicinity of the American village of Sanel.' Powers' Porno, MS. The Bochheafs, Ubakheas, Tabahteas, and the Moiyas, live between Clear Lake and the coast. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 112. The Socoas, Lamas, and Seacos, occupy Russian River Valley in the vicinity of the village of Sanel. Powers' Porno, MS. The Napas ' inhabited the Salvador Vallejo ranch of Entre-Napa—that is the place between Napa river and Napa creek.' Hittell, in Hesperian Mag., vol. iv., p. 56; Cat Farmer, June 7, 1861. 'The Napa Indians lived near that town and near Yount's ranch.' Cat Farmer, March 30, 1860. ' The Caymus tribe occupied the tract now owned by G. C. Yount.' HitteU, in Hesperian Mag., vol. iv., p. 55. ' The Calajomanas had their home on the land now known as the Bale ranche.' lb. 452 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. The Mayalcomas dwelt in the vicinity of the hot springs in the upper end of Napa Valley, lb. The Ulucas lived on the east of the river Napa, near the present town- site. Id., p. 66. ' The Suscols lived on the ranch of that name, and between Napa and Be- nicia.' Cat Farmer, March 30, 1860. 'The former domain of the Suscol Indians was afterwards known as Suscol ranch.' Hittell, in Hesperian Mag., vol. iv., p. 56; MS. Map. The Tulkays lived 'below the town of Napa.' Cat Farmer, March 30,1860. The Canaumanos lived on Bayle's ranch in Napa valley. lb. The Mutistuls live ' between the heads of Napa and Putos creeks.' Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 111. The Yachimeses originally occupied the ground upon which the city of Stockton now stands. Cat Farmer, Bee 7, 1860. The Yachichumnes 'formerly inhabited the country between Stockton and Mt. Diablo.' San Francisco Evening Bulletin, Sept. 9, 1864. The Suisunes live in Suisun valley. Cat Farmer, March 30, 1860. Solano. County was named from their chief. Cronise's Nat Wealth, p. 22; Tuthill's Hist Cat, p. 301. The Ullulatas 'lived on the north side of Suisun* Valley.' Cat Farmer, March 30, 1880. The Pulpenes lived on the eastern side of Suisun Valley. lb. The Tolenos lived on the north side of Suisun Valley. lb. The Karquines lived on the straits of that name. lb. The Tomales, Tamales, Tamallos, or Tamalanos, and Bollanos, lived between Bodega Bay and the north shore of San Francisco Bay. Id., March 2, 1860, March 3Q, 1860. The Socoisukas, Thamiens, and Gerguensens or Gerzuensens 'roamed in the Santa Clara valley, between the Coyote and Guadalupe rivers, and the country west of San Jose city to the mountains.' Id., June 22, 1860. The Becatuit tribe occupied Marin county, and it is from the name of their chief that the county takes its name. Cronise's Nat Wealth, p. 22. ' The Petalumas or the Yolhios lived near or around that town.' Cat. Farmer, March 30, 1860. The Tulares, so called by the Spaniards, lived between the northern shore of the bay of San Francisco and San Rafael. Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 421. The Wapos inhabited 'the country about the Geysers.' Ford, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856, p. 257. The Yosemites inhabited the valley of the same name. The Tosemiteiz are on the headwaters of the Chowchilla. Bewis,* in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1857, p. 399. The Ahwahnachees are the inhabitants of Yosemite Valley. Hittell's Yosemite, p. 42. The following names of rancherias which formerly existed in the vicinity of the Mission Dolores, are taken from the Mission Books: Abmoctac, Amu- taja, Altanui, Aleytac, Anchin, Aleta, Aramay, Altajumo, Aluenchi, Acnagis, Assunta, Atarpe, Anamas, Acyum, Anamon, Cachanegtac, Caprup, Cazopo, Carascan, Conop, Chutchin, Chagunte, Chapugtac, Chipisclin, Chynau, TRIBES NEAR THE MISSION DOLORES. 45 Chipletac, Chuchictac, Chiputca, Chanigtac, Churmutce, Chayen, Chupcan, Elarroyde, Flunmuda, Genau, Guloismistac, Gamchines, Guanlen, Hunctu, Halchis, Horocroc, Huimen, Itaes, Juniamuc, Josquigard, Juchium, Juris, Joquizara, Luidneg, Luianeglua, Lamsim, Livangelva, Livangebra, Liban- tone, Macsinum, Mitline*, Malvaitac, Muingpe, Naig, Naique, Napa, Ompi- vromo, Ousint, Oturbe, Olestura, Otoacte, Petlenum, or Petaluma, Pruristac, Puichon, Puycone, Patnetac, Pructaea, Purutea, Proqueu, Quet, Sitlintaj, Suchni, Subchiam, Siplichiquin, Siscastac, Ssiti, Sitintajea, Ssupichum, Sicca, Soisehme, Saturaumo, Satumuo, Sittintac, Ssichitca, Sagunte, Ssalay- me, Sunchaque, Ssipudca, Saraise, Sipanum, Sarontac, Ssogereate, Sadanes, Tuzsint, Tatquinte, Titmictac, Tupuic, Titiyu, Timita, Timsim, Tubisuste, Timigtac, Torose, Tupuinte, Tuca, Tamalo, or Tomales, Talcan, Totola, Ure- bure, Uturpe, Ussete, Uchium, Vectaca, Vagerpe, Yelamti, Yacmui, Yaco- mui, Yajumui, Zomiomi, Zucigin... .Aguasajuchium, Apuasto, Aguasto, Car- quin, (Karquines), Cuchian, Chaclan, Chiguau, Cotejen, Chuscan, Guyl- punes, Huchun, Habasto, Junatca, Jarquin, Sanchines, Oljon, Olpen, Ole- mos, Olmolococ, Quemelentus, Quirogles, Salzon,' Sichican, Saucon, Suchi- gin, Sadan, Uquitinac, Volvon (or Bolbon). 'The tribes of Indians upon the Bay of San Francisco, and who were, after its establishment, under the supervision of the Mission of Dolores, were five in number; the Ahwashtees, Ohlones (called in Spanish Costanos, or Indians of the Coast), Altahmos, Romanons, and Tuolomos. There were, in addition to these, a few small tribes, but all upon the land extending from the entrance to the head of San Francisco Bay, spoke the same language.' Taylor, in Cat Farmer, May 31, 1861. The tribes mentioned by Adam Johnston in Schoolcraft, who lived around the Missions of Dolores and Yerba Buena, were the ' Ahwashtes, Ohlones, Altahmos, Romanans, and Tulomos. The Ohlones were likely the same called by the old priests, Sulones, Solomnies, the Sonomis were another.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 506. 'The following races of Californians were named to us living within the precincts of the Mission of San Francisco; Guymen, Utschim, Olumpali, Soclan, Sonomi, Chulpun, Umpin, Kosmitas, Bulbones, Tchalabones, Pitem, Lamam, Apalamu, Tcholoone's, Suysum, Numpali, Tamal, andUlulato.' Chamisso, in Kotzebue's Voy., vol. iii., p. 51.' On compte dans cette seul mission (San Francisco) plus de quinze differentes tribus d'Indiens: les Khoulpouni; les Oumpini; les Kosmiti; les Lamanes; les Bolbones; les Pitemens; les Khalalons; les Apatamnes, ils par- lent la meme langue et habitent le long des bords du Rio Sacramento; les Guimen; les Outchioung; les Olompalis; les Tamals; les Sonons ils parlent la m&me langue; ces tribus sont les plus nombreuses dans la mission de San Francisco; les Saklans; les Ouloulatines; les Noumpolis; les Souissouns; ils parlent des langues differentes.' Choris, Voy., pitt., pt.hi., pp. 5, 6. 'California Indians on the Bay of San Francisco, and formerly under the supervisions of the Mission Dolores. There were five tribes: Ashwashtes, 01- hones (called by the Spaniards Costanos, or Indians of th* coast), Altahmos, Romonans, and Tulomos. A few other small tribes round the bay speak the same language.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 53. ' Urn die Bai von San Francisco die Matalanes, Salses und Quirdles, deren Sprachen, eine gemeinsame Quelle haben.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 454. The Olchones 'inhabit 454 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. the seacoast between San Francisco and Monterey.' Beechey's Voy,, vol. ii., p. 78. The Salsonas, ' viven unas seis leguas distantes rumbo al Sueste (of San Francisco Bay) por las cercanias del brazo de mar.' Palou, Vida de Junipero Serra, p. 214. The Korekins formerly lived at the mouth of the San Joaquin. Kotzebue's New Voy., vol. ii., p. 141. ' The rancherias of Indians near this Mission, all within eight or ten miles of Santa Cruz, were: Aulintac, the rancheria proper to the Mission; Cha- lumii, one mile north-west of the Mission; Hottrochtac, two miles northwest; Wallanmai; Sio Cotchmin; Shoremee; Onbi; Choromi; Turami; Payanmin; Shiuguermi; Hauzaurni. The Mission also had neophytes of the rancherias of Tomoy, Osacalis (Souquel), Yeunaba, Achilla, Yeunata, Tejey, Nohioalli, Utalliam, Locobo, Yeunator, Chanech, Huocom, Chicutae, Aestaca, Sachuen, Hualquilme, Sagin, Ochoyos, Huachi, Apil, Mallin, Lu- chasmi, Coot, and Agtism, as detailed in a letter from Friar Ramon Olbez to Governor de Sola, in November, 1819, in reply to a circular from him, as to the native names, etc., of the Indians of Santa Cruz, and their rancherias.' Cat Farmer, April 5, 1860. The Mutsunes are the natives of the Mission of San Juan Baptista. Cat Farmer, Nov. 23, and June 22, 1860; Hist. Mag., vol. i., p. 205. The Ansaymas lived in the vicinity of San Juan Bautista. Cat Farmer, June 22,1860. ' Four leagues (twelve miles) southeast of the Mission (Monterey), inside the hills eastward, "Was the rancheria of Echilat, called San Francisquita. Eslanagan was one on the east side of the,river and Ecgeagan was another; another was Ichenta or San Jose; another Xaseum in the Sierra, ten leagues from Carmelo; that of Pachhepes was in the vicinity of Xaseum, among the Escellens. That of the Sargentarukas was seven leagues south and east of the river in a Canaditta de Palo Colorado.' Cat Farmer, April 20, 1860. The Runsienes live near Monterey. Cat Farmer, April 20, 1860. The Rumsen or Runsienes are ' Indians in the neighbourhood of Monterey, California. The Achastliers speak a dialect of the same language.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 163. ' Um den Hafen von Monterey leben die Rumsen oder Runsien, die Escelen oder Eslen, die Ecclemaches, und Achastlies.' Milhlen- pfordt, Mejico, vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 454. 'La partie septentrionale de la Nou* velle-Californie est habitee par les deux nations des Rumsen et Escelen Elles forment la population du preside et du village de Monterey. Dans la baie de S. Francisco, on distingue les tribus des Matalans, Salsen et Quirotes.' Humboldt, Essai Pot, p. 321. 'Eslen y Runsien que ocupan toda la California septentrional.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. 167. 'Um Monterey woh- nen zwey Volker die Rumsen, und im Osten von diesen die Escelen.' Vater, Mithridates, p. 202. j ' The Eslenes clan roamed over the present ran- chos San Francisquito, Tallarcittos, and up and down the Carmelo Valley.' ' The rancheria p&se of the Escellens was named by the priests, Santa Clara; Soccorondo was across the river a few miles. Their other little clans or septs were called Coyyo, Yampas, Fyules, Nennequi, Jappayon, Gilimis, and Ya- nostas.' Cat Farmer, April 20, 1860. The Eskelens are ' California Indians, east of Monterey. The Ekklemaches are said to be a tribe of the Eskelen, KING'S RIVER AND TULARE LAKE TRIBES. 455 and to speak the richest idiom' of all the California Indians.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 68. The country of the Ecclemachs extends more than twenty leagues east of Monterey. Cat Farmer, Oct. 17, 1862. The Katlendarucas seem ' to have been situated near the Esteros or Lagoons about the mouth of the Salinas river, or in the words of the old priest, " en los Esteros de la entrada al mar del Rio de Monterey, o reversa de esta grande Ensenada." Their rancherias were Capanay, Lucayasta, Paysim, Tiubta, Culul, Mustac, Pytogius, Animpayamo, Ymunacam, and all on the Pajaro river, or between it and the Salinas.' Cat Farmer, April 20, 1860; MS. Map. The Sakhones had rancherias near Monterey ' on the ranchos now known as Loucitta, Tarro, National Buena Esperanza, Buena Vista, and lands of that vicinity.' 16.; MS. Map. ' The Wallalshimmez live on Tuolumne River/ Lewis, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1857, p. 399. 'The Potoancies claim the Merced river as their homes.' lb. The Pota- aches occupy the same region on the MS. Map. 'The Nootchoos... live on the headwaters of Chowchilla.' Lewis, in lnd.~ Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 399. The Nootchoos live on the south fork of the Merced. Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. x., p. 325. 'The Pohoneeches live on the headwaters of Fresno. Lewis, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 399. The Pohoneeches live on the north bank of the Fresno. Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. x., p. 325. The Pitcatches, the Tallenches, and the Coswas, live on the San Joaquin. Lewis, in Ind Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 399. ' The Wattokes, a nation of Indians, consisting of the Wattokes, Ituchas, Chokemnies, and Wechummies, live high up on King's river.' Lewis, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 399. The Watches, the Notonotoos, and the Wemelches, live in the neighborhood of King's River Farm. lb. ' The Talches and Woowells live on Tulare Lake.' lb. The Chowchillas, Choocchancies, and Howachez, are mentioned as living at Fresno River Farm. Id., p. 399. The Chowchillas inhabit 'from the Kern River of the Tulare deltas to the Feather river.' Taylor, in Bancroft's Hand Book Almanac, 1864, p. 32. The Wallas live in Tuolumne county. Patrick, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 18C6, p. 240. There has been much discussion about the word Wallie, or Walla. Powers asserts that it is derived from the word ' wallim,' whieh means ' down below,' and was applied by the Yosemite Indians to all tribes living below them. The Wallies live on the Stanislaus and Tuolumne. Powers, in Over* land Monthly, vol. x., p. 325. The Mewahs live in Tuolumne county. Jewett, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856,, p. 244. The Meewoc nation ' extended from the snow-line of the Sierra to the Sarr Joaquin River, and from the Cosumnes to the Fresno North of the Stan* islaus they call themselves Meewoc (Indians); south of it, to the Merced,. Meewa; south of that to the Fresno, Meewie. On the upper Merced river is Wakalla; on the upper Tuolumne, Wakalumy; on the Stanislaus and 456 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Mokelumne, Wakaiumytoh As to tribal distribution, the Meewocs north of the Stanislaus, like the Neeshenams, designate principally by the points of the compass. These are toomun, choomuch, hayzooit, and olowit (north south, easty and west), from which are formed various tribal names-as Toomuns,, Toomedocs, and Tamolecas, Choomuch, Choomwits, Choome- docs, or Chimedocs, and Choomteyas; Olowits, Oldwedocs, Oloweeyas, etc. Oldwedocs is the name applied to all Indians living on the plains, as far west as Stockton. But there are several names which are employed absolutely, and without any reference to direction. On the south bank of the Cosumnes are the Cawnees; on Sutter Creek, the Yuldnees; on the Stanislaus and Tuolumne the extensive tribe of Wallies; in Yosemite, the Awanees, on the south fork of Merced, the Nootchoos; on the middle Merced, the Choomteyas, on the upper Chowchilla, the Hethtoyas; on the middle Chowchilla the tribe that named the stream; and on the north bank of the Fresno the Pohoneechees.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. x., pp. 322-5; MS. Map. The Coiich tribe live one hundred and fifty miles east of the Vegas of Santa Clara. Los Angeles Star, May 18, 1861. The Notonatos lived on King's river. Maltby's MS. Letter. The Kahweahs lived on Four Creeks. lb. The Yolanchas lived on Tule river. lb. The Pokoninos lived on Deer creek. lb. The Poloyamas lived on Pasey creek. lb. The Polokawynahs lived on Kern river. lb. The Ymitches and Cowiahs live on Four Creeks. Henley, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1854, p. 303. The Waches Notoowthas, Ptolmes, and Chunemnes live on «King river. lb. The Costrowers, Pitiaches, Talluches, Loomnears and Amonces live on the San Joaquin. Id., p. 304. The Chowclas, Chookchaneys, Phonechas, Nookchues, and Howetsers, live on the Fresno river. lb. The Coconoons live on the Merced river. Johnston, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 413. The Monos living west of the Sierra Nevada, live on Fine Gold Gulch and the San Joaquin river. lb. East of the Sierra Nevada they occupy the country south of Mono Lake. MS. Map. 'The Monos, Cosos, and some other tribes, occupy the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevadas.' Cat Farmer, May 8, 1863. 'The Olanches, Monos,'Siquirionals, Wasakshes, Cowhuillas, Chokiamauves, Tenisichs, Yocolles, Paloushiss, Wikachumnis, Openoches, Taches, Nutonetoos and Choemimnees, roamed from the Tuolumne to Kings river and the Tejon, on the east of the San Joaquin, the Tulare lakes and iri the Sierra Nevada, as stated by Lieut. Beale, in 1856.' Cat. Farmer, June 8, 1860. The Tularenos live in the mountain wilderness of the Four Creeks, Por- siuncula (or Kerns or Current) river and the Tejon; and wander thence towards the headwaters of the Mohave and the neighborhood of the Cahuil- las. Their present common name belongs to the Spanish and Mexican times and is derived from the word Tulare (a swamp with flags). Hayes' MS. ' Tu- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS. 457 larenos, Habitant la grande valle*e delos Tulares de la Calif ornie.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. ' The Yocut dominion includes the Kern and Tulare basins and the middle of San Joaquin, stretching from Fresno to Kern River Falls.' Powers, in Overland Monthly, vol. xi., p. 105. Cumbatwas on Pitt river. Roseborough's letter to the author, MS. Shastas, in Shasta and Scott valleys, lb. The Southern Californians, whose territory lies south of the thirty-fifth parallel, are, as far as is known, tribally distributed as follows: The Cahuillos ' inhabit principally a tract of country about eighty miles* east from San Bernardino, and known as the Cabeson Valley, and their villages are on or near the road leading to La Paz on the Colorado River Another branch of this tribe numbering about four hundred occupy a tract of country lying'in the mountains about forty miles southeast from San Bernardino, known as the Coahuila Valley.' Stanley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, pp. 194-5. 'The Coahuillas are scattered through the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains and eastward in the Cabesan Valley.' Whiting, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1871, p. 691., The Coahuilas live in the San Jacinto Mountains. Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 17. The Cohuillas reside in the northern half of the country, commencing on the coast, and extending to within fifty miles of the Colorado river, following the eastern base of the mountains. San Francisco Herald, June, 1853. The Cahuillos or Cawios reside ' near the Pacific, between the sources of the San Gabriel and Santa Anna.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 26. ' The Cahuillas are a little to^the north of the San Luisenos, occupying the mountain ridges and intervening valleys to the east and southeast of Mount San Bernadino, down towards the Mohava river and the desert that borders the river Colorado, the nation of Mohavas lying between them and these rivers. I am unable just now to give the number and names of all their villages. San Gorgonio, San Jacinto, Coyote, are among those best known, though others even nearer the desert, are more populous.' Hayes' MS. The Cohuillas occupy the southwestern part of San Bernardino County, and the northwestern part of San Diego county. MS. Map. ' The Carvilla Indians occupy the Country from San Gorgonio Pass to the Arroyo Blanco.' Cram's Topog. Memoir, p. 119. 'The Cowillers and Telemnies live on Four Creeks.' Id., p. 400. 'The limits of the Kahweyah and Kahsowah tribes appear to have been from the Feather river in the northern part of the State, to the Tulare lakes of the south.' Cat Farmer, May 25, 1860. The Biegenos ' are said to occupy the" coast for some fifty miles above, and about the same distance below San Diego, and to extend about a hundred miles into the interior.' Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept., in Pac R. R. Rept., vol. iii. The Dieguinos are in the southern part of San Diego County, and extend from the coast to the desert. Henley, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1856, p. 240. The Dieguinas reside in the southern part of the country watered by the Colorado, and claim the land from a point on the Pacific to the eastern part of the mountains impinging on the desert. San Francisco Herald, June, 1853. The Comeyas or Diegenos ' occupy the coast for some fifty miles above, and about the same distance below San Diego, and extend TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. about a hundred miles into the interior.' Bartletl's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 7. ' The Indians round San Diego, Deguinos, Diegenos,. were in a savage state, and their language almost unknown. Bartlett says that they are also called Comeya; but Whipple asserts that the Comeya, a tribe of the Yumas, speak a different language.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 62. On page 220 Ludewig says that as the name Diegenos means the Indians round San Diego, there is no such name as Deguinos. ' The villages of the Dieguinos, wherever they live separately, are a little to the south of the Cahuillas. Indeed, under this appellation they extend a hundred miles into Lower California, in about an equal state of civilization, and thence are scattered through the Tecate valley over the entire desert on the west side of New River... .Their villages known to me are San Dieguito (about twenty souls), San Diego Mission, San Pas- qual, Camajal (two villages), Santa Ysabel, San Jose\ Matahuay, Lorenzo, San Felipe, Cajon, Cuyamaca, Valle de las Viejas.' Hayes' MS. The Missouris 'are scattered over San Bernardino, San Diego and other counties in the southern part of the State.' Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 17. The Kechi inhabit the country about Mission San Luis Rey. Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 92. The Chumas, or Kdchumas live three miles from the Mission of Santa Inez. Cat Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861. Los Cayotes was the name given by the Spaniards to the tribe which originally inhabited San Diego county. Hoffman, in San Francisco Medical Press, vol. v., p. 147. The New River Indians ' live along New River, sixty miles west from Fort Yuma, and near San Diego.' Jones, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 216. The Sierras, or Caruanas, the Lagunas, or Tataguas, and the SuriUos or Cartakas are mentioned as living on the Tejon reservation. Wentworth, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1862, pp. 324-6. The Serranos lived in the vicinity of San Bernardino. Reid, in Los Angeles Star, Letter I, in Hayes Col. Mr Taylor claims to have discovered the exact positions of many of the places mentioned. His statement, for the accuracy of which I by no means vouch, is as follows: 'Xucu, or Shucu, on the Ortega farm, near Rincon Point; Missisissepono on Rafel Gonzale's rancho on Saticoy river, near sea, sometimes called Pono; Coloc, near Carpentaria beach. Mugu, below Saticoy some thirty miles, near the sea; Anacbuc or Anacarck, near the islet of La Patera, near the sea shore. Partocac or Paltocac, the Indian cemetery on the Mesa of La Patera, near sea; Aguin at the beach of Los Llagos Canada; Casalic, at the Refugio Playa and Canada; Tucumu or playa of Arroyo Honda. Xocotoc, Cojo, or Cojotoc, near Pt. Concepcion; Pt. Concepcion, Cancac or Caacac, or Cacat.' Cat Farmer, Aug. 21, 1863. The following names of rancherias were taken from the archives of the various missions; in the vicinity of La Purissima: Lajuchu, Silimastus, Sisolop, Jlaacs, or Slacus, Huasna, Estait, Esmischue, Ausion, Esnispele, Silisne, Sacspili, Estait, Huenejel, Husistaic, Silkni, Suntaho, Alacupusyuen, Espiiluima, Tutachro, Sisolop, Naila, Tutachro, Paxpili, or Axpitil, Silino, Lisahuato, "Guaslaique, Pacsiol, Sihimi," Hjienepel Ninyuelgual, Lompoc, SOUTHERN MISSION INDLiNS. 453 Nahuey, or Nahajuey, Sipuca, Stipu, Ialamma, Huasna, Sacsiol, Kachitsupal, Salachi, Nocto, Fax, Salachi, Sitolo, or Sautatho, Omaxtux. Near Santa Inez, were: Sotomoenu, Katahuac, Asiuhuil, Situchi, Kulahuasa, Sisuchi, Kuyam, or Cuyama, Ionata, Tekep, Kusil, Sanchu, Sikitipuc, Temesathi, Lujanisuissilac, Tapanissilac, Ialamne, Chumuchn, Suiesia, Chumuchu, Ta- hijuas, Tinachi, Lompoe, Ionata, Aguama, Sotonoemu, Guaislac, Tequepas, Matiliha, Stucu, Aketsum, or Kachuma, Ahuamhoue, Geguep, Achillimo, Alizway, Souscoc, Talaxano, Nutonto, Cholicus. Near Santa Barbara were Guainnonost, Sisabanonase, Huelemen, Inoje, Luijta, CajpilUi, Missopeno (Sopono), Inajalayehua, Huixapa, Calahuassa, Snihuax, Huililoc, Yxaulo, Anijue, Sisuch, Cojats, Numguelgar, Lugups^ Gleuaxcuyu, Chiuchin, Ipec, Sinicon, Xalanaj, Xalou, Sisahiahut, Cholosoc, Ituc, Guima, Huixapapa, Eleunaxciay, Taxlipu, Elmian, Anajue, Huililic, Inajalaihu, Estuc, Eluaxcu. Sihuicom, Liam. Some of these were from rancherias of the valleys east of the ^ange on the coast. Some of these Taylor locates as follows: ' Janaya, above the Mission, Salpilil on the Patera; Aljiman, near the windmill of La Patera; Geliec, near islet of La Patera; Tequepes, in Santa Ynez Valley; Cascili, in the Refugio playa; Miguihui, on the Dos Pueblos; Sisichii, in Dos Pueblos; Maschal, on Santa Cruz Island; Gelo, the islet of La Patera; Cuyamu on Dos Pueblos aslo Cinihuaj on same rancho; Coloc, at the Rincon; Alcax in La Goleta; Allvatalama, near the La Goleta Estero; Sayokenek, on the Arroyo Burro; Partocac Cemetery, near Sea Bluffs of La Goleta; Hu- maliju, of San Fernando Mission; CaHa Wassa and Anijue, of Santa Ynez Mission; Sajcay in Los Cruces; Sasaguel, in Santa Cruz Island; Lucuy- umu, in the same Island, dated November, 1816; Nanahuani and Chalosas were also on same Island; Eljman was on San Marcos, Xexulpituc and Taxlipu, were camps of the Tulares.' Cat. Farmer, Aug. 21, 1863. Near San Buenaventura Mission were: 'Miscanaka, name of,the Mission site. Ojai or Aujay, about ten miles up San Buenavent river. Mugu, on the coast near sea on Guadalasca rancho, not far from the point so called. Matillija up the S. B. river towards Santa Inez, which mission also had Ma- tilija Indians. The Matillija Sierra separates the valleys of S. Buenaventa and S. Inez. Sespe was on the San Cayetano rancho of Saticoy river, twenty miles from the sea. Mupu and Piiru were on the arroyos of those names which came into the Saticoy near Sespe. Kamulas was higher up above Piiru. Cayeguas (not a Spanish name as spelt on some maps) on rancho of that name. Somes or Somo near hills of that name. Malico, range of hills south of Somo. Chichilop, Lisichi, Liam, Sisa, Sisjulcioy, Malahue, Chum- pache, Lacayamu, Ypuc, Lojos Aogni, Luupsch, Miguigui, and Chihucchihui were names of other rancherias Ishgua or Ishguaget, was a rancheria near the mouth of the Saticoy river and not far from the beach... .Hueneme was a rancheria on the ocean coast a few miles south of Saticoy river. Tapo and Simi were rancherias on the present Noriega rancho of Simi. Saticoy is the name of the existing rancheria on the lower part of the Santa Pau-n or Saticoy rancho, about eight miles from the sea, near some fine springs c water, not far from the river, and near the high road going up the valleys Cat. Farmer, July 24, 1863. ' The site of San Fernando was a rancheria called Pasheckno, Other clans were Okowvinjha, Kowanga and Saway 460 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Yanga. The Ahapchingas were a clan or rancheria between Los Angeles and San Juan Capistrano, and enemies of the Gabrielenos or those of San Gabriel... .The following are the names of the rancherias, or clans, living in the vicinity of San Luis Rey Mission: Enekelkawa was the name of one near the mission-site, Mokaskel, Cenyowpreskel, Itukemuk, Hatawa, Hame- chuwa, Itaywiy, Milkwanen, Ehutewa, Mootaeyuhew, and Hepowwoo, were the names of others. At the Aquas Calientes was a very populous rancher'a, called Hakoopin.' Id., May 11, 1860. In Los Angeles county,, the following are the principal lodges or rancherias, with their corresponding present local names: Yangna, Los Angeles, Sibag-na, San Gabriel; Isanthcagna, Mision Vieja; Sisitcanogna, Pear Orchard; Sonagna, Mr White's farm; Acuragna, The Presa; Asucsagna, Azuza; Cucomogna, Cucamonga Farm; Pasinogna, Rancho del Chino; Awig- na, La Puente; Chokishgna, The Saboneria; Nacaugna, Carpenter's Farm; Pineugna, Santa Catalina Island; Pimocagna, Rancho de los Ybarras; Toybipet, San Jose; Hutucgna, Santa Ana (Yorbes); Aleupkigna, Santa Anita; Maugna, Rancho de los Felis; Hahamogna, Rancho de los Verdugas;* Cabuegna, Caliuenga; Pasecgna, San Fernando; Houtgna, Ranchito de Lugo, Suangna, Suanga; Pubugna, Alamitos; Tibahagna, Serritos: Cho- wig-na, Palos Verdes; Kinkipar, San Clemente Island, Harasgna. Reid, in Los Angeles Star, Letter I., in Hayes Collection. The San Luisienos inhabit the northern part of San Diego, from the coast east, including the mountains. Henley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856, p. 240. ' The villages of the San Luisenos are in a section of country adjacent to the Cahuillas, between 40 and 70 miles in the mountainous interior from San Diego; they are known as Las Flores, Santa Margarita, San Luis Rey Mission, Wahoma, Pala, Temecula, Ahuanga (two villages), La Joya, Potrero, and Bruno's and Pedro's villages within five or six miles of Aqua Cahente; they are all in San Diego County.' Hayes' MS. The Noches are settled along the rivers which flow between the Colorado and the Pacific Ocean. Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii. p. 45. Garces mentions the western Noches in Boc Hist Mex., serie ii., vol. i., p. 299. The Tejon Indians were those who inhabited the southern part of Tulare valley. Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb, vol. i., p. 83. The Playanos were Indians who came to settle in the valley of San Juan Capistrano. Boscana, in Robinson's Life in Cat, p. 249. The Shoshones, whose territory spreads over south-eastern Oregon, southern Idaho, and the whole of Utah and Nevada, extending into Arizona and New Mexico, and the eastern border of California, I divide into two great nations, the Snakes or Shoshones, proper, and the Utahs, with their subdivisions. Wilson divides the Shoshones into the Shoshones and Bannacks, and the Utahs; the latter he subdivides into seven bands, which will be seen under Utahs. He adds: 'Among the Shoshonies there are only two bands properly speaking. The principal or better portion are called Shoshonies, or Snakes the others the Shoshocoes Their claim of boundary is to the east, from the red Buttes on the North fork of the Platte, to its head in the Park, Decayaque, or Buffalo Bull-pen, in the Rocky Mountains; to the THE SNAKES. 461 south across the mountains, over to the Yanpapa, till it enters Green, or Colorado river, and then across to the backbone or ridge of mountains called the Bear river mountains running nearly due west towards the Salt Lake, so as to take in most of the Salt Lake, and thence on to the sinks of Marry's or Humboldt's river; thence north to the fisheries, on the Snake river, in Oregon; and thence south (their northern boundary), to the Red Buttes, including the source of Green River.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. vi., p. 697. ' Under various names the great race of Shoshones, is found scattered over the boundless wilderness, from Texas to the Columbia. Their territory is bounded on the north and west by the Blackfeet and Crows.' BrowneU's Ind. Races, pp. 537-8. The Snakes, or Shoshones proper, although they form a part only of the great Shoshone family, are usually termed 'the Shoshones' by the authorities. They are divided by Dr Hurt into 'Snakes, Bannacks, Tosiwitches, Go- sha Utes, and Cumumpahs, though he afterwards classes the last two divisions as hybrid races between the Shoshones and the Utahs ... The Shoshones claim the northeastern portion of the territory for about four hundred miles west, and from one hundred to one hundred and twenty-five miles south from the Oregon line.' Simpson's Route to Cat, p. 46. 'The great Snake nation may be divided into three divisions, namely, the Shirrydi- kas, or dog-eaters; the Wararereekas, or fish-eaters; and the Banattees, or robbers. But, as a nation, they all go by the general appellation of Shoshones, or Snakes The Shirrydikas are the real Shoshones, and live in the plains hunting the buffalo.' The country claimed by the Snake tribes ' is bounded on the east by the Rocky Mountains, on the south by the Spanish waters; on the Pacific, or west side, by an imaginary line, beginning at the west end, or spur, of the Blue Mountains, behind Fort Nez Perces, and running parallel with the ocean to the height of land beyond the Umpqua River, in about north lat. 41° (this line never approaches within 150 miles of the Pacific); and on the north by another Une, running due east from the said spur of the Blue Mountains, and crossing the great south branch, or Lewis River, at the Dalles, till it strikes the Rocky Mountains 200 miles north of the three pilot knobs, or the place thereafter named the 'Valley of Troubles.' Ross' Fur Hunters, vol. i., pp. 249, 251. ' They embrace all the territory of the Great South Pass, between the Mississippi valley and the waters of the Columbia Under the name of Yampatickara or Root-eaters and Bonacks they occupy with the Utahs the vast elevated basin of the Great Salt Lake, extending south and west to the borders of New Mexico and California.' BrowneU's Ind. Races, pp. 533-7, 540. ' The hunters report, that the proper country of the Snakes is to the east of the Youta Lake, and north of the Snake or Lewis river; but they are found in many detached places. The largest band is located near Fort Boise, on the Snake river to the north of the Bonacks.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 501. The Shoshones 'occupy the centre and principal part of the great Basin.' Taylor, in Cat Farmer, Oct 18, 1861. ' Inhabit that part of the Rocky Mountains which lies on the Grand and Green River branches of the Colorado of the West, the valley of Great Bear River, the habitable shores of the Great Salt Lake, a considerable portion of country on Snake River above and below Fort Hall, 432 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. and a tract extending two or three hundred miles to the west of that post.' Farnham's Trav., p. 61. The Shoshones inhabit about one third of the territory of Utah, living north of Salt Lake ' and on the line of the Humboldt or Mary River, some 400 miles west and 100 to 125 south of the Oregon line. The Yuta claim the rest of the territory between Kansas, the Sierra Nevada, New Mexico and the Oregon frontier.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 575. ' Les Soshonies, c'est-a-dire *les deterreurs de racines, surnommes les Serpents,. .. .habitent la partie meridionale du territoire de l'Oregon, dans le voisinage de la haute Californie.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 24. 'Their country lies south-west of the south-east branch of the Columbia, and is said to be the most barren of any part of the country in these western regions.' Parker's Explor. Tour., p. 83. 'On the,south part of the Oregon Territory, adjoining upper California, are located the Shoshones or Snake Indians.' lb., p. 308. 'Serpents ou Saaptins, Monquis, Bonacks et Youtas, toutes les branches du Rio Colombia ou Sud-Est et les environs du lac Sale au Timpanogos.' Mofras, Explor., torn, ii., p. 335. 'The country of the Shoshonees proper is south of Lewis or Snake River, and east of the Salt Lake. There is, however one detached band, known as the Wihinasht, or Western Snakes, near Fort Boirie, separated from the main body by the tribe of Bonnaks.' Hale's Ethnog., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. vi., p. 219. 'The Shoshones are a small tribe of the nation called Snake Indians, a vague denomination, which embraces at once the inhabitants of the southern part of the Rocky mountains, and of the plains on each side.' Lewis and Clarke's Trav., p. 305. The Snakes or Shothoucs 'formerly occupied the whole of that vast territory lying between the Rocky and the Blue Mountains, and extending northward to the lower fork of the Columbia, and to the south as far as the basin of the Great Salt Lake.' Coke's Rocky Mts., p. 275. ' They occupy southern and western Nevada. Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 18. 'They inhabit the southern part of the Rocky Mountains and the plains on each side.' Bulfinch's Ogn., p. 124. 'They occupy all the country between the southern branches of Lewis's river, extending from the Umatullum to theE. side of the Stony Mountains, on the southern parts of Wallaumut river from about 40u to 47° N. Lat. A branch of this tribe reside in spring and summer on the W. fork of Lewis river, a branch of the Columbia, and in winter and fall on the Missouri.' Morse's Rept, p. 369. ' The Shoshones dwell between the Rocky and blue mountain ranges.' Nicolay's Ogn. Ter., p. 151. 'The aborigineesof the Reese River country consist of the Shoshone nation, divided into many subordinate tribes, each having a distinctive name, and occupying a tract of country varying from 20 to 50 miles square. Their country is bordered on the west by the Pi-Utes, the Edwards Creek mountains some 20 miles west of Reese River, being the dividing line. On the east it extends to Ruby Valley, where it joins on the territory of the Goshoots, the Bannocks being their neighbors on the northeast.' Cat Farmer, June 26, 1863. ' The Snake tribe, inhabit the country bordering on Lewis and Bear Rivers, and their various tributaries.' Palmer's Jour., p. 43. ' The Snake Indians, who embrace many tribes, inhabit a wide extent of country at the head of Snake River above and below Fort Hall, and the vicinity of Great Bear River and Great Salt Lake. They are a migratory race, and generally occupy the south-east- BANNACKS AND UTAHS. 463 ern portion of Oregon.' Bunn's Ogn., p. 325. The Shoshones inhabit the great plains to the southward of the Lewis River. Cox's Adven., vol. ii., p. 143. The Shoshones occupy * almost the whole eastern half of the State ((Nevada). The line separating them from the Pai-Utes on the east and south is not very clearly defined.' Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1866, p. 114. ' The western bands of Shoshones... .range from the Idaho boundary north, southward to the thirty-eighth parallel; their western limit is the line passing through the Sunatoya Mountains; their eastern limit Steptoe and Great Salt Lake Valleys.' Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 95. The Snakes inhabit * the plains of the Columbia between the 43d and 44th degrees of latitude.' Franchere's Nar., p. 150. Tho Washakeeks or Green River Snakes inhabit the country drained by Green River and its tributaries. The Tookarikkahs, or mountain sheep-eaters, ' occupy the Salmon river country and the upper part of Snake River Valley, and Coiners' Prairie, near the Boise mines.' These two bands are the genuine Snakes; other inferior bands are the Hokandikahs or Salt Lake Diggers who 'inhabit the region about the great lake.' The Aggitikkahs or Salmon-eaters who ' occupy the region round about Salmon falls, on Snake river.' Stuart's Montana, p. 80. 'The Bannacks, who are generally classed with the Snakes, inhabit the country south of here, (Powder River) in the vicinity of Harney lake.... The Winnas band of Snakes inhabit the country north of Snake riyer, and are found principally on the Bayette, Boise, and Sickley rivers.' Kirkpatrick, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1862, pp. 267-8. The Bonacks 'inhabit the country between Fort Boise and Fort Hall.' Wilkes' Nar., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 502. They ' inhabit the southern borders of Oregon, along the old Humboldt River emigrant road.' Simpson's Route to Cat, p. 47. ' The Bonaks seem ' to embrace Indian tribes inhabiting a large extent of country west of the Rocky Mountains. As the name imports, it was undoubtedly given to that portion of Indians who dig and live on the roots of the earth.' Johnston, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 221. The Bonaks inhabit ' the banks of that part of Saptin or Snake River which lies between the mouth of Boisais or Reeds River and the Blue Mountains.' Farnham's Trav., p. 76. The Bonax inhabit the country west of the Lewis fork of the Columbia between the forty-second and forty-fourth parallels. Parker's Map. The Bannacks range through northern Nevada, and into Oregon and Idaho. Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 18. They 'claim the southwestern portions of Montana as their land.' Sully, in Id., p. 289. 'This tribe occupies most of that portion of Nevada north of the forty-first degree of north latitude, with the southeastern corner of Oregon and the southwestern corner of Idaho.' Parker, in Id., 1866, p. 114. The Bannocks drift ' from Boise City to the game country northeast of Bozeman, Montana, and south as far as Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory traveling from Oregon to East of the Rocky Mountains.' High, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1872, pp. 272-3. The Utah nation occupies all that portion of the territory assigned to the Shoshone family lying south of the Snakes, between the country of the Californians proper, and the Rocky Mountains. It is divided into several tribes, the number varying with different authorities. Wilson divides the Utah nation into seven tribes: viz., the 'Taos, Yampapas, Ewinte, Tenpenny Utahs, 464 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Parant Utahs, Sampiches, Pahmetes.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. vi., p. 697. 'Besides the Parawat Yutas, the Yampas, 200-300 miles south, on the White River; the Tebechya, or sun-hunters, about Tete de Biche, near Spanish lands; and the Tash Yuta, near the Navajos; there are scatters of the nation along the Californian road from Beaver Valley, along the Santa Clara, Virgen, Las Vegas, and Muddy Rivers, to New Mexico.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 578. ' The tribes of Utah Territory are: Utahs at large, Pi Utahs, roving, Uwinty Utahs, Utahs of Sampitch Valley, Utahs of Carson Valley, Utahs of Lake Sevier and Walker River, Navahoes and Utahs of Grand River, Sho- shonees, or Snakes proper, Diggers on Humboldt River, Eutahs of New Mexico.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 498. The Utahs are composed of several bands, the most important of which are the Timpanogs who ' range through Utah valley and the mountains adjoining the valley on the east.... The Uintahs, the principal band of the Utahs,... range through Uintah valley and the Green River country The Pah Vants range through Pah Vant and Sevier valleys and west to the White mountains.' Irish, in Ind. Aff. Rept,. 1865, p. 145. 'The Yutah nation is very numerous, and is also made up of many bands, which are to be distinguished only by their names Four of these bands called Noaches, Payuches, Tabiachis and Sogup, are accustomed to occupy lands within the province of New Mexico, or very near it, to the north and northeast.' Whipple, Ewbank, & Turner's Rept,, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. iii. ' The Utahs are divided into three bands —Mohuaches, Capotes, and Nomenuches or Poruches.' Belgado, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 163; see* also pp. 17, 18. ' The Ute tribe Dr. Hurt divides into the Pah Utahs, Tamp Pah-Utes, Cheveriches, Pah Vants, San Pitches, and Pyedes. The Utahs proper inhabit the waters of Green River, south of Green River Mountains, the Grand River and its tributaries and as far south as the Navajo country. They also claim the country bordering on Utah Lake and as far south as the Sevier Lake.' Simpson's Route to Cat, p. 44. ' The Utahs are a separate and distinct tribe of Indians, divided into six bands, each with a head chief, as follows: The Menaches... .the Capotes the Tabe-naches the Cibariches the Tempanahgoes the Piuchas.' Graves, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1854, p. 178. ' The Yutahs are subdivided into four great bands: the Noaches, the Payuches (whom we believe to be identical with the Pai Utahs), the Tabiachis, and the Sogups, who live in perfect harmony on the north-eastern confines of New Mexico, and at a distance of 500 miles to the south of the great tribe of the Zuguaganas.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 8. The Utes are 'those which inhabit the vicinity of the lakes and streams and live chiefly on fish, being distinguished by the name of Pah Utahs or Pah Utes, the word Pah, in their language signifying water.' Stans- bury's Rept, p. 148. ' The country of the Utaws is situated to the east and southeast of the Soshonees, at the sonrces of the Rio Colorado.' Be Smet's Letters, p. 39. ' The Youtas live between the Snake and Green Rivers.' Prichard's Researches, vol. v., p. 430. ' The Utahs of New Mexico are a portion of the tribe of the same name inhabiting the Territory of Utah... They inhabit and claim all that region of country, embracing the sources of the northwestern tributaries of the Arkansas river, above Bent's fort, up to the southern boundary of Utah Territory, and all the northern tributaries of the Rio UTAHS. 465 Grande wind, he within New Mexico and north of the 37th parallel of latitude. Mernwether, in Ind. Aff. Sept., 1854, p. 169. The Utes 'occupy and claim that section of country ranging from Abiquin, northward to Navalo River and westward somewhat of this line/ Davis, in Ind Aff Pent llfifl sfLThe Eutr' n8ide on both siaes °f the **■»«'£&££. C™ ?* . J» Yo»taS mhabit the conntry between the Snake and Green rivers." Wakes' Mr., in U. S. Ex. Ex., vol. iv., p. 502. 'The Utahs' waTr,° JbT^T 7 ■" S0Uth °f °* °f the S^onies, embracing the waters of the Colorado, gomg most probably to the Gulf of California" mison in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. vi., p. 698. The conntry of the UtawTis situated to the east and sontheast of the Shoshones, abontThe Salt Lake, and on «ie head waters of the Colorado river, which empties into the gulf of California... .Then- conntry being in latitude about 41°.' The Utaws are decent in appearance and their conntry, which is towards Santa Fe, is said to be tolerably good.' Parker's Explor. Tour., pp. 79, 309. The Yutas Utaws, or Youtas, < range between lat. 35^ and 42° North and the Meridians 29° ana mill V. f' Wa8^ton. The great Yutas tribe is divided into two fa- r^f ^ T e°ftrad^g°i^ed by the names of their respective headquarters; the Tao Yutas, so called because their principal campus pitched in ll TSU^ 8eventymiles nOTth°f SantaFe;and the Timpanigos Yutas whoholdthe,rgreaCampneartheTimPanigo8lake.^amWsi^,n^ TuS« J£ w I ! !te\ habeD <Jie YutaS Tab^«Ws Payees und Tularenoaihre Wohnsitze.' MWenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt. ii., p 538 The Utah* live'on the border of New Mexico.' Ludemg's Ab. Lang., p. 196. >ll pays des Utaws est situeal'est et an sud-est de celui des Soshonies anx rrth" ; °rad0-' **"* V0V-' P- 3°- 'T^tasorEut™ one of the most extensive nations of the West, being scattered from the north of New Mexico to the borders of Snake river and Rio Colorado.' Grl's Com. Prairies, vol. i., p. 300. . Th<SPaA Utes occupy the greater part of Nevada, and extend southward tTe^T rth"f Stfn C»Uforaia- ThCTe * ^a«on to believe that the Pi Utes are a distmct tnbe from the Pah Utes, but as the same localities e^ TZ 7 \S.Ted *° M trfbeS by different ™te™> «d as many have I have' tn™ 7f>\!Z °De aDd ^ Sam6' thereby CaUsij* ^eat «»*»*». ^7 ' f 1 ""^ ^ the nameS as sPelled b?the a^oritle without attemp ,ng to decide which tribe is being spoken of in either case. Ihe Pah-Utes range principally in the southwestern portion of Utah and ™ Tf tT POrti°U °f NeVada-' Bead'in Ind- Aff- tept., 1866, p. 124. Nevadf^Tv, 7,SPrTd^°Ver the ™St ***'<* territory-between the Sierra Nevada and the Colorado Eiver, going asfar south as the thirty-fifth parallel and extending to the northward through California and Nevada into Sonth^ ern Oregon and Idaho.' Colyer, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 92. The Pah-Utes TT~ *™WeStem Pait °f NeVada- Walker< in Ind- Aff- «**•. 1872, p. 59 l\L t'f,ndPah Edesran8«o™r all that partof Utah south of the city of FUmore in Millard County. Head, in Ind. Aff. Sept., 1868, p. 150. ■ The Jrm Pah Utes is applied to a very large number of Indians who roam through that vast section of conntry lying between the Sierra Nevada and the Colo- vol. I. 30 466 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. rado, going as far south as the thirty-fifth parallel, and extending to the northward through California, Nevada, into Southern Oregon and Idaho. The Indians of this tribe in Arizona are located in the Big Bend of the Colorado, on both sides of the river, and range as far east as Diamond River, west to the Sierra Nevada, and northward into the State of Nevada.' Jones, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 216. The Pah Utes 'properly belong in Nevada and Arizona, but range over in southwestern Utah.' Irish, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 146. The Pah-Utes • range principally from the borders of Oregon, on the north, to the southeast boundary of Nevada, and from the Sierra Nevada eastward to the Humboldt River and Sink of Carson; there are one or two small bands of them still further east, near. Austin, Nevada. They are much scattered within these limits.' Bouglas, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, pp. 94-5. j The Pah-utes roam along the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada, from the mouth of the Virgin with the Colorado (in about lat 36° long. 115*-) to the territories of the Washoes north, and as far east as the Sevier Lake country of Fremont's explorations.' Cat Farmer, June 22, 1860. 'The Pa- utahs, and Lake Utahs occupy the territory lying south of the Snakes, and upon the waters of the Colorado of the west and south of the Great Salt Lake.' Scenes in the Rocky Ms., p. 179. 'The Pa Yuta (Pey Utes) 'extend from forty miles west of Stony Point to the Californian line, and N.W. to the Oregon line, and inhabit the valley of the Fenelon River, which rising from Lake Bigler empties itself into Pyramid Lake.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 576. ' The Womenunche (also known as the Pa Uches) occupy the country on the San Juan river.' Collins, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1862, p. 238. ' The custom of designating the different bands of Pah Utes is derived from the name of some article of food not common in other localities; "Ocki," signifies " trout," '' toy," " tule," &c. The Ocki Pah Utes.... are located cm Walker River and Lake, and the mountains adjacent thereto. The Cozaby Pah Utes range from Mono Lake east to Smoky Valley.' Campbell, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, pp. 112-13. The Pah Utes extend, ' over portions of Utah and Arizona Territories, also the States of Nevada and California. Fenton, in Id., p. 113. TheChemehuevisareabandof Pah-Utatis. Whipple, Ewba.nk, and Turner's Rept, in Pac R. Rept.,vol. Hi., p. 76. The Chimehuevais live about forty miles below the Colorado River agency, on the California side of the river, and are scattered over an area of fifty square miles. Tonner, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1872, p. 323. The Chemehuewas are ' located mainly on the west bank of the Colorado, above La Paz, and ranges along the river from about thirty miles south of Port Mohave, to a point fifty miles north of Fort Yuma, to the eastward, but a short distance.' Sherman, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 216. The Chemihuevis live on the Colorado river, above the Bill Williams fork, a small tribe and quite unknown. Poston, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1863, p. 387. The Chemehnevis are 'a band of Pahutahs, belonging to the great Shoshonee family.' I/adewig's Ab. Lang., p. 35. \ The Chimchinves are undoubtedly a branch of the Pah Ute tribe.' Stanley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1866, p. 102. The Pi Utes, or Pyutes, ' inhabit Western Utah, from Oregon to New Mexico; their locations being generally in the vicinity of the principal rivers and lakes of the Great Basin, viz., Humboldt, Carson, Walker, Truckee, Owens's, Pyramid, and Mono.' Simpson's Route to Cat,, p. 48. ' The tribe of Indians PI UTES AND GOSH UTES. ^67 who inhabit this section (near Fort Churchill) of "^hich the post forms the centre comes under the one generic name of Piute, and acknowledge as their great chief Winnemucca. They are split up into small Captaincies and scattered throughout a vast extent of territory.' Farley, in San Francisco Medical Press, vol. hi., p. 154. The Piutes or Paiuches inhabit ' the northern banks of the Colorado, the region of Severe river, and those portions of the Timpa- nigos desert where man can find a snail to eat.' Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 371. The Piutes live ' along the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada, from the mouth of the Virgen with the Colorado (in about Lat. 36° Long. 115°) to the territories of the Washoes north, and as far east as the Sevier Lake.' Taylor, in Cat Farmer, June 22, 1860. 'Von 34° nordwarts die Pai Utes.' Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., vol. i., p. 430. The territory occupied by the Piutes ' is about one hundred miles broad, and is bounded on the north by the country of the Bannocks, on the east by that of the Shoshones, on the south by the State line between Nevada and California and on the west by the territory of the Washoes.' Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1866, p. 115. The Piutes inhabit ' a country two hundred miles long by one hundred and twenty broad, lying parallel and east of that of the Washoes South of Walker lake are the Mono Pi Utes.... They are closely allied to the Walker River or Ocki Pi Utes.... located in the vicinity of Walker river and lake and Carson river and Upper lake At the lower Carson lake are the Toy Pi Utes.' Campbell, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1866, p. 119. 'Upon the Colorado river, in the northern part of the Territory lives a band, or some bands, of Pi Utes, occup3'ing both sides of the river, roaming to the limit of Arizona on the west, but on the east, for some miles, how far cannot be determined.' Whit- tier, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1868, p. 140. The Pi Ute 'range extends north to the Beaver, south to Fort Mojave, east to the Little Colorado and San Francisco Mountains, and on the west through the southern part of Nevada as far as the California line... .the larger portion living in Nevada.' Fenton, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 203. The Pi Utes inhabit the south-west portion of Utah. Tourtellotte, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 142. 'The Pi Ute Indians are scattered over a large extent of country in Southeastern Nevada and Southwestern Utah.' Powell, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1871, p. 562. The Pi Utes inhabit the south-eastern part of Nevada. Walker, in Bid. Aff. Rept, 1872, p. 59. The Gosh Utes inhabit the country west of Great Salt Lake, and extend to the Pah Utes. They are said by most writers to be of mixed breed, between the Snakes, or Shoshones proper, and the Utahs: 'The Goshautes live about forty miles west' of Salt Lake City. Forney, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1858, p. 212. The Goships, or Gosha Utes, range west of Salt Lake. Cooley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 17. The Goships ' range between the Great Salt Lake and the land of the western Shoshones.' Bead, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1866, p. 123. The Goship Shoshones ' live in the western part of Utah, between Great Salt Lake and the western boundary of the Territory,' (Utah). Tourtellotte, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 230. The Goshutes are located 'in the country in the vicinity of Egan Canon... .In the Shoshone range.' Bouglas, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 96. 'The Goship Shoshones inhabit that part of Utah which lies between Great Salt Lake and the western boundary of the Territory (Utah).' Tourtellotte, in Id., p. 141. The Goshoots 'Dr. Hurt 468 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. classes among the Shoshones; but according to Mr. G. W. Bean, Capt. Simpson's Guide in the fall of 1858 ... they are the offspring of a disaffected portion of the Ute tribe, that left their nation, about two generations ago, under their leader or Chief Goship, whence their name Goship Utes since contracted into Goshutes Reside principally in the grassy valleys west of Great Salt Lake, along and in the vicinity of Capt. Simpson's routes, as far as the Ungoweah Range.' Simpson's Route to Cat, pp. 47-8. The Gosh Yutas, j a body of sixty under a peaceful leader were settled permanently on the Indian Farm at Deep Creek, and the remainder wandered 40 to 200 miles west of Gt. S. L. City.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 577. The Toguimas live about the head of Reese River Valley, and in the country to the east of that point. Taylor, in Cat Farmer, June 26, 1863. The Temoksees live about thirty miles south of Jacobsville. Cat' Farmer, June 26, 1863. The Pah Vants * occupy the Corn Creek, Paravan, and Beaver Valleys, and the valley of Sevier.' Simpson's Route to Cat, p. 45. Half the Pavants ' are settled on the Indian farm at Corn Creek; the other wing of the tribe lives along Sevier Lake, and the surrounding country in the north-east extremity of Filmore Valley, fifty miles from the City, where they join the Gosh Yuta.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 577. Although Mr Burton gives this as the fruit of his own observation, it is evidently taken from Forney's Rept, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1859, p. 364, which reads as follows: 'About half of them (the Pah vants) have their home on the Corn Creek Indian farm. The other wing of the tribe lives along Sevier lake and surrounding country, in the northeast extremity of Fillmore valley, and about fifty miles from Fillmore city.' The Pah Vants range ' through Pah-Vant and Sevier valleys, and west to the White Mountains.' Cooley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 17. ' The Pahvents occupy the territory in the vicinity of Com Creek reservation, and south of the Goship Shoshones.' Tourtelotte, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 230. * The Pah Vant Indians inhabit the country south of the Goship Shoshones.' Tourtellotte, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 142. <The Pi Edes ' are a band ranging through Beaver and Little Salt Lake Valley, and on the Virgin and Santa Clara rivers, down to the Muddy, embracing the whole southern portion of Utah Territory.' Irish, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 145. j The Py Edes live adjoining the Pahvants, down to the Santa Clara.' Simpson's Route to Cat, p. 45. 'The Pi Ede Indians inhabit the country south of the Pah Vants.' Tourtelotte, in Ind Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 142. 'The Piede Indians inhabit the extreme southern portion of the territory (Utah) on the Santa Clara and Muddy rivers.' Armstrong, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856, p. 234. The Piede Indians live on Rio Virgin and Santa Clara river. Carvalho's Incid. of Trav., p. 223. The Washoes jj inhabit the country along the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, from Honey lake on the north to the west fork of Walker's river the south.' Bodge, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1859, p. 374. Simpson's Route to Cat, on p. 45, and Burton's City of the Saints, p. 578, repeat this. The Washoes ' are stated to have boundaries as high up as the Oregon line, along the eastern flanks of the Sierra Nevada, as far to the east as two hundred miles and to the south to Walker's river.' Col. Farmer, June 22, 1860. The Washoes live WASHOES AND SAMPITCHES. 469 in the extreme western part of Nevada. Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1866, p. 115. ' Commencing at the western boundary of the State, we have first the Washoe tribe,.... occupying a 4ract of country one hundred miles long, north and south, by twenty-five in width.' Campbell, in Id., p. 119. The Washoes ' live along Lake Bigler and the headwaters of Carson, Walker, and Truckee rivers, and in Long and Sierra Valleys.' Wasson, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1861, p. 114. The Washoes ' are scattered over a large extent of country along the western border of the State ' of Nevada. Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 18. The Washoes ' frequent the settled portions of the State, principally the towns of Virginia City, Carson City, Reno, Washoe City, and Genoa. In summer they betake themselves to the mountains in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe and Hope Valley.' Bouglas, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 96. The Sampitches 'range through the Sanpitch valley and creek on the Sevier river.' Irish, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 145. 'The Sampiches are a tribe wandering on the desert to the south of Youta Lake.' Prichard's Researches, vol. v., p. 430. Burton mentions ' Sampichyas' settled at San Pete. City of the Saints, p. 578. The San Pitches ' live in the San Pitch valley and along the Sevier river.' Cooley, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 18. 'The San Pitches occupy a territory south and east of the Timpanagos.' Tourtellotte, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 230. ' The San Pitch Indians inhabit the country about the San Pete reservation.' Tourtellotte, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 142. * Les Sampectches, les Pagouts et les> Ampayouts sont les plus proches voi- sins des Serpents.' Be Smet, Voy., p. 28. The Uinta Utes 'claim Uinta valley and the country along Green river.' Forney, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1859, p. 364. The Uinta Yutas live 'in the mountains south of Fort Bridger, and in the country along Green River.' Burton's City of the Saints, p. 577. The Yam Pah Utes ' inhabit the country south of the Uinta Valley reservation.' Tourtellotte, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 142; Id., 1869, p. 231. The Elk Mountain Utes live in the south-eastern portion of Utah. Tourtellotte, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 142; Burton's City of the Saints, p. 578. repeats. The Tosawees or White Knives, or as they are sometimes called Shoshoteos or Foot-men, on the Humboldt and Goose Creek. Stuart's Montana, p. 80. ' The Tosawitches, or White Knives, inhabit the region along the Humboldt River.' Simpson's Shortest Route, p. 47. The Indians about Stony Point are called Tosawwitches (white knives). Hurt, in Bid. Aff. Rept., 1856. The Weber Utes 'live in the valley of Salt Lake.' Tourtellotte, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 230, also in id., 1870, p. 141. The Weber Utes live in the vicinity of Salt Lake City. Walker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1872, p. 56. The Weber River Yutas are principally seen in Great Salt Lake City. Their chief settlement is forty miles to the north. Burton's City of the Saints, p. 578. The Cum Umbahs 'are mixed-bloods of the Utes and Shoshonees, and range in the region of Salt lake, Weber and Ogden valleys in northern Utah.' Irish, inlnd. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 144. The Wimmenuches are * a tribe of the Ute Indians, whose country is principally from Tierra Amarilla northward to Ellos de los Animas and thence also to the Rio Grande. They mix.with the Pi Utes in Utah.' Bavis, in Ind. 470 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 255. The Wemenuche Utes 'roam and hunt west of the San Juan River, and their lodges are to be found along the banks of the Rio de las Animas, Rio de la Plata and Rio Mancos.' Hanson, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 155. The Weminuche Utes live near the San Juan river. Armstrong, in Ind. Aff. Rept. 1872, p. 307. The Capote Utes ' roam from within five to fifty miles of the agency, but the greater part of the time live in the vicinity of Tierra Amarilla, from five to ten miles distant, north and south along the Rio Charmer.' Hanson, in Bid. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 154; Armstrong, in Id., 1870, p. 307. ' The Sheberetches inhabit the country south of the Yam Pah Utes. Tourtellotte, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 142. The Fish Utes ' inhabit the country about Red Lake, south of the Sheberetches.' Tourtellotte, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 142. The Tash Utes live near the Navajos. Burton's City of the Saints, p. 578. The Tabechya, or Sun-hunters, i live about Tete de Biche, near Spanish lands.' ' Timpenaguchya, or Timpana Yuta, corrupted into .Tenpenny Utes, ... .dwell about the kanj^on of that name, and on the east of the Sweetwater Lake.' Burton's City of the Saints, pp. 577-8. 'The Timpanoge Indians formerly resided at and about Spanish Fort reservation, but they are now scattered among other bands and do not now exist as a separate tribe.' Tourtellotte, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 142; see also Id., 1869, p. 230. The Tim- panogs inhabit 'Utah valley, and the neighboring mountains.' Cooley, in Bid. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 17. Geographical Position op this Group, and Physical Features op the Territory—Family Divisions: Apaches, Pueblos, Lower Calipornians, and Northern Mexicans—The Apache Family: Comanches, Apaches proper, hualapais, yumas, cosxinos, yampais, yalchedunes, yamajabs, Cochees„ Cruzados, Nijoras, Navajos, Mojaves, and their customs— The Pueblo Family: Pueblos, Moquis, Pimas, Maricopas, Papagos, AND THEIR NEIGHBORS—THE CoCHIMIS, WAICURIS, PERICUIS, AND OTHER Lower Californians—The Seris, Sinaloas, Tarahumares, Conchos, Tepehuanes, Tobosos, Ac axes, and others in Northern Mexico. The New Mexicans, under which name I nations of New Mexico, Arizona, Lower California, So nora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, northern Zacatecas, and western Texas, present some peculiarities not hitherto encountered in this work. As a groupal designation, this name is neither more nor less appropriate than some others; all I claim for it is that it appears as lit as any. The term Mexican might with propriety be applied to this group, as the majority, of its people live within the Mexican boundary, but that word is employed in the next division, which is yet more strictly of Mexico. The territory of the New Mexicans, which lies for the most part between the parallels 36° and 2 3° and the meridians 96° and 117°, presents a great diversity of climate and aspect. On reaching the northern extremity of the Gulf of California, the Sierra Nevada and coast ranges of mountains join and break up into detached upheavals, or U7U 472 NEW MEXICANS. as they are called ' lost mountains;' one part, with no great elevation, continuing through the peninsula, another, under the name of Sierra Madre, extending along the western side of Mexico. The Rocky Mountains, which separate into two ranges at about the forty-fifth parallel, continue southward, one branch, known in Utah as the Wahsatch, merging into the Sierra Madre, while the other, the great Cordillera, stretches along the eastern side of Mexico, uniting again with the Sierra Madre in the Mexican table-land. Besides these are many detached and intersecting ranges, between which lie arid deserts, lava beds, and a few fertile valleys. Prom the sterile sandy deserts which cover vast areas of this territory, rise many isolated groups of almost inaccessible peaks, some of which are wTooded, thus affording protection and food for man and beast. Two great rivers, the Colorado and the Rio Grande del Norte flow through this region, one on either side, but, except in certain spots, they contribute little to the fertilization of the country. In the more elevated parts the climate is temperate, sometimes in winter severely cold; but on the deserts and plains, with the scorching sun above and the burning sand beneath, the heat is almost insupportable. The scanty herbage, by which the greater part of this region is covered, offers to man but a transient food- supply; hence he must move from place to place or starve. Thus nature, more than elsewhere on our coast, invites to a roving life; and, as on the Arabian deserts, bands of American Bedouins roam over immense tracts seeking what they may devour. Here it is that many a luckless miner and iU/protected traveler pays the penalty of his temerity with his life; here it is, more than elsewhere within the temperate zones of the two Americas, that the natives bid defiance to the encroachments of civilization. Sweeping down upon small settlements and isolated parties, these American Arabs rob, murder, and destroy, then fleeing to their strongholds bid defiance to pursuers. In the midst of all this we find another phenomenon in the semi-civilized towns-people of New THE APACHES. 473 Mexico and Arizona; a spontaneous awakening from the ruder phases of savagism. The families of this division may be enumerated as follows: The Apaches, under which general name I include all the savage tribes roaming through New Mexico, the north-western portion of Texas, a small part of northern Mexico, and Arizona; the Pueblos, or partially cultivated towns-people of New Mexico and Arizona, with whom I unite, though not town-builders, the non-nomadic Pimas, Maricopas and Papagos of the lower Gila River; the Lower Californians, who occupy the peninsula; and the Northern Mexicans, which term includes the various nations scattered over the States of Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and northern Zacatecas. To the Apaches, using the term in the signification of a family of this division, no accurate boundaries can be assigned. Owing to their roving proclivities and incessant raids they are led first in one direction and then in another. In general terms they may be said to range about as follows: The Comanches, Jetans, or Nauni, consisting of three tribes, the Comanches proper, the Yamparacks, and Tenawas, inhabiting northern Texas, eastern Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Durango, and portions of south-western New Mexico,1 by language allied to the Shoshone family;2 the Apaches, wrho call 1 The Comanches 'are divided into three principal bands, to wit: the Comanche, the Yamparack and the Tenawa.' Burnet, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 230; 'Ietans, termed by the Spaniards Comanches, and in their own language Na-nni, signiiying "life people." ' PHcliard's Nat. Hist, vol. ii.. p. 549. 'The Comanches and the numerous tribes of Chichimecas are comprehended by the Spaniards under the vague name of Mecos.' Prichard's Researches, vol. v., p. 422. The tribe called themselves Niyuna.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., pp. 575-6; Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 231; Neighbors, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1856, p. 175; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 115; French's Hist La., p. 155. ' Se divide en cuatro ramas considerables bajo los nombres de Cuchan- ticas, Jupes, Yamparicas y Orientales.' Garcia Connie, in Soc. Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn, v., p. 318; see also Cortez, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. iii., p. 121. The Jetans or Camanches, as the Spaniards term them, or Padoucas, as they are called by the Pawnees. Pike's Explor. Trav., p. 214. 2 Turner, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. iii., p. 76. 'Los Indios yutas,... .son los mismos que los comanches 6 cumanches, pues yuta eso quiere decir en Ix lengua de los lipanes. Por consiguente no se pueden distinguir esos nom* 474 NEW MEXICANS. themselves Shis Inday, or 'men of the woods,'*and whose tribal divisions are the Chiricaguis, Coyoteros, Faraones, Gilenos, Lipanes, Llaneros, Mescaleros, Mimbrenos, Na- tages, Pelones, Pinalefios, Tejuas, Tontos and Vaqueros, roaming over New Mexico, Arizona, north-western Texas, Chihuahua and Sonora,4 and who are allied by language to the great Tinneh family;5 the Navajos, or Tenuai, 'men,' as they designate themselves, having linguistic bres, que aunque de dos lenguas diferentes espresan una misma nacion.' Ber- landier y Thovel, Biario, p. 251. 'The Comanches are a branch of the Shoshones or Snakes.' Buxton's Adven., p. 244. 'The Pawnees are descended from a cousin-germanship of the same stock.' Edward's Hist Tex., pp. 108-9. • Si le sang des Azteques existe encore sans melange en Amerique, il doit couler dans les veines des Comanches.' Bomenech's Jour., p. 16; see also Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 24; Buschmann, Spuren der Azt. Spr., p. 391. 3 * Probably because their winter quarters are always located amid the forests which grow upon the Sierras.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 243. * Cordero gives the following tribal names, which he says are used among themselves: Vinni ettinenne, Tontos; Segatajenne, Chiricaguis; Tjuiccu- jenne, Gilenos; Iccujenne, Mimbrenos; Yutajenne, Faraones; Sejenne, Mescaleros; CJuelcajenne, Llaneros; Lipajenne and Yutajenne, Lipans and Navajos. Orozco yBerra, Geografia, pp. 369, 379-385. ' Los pimas gilenos Hainan a los yavipais taros 6* nifores; los jamajabs les llaman yavipais y nosotros apaches.' Garces, Biario, in Boc Hist Mex., serie ii., torn, i., pp. 265, 352-3. | Yavipais Tejua quei son los inddinitos Apaches.' Arricivita, Cronica Serdiica, p. 471. ' Yavapais, or Apache Mohaves, as they are more generally called.' Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 217. 'Pueden dividirse en nueve tribus principales ... Tontos, Chirocahues, Gilenos, Mimbrenos, Faraones, Mezcal- eros, Llaneros, Lipanes y Navajoes. Todos hablan un mismo idioma No componen una nacion unif orme en sus usos y costumbres, pero coinciden en la major parte de sus inclinaciones, variando en otras con proporcion a los terrenos de su residencia, a las necesidades que padecen.' Garcia Conde, in Soc Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn, v., p. 314. Apaches, ' their name is said to signify 'men.'' Mescaleros, 'the meaning of the name, probably, is drinkers of mescal.' Cortez, in Pac R. R.Rept., vol. iii., pp. 118-9. Froebel's Central Amer., pp. 309, 353,491; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., pp. 161, 223, 425; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., p. 285; Wislizenus' Tour, p. 26; Thummel, Mexiko, p. 351; Ruxton's Adven., p. 194; Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 216; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., pp. 212-13; Mowry, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 298; Steck, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1863, p. 108, and Id., 1864, p. 182,1858, p. 197; Bailey, in Id., 1858, p. 206; Clum, in Id., 1871, p. 42; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 325. Called Coyoteros, because it is believed that' they feed upon the flesh of the coyote.' Hardy's Trav., p. 430. 'Les Gilenos avec les Axuas et les Apaches qui viennent de la Sierra Madre sont confondus sous le nom de Papagos.' Mofras, Explor., torn, i., p. 213; Bustamante, in Cavo, Tres Siglos, torn, iii., pp. 79-80. ' Tonto, in Spanish means stupid.' ' Tonto is a Spanish corruption of the original Indian name.' Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 460; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 5-8; Ayers, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1858, p. 175; Collins, in Id., 1860, p. 161; Id., 1861, p. 122; Maxwell, in Id., 1863, p. 116; Parker, in Id., 1869, p. 23; Walker, in Id., 1872, p. 53; Clum, in Id., 1871, p. 368; Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat., p. 214; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 275; Turner, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1852, torn, cxxxv., p. 308. 5 ' The Apaches and their congeners belong to the Athapascan.family.' Turner, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 84, and in NouveUes'Annates des Voy., 1852, torn., cxxxv., p. 311; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 10. APACHE NATIONS. affinities with the Apache nation, with which indeed they are sometimes classed, living in and around the Sierra de los Mimbres ;6 the Mojaves, occupying both banks of the Colorado in Mojave Valley; the Hualapais, near the headwaters of Bill Williams Fork; the Yumas, on the east bank of the Colorado, near its junction with the Rio Gila;7 the Cosninos, who like the Hualapais are sometimes included in the Apache nation, ranging through the Mogollon Mountains ;8 and the Yampais, between Bill Williams Fork and the Rio Hassayampa.9 Of the multitude of names mentioned by the early Spanish authorities, I only give in addition to the above the Yalche- dunes, located on the west bank of the Colorado in about latitude 33° 20', the Yamajabs, on the east bank of the same river, in about latitude 34°— 35°; the Cochees, in the Chiricagui Mountains of Arizona, the Cruzados10 in New Mexico, and finally the Nijoras,11 somewhere about the lower Colorado.12 6 ' The Apaches call the Navajoes Yutahkah. The Navajoes call themselves, as a tribe, Tenuai (man). The appellation Navajo was unquestionably given them by the Spaniards.' Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 217, 218. ' The Navajoes and Apaches are identically one people.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 306; Buxton's Adven., p. 194; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 229; Pos- ton, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1863, p. 389. ' Navajoes and Apaches have descended from the same stock.' Cdrleton, in Ind. Aff., Rept Spec. Com., 1867, p. 134. ' The Navajoes are a Pueblo Indian.' Griner, in Id., p. 329. 'Allied to the Crow Indians.' Fitzpatrick, in Emory's Reconnoissance, p. 133; Thummel, Mexiko, p. 318. 'Most civilized of all the wild Indians of North America.' Farnham's Life in Cat, p. 372. The Navajoes ' are a division of the ancient Mexicans.' Scenes in the Rocky Mts., p. 180. 7 ' " Yumah,'' signifies '' Son of the Biver,'' and is only applied to the Indians born on the banks of the Colorado. This nation is composed of five tribes.... among which.... the Yabipa'is \ Yampais or Yampaos).' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 65. ' The Cajuenches and Cuchans... belong to two different divisions of one tribe, which forms part of the great nation of the Yumas.' Id., p. 10. 8 Cosninos, ' Es ist mehrfach die Ansicht ausgesprochen worden das die meisten derselben zu dem Stamme der Apaches gehoren, oder vielmehr mit ihnen verwandt sind.' Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 330-1; Figuier's Human Race, p. 482. 9 ' The Yampais form a connecting link between the Gila, Colorado, and Pueblo Indians.' Whipple, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 98. Yampais are related to the Yumas. Mollhausen, Reisen, torn, i., p. 431. Yampais: ' Unable to separate them from the Tonto-Apaches.' Mowry, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1857, p. 302. 1(r' Llaman a estos indios los cruzados, por unas cruces que todos, chicos y grandes se atan del copete, que les viene a caer en la frente; y esto hacen cuando ven a los espanoles.' Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iii., p. 31. 11 ' Unos dicen que a un lado de estas naciones (Yutas) para hacia al Po- 476 NEW MEXICANS. The Apache country is probably the most desert of all, alternating between sterile plains and wooded mountains, interspersed with comparatively few rich valleys. The rivers do little to fertilize the soil except in spots; the little moisture that appears is quickly absorbed by the cloudless air and arid plains which stretch out, sometimes a hundred miles in length and breadth, like lakes of sand. In both mountain and desert the fierce, rapacious-Apache, inured from childhood to hunger and thirst, and heat and cold, finds safe retreat. It is here, among our western nations, that we first encounter thieving as a profession. No savage is fond of work; indeed, labor and savagism are directly antagonistic, for if the savage continues to labor he can but become civilized. Now the Apache is not as lazy as some of his northern brothers, yet he will not work, or if he does, like the Pueblos who are nothing but partially reclaimed Apaches or Comanches, he forthwith elevates himself, and is no longer* an Apache; but being somewhat free from the vice of laziness, though subject in an eminent degree to all other vices of which mankind have any knowledge, he presents the anomaly of uniting activity with barbarism, and for this he must thank his thievish propensities. Leaving others to do the work, he cares not whom, the agriculturists of the river-bottoms or the towns-people of the north, he turns Ishmaelite, pounces upon those near and more remote, and if pursued retreats across the jornadas del muerte, or 'journeys of death' as the Mexican calls them, and finds refuge in the gorges, canons, and other almost impregnable natural fortresses of the mountains. niente esta la nacion de los nijoras, y otros afirman que no hay tal nacion Nijora, sino que esta palabra nijor qniere decir cautivo, y que los cocomari- copas les dan de noche a las naciones mas inmediatas y les quitan sus hijos, los que cautivan y venden a los pimas y e'stos a los espafioles; si es asi que hay tal nacion, esta en esta inmediacion del rio Colorado para el rio Salado 6* rip.Verde.' Noticias de la Pimeria, in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 838. \ Todos estos cautivos llaman por aca fuera Nijores, aunque hayotra nacion Hi j eras a parte.' Sedelmair, Relacion, inBoc Hist. Mex„ serie iii., torn, iv., p. 852. 12 For further particulars as to location, of tribes, see notes on Tribal Boundaries, at the end of this chapter. PHYSIQUE OF APACHES. 477 The disparity in physical appearance between some of these nations, which may be attributed for the most part to diet, is curious. While those who subsist on mixed vegetable and animal food, present a tall, healthy, and muscular development, hardly excelled by the Caucasian race, those that live on animal food, excepting perhaps the Comanches, are small in stature, wrinkled, shriveled,, and hideously ugly.13 All the natives of this family, with the exception of the Apaches proper, are tall, well- built, with muscles strongly developed, pleasing features, although at times rather broad faces, high foreheads, large, clear, dark-colored eyes, possessing generally extraordinary powers of vision, black coarse hair and, for a wonder, beards. Taken as a whole, they are the most perfect specimens of physical manhood that we have yet encountered. While some, and particularly females, are of a light copper color, others .again approach near to the dark Californian. Women are generally plumper, inclining more to obesity than the men. Some comely girls are spoken of amongst them, but they grow old early.14 13 ' Besonders fiel uns der Unterschied zwischen den im Gebirge, ahnlich den Wolf en lebenden Yampays und Tontos.,. und den von vegetabilischen Stoffen sich nahrenden BewOhnem des Colorado-Thales auf, indem erstere nur kleine hassliche Gestalten mit widrigem tuckischem Ausdruck der Physiognomic waren, die anderen dagegen wie lauter Meisterwerke der schopfer- ischen Natur erschienen.' Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 384. u The Navajos are [ of good size, nearly six feet in height, and well proportioned; cheek-bones high and prominent, nose straight and well shaped; hair long and black; eyes black;... .feet small; lips of moderate size; head of medium size and well shaped; forehead not small but retreating.' Lether- mann, in Smithsonian Rept., 1855, p. 288. ' Fine looking, physically.' ' Most symmetrical figure, combining ease, grace and power, and activity.' And the Comanches * about five feet ten inches in height, with well proportioned shoulders, very deep chest, and long, thin, but muscular arms.' Cremony's Apaches, pp. 49, 305, 15. The Mojave ' men are tall, erect, and finely proportioned. Their features are inclined to European regularity; their eyes large, shaded by long lashes.' The Cuchans are ' a noble race, well formed, active and intelligent.' Whipple, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., pp. 110, 114. The Navajos are distinguished 'by the fullness and roundness of their eyes.' Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept., p. 31, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., * The Camanches are small of stature... .wear moustaches and heads of long hair.' Pope, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. ii., p. 15. The Comanches 'que da un aspecto bien particular a estas naciones, es la falta completa de cejas, pues ellos se las arrancan; algunos tienen una poca barba.' Berlandier and Thovel, Biario, p. 253. The Yumas ' if left to their natural state, would be fine looking,''but the Hualpais 'were squalid, wretched-looking creatures, with splay feet, large joints and diminutive .figures features like a toad's Th'ey present a remarkable contrast to our tall and athletic Mojaves.' The Navajos are ' a fine looking race with bold features.' * The Mojaves are perhaps 478 NEW MEXICANS. In contradistinction to all this the Apaches proper, or Apache nation, as we may call them, are slim, ill developed, but very agile. Their height is about five feet as fine a race of men physically, as there is in existence. Ives' Colorado River, pp. 44, 54, 97-8, 108, 73, 128, 19, 39, 59, 66, plate p. 66. The Comanches are 'de buena estatura.' Beaumont, Cronica de Mechoacan, MS., p. 527. The people between the Colorado and Gila rivers. 'Es gente bien agestada y corpulenta, triguenos de color.' Sedelmair, Relacion, in Boc. His. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 851. The Cruzados are described as ' bien ages- tados y nobles y elias hermosas de lindos ojos y amorosas.' Salmeron, Relaci- ones, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 31; see also Cordoue, in Ternaux- Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, x., p. 446. In New Mexico Allegre describes them as ' corpulentos y briosos, pero mal agestados, las orejas largas.. .tienen poco barba.' Allegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 332; and of the same people Alcedo writes ' son de mejor aspecto, color y proporcion que los demas.' Bic- cionario, torn, iii., p. 184. And Lieut. Mollhausen, who frequently goes into ecstasies over the splendid figures of the lower Colorado people, whom he calls the personification of the ancient gods of the Komans and Greeks, says further that they are ' grosse, schon gewachsene Leute,' and describes their color as ' dunkelkupferfarbig.' Of the women he adds ' Ganz im Gegensatze zu den Mannern sind die Weiber der Indianer am Colorado durchgangig klein, untersetzt und so dick, das ihr Aussehen mitunter an's komische granzt.' Comparing the Hualapais with the Mojaves he writes ' auf der eine Seite die unbekleideten, riesenhaften und wohlgebildeten Gestalten der Mo- haves. .. .auf der andern Seite da gegen die im Vergleich mit erstern, zwerg- ahnlichen, hagern.... Figuren der Wallpays, mit ihren verwirrten, Struppi- gen Haaren, den kleinen, geschlitzten Augen und den falschen, gehassigen Ausdruck in ihren Ziigen.' The Cosninos he calls 'hasslich und verkiim- mert.' Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 331, 382-8; Mollhausen, Reisen, torn, i., pp. 123-4, 199, 215, 274, 293, 318, torn, ii., pp. 43, 37, and plate frontispiece. Mollhausen, Mormonenmddchen, torn, ii., p. 140. The Comanche 'men are about the medium stature, with bright copper-coloured complexions... .the women are short with crooked legs.... far from being as good looking as the men.' In the Colorado Valley 'are the largest and best-formed men I ever saw, their average height being an inch over six feet.' Marcy's Army Life, pp. 25, 279. 'Les Comanches ont la taille haute et elancee, et sont presque aussi blancs que les Europeens.' Soc. Geog., Buletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 192. And of the Comanches see further. Bragoon Camp, p. 153. 'Bobust, almost Herculean race.' Foote's Texas, vol. i., p. 298. "Exceedingly handsome.' Calderon de la Barca's Life in Mex., vol. ii., p. 308; Hartmann and Millard's Texas, p. 109. 'Women are ugly, crooklegged, stoop-shouldered.' Parker's Notes on Tex., pp. 189, 232, 194; Mexikanische Zustiinde, torn, i., p. 373; Froebel's Cent Am., p. 267; see also Froebel, Aus America, torn, ii., p. 101; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. ii., pp. 37-8; Bomenech, Journ., p. 132. The Yuma ' women are generally fat.'. ' The men are large, muscular, and well formed.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii.,pp. 180, 178. Navajo women are 'much handsomer and have lighter complexions than the men.' Pattie's Pers. Nar., pp. 218-19; Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., p. 52; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 7, 10, 24, 65,plate 8. The Navajos have ' light flaxen hair, light blue eyes.... their skin is of the most delicate whiteness.' BrowneU's Ind. Races, p. 545; Hughes' Doniphan's Ex., p. 203. On the Mojaves see further, Stratton's Capt Oatman Girls, p. 138; Sitgreaves' Zufii Ex., p. 18; Cat Mercantile Jour., vol. i., p. 227, plate; Clum, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1871, p. 363. And on the Yumas. Poston, in Ihd. Rept. Aff., 1863, p. 387; Browne's Apache Country, p. 61; Taylor, in Cat Farmer, Feb. 22, 1860. Women's ' feet are naturally small.*' Emory's Rept,- in U. S. and'Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 109. The Yampais are broad- faced, and have 'aquiline noses and small eyes.' Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 460. Indian Traits, in Hayes Cot PHYSICAL PECULIARITIES. 479 four to five inches; features described as ugly, repulsive, emotionless, flat, and approaching the Mongol cast, while the head is covered with an unkempt mass of coarse, shocky, rusty black hair, not unlike bristles. The women are not at all behind the men in ugliness, and a pleasing face is a rarity. A feature common to the family is remarkably small feet; in connection with which may be mentioned the peculiarity which obtains on the lower Colorado, of having the large toe widely separated from the others, which arises probably from wading in marshy bottoms. All the tribes whose principal subsistence is meat, and more particularly those that eat horse and mule flesh, are said to exhale a peculiar scent, something like the animals themselves when heated.15 15 «Their average height is about five feet four or five inches. They are but slimly built, and possess but little muscular development.... light brownish red color.' Some have ' a Chinese cast of countenance... .rusty black hair.' Smart, in Smithsonian Rept., 1867, p. 418. Their 'features were flat, negro-like small legged, big-bellied and broad-shouldered.' Emory's Reconnoissance, p. 52. 'More miserable looking objects I never beheld;' legs, 'large and muscular.' Fremont and Emory's Notes of Trav., p. 139. ' Wiederliche Physiognomien und Gestalten . .. unter mittlerer Grosse.... grosse Kopfe, vorstehende Stirn und Backenknochen, dicke Nasem, aufge- worfene Lippen und kleine geschlitzte Augen.... Ihr Gesicht war dunkler als ich es jemals bei Indianern gefunden.' Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 360. ' Von zottigenweitabstehendenHaupthaarenbedeckt.' Mollhausen, Fluchtling, torn. iii., p. 49. ' Ill-formed, emaciated, and miserable looking race had all a treacherous-fiendish look.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 327. 'Physically of a slighter build than any Indians I have seen.' Clum, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1871, p. 47. ' Most wretched looking Indians I have ever seen.' Sitgreaves' Zuni Ex., p. 14. ' Small in stature.... Coal-black eye.' Peters' Life of Carson, p. 326. 'Hair is very black and straight, much resembling horse hair appears to belong to the Asiatic type.' Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 211. ' Gipsy looking with an eye singularly wild and piercing.' Houstoun's Texas, p. 227. ' Have very light complexions.' Ward's Mexico^ vol. i., p. 580. ' Die Lipanis haben blondes Haar, und sind scheme Leute.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 215, torn, ii., pt. ii., p. 421. ' Sont des beaux hommes.' Lacha- pelle, Raousset-Boutbon, p. 82. 'Tall, majestic in figure; muscular.' Brantz- Mayer's Mex. Aztec, etc, vol. ii. p. 123. ' Fine physical conformation.' Foote's Texas, vol. i., p. 298. * Their skin looked whiter than I have ever seen it in the Indians.' Wizlizenus' Tour, p. 71. 'Crian pie menor que los otros indios.' Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc. Hist Mex., serie hi., torn, iv., p. 564. ' Todos son morenos, cuerpo bien proporcionado, ojos vivos, cabello largo y lam- pinos.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 265. ' Su talla y color diferencian algo en cada tribu, variando este desde el bronceado al moreno. Son todos bien proporcionados .. .y ninguna barba.' Garcia Conde, in Soc Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn, v., p. 314; see also Cordero, in Orozcoy Berra, Geografia, pp.370-1. 1 Though not tall, are admirably formed, with fine features and a bright complexion, inclining to yellow.' Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 117. ' Son altos, rubios y de bellisimas proporciones.' Revista Cientlftca, torn, i., p. 55. * Taille ordinaire, de couleur fonce.' ' Comme ces Indiens ne font leur nourriture que NEW MEXICANS. All the natives of this region wear the hair much in the same manner, cut square across the forehead, and flowing behind.16 The Mojave men usually twist or plait it, while with the women it is allowed to hang loose. Tattooing is common, but not universal; many of the Mojave women tattoo the chin in vertical lines like the Central Californians, except that the lines are closer together.17 Paint is freely used among the Mojaves, black and red predominating, but the Apaches, Yumas, and others use a greater variety of colors.18 Breech-cloth and moccasins are the ordinary dress of the men,19 while the de chair et principalement de celle de Pane et du mulet, ils exhalent une odeur si penetrante que les chevaux et surtout les mules rebroussent chemin aussitot qu'ils les eventent.' Soc Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 187. 16 ' Cut their hair short over the forehead, and let it hang behind.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 65. Distinguished 'durch den vollstandig gleich- massigen Schnitt ihrer schwarzen Haare.' Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, i., p. 274; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 384; Broxon's Apache Country, 107; Sitgreaves' Zufii. Ex., pp. 15, 18; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., pp. 480, 461; Whipple, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., pp. 98, 110. 17 Mojave girls, after they marry, tattoo the chin ' with vertical blue lines.' Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 463. Yumas: 'Doch ist ihnen das Tatowiren nicht fremd; dieses wird indessen mehr von den Frauen ange- wendet welche sich die Mundwinkel und das Kinn mit blauen Punkten und Linien schmucken,' Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, i., p. 124; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 385; Stratton's Capt. Oatman Girls, pp. 151-2; Whipple, Embank, and Turner's Rept, p. 33, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. hi., and plate; Michler, in Emory's Rept., U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 110; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 186; Treasury of Trav., p. 32. is 'Das Gesicht hatten sich alle Vier (Mojaves) auf gleiche Weise be- malt, namlich kohlschwarz mit einem rothen Striche, der sich von der Stirne iiber Nase, Mund und Kinn zog.' Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 383, 385, 388; plate, 394. ' Painted perfectly black, excepting a red stripe from the top of his forehead, down the bridge of his nose to his chin.' Ives' Colorado Riv., ' p. 67. The Apaches ' Se tinen el cuerpo y la cara con bastantes colores.' Boc. Hist N. Vizcaya, MS., p. 5.' ' Pintura de greda y almagre con que se untan la cara, brazos y piernas.' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 371; Boc Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, hi., p. 11; Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 266; I Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 211; Hardy's Trav., p. 337; Smart, in Smithsonian Rept, 1867, p. 418; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 33, in Pac & R. Rept, vol. iii., and plate; Whipple, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol, iii., p. 110; Sedelmair, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., vol. iv., p. 858. w 'Naked with the exception of the breech-cloth.' Sitgreaves' Zuni Ex., pp. 14, 18; see also plates; Mojave men ' simply a breech-cloth.' Touner, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1871. j No clothing but a strip of cotton The Yumas dis- play 'a ludicrous variety of tawdry colors and dirty finery.' Ives' Colorado R?pt, pp. 54, 59, 66. See colored plates of Yumas, Mojaves, and Hualpais, ' Andan enteramente desnudos.' Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, iii., p. Ill; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 383; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 62; Hardy's Trav., pp. 336, 342; Stratton's Capt. Oatman Girls, p. 138; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 149; Walker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1872, p. 162; Cortez, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 124; Whipple, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. iii., p. 33; Cremony's Apaches, pp. 29, 132; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, sene v., No. 96, p. 186; Indian Traits, vol. i., in Hayes Col. DKESS OF APACHES AND MOJAVES. women have a short petticoat of bark.20 The dress of the Mojaves and Apaches is often more pretentious, being a buckskin shirt, skull-cap or helmet, and moccasins of the same material; the latter, broad at the toes, slightly turned up, and reaching high up on the leg, serve as a protection against cacti and thorns.21 It is a common practice among these tribes to plaster the head and body with mud, which acts as a preventive against vermin and a protection from the sun's rays.22 In their selection 20 ' A few stripes of the inner bark of the willow or acacia tied scantily round their waists.' Hardy's Trav., p. 336. ' Long fringe of strips of willow bark wound around the waist.' Sitgreaves' Zuni Ex., p. 18. The men wear 'a strip of cotton,' the women 'a short petticoat, made of strips of bark.' Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 66. ' Nude, with the exception of a diminutive breech cloth.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 29. 'Las mas se cubren de la cintura hasta las piernas con la cascara interior del sauce.' Sedelmair, in Boc. Hist. Mex , serie iii., torn, iv., p. 851. ' Las mugeres se cubren de la cintura a la rodilla con la cascara interior del sauce.* Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, iii., p. Ill; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 384; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., vol. i., p. 123; Stratton's Capt Oatman Girls, p. 138; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, siSrie v., No. 96, p. 186; Whipple, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. hi., p. il4; Wliipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 33, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., plate and cuts; Touner, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1871, p. 364; Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 130; Mich- ler, in Emory's Rept. IT. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., pp. 109, 110, with plate. 21 ' Partly clothed like the Spaniards, with wide drawers, moccasins and leggings to the knee... their moccasins have turned-up square toes... mostly they have no head-dress, some have hats, some fantastic helmets.' Cutis' Conq. of Cat, p. 184. ' They prefer the legging and blanket to any other dress.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., pp. 320, 328. ' Mexican dress and saddles predominated, showing where they had chiefly made up their wardrobe.' Emory's Reconnoisance, p. 61. 'Los hombres, se las acomodan alrededor del cuerpo, dejando desambarazados los brazos. Es en lo general la gamuza 6 piel del venado la que emplean en este servicio. Cubren la cabeza de un bonete d gorra de lo mismo, tal vez adornado de plumas de aves, d cuernos de animales... .El vestuario de las mujeres es igualmente de pieles.' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 371. ' Cervinis tergoribus amiciuntur tarn fceminae quam mares.' Benavides, in Be Baet, Novus Orbis, p. 316; Alarchon, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., pp. 431, 437; Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 564; Boc. Hist. N. Vizcaya, MS., p. 5; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 117; Hughes' Boniphan's Ex., p. 214; Peters' Life of Carson, p. 451; Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., pp. 210, 211; Walker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1872, p. 174; Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 248; Roedel, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1871, p. 397; Niza, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 266, 268; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., pp. 161, 424; see also Froebel's Cent Am., pp. 309, 490; Garcia Conde, in Album Mex., torn, i., pp. 46, 166, 167; Linati, Costumes, plate xxii; Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 266; Mollhausen, Fluchtling, torn, ii., p. 173; Beaumont, Cron. de Mechoacan, MS., p. 417; Bachapelle, Raousset de Boulbon, p. 82. 22 The hair of the Mohaves is occasionally * matted on the top of the head into a compact mass with mud.' Sitgreaves' Zuni Ex., p. 18. 'Their pigments are ochre, clay, and probably charcoal mingled with oil.' Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, pp. 33, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii. 'Ihr Hauptschmuck dagegen sind die langen, starken Haare, die mittelst nasser Lehmerde in Bollen gedreht.' Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb, torn, i., p. Vol. I. 31 482 NEW MEXICANS. of ornaments the Mojaves show a preference for white, intermixed with blue; necklaces and bracelets made from beads and small shells, usually strung together, but sometimes sewed on to leather bands are much in vogue. The Apache nation adopt a more fantastic style in painting and in their head-dress; for ornament they employ deer-hoofs, j shells, fish-bones, beads, and occasionally porcupine-quills, with which the women embroider their short deer-skin petticoats.23 The Navajoes, both men and women, wear the hair long, tied or clubbed up behind; they do not tattoo or disfigure themselves with paint.24 The ordinary dress is a species of hunting-shirt, or doublet, of deer-skin, or a blanket confined at the waist by a belt; buckskin breeches, sometimes ornamented up the seams with pieces of silver or porcupine-quills; long moccasins, reaching well up the 124. The Axuas 'Beplastered their bodies and hair with mud.' Hardy's" Trav., pp. 343-4, 356, 368, 370; Browne's Apache Country, pp. 61, 63. ' 23 Small white beads are highly prized by the Mohaves. Ives' Colorado River, pp. 68-9. 'The young girls wear beads a necklace with a single sea-shell in front.' The men 'leather bracelets, trimmed with bright buttons. .. .eagles' feathers, called " sormeh," sometimes white, sometimes of a crimson tint... .strings of wampum, made of circular pieces of shell.' Whipple, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. hi., pp. 114, 115. jj Shells of the pearl-oyster, and a rough wooden image are the favorite ornaments of both sexes' with the Apaches. Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 210. * Sus adornos en el cuello y brazos son sartas de pesunas de venado y berrendos, conchas, espinas de pescado y raices de yerbas odoriferas. Las familias mas pudi- entes y aseadas bordan sus trajes y zapatos de la espina del puerco-espin.' Cgrdero, in Orozcoy Berra, Geografia, p. 371. ' Addrnanse con gargantillas de caracolillos del mar, entreverados de otras cuentas, de conchas coloradas redondas.' Sedelmair, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 851. 'Las mugeres por arracadas d aretes, se cuelgan conchas enteras de nacar, y otras mayores azules en cada oreja.' Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn. iii.j p. Ill; Froebel, AusAmerika, torn, ii., p. 424; Emory's Reconnoissance, p. 61; Cremony's Apaches, p. 222; Garcia Conde, in Album Mex., torn, i., pp. 166, 167; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 149; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 181; Almanza, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 837; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 463; Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 266; Browne's Apache Country, pp. 60-64; Mich- ler, in Emory's Rept U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, pp. 109-110; Whipple, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 98; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 33, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii.; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 389, 394, 399; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 210; Hardy's Trav., p. 364; Smart, in Smithsonian Rept., 1867, pp. 418-19; Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 266, 268, 273; Alarchon, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 437; Mexikanische Zu- stande, torn, i , p. 64. 24 The 'hair is worn long and tied up behind' by both sexes; Lethernxan, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 290. 'Langes starkes Haar in einen dicken Zopf zusammengeknotet.' Mollhausen, FluchUing, torn, iv., p. 36; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 329. COMANCHE DRESS AND ORNAMENT. 483 leg, and a round helmet-shaped cap, also of buckskin, surmounted with a plume of eagle or wild turkey feathers, and fastened with a chin-strap. The women wear a blanket and waist-belt, breeches and moccasins. The belts, which are of buckskin, are frequently richly ornamented with silver. They sometimes also use porcupine- quills, with which they embroider their garments.25 The Comanches of both sexes tattoo the face, and body generally on the breast.26 The men do not cut the hair, but gather it into tufts or plaits, to which they attach round pieces of silver graduated in size from top to bottom; those who cannot obtain or afford silver use beads, tin, or glass.27 Much time is spent by them in 25 'Tolerably well dressed, mostly in buckskin... .They dress with greater comfort than any other tribe, and wear woolen and well-tanned buckskin .. .the outer seams are adorned with silver or brass buttons.' Bavis' El Gringo, pp. 406, 411, 412. Leggins made of deer-skin with thick soles... .a leathern cap shaped like a helmet, decorated with cocks', eagles' or- vultures' feathers. Figuier's Hum. Race, pp. 481, 482. 'Auf dem Kopfe tragen sie eine helmartige Lederkappe die gewohnlich mit einem Busch kurzer, glan- zender Truthahnfedern und einigen Geier oder Adlerfedern geschmuckt ist.' Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 229, 230. ' A close banded cap is worn by the men which is gracefully ornamented by feathers, and held under the chin by a small throat-latch.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 435, and plate vii., Fig. 3, p. 74. 'Their wardrobes are never extravagantly supplied.' Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 212. The women 'wear a blanket.' Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 128, and plate. The women 'wore blankets, leggins and moccasons.' Simpson's Jour. Mil: Recon., pp. 51, 52, 81. ' Over all is thrown a blanket, under and sometimes over which is worn a belt, to which are attached oval pieces of silver.' Betherman, in Smithsonian Bept, 1855, p. 290. The women's dress is ' chiefly composed of skins... .showily corded at the bottom,'forming a kind of belt of beads and porcupine quills.' Pattie's Pers. Nar., pp. 118-9. BartleWs Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 329: Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, ii., pp. 220, 224, 235; Mollhausen, Fluchtling, torn, iv., pp. 36, 37; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 31, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii.; Bristol, in Ind. Aff. Rept Spec. Com., 1867, p. 344; Cremony's Apaches, p. 305. 26 'Tattooed over the body, especially on the chest.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 281. 'Tattoo their faces and breasts.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 25. ' Mares juxta atque fceminae facies atque artus lineis quibusdam persignant.' Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 310; Warden, Recherches, p. 79; Farnham's Trav., p. 32. 27 ' They never cut the hair, but wear it of very great length, and ornament it upon state occasions with silver and beads.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 25. ' Their heads are covered with bits of tin and glass.' Shepard's Land of the Aztecs, p. 182. ' Der dicke und lang iiber den. Riicken hinabhangende Zopf mit abwarts immer kleiner werdenden silbernen Scheiben belastet, die, im Nacken mit der Grosse einer massigen Untertasse beginnend, an der Spitze des Zopfes met der Grosse eines halben Thalers endigten.' Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 100, and Froebel's Cent Am., p. 266. They 'never cut their hair, which they wear long, mingling with it on particular occasions silver ornaments and pearls.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 24. ' Todos ellos llevan la cabeza trasquilada desde la mitad hasta la frente, y dejan lo demas del 484 NEW MEXICANS. painting and adorning their person—red being a favorite color; feathers also form a necessary adjunct to their toilet.28 'Some few wear a deer-skin shirt, but the more common dress is the buffalo-robe, which forms the sole covering for the upper part of the body; in addition, the breech-cloth, leggins, and moccasins are worn. The women crop the hair short, and a long shirt made of deer-skin, which extends from the neck to below the knees, with leggins and moccasins, are their usual attire.29 in Album Mex., torn, i., p. 299; Combierr pelo colgando.' Beaumont, Cron,de Mechoacan, MS., p. 527; RevistaCientifica, torn, i., p. 162; Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 194; Bragoon Camp., p. 153; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 115; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 27, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. iii.; Garcia Conde, in Voy., p. 224. 28 ' Im Gesichte mit Zinnober bemalt, auf dem Kopfe mit Adlerfedern ge- schmuckt.' Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 100. 'It takes them a con? siderable time to dress, and stick feathers and beads in their hair.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 281. 'Fond of decking themselves with paint, beads* and feathers.' Marcy's Army Life, pp. 25, 26, 30. ' Vederbosschen op't hoofd.' Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 209. ' En quanto a los colores, varian mucho, no solamente en ellos, sino tambien en los dibujos que se hacen en la cara.' Garcia Conde, in Album Mex., torn, i., p. 299. The Comanches ' de tout sexe portent un miroir attache* au poignet, et se teignent le visage en rouge.' Soc Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 19^; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 27, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii.; Palmer, in Harper's Mag:, vol. xvii., p. 450; Pattie's Pers. Nar., pp. 35, 36; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 133; Parker's Notes on Tex., pp. 181, 194, 197, 202; Wislize- nus' Tour., p. 71; Simpson's Jour. Mit. Recon., p. 119; Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 332; Combier, Voy., p. 224; Hartmann and MUlard, Texas, p. 110; Barenaudiere, Mex. ei Guat., p. 147, plate; Tempsky's Mitta, p. 80; GUI* iam's Trav., p. 305; Horn's Captivity, p. 25. 29 'The Camanches prefer dark clothes.' Parker's Notes on Tex., pp. 180, 181, 202. 'Les guerriers portent pour tout vetement une peau de bufne en manteau.' Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 192. 'Las mugeres andan vestidas de la cintura para abajo con unos cueros de venado adobado en forma de faldellines, y cubren el cuerpo con unos capotillos del mismo cuero.' Beaumont, Cron, de Mechoacan, MS., p. 527. ' Vistense galanos.. .asihombres como mugeres con mantas pintadas y bordadas.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 681. ' Sus vestidos se componen de unas botas, un mediano de- lantal que cubre sus verguenzas, y un coton, todo de pieles: las mugeres usan una manta cuadrada de lana negramuy estrecha.' Alegre, Hist% Catnp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 332. 'Tain mares quam fceminae gossypinis tunicis et ferarum exuviis vestiebantur ad Mexicanorum,normam et quod insolens bar- baris, ideoque Hispanis novum visum, utebantur calceis atque ocreis quae e ferarum tergoribus et taurino corio consuta erant. Fceminis capillus bene pexus et elegantur erat dispositus, nee ullo prseterea velamine caput tegebant.' Be' Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 311; Froebel, Aus Amerika, pp. 99, 101; Bragoon Camp., p. 153; Warden, Recherches, pp. 79, 80; Garcia Conde, in Album Mex., torn, i., p. 299; Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 25, 31, 91; Revista Cientifica, torn, i., p. 162; -Horn's Captivity, p. 22; Marcy's Army Life, pp. 25, 29,45; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 450; Cremony's Apaclies, p.J5; Larenaudiere, Mex. et Guat, p. 147, plate; Gallatin, in Nouveltes Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cx&xi., pp. 252,272, 273; Montanus, Nkuwe Weer- DWELLINGS OF THE APACHES. 485 Nomadic and roving in their habits, they pay little attention to the construction of their dwellings. Seldom do they remain more than a week in one locality f° hence their lodges are comfortless, and diversified in style according to caprice and circumstances. The frame-work everywhere is usually of poles, the Comanches placing them erect, the Lipans bringing the tops together in cone-shape, while the Apaches bend them over into a low oval;31 one or other of the above forms is usually adopted by all this family,32 with unimportant differences depending on locality and variations of climate. The framework is covered with brushwood or eld, p. 216, and Bapper, Neue Welt, p. 243; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, iv., p. 127; Wislizenus' Tour., p. 71; Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1839, p. 109; Escudero, Noticias de Chihuahua, p. 230; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. ii., pp. 38, 310, 312; Foster's Pre-Hist. Races, p. 228; Hartmann and MUlard, Texas, p. 110; Bomenech, Jour., pp. 134,135; Maillard, Hist. Tex., p. 240, Jaramillo, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 372, 377; Castano de Soza, in Pacheco, Col. Boc. Ined., torn, iv., p. 331; Houstoun's Tex., p. 227, Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, iii., p. 184; Farnham's Trav., p. 32; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 133; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 24. 30 The Apaches 'rarely remain more than a week in any one locality.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 240. ' Cette nation etant nomade et toujours a la pour- suite du gibier.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., se*rie i., torn. p. 133; Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 266; Marcy's Army Life, p. 44; Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v. p. 212; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 202; Backus, in Id., vol. iv., p. 213; Ten Broeck, in Id., vol. iv., p. 89; Bailey, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1858, p. 206; Ind. Aff. Rept, Spec Com., 1867, p. 325; Foote's Texas, p. 298; Carleton, in Ind. Aff* Rept., 1867, p. 325; Holley's Texas, p. 152; Bragoon Camp., p. 153; Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 437; Belaporte, Reisen, pt x., p. 456. 31 'The principal characteristic I believe, is the form of their wigwams; one sets up erect poles, another bends them over in a circular form, and the third gives them a low oval shape.' Bartletts Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 106. Other tribes make their lodges in a different way, by a knowledge of which circumstance, travelers are able to discover on arriving at a deserted camp whether it belongs to a hostile or friendly tribe.' Parker's Notes oji Texas, p. 213; Hartmann and Millard, Texas, p. 110; Garcia Conde, in Soc Mex. Geog..f Buletin, torn, v., p. 315. 32 Sus chozas 6 jacales son circulares, hechas de ramas de los arboles, cu- biertas con pieles de caballos, vacas, d ctbolos.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 371. 'I did expect .. .to find that the Navajos had other and better habitations than the conical, pole, brush,, and mud lodge.' Simpson's Jour. Mit Reeon., p. 77. 'The Camanches make their lodges by placing poles in the ground in a circle and tying the tops together.' Parker's Notes on Texas, p. 213. Huts-are only temporary, conical, of sticks. Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept., 1855, p. 289. • Sie bestanden einfach aus grossen Lauben von Cedern- zweigen, deren Wolbung auf starkeh Pfahlen ruhte, und von Aussen theil- weise mit Erde, Lehm, und Steinen bedeckt war.' Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, ii., pp. 15, 220-233. 'Un grand nombre de forme ronde.' Jaramillo, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p 379. / Their lodges are rectangular.' Sitgreaves' Zurii Ex., p. 18; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 194; Ives' Colorado River, p. 100; Figuier's Hum. Race, p. 482. NEW MEXICANS. skins, sometimes with grass or flat stones. They are from twelve to eighteen feet in diameter at the widest part, and vary from four to eight feet in height,33 which is sometimes increased by excavation.34 A triangular opening serves as a door, which is closed with a piece of cloth or skin attached to the top.35 When on or near rocky ground they live in caves, whence some travelers have inferred that they build stone houses.36 A few of 33 ' They make them of upright poles a few feet in height... .upon which rest brush and dirt.' Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., pp. 111-12. ' The very rudest huts hastily constructed of branches of cedar trees, and sometimes of flat stones for small roofs.' Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 217. These huts are about eight feet high, eighteen t'eet in diameter at base, the whole being covered with bark or brush and mud. Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., p. 60. ' Exceedingly rude structures of sticks about four or five feet high.' Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 213. ' The Comanches make their lodges... in a conical shape... which they cover with buffalo hides.' Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 213. ' Ils habitent sous des tentes.' Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., torn. 96, p. 192; Bavis' El Gringo., p. 414; Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 212; Bent, in Id., vol. i.. p. 243; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., p. 290; Browne's Apache Country, p. 96; Farnham's Trav., p. 32; Mange, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, i., p. 299; Vil- la-Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn. ii. p. 413; Bufey. Resume de I'Hist., torn, i., p. 4; Torquemada, Monarq. But, torn, i., p. 279; Bomenech, Jour., p. 131; Billon, Hist. Mex., p. 97; Ludecus, Reise, p. 104; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 205; Thummel, Mexiko, p. 352; Emory's Recon., p. 61; Marcy's Rept, p. 219; Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cli., p. 274; Jaramillo, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 372-9; Beaumont, Or on. de Mechoacan, p. 417; Alarchon, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 431; Bapper, Neue Welt, p. 239; see also, Montanus, Nieuve Weereld, p. 209; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 109-115; Humboldt, Essai, Pot, torn, i., p. 230; Cordoue, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, x., p. 443; Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 301; BrowneU's Ind. Races, p. 544; Hardy's Trav., p. 336. 34 Sitgreaves' Zuni Ex., p. 18. 'This compels the NaVajoes to erect substantial huts of an oval form, the lower portion of the hut being excavated.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 306. 'They live in brush houses, in the winter time, digging a hole in the ground and covering this with a brush roof.' Parker, in Bid. Aff. Rept., 1870, p. 130; Hughes' Boniphan's Ex., p. 218; Stratton's Capt. Oatman Girls, p. 136; Maillard's Hist Tex., p. 241. 35 ' Their lodges are... .about four or five feet high, with a triangular opening for ingress or egress.' Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 213. The most they do is to build small huts... .with thick poles for the arches and a small door through which a single person can hardly pass. Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 266. A rancheria of the Cuabajai is described as ' formada como una grande galeria en una pieza muy larga adornada con arcos de sauz, y cubierta con esteras de tule muy delgadas y bien cocidas; tenia ventanas para la luz y desahogar el humo y dos puertas, una al Oriente y otra al Poniente,... .a los dos lados de la pieza habia varios camaras d alojamientos para dormir.' Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, pp. 474-5. 36 'Some live in caves in. the rocks.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 289. ' They do not live in houses built of stone as has been repeatedly represented, but in caves, caverns, and fissures of the cliffs.' Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 217. ' Ils habitaient des cavernes et des lieux souterrains, ou ils deposaient leurs recoltes.' Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 309. Most of the Navajos ' live in houses built NEW MEXICAN DWELLINGS. 487 the Mojave dwellings are so superior to the others that they deserve special notice. They may be described as a sort of shed having perpendicular walls and sloping roof, the latter supported by a horizontal beam running along the center, the roof projecting in front so as to form a kind of portico. The timber used is cottonwood, and the interstices are filled up with mud or straw.37 None of their houses have windows, the door and smoke- hole in the roof serving for this purpose; but, as many of them have their fires outside, the door is often the only opening.38 Small huts about three feet in height constitute their medicine-lodges, or bath-houses, and are generally in form and material like their other structures.39 The Mojaves also build granaries in a cylindrical form with conical, skillfully made osier roofs.40 The food of all is similar;41 most of them make more or less pretentions to agriculture, and are habituated to a vegetable diet, but seldom do any of them raise a sufficient supply for the year's consumption, and they are therefore forced to rely on the mesquit-bean, the pinon- of stone.' Scenes in the Rocky Mts., p. 180; Thummel, Mexiko, p. 352; Alman- za, in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 825;. Torquemada, Monarq. Ind.-, torn, i., p. 679; Sanchez, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., tom.i., p. 93; Gordon's Hist, and Geog. Mem., p. 88. 37 ' The large cottonwood posts and the substantial roof of the wide shed in front, are characteristic of the architecture of this people.' Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Bept., p. 23, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii. ' They are built upon sandy soil and are thirty or forty feet square; the sides about two feet thick of wicker-work and straw their favorite resort seems to be the roof, where could usually be counted from twenty to thirty persons, all apparently at home.' Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 464. 38 See plate in Marcy's Army Life, p. 48. ' The fire is made in the front of the lodge.' Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 70. 39 ' In every village may be seen small structures, consisting of a framework of slight poles, bent into a semi-spherical form and covered with buffalo hides. These are called medicine lodges and are used as vapor-baths.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 60. ' They make huts three feet high for bath-rooms and heat them with hot stones.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 289. 40 Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xviii., p. 464; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 23, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii. 41' Ils sont tres-laborieux; ils cultivent les melons, les haricots, et d'autres legumes; ils re'coltent aussi en abondance le mais.' Soc. Geog., Bullttin, se'rie v., No. 96, p. 186. ' Bohnen, Mais, Weizen, feingeriebenes Mehl,-Kiirbisse und Melonen.' Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 385, 396-7. ' The Yumas and other tribes on the Colorado, irrigate their lands, and raise wheat, corn, melons, &c' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., pp. 263, 180, 181; Lachapelte, Raousstt- 488 NEW MEXICANS. nut and the maguey-plant, agave mexicana, and other wild fruits, which they collect in considerable quantities.42 They are but indifferent hunters, and secure only a precarious supply of small game, such as rabbits and squirrels, with ultimate recourse to rats, grasshoppers, lizards and other reptiles.43 A few fish are taken by those living in the neighborhood of rivers.44 The Boulbon, p. 81; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, p. 419; Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 332; Ives' Colorado River, pp. 60, 67, 70. 73; Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., pp. 117, 128, 129; Stratton's Capt Oatman Girls, p. 123; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 40, 65, 66; Sitgreaves' Zuni Ex., p. 18; Browne's Apache Country, pp. 51, 52, 107; Mowry's Arizona, p. 33; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 91; Mexicanische Zustdnde, torn, i., p. 64; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb, torn. 1., p. Ill; Champagnac, Voyagtur. p. 84; Bent, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 243; Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 217; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, pp. 13, 120, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii.; Thummel, Mexiko, p. 349; Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., pp. 288-9; Prichard's Nat. Hist Man, vol. ii., p. 567; Farnham's Life in Cat; Bavis' El Gringo, p. 411; Clark, in Hist. Mag., vol. viii., p. 280; Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iii., tpm. iv., pp. 25-6. 42' A small but agreeable nut called the Pinon, grows abundantly in this country; and during a period of scarcity, it sometimes constitutes the sole food of the poorer class of natives for many successive weeks.' Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 212. 'Living upon the fruit of the mezquit and tornilla trees.' Sitgreaves' Zuni Ex., pp. 10,19; Emory's Rept U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 112. ' Tambien tienen para su sustento mescali, que es conserva de raiz de maguey.' Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 31; Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 212; Hardy's Trav., pp. 338; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 147, 331, 350, 396, 397; Cordoue, inTernaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, x., p. 446; Castaneda, in Id., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 53, 54; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 217; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 234. 43 ' The quail and hare of the valley, and the deer and lizards of the plains, together furnish but a scanty supply.' Ehrenberg, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1866, p. 110. j They ate worms, grasshoppers, and reptiles.' Stratton's Capt Oatman Girls, pp. 115-116. ' An den diinnen Gurt hatten unsere Besucher noch Ratten, grosse Eidechsen und Frosche befestigt.' Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 383. 'Depending upon game and roots for food.' Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 137, and 1869, p. 92. ' Mas para ellos es plato regaladisimo el de ratones del campo asados d cocidos y toda especie de insectos.' Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 332; Hardy's Trav., p. 430; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, pp. 419, 473; Figuier's, Hum Race, p. 484; Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 212; Cremony's Apaches, p. 297. 44 On the Rivers Colorado and Gila. ' Usan de hilo torcido unas redes y otras de varios palitos, que los tuercen y juntan por las puntas, en que. for- man a modo de un pequeno barquito para pescar del infinito pescado que hay en el rio.' Sedelmair, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie hi., torn, iv., p. 851. The Cajuenches when the produce is insufficient, live on fish. Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 10. The Navajos 'U>e by raising flocks and herds, instead of hunting and fishing.' Bavis' El Gringo, p. 411. The Apaches ' no comen pescado alguno, no obstante de lo que abundan sus rios.' Cor- dero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 375. ' El Apache no come el pescado, aunque los hay abundantes en sus rios.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 285; Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 123; Stratton's Capt. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. 489 Navajos, Mojaves, and Yumas, have long been acquainted with the art of agriculture and grow corn, beans, pumpkins, melons, and other vegetables, and also some wheat; some attempt a system of irrigation, and others select for their crops that portion of land which has been overflowed by the river. The Navajos possess numerous flocks of sheep, which though used for food, they kill only when requiring the wool for blankets. Although in later years they have cows, they do not make butter or cheese, but only a curd from sour milk, from which they express the whey and of which they are very fond.45 Their method of planting is simple; with a short sharp- pointed stick small holes are dug in the ground into which they drop the seeds, and no further care is given to the crop except to keep it partially free from weeds.46 Maize soaked in water is ground to a paste between two stones. From this paste tortillas, or thin cakes, are made which are baked on a hot stone. To cook the maguey, a hole is made in the ground, in which a fire is kindled; after it has burned some time the maguey-bulb is buried in the hot ashes and roasted. Some concoct a gypsy sort of dish or ollapodrida; game, and such roots or herbs as they can collect, being put in an earthen pot with water and boiled.47 Oatman Girls, p. 149; Hardy's Trav., p. 373; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb, torn, i., pp. 227-8. 4^ ' They do not make butter and cheese Some who own cattle make from the curd of soured milk small masses, which some have called cheese.' Letherman, in Smithsortian Rept, 1855, p. 292. ' They never to my knowledge make butter or cheese, nor do I believe they know what such things are.' Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch, vol. iv., p. 217. The Navajoes 'make butter and cheese.' Scenes in the Rocky Mts., p. 180. Some of the 'men brought into camp a quantity of cheese.' Ives' Colorado River, pp. 128, 130. « Emory's Rept U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 112. ' They plant corn very deep with a stake and raise very good crops.' Ind. Aff. Rept., Spec Com., 1867, p. 337; Merriwether, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 172. 4? ' The metate is a slightly hollowed hard stone, upon which soaked maize is laid and then reduced to paste The paste so formed is then patted between the hands until it assumes a flat, thin and round appearance when it is laid on a hot pan and baked into a tortilla.' Cremony's Apaches, pp. 145-6. ' Hs recoltent aussi en abondance le mais dont ils font de tortillas. ' - Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No* 96, p. 186. ' Their meat was boiled with water in a Tusquin (clay kettle) and this meat-mush or soup was the staple of food among them.' Stratton's Capt. Oatman Girls, pp. 114, 115. 'A large Echino Cactus hollowed so as to make a trough. Into this were thrown 490 NEW MEXICANS. As before mentioned, the roving Apaches obtain most of their food by hunting and plunder; they eat more meat and less vegetable diet than the other Arizona tribes. They have a great partiality for horse-flesh, seldom eat fish, but kill deer and antelope.48 When hunting they frequently disguise themselves in a skin, and imitating closely the habits and movements of the animal, they contrive to approach within shooting-distance.49 Whether it be horse or deer, every portion of the carcass with the exception of the bones, is consumed, the entrails being a special delicacy. Their meat they roast partially in the fire, and eat it generally half raw. When food is plenty they eat ravenously and consume an enor- the soft portions of the pulpy substance which surrounds the heart of the cactus; and to them had been added game and plants gathered from the banks of the creek. Mingled with water, the whole had been cooked by stirring it up with heated stones.' Whipple, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 96. ' Ils mangent des pains de mais cuits sous la cendre, aussi gros que les gros pains de Castille.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 49; Hardy's Trav., p. 238; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 63; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 291; Castano de Soza, in Pacheco, Col. Boc. Ined., torn, iv., pp. 330-1. 48 ' The Apaches rely chiefly upon the flesh of the cattle and sheep they can steal... .they are said, however, to be more fond of the meat of the mule than that of any other animal.' Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., pp. 290-1. 'A nonproductive race, subsisting wholly on plunder and game.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 141. The Jicarilla Apaches: 'the chase is their only means of support.' Carson, in Bid. Aff. Rept, 1860, p. 164. 'They live entirely by hunting.' Belgado, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1866, p. 138. 'Die Nahrung der Aapches besteht hauptsachlich in dem Fleische der Binder und Schafe.... doch soil, wie man sagt, Maulthierfleisch ihre Lieblingspeise sein.' Thummel, Mexiko, p. 352. ' Ihre besten Leckerbissen sind Pferde und Maulesel- fleisch, welches sie braten und dem Rindfleische vorziehen.' Ochs, in Murr, Nachrichten, p. 289. Their daintiest food is mule and horseflesh. Apostclicos Afanes, p. 432. ' Anteriormente antes que en la frontera abundass el gan- ado, uno de sus alimentos era la carne del caballo, y la caza de diferentes animales.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, pp. 266-7; Edward's Hist. Texas, p. 95; Emory's Rept U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 112; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 327; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 187; Stratton's Capt. Oatman Girls, p. 116; Ward's Mexico, vol. i., p. 580; Armin, Bas Heuiige Mexiko, p. 282; Stanley's Portraits, p. 57; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 460; Edwards' Campaign, p. 95; Hassel, Mex. Guat., p. 276; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 202; see further Ind. Aff. Repts., from 1854-73; Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 308; Peters' Life of Carson, p. 452; Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 679. 49 'What I would have sworn was an antelope, proved to be a young Indian, who having enveloped himself in an antelope's skin with head, horns and all complete, had gradually crept up to the herd under his disguise.' Cremony's Apaches, pp. 28, 194. ' Se viste de una piel de los mismos animales, pone sobre su cabeza otra de la clase_de los que va a'buscar, y ar- mado de su arco y flechas andando en cuatro pies,procura mezclarse en una banda de ellos.' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 375; Garcia Conde, in Album Ilex., torn. L, p. 372; Schoolcrafts. Arch., vol. v.,"p. 212; Ferry, Scenes de la Vie Sauvage, p. 262. BUFFALO HUNTING. 491 mous quantity; when scarce, they fast long and stoically. Most of them hate bear-meat and pork. So Jew-like is the Navajo in this particular that he will not touch pork though starving.50 The Comanches do not cultivate the soil, but subsist entirely by the chase. Buffalo, which range in immense herds throughout their country, are the chief food, the only addition to it being a few wild plants and roots; hence they may be said to be almost wholly flesh-eaters.51 In pursuit of the buffalo they exhibit great activit}7", skill, and daring. When approaching a herd, they advance in close column, gradually increasing their speed, and as the distance is lessened, they separate into two or more groups, and dashing into the herd at full gallop, discharge their arrows right and left with great rapidity; others hunt buffalo with spears, but the common and more fatal weapon is the bow and arrow. The skinning and cutting up of the slain animals is usually the task of the women.52 The meat and also the entrails are 50 'They always asked if we had bear on the table, for they wished to avoid it... I found they had some.superstitious prejudice against it.' Bart- I'tt's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 324. 'The Apaches are rather fond of lion and p mther meat, but seldom touch that of the bear.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 226. ' Tambien matan para comer osos.' Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc Hist. Mex., sine iii., torn. iv. p., 25. The Navajoes 'never kill bears or rattlesnakes unless attacked.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 291. ' tSie verehren den Baren, der nie von ihnen getbdtet wird, und dessen Fleisch zu essen sie sich scheuen. Schweinefleisch verschmahen sie desgleichen; bem iargsten Hunger konnen sie es nicht iiber sich gewinnen, davon zu kosten.' Armin, Bas Ileutige Mexiko, p. 2/8; Cordero, in Orozcoy Berra, Geografia. p. 370. 51 'The Northern and Middle Comanches.. .subsist almost exclusively upon the flesh of the buffalo, and are known among the Indians as buffalo-eaters.' Marcy's Army Life, pp. 19, 26, 46. ' They plant no corn, and thei£only food is meat, and a few wild plants that grow upon the prairies.' Marcy's Rept, p. 188. The Comanches are a ' nation subsisting solely by the chase.' Pike's Explor. Trav., p. 214. 'Subsist mainly upon the buffalo.' Graves, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 180. 'Acknowledge their entire ignorance of even the rudest methods of agriculture.' Baylor, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1856, p. 177; Bent, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 244; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 575; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 103, and Froebel's Cent Amer., p. 268; Com- bier, Voy., p. 292; French's Hist Coll. Ba., pt. ii., p. 155; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 115; Gregg's Com. Prairies, pp. 214-16, 307; Figuier's Hum. Race, p. 480; Ludecus, Reise, p. 104; Bragoon Camp., p. 153; Foote's Texas, p. 298; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 192; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 21; Bomenech, Jour., p. 469; Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 345; Holley's Texas, p. 153; Bufey, Resume, torn, i., p. 4; Bewees' Texas, p. 233; Frost's Ind. Battles, p. 385. 52 ' Luego que los cibolos echan a huir, los cazadores sin apresurarlos de- raasiado los persiguen a un galope corto, que van activando mas y mas hasta que rompen en carrera ... el indio sin cesar de correr, dispara su arco en 492 NEW MEXICANS. eaten both raw and roasted. A fire being made in a hole, sticks are ranged round it, meeting at the top, on which the meat is placed. The liver is a favorite morsel, and is eaten raw; they also drink the warm blood of the animal.53 No provision is made for a time of scarcity, but when many buffalo are killed, they cut portions of them into long strips, which, after being dried in the sun, are pounded fine. This pemican they carry with them in their hunting expeditions, and when unsuccessful in the chase, a small quantity boiled in water or cooked with grease, serves for a meal. When unable to procure game, they sometimes kill their horses and mules for food, but this only when compelled by necessity.54 In common with all primitive humanity they are filthy— never bathing except in summer55—with little or no sense of decency.56 todas direcciones, y va sembrando el campo de reses.... Las indias al mismo tiempo van dessollando cada una de aquellas reses, recogiendo la piel y la carne.' Revista Cientifica, torn, i., pp. 165-6. At a suitable distance from their prey they divide into two squadrons, one half taking to the right, and the other to the left, and thus surround it.' Edwards' Hist Tex., p. 108; French's Hist. Coll. La., pt. ii., p. 155; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. ii., pp. 214- 216. Women when they perceive a deer or antelope ' give it chase, and return only after capturing it with the lasso.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 249. 53 ' When any game was killed, the Indians would tear out the heart, liver, and entrails, and eat them raw.' Frost's Bid. Battles, p. 385. * Ces Indiens se nourissent de viande crue et boivent du sang Ils coupent la viande en tranches tres-minces et la font secher au soleil; ils la reduisent ensuite en poudre pour la conserver.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 190-1. ' They "jerked " or dried the meat and made the pemmi- can.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 18. ' Comen las criadillas crudas, recogiendo la sangre que corre del cuerpo* con unas tutundas d jicaras, se la beben caliente.' Beaumont, Cron. de Mechoacan, MS., p. 528; Farnham's Trav., p. 32; Horn's Captivity, pp. 16, 23; Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 345. 54 ' At one time their larder is overstocked and they gorge themselves to repletion.' Marcy's Army Life, pp. 32, 44,46. 'Catch and tame these wild horses, and when unsuccessful in chase, subsist upon them.' Holley's Texas, p. 153. ' When pressed by hunger from scarcity of game, they subsist on their young horses and mules.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., pp. 132-3. ' Have a rare capacity for enduring hunger, and manifest great patience under its infliction. After long abstinence they eat voraciously.' Burnet, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 231; Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 235; Edwards' Hist Tex., p. 108. 55 The tribe 'lived in the most abject condition of filth and poverty.' Browne's Apache Country, p. 96. ' With very few exceptions, the want of cleanliness is universal—a shirt being worn until it will no longer hang together, and it would be difficult to tell the original color.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 290. ' They are fond of bathing in the summer, but nothing can induce them to wash themselves in winter.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 302. They.give off very unpleasant odors. Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn. i., p. 307. 'They seem to have a natural antipathy WEAPONS. 493 Throughout Arizona and New Mexico, the bow and arrow is the principal weapon, both in war and in the chase; to which are added, by those accustomed to move about on horseback, the shield and lance f with such also the Mexican riata may now occasionally be seen.58 In battle, the Colorado River tribes use a club made of hard heavy wood, having a large mallet-shaped head, with a small handle, through which a hole is bored, and in which a leather thong is introduced for the purpose of securing it in the hand.59 They seldom use the toma- against water, considered as the means of cleansing the body water is only used by them in extreme cases; for instance, when the vermin become too thick on their heads, they then go through an operation of covering the head with mud, which after some time is washed out.' Bodt, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1870, p. 130; Ives' Colorado Riv., 108; Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 214; Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 203; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, p. 470. F J 56 ' They defecate promiscuously near their huts; they leave offal of every character, dead animals and dead skins, close in the vicinity of their huts.' Ind. Aff. Rept Spec Com., 1867, p. 339; Stratton's Capt Oatman Girls, p. 114; Hardy's Trav., p. 380. , 57 The Mojave 'arms are the bow and arrow, the spear and the club.' Sitgreaves' Zuni.t Ex., p. 18. 'Armed with bows and arrows.' Fremont and Emory's Notes of Trav., p. 39. The Querechos 'use the bow and arrow, lance and shield.' Marcy's Army Life, pp. 19, 23. 'The Apache will invariably add his bow and arrows to his personal armament.' Cremony's Apaches, pp. 15, 75-6, 103, 189. ' Neben Bogen und Pfeilen fuhren sie noch sehr lange Lanzen.' Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 230. ' They use the bow and arrow and spear.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept., 1855, p. 293. ' Armed with bows and arrows, and the lance.' Backus, in Sclioolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 214. For colored lithograph of weapons see Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept., p. 50, in Pac R. R. Rept., vol. iii. 'El armamento de los apaches se componen de lanza, arco y flechas.' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 372. 'Las armas de los apaches son fusil, flechas y lanza.' Garcia Conde, in Soc Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn, v., p. 315. 'Los Yumas son Indios de malas armas, muchos no Uevan arco, y si lo llevan es mal dispuesto, y con dos d tres flechas.' Garces, in Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, p. 419; Sedelmair, Relacion, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 851; Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, iii., p. Ill; Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. 399; Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 190; Brew, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 105; Odin, in Bomenech, Jour., p. 450; Wislizenus' Tour, p. 71; Bewees' Texas, p. 233; Holley's Texas, p. 153; BrowneU's Ind. Races, p. 543; Bragoon Camp., p. 153; Moore's Texas, p. 33; Ward's Mexico, vol. ii., p. 602; Milhlenpfordt, Mejico, vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 421; Lachapelle, Raousset-Boulbon, p. 82; Combier, Voy., p. 224; Brantz- Mdyer's Mex. Aztec, etc., vol. ii., p. 123; Thummel, Mexiko, p. 444; Peters' Life of Carson, p. 452; Cutts' Cong, of Cat, p. 185; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., pp. 328-9, 451; Pages' Travels, vol. i., p. 107; Linati, Costumes, platexxii.; Armin, Bas Heutige Mexiko, p. 274; Mollhausen, Mormonenmddchen, torn, ii., p. 152; Figuier's Hum. Race, pp. 480-2, with cut. 58 ' Their weapons of war are the spear or lance, the bow, and the laso.' Hughes' Boniphan'sEx., p. 173. 59 Among ' their arms of offence' is ' what is called Macana, a short club, like a round wooden mallet, which is used in close quarters.' Hardy's Trav., p. 373. 'War clubs were prepared in abundance.' Stratton's Capt Oatman 494 NEW MEXICANS. hawk. Some carry slings with four cords attached.60 The bows are made of yew, bois d'arc, or willow, and strengthened by means of deer-sinews, firmly fastened to the back with a strong adhesive mixture. The length varies from four to five feet. The string is made from sinews of the deer.61 A leathern arm-guard is worn round the left wrist to defend it from the blow of the string.62 The arrows measure from twenty to thirty inches, according to length of bow,, and the shaft is composed of two pieces; the notch end, which is the longer, consisting of a reed, into which is fitted a shorter piece Girls, p. 176. Die Apachen 'nur Bogen, Pfeile und Keulen.' Thummel, Mexiko, p. 444. 'Their clubs are of mezquite wood (a species of acacia) three or four feet< long.' Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 108. ' Ils n'ont d'autre arme qu'un grand croc et une massue.' Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 186. ' Arma sunt oblongi lignei gladii multis acutis silicibus utrimque muniti.' Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 311. ' Sus Armas son Flechas, y Macanas.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 681. Among the Comanches: 'Leur massue est une queue de buffle a l'ex- tremite de laquelle ils inserent une boule en pierre ou en metal.' Soc. Geog.,. Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 193; Mowry, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 302. 60 ' Mit vierstreifigen Strickschleudern bewaffnet.' Mexikanische Ziistdnde, torn, i., p. 64. ' Sie fechten mit ' Lanzen, Biichsen, Pfeilen und Tamahaks.' Ludecus, Reise, p. 104. ' Une petite hache en silex.' Soc Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 98, p. 193; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., p. 539; Treasury of Trav., p. 31; Escudero, Noticias de Chihuahua, p. 230; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. h., p. 272. 61 The Querecho ' bows are made of the tough and elastic wood of the "bois d'arc," or Osage orange (Maclura Aurantiaca), strengthened and re- enforced with the sinews of the deer wrapped firmly around them, and strung with a cord made of the same material.' Marcy's Army life, p. 24. The Tonto ' bow is a stout piece of tough wood. .. .about five feet long, strengthened at points by a wrapping of sinew.. .which are joined by a sinew string.' Smart, in Smithsonian Rept, 1867, p. 418. The Navajo ' bow is about four feet in length... and is covered on the back with a kind of fibrous tissue.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 293. The Yuma 'bow is made of willow.' Emory's Rept U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 108. ' Langen Bogen von Weidenholz.' Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, i., p. 124. Apaches: 'the bow forms two semicircles, with a shoulder in the middle; the back of it is entirely covered with sinews, which are laid on by the use of some glutinous substance.' Pike's Explor. Trav., p. 338. 'Los tamanos de estas armas son differentes, segun las parcialidades que las usan.' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 372; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 360; Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. 453; Whipple, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 98; Pattie's Pers. Nar., pp. 117, 149; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 450. 62 The Apaches: ' Tous portaient au poignet gauche le bracelet de cuir... Ce bracelet de cuir est une espece de paumelle qui entoure la main gauche, Le premier sert a amortir le coup de fouet de la corde de l'arc quand il se detend, la seconde empeche les pennes de la fleche de dechirer la peau de la main.' Ferry, Scenes de la vie Sauvage, p. 256. ' With a leather bracelet on one wrist and a bow and quiver of arrows form the general outfit.' Smart, in Smithsonian Rept, 1867, p. 418. BOW AND LANCE. 495 made of acacia, or some other hard wood, and tipped with obsidian, agate, or iron. It is intended that when an object is struck, and an attempt is made to draw out the arrow, the pointed end shall remain in the wound. There is some difference in the feathering; most nations employing three feathers, tied round the shaft at equal distanceir^ith fine tendons. The Tontos have their arrows winged with four feathers, while some of the Comanches use only two. All have some distinguishing mark in their manner of winging, painting, or carving on their arrows.63 The quiver is usually made of the skin of some animal, deer or sheep, sometimes of a fox or wild-cat skin entire with the tail appended, or of reeds, and carried slung at the back or fastened to a waist- belt.64 The lance is from twelve to fifteen feet long, the point being a long piece of iron, a knife or sword blade socketed into the pole.65 Previous to the introduction 63 The Coyoteros ' use very long arrows of reed, finished out with some haroVwood, and an iron or flint head, but invariably with three feathers at the opposite end.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 103. Navajoes: 'the arrow is about two feet long and pointed with iron.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 293. The Querechos' ' arrows are twenty inches long, of flexible wood, with a triangular point of iron at one end, and two feathers.... at the opposite extremity.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 24. The Apache 'arrows are quite long, very rarely pointed with flint, usually with iron. The feather upon the arrow is placed or bound down with fine sinew in threes, instead of twos The arrow-shaft is usually made of some pithy wood, generally a species of yueca.' Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 209. ' Sagittae acutis silicibus asperatae.' Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 311. ' Arrows were... pointed with a head of stone. Some were of white quartz or agate, and others of obsidian.' Whipple, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 98. The Tonto 'arrows are three feet long the cane is winged with four strips of feather, held in place by threads of sinew... which bears on its free end an elongated triangular piece of quartz, flint, or rarely iron.' Smart, in Smithsonian Rept, 1867, p. 418. The Lipan arrows ' have four straight flu tings; the Comanches make two straight black flutings and two red spiral ones.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 270; Sitgreaves' Zuni Ex., p. 18; Tempsky's Mitta, p. 82; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 276; Conder's Mex. Guat., vol. ii., p. 76; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 360; Mollhausen, Fluchtling, torn, iv., p. 31; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 149. 64 The Apache ' quivers are usually made of deer-skin, with the hair turned inside or outside, and sometimes of the skin of the wild-cat, with the tail appended.' Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 210. 'Quiver of" sheep-skin.' Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 461. ' Quiver of fresh- cut reeds.' Fremont and Emory's Notes of Trav., p. 39. 'Un carcax 6 bolsa de piel de leopardo en lo general.' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 372; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept., p. 31, in Pac R. R. Rept., vol. iii.; Tempsky's Mtla, p. 80. 65 ' The spear is eight or ten feet in length, including the point, which is about eighteen inches long, and also made of iron.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept., 1855, p. 293. Should the Apaches possess any useless firearms, NEW MEXICANS. of iron, their spears were pointed with obsidian or some other flinty substance which was hammered and ground to a sharp edge. The frame of the shield is made of light basket-work, covered with two or three thicknesses of buffalo-hide; between the layers of hide it is usual with the Comanches to place a stuffing of hair, thus rendering them almost bullet proof. Shields are painted in various devices and decorated with feathers, pieces of leather, and other finery, also with the scalps of enemies, and are carried on the left arm by two straps.60 Their fighting has more the character of assassination and murder than warfare. They attack; only when they consider success a foregone conclusion, and rather than incur the risk of losing a warrior will for days lie in ambush till a fair opportunity for surprising the foe presents itself.67 The ingenuity of the Apache in preparing an ambush or a surprise is described by Colonel Cremony as follows: | He has as perfect a knowledge of ' generalmente vienen a darles nuevo uso, haciendo de elias lanzas, cuchiJlos, lenguetas de flechas.' Cor der o, in Orozco yBerra, Geografia, p. 372. 'La lanza la usanmuy larga.' Garcia Conde, in Soc Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn, v., p. 315. 'Lance of fifteen feet in length.' Pike's Explor. Trav.. p. 338; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 276; Holley's Texas, p. 153; Cutis' Conq. of Cat, p. 242; Revista Cientifica, torn. i.,,p. 162; Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 195; Pattk's Pers. Nar., p. 298. 66 The Comanche ' shield was round.... .made of wicker-work, covered first with deer skins and then a tough piece of raw buffalo-hide drawn over, ... .ornamented with a human scalp, a grizzly bear's claw and a mule's tail for the arm were pieces of cotton cloth twisted into a rope.' Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 195. 'En el brazo izquierdo llevaba el chimal, que es un escudo ovalado, cubierto todo de plumas, espejos, chaquiras y adornos de pano encarnado.' Revista Cientifica, torn, i., p. 162. Their shield ' is generally painted a bright yellow.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 268. ' Shield of circular form, covered with two thicknesses of hard, undressed buffalo hide, stuffed with hair ... a rifle-ball will not penetrate it unless it strikes perpendicular to the surface.' Marcy's Army Bife, pp. 24-5; Mollhausen, Fluchtling, torn, iv., p. 31; Tempsky's Mitla, p. 80. A * Navajo shield with an image of a demon painted on one side border of red cloth, trimmed with feathers.' Palmer, in Harper's, Mag., vol. xvii., p. 454; Linati, Costumes, plate xxii.; Shepard's Land of the Aztecs, p. 182; Edwards' Hist Tex, p. 104. 67 «Wherever their observations can be made from neighboring heights with a chance of successful ambush, the Apache never shows himself.' Cremony's Apaches, pp. 79, 189. ' Attacking only when their numbers, and a well-laid ambush, promise a certainty of success.' Smart, in SmitJisonian Rept., 1867, 419. ' Colocan de antemano una emboscada.' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 375; Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, pp. 221-3,256; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 4; Emory's Reconnoissance, p. 47; Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, p. 107; Hassel, Mex. Guat., p. 276; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 186; Bavis, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1868, p. 161. APACHE WARRIORS. 497 the assimilation of colors as the most experienced Paris modiste. By means of his acumen in this respect, he can conceal his swart body amidst the green grass, behind brown shrubs, or gray rocks, with so much address and judgment that any but the experienced would pass him by without defection at the distance of three or four yards. Sometimes they will envelop themselves in a gray blanket, and by an artistic sprinkling of earth, will so resemble a granite boulder as to be passed within near range without suspicion. At others, they will cover their persons with freshly gathered grass, and lying prostrate, appear as a natural portion of the field. Again they will plant themselves among the Yuccas, and so closely imitate the appearance of that tree as to pass for one of its species." Before undertaking a raid they secrete their families in the mountain fastnesses, or elsewhere, then two by two, or in greater numbers, they proceed by different routes, to a place of rendezvous, not far from where the assault is to be made or where the ambuscade is to be prepared. When, after careful observation, coupled with the report of their scouts, they are led to presume that little, if any, resistance will be offered them, a sudden assault is made, men, women and children are taken captives, and animals and goods secured, after which their retreat is conducted in an orderly and skillful manner, choosing pathways over barren and rugged mountains which are known only to themselves.68 Held asunder from congregating in large bodies by a meager- ness of provisions, they have recourse to a system of signals which facilitates intercourse with each other. During the day one or more columns of smoke are the 68 l Salen.... generalmente divididos en pequenas partidas para ocultar mejpr sus rastros.. .'.Es imponderable la velocidad con que huyen despues que han ejecutadoun crecido robo,.. .las montanas que encumbran, los de- siertossin agua que atraviesan.' Garcia Conde, in Soc. Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn. v., p. 316. 'They steal upon their enemies under the cover of night.' Emory's Rept U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 107; Murr, Nachrichten, p. 303; Lachapelle, Raousset-Boulbon, p. 83; Apostolicos Afanes, p. 434; Cordero, in Orozco y Betra, Qeografia, pp. 375-6; Browne's Apache Country, p. 279; Figuier's Hum. Race, p. 480; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 276. Vol. I. 32 498 NEW MEXICANS. signals made for the scattered and roaming bands to rendezvous, or they serve as a warning against approaching danger. To the same end at night they used a fire beacon; besides these, they have various other means of telegraphing which are understood only by them, for example, the displacement and arrangement of a few stones on the trail, or a bended twig, is to them a note of warning as efficient, as is the bugle-call to disciplined troops.69 They treat their prisoners cruelly; scalping them, or burning them at the stake; yet, ruled as they are by greediness, they are always ready to exchange them for horses, blankets, beads, or other property. When hotly pursued, they murder their male prisoners, preserving only the females and children, and the captured cattle, though under desperate circumstances they do not hesitate to slaughter the latter.70 The Apaches returning to their families from a successful expedition, are received by the women with songs and feasts, but if unsuccessful they are met with jeers and insults. On such occasions says Colonel Cremony, | the women turn away from them Vvith assured indifference and contempt. They are upbraided as cowards, or for want of skill and tact; and are 69 ' La practica, que observan para avisarse los unos a los otros... es levan- tar humaredas.' Villa-Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn, ii., p. 394. ' Smokes are of various kinds, each one significant of a particular object.' Cremony's Apaches, pp.. 183-4. ' In token of retreate sounded on a certaine small trumpet made fires, and were answered againe afarre off to giue their fel- lowes vnderstanding, how wee inarched and where we arriued.' Coronado, in Ilakluyt's Voy., torn, iii., p. 376; Mollhausen, Fluchtling, torn, ii., p. 157; Smart, in Smithsonian Rept, 1867, p. 419. 70 ' La suma crueldad con que tratan a los vencidos atenaccandolos vivos y comiendose los pedazos de la carne que la arrancan.' Boc. Hist. N. Vizca- ya, MS., p. 4. 'Their savage and blood-thirsty natures experience a real pleasure in tormenting their victim.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 266. 'Hang their victims by the heels to a tree and put a slow fire under their head.' Browne's Apache Country, pp. 201, 93, 96. Among the Navajos, 'Captives taken in their forays are usually treated kindly.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept., 1855, p. 295. ' Ils scalpent avec la corde de leur arc, en la tournant rapidement autour de la tete de leur victime.' Lachapelle, Raousset- Boulbon, p. 82; Murr, Nachrichten, p. 303; Stratton's Capt Oatman Girls, pp. 114-118, 138, 149, 218; Farnham's Trav., p. 32; Graves, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 180; Labadi, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1862, p. 247; Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. 453; Scenes in the Rocky Mis., p. 180; Stone, in Hist Mag., vol. v., p. 167; Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 212; Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, iii,, p. 10; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 118. COMANCHE WARRIORS. 499 told that such men should not have wives, because they do not know how to provide for their wants. When so reproached, the warriors hang their heads and offer no excuse for their failure. To do so would only subject them to more ridicule and objurgation j but Indian-like, they bide their time in the hope of finally making their peace by some successful raid." If a Mojave is taken prisoner he is forever discarded in his own nation, and should he return his mother even will not own him.71 The Comanches, who are better warriors than the Apaches, highly honor bravery on the battle-field. From early youth, they are taught the art of war, and the skillful handling of their horses and weapons; and they are not allowed a seat in the council, until their name is garnished by some heroic deed'.72 Before going on the war-path they perform certain ceremonies, prominent among which is the war-dance.73 They invariably fight on horseback with the bow and arrow, spear and shield, and in the management of these weapons they have no superiors. Their mode of attack is sudden and impetuous; they advance in column, and when near the enemy form subdivisions charging on the foe simultaneously from opposite sides, and while keeping their horses in constant motion, they throw themselves over the side, leaving only a small portion of the body exposed, and in this position discharge their arrows over the back of the animal or under his neck with great rapidity and precision.74 71 Cremony's Apaches, p. 216; Whipple, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 114. 72 ' Obran en la guerra con mas tactica que los apaches.' Garcia Conde, in Soc. Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn, v., 318. 'A young man is never considered worthy to occupy a seat in council until he has encountered an enemy in battle.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 34; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 22; Bome- nech, Jour., pp. 140-1; Foote's Texas, vol.i., p. 298; Kennedy's Texas, .vol. i., p. 346; Maillard's Hist. Tex., p. 243. 73 ' When a chieftain desires to organize a war-party, he... rides around through the camp singing the war-song.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 53. ' When a chief wishes to go to war .. the preliminaries are discussed at a war-dance.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 132; Armin, Bas Heutige Mexiko, p. 280; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol.ii., p. 315. 74 ' They dart forward in a column like lightning.... At a suitable distance from their prey, they divide into two squadrons.' Holley's Texas, p. 153. 'A Comanche will often throw himself upon the opposite side of his charger, so 500 NEW MEXICANS. A few scalps are taken, for the purpose of being used at the war or scalp dance by which they celebrate a victory. Prisoners belong to the captors and the males are usually killed, but women are reserved and become the wives or servants of their owners, while children of both sexes are adopted into the tribe.75 Peace ceremonies take place at a council of warriors, when the pipe is passed round and smoked by each, previous to which an interchange of presents is customary.76 Household utensils are made generally of wickerwork, or straw, which, to render them watertight, are coated with some resinous substance. The Mojaves and a few of the Apache tribes have also burnt-clay vessels, such as water-jars and dishes.77 For grinding maize, as before as to be protected from the darts of the enemy.' Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. ii., pp. 312-13; Bewees' Texas, p. 234; Shepard's Land of the Aztecs, p. 182; Ludecus, Reise, p. 104. 75' lis tuent tous les prisonniers adultes, et ne laissent vivre que les enf ants, qu'ils elevent avec soin pour s'en servir comme d'esclaves.' Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., p. 290. ' Invariably kill such men as offer the slightest impediment to their operations, and take women and children prisoners.' Marcy's Army Life, pp. 24, 54. ' Prisoners of war belong to the captors.' Burnet, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 232; Farnham's Trav., p. 32; Figuier's Hum. Race, p. 480; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 41; Foote's Texas, vol. i., p. 298; Horn's Captivity, p. 15; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 205. 76 ' Ten chiefs were seated in a circle within our tent, when the pipe, the Indian token of peace, was produced.... they at first refused to smoke, their excuse being, that it was not their custom to smoke until they had received some presents.' Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. ii., p. 39. 77 ' I saw no earthenware vessels among them; the utensils employed in the preparation of food being shallow basins of closely netted straw. They carried water in pitchers of the same material, but they were matted all over with a pitch.' Smart, in Smithsonian Rept, 1867, p. 419. 'Aus. Binsen und Weiden geflochtene Gefasse, mitunter auch einige ausThon geformte;'... .by the door stood ' ein breiter Stein.... auf welchem mittelst eines kleineren die Mehlfriichte zerrieben wurden.' Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 396,404. ' Panniers of wicker-work, for holding provisions, are generally carried on the horse by the women.' Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 210; Neighbors, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 129. 'Their only implements are sticks.' Greene, in Ind. Aff. Kept, 1870, p. 140. 'They (the Axuas of Colorado River) had a beautiful fishing-net made out of grass.' ' They had also burnt earthen jars, extremely well made. The size of each of them might be about two feet in diameter in the greatest swell; very thin, light, and well formed.' Hardy's Trav., p. 338. 'Nets wrought with the bark of the willow.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 220; Broione's Apache Country, p. 200. 'Tienen mucha loza de las coloradas, y pintadas y negras, platos, caxetes, saleros; almofias, xicaras muy galanas: alguna de la loza esta vidriada. Tienen mucho aper- cibimiehto de lefia, e* de madera, para hacer sus casas, en tal manera, a lo que nos dieron a entender, que cuando uno queria hacer casa, tiene aquella madera alii de puesto para el efecto, y hay. mucha cantidad. Tiene dos guaxexes a los lados del pueblo, que le sirven para se banar, porque de otros ojos de agua, a tiro de arcabuz, beben y se sirven. A un cuarto de legua IMPLEMENTS. 501 stated, a kind of metate is used, which with them is nothing more than a convex and a concave stone.78 Of agricultural implements they know nothing; a pointed stick, crooked at one end, which they call kishishai, does service as a corn-planter in spring, and during the later season answers also for plucking fruit from trees, and again, in times of scarcity, to dig rats and prairie dogs from their subterranean retreats. Their cradle is a flat board, padded, on which the infant is fastened; on the upper part is a little hood to protect the head, and it is carried by the mother on her back, suspended by a strap.79 Their saddles are simply two rolls of straw covered with deer or antelope skin, which are connected by a strap; a piece of raw hide serves for girths and stirrups. In later years the Mexican saddle, or one approaching it in shape, has been adopted, and the Navajos have succeeded in making a pretty fair imitation of it, of hard ash. Their bridles, which consist of a rein attached to the lower jaw, are very severe on the animal.80 Although not essentially a fish-eating people, va el rio Salado, que decimos, por donde fue nuestro camino, aunque el agua salada se pierde de muchas leguas atras.' Castano de Sosa, in Pacheco, Col. Boc. Ined., torn, iv., p. 331; Taylor, in Cat Farmer, Feb. 14th, 1862; Browne's Apache Country, p. 200. ' Their only means of farming are sharpened sticks.' Colyer, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1871, p. 50. 78 ' Their utensils for the purpose of grinding breadstuff, consist of two stones; one flat, with a concavity in the middle; the other round, fitting partly into the hollow of the flat stone.' Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 209; Smart, in Smithsonian Rept., 1867, p. 418; Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 282. "TV The cradle of the Navajo Indians resembles the same article made by the Western Indians. It consists of a flat board, to support the vertebral column of the infant, with a layer of blankets and soft wadding, to give ease to the position, having the edges of the frame-work ornamented with leather fringe. Around and over the head of the child, who is strapped to this plane, is an ornamented hoop, to protect the face and cranium from accident. A leather strap is attached to the vertebral shell-work, to enable the mother to sling it on her back.' Schoolcraft's Arch:, vol. iv., pp. 435-6, and plate p. 74. 80 ' The saddle is not peculiar but generally resembles that used by the Mexicans. They ride with a very short stirrup, which is placed further to the front than on a Mexican saddle. The bit of the bridle has a ring attached to it, through which the lower jaw is partly thrust, and a powerful pressure is exerted by this means when the reins are tightened.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 292. ' Sa selle est faite de deux rouleaux de paille relics par une courroie et maintenus par une sangle de cuir.' Lacha- pelle, Raousset-Boulbon, p. 82; Tempsky's Mitla, p. 80. The Navajos have ' aus zahem Eschenholz gefertigten Sattelbogen.' Mollhausen, Fluchtling, torn, iv., p. 39. 502 NEW MEXICANS. the Mojaves and Axuas display considerable ingenuity in the manufacture of fishing-nets, which are noted for their strength and beauty. Plaited grass, or the fibry bark of the willow, are the materials of which they are made.81 Fire is obtained in the old primitive fashion of rubbing together two pieces of wood, one soft and the other hard. The hard piece is pQinted and is twirled on the softer piece, with a steady downward pressure until sparks appear.82 The Navajos excel all other nations of this family in the manufacture of blankets.83 The art with them is perhaps of Mexican origin, and they keep for this industry large flocks of sheep.84 Some say in making blankets cotton is mixed with the wool, but I find no notice of their cultivating cotton. Their looms are of the most primitive kind. Two beams, one suspended and the other fastened to the ground, serve to stretch the warp perpendicularly, and two slats, inserted between the double warp, cross and recross it and also open a passage for the shuttle, which is simply a short stick with some thread wound around it. The operator sits 81 ' Das Netz war weitmaschig, aus feinen, aber sehr starken Bastfaden geflochten, vier Fuss hoch, und ungefahr dreissig Fuss lang. Von vier zu vier Fuss befanden sich lange Stabe an demselben, mittelst welcher es im Wasser, zugleich aber auch auf dem Boden und aufrecht gehalten wurde.' Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb. torn, i., p. 227; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 220. 82 'El apache para sacar lumbre, usa. .. .un pedazo de sosole y otro de lechuguilla bien secos. Al primero le forman una punta, lo que frotan con la segunda con cuanta velocidad pueden a la manera del ejercicio de nue.s- tros molinillos para hacer el chocolate: luego que ambos palos se calientan con la frotacion, se encienden y producen el fuego.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 282. 83 The Navajos ' manufacture the celebrated, and, for warmth and durability, unequaled, Navajo blanket. The Navajo blankets are a wonder of patient workmanship, and often sell as high as eighty, a hundred, or a hundred and fifty dollars.' Walker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1872, p. 53. Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, pp. 13, 32, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii.; Bavis' El Gringo, p. 411; Hughes' Boniphan's Ex., p. 203; Scenes in the Rocky Mts., p. 180; Figuiers Hum. Race, p. 481; Peters' Life of Carson, p. 125; Pritchard's Nat Hist. Man, vol. ii., p. 567; Farnham's Life in Cat, pp. 373-4. 84 ' This art may have been acquired from the New Mexicans, or the Pueblo Indians.' Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 217. ' This manufacture of blankets ...was originally learned from the Mexicans when the two neople, lived on amicable terms.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 3l7. NAVAJO BLANKETS. 603 on the ground, and the blanket, as the weaving progresses, is wound round the lower beam.85 The wool, after being carded, is spun with a spindle resembling a boy's top, the stem being about sixteen inches long and the lower point made to revolve in an earthen bowl by being twirled rapidly between the forefinger and thumb. The thread after being twisted is wound on the spindle, and though not very even, it answers the purpose very well.86 The patterns are mostly' regular geometrical figures, among which diamonds and parallels predominate.87 Black and red are the principal variations in color, but blue and yellow are at times seen. Their colors they obtain mostly by dyeing with vegetable substances, but in later years they obtain also colored manufactured materials from the whites, which they again* unravel,1 employing the colored threads obtained in this manner in their own manufactures.88 They also weave 85 ' The blanket is woven by a tedious and rude process, after the manner of the Pueblo Indians.... The manner of weaving is peculiar, and is, no doubt, original with these people and the neighboring tribes.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 291; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 437. 86 ' The spinning and weaving is done... .by hand. The thread is made entirely by hand, and is coarse and uneven.' Letherman, in Smithsonicn Rept, 1855, p. 291. 'The wool or cotton is first prepared by carding. It is then fastened to the spindle near its top, and is held in the left hand. The- spindle is held between the thumb and the first finger of the right hand, and: stands vertically in the earthen bowl. The operator now gives the spindle a- twirl, as a boy turns his top, and while it is revolving, she proceeds to draw> out her thread, precisely as is clone by our own operatives, in using the common spinning-wheel. As soon as the thread is spun, the spindle is turned* in an opposite direction, for the purpose of winding up the thread on the portion of it next to the wooden block.' Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 436. 87 Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 436. 'The colors are wov<n in bands and diamonds. We have never observed blankets' with figures- of a complicated pattern.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 291: 88 'The colors, which are given in the yarn, are red, black, and blue. The juice of certain plants is employed in dyeing, but it is asserted by recent authorities that the brightest red and blue are obtained by macerating strirs of Spanish cochineal, and altamine dyed goods, which have been purchased: at the towns.' Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 486. 'The colois- are red, blue, black, and yellow; black and red being the most common. The red strands are obtained by unravelling red cloth, black by using the wooE of black sheep, blue by dissolving indigo in fermented urine, and yellow is said to be by coloring with a particular flower.' Letherman, in Smithscnien^- Rept, 1855, p. 291. The women ' Welche sich in der watil der Farben und der Zusammenstellung von bunten Streifen und phantastischen Figuren in dem Gewebe gegenseitig zu ubertreffen suchen. Urspriinglich trugen die Decken nur die verschiedenen Farben der Schaafe in breiten Streifen, doch. seit die Navahoes farbige, wollene Stoffe von Neu-Mexiko beziehen konnen, NEW MEXICANS. a coarse woolen cloth, of which they at times make shirts and leggins.89 Besides pottery of burnt clay, wicker- work baskets, and saddles and bridles, no general industry obtains in this family.90 Featherwork, such as sewing various patterns on skins with feathers, and other ornamental needlework, are also practiced by the Navajos.9- Of the Comanches, the Abbe Domenech relates that they extracted silver from some mines near San Saba, verschaffen sie sich solche, um sie in Faden aufzulosen, und diese dann zu ihrer eigenen Weberei zu verwenden.' Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, ii., p. 235; Ruxton's Adven. Mex.. p. 195. 89 'lis (the Apaches) travaillent bien les cuirs, font de-belles brides.' Lachapelle, Raousset-Boulbon, p. 82. 'They manufacture rough leather.' Pike's Explor. Trav., p. 335. 'Man macht Leder.' Hassel, Mex. Guat., p. 195. ' It has been represented that these tribes (the Navajos) wear leather shoes Inquiry from persons who have visited or been stationed in New Mexico, disaffirms this observation, showing that in all cases the Navajo shoes are skins, dressed and smoked after the Indian method.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 204; Cremony's Apaches, p. 305; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., p. 286. They 'knit woolen stockings.' Bavis' El Gringo, p. 411. ' They also manufacture.... a coarse woolen cloth with which they clothe themselves.' Clark, in Hist. Mag., vol. viii., p. 280; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i , p. 403, vol. ii., pp. 244-5. 'The Navajoes raise no cotton.' Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 212. Sie sind \ noch inner in einigen Baumwollen- geweben ausgezeichnet.' Thummel, Mexiko, p. 349. ' These people (the inhabitants of Arizona in 1540) had cotton, but they were not very carefull to vse the same: because there was none among them that knew the arte of weauing, and to make apparel thereof.' Alarchon, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 433; Bent, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 243; Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 89; Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 680; Al- cedo, Biccionario, torn, iii., p. 184.. > The Xicarillas, ) manufacture a sort of pottery which resists the action of fire.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 8; Graves, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1854, p. 177. The Yuma ' women make baskets of willow, and also of tule, which are impervious to water; also earthen ollas or pots, which are used for cooking and for cooling water.' Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. Ill; Revillagigedo, Carta, JLS., p. 21. 'Figure 4. A scoop or dipper, from the Mohave tribe, and as neat and original an article in earthenware as could well be designed by a civilized potter.' Whipple, Ewbank. and Turner's Rept, p. 46, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. iii. ' Professor Cox was informed that the New Mexican Indians colored their pottery black by using the gum of the mezquite, which has much the appearance and properties of gum arabic, and then baking it. Much of the ancient pottery from the Colorado Chiquito is colored, the prevailing tints being white, black, and red.' Foster's Pre-Hist Races, p. 250; Ruxton3s Adven. Mex.,. p. 195. The Yampais had ' some admirably made baskets of so close a texture as to hold water; a. wicker jar coated with pine tree gum.' Sitgreaves3 Zuni. Ex., p. 10; Bent, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 243. ^ Gregg's Com. Prairies, p. 286. ' In regard to the manufacture of plumage, or feather-work, they certainly display a greater fondness for decorations of this sort than any Indians we have seen 1 saw no exhibition of it in the way of embroidery.' Simpson's Jour. Mit. Recon., p. 79; Thummel, .Mexiko, p. 349. PROPERTY. from which they manufactured ornaments for themselves and their saddles and bridles.92 They have no boats, but use rafts of wood, or bundles of rushes fastened tightly together with osier or willow twigs, and propelled sometimes with poles; but more frequently they place upon the craft their property and wives, and, swimming alongside of it, with the greatest ease push it before them.93 For their maintenance, especially in latter days, they are indebted in a great measure to their horses, and accordingly they consider them as their most valuable property. The Navajos are larger stock owners than any of the other nations, possessing numerous flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle as well as horses-and mules. These, with their blankets, their dressed skins, and peaches which they cultivate, constitute their chief wealth.94 Certain bands of the Apache nation exchange with the agriculturists pottery and skins for grain.95 Among the Navajos, husband and wife hold their property separate, and at their death it 92 ' Mines d'argent exploiters par les Comanches, qui en tirent des orne- ments pour eux et pour leurs chevaux, ainsi que des balles pour leurs fusils.' Bomenech, Jour., p. 132. 93 The Mescaleros had ' a raft of bulrush or cane, floated and supported by some twenty or thirty hollow pumpkins fastened together.' Hutchings' Cat Mag., vol. Hi., p. 56. The Yumas had ' batteaus which could hold 200 or 300 pounds weight.' Id., vol. iv., p. 546. The Mojaves had "Flossen, die von Binsen-Bundeln zusammengefugt waren (die einzige Art von Fahrzeug, welche ich bei den Bewohnern des Colorado-Thales bemerkte).' Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 401. ' Merely bundles of rushes placed side by side, and securely bound together with willow twigs.. .their owners paddled them about with considerable dexterity.' Whipple, in Pac R. R. Rept., vol. iii., p. 117, and plate. Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, i., pp. 238, 254; Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 69. 9* * Immense numbers of horses and sheep, attesting the wealth of the ' tribe.' Ives' Colorado Riv., pp. 128, 130. 'They possess more wealth than all the other wild tribes in New Mexico combined.' Graves, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 179. 'They are owners of large flocks and herds.' Bent, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 243; Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 217; Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch, vol. iv., pp. 211, 212; Scenes in the Rocky Mts., p. 180; Bavis' El Gringo, p. 411; Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, pp. 291-2; Gullatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, exxxi., p. 289; Prichard's Nat Hist Man, vol. ii., p. 567; Hughes' Boniphan's Ex., p. 173; Peters' Life of Carson, p. 124; Thummel, Mexiko, p. 349; Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., p. 79; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 460; Cremony's Apaches, p. 254; Emory's Reconnoissance, p. 60. 95 The Jicarilla Apaches ' manufacture a species of coarse earthenware, which they exchange for corn and wheat.' Keithly, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1863, p. 115. Stratton's Capt. Oatman Girls, p. 123. 506 NEW MEXICANS. becomes the inheritance of the nephew or niece. This law of entail is often eluded by the parents, who before death give their goods to their children.96 Their exchanges are governed by caprice rather than by established values. Sometimes they will give a valuable blanket for a trifling ornament. The Mojaves have a species of currency which they call pooh, consisting of strings of shell beads, whose value is determined by the length.97 At the time of Coronado's expedition, in 1540, the Comanches possessed great numbers of dogs, which they employed in transporting their buffalo-skin tents and scanty household utensils.98 When a buffalo is killed, the successful hunter claims only the hide; the others are at liberty to help themselves to the meat according to their necessities.99 In their trading transactions they display much shrewdness, and yet are free from the tricks usually resorted to by other nations.100 Their knowledge of decorative art is limited, paint- 96 ' Das Eigenthum des Yaters nicht auf den Sohn tibergeht, sondern dass Neffen und Nichten als djf rechtmassigen Erben anerkannt werden wenn nicht der Vater bei Lebzeiten schon seine Habe an die eigenen Kinder ge- schenkt hat.' Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, ii., p. 2341 'The husband has no control over the property of his wife Property does not descend from father to son, but goes to the nephew of the decedent, or, in default of a nephew, to the niece.... but if, while living, he distributes his property to his children, that disposition is recognised.* Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, pp. 294r-5. ' When the father dies... a fair division is not made; the strongest usually get the bulk of the effects.' Bristolr in Ind. Aff. Rept Spec. Com., 1867, p. 357. 97 "The blankets, though not purchasable with money were sold, in some instances, for the most trifling article of ornament or clothing.' Simpson's Jour. Mit. Recon., p. 81. Shell beads, which they call ' pook,' are their substitute for money.' Wtiippte, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. hi., p. 115. 98 The Querechos encountered by Coronado had with them' un grand trou- peau de chiens qui portaient tout ce qu'ils possedaient.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 117. "' The only property of these people, with the exception of a few articles belonging to their domestic economy, consists entirely in horses and mules.* Marcy's Army Life, p. 22; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 23; Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 347; Marcy's Rept., p. 188; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 116-17. 99 "There are no subdivisions of land acknowledged in their territory, and no exclusive right of game.' NeigJtbors, in Schoolcraft's Arch , vol. ii., p. 131. ' Their code-is strictiy Spartan.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 23. ioo «They are sufficiently astute in dealing.' Burnet, in SchoolcrafVs Arch., vol. i., p. 232. ' Le chef des Indiens choisit, parmi ces objets, ceux qui sont necessaires a sa tribu.' Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 193. * In Comanche trade the main trouble consists in fixing the price of the first animal. This being settled by the chiefs.' Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. ii., p. 45; Parker's Notes on Tex., pp. 190, 234; Burnet, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 232; Bomenech, Jour., p. 130; Bewees' Texas, p. 36. ART AND CALENDAR. 507 ings and sculptures of men and animals, rudely executed on rocks or walls of caverns are occasionally met with; whether intended as hieroglyphical representations, or sketched during the idle moments of some budding genius, it is difficult to determine, owing to the fact that the statements of the various authors who have investigated the subject are conflicting.101 The Comanches display a certain taste in painting their buffalo-robes, shields, and tents. The system of enumeration of the Apaches exhibits a regularity and diffusiveness seldom met with amongst wild tribes, and their language contains all the terms for counting up to ten thousand.102 In this respect the Comanches are very deficient; what little knowledge of arithmetic they have is decimal, and when counting, the aid of their fingers or presence of some actual object is necessary, being, as they are, in total ignorance of the simplest arithmetical calculation. The rising sun proclaims to them a new day; beyond this they have no computation or division of time. They know nothing of the motions of th& earth or heavenly bodies, though they recognise the fixedness of the polar star.103 Their social organization, like all their manners and customs, is governed by their wild and migratory life. Government they have none. Born and bred with the loi Mr Bartlett, describing an excursion he made to the Sierra Waco near the Copper Mines in New Mexico, says, he saw ' an overhanging rock extending for some distance, the whole surface of which is covered with rude paintings and sculptures, representing men, animals, birds, snakes, and fantastic figures.... some of them, evidently of great age, had been partly defaced to make room for more recent devices.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., pp. 170-4, with cuts. In Arizona, Emory found ' a mound of granite boulders. .. covered with unknown characters... .On the ground near by were also traces of some of the figures, showing some of the hieroglyphics, at least, to have been the work of modern Indians.' Emory's Reconnaissance, pp. 89, 90, with cut. The Comanches 'aimaient beaucoup les images, qu'ils ne se lassaient pas d'admirer.' Bomenech, Jour., p. 136. 102 «The Apaches count ten thousand with as much regularity as we do. They even make use of the decimal sequences.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 237. 103 «They have no computation of time beyond the seasons .. the cold and hot season... .frequently count by the Caddo mode—from one to ten, and by-tens to one hundred, &c. .. .They are ignorant of the elements of figures.' Neighbors, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., pp. 129-30. 'Ce qu'ils savent d'astronomie se borne a la connaissance de l'etoile polaire... .L'tir- ithmetique des sauvages est sur leurs doigts;... .11 leur faut absolument un objet pour nombrer.' Hartmann and Millard, Tex., pp. 112-13. NEW MEXICANS. idea of perfect personal freedom, all restraint is unendurable.104 The nominal authority vested in the war chief, is obtained by election, and is subordinate to the council,of warriors.105 Every father holds undisputed sway over his children until the age of puberty. His power, importance, and influence at the council-fire is determined by the amount of his slaves and other property.106 Those specially distinguished by their cunning and prowess in war, or success in the chase, are chosen as chiefs. A chief may at any time be deposed.107 Sometimes it happens that one family retains the chieftaincy in a tribe during several generations, because of the bravery or wealth of the sons.108 In time of peace but little au-j thority is vested in the chief; but on the war path, to ensure success, his commands are implicitly obeyed. It 104 The Navajos have no tribal government, and in reality no chiefs. Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 288. 'Their form of government is so exceedingly primitive «,s to be hardly worthy the name of a political organization.' Bavis' El Gringo, pp. 412; 413; Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 71. 'lis n'ont jamais connu de domination.' Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie. v., No. 96, p. 187. 'Each is sovereign in his own right as a warrior.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 177. 105 ' It is my opinion that the Navajo chiefs have but very little influence with their people.' Bennett, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 238, and 1870, p. 152; Bristol, in Ind. Aff. Rept Spec Com., 1867, p. 357. 106 ' Los padres de familia ejercen esta autoridad en tanto que los hijos no salen de la infancia, porque poco antes de salir de la pubertad son como libres y no reconocen mas superioridad que sus propias fuerzas, 6 la del indio que los manda en la campaSa.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, pp. 282-3. ' Every rich man has many dependants, and these dependants are obedient * to his will, in peace and in war.' Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 211; Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch.-, vol. iv., p. 89. 'Every one who has a few horses and sheep is a "head man." ' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 288; Mollhausen, Reisen H die Felsengeb., torn, ii., p. 233. The rule of the Querechos is 'essentially patriarchal.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 20. 107 «When one or more (of the Navajos) are successful in battle or fortunate in their raids to the settlements on the Rio Grande, he is endowed with the title of captain or chief.' Bristol, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1867, p. 357. *En cualquiera de estas incorporaciones toma el mando del todo por comun c'on- sentimiento el mas acreditado devaliente.' Cordero, in Orozco y.Berra, Geografia, p. 373. The Comanches have ' a right to displace a chief, and elect his successor, at pleasure.' Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 346. A chief of the Comanches is never degraded ' for any private act unconnected with the welfare of the whole tribe.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 130. los The oflice of chief is not hereditary with the Navajos. Cremony's Apaches, p. 307. The wise old men of the Querechos ' curb the impetuosity of ambitious younger warriors.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 20. 'I infer that rank is (among the Mojaves), to some extent, hereditary.' Ives' Colorado Riv., pp. 67, 71. 'This captain is often the oldest son of the chief, and assumes the command of the tribe on the death of his father,' among the Apaches. Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 210. COMANCHE GOVERNMENT. 509 also frequently happens that chiefs are chosen to lead some particular war or marauding expedition, their authority expiring immediately upon their return home.109 Among the Comanches public councils are. held at regular intervals during the year, when matters pertaining to the common weal are discussed, laws made, thefts, seditions, murders, and other crimes punished, and the. quarrels of warrior-chiefs settled. Smaller councils are also held, in which, as well as in the larger ones, all are free to express their opinion.110 Questions laid before them are taken under consideration, a long time frequently elapsing before a decision is made. Great care is taken that the decrees of the meeting shall be in accordance with the opinion and wishes of the majority. Laws are promulgated by a public crier, who ranks next to the chief in dignity.111 Ancestral customs and traditions govern the decisions of the councils; brute force, or right of the strongest, with the law of talion in its widest acceptance, direct the mutual relations of tribes and individuals.112 Murder, n*9 The Mescaleros and Apaches ' choose a head-man to direct affairs for the time being.' Carleton, in Smithsonian Rept, 1854, p. 315. 'Es gibt auch Stamme, an deren Spitze ein Kriegs- sowie ein Friedens-Hauptling stent.' Armin, Bas Heutige Mexiko, p. 279; Garcia Conde, in Soc. Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn, v., p. 315. .> no When Col. Langberg visited the Comanches who inhabit the Bolson de Mapimi, 'wurde dieser Sjtamm von einer alten Frau angefuhrt.' Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 222; Id., Cent. Amer., p. 352; Hardy's Trav., p. 348. * I have never known them (Comanches) to make a treaty that a portion of the tribe do not violate its stipulations before one year rolls around.' Neighbors, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 267. in The chiefs of the Comanches 'are in turn subject to the control of a principal chief.' Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 345. *La autoridad central de su gobierno reside en un gefe supremo.' Revista Cientifica, torn, i., p. 57; .Escudero, Noticias de Chihuahua, p. 229. The southern Comanches ' do not of late years acknowledge the sovereignty of a common ruler and leader in their united councils nor in war.' Marcy's Army life, p. 43. The Gila Arjaches acknowledge 'no common head or superior.' Merriwether, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, pp. 170, 172. 112 The Comanches *hold regular councils quarterly, and a grand council of the whole tribe once a year.' Edwards1 Hist. Tex., p. 108. 'At these councils prisoners of war are tried, as well as all cases of adultery, theft, sedition and murder, which are punished by death. The grand council also takes cognizance of all disputes between the chiefs, and other matters of importance.' MaHlard's Hist. Tex., p. 244. ' Their decisions are of but little moment, unless they meet the approbation of the mass of the people; and for this reason these councils are exceedingly careful not to run counter to the wishes of the podrer but more numerous class, being aware of the difficulty, if not impossibility, of enforcing any act that would not command their 510 NEW MEXICANS. adultery, theft, and sedition are punished with death or public exposure, or settled by private agreement or the interposition of elderly warriors. The doctor failing to cure his patient must be punished by death. The court of justice is the council of the tribe, presided over by the chiefs, the latter with the assistance of sub-chiefs, rigidly executing judgment upon the culprits.113 All crimes may be pardoned but murder, which must pay blood for blood if the avenger overtake his victim.114 All the natives of this family hold captives as slaves ;115 some treat them kindly, employing the men as herders approval.' Collins, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 274. ' Singulis pagis sui Reguli eraht, qui per praecones suos edicta populo denuntiabant.' Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 311. ' Tienen otra Persona, que llaman Pregonero, y es la segunda Persona de la Republica; el oficio de este, es manifestar al Pueblo todas las cosas que se han de hacer.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, ii., p. 337; Id., torn, i., p. 680. They recognize 'no law but that of individual caprice.' Steck, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1863, p. 109. The Comanches 'acknowledge no right but the right of the strongest.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 575. ' La loi du talion est la base fondamentale du code politique, civil et criminel de ces diverses peuplades, et cette loi recoit une rigoureuse application de nation a nation, de famille a famille, d'individu a individu.' Hartmann and Millard, Tex., p. 114. 113 The Comanches punish ' Adultery, theft, murder, and other crimes... by established usage.' Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 347. Among the Navajos, ' Lewdness is punished by a public exposure of the culprit.' Scenes in the Rocky Mts, p. 180. Marcy's Army Life, pp. 26, 59. Navajoes 'regard each other's right of property, and punish with gre&t severity any one who infringes upon it. In one case a Navajo was found stealing a horse; they held a council and put him to death.' Bristol, in Ind. Aff. Rept Spec Com., 1867, p. 344. A Cuchano young boy who frightened a child by foretelling its death, which accidentally took place the next day, ' was secretly accused and tried before the council for "being under the influence of evil spirits," ' and put to death. Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. iii.; Feudge, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1868, p. 137. Among the Yumas, 'Each chief punishes delinquents by beating them across the back with a stick. Criminals brought before the general council for examination, if convicted, are placed in the hands of a regularly appointed executioner of the tribe, who inflicts such punishment as the council may direct.' Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. iii. 114 The Apache chief Ponce, speaking of the grief of a poor woman at the loss of her son, says: ' The mother of the dead brave demands the life of his murderer. Nothing else will satisfy her.... Would money satisfy me for the death of my son? No! I would demand the blood of the murderer. Then I would be satisfied.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 69. ' If one man (Apache) kills another, the next of kin to the defunct individual may kill the murderer —if he can. He has the right to challenge him to single combat There is no trial, no set council, no regular examination into the crime or its causes; but the ordeal of battle settles the whole matter.' Id., p. 293. M Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 7; Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept., 1855, p. 294. 'lis (Comanches) tuent tous les prisonniers adultes, et ne laissent vivre que l£s enfans.' Billon, Hist. Mex., p. 98. The Navajos 'have in their possession many prisoners, men, women, and children,.... whom they hold and treat as slaves.' Bent, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 244. TREATMENT OF WOMEN. 511 and marrying the women; others half-starve and scourge them, and inflict on them the most painful labors.116 Nothing short of crucifixion, roasting by a slow fire, or some other most excruciating form of death, can atone the crime of attempted escape from bondage. They not only steal children from other tribes and sell them, but carry on a most unnatural traffic in their own offspring.117 Womankind as usual is not respected. The female child receives little care from its mother, "being only of collateral advantage to the tribe. Later she becomes the beast of burden and slave of her husband. Some celebrate the entry into womanhood with feasting and dancing.118 Courtship is simple and brief; the wooer 116 One boy from Mexico taken by the Comanches, said, ' dass sein Ge- schaft in der Gefangenschaft darin bestehe die Pferde seines Herrn zu'wei- den.' Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 102; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. ii., p. 313. The natives of New Mexico take the women prisoners 'for wives.* Marcy's Rept, p. 187. Some prisoners liberated from the Comanches, were, completely covered with stripes and bruises. Bewees' Texas, p. 232. • Miss Olive Oatman detained among the Mohaves says: ' They invented modes and seemed to create necessities of labor that they might gratify themselves by taxing us to the utmost, and even took unwarranted delight in whipping us on beyond our strength. And all their requests and exactions were couched in the most insulting and taunting language and manner, as it then .seemed, and as they had the frankness soon to confess, to fume their hate against the race to whom we belonged. Often under the frown and lash were we compelled to labor for whole days upon an allowance amply sufficient to starve a common dandy civilized idler.' Stratton's Capt. Oatman Girls, pp. 114-18, 130. 111 ' It appeared that the poor girl had been stolen, as the Indian (Axua) said, from the Yuma tribe the day before, and he now offered her for sale. Hardy's Trav., p. 379. 'The practice of parents selling their children ii another proof of poverty ' of the Axuans. Id., p. 371. 118 'According to their (Tontos') physiology the female, especially the young female, should be allowed meat only when necessary to prevent starvation.' Stratton's Capt Oatman Girls, p. 115. The Comanches 'enter the marriage state at a very early age frequently before the age of puberty.' Neighbors, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 132. Whenever a Jicarilla female arrives at a marriageable age, in honor of the ' event the parents will sacrifice all the property they possess, the ceremony being protracted from five to ten days with every demonstration of hilarity.' Steck, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1863, p. 109; Marcy's Army Life, p. 28-9. Among the Yumas, the applicant for womanhood is placed in an oven or closely covered hut, in which she is steamed for three days, alternating the treatment with plunges into the near river, and maintaining a fast all the time.' Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., pp. 110-11. The Apaches celebrate a feast with singing, dancing, and mimic display when a girl arrives at the marriageable state, during which time the girl remains ' isolated in a huge lodge' and 'listens patiently to the responsibilities of her marriageable condition,' recounted to her by the old men and chiefs. ' After it is finished she is divested of her eyebrows... A month afterward the eye lashes are pulled out.' Cremony's Apaches, pp. 143, 243-6. '512 NEW MEXICANS. pays for his bride and takes her home.119 Every man may have all the wives he can buy. There is generally a favorite, or chief wife, who exercises authority over the others. As polygamy causes a greater division of labor, the women do not object to it.120 Sometimes a feast of horse-flesh celebrates a marriage.121 All the labor of preparing food, tanning skins, cultivating fields, making clothes, and building houses, falls to the women, the men considering it beneath their dignity to do anything but hunt and fight. The women feed and saddle the horses of their lords; oftentimes they are cruelly beaten, mutilated, and even put to death.122 The n9 There is no marriage ceremony among the Navajoes ' a young man wishing a woman for his wife ascertains who her father is; he goes and states the cause of his visit and offers from one to fifteen horses for the daughter. The consent of the father is absolute, and the one so purchased assents or is taken away by force. All the marriageable women or squaws in a family can be taken in a similar manner by the same individual; i. e., he can purchase wives as long as his property holds out.' Bristol, in Ind. Aff. Rept Spec Com., 1867, p. 357; Marcy's Army Life, p. 49; Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 214; Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 233. i^o Among the Apaches, the lover ' stakes his horse in front of her roost Should the girl favor the suitor, his horse is taken by her, led to water, fed, and secured in front of his lodge.... Four days comprise the term allowed her for an answer.... A ready acceptance is apt to be criticised with some severity, while a tardy one is regarded as the extreme oi, coquetry.' Cremony's Apaches, pp. 245-9; Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 89; Marcy's Army Life, pp. 30, 51. The Apache 'who can support or keep, or attract by his power to keep, the greatest number of women, is the man who is deemed entitled to the greatest amount of honor and respect/ Cremony's Apaches, pp. 44, 85. Un Comanche, ' peut epouser autant de femmes qu'il veut, a la seule condition de donner a chacune un cheval.' Bomenech, Jour., p. 135. Among the Navajoes, * The wife last chosen is 'always mistress of her predecessors.' Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept., p. 42, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii. They seldom, if ever, marry out of the tribe. Ward, in Ind. Aff. Rept. Spec. Com., 1867, p. 455. 'In general, when an Indian wishes to have many wives he chooses above all others, if he can, sisters, because he thinks he can thus secure more domestic peace.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 306. 'I think that few, if any, have more than one wife,'of the Mojaves. Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 71. 121 < The Navajo marriage-ceremony consists simply of a feast upon horseflesh.' Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 460. When the Navajos desire to marry, ' they sit down on opposite sides of a basket, made to hold water, filled with atole or some other food, and partake of it. This simple proceeding makes them husband and wife.' Bavis' El Gringo, p. 415. 122 The Comanche women 'are drudges.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 575; Bufey, Resume de I'Hist, torn, i., p. 4; Neighbors, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1857, p. 265; Escudero, Noticias de Chihuahua, p. 230; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 308. Labor is considered degrading by the Comanches. Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 347. The Apache men 'no cuidan de otras cosas, sino de cazar y divertirse.' Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 563; Marcy's Army Life, pp. 29, 49, 56. * La femme (du Comanche) son esclave absolue, doit tout faire pour lui. Souvent il n'apporte pas meme MARRIAGE AND CHILD-BIRTH. marriage yoke sits lightly; the husband may repudiate his wife at will and take back the property given for her; the wife may abandon her husband, but by the latter1 act she covers him with such disgrace that it may only be wiped out by killing somebody123—anybody whom he may chance to meet. In the event of a separation the children follow the mother. They are not a prolific race; indeed, it is but seldom that a woman has more than three or four children. As usual parturition is easy; but owin^ to unavoidable exposure many of their infants soon die. The naming of the child is attended with superstitious rites, and on reaching the age of puberty they never fail to change its name.124 Immediately after the birth of the child, it is fastened to a small board, by bandages, and so carried for several le gibier qu'il a tue', mais il envoie sa femme le chercher auloin.' Bubuis, in Bomenech, Jour., p. 459, The Navajos 'treat their women with great attention, consider them equals, and relieve them from the drudgery of menial work.' Hughes' Boniphan's Ex., p. 203. The Navajo women 'aie the real owners of all the sheep They admit women into their councils, who sometimes control their deliberations; and they also eat with them.' Bavis' El Gnngo, p. 412; Whipple. Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 101. in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii. ' De aqui proviene que sean arbitros de sus mugeres. dandoles un trato-servilisimo, y algunas veces les quitan hasta la vida por celos.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 268. 'Les Comanches, obligent lo prisonnier blanc, dont ils ont admire le valeur dans le combat, a s'unir aux leurs pour perpetuer sa race.' Fossey, Mexique, p. 462. lg3 Among the Apaches, ' muchas veces suele disolverse el contrato por ananime consentimiento de los desposados, y volviendo la mujer a su padre, entrega este lo que recibid por ella.' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 373. When the Navajo women abandon the husband, the latter ' asks to wipe out the disgrace by killing someone.' Ind. Aff. Rept. Spec. Com., 1867, p. 334; Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv:, p. 217. 124 Navajo women, ' when in parturition, stand upon their feet, holding to a rope suspended overhead, or upon the knees, the body being erect.' Letfur- man, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 290. 'Previous to a birth, the (Yuma) mother leaves her village for some short distance and lives by herself until a month after the child is born; the band to which she belongs then assemble and select a name for the little one, which is given with some trivial ceremony.' Emory's Rept, vol. i., p. 110; Marcy's Army Life, p. 31. ' Si el parlo es en marcha, se hacen a un lado del camino debajo de un arbol, en donde salen del lance con la mayor facilidad y sin apuro ninguno, continuando la marcha con la criatura y algun otro de sus chiquillos, dentro de una especie de red, que a la manera de una canasta cargan en los hombros, pen- diente de la frente con una tira de cuero 6 de vaqueta que la contiene, en donde llevan ademas alunos trastos 6 cosas que comer.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 281; Fossey, Mexique, p. 462. ' Luego que sale a luz esta, sale la vieja de aquel lugar con la mano puesfca en los ojos, y no se descubre hasta que no haya dado una vuelta fuera de la casa, y el objeto que primero se le presenta a la vista, es el nombre que se le pone a la criatura.' Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 335. Vol. I. 33 514 NEW MEXICANS. months on the back of the mother. Later the child rides on the mother's hip, or is carried on her back in a basket or blanket, which in travelling on horseback is fastened to the pommel of the saddle. Boys are early taught the use of weapons, and early learn their superiority over girls, being seldom or never punished.125 It is a singular fact that of all these people the thievish meat-eating Apache is almost the only one who makes any pretentions to female chastity. All authorities agree that the Apache women bath before and after marriage are remarkably pure.126 Yuma husbands for gain surrender not only their slaves, but their wives. Hospitality carries with it the obligation of providing for the guest a temporary wife. The usual punishment for infidelity is the mutilation of the nose or ears, which disfigurement prevents the offender from marrying, and commonly sends her forth as a public harlot in the tribe.127 The seducer can appease 125 Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 92; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, i., p. 320; Ives' Colorado River, pp. 66, 71; Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 211. ' Quand les Indiennes (Comanches) voyagent avec leurs enfants en bas age, elles les suspendent a la selle avec des courroies qu'elles leur passent entre les jambes et sous les bras. Les soubresauts du cheval, les branches, les broussailles heurtent ces pauvres petits, les dechirent, les meurtrissent: peu impOrte, c'est une facon de les aguerrir.' Bomenech, Journ p. 135; Emory's Reconnaissance, p. 52. 'A la edad de siete aiios de los apaches, d antes, lo primero que hacen los padres, es poner a sus hijos el carcax en la mano ensenandoles a tirar bien, cuya tactica empiezan a apren- der en la caza.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 283. The Apaches, 'juventu- tem sedulo instituunt castigant quod aliis barbaris insolitum.' Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 316. Male children of the Comanches ' are even privileged to rebel against their parents, who are not entitled to chastise them but by consent of the tribe.' Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., i).-346-7v In fact, a Navajo Indian has said, ' that he was afraid to correct his own bOy> lest the child should wait for a convenient opportunity, and shoot him with an arrow.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept., 1855, p. 294. 126 Ind. Aff. Rept Spec. Com., 1867, p. 354; Cremony's Apaches, p. 307; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 399; Pattie's Pers. Nar.. p. 119. 127 | The Navajo women are very loose, and do not look upon fornication as a crime.' Guyther, in Ind. Aff. Rept. Spec. Com., 1867, p. 339; Cremony's Apaches, p. 244. ' Prostitution is the rule among the (Yuma) women, not the exception.' Mowry, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 301; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 476; Browne's Apache Country, p. 96. 'Prostitution prevails to a great extent among the Navajoes, the Maricopas, and the Yuma Indians; and its attendant diseases, as before stated, have more or less tainted the blood of the adults; and by inheritance of the children.' Carleton, in Ind. Aff. Rept Spec. Com., 1867, p. 433. Among the Navajoes, ' the most unfortunate thing which can befall a captive woman is to be claimed by two persons. In this case, she is either ;shot or delivered up for indiscriminate violence.' Emory's Reconnois- AMUSEMENTS. 515 the anger of an injured husband by presents, although before the law he forfeits his life. Even sodomy and incestuous intercourse occur among them. Old age is dishonorable.128 They are immoderately fond of smoking, drinking, feasting, and amusements which fill up the many hours of idleness. Dancing and masquerading is the most favorite pastime. They have feasts with dances to celebrate victories, feasts given at marriage, and when girls attain the age of puberty; a ceremonial is observed at the burial of noted warriors, and on other various occasions of private family life, in which both men and women take part. The dance is performed by a single actor or by a number of persons of both sexes to the accompaniment of instruments or their own voices.129 sance, p. 50. The Colorado River Indians 'barter and sell their women into prostitution, with hardly an exception.' Safford, in Bid. Aff. Rep>t, 1870, p. 139. ' The Comanche women are, as in many other wild tribes, the slaves of their lords, and it is a common practice for their husbands to lend or sell them to a visitor for one, two, or three days at a time.' Marcy's Rept, p. 187; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, p. 419. 'Las faltas conyugales no se casti- gan por la primera vez; pero a la segunda el marido corta la punta de la nariz a su infiel esposa, y la despide de su lado.' Revista Cientifica, vol. i., p. 57; Soc Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 192. ' The squaw who has been mutilated for such a cause, is ipso facto divorced, and, it is said, for ever precluded from marrying again. The consequence is, that she becomes a confirmed harlot in the tribe.' Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. ii., pp. 43, 308-10, 313. 'El culpable, segun dicen, jamas es castigado por el marido con la inuerte; solamente se abroga el derecho de darle algunos golpes y cogerse sus mulas 6 caballos.' Berlandier y Thovel, Biario, p. 253; Marcy's Army Life, p. 49. ' These yung men may nothaue carnall copulation with any woman: but all the yung men of the countrey which are to marrie, may company with them... I saw likewise certaine women which liued dishonestly among men.' Alarchon, in Hak- luyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 436, 128 < They tolde mey that.... such as remayned widowes, stayed half e a yeere, or a whole yeere before they married.' Alarchon, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 431; Emory's Rept U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 110; Marcy's Army Life, p. 54; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, ii., p. 234; Garcia Conde, in Soc Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn, v., p. 315. 129 <En las referidas reuniones los bailes son sus diversiones favoritas. Los hacen de noche al son de una olla cubierta la boca con una piel tirante, que suenan con un palo, en cuya estremidad lian un boton de trapos. Se interpolan ambos secsos, saltan todos a un mismo tiempo, dando alaridos y haciendo miles de ademanes, en que mueven todos los miembros del cuerpo con una destreza estraordinaria, arremedando al coyote y al venado. Desta manera forman diferentes grupos simetricamente.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 269; Marcy's Army Life, p. 177; Cremony's Apaches, p. 285. 'Este lo forma una junta de truhanes vestidos de ridiculo y autorizados por los viejos del pueblo para cometer los mayores desdrdenes, y gustan tanto de estos hechos, que ni los maridos reparan las infamias que cometen con sus mugeres, ni las que resultan en perjuicio de las hijas.' Alegre, Hist. Comp. de 516 NEW MEXICANS. All festivities are incomplete without impromptu songs, the music being anything but agreeable, and the accompaniment' corn-stalk or cane flutes, wooden drums, or calabashes filled with stone and shaken to a constantly varying time.130 They also spend much time in gambling, often staking their whole property on a throw, including everything upon their backs. One of these games is played with a bullet, which is passed rapidly from one hand to the other, during which they sing, assisting the music with the motion of their arms. The game consists in guessing in which hand the bullet is held. Another Comanche game is played with twelve sticks, each about, six inches in length. These are dropped on the ground and those falling across each other are counted for game, one hundred being the limit.131 Horse-racing is likewise a passion with them;132 as are also all other athletic sports.133 When smoking, Jesus, torn, i., p. 335. 'The females (of the Apaches) do the principal part of the dancing.' Henry, in Schoolcraft's, Arch., vol. v., p. 212. 'Among the Abenakis, Chactas, Comanches, and other Indian tribes, the women dance the same dances,,but after the men, and far out of their sight*.. .they are seldom admitted to share any amusement, their lot being to work.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 199, 214. ' De estos vinieron cinco danzas, cada una compuesta de treinta indias; de estas, veintiseis como de 15 a 20 alios, y las cuatro restantes de mas edad, que eran las que cuidaban y dirigian a las i<5- venes.' Museo Mex., torn, i., p. 288. ' The dance (of the Tontos) is similar to that of the California Indians; a stamp around,*with clapping of hands and slapping of thighs in time to a drawl of monotones.' Smart, in Smithsonian Rept, 1867, p. 419. 13« Stratton's Capt Oatman Girls, p. 180. The Yumas ' sing some few monotonous songs, and the beaux captivate the hearts of their lady-loves by playing on a flute made of cane.' Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex, Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. iii. 'No tienen mas orquesta que sus voces y una olla 6 casco de calabazo a que se amarra una piel tirante y se toca con un palo.' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 373-4; ArHcivita, Cr&nica Serdfica, p. 419; Ives' Colorado Riv., pp. 71-2; Garcia Conde, in Album Mex., torn, i., pp. 166, 168. 13i Stanley's Portraits, p. 55; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 133/ 'Yel vicio que tienen estos Indios, es jugar en las Estufas las Mantas, y otras Preseas con vnas Canuelas; que hechan en aJto (el qual Juego vsaban estos Indios Mexicanos) y al que no tiene mas que vna Manta, y la pierde, se la buelven; con condicion, que ha de andar desnudo por todo el Pueblo, pintado, y embijado todo el cuerpo, y los Muchachos dandole grita.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 680. 132 Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 347. 133 < The players generally take each about ten arrows, which they hold with their bows in the left hand; he whose turn it is advances in front of the judges, and lances his first arrow upwards as high as possible, for he must send-off all the others before it comes down. The victory belongs to him who has most arrows inithe air together; and he who can make them SMOKING AND DRINKING. 517 the Comanches direct the first two puffs, with much ceremony and muttering, to the sun, and the third puff with a like demonstration is blown toward the earth. When short of tobacco, they make use of the dried leaves of the sumach, of willow-bark, or other plants.134 The Comanches are remarkable for their temperance, or rather abhorrence for intoxicating drink; all the other nations of this family abandon themselves to this subtle demoralization, and are rapidly sinking under it. They make their own spirits out of corn and out of agave americana, the pulque and mescal, both very strong and intoxicating liquors.135 Of all North American Indians the Comanches and Cheyennes are said to be the most skillful riders, and it would be difficult to find their superiors in any part all fly at once is a hero.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 198. ' The Indians amuse themselves shooting at the fruit (pitaya), and when one misses his aim and leaves his arrow sticking in the top of the cactus, it is a source of much laughter to his comrades.' Browne's Apache Country, p. 78; Armin, Bas Heutige Mexiko, p. 309. The hoop and pole game of the Mojaves is thus played. ' The hoop is six inches in diameter, and made of elastic cord; the poles are straight, and about fifteen feet in length. Rolling the hoop from one end of the course toward the other, two of the players chase it half-way, and at the same time throw their poles. He who succeeds in piercing the hoop wins the game.' Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 463; Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. iii.; Whipple, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 114; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, i., pp. 216, 223; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 395; Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 214. ' Tienen unas pelotas de materia negra como pez, embutidas en ella varias con- chuelas pequenas del mar, con que juegan y apuestan arrojandola con el pieV Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, iii., p. Ill; Sedelmair, Relacion, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iii., vol. iv., p. 851. 13* ' Los salvages recogen sus hojas generalmente en el Otono, las que en- tdnces estan rojas y muy.oxidadas: para hacer su provision, la secan al fuego 6* al sol, y para fumarlas, las mezclan con tabaco.' Berlandiery Thovel, Biario, p. 257. The Comanches smoke tobacco, ' mixed with the dried leaves of the sumach, inhaling the smoke into their lungs, and giving it out through their nostrils.' Marcy's Army Life, pp. 29, 32; Alarchon, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 432; Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 285. 135 Thummel, Mexiko, p. 352. The Comanches ' avoid the use of ardent spirits, which they call '<fool's water." ' Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 347; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. ii., p. 307. Bubuis, in Bomenech, Jour., p. 469. ' In order to make an intoxicating beverage of the mescal, the roasted root is macerated in a proportionable quantity of water, which is allowed to stand several days, when it ferments rapidly. The liquor is boiled down and produces a strongly intoxicating fluid.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 217. ' When its stem (of the maguey) is tapped there flows from it a juice which, on being fermented, produces the pulque.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i.., p. 290. The Apaches out of corn make an intoxicating drink which they called " tee- swin," made by boiling the corn and fermenting it. Murphy, in Ind. Aff. Rept. Spec Com., 1867, p. 317; Hardy's Trav., pp. 334, 337. -I 518 NEW MEXICANS. of the world. Young children, almost infants, are tied by their mothers to half-wild, bare-backed mustangs, which place thenceforth becomes their home. They supply themselves with fresh horses from wild droves wandering over the prairies, or from Mexican rancherias. A favorite horse is loved and cherished above all things on earth, not excepting wives or children. The women are scarcely behind the men in this accomplishment. They sit astride, guide the horses with the knee like the men, and catch and break wild colts. In fighting, the Comanches throw the body on one side of the horse, hang on by the heel and shoot with great precision and rapidity. It is beneath the dignity of these horsemen to travel on foot, and in their sometimes long and rapid marches, they defy pursuit.136 Before horses were known they used to transport their household effects on the backs of dogs, which custom even now prevails among some nations.137 we Jones, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 223; Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 108; Bomenech, Jour, p. 137; Turner, in Nouvelles Annates desVoy., 1852, torn. 135, p. 307; Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 212; Garcia Conde, in Album Mex,, 1849, torn, i., p. 165; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 277; Shepard3s Land of the Aztecs, p. 182; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 114-6; Emory's Reconnoissance, p. 61; Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. 399. The Apache women, ' Son tan buenas ginetas, que brincan en un potro, y sin mas riendas que un cabrestillo, saben arrendarlo.' Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 564; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 298; Marcy's Army Life, p. 28; Figuier's Hum. Race, p. 480; 'A short hair halter was passed around under the neck of the horse, and both ends tightly braided into the mane, on the withers, leaving a loop to hang under the neck, and against the breast, which, being caught up in the hand, makes a sling into which the elbow falls, taking the weight of the body on the middle of the upper arm. Into this loop the rider drops suddenly and fearlessly, leaving his heel to hang over the back of the horse, to steady him, and also to restore him when he wishes to regain his upright position on the horse's back.' BrowneU's Ind. Races, p. 540; Bavis' El Gringo, p. 412. Les Comanches 'regardent comme un deshonneur d'aller a pied.' Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., no. 96, p. 192; Cremony's Apaches, p. 282. The Comanches, for hardening the hoofs of horses and mules, have a custom of making a fire of the wild rosemary—artemisia—and exposing their hoofs to the vapor and smoke by leading them slowly through it. Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 203. 137 Marcy's Army Life, p. 18; Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., p. 290; Cor- doue, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy,, serie i., torn, x., p. 443; Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p.454; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 209. 'Les Teyas et Querechos ont de grands troupeaux de chiens qui portent leur bagage; ils l'attachent sur le dos de ces animaux au moyen d'une sangle et d'un petit bat. Quand la charge se derange les chiens se mettent a hurler, pour avertir leur maitre de 1'arranger.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy.,, serie i., torn, ix., pp. 117, 125, 190. j On the top of the bank we struck a Oamanche trail, very broad, and made by the lodge poles, which they transport from COMANCHE CUSTOMS. 519 The Comanche observes laws of hospitality as strictly as the Arab, and he exacts the observance of his rules of etiquette from strangers. When a visitor enters his dwelling, the master of the house points to him a seat, and how to reach it, and the host is greatly offended if his directions are not strictly followed. Meeting on the prairie, friends as well as enemies, if we may believe Colonel Marcy, put their horses at full speed. " When a party is discovered approaching thus, and are near enough to distinguish signals, all that is necessary to ascertain their disposition is to raise the right hand with the palm in front, and gradually push it forward and back several times. They all understand this to be a command to halt, and if they are not hostile, it will at once be obeyed. After they have stopped, the right hand is raised again as before, and slowly moved to the right and left, whteh signifies, I do not know you. Who are you ? They will then answer the inquiry by giving their signal." Then they inflict on strangers the hugging and face-rubbing remarked among the Eskimos, demonstrating thereby the magnitude of their joy at meeting.138 The various tribes of the Yuma and Mojave nations hold communication with one another by means of couriers or runners, who quickly disseminate important news, and call together the various bands for consultation, hunting, and war. Besides this, there is used everywhere on the prairies, a system of telegraphy, which perhaps is only excelled by the wires themselves. Smoke during the day, and fires at night, perched on mountain-tops, flash intelligence quickly and surely across the plains, giving the call for assistance or the order to place to place by fastening them on each side of their pack horses, leav* ing the long ends trailing upon the ground.' Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 154. * Si carecen de cabalgaduras, cargan los muebles las mujeres igualmente que sus criaturas.' Garcia Conde, in Soc. Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn, v., p. 317; Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 128. 138 Neighbors, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 132; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., p. 234; Marcy's Army Life, pp. 29, 33, 189; Marcy's. Rept, p. 187; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. ii., pp. 38, 46; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, pp. 473, 475; Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 378. When the Yampais ' wish to parley they raise a firebrand in the air as a sign of friendship.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i , p. 218. 520 NEW MEXICANS. disperse when pursued. The advanced posts also inform the main body of the approach of strangers, and all this is done vrith astonishing regularity, by either increasing or diminishing the signal column, or by displaying it only at certain intervals or by increasing the number.139 In cold weather many of the nations in the neighborhood of the Colorado, carry firebrands in their hands, as they assert for the purpose of warming themselves, which custom led the early visitors to name the Colorado the Rio del Tizon.140 The Comanches stand in great dread of evil spirits, which they attempt to conciliate by fasting and abstinence. When their demons withhold rain or sunshine, according as they desire, they whip a slave, and if their gods prove obdurate, their victim is almost flayed alive. The Navajos venerate the bear, and as before stated, never kill him nor touch any of his flesh.141 Although early 1391 These messengers (of the Mohaves) were their news-carriers and sentinels. Frequently two criers were employed (sometimes more) one from each tribe. These would have their meeting stations. At these stations these criers would meet with promptness, and by word of mouth, each would deposit his store of news with his fellow expressman, and then each would return to his own tribe with the news.' Stratton's Capt Oatman Girls, pp. 220, 283. 'El modo de darse sus avisos para reunirse en casos de urgencia de ser perseguidos, es por medio de sus telegrafos de humos que forman en los cerros mas elevados formando hogueras de los palos mas humientos que ellos conocen muy bien.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 281. Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 5. ' Para no detenerse en hacer los humos, ll'evan los mas de los hombres y mujeres, los instrumentos necessarios para sacar lumbre; pre- fieren la piedra, el eslabon, y la yesca; pero si no tienen estos utiles, suplen su falta con palos preparados al efecto bien secos, que frotados se inflaman.' Garcia Conde, in Soc. Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn, v., p. 317. 1*0 Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 217; Sitgreaves' Zuni Ex., p. 18. ' Su frazada en tiempo de frio es un tizon encendido que aplicandolo a la boca del estomago caminan por los mananas, y calentando ya el sol como a las ocho tiran los tizones, que por muchos que hayan tirado por los cami- nos, pueden ser guias de los caminantes.' Sedelmair, Relacion, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iii., vol. iv., p. 851. * 141 The Comanches ' have yearly gatherings to light the sacred fires; the^ build numerous huts, and sit huddled about them, taking medicine for purification, and fasting for seven days. Those who can endure to keep the fast unbroken become sacred in the eyes of the others.' Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vql. xvii., p. 451. If a Yuma kills one of his own tribe he keeps ' a fast for one moon; on such occasions he eats no meat —only vegetables—drinks only water, knows no woman, and bathes frequently during the day to purify the flesh.' Emory's Rept ZT. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 110. 'It was their (Mojaves,) custom never to eat salted meat for the next moon after the coming of a captive among them.' Stratton's Capt. Oatman Girls, p. 180; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 402; Bomenech, Jour, p. 13; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 125-6. DISEASES AND MEDICINE. 521 writers speak of cannibalism among these people, there is no evidence that they do or ever did eat human flesh.142 In their intercourse they are dignified and reserved, and never interrupt a person speaking. Unless compelled by necessity, they never speak any language but their own, it being barbarous in their eyes to make use of foreign tongues.143 Although endowed generally with robust and healthy constitutions, bilious and malarial fever, pneumonia, rheumatism, dysentery, ophthalmia, measles, small-pox, and various syphilitic diseases are sometimes met among them; the latter occurring most frequently among the Navajos, Mojaves, Yumas, and Comanches. Whole bands are sometimes affected with the last-mentioned disease, and its effects are often visible in their young. A cutaneous ailment, called pintos, alfeo makes its appearance at times.144 For these ailments they have different remedies, consisting of leaves, herbs, and roots, of which decoctions or poultices are made; scarification and the hunger cure are resorted to as well. Among the Mojaves the universal remedy is the sweat-house, employed by them and the other nations not only as a remedy for diseases, but for pleasure. There is no essential difference betwg§n their sweat-houses and those of northern nations—an air-tight hut near a stream, heated stones, upon which water is thrown to generate steam, and a plunge into the water afterward. As a cure for the bite of a rattlesnake they employ an herb called euphorbia. Broken or wounded limbs are encased in wooden splints W2 «Entre cuyas tribus hay algunas que se comen 4 sus enemigos.' Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 332. ' Los chirumas, que me parecen ser los yumas, no se que coman carne humana como dijo el indio cosnina.' Garces, in Boc Hist. Mex., serie ii., torn, i., p. 363. 'Among the spoil which we took from these Camanches, we found large portions of human flesh evidently prepared for cooking.' Bewees' Texas, p. 232-3. Certain Europeans have represented the Comanches 'as a race of cannibals; but according to the Spaniards they are merely a cruel, dastardly race of savages.' Pages' Travels, vol. i., p. 10?. 143 Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 451; Berlandiery Thovel, Biario, p. 253; Cremony's Apaches, p. 34; Bavis' El Gringo, p. 407. 144 Smart, in Smithsonian Rept., 1867, p. 418. ' Gonorrhoea and syphilis are not at all rare' among the Navajos. Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 290; Marcy's Army Life, p. 31. 522 NEW MEXICANS. until healed. But frequently they abandon their sick and maimed, or treat them with great harshness.145 Priests or medicine-men possess almost exclusively the secrets of the art of healing. When herbs fail they resort to incantations, -songs, and wailings. They are firm believers in witchcraft, and wear as amulets and charms, feathers, stones, antelope-toes, crane's bills, bits of charred wood and the like. Their prophets claim the power of foretelling future events, and are frequently consulted therefor.146 Most of the nations in the vicinity of the Colorado, burn their dead as soon as possible after death, on which occasion the worldly effects of the deceased are likewise spiritualized; utensils, property, sometimes wives, are sent with their master to the spirit land.147 145 Hardy's Trav., p. 442-3. 'Los comanches la llaman Puip; y cuando uno de entre ellos esta herido, mascan la raiz (que es muy larga) y esprimen el yugo yla saliva en la llaga.' Berlandiery Thovel, Biario, p. 257; Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept., 1855, p. 290; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 118; Stratton's Capt. Oatman Girls, p. 156; Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 289; Browne's Apache Country, p. 63; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 142; Id., Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, i., p. 118; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 335; Neighbors, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 130; Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 193. The Apaches: ' Cuando se enferma alguno a quien no han podido hacer efecto favorable la aplicacion de las yerbas, tinico antidoto con que se curan, lo abandonan, sin mas diligencia ulterior que ponerle un monton de brasas a la cabecera y una poca de agua, sin saberse hasta hoy que significa esto 6 con que fin la hacen.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 280. i46 Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 217; Bomenech, Jour., pp. 13, 139; Whipple. Ewbank, and Turner's Rept., p. 42, in Pac R. R. Rept., vol. iii.; Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 212; Parker's Notes on Tex., p. 240-1. Among the Comanches during the steam bath, ' the shamans, or medicinemen, who profess to have the power of communicating with the unseen world, and of propitiating the malevolence of evil spirits, are performing various incantations, accompanied by music on the outside.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 60; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 576; Bristol, in Ind. Aff. Rept Spec. Com., 1867, p. 358. ' De aqui ha sucedido que algunos indios naturalmente astutos, se han convertido en adivinos, que han llegado a sostener como a sus orac- ulos. Estos mismos adivinos hacen de medicos, que por darse importancia a la aplicacion de ciertas yerbas, agregan porcion de ceremonias supersti- ciosas y ridiculas, con canticos estranos, en que hablan a sus enfermos miles de. embustes y patranas.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 280. 147 At the Colorado river they 'burned those which dyed.' Alarchon, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. hi., p. 432; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 404; Browne's Apache Country, p. 97; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 467; Stratton's Capt Oatman Girls, p. 240-1. 'It is the custom of the Mojaves to burn their property when a relation dies to whose memory they wish to pay especial honor.' Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 69. 'Die Comanches todteten fruher das Lieblings- weib des gestorbenen Hauptlings.' Midler, AmerUcanische UrreHgionen, p. 88. ' No Navajo will ever occupy a lodge in which a person has died. The lodge is burned.' Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 213; Letherman, in SmithsoniaH Rept, 1855, p. 289. ' When'a cleath occurs they (Yumas) move their villages, although sometimes only a short distance, but never occupy- BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 523 Those that do not burn the dead, bury them in caves or in shallow graves, with the robes, blankets,, weapons, utensils, and ornaments of the deceased. The Comanches frequently build a heap of stones over the grave of a warrior, near which they erect a pole from which a pair of moccasins is suspended.148 After burying the corpse, they have some mourning ceremonies, such as dances and songs around a fire, and go into mourning for a month. Asa sign of grief they cut off the manes and tails of their horses, and also crop their own hair and lacerate their bodies in various ways; the women giving vent to their affliction by long continued howlings. But this applies only to warriors; children, and old men, are not worth so ostentatious a funeral.149 ing exactly the same locality.' Emory*s Rept U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 110. 148 < When a Comanche dies.... he is usually wrapped in his best blankets or robes, and interred with most of his "jewelry," and other articles of esteem.' Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. ii., pp. 317, 243. ' Cuando muere algun indio,.... juntando sus deudos todas las alhajas de su peculio, se las ponen y de esta manera lo envuelven en una piel de cfbolo y lo llevan a enterrar.' Aleare, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 336; Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 347; Wislizenus' Tour, p. 69. The Comanches cover their tombs 'with grass and plants to keep them concealed.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 363; Id., Jour., p. 14. The Apaches: 'probably they bury their dead in caves; no graves are ever found that I ever heard of.' Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch, vol. v., p. 212. See also James' Exped., vol. ii., p. 305. ' On the highest point of the hill, was a Comanche grave, marked by a pile of stones and some remnants of scanty clothing.' Parker's Notes on Tex., pp. 137, 151. The custom of the Mescalero Apaches 'heretofore has been to leave their dead unburied in some secluded spot.' Curtis, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1871, p. 402; Cremony's Apaches, p. 50; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, ii., p. 233; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. J19. 149 Among the Navajos ' Immediately after a death occurs a vessel containing water is placed near the dwelling of the deceased, where it remains over night; in the morning two naked Indians come to get the body for burial, with their hair falling over and upon their face and shoulders. When the ceremony is completed they retire to the water, wash, dress, do up their hair, and go about their usual avocations.' Bristol, in Ind. Aff. Rept Spec Com., 1867, p. 358. T;he Navajos ' all walked in solemn procession round it (the grave) singing their funeral songs. As they left it, every one left a present on the grave; some an arrow, others meat, moccasins, tobacco, war- feathers, and the like, all articles of value to them.' Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 119; Revista Cientifica, torn, i., p. 57. 'A los ninos y nifias de pecho les llevan en una jicara la leche ordenada de sus pechos las mismas madres, y se las echan en la sepultura; y esto lo hacen por algunos dias continuos.' Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 543; Neighbors, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii., p. 133; velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 280; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 100; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, i., p. 304; Marcy's Army Bife, p. 56. ' When a young warrior dies, they mourn a long time, but when an old person dies, they mourn but little, saying that 524 NEW MEXICANS. The name of a deceased person is rarely mentioned, and the Apaches are shy of admitting strangers to a celebration of funeral ceremonies, which mostly take place at night. In general they are averse to speaking upon the subject of death at all. The Navajos, says Mr Davis, "have a superstitious dread of approaching a dead body, and will never go near one when they can avoid it."150 • In the character of the several nations of this division there is a marked contrast. The Apaches as I have said, though naturally lazy like all savages, are in their industries extremely active,—their industries being theft and murder, to which they are trained by their mothers, and in wrhich they display consummate cunning, treach-, ery, and cruelty.151 The Navajos and Mojaves display a more docile nature; their industries, although therein they do not claim to eschew all trickery, being of a they cannot live forever, and it was time they should go.' Parker's Notes on Tex., pp. 192, 236. 150 Bavis' El Gringo, pp. 414^5; Cremony's Apaches, pp. 250, 297. 151 'The quality of mercy is unknown among the Apaches.' Cremony's Apaches, pp. 33-4,193, 215-16, 227-8. ' Perfectly lawless, savage, and brave.' Marcy's Rept, p. 197. ' For the sake of the booty, also take life.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 202. 'Inclined to intemperance in strong drinks.' Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 211. ' Ferocishnos de condicion, de natur- aleza sangrientos.' Almanza, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie hi., torn, iv., p. 824. ^Sumamente vengativo.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 283. 'Alevoso y vengativo caracte.. .rastutos ladrones, y sanguinarios.' Bustamante, in Cavo, Tres Siglos, torn, iii., p. 78. 'I have not seen a more intelligent, cheerful, and grateful tribe of Indians than the roving Apaches.' Colyer, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1871, pp. 15, 47, 51; Garcia Conde, in Soc. Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn, v., pp. 314-15, 317; Boc Hist. N. Viscaya, MS., p. 4; Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 371; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., pp. 322, 326-7; 'Smart, in Smithsonian Rept., 1867, p. 419; Apostolicos Afanes, p. 430; Lacha- pelle, Raousset-Boulbon, p. 83; Turner, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1852, torn, cxxxv., pp. 307, 314; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., pp. 5,6, 8; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, i., p. 294; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 330, 361; Bent, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 243; Ward's Mexico, vol. i., p. 580; Mowry's Arizona, pp. 31-2; Pope, in Pac R. R. Rept., vol. ii., p. 13; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 14, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii.; Gat- latin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 273; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., pp. 291, 295; Hist Chretienne de la Cat, p. 99; Edward's Hist. Tex., p. 95; Peters' Life of Carson, p. 323; Soc Geog., Bulletin, se*rie v., No. 96, p. 187;, Pike's Explor. Trav., p. 341; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 276; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., pp. 462-3; figuier'sSHum. Race, pp. 482, 484; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, p. 419; Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, ii., p. 404; Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 44; Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. Ill; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., pp. 475-6, and Cent. Amer., p. 527; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 117; Whipple, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 99; Sedelmair, Relacion, in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 850; see further, Ind. Aff. Repts., from 1854 to 1872; Stratton's Capt. Oatman Girls, pp. 116, 122. NEW MEXICAN CHAKACTEE. 525 more peaceful, substantial character, such as stock-raising, agriculture, and manufactures. Professional thieving is not countenanced. Though treacherous, they are not naturally cruel; and though deaf to the call of gratitude, they are hospitable and socially inclined. They are ever ready to redeem their pledged word, and never shrink from the faithful performance of a contract. They are brave and intelligent, and possess much natural common sense.152 The Tamajabs have no inclination to share in marauding excursions. Though not wanting in courage, they possess a mild disposition, and are kind to strangers.153 The Comanches are dignified in their deportment, vain in respect to their personal appearance, ambitious of martial fame, unrelenting in their feuds, always exacting blood for blood, yet not sanguinary. They are true to their allies, prizing highly their freedom, hospitable to strangers, sober yet gay, maintaining a grave stoicism in presence of strangers, and a Spartan indifference under severe suffering or misfortune. Formal, discreet, and Arab-like, they are always faithful to the guest who throws himself upon their hospitality. To the valiant and brave is awarded the highest place in their esteem. They are extremely clannish in their social relations. Quarrels among relatives and friends are unheard of among them.154 152 The Navajos: 'Hospitality exists among these Indians to a great extent. .. .Nor are these people cruel... .They are treacherous.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, pp. 292, 295. 'Brave, hardy, industrious.' Colyer, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 89; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 40. ' Tricky and unreliable.' Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., p. 56. The Mojaves: 'They are lazy, cruel, selfish; there is one good quality in them, the exactitude with which they fulfil an agreement.' Ives' Colorado Riv., pp. 20, 71-2; Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 211; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 329; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, ii., p. 234; Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 217-18; Hughes' Boniphan's Ex., p. 203; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 384. 153 Cortez, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. ih\, p. 124. 'Estos indios se aventa- jan en muchas circunstancias a. los yumas y demas naciones del Rio Colorado; son menos molestos y nada ladrones.' Garces, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie ii., torn, i., p. 273; also in Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, p. 472; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 62. 154 ' Grave and dignified.... implacable and unrelenting hospitable, and kind.... affectionate to each other... .jealous of their own freedom.' Marcy's Army Life, pp. 25, 30-1, 34, 36-9, 41, 60. 'Alta estima hacen del valor estas razas nomadas.' Museo Mex., torn, ii., p. 34. ' Loin d'etre cruels, 526 NEW MEXICANS. The non-nomadic semi-civilized town and agricultural peoples of New Mexico and Arizona, the second division ! of this group, I call the Pueblos, or Towns-people, from pueblo, town, population, people, a name given by the Spaniards to such inhabitants of this region as were found, when first discovered, permanently located in comparatively well-built towns. Strictly speaking, the term Pueblos applies only to the villagers settled along the banks of the Rio Grande del Norte and its tributaries, between latitudes 34° 45' and 36° 30', and although the name is employed as a general appellation for this division, it will be used, for the most part, only in its narrower and popular sense. In this division, besides the before-mentioned Pueblos proper, are embraced the Moquis, or villagers of eastern Arizona, and the non-nomadic agricultural nations of the lower Gila River,—the Pimas, Mariccpas, Pdpagos, and cognate tribes. The country of the Towns-people, if we may credit Lieutenant Simpson, is one of u almost universal barrenness," yet interspersed with fertile spots; that of the agricultural nations, though dry, is more generally productive. The fame of this so-called civilization reached Mexico at an early day; first through Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his companions, who belonged to the expedition under the unfortunate Pamphilo de Narvaez, traversing the continent from Florida to the shore of the gulf of California; they brought in exaggerated rumors of great cities to the north, which prompted the expeditions of Marco de Niza in 1539, of Coronado in 1540, and of Espejo in 1586/ These adventurers visited the north in quest of the fabulous kingdoms of Quivira, TontonteaCj Marata and others, in which great riches were said to exist. The name of Quivira was ils-sont tres-doux et tres-fideles dans leurs amities.' Castaneda, in Ternaux- Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 191; Payno, in Revista Cientifica, torn, i., p. 57; Escudero, Noticias de Chihuahua, pp. 229-30; Bomenech, Jour., pp. 13, 137, 469; Soc Geog., Bulletin, torn, v., No. 96, p. 193; Neighbors, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. ii,, pp. 132-3; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., pp. 293, 295; vol. ii., pp. 307, 313; Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 273; Shepard's Land of the Aztecs., p. 182; Pages' Travels, vol. i., p. 107; Calderon de la Barca's Life in Mex., vol. ii., p. 308. THE PUEBLOS. 527 afterwards applied by them to one or more of the pueblo cities. The name Cibola, from dihoh, Mexican bull, bos bison, or wild ox of New Mexico, where the Spaniards first encountered buffalo, was given to seven of the towns which were afterwards known as the seven cities of Cibola. But most of the villages known at the present day were mentioned in the reports of the early expeditions by their present names. The statements in regard to the number of their villages differed from the first. Castaiieda speaks of seven cities.155 The following list, according to Lieutenant Whipple's statement, appears to be the most complete. Commencing north, and following the southward course of the Rio Grande del Norte; Shipap, Acoti, Taos, Picuris, San Juan, Pojuaque, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Nambe, Tesuque, Cochite, Pecos, Santo Domingo, Cuyamanque, Silla, Jemez, San Felipe, Galisteo, Santa Ana, Zandia, Laguna, Acoma, Zuni, Isleta, and Chilili.156 The Moquis who speak a distinct language, and who have many customs peculiar to them- 155 < Tiguex est situe vers le nord, a environ quarahte lieues,' from Cibola. Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 165. 'La province de Cibola contient sept villages; le plus grand se nomme Muzaque.' Id., p. 163. Of two provinces north of Tiguex, ' l'une se nommait Hemes, et renfermait sept villages: l'autre Yuque-Yunque.' Id., p. 138. 'Plus au nord (of Tiguex) est la province de Quirix... et celle de Tutahaco.' Id., p. 168. From Cicuye" to Quivira, 'On compte sept autres villages.' Id., p. 179. 'II existe aussi, d' apres le rapport un autre royaume tres-vaste, nomrne^ Acus; car il y a Ahacus et Acus; Ahacus avec l'aspiration est une des sept villes, et la capitale. Acus sans aspiration est un royaume.' Niza, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 271. 'The kingdome of Toton- teac so much extolled by the Father prouinciall', the Indians say is a hotte lake, about which are fiue or sixe houses; and that there were certaine other, but that they are ruinated by warre. The kingdome of Marata is not to be found, neither haue the Indians any knowledge thereof. The kingdome of Acus is one onely small citie, where they gather cotton which is called Acucu, and I say that this is a towne. For Acus with an aspiration nor without, is no word of they countrey. And because I gesse that they would deriue Acucu of Acus, I say that it is this towne whereinto the kingdom of Acus is conuerted.' Coronado, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 378; Espeio, in Id., pp. 386-394; Mendoza, Lettre, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 296; Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 315; Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 100; mcalanie, in Id., pp. 124-5; Pike's Explor. Trav., pp. 341-2; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., pp 528-9; Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 220; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 197. '156 Wfiipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, pp. 10-12, in Pac R. R. Rept., vol. iii.; Simpson's Jour. Mit Recon., pp. 128-130; Hezio, Noticia de las Misi- ones, in Meline's Two Thousand Miles, pp. 208-9; Chacon, in Id., pp. 210-11; Alencaster, in Id., p. 212; Bavis' El Gringo, p. 115; Calhoun, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 633. 528 NEW MEXICANS. selves, inhabit seven villages, named Oraibe, Shumuth- pa, Mushaiina, Ahlela, Gualpi, Siwinna, and Tegua.157 By the Spanish conquest of New Mexico the natives were probably disturbed less than was usually the case with the vanquished race; the Pueblos being well-domiciled and well-behaved, and having little to be stolen, the invaders adopted the wise policy of permitting them to work in peace, and to retain the customs and traditions of th^ir forefathers as they do, many of them, to this day. Attempts have been made to prove a relationship with the civilized Aztecs of Mexico, but thus far without success. No affinities in language appear to exist; that of the Moquis, indeed, contains a few faint traces of and assimilations to Aztec words, as I shall show in the third volume of this work, but they are not strong enough to support any theory of common origin or relationship.158 The Pimas inhabit the banks of the Gila River about two hundred miles above its confluence with the Colorado. Their territory extends from about the bend of the Gila up the river to a place called Maricopa Coppermine ; northward their boundary is the Salt River, and south the Picacho. They are generally divided, and !57 Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 13, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii. ' Los nombres de los pueblos del Moqui son,- segun lengua de los Yavipais, Sesepaulaba, Masagneve, Janogualpa, Muqui, Concabe y Muca a quien los zunis llaman Oraive, que es en el que estuve.' Garces, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie ii., torn, i., p. 332; Ruxton1 s Adven. Mex., p. 195; Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 127. J58 Affirmations are abundant enough, but they have no foundation whatever in fact, and many are absurd on their face. 'Nous affirmons que les Indiens Pueblos et les anciens Mexicains sont issus d' une seule et ineme souche.' Ruxton, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1850, torn, cxxvi., p. 44. ' These Indians claim, and are generally supposed, to have descended from the ancient Aztec race.' Merriwether, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 174. 'They are the descendants of the ancient rulers of the country.' Bavis' El Gringo, p. 114. 'Thev are the remains of a once powerful people.' Walker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1872, p. 55; Colyer, in Id., 1869, p. 90. 'They (Moquis) are supposed by some to be descended from the band of Welsh, which Prince Madoe took with him on a voyage of discovery, in the twelfth century; and it is said that they weave peculiarly and in the same manner as the people of Wales.' Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 81. ' II est assez singulier que les Moquis soient designes par les trappers et les chasseurs americains, qui penetrent dans leur pays sous le nom d'Indiens Welches.' Ruxton, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1850, torn, cxxvi., p. 55. ' Moques* supposed to be vestiges of Aztecs.' Amer. Quart. Register, vol. i„ p. 17.3; Prichard's Researches, vol. v., p. 431. PIMAS AND PAPAGOS. 529 known as the upper and lower Pimas, which branches show but slight dialectic differences. When first seen their territory extended further southward into Sonora. The Papagos, their neighbors, are closely allied to them by language. In nowise related to them, but very similar in their manners and customs, are the Maricopas, who reside in their immediate vicinity, and who claim to have migrated to that place some centuries ago, from a more westerly territory. All these people, although not dwelling in houses built, like those of the Pueblos, of solid materials, have settled villages in which they reside at all times, and are entirely distinct from the roving and nomadic tribes described in the Apache family. When first found by the Spaniards, they cultivated the soil, and knew how to weave cotton and other fabrics; in fact it was easily observable that they had made a step toward civilization. I therefore describe them together with the Pueblos. The region occupied by them, although containing some good soil, is scantily provided with water, and to enable them to raise crops, they are obliged to irrigate, conducting the water of the Gila to their fields in small canals. The water obtained by digging wells is frequently brackish, and in many places they are forced to carry all the water needed for household purposes quite a long distance. The climate is claimed to be one of the hottest on the American continent. The Pueblos, and Moqui villagers, are a race of small pe6ple,the men averaging about five feet in height, with small hands and feet, well-cut features, bright eyes, and a generally pleasing expression of countenance.159 Their hair is dark, soft, and of fine texture, and their skin a 159 'Les hommes sont petits.' Mendoza, Lettre, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., s^rie i., torn, ix., p. 294. The Moquis are 'of medium size and indifferently proportioned, their features strongly marked and homely, with an expression generally bright and good-natured.' Ives' Colorado Riv., pp. 120-2, 126-7. The Keres 'sind hohen Wuchses.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt. ii., p. 528; Malte-Brun, Pricis de la Gfog., torn, vi., p. 453; Hassel, Mex. Guat., p. 197; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, ii., p. 240; De Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 301; Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., p. 93; Castaneda, in Ternaux- Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 67-8; Ruxton, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1850, torn, cxxvi., pp. 52-3; Pike's Explor. Trav., p. 342. Vol. I. 34 NEW MEXICANS. clear shade of brown.160 The women seldom exceed four feet in height, with figure rotund, but a graceful carriage, and face full, with pretty, intelligent features and good teeth.161 Albinos are at times seen amongst them, who are described as having very fair complexions, light hair, and blue or pink eyes.162 The Pimas and their neighbors are men of fine physique, tall and bony, many of them exceeding six feet in height, broad-chested, erect, and muscular, but frequently light-limbed with small hands, though the feet of both sexes are large. They have large features, expressive of frankness and good nature, with prominent cheek-bones and aquiline nose, those of the women being somewhat retrousses.163 The females are symmetrically formed, with beautifully tapered limbs, full busts, pleasing features, embellished with white and evenly set teeth.164 Their coarse hair grows to a great length and thickness, and their dark complexion becomes yet darker toward the south.165 The ordinary dress of the 160 'The people are somewhat white.' Niza, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 372. ' Much fairer in complexion than other tribes.' Ruxton's Adven. Mex., p. 195; Kendall's Nar., vol. i., p. 379; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 230; Prichard's Researches, vol. v., pp. 423, 431; Walker, in S. F. Herald, Oct. 15, 1853; Bomenech's Deserts, vol. ii., p. 41. i6i < Prettiest squaws I have yet seen.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 111. Good looking and symmetrical. Davis' El Gringo, pp. 421-2. 162 rpen BrQgcfy m Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 81. 'Many of the inhabitants have white skin, fair hair, and blue eyes. Domenech's Desevts, vol. i., p. 210, vol. ii., p. 66; Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 220-1; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 285; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 456. 163 * A robust and well-formed race.' Cremony's Apaches, pp. 90, 103. 'Well built, generally tall and bony.' Walker's Pimas, MS. The Maricopas ' sont de stature plus haute et plus athletique que les Pijmos.' Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 290; see also Emory, in Fremont and Emory's Notes of Trav., pp. 49, 50; Id., in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. ii., p. 12; Domenech's Deserts, vol. ii., p. 19; Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, iii., p. 103; Murr, Nachrichten, p. 196; Emory's Reconnoissance, p. 132; Bigler's Early Days in Utah and Nevada, MS.; Johnson's Hist Arizona, p. 11; Brackett, in Western Monthly, p. 169; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 448; San Francisco Bulletin, July, 1860. 164 'Las mujeres hermosas.' Mange, in Doc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, i., pp. 298, 364. 'Rather too much inclined to embonpoint.' Ives' Colorado Riv., pp. 31, 33, 39; Bartlett'sPers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 229. 165 'Ambos secsos no mal parecidos y muy melenudos.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, pp. 116, 161. 'Triguehos de color.' Sedelmair, Relacion, in Doc.Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 851. 'Die Masse, Dicke und Lange ihres Haupthaares grenzt an das Unglaubliche.' Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii. p. 455; Id., Cent Amer., p. 513; Prichard's Nat Hist Man, vol. ii., p. 557; Pattie's Pers. Nar., pp. 143-5, 149; Stratton's Capt. Oatman Girls, p. 180. DRESS OF THE PUEBLOS. Pueblos is the breech-cloth and blanket; some add a blouse of cotton or deer-skin, a waist-belt, and buckskin leggins and moccasins. The women wear a long, cotton, sleeveless tunic, confined round the waist by a colored girdle, a species of cape bordered in different colors, fastened round the neck at the two corners, and reaching down to the waist, while over the head a shawl is thrown. The feet are protected by neat moccasins of deer-skin or woolen stuff, surmounted by leggins of the same material. They have a habit of padding the leggins, which makes them appear short-legged with small feet.166 The men bind a handkerchief or colored band round the head. Young women dress the hair in a peculiarly neat and becoming style. Parting it at the back, they roll it round hoops, when it is fastened in two high bunches, one on each side of the head, placing sometimes a single feather in the center: married women gather it into two tight knots at the side or one at the back of the head; the men cut it in front of the ears, and in a line with the eye-brows, while at the back it is plaited or gathered into a single bunch, and tied with a band.166 On gala occasions they paint and adorn themselves in many grotesque styles; arms, legs, and exposed portions of the body are covered with stripes or rings, 166 «Heads are uncovered.' Buxton's Adven. Mex., p. 196. 'Los hombres visten, y calcan de cuero, y las mugeres, que se precian de largos cabellos, cubren sus cabecas y verguencas con lo mesmo.' Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 275. 'De kleeding bestond uit kotoene mantels, huiden tot broeken, genaejrt, schoenen en laerzen van goed leder.' Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, pp. 209, 217-18. The women 'having the calves of their legs wrapped or stuffed in such a manner as to give them a swelled appearance.' Sampson's Jour. Mil. Recon., pp. 14, 115; DeLaet, Novus Orbis, pp. 297-8, 301, 303, 312-13; Coro- nado, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii. pp. 377, 380; Espejo, in Id., pp. 384-96; Niza, in Id., pp. 368, 370; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 457; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, pp. 30, 122, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. hi.; Domenech's Deserts, vol. i., pp. 197, 203, vol. ii., pp. 213, 281; TenBroeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 73-88; Wizlizenus' Tour, p. 26;'Larenaudie're, Mex. et Gaut, p. 147; Warden, Recherches, p. 79; Marcy's Army Life, pp. 99-100, 105-6; Foste7''s Pre-Hist. Races, p. 394; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., sene i., torn, ix., pp. 61-68, 76, 163, 173, 177; Jaramillo, in Id., pp. 369-371; Ives' Colorado Riv., pp. 119-127; Ruxton, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1850, torn, cxxvi., p. 53; Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 220; Abert, in Emory'sReconnolssance, p. 471; Mayer's Mex., Aztec, etc., vol. ii., p. 359; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 217, 283; Kendall's Nar., vol. i., p. 379; Revilla-Gigedo, Carta, MS.; Alcedo, Diccionario, torn, iv., p. 388; Arricivita, Crdnica Serdfica, p. 479; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., pp. 248, 279-80; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn. ii. pp. 195, 239. 532 NEW MEXICANS. and conical-shaped head-dresses; feathers, sheep-skin wigs, and masks, are likewise employed.167 The habiliments of the Pimas are a cotton serape of their own manufacture, a breech-cloth, with sandals of raw-hide or deer-skin. Women wear the same kind of serape, wound round the loins and pinned, or more frequently tucked in at the waist, or fastened with a belt in which different-colored wools are woven; some wear a short petticoat of deer-skin or bark.168 They wear no headdress. Like the Pueblos, the men cut the hair short across the forehead, and either plait it in different coils behind, which are ornamented with bits of bone, shells, or red cloth, or mix it with clay, or gather it into a turban shape on top of the head, leaving a few ornamented and braided locks to hang down over the ears.169 Each paints in a manner to suit the fancy; black, red, and yellow are the colors most in vogue, black being alone used for war paint. Some tattoo their newly born children round the eyelids, and girls, on arriving at the age of maturity, tattoo from the corners of the mouth to the chin. Some tribes oblige their women to cut the hair, others permit it to grow.170 For ornament, shell 167 Both sexes go bareheaded. * The hair is worn long, and is done up in a great queue that falls down behind.' Davis' El Gringo, pp. 147, 154-5, 421. The women * trencan los cabellos, y rodeanse los a la cabeca, por sobre las orejas.' Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 273. 'Llevan las viejas el pelo hecho dos trenzas y las mozas un mono sobre cada oreja.' Garces, Diario, in Doc Hist. Mex., serie ii., torn, i., pp. 328-9; Eaton, in. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 220. 168 t Van vestidos estos indios con f razadas de algodon, que ellos fabrican, y otras de lana.' Garces, Diario, in Doc Hist. Mex., serie ii., torn, i., p. 235. Their dress is cotton of domestic manufacture. Emory's Reconnoissance, p. 132. 'Kunstreich dagegen sind die bun ten Giirtel gewebt, mit denen die Madchen ein Stuck Zeug als Rock um die Huften binden.' Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn. ii., pp. 440,447; Browne's Apache Country, p. 68; Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 123; Bartlett'sPers. Nar., vol. i., p. 452, vol. ii., pp. 216-7, 219; Cremony's Apaches, p. 104; Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn. iii. p. 103; Ives* Colorado Riv., pp. 31,33; Mowry's Arizona, p. 30; Mange, in Doc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, i., pp. 364r-5; Velasco, Noticias de Senora, p. 116; Briefe aus den Verein. Staat, torn, ii., p. 322. 169 «Men neVer cut their hair.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 90. They plait and wind it round their heads in many ways; one of the most general forms a turban which they smear with wet earth. Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., pp. 454-6; Fremont and Emory's Notes of Trav., p. 47; Emory, in Pac. R. R. Rept., vol. ii. p. 9; Pattie's Pers. Nar., pp. 143,145,149; Browne's ApacliA Country, p. 107; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 296. ViQ Sonora, Descrip. Geog., in Doc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 542. PIMA AND MARICOPA DWELLINGS. 533 and bead necklaces are used; also ear-rings of a blue stone found in the mountains.171 The dwellings of the agricultural Pimas, Maricopas, and Papagos consist of dome-shaped huts, either round or oval at the base. There are usually thirty or more to a village, and they are grouped with some regard to regularity. Strong forked stakes are firmly fixed in the ground at regular distances from each other, the number varying according to the size of the hut, cross-poles are laid from one to the other, around these are placed cotton-wood poles, which are bent over and fastened to the transverse sticks, the structure is then wattled with willows, reeds, or coarse straw, and the whole covered with a coat of mud. The only openings are an entrance door about three feet high, and a small aperture in the center of the roof that serves for ventilation. Their height is from five to seven feet, and the diameter from twenty to fifty. Outside stands a shed, open at all sides with a roof of branches or corn-stalks, under which they prepare their food. Their houses are occupied mainly during the rainy season ; in summer they build light sheds of twigs in their corn-fields, which not only are more airy', but are also more convenient in watching their growing crops. Besides the dwelling-place, each family has a granary, similar in shape and of like materials but of stronger construction; by frequent plastering with mud they are made impervious to rain.172 The towns of the Pueblos 'All of them paint, using no particular design; the men mostly with dark colors, the women, red and yellow.' Walker's Pimas, MS.; Johnson's Hist, Arizona, p. 11. 'The women when they arrive at maturity,.... .draw two lines with some blue-colored dye from each corner of the mouth to the chin.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 228. 171 ' Adornanse con gargantillas de caracolillos del mar, entreverados de otras cuentas de concha colorada redonda.' Mange, in Boc.Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, i., p. 299. 'They had many ornaments of sea shells.' Emory's Reconnaissance, p. 132. ' Some have long strings of sea-shells.' Bartletl's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 230-1. ' Rarely use ornaments.' Walker's Pimas, MS.; Murr, Nachrichten, pp. 252-6; Sedelmair, Relacion, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 850-1. !72 Cremony's Apaches, p. 91; Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn. 131, p. 292; Browne's Apache Country, p. 108. The Maricopas 'occupy thatched cottages, thirty or forty feet in diameter, made of the twigs of cotton-wood trees, interwoven with, the straw of wheat, corn-stalks, and cane.' Emory's Reconnoissance, p. 132; Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Bound- 534 NEW MEXICANS. are essentially unique, and are the dominant feature of these aboriginals. Some of them are situated in valieys, others on mesas; sometimes they are planted on elevations almost inaccessible, reached only by artificial grades or by steps cut in the solid rock. Some of the towns are of an elliptical shape, while others are square, a town being frequently but a block of buildings. Thus a Pueblo consists of one or more squares, each enclosed by three or four buildings of from three to four hundred feet in length, and about one hundred and fifty feet in width at the base, and from two to seven stories of from eight to nine feet each in height. The buildings forming the square do not meet, but in some cases are connected by bridges or covered gangways, and in some instances the houses project over the streets below, which being narrow, are thus given an underground appearance. The stories are built in a series of gradations or retreating surfaces, decreasing in size as they rise, thus forming a succession of terraces. In some of the towns these terraces are on both sides of the building; in others they face only toward the outside; while again in others they are on the inside. In front of the terraces is a parapet, which serves as a shelter for the inhabitants when forced to defend themselves against an attack from the outside. These terraces are about six feet wide, and extend round the three or four sides of the square, forming a walk for ary Survey, vol. i., p. 117; Mange, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, i., pp. 277, 365-6. 'Leurs (Papagos) maisons sont de formes coniques et con- struites en jonc et en bois.' 'Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., T$o. 96, p. 188; Walker's Pimas, MS.; Villa-Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn, ii., p. 395; Sedel- mair, Relacion, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 851; Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, pp. 115, 161. ' Andere, besonders die dummen Papagos, machten Locher und schliefen des Nachts hierinnen; ja im Winter machten sie in ihren Dachslochern zuvor Feuer, und hitzten dieselben.' Murr, Nachrichten, p. 245. ' Their summer shelters are of a much more temporary nature, being constructed after the manner of a common arbor, covered with willow rods, to obstruct the rays of the vertical sun.' Hughes' Boniphan's Ex., p. 222. In front of the Pimo house is usually 'a large arbor, on top of which is piled the cotton in the pod, for drying.' Emory, in Fremont and Emory's Notes of Trav., p. 48. The Papagos' huts were ' fermees par des peaux de bufiies.' Ferry, Scenes de la Vie Sauvage, p. 107. Granary built like the Mexican jakals. They are better structures tiian their dwellings, more open, in order to give a free circulation of air through the grain deposited in them. Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. L, p 382, vol. ii., pp. 223-5. PUEBLO HOUSES. 535 the occupants of the story resting upon it, and a roof for the story beneath; so with the stories above. As there is no inner communication with one another, the only means of mounting to them is by ladders which stand at convenient distances along the several rows of ter- races, and they may be drawn up at pleasure, thus cutting off all unwelcome intrusion. The outside walls of one or more of the lower stories are entirely solid, having no openings of any kind, with the exception of, in some towns, a few loopholes. All the doors and windows are on the inside opening on the court. The several stories of these huge structures are divided into multitudinous compartments of greater or lesser size, which are apportioned to the several families of the tribe. Access is had to the different stories by means of the ladders, which at night and in times of danger are drawn up after the person entering. To enter the rooms on the ground floor from the outside, one must mount the ladder to the first balcony or terrace, therc descend through a trap door in the floor by another ladder on the inside. The roofs or ceilings, which are nearly flat, are formed of transverse beams which slope slightly outward, the ends resting on the side walls; on these, to make the floor and terrace of the story above, is laid brush wood, then a layer of bark or thin slabs, and over all a thick covering of mud sufficient to render them water-tight. The windows in the upper stories are made of flakes of selenite instead of glass. The rooms are large, the substantial partitions are made of wood, and neatly whitewashed. The apartments on the ground- floor are gloomy, and generally used as store-rooms; those above are sometimes furnished with a small fireplace, the chimney leading out some feet above the terrace. Houses are common property, and both men and women assist in building them; the men erect the wooden frames, and the women make the mortar and build the walls. In place of lime for mortar, they mix ashes with earth and charcoal. They make adobes or sun-dried bricks by mixing ashes and earth with water, which is: 536 NEW MEXICANS. then moulded: into large blocks and dried in ,the sun. Some of the towns are built with stones laid in mud. Captain Simpson describes several ruined cities, which he visited, which show that the inhabitants formerly had a knowledge of architecture and design superior to any that the Pueblos of the present day possess. Yet their buildings are even now well constructed, for although several stories in height, the walls are seldom more than three or four feet in thickness. The apartments are well arranged and neatly kept; one room is used for cooking, another for grinding corn and preserving winter supplies of food, others for sleeping-rooms. On the balconies, round the doors opening upon them, the villagers congregate to gossip and smoke, while the streets below, wrhen the ladders are drawn up, present a gloomy and forsaken appearance. Sometimes villages are built in the form of an open square with buildings on three sides, and again two or more large terraced structures capable of accommodating one or two thousand people are built contiguous to each other, or on opposite banks of a stream. In some instances the outer wall presents one unbroken line, without entrance or anything to indicate the busy life within; another form is to join the straight walls, which encompass three sides of a square, by a fourth circular wall; in all of which the chief object is defense. The Pueblos take great pride in their picturesque and, to them, magnificent structures, affirming that as fortresses they have ever proved impregnable. To wall out black barbarism was what the Pueblos wanted, and to be let alone; under these conditions time was giving them civilization.173 173 Villa-Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn, ii., p. 412; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept., pp. 21, 23,.122, in Pac R. R. Rept., vol.ii.; Scenes in the Rocky Mts., p. 177; Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 25, 30-1. 'Ellas son las que hacen, y edifican las Casas, assi de Piedra, como de Adove, y Tierra amasada; y con no tener la Pared mas de vn pie de ancho, suben las Casas dos, y tres, y quatro, y cinco Sobrados, 6 Altos; y a cada Alto, corresponde vn Corredor por de fuera; si sobre esta altura hechan mas altos, d Sobrados (porque ay Casas que llegan a siete) son los demas, no de Barro, sino de Madera.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 681. For further particulars, see Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 2, 42, 58, 69, 71, 76, 80, 138, 163, 167, 169; Niza, in Id., pp. .261, 269, 270, 279; Biaz, in Id., pp. 293, 296; Jaramillo, in Id., pp. 369, PUEBLO ESTUFAS. 537 The sweat-house, or as the Spaniards call it, the estufa, assumes with the Pueblos the grandest proportions. Every village has from one to six of these singular structures. A large, semi-subterranean room, it is at once bath-house, town-house, council-chamber, club-room, and church. It consists of a large excavation, the roof being about on a level with the ground, sometimesalittle above it, and is supported by heavy timbers or pillars of masonry. Around the sides are benches, and in the center of the floor a square stone box for fire, wherein aromatic plants are kept constantly burning. Entrance is made by means of a ladder, through a hole in the top placed directly over the fire-place so that it also serves as a ventilator and affords a free passage to the smoke. Usually they are circular in form and of both large and small dimensions; they are placed either within the great building or underground in the court without. In some of the ruins they are found built in the center of what was once a pyramidal pile, and four stories in height. At Jemez the estufa is of one story, twenty-five feet wide by thirty feet high. The ruins of Chettro Kettle contain six estufas, each two or three stories in height. At Bonito are estufas one hundred and seventy-five feet in circumference, built in alternate layers of thick and 370; Cordoue, in Id., torn, x., pp. 438-9; Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., pp. 13, 90, 114; Bent, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 244; Ten Broeck, in Id., vol. iv., pp. 76, 80, and plates, pp. 24, 72; Warden, Recherches, p. 79; Ruxton's Adven. Mex., p. 191; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 455; Malte-Brun, PrCcis de la G4og., torn, vi., p. 453; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 278; Mayer's Mex., Aztec, etc., vol. ii., p. 359; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., pp. 268, 276; Hughes' Doniphan's Ex., p. 195; Garces, Diario, in Doc. Hist. Mex., serie ii., torn, i., p. 322; Ives' Colorado Riv., pp. 119, 121, 126; Marcy's Army Life, pp. 97, 99, 104, 105; Ruxton, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1850, torn, cxxvi.,~pp. 42, 45, 52, 57; Gallatin, in Id., 1851, torn, cxxxi., pp. 248, 257,267, 270, 277, 278,288; Espejo, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., pp. 385, 392, 394-6; Cor- onado, in Id., vol. iii., pp. 377, 379; Niza, in Id., vol. iii., pp. 367,372; Muh- lenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt. ii., p. 538; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, ii., p. 238; Id., Tagebuch, pp. 217-18, 285; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, pp. 209, 215, 217. The town of Cibola 'domos e lapidibus et caemento.affa- bre constructas et conjunctim dispositas esse, superliminaria portarum cya- neisgemmis, (Turcoides vocant)ornata.' DeLaet,Novus Orbis,pp. 297, 311-14; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, p. 480. ' The houses are well distributed and very neat. One room is designed for the kitchen, and another to grind the gram. This last is apart, and contains a furnace and three stones made fast in masonry.' Davis' El Gringo, pp. 118-20, 141, 311, 313, 318, 420, 422; Castano de Sosa, Li Pacheco, Col. Doc. Biect, torn, iv., pp. 329-30; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 178; Foster's Pre-Hist. Races, p. 394. 538 NEW MEXICANS. thin stone slabs. In these subterranean temples the old men met in secret council, or assembled in worship of their gods. Here are held dances and festivities, social intercourse, and mourning ceremonies. Certain of the Pueblos have a custom similar to that practiced by some of the northern tribes, the men sleeping in the sweat-house with their feet to the fire, and permitting women to enter only to bring them food. The estufas of Tiguex were situated in the heart of the village, built underground, both round and square, and paved with large polished stones.174 From the earliest information we have of these nations they are known to have been tillers of the soil; and though the implements used and their methods of cultivation were both simple and primitive, cotton, corn, wheat, beans, with many varieties of fruits, which constituted their principal food, were raised in abundance. The Pueblos breed poultry to a considerable extent; fish are eaten whenever obtainable, as also a few wild animals, such as deer, hares, and rabbits, though they are indifferent hunters.175 The P&pagos, whose country does 174 In the province of Tucayan, 'domiciliis inter se junctis et affabre con- structis, in quibus et tepidaria quae vulgo Stuvas appellamus, sub terra constructs adversus hyemis vehementiam.' De Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 301. 'In the centre was a small square box of stone, in which was a fire of guava bushes, and around this a few old men were smoking.' Marcy's Army Life, p. 110. 'Estufas, que mas propiamente deberian Uamar sinagogas. En estas hacen sus juntas, forman sus conciliabulos, y ensayan sus bailes a puerta cerrada.' Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn. i.,p. 333; Beaumont, Crdn. de Mechoacan, MS., p. 418; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 273; Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., pp. 13, 21; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 139,165, 169-70,176; Espejo, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., pp. 392-3; Niel, in Doc. Hfst. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 90-1. 175' Magna ipsis Mayzii copia et leguminum.' De Laet, Novus Orbis, pp. 298, 302, 310-13, 315. 'Hallaron en los pueblos y casas muchos manteni- mientos, y gran infinidad de gallinas de la tierra.' Espejo, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii. pp. 386, 393. 'Criaban las Indias muchas Gallinas de la Tierra.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn. i. p. 678. ' Zy leven by mair, witte erweten, haesen, konynen en vorder wild-braed.' Montanus, Nieuwe Weer.eld, p. 215, and Dapper, Neue Welt, p. 242. Compare Scenes in the Rocky Mts., p. 177; Marcy's Army Life, pp. 97-8, 104, 108; Cortez, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 122; Sitgreaves' Zuni Ex., pp. 5-6; Jaramillo, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., sene i., torn, ix., pp. 369-71; Diaz, in Id., pp. 294r-5; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., pp. 268, 281; Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 86; Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., pp. 16, 82, 91, 113; Wislizenus' Tour, p. 26,; Bent, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 244; Ruxton, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1850, torn, cxxvi., p. 52; Gallatin, in Id., 1851, torn, cxxxi., pp. 270-1, 279, 288-9, 292, 297; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., pp. 439, 445, 453; Moll- HOW FOOD IS OBTAINED. 539 not present such favorable conditions for agriculture are forced to rely for a subsistence more upon wild fruits and animals than the nations north of them. They collect large quantities of the fruit of the pitahaya (ce~ reus giganteusj, and in seasons of scarcity resort to whatever is life-sustaining, not disdaining even snakes, lizards, and toads.176 Most of these people irrigate their lands by means of conduits or ditches, leading either from the river or from tanks in which rain-water is collected and stored for the purpose. These ditches are kept in repair by the community, but farming operations are carried on by each family for its own separate benefit, which is a noticeable advance from the usual savage communism.177 Fishing nets are made of twisted thread or of small sticks joined together at the ends. When the rivers are low, fish are caught in baskets or shot with arrows to which a string is attached.178 The corn which is stored for winter use, is first par-boiled in the shuck, and then suspended from strings to dry; peaches are dried in large quantities, and melons are preserved by peeling and removing the seeds, when they are placed hausen, Reisen in the Felsengeb., torn, ii., pp. 239,284; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., pp. 178, 214-18, 233-7; Browne's Apache Country, pp. 78, 94, 107-10, 141-2, 276-7; Sedelmair, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 848, 850; Id., serie iv., torn, i., p. 19; Emory's Reconnoissance, p. 131; Mowry's Arizona, p. 30; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 278; Hughes' Boniphan'sEx., pp. 196, 221; Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 221; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 273; Ind. Aff. Repts., from 1857 to 1872. 176 «Para su sustento no reusa animal, por inmundo que sea.' Villa-Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn, ii., p. 395. 'Los papagos se mantienen de los fru- tos silvestres.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, pp. 160-1. 'Hatten grossen Appetit zu Pferd- und Mauleselfleisch.' Murr, Nachrichten, pp. 247-9, 207, 282-92; Sonora, Bescrip., Geog., in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie hi., torn, iv., pp. 837-8; Soc Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 188; Stone, in Hist Maq., vol. v., p. 166. 177 The Pimas ' Hacen grandes siembras... para cuyo riego tienen forma- das buenas acequias.' Garces, Biario, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie ii., torn, i., pp. 235, 237. ' We were at once impressed with the beauty, order, and disposition of the arrangements for irrigating.' Emory, in Fremont and Emory's Notes of Trav., pp. 47-8. With the Pueblos: ' Regen-bakken vergaederden 't water: of zy leiden 't uit eenrievier door graften.' Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 218; Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 312; Espejo, in Hakluyt's Voy., torn, iii., pp. 385-r, 392-4; Cutts' Conq. of Cat, p. 196. 178 Walker's Pimas, MS.; Mange, Binerario, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, i., p. 299. ' Usan de hilo torcido unas redes y otras de varios palitos, que los tuercen y juntan por las puntas.' Sedelmair, Relacion, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 851-2. 540 NEW MEXICANS. in the sun, and afterward hung up in trees. Meal is ground on the metate and used for making porridge, tortillas, and a very thin cake called guayave, which latter forms a,staple article of food amongst the Pueblos. The process of making the guayave, as seen by Lieutenant Simpson at Santo Domingo on the Rio Grande, is thus described in his journal. " At the house of the governor I noticed a woman, probably his wife, going through the process of baking a very thin species of corn cake, called, according to Gregg, guayave. She was hovering over a fire, upon which lay a flat stone. Near her was a bowl of j thin corn paste, into which she thrust her fingers; allowing then the paste to drip sparingly upon the stone, with two or three wipes from the palm of her hand she would spread it entirely and uniformly over the stone; this was no sooner done than she peeled it off as fit for use; and the process was again and again repeated, until a sufficient quantity was obtained. When folded and rolled together, it does not look unlike (particularly that made from the blue corn) a hornet's nest—a name by which it is sometimes called." The Pimas do all their cooking out of doors, under a shed erected for the purpose. They collect the pulp from the fruit of the pitahaya, and boiling it in water, make a thick syrup, which they store away for future use. They also dry the fruit in the sun like figs.179 The Pueblos and Moquis are remarkable for their personal cleanliness and the neatness of their dwellings.180 ito 'Hacen de la Masa de Mafz por la manana Atole Tambien hacen Tamales, y Tortillas.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 679. ' The fruit of the petajaya is dried in the sun.' Cremony's Apaches, pp. 89, ,91, 106, 111-12. 'From the suwarrow (Cereus Giganteus) and pitaya they make an excellent preserve.' Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 123. See also Ives' Colorado Riv., pp. 31, 45, 121, 123, 126; Carleton, in Smithsonian Rept, 1854, p. 308; Ten BrOeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch, vol. iv., pp. 8, 76; Coronado, in Hakluyt's Voy., torn, hi., p. 378; Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., pp. 113, 115; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 61, 71, 164, 170-2; Bavis' El Gringo, pp. 114,119, 121-2, 147-8; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 218-9, 285. '!8o Ives' Colorado Riv., pp. 119-20, 124. .«Ils vont faire leurs odeurs au loin, et rassemblent les urines dans de grands vases de terre que Ton va vider hors du village.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 171. PTJEBLO WEAPONS. 541 Their weapons are bows and arrows, spears, and clubs. The Pueblos use a crooked stick, which they throw some- w hat in the manner of the boomerang; they are exceedingly skillful in the use of the sling, with a stone from which they are said to be able to hit with certainty a small mark or kill a deer at the distance of a hundred yards. For defense, they use a buckler or shield made of raw hide. Their arrows are carried in skin quivers or stuck in the belt round the waist.181 Bows are made of willow, and are about six feet in length, strung with twisted deer-sinews; arrows are made of reeds, into which a piece of hard wood is fitted.182 The Pimas WTing their war arrows witfc three feathers and point them with flint, while for hunting purposes they have only two feathers and wooden points.183 It has been stated that they poison them, but there does not appear to be good foundation for this, assertion.184 Clubs, which are used in hand-to-hand combats, are made of a hard, heavy wood, measuring from twenty to twenty-four inches in length. In former days they were sharpened by inserting flint or obsidian along the edge.185 181 \ The only defensive armor they use is a rude shield made of raw bull- hide.' Bavis' El Gringo, pp. 145-6. * BoWs and arrows, and the wooden boomerang.' Colyer, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 91. The Papagos' 'armes sont la massue, la lance et l'arc; ils portent aussi une cuirasse et un bouclier en peau de bufile.' Soc. Geog^ Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 188. For further comparisons see Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept., p. 30, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii.; Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i.f p. 280; Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 300; Larenaudiere, Mex. et Guatf, p. 147.; Pike's Explor. Trav., j>. 342; Niza, in Hakluyt's Voy., torn, hi., p. 372; MUhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 528; Mange, Itinerario, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., tomi., p. 299; Sedelmair, in Id., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 851; Salmeron, Relaciones, in Id., p. 106; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., i>p. 217, 237. ^Bows 'of strong willow-boughs.' Walker's Pimas, MS. 'Bows are six feet in length, and made of a very tough and elastic kind of wood, which the Spaniards call Tarnio.' Pattie's Pers. Nar., pp. 91, 149. 1*3 «The Pima »arrows differ from those of all the Apache tribes in having only two feathers.' Cremony's Apaches, p. 103. 'War arrows have stone points and three feathers; hunting arrows, two feathers and a wooden point.' Walker's Pimas, MS.; Coronado, in Hakluyt's Voy., torn. iii. p. 380. is* The Pimas: 'Flechas, ennervadas con el eficaz mortifero veneno que componen de varias ponzonas, y el zumo de la yerba llamada enpima Usap.' Mange, Itinerario, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, i., p. 307. 'DieSpitzen ihrer Pfeile welcher mit einer dunklen Substanz uberzogen waren. Sie behaupteten das diese aus Schlangengift bestehe,. was mir indess unwahr- scheinlich ist.' Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 438; Castaneda, in Ternaux- Compans, Voy., $ene i., torn, ix., pp. 59, i07, 126. 185 <rjna macana, como clava o porra. :. .Estas son de un palo muy duro 542 NEW MEXICANS. The Pimas wage unceasing war against the Apaches, and the Pueblos are ever at enmity with their neighbors, the Navajos. The Pueblos are securely protected by the position and construction of their dwellings, from the top of which they are able to watch the appearance and movements of enemies, and should any be daring enough to approach their walls, they are greeted by a shower of stones and darts. As an additional protection to their towns, they dig pitfalls on the trails leading to them, at the bottom of which sharp-pointed stakes are driven, the top of the hole being carefully covered.180 Expeditions are sometimes organized against the Navajos for the recovery of stolen property. On such occcasions the Towns-people equip themselves with the heads, horns, and tails of wild animals, paint the body and plume the head.187 Lieutenant Simpson mentions a curious custom observed by them, just previous to going into action. "They halted on the way to receive from their -chiefs some medicine from the medicine bags which each of them carried about his person. This they rubbed upon their heart, as they said, to make it big and brave.'' The Pueblos fight on horseback in skirmishing order, and keep up a running fight, throwing the body into various attitudes, the better to avoid the enemies' missiles, at the same time discharging their arrows with rapidity.188 The Pimas, who fight usually on foot, when they decide on going to war, select their best warriors, who are sent y pesado.' Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 556. ' Macanas, que son vnas palos de media vara de largo, y llanos todos de pedernales agudos, que bastan a partir por medio vn hombre.' Espejo, in Hakluyt's Voy., torn, iii., pp. 386, 393. 186 < De grosses pierres avaient ete rassemblees au sommet, pour les rouler sur quiconque attaquerait la place.' Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 270. 'Theyhave placed around all the trails leading to the town, pits, ten feet deep.' Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 81. See further, Coronado, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 376; Browne's Apache Country, p. 279; Sonora, Bescrip. Geog.^in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn iv., p. 840; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 179. 187 ' Painted to the eyes, their own heads and their horses covered with all the strange equipments that the brute creation could afford.' Emory's Reconnoissaxice, p. 37. 188 < Sometimes a fellow would stoop almost to the earth, to shoot under ?Vs horse's belly, at full speed.' Emory's Reconnoissance, p. 37. WAR CEREMONIES. 543 to not Ty the surrounding villages, and a place of meeting is named where a grand council is held. A fire being lighted and a circle of warriors formed, the proceedings are opened by war songs and speeches, their prophet is consulted, and in accordance with his professional advice, their plan of operations is arranged.189 The attack is usually made about day-break, and conducted with much pluck and vigor. They content themselves with proximate success, and seldom pursue a flying foe.190 During the heat of battle they spare neither sex nor age, but if prisoners are taken, the males are crucified or otherwise cruelly put to death, and the women and children sold as soon as possible.191 The successful war party on its return is met by the inhabitants of the villages, scalps are fixed on a pole, trophies displayed, and feasting and dancing indulged in for several days and nights; if unsuccessful, mourning takes the place of feasting, and the death-cries of the women resound through the villages.192 For farming implements they use plows, shovels, harrows, hatchets, and sticks, all of wood.193 Baskets of willow-twigs, so closely woven as to be water-tight, and ornamented with figures; and round, baked, and glazed earthen vessels, narrow at the top, and decorated with paintings or enamel, are their household utensils.194 For 189 Walker's Pimas, MS. 190 Cremony's Apaches, p. 106. i9i Qregg'g Com. Prairies, vol. i., pp. 274-5; Browne's Apache Country, p. 104; Pattie's Pers. Nar., pp. 93,148; Cults' Cong, of Cat, p. 223; Soc. Giog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 188. 192 rpen Broe^ jn Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 78-9; Murr, Nachrichten, p. 206; Cremony's Apaches, pp. 108-9. 19a Walker's Pimas, MS.; Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., pp. 292-4. 194 Baskets and pottery ' are ornamented with geometrical figures.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 382, vol. ii., pp. 227-8, 236. 'Schusselformige runde Korbe (Coritas), diese flechten sie aus einem hornformigen, gleich einer Ahle spitzigen Unkraute.' Murr, Nachrichten, p. 193. The Pueblos had ' de la vaiselle de terre tres-belle, bien vernie et avec beaucoup d'ornements. On y vit aussi de grands jarres remplies d'un me'tal brillant qui servait a faire le vernis de cette faience.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy.,-s6rie i., torn, ix., pp. 138, 173, 185; see also Niza, in Id., p. 259. 'Th^y (Pueblos) vse vessels of gold and siluer.' Niza, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 372; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, pp. 216, 271, 273, 279; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 435; Marey's Army Bife, pp. 97, 111; Carleton, in Smitlisonian Rept, 1854, p.SOS; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii.,pp.457, 459; Gregg's Com.Prai- 544 NEW MEXICANS. mashing hulled corn they used the metate, a Mexican implement, made of two stones, one concave and the other convex, hereafter more fully described. Among their household utensils there must also be mentioned hair sieves, hide ropes, water-gourds, painted fans, stone pipes, and frame panniers connected .with a netting to carry loads on their backs.195 In their manufacture of blankets, of cotton and woolen cloths, and stockings, the Pueblos excel their neighbors, the Navajos, although employing essentially the same method, and using similar looms and spinning instruments, as have been described in the preceding pages. Although the women perform most of this work, as well as tanning ■ leather, it is said that the men also are expert in knitting woolen stockings. According to Miihlenpfordt the Pimas and Maricopas make a basket-boat which they call cara, woven so tight as to be water-proof without the aid of pitch or other application.196 All these nations, particularly the Pueblos, have great droves of horses, mules, donkeys, cattle, sheep, and goats grazing on the extensive plains, and about their houses poultry, turkeys, and dogs. The flocks they either leave entirely unprotected, or else the owner herds them himself, or from ries, vol. i., p. 278; Foster's Pre-Hist. Races, p. 393; Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., p. 97; Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 425; Coronado, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii.', p. 380; Browne's Apache Country, pp.68, 109, 112, ,276. 195 'All the inhabitants,of the Citie (Cibola) lie vponbeddes raysed a good height from the ground, with quilts and canopies ouer them, wnich couer the sayde Beds.' Niza, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. hi., p. 370: Id., in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 271. The Quires had 'umbracula (vulgo Tirazoles) quibus Sinenses utuntur Solis, Lunae, et Stellarum imagi- nibus eleganter picta.' Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 312; Espejd, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol Iii., p. 393. The Moquis' chief men have pipes made of smooth polished stone. Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 87; Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 121. 196 Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 72, 76, 87. ' Sie flech- ten von zartgeschlitzten Palmen auf Damastart die schonsten ganz leich'en Huthe, aus einem Stiicke.' Murr, Nachrichten, p. 192. The Maricopa blankets will turn rain. Cremony's Apaches, pp. 106, 90. The Moquis wove blankets from the wool of their sheep, and made cotton cloth from the indiare- nous staple. Poston, in Ind. Aff. Rept^ 1863, p. 388. The Maricopas make a heavy cloth of wool and cotton, ' used by the women to put around their loins; and an article from 3 to 4 inches wide, used as a band for the head, or a girdle for the waist.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 224. 'Rupicapra- rum tergora eminebant (among the Yumanes) tarn industrie praeparata ut cum Belgicis certarent.' Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 310. PUEBLO TRADE. 545 each village one is appointed by the war captain to do sa The Papagos carry on an extensive trade in salt, taken from the great inland salt lakes. Besides corn, they manufacture and sell a syrup extracted from the pitahaya.197 The laws regulating inheritance of property are not well defined. Among some there is nothing to inherit, as all is destroyed when the person dies; among others the females claim the right of inheritance; at other times the remaining property is divided among all the members of the tribe. In general they care but little for gold, and all their trade, which at times is considerable, is carried on by barter; a kind of blue stone, often called turquoise, beads, skins, and blankets, serving the purpose of currency.198 The Pueblos display much taste in painting the walls of their estufas, where are represented different plants, birds, and animals symmetrically done, but without any scenic effect. Hieroglyphic groupings, both sculptured 197 De Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 301; Emory's Rept U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., pp. 117, 123; Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 290; Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., pp. 91,113,115; Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 81, 86; Eaton, >in Id., vol. iv., p. 221; Emory, in Fremont and Emory's Notes of Trav., p. 48; see further ind. Aff. Reports, from 1854 to 1872; Browne's Apache Country, p. 290. 'These Papagos regularly visit a salt lake, which lies near the coast and just across the line of Sonora, from which they pack large quantities of salt, and find a ready market at Tubac and Tucson.' Walker, in Ind. Aff, Rept, 1859,.p. 352, and 1860, p. 168. ' Many Pimas had jars of the molasses expressed from the fruit of the Cereus Giganteus.' Emory, in Fremont and Emory's Notes of Trav., p. 48. 198 < j)ie Vernichtung des Eigenthums eines Verstorbenen,—einen ungliick- lichen Gebrauch der jecjen materiellen Fortschritt unmoglich macht.' Froebel, Aus America, tome i., p. 437. 'The right of hiheritance is held by the females generally, but it is often claimed by the men also.' Gorman, in But Aff. Rept, 1858, p. 200. ' All the effects of the deceased (Pima) become common property: his grain is distributed; his fields shared out to those who need land; his chickens and dogs divided up among the tribe.' Browne's Apache Country, pp. 69, 112,; Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 121; Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annates desVoy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 262; Niza, in Temaux-Compans,Voy., sene i, torn, ix., pp. 264, 265, 267, 268; Id., in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 372. The Zuiiis 'will sell nothing for money, but dispose of their commodities entirely in. barter.' Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., p. 91. The Pimos * wanted white beads for what they had to sell, and knew the value of money.' Cults' Conq. of Cat, p. 188; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, xi., pp. 164, 72. 'lis apporterent des coquillages, des turquoises et des plumes.' Cabeza de Vaca, Relation, in Id., torn, vii., p. 274; Diaz, in Id., torn, xi., p. 294; Coronado, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 377. Many of the Pueblo Indians are rich, 'one family being worth over one hundred thousand dollars. They have large flocks.' Colyer, in hid. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 89; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 144. Vol. I. 33 546 NEW MEXICANS. and painted, are frequently seen in the ancient Pueblo towns, depicting, perhaps, their historical events and deeds. With colored earths their pottery, is painted in bright colors.399 Many Spanish authors mention a great many gold and silver vessels in use amongst them, and speak of the knowledge they had in reducing and working these metals; but no traces of such art are found at present.200 Among the Pueblos an organized system of government existed at the time of Coronado's expedition through their country; Castaneda, speaking of the province of Tiguex, says that the villages were governed by a council of old men; and a somewhat similar system obtains with these people at the present time. Each village selects its own governor, frames its own laws, and in all respects they act independently of each other. The governor and his council are elected annually by the people; all affairs of importance and matters relating to the welfare of the community are discussed at the estufa; questions in dispute are usually decided by a vote of the maj ority. All messages and laws emanating from the council-chamber are announced to the inhabitants by town criers. The morals of young people are carefully watched and guarded by a kind of secret police, whose duty it is to report to the governor all irregularities which may occur; and especial attention is given that no improper intercourse shall be allowed between the young men and women, in the event of which the offending parties are brought before the governor and council and, if guilty, ordered to marry, or if they refuse they are restricted from holding intercourse with each other, and if they persist they are 199 Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., p. 278; Davis' El Gringo, p. 147; Scenes in the Rocky Mts., p. 177; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 45S; Coro- nado, in Hakluyt's Voy., torn, iii., p. 380; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 2S4. 200 (Estos ahijados tienen mucho oroy lo benefician.' Salmeron, Relaciones, in Doc. Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, i., p. 28. 'They vse vessels of gold and silucr, for they have no other mettal.' Niza, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 372; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., s6rie L, torn, ix., pp. 2, 133; E*y<jo, in IUikluyl's Voy., vol. iii., pp. 386-8, 393-5; Montanus, Nieuice Wecreld, p. 217; Diaz, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 294. LAWS OF THE PUEBLOS. 547 whipped. Among their laws deserves to be particularly mentioned one, according to which no one can sell or marry out of the town until he obtains permission from the authorities.201 In the seven confederate pueblos of the Moquis, the office of chief governor is hereditary; it is not, however, necessarily given to the nearest heir, as the people have the power to elect any member of the dominant family. The governor is assisted by a council of elders, and in other respects the Moqui government is similar to that of the other towns.202 The Pimas and Maricopas have no organized system of government, and are not controlled by any code of laws; each tribe or village has a chief to whom a certain degree of respect is conceded, but his power to restrain the people is very limited; his influence over them is maintained chiefly by his oratorical powers or military skill. In war the tribe is guided by the chief's advice, and his authority is fully recognized, but in time of peace his rule is nominal; nor does he attempt to control their freedom or punish them for offences.. The chief's office is hereditary, yet an unpopular ruler may be deposed and another chosen to fill his place.203 Among the Pueblos the usual order of courtship is reversed; when a girl is disposed to marry she does not wait for a young man to propose to her, but selects one to her own liking and consults her father, who visits the parents of the youth and acquaints them with his daughter's 201 Pueblo government purely democratic; election held once a year. ' Besides the officers elected by universal suffrage, the principal chiefs compose a "council of wise men." ' Bavis' El Gringo, ppl 142-4. ' One of their regulations is to appoint a secret watch for the purpose of keeping down disorders and vices of every description.' Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., p. 274. See further: Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 61, 168; Niza, in Id., p. 269; Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 455; Be Baet, Novus Orbis, p. 298; Wislizenus' Tour, p. 26; Mayer's Mex., Aztec, etc., vol. ii., p. 359; Gallatin in Nouvelles Annales desVoy., 1851, torn cxxxi., p. 277; Stanley's Portraits, p. 55. 202 Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 85, 76; Marcy's Army Life, p. 108. 203 Gobierno no tienen alguno, ni leyes, tradiciones 6 costumbres con que gobernarse.' Mange, Itinerario, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, i., p. 366. ' Cada cual gobernado por un anciano, y todas por el general de la nacion.' Escudero, Noticias de Sonora y Sinaloa, p. 142; Murr, Nachrichten, p. 267. Compare: Grossman, in Ind. Aff. Hept, 1870, p. 124;..Mowry, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1859, p, 356; Walker's Pimas, MS. 543 NEW MEXICANS. wishes. It seldom happens that any objections to the match are made, but it is imperative on the father of the bridegroom to reimburse the parents of the maiden for the loss of their daughter. This is done by an offer of presents in accordance with his rank and wealth. The inhabitants of one village seldom marry with those of another, and, as a consequence, intermarriage is frequent among these families—a fertile cause of their deterioration. The marriage is always celebrated by a feast, the provisions for which are furnished by the bride, and the assembled friends unite in dancing and music. Polygamy is never allowed, but married couples can separate if they are dissatisfied with each other; in such a contingency, if there are children, they are taken care of by the grandparents, and both parties are free to marry again; fortunately, divorces are not of frequent occurrence, as the wives are always treated with respect by their husbands.20* To the female falls all indoor work, and also a large share of that to be done out of doors. In the treatment of their children these people are careful to guide them in the ways of honesty and industry, and to impress their minds with qhaste and virtuous ideas. Mothers bathe their infants with cold water, and boys are not permitted to enter the estufas for the purpose of warming themselves; if they are cold they are ordered to chop wood, or warm themselves by running and exercise.205 A girl's arrival at the age of puberty among the Gila nations is a period of much rejoicing; when the first symptoms appear, all her friends are duly informed of the important fact, and preparations are made to celebrate the joyful event. The girl is taken by her parents to the prophet, who performs certain, ceremonies, which are supposed to drive the evil out of her, and then a singing and dancing festival is held. .204 <Tjn homine n' epouse jamais plus d' une seule femme.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 164; Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Aroh., vol. iv., pp. 86-7; Ward, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1864, p. 190. 205 j Us traitent bien leurs femmes.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy,, serie i., torn, ix., p. 126. 'Desde que maman los Ninos, los laban sus Ma- dres con^ieve todo el cuerpo.' Torquemada, Monarq, Ind., torn i., p. 679; Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 123; Scenes in the Rocky Mis., p. 178. WOMEN AMONG THE PUEBLOS. 549 When a young man sees a girl whom he desires for a wife, he first endeavors to gain the good will of the parents; this accomplished, he proceeds to serenade his lady-love, and will often sit for hours, day after day, near her house, playing on his flute. Should the girl not appear it is a sign she rejects him; but if, on the other hand, she comes out to meet him, he knows that his suit is accepted, and he takes her to his house. No marriage ceremony is performed. Among the Papagos the parents select a husband for their daughter to whom she is, so to say, sold. It not unfrequently happens that they offer their daughter at auction, and she is knocked down to the highest bidder. However, among all the nations of this family, whether the bridegroom makes a love-match or not, he has to recompense the parents with as much as his means will permit.206 Although polygamy is not permitted, they often separate and marry again at pleasure. Women, at the time of their confinement as well as during their monthly periods, must live apart; as they believe that if any male were to touch them, he would become sick. The children are trained to war, and but little attention given to teaching them useful pursuits. All the household labor is performed by the women; they also assist largely in the labors of the field; severe laws oblige them to observe the strictest chastity,, and yet, at their festivals, much debauchery and prostitution take place.207 With but few exceptions, they are temperate irrdrink- ing and smoking. Intoxicating liquors they prepare out of the fruits of the pitahaya, agave, aloe, corn, mezcal 206 'Early marriages occur but the relation is not binding until progeny results.' Poston, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1864, p. 153. * No girl is forced to marry against her will, however eligible her parents may consider the match.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 222-4; Bavis' El Gringo, p. 146; Cremony's Apaches, p. 105; Browne's Apeiche Country, p. 112. 207 ' Si el marido y mujer se desavienen y los hijos son pequeSos, se arri- man a cualquiera de los dos y cada uno gana por su lado.' Mange, Itinerario, in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, i., p, 369. ' Tanto los papagos occidentales, como los citados gilas desconocen la poligamia.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 161. 'Among the Pimas loose women are tolerated.' Cremony's Apaches, pp. 102-4; Ruxton, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1850, torn, cxxvi., p. 59; JSmory's Rept U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 117. 550 NEW MEXICANS. prickly pear, wild and cultivated grapes. Colonel Cre- mony says that the Pimas and Maricopas l macerate the fruit of the pitahaya (species of cactus) in water after being dried in the sun, when the saccharine qualities cause the liquid to ferment, and after such fermentation it becomes highly intoxicating. It is upon this liquor that the Maricopas and Pimas get drunk once a year, the revelry continuing for a week or two at a time; but it is also an universal custom with them to take regular turns, so that only one third of the party is supposed to indulge at one time, the remainder being required to take care of their stimulated comrades, and protect them from injuring each other or being injured by other tribes.'208 All are fond of dancing and singing; in their religious rites, as well as in other public and family celebrations, these form the chief diversion. Different dances are used on different occasions; for example, they have the arrow, scalp, turtle, fortune, buffalo, green- corn, and Montezuma dances. Their costumes also vary on each of these occasions, and not only are grotesque masks, but also elk, bear, fox, and other skins used as disguises. The dance is sometimes performed by only one person, but more frequently whole tribes join in, forming figures, shuffling, or hopping about to the time given by the music. Lieutenant Simpson, who witnessed a green-corn dance at the Jemez pueblo, describes it as follows: 'When the performers first appeared, all of whom were men, they came in a line, slowly walking and bending and stooping as they approached. They were dressed in a kirt of blanket, the upper portion of their bodies being naked and painted red. Their legs and arms, which were also bare, were variously striped with red, white and blue colors; and around their arms, above 208 'The Pimas also cultivate a kind of tobacco, this, which is very light, they make up into cigaritos, never using a pipe.' Walkers Pimas, hS. The Pueblos ' sometimes get intoxicated.' Walker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, lc'6U, p. 169. The Pueblos ' are generally free from drunkenness.' Bavis' El Gringo, p. 146. Cremony's Apaches, p. 112; Froebel, Aus America, torn, ii., p. 446,* Murr, Nachrichten, p. 249. PUEBLO DANCES. 551 the elbow, they wore a green band, decked with sprigs of piiion. A necklace of the same description was worn around the neck. Their heads were decorated with feathers. In one hand they carried a dry gourd, containing some grains of corn; in the other, a string from which were hung several tortillas. At the knee were fastened small shells of the ground turtle and antelope's feet; and dangling from the back, at the waist, depended a fox-skin. The party was accompanied by three elders of the town, whose business it was to make a short speech in front of the different houses, and, at particular times, join in the singing of the rest of the party. Thus they went from house to house, singing and dancing, the occupants of each awaiting their arrival in front of their respective dwellings.' A somewhat similar Moqui dance is described by Mr Ten Broeck. Some of the Pueblo dances end with bacchanalia, in which not only general intoxication, but promiscuous intercourse between the sexes is permitted.209 'Once a year,' says Kendall, 'the Keres 209 Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., p. 17. 'Their hair hung loose upon their shoulders, and both men and women had their hands painted with white clay, in such a way as to resemble open-work gloves. The women were bare-footed, with the exception of a little piece tied about the heel.... They all wore their hair combed over their faces, in a manner that rendered it utterly impossible to recognize any of them.... They keep their elbows close to their sides, and their heels pressed firmly together, and do not raise the feet, but shuffle along with a kind of rolling motion, moving their arms, from the elbows down, with time to the step. At times, each man dances around his squaw; while she turns herself about, as if her heels formed a pivot on which she moved.' Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 74. The dresses of the men were similar to those worn on other festivities, ' except that they wear on their heads large pasteboard towers painted typically, and curiously decorated with feathers; and each man has his face entirely covered by a vizor made of small willows with the bark peeled off, and dyed a deep brown.' Id., .p. 83. 'Such horrible masks I never saw before—noses six inches long, mouths from ear to ear, and great goggle eyes, as big as half a hen's egg, hanging by a string partly out of the socket.' Id., p. 85. 'Each Pueblo generally had its particular uniform dress and its particular dance. The men of one village would sometimes disguise themselves as elks, with horns on their heads, moving on all-fours, and mimicking the animal they were attempting to personate. Others would appear in the garb of a turkey, with large heavy wings.' Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., pp. 271, 275. 'Festejo todo (Pimas) el dia nuestra llegada con un esquisito baile en forma circular, en cuyo centro figaraba una prolongada asta donde pendian trece cabelleras, arcos, flechas y demas des- pojos de otros tantos enemigos apaches que habian muerto.' Mange, Itinerario, in Boc Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, i., p. 277. ' Este lo forma una junta de truhanes vestidos de ridiculo y autorizados por los viejos del pueblo para come- 552 NEW MEXICANS. have a great feast, prepared for three successive days, which time is spent in eating, drinking and dancing. Near this scene of amusement is a dismal gloomy cave, into which not a glimpse of light can penetrate, and where places of repose are provided for the revellers. To this cave, after dark, repair grown persons of every age and sex, who pass the night in indulgences of the most gross and sensual description.' Reed flutes and drums are their chief instruments of music; the former they immerse in a shallow basin of water, and thereby imitate the warbling of birds. The drum is made of a hollow log, about two and a half feet long and fifteen inches in diameter. A dried hide, from which previously the hair has been scraped, is stretched over either end, and on this the player beats with a couple of drumsticks, similar to those used on our kettle-drums. Gourds filled with pebbles and other rattles, are also used as a musical accompaniment to their dances.210 The Cocomaricopas and Pimas are rather fond of athletic sports, such as football, horse and 'foot racing, swimming, target-shooting, and of gambling.211 Many ter los mayores desdrdenes, y gustan tanto de estos hechos, que ni los maridos reparan las infamias que cometen con sus mugeres, ni las que resultan en perjuicio de las hijas.' Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., pp. 333-5. For further particulars see Kendall's Nar., vol. i., p. 378; Marcy's Army Life, pp. 104-8; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 244; Bavis' El Gringo, pp. 154-5; Espejo, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 394; Sitgreaves' Zuni Ex., plates 1, 2, 3; Whipple, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 67; Pike's Explor. Trav., p. 343. 210 Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol iv., pp. 73-4; Johnson's Hist. Arizona, p. 11. 'Their instruments consisted, each of half a gourd, placed before them, with the convex side up; upon this they placed, with the left hand, a smooth stick, and with their right drew forward and backwards upon it, in a sawing manner, a notched one.' Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., p. 17. 'I noticed, among other things, a reed musical instrument with a bell- shaped end like a clarionet, and a pair of painted drumsticks tipped with gaudy feathers.' Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 121, ' Les» Indiens (Pueblos) ac compagnent leurs danses et leurs chants avec des flutes, ou sont marques les endroits ou il faut placer les doigts.... Ils disent que ces gens se reuni£sent cinq ou six pour jouer de la flute; que ces instruments sont d'inegales grandeur^.' Biaz, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 295; Castaneda, inld., p£. 72, 172; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 455; Garces, Biario, ia Boc Hisi. Mex., serie ii., torn, i., p. 331. 'While they are at work, a man, seated at the door, plays on a bagpipe, so that they work keeping time: thqj sing in three voices.' Bavis' El Gringo, p. 119. 211 The Cocomaricopas, ' componen unas bolas redondas del tamafio de una pelota de materia negra como pez, y embutidas en elias varias conchitas pequenas del mar con que hacen labores y con que juegan y apuestan, tiran- CUSTOMS OF PIMAS AND PAPAGOS. 553 curious customs obtain among these people. Mr Walker relates that a Pima never touches his skin with his nails, but always uses a small stick for that purpose, which he renews every fourth day, and wears in his hair. Among the same nation, when a man has killed an Apache, he must needs undergo purification. Sixteen days he must fast, and only after the fourth day is he allowed to drink a little pinole. During the sixteen days he may not look on a blazing fire, nor hold converse with mortal man; he must live in the woods com- panionless, save only one person appointed to take care of him. On the seventeenth day a large space is cleared off near the village, in the center of which a fire is lighted. The men form a circle round this fire, outside of which those who have been purified sit, each in a small excavation. Certain of the old men then take the weapons of the purified and dance with them in the circle; for which service they receive presents, and thenceforth both slayer and weapon are considered clean, but not until four days later is the man allowed to return to his family. They ascribe the origin of this custom to a mythical personage, called Szeukha, who, after killing a monster, is said to have fasted for sixteen days. The Papagos stand in gread dread of the coyote, and the Pimas never touch an ant, snake, scorpion, or spider, and are much afraid of thunderstorms. Like the Mojaves and Yumas, the Maricopas in cold weather carry a firebrand to warm themselves withal. In like manner the Pueblos have their singularities and semi-religious ceremonies, many of which are connected with a certain dola con la punta del pie* corren tres 6 cuatro leguas y la particularidad es que el que da vuelta y llega al puesto donde comenzaron y salieron a la par ese gana.' Sedelmair, Relacion, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 851. 'It is a favorite amusement with both men [Maricopas] and boys to try their skill at hitting the pitahaya, which presents a fine object on the plain. Numbers often collect for this purpose; and in crossing the great plateau, where these plants abound, it is common to see them pierced with arrows.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 237; Mowry, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 301. 'Amusements of all kinds are universally resorted to [among the Pueblos]; sucn as foot-racing, horse-racing, cock-fighting, gambling, dancing, eating, and drinking.' Ward, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1864, p. 192; Mange, Itinerario, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, i,, pp. 299, 365. NEW MEXICANS. mythical personage called Montezuma. Among these may be mentioned the perpetual watching of the eternal estufa-fire, and also the daily waiting for the rising sun, with which, as some writers affirm, they expectantly look for the promised return of the much-loved Montezuma. The Moqui, before commencing to smoke, reverently bows toward the four cardinal points.212 Their diseases are few; and among these the most frequent are chills and fevers, and later, syphilis. The Pueblos and Moquis resort to the sweat-house remedy, but the Pimas only bathe daily in cold running water. Here, as elsewhere, the doctor is medicine-man, conjuror, and prophet, and at times old women are consulted. If incantations fail, emetics, purgatives, or blood-letting are prescribed.2 The Pimas bury their dead immediately after death. At the bottom of a shaft, about six feet deep, they excavate a vault, in which the corpse is placed, after 212 Walker's Pimas, MS. ' The Papago of to-day will on no account kill a coyote.' Bavidson, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 132. ' Eben so aber- glaubischen Gebrauch hatten sie bey drohenden Kieselwetter, da sie den Hagel abzuwenden ein Stuck von einem Palmteppiche an einem Stecken an- hefteten und gegen die Wolken richteten.' Murr, Nachrichten, pp. 203, 207; Amy, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1871, pp. 385, 389. 'A sentinel ascends every morning at sunrise to the roof of the highest house, and, with eyes directed towards the east, looks out for the arrival of the divine chieftain, who is to give the sign of deliverance.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol i., p. 165, 197, 390, 210, and vol. ii., p. 54. ' On a dit que la coutume singuliere de conserver perpetuellement un feu sacre pres duquel les anciens Mexicains atten- daient le retour du dieu Qiietzacoatl, existe aussi chez les Pueblos.' Ruxton, in Nouvelles Annales desVoy., 1850, torn, cxxvi, p. 58; Sedelmair, Relacion, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 851; Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 278; Cremony's Apaches, p. 92; Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., p. 93. ' I, however, one night, at San Felipe, clandestinely witnessed a portion of their secret worship.* One of their secret night dances is called Tocina, which is too horrible to write about.' Amy, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1871, p. 385; Ward, in Id., 1864, p. 192; Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 121; Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 73, 77; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 278. 'lis ont des pretres... .ils montent sur la terrasse la plus elevee du village et 2ont un sermon au moment ou le soleil se leve.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 133, 164, 239. 213 Walker's Pimas, MS.; Mowry, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 301; Ruggles, in Id., 1869, p. 209; Andrews, in Id., 1870, p. 117; Ward, in Id., 1864, p. 188; Bavis' El Gringo, pp. 119, 311. The cause of the decrease of the Pecos Indians is ' owing to the fact that they seldom if ever marry outside of their respective pueblos.' Parker, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 251; Murr Nachrichten, p. 273. 'Au milieu [of the estufa] est un foyer allume, sur lequel on jette de temps en temps une poignee de thym,* ce qui sufnt pour entretenir la chaleur, de sorte qu'on y est cojnme dans un bain.' Castaneda* in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 170. CHARACTER OF THE PUEBLOS. 555 having first been tied up in a blanket. House, horses, and most personal effects are destroyed; but if children are left, a little property is reserved for them. A widow or a daughter mourns for three months, cutting the hair and abstaining from the bath during that time. The Maricopas burn their dead. Pueblo and Moqui burials take place with many ceremonies, the women being the chief mourners.214 Industrious, honest, and peace-loving, the people of this division are at the same time brave and determined, when necessity compels them, to repel the thieving Apache. Sobriety may be ranked among their virtues, as drunkenness only forms a part of certain religious festivals, and in their gambling they are the most moderate of barbarians.215 214 Walker's Pimas, MS. The Pimas, 'usan enterrar sus varones con su arco y flechas, y algun bastimento y calabazo de agua, serial que alcan- zan vislumbre de la immortalidad, aunque no con la distincion de premio 6* castigo.' Mange, Itinerario, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, i., p. 369. ' The Maricopas invariably bury their dead, and mock the ceremony of cremation.'. ...' sacrifice at the grave of a warrior all the property of which he died possessed, together with all in possession of his various relatives.' Cremony's Apaches, pp. 103, 105. ' The Pimos bury their dead, while the Coco-Mari- copas burn theirs.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 262. 'The females of the family [Pueblo] approached in a mournful procession (while the males stood around in solemn silence), each one bearing on her head a tinaja, or water-jar, filled with water, which she emptied into the grave, and whilst doing so commenced the death-cry. They came singly and emptied their jars, and each one joined successively in the death-cry;... .They believe that on a certain day (in August, I think) the dead rise from their graves and flit about the neighboring hills, and on that day, all who have lost friends, carry out quantities of corn, bread, meat, and such other good things of this life as they can obtain, and place them in the haunts frequented by the dead, in order that the departed spirits may once more enjoy the comforts of this nether world.' Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 75-8. If the dead Pima was a chief, ' the villagers are summoned to his burial. Over his grave they hold a grand festival. The women weep and the men howl, and they go into a profound mourning of tar. Soon the cattle are driven up and slaughtered, and every body heavily-laden with sorrow, loads his squaw with beef, and feasts for many days.' Browne's Apache Country, pp. 112-13; Murr, Nachrichten, pp. 204, 210, 281; Ferry, Scenes de la vie Sauvage, p. 115; Froebel's Cent Amer., p. 500; Id., Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 437; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 165. 215 i Though naturally disposed to peaceful pursuits, the Papagoes are not deficient in courage.' Browne's Apache Country, pp. 142, 107, 110-11, 140, 277; Johnson's Hist. Arizona, p. 10; Stone, in Hist. Mag., vol. v., p. 166; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 188; Escudero, Noticias de Sonora y Sinaloa, p. 142; Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, pp, 116, 160; Froebel's Cent Amer., pp. 500, 506, 512; Id., Aus Amerika, torn, ii., pp. 437, 447, 454; Garces, Biario, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie ii., torn. i.. p. 238; Sedelmair, Relacion, in Id., serie iii,, torn, iv., p. 850; Gallardo, in Id., p. 892. 'The peaceful NEW MEXICANS. The Lower Californians present a sad picture. Occupying the peninsula from the head of the gulf to Cape San Lucas, it is thought by some that they were driven thither from Upper California by their enemies. When first visited by the Missionary Fathers, they presented humanity in one of its lowest phases, though evidences of a more enlightened people having at some previous time occupied the peninsula were not lacking. Clavigero describes large caves or vaults, which had been dug out of the solid rock, the sides decorated with paintings of animals and figures of men, showing dress and features different from any of the inhabitants. Whom they represented or by whom they were depicted there is no knowledge, as the present race have been unable to afford any information on the subject. The peninsula extends from near 32° to 23° north latitude; in length' it is about seven hundred, varying in width from thirty-five to eighty miles. Its disposition of the Maricopas is not the result of incapacity for war, for they are at all times enabled to meet and vanquish the Apaches in battle.' Emory, in Fremont and Emory's Notes of Trav., p. 49; Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, iii., pp. 62, 103; Murr, Nachrichten, p. 282; Hardy's Trav., pp. 440, 443; Mange, Itinerario, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, i., pp. 365-6; Mowry's Arizona, p. 30; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, pp. 397, 412; Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 553-5, 838. 'The Pueblos were industrious and unwarlike in their habits.' Marcy's Army Life, pp. 98, 110. The Moquis 'are a mild and peaceful race of people, almost unacquainted with the use of arms, and not given to war. They are strictly honest They are kind and hospitable to strangers.' Bavis' El Gringo, pp. 421, 145. 'C'est une race (Pueblos) remarquablement sobre et industrieuse, qui se distingue par sa moralite.' •Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales desVoy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., pp. 277, 288, 290; Ruxton, in Id., 1850, torn. cxxvi., pp. 45, 47, 60; Ruxton's Adven. Mex., p. 191; Ives' Colorado Riv., pp. 31, 36, 45, 122, 124-7; Gregg's Com. Praifies, vol. i., p. 120, 268, 274; Pike's Explor. Trav., p. 342; Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos; p. 241; Malte- Brun, Pxecis de la Geog., torn., iv., p. 453; Champagnac, Voyageur, p. 84; Hughes' Boniphan's Ex., pp. 196, 221; Espejo, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 392; Wislizenus' Tour., p. 26; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 91; Ten Broeck, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., pp. 72, 87; Eaton, in Id., p. 220; Bent, in Id., vol. i., p. 244; Kendall's Nar., vol. i., p. 378; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 126,163; Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 528; Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 144; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, ii., p., 240. The Pueblos 'are passionately fond of dancing, and give themselves up to this diversion with a kind of frenzy.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., pp. 198, 185, 203, 206, and vol. ii., pp. 19, 51-2; pp. 188-9, 222; Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., pp. 81, in the Rocky Mts., p. 177; Torquemada, Monarq^ Ind., Mayer's Mex. as it was, p. 239; Id., Mex. Aztec, etc., further: Ind. Aff. Rept, from 1854 to 1872.#- ' Cutts' Conq. of Cat, 91, 113, 115; Scenes , torn, i., pp. 679-80; vol. ii., p. 358. See LOWER CALIFORNIA. general features are rugged; irregular mountains of granite formation and volcanic upheavals traversing the whole length of the country, with barren rocks and sandy plains, intersected by ravines and hills. Some fertile spots and valleys with clear mountain streams are there, and in such places the soil produces abundantly; then there are plains of greater or less extent, with rich soil, but without water; so that, under the circumstances,they are little more than deserts. These plains rise in places into mesas, which are cut here and there by canons, where streams of water are found, which are again lost on reaching the sandy plains. Altogether, Lower California is considered as one of the most barren and unattractive regions in the temperate zone, although its climate is delightful, and the mountain districts especially are among the healthiest in the world, owing to their southern situation between two seas. A curious meteorological phenomenon is sometimes observed both in the gulf and on the land; it is that of rain falling during a perfectly clear sky. Savants, who have investigated the subject, do not appear to have discovered the cause of this unusual occurrence. The greater part of the peninsula, at the time of its discovery, was occupied by the Cochimis, whose territory extended from the head of the gulf to the neighborhood of Loreto, or a little south of the twenty-sixth parallel; adjoining them were the Guaicuris, living between latitude 26° and 23° 30'; while the Pericdis were settled in the southern part, from about 23° 30' or 24° to Cape San Lucas, and on the adjacent islands.216 216 Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1863, p. 359; Forbes' Cat, pp. 20-2; Mofras, Explor., torn, i., p. 239; Malte-Brun, PrCcis de la Giog., torn, vi., p. 451; Gleesotfs Hist. Cath. Church, vol. i., pp. 95-6; Prichard's Researches, vol. v., p. 446. 'Esse sono tre nella California Cristiana, cioe quelle de'Pericui, de'Guaicuri, e de'Cochiml.' Clavigero, Storia delta Cat, torn, i., p. 109. Venegas, in giving the opinion of Father Taraval, says: ' Tres son (dice este habil Missionero) las Lenguas: la Cochimi, la Pericu, y la de Loreto. De esta ultima salen dos ramos, y son: la Guaycura, y la Uchiti; verdad es, que es la variacioh tanta, que el que no tuviere connocimiento de las tres Lenguas, juzgara, no solo que hay quatro Lenguas, sino que hay cinco Esta poblada la primera azia el Medioda, desde el Cabo de San Lucas, hasta mas aca del Puerto de la Paz de la Nacion Pericu, 6 siguiendo la terminacion Castellana de los Periciies: la segunda desde la Paz, hasta mas arriba del Presidio Real 558 NEW MEXICANS. The Lower Californians are well formed, robust and of good stature, with limbs supple and muscular; they are not inclined to corpulence; their features are somewhat heavy, the forehead low and narrow, the nose well set on, but thick and fleshy; the inner corners of the eyes round instead of pointed; teeth very white and regular, hair very black, coarse, straight, and glossy, with but little on the face, and none upon the body or limbs. The color of the skin varies from light to dark brown, the former color being characteristic of the dwellers in the interior, and the latter of those on the sea-coast.217 Adam without the fig-leaves was not more naked than were the Cochimfs before the missionaries first taught them the rudiments of shame. They ignored even the usual breech-cloth, the only semblance of clothing being a head-dress of rushes or strips of skin interwoven with mother-of-pearl shells, berries, and pieces of reed. The Guaicuris and Pericuis indulge in a still more fantastic head-dress, white feathers entering largely into its composition. The women display more modesty, for, although scantily clad, they at least essay to cover their nakedness. The Periciii women are the best dressed of all, having a petticoat reaching from the waist to the ankles, made from the fibre of certain palm-leaves, and rendered softand flexible by beating between two stones. de Loreto, es de los Monquis; la tercera desde el territorio de Loreto, por todo lo descubierto al Norte de la nacion Cochimi, 6 de los Cochimies., Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, i., pp. 63-6. 'Auf der Halbinsel Alt-Califor- nien wohnen: an der Sudspitze die Pericues, dann die Monquis oder Meneuis, zu welchen die Familien der Guayciiras und Coras gehoren, die Cochimas oder Colimies, die Laimones, die Utschitas oder Vehftis, und die leas.' Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 212. 'All the Indian tribes of the Peninsula seem to be affiliated with the Yumas of the Colorado and with the Coras below La Paz in no case do they differ in intellect, habits, customs, dress, implements of war, or hunting, traditions, or appearances from the well- known Digger Indians of Alta-California, and undoubtedly belong to the same race or family.' Browne's Lower Cat., pp. 53-4. 217 'Di buona statura, ben fatti, sani, e robusti.' Clavigero, Storia delta Col., torn, i., pp. 112-13. 'El color en todos es muy moreno. ...no tienen barba" ni nada de vello en el cuerpo.' Californias, Noticias, carta i, pp. 47, 61, carta ii., p. 12. Compare: Kino, in Doc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn. l. p. 407; Crespi, in Id., serie iv., torn, vii., p. 135; Ulloa, in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn. iii., fol. 345, 351,* Venegas, Noticia de la Cat., torn, i., p. 68; Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept. 1863, p. 357; Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt. ii., pp. 443-4; Gleeson's Hist Cath. Church, p. 99. COCHIMt AND PERICUI DRESS. 559 Over the shoulders they throw a mantle of similar material, or of plaited rushes, or of skins. The Cochimi women make aprons of short reeds, strung upon cords of aloe-plant fibres fastened to a girdle. The apron is open at the sides, one part hanging in front, the other behind. As they are not more than six or eight inches wide, but little of the body is in truth covered. When traveling they wear sandals of hide, which they fasten with strings passed between the toes.218 Both sexes are fond of ornaments; to gratify this passion [they string together pearls, shells, fruit-stones and seeds in the forms of necklaces and bracelets. In addition to the head-dress the Pericuis are distinguished by a girdle highly ornamented with pearls and mother-of-pearl shells. They perforate ears, lips, and nose, inserting in the openings, shells, bones, or hard sticks. Paint in many colors and devices is freely used on war and gala occasions; tattooing obtains, but does not appear to be universal among them. Mothers, to protect them against the weather, cover the entire bodies of their children with a varnish of coal and urine. Cochimi women cut the hair short, but the men allow a long tuft to grow on the crown of the head. Both sexes among the Guai- curis and Pericuis wear the hair long and flowing loosely over the shoulders.219 Equally Adamitic are their habitations. They appear to hold a superstitious dread of suffocation if they live 218 'Siendo de gran deshonra en los varones el vestido.' Salvatierra, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, v., p. 42. 'Aprons are about a span wide, and of different length.' Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1863, pp. 361-2. Consult further: Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, i., pp. 81-8, 113; Gleeson's Hist. Cath. Church, pp. 96-9, 107-10; Forbes' Cat, pp. 9, 18; Clavigero, Storia delta Cat, torn, i., pp. 120-3, 133, 144; Gemelli Careri, in Churchill's Col. Voyages, vol. iv., p. 469, and in Berenger, Col. de Voy., torn, ii., p. 371. 219 ' Unos se cortan un pedazo de oreja, otros las dos; otros agugerean el labio inferior, otros las narizes, y es cosa de risa, pues alii llevan colgando ratoncillos, lagartijitas, conchitas. &c.' Californias, Noticias, carta i., pp. 48, 22. 'It has been asserted that they also pierce the nose. I can only say that I saw no one disfigured in that particular manner.' Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1863, p. 362. 'Nudi agunt, genas quadratis quibusdarq notis signati.' Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 306. Further reference: Villa-Se- nor, y Sanchez, Theatro, torn, ii., pp. 279, 282; TJlloa, in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, iii., fol. 347-8, and in Hakluyt'sVoy , vol. iii., p. 412; Belaporte, Reisen, torn, x., p. 428. 560 NEW MEXICANS. or sleep in covered huts; hence in their rare and meagre attempts to protect themselves from the inclemencies of the weather, they never put any roof over their heads. Roving beast-like in the vicinity of springs during the heat of the day, seeking shade in the ravines and overhanging rocks; at night, should they desire shelter, they resort to caverns and holes in the ground. During winter they raise a semi-circular pile of stones or brushwood, about two feet in height, behind which, with the sky for a roof and the bare ground for a bed, they camp at night. Over the sick they sometimes throw a wretched hut, by sticking a few poles in the ground, tying them at the top and covering the whole with grass and reeds, and into this nest visitors crawl on hands and knees.220 Reed-roots, wild fruit, pine-nuts, cabbage-palms, small seeds roasted, and also roasted aloe and mescal roots constitute their food. During eight weeks of the year they live wholly on the redundant fat-producing pitahaya, after which they wander about in search of other native vegetable products, and when these fail they resort to hunting and fishing. Of animal food they will eat anything—beasts, birds, and fishes, or reptiles, worms, and insects; and all parts: flesh, hide, and entrails. Men and monkeys, however, as articles of food are an abomination; the latter because they so much resemble the former. The gluttony and improvidence of these people exceed, if possible, those of any other nation; alternate feasting and fasting is their custom. When so fortunate as to have plenty they, consume large quantities, preserving none. An abominable habit is related of them, that they pick up the undigested seeds of the pita- haya discharged from their bowels, and after parching and grinding them, eat the meal with much relish. 22o Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, i., p. 88; Campbell's Hist. Span. Amer., p.. 86; TJlloa, in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, hi., fol. 347, 350; Californias, Noticia, carta i., p. 45; Lockman's Trav. Jesuits, vol. i., p. 403. ' Le aoitazioncelle piii comuni sono certe chiuse circolari di sassi sciolti, ed ammucchiati, le quali hanno cinque piedi di diametro, e meno di due d'altezza.' Clavigero, Storia delta Cat, torn, i., p. 119. *I am certainly not much mistaken in saying that many of them change their night-quarters more than a hundred times in a year.' Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1863, p. 361. LOWER CALIFORNIAN FOOD. 561 Clavigero, Jtfaegert, and other authors, mention another rather uncommon feature in the domestic economy of the Cochimis; it is that of swallowing their meat several times, thereby multiplying their gluttonous pleasures. Tying to a string a piece of well-dried meat, one of their number masticates it a little, and swallows it, leaving the end of the string hanging out of the mouth; after retaining it for about two or three minutes in his stomach, it is pulled out, and the operation repeated several times, either by the same individual or by others, until the meat becomes consumed. Here is Father Baegert's summary of their edibles: "They live now-a-days on dogs and cats; horses, asses and mules; item: on owls, mice and rats; lizards and snakes; bats, grasshoppers and crickets; a kind of green caterpillar without hair, about a finger long, and an abominable white worm of the length and thickness of the thumb,"221 Their weapon is the bow and arrow, but they use stratagem to procure the game. The deer-hunter deceives his prey by placing a deer's head upon his own; hares are trapped; the Cochimis throw a kind of boomerang or flat curved stick, which skims the ground and breaks the animal's legs. Fish are taken from pools left by the tide and from the sea, sometimes several miles out, in nets and with the aid of long lances. It is said that at San Roche Island they catch fish with birds. They also gather oysters, which they eat roasted, but use no salt. They have no cooking utensils, but roast their meat by throwing it into the fire and after a time raking it out. Insects and caterpillars are parched over the hot coals in shells. Fish is commonly eaten raw; they 221 «Twenty-four pounds of meat in twenty-iour hours is not deemed an extraordinary ration for a single person.' Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1863, pp. 364-7. ' No tienen horas senaladas para saciar su apetito: comen cuanto hallan por delante; hasta las cosas mas sucias sirven a su gula.' Californias, Noticias, carta i., pp. 46-7, 21; see also: Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 13; Salvatierra, in Id., serie iv., torn v., p. 116; Crespi, in Id., serie iv., torn, vii., pp. 106, 135, 143; Belaporte, Reisen, torn, x., pp. 423-4; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 153; Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, iii., p. 106; Ulloa, in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, iii., fol. 350; Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. 451; Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, i., p. 318. Vol. I. 36 NEW MEXICANS. drink only water.222 It is said that they never wash, and it is useless to add that in their filthiness they surpass the brutes.223 Besides bows and arrows they use javelins, clubs, and slings of cords, from which they throw stones. Their bows are six feet long, very broad and thick in the middle and tapering toward the ends, with strings made from the intestines of animals. The arrows are reeds about thirty inches in length, into the lower end of which a piece of hard wood is cemented with resin obtained from trees, and pointed with flint sharpened to a triangular shape and serrated at the edges. Javelins are sharpened by first hardening in the fire and then grinding to a point j they are sometimes indented like a saw. Clubs are of different forms, either mallet-head or axe shape; they also crook and sharpen at the edge a piece of wood in the form of a scimeter.224 Their wars, which spring from disputed boundaries, are frequent and deadly, and generally occur about fruit and seed time. The battle is commenced amidst yells and brandishing of weapons, though without any preconcerted plan, and a tumultuous onslaught is made without regularity or discipline, excepting that a certain number are held in reserve to relieve those who have expended their arrows or become exhausted. While yet at a distance they discharge their arrows, but soon rush forward and fight at close quarters with their clubs and spears; nor do they cease till many on both sides have fallen.220 222 j La pesca si fa da loro in due maniere, o con reti nella spiaggia, o ne' gorghi rimasi della marea, o con forconi in alto mare.' Clavigero, Storia delta Cat, torn, i., pp. Ill, 125-6; ' Use neither nets nor hooks, but a kind of lance.' Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1863, p. 364. ' Forman los Indios redes para pescar, y para otros usos.' Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn i., p. 52. 223 i Poiche le stesse donne si lavavano, e si lavano anche oggidi con essa (orina) la faccia.' Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn i., p. 133. 22* Gemelli Careri, in Churchill's Col. Voyages, vol. iv., p. 469; Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, iii., fol. 346, 351; Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1863, p. 362; Kino, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn i., p. 407; Crespi, in Id., serie iv., torn, vii., p. 143. ' Si trovarono altre spezie d'armi per ferir da vicino, ma tutte di legno. La prima e un mazzapicchio, simile nella forma a una girella col suo manico tutta d'un pezzo. La seconda e a foggia d'un ascia di legnajuolo tutta anch'essa d'un sol pezzo. La terza ha la forma d'una piccola scimitara.' Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn, i., pp. 124, 127. 225 ' El modo de publicar la guerra era, hacer con mucho estruendo gran provision de canas, y pedernales para sus flechas, y procurar, que por varios IMPLEMENTS IN LOWER CALIFORNIA. 563 Their implements and household utensils are both rude and few. Sharp flints serve them instead of knives; a bone ground to a point answers the purpose of a needle or an awl; and with a sharp-pointed stick roots are dug. Fire is obtained in the usual way from two pieces of wood. When traveling, water is carried in a large bladder. The shell of the turtle is applied to various uses, such as a receptacle for food and a cradle for infants. The Lo>wer Californians have little ingenuity, and their display of mechanical skill is confined to the manufacture of the aforesaid implements, weapons of war, and of the chase; they make some flat baskets of wicker work, which are used in the collection of seeds and fruits; also nets from the fibre of the aloe, one in which to carry provisions, and another fastened to a forked stick and hung upon the back, in which to carry children.226 For boats the inhabitants of the peninsula construct rafts of reeds made into bundles and bound tightly together; they are propelled with short paddles, and seldom are capable of carrying more than one person. In those parts where trees grow a more serviceable canoe is made from bark, and sometimes of three or more logs, not hollowed out, but laid together side by side and made fast with withes or pita-fibre cords. These floats are buoyant, the water washing over them as over a catamaran. On them two or more men will proceed fearlessly to sea, to a distance of several miles from the coast. To transport their chattels across rivers, caminos llegassen las assonadas a of dos de sus contrarios.' Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, i., pp. 97-8. .Referring to Venegas' work, Baegert, Smithsonian Rept, 1864, p. 385, says: 'All that is said in reference to the warfare of the Californians is wrong. In their former wars they merely attacked the enemy unexpectedly during the night, or from an ambush, and killed as many as they could, without order, previous declaration of war, or any ceremonies whatever.' See also: Apostolicos Afanes, pp. 424-5, and Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn, i., p. 127. 226 ' In lieu of knives and scissors they use sharp flints for cutting almost everything—cane, wood, aloe, and even their hair.' Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1863, p. 363. ' Le loro reti, tanto quelle da pescare, quanto quelle, che servono a portare checchessia, le fanno col filo, che tirano dalle foglie del Mezcal.' Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn, i., p. 124. Further notice in Ulloa, in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, iii., fol. 350; Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, i., p. 90; Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 447. 564 NEW MEXICANS. they use wicker-work baskets, which are so closely woven as to be quite impermeable to water; these, when loaded, are pushed across by the owner, who swims behind.227 Besides their household utensils and boats, and the feathers or ornaments on their persons, I find no other property. They who dwell on the sea-coast occasionally travel inland, carrying with them sea-shells and feathers to barter with their neighbors for the productions of the interior.228 They are unable to count more than five, and this number is expressed by one hand; some few among them are able to understand that two hands 'signify ten, but beyond this they know nothing of enumeration, and can only say much or many, or show that the number is beyond computation, by throwing sand into the air and such like antics. The year is divided into six seasons; the first is called Mejibo, which is midsummer, and the time of ripe pitahayas; the second season Amaddappi, a time of further ripening of fruits and seeds; the third Amadaappigalla, the end of autumn and beginning of winter; the fourth, which is the coldest season, is called Majibel; the fifth, when spring commences, is Majiben; the sixth, before any fruits or seeds have ripened, consequently the time of greatest scarcity, is called Majiibenmaaji.229 Neither government nor law is found in this region; every man is his own master, and administers justice in the form of vengeance as best he is able. As Father 22? Vancouver, Voy., vol. ii., p. 482, speaking of Lower California says: ' We were visited by one of the natives in a straw canoe.' ' Vedemmo che vsci viia canoua in mare con tre Indiani dalle lor capanne.' Ulloa, in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, hi., fol. 350-1, 343, 347, and in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. hi., p. 418. See further: Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn, i., p. 126; Gemelli Careri, in Churchill's Cot Voyages, vol. iv., p. 469, and in Berenger, Col. de Voy., torn, ii., p. 371. 228 ' Tienen trato de pescado con los indios de tierra adentro.' Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 17; also, Ulloa, in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, iii., fol. 347-8. 229 ' Su modo de contar es muy diminuto y corto, pues ape*nas llegan a cinco, y otros a diez, y van multiplicando segun pueden.' Californias, Noticias, carta i., p. 103. ' Non dividevano l'Annb in Mesi, ma solamente in sei stagioni.' Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn, i., pp. 110-11. MARRIAGE. 565 Baegert remarks: 'The different tribes represented by no means communities of rational beings, who submit to laws and regulations and obey their superiors, but resembled far more herds of wild swine, which run about according to their own liking, being together today and scattered to-morrow, till they meet again by accident at some future time. In one word, the Californians lived, salva venia, as though they had been freethinkers and materialists.' In hunting and war they have one or more chiefs to lead them, who are selected only for the occasion, and by reason of superior strength or cunning.230 Furthermore, they have no marriage ceremony, nor any word in their language to express marriage. Like birds or beasts they pair off according to fancy. The Pericui takes as many women as he pleases, makes them work for him as slaves, and when tired of any one of them turns her away, in which case she may not be taken by another. Some form of courtship appears to have obtained among the Gruaicuris; for example, when a young man saw a girl who pleased him, he presented her with a small bowl or basket made of the pita-fibre; if she accepted the gift, it was an evidence that his suit was agreeable to her, and in return she gave him an ornamented head-dress, the work of her own hand; then they lived together without further ceremony. Although among the G-uaicuris and Cochimis some hold a plurality of wives, it is not so common as with the Pericuis, for in the two first-mentioned tribes there are more men than women. A breach of female chastity is sometimes followed by an attempt of the holder of the woman to kill the offender; yet morality never attained any great height, as it is a practice with them for different tribes to meet occasionally for 230 Cldvigero, Storia della Cat, torn, i., pp. 129-30. Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, i., p. 79. 'Entre ellos siempre hay alguno mas desahogado y atrevido, que se reviste con el caracter de Capitan: pero ni este tiene juris- diccion alguna, ni le obedecen, y en estando algo viejo lo suelen quitar del mando: solo en los lances que les tiene cuenta siguen sus dictamenes.' Californias, Noticias, carta i., pp. 40,' 45. sm 566 NEW MEXICANS. the purpose of holding indiscriminate sexual intercourse. Childbirth is easy; the Pericuis and Guaicuris wash the body of the newly born, then cover it with ashes; as the child grows it is placed on a frame-work of sticks, and if a male, on its chest they fix a bag of sand to prevent its breasts growing like a woman's, which they consider a deformity. For a cracjle the Cochimis take a forked stick or bend one end of a long pole in the form of a hoop, and fix thereto a net, in which the infant is placed and covered with a second net. It can thus be carried over the shoulder, or when the mother wishes to be relieved, the end of the pole is stuck in the ground, and nourishment given the child through the meshes of the net. When old enough the child is carried astride on its mother's shoulders. As soon as children are able to get food for themselves, they are left to their own devices, and it sometimes happens that when food is scarce the child is abandoned, or killed by its parents.231. •Nevertheless, these miserables delight in feasts, and in the gross debauchery there openly perpetrated. Unacquainted with intoxicating liquors, they yet find drunkenness in the fumes of a certain herb smoked through a stone tube, and used chiefly during their festivals. Their dances consist of a series of gesticulations and jumpings, accompanied by inarticulate murmurings and yells. One of their great holidays is the pitahaya season, when, with plenty to eat, they spend days and nights in amuse- 231 Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn, i., pp. 130-4; Ulloa, in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, iii., fol. 348; Villa Seizor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn, ii., p. 284; Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1863, pp. 367-9. 'Sus casamientos son muy ridiculos: unos para casarse enseiian sus cuerpos a las mugeres, y estas a ellos; y adoptandose a su gusto, se casan: otros en fin, que es lo mas comun, se casan sin ceremonia.' Californias, Noticias, carta i., pp. 50,40-1. ' El adulterio era mirado como delito, que por lo menos daba justo motivo a la venganza, a excepcion de dos ocasiones: una la de sus fiestas, y bayles: y otra la de lasluchas.' Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, i., p. 93. 'Les hommes s'approchaient des femmes comme des animaux, et les femmes se mettaient publiquement a quatre pattes pour les recevoir.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 153. This method of copulation is by no means peculiar to the Lower Californians, but is practiced almost universally by the wild tribes of the Pacific States. Writers naturally do not mention this custom, but travellers are unanimous in their verbal accounts respecting it. LOWER CALIFORNIAN FEAST. 567 ments; at such times feats of strength and trials of speed take place. The most noted festival among the Cochimis occurs upon the occasion of their annual distribution of skins. To the women especially it was an important and enjoyable event. Upon an appointed day all the people collected at a designated place. In an arbor constructed with branches, the road to which was carpeted with the skins of wild animals that had been killed during the year, their most skillful hunters assembled; they alone were privileged to enter the arbor, and in their honor was already prepared a banquet and pipes of wild tobacco. The viands went round' as also the pipe, and, in good time, the partakers became partially intoxicated by the smoke; then one of the priests or sorcerers, arrayed in his robe of ceremony, appeared at the entrance to the arbor, and made a speech to the people, in which he recounted the deeds of the hunters. Then the occupants of the arbor came out and made a repartition of the skins among the women; this finished, dancing and singing commenced and continued throughout the night. It sometimes happened that their festivals ended in fighting and bloodshed, as they were seldom conducted without debauchery, especially among the Guaicuris and Pericuis.232 When they have eaten their fill they pass their time in silly or obscene conversation, or in wrestling, in which sports the women often take a part. They are very adroit in tracking wild beasts to their lairs and taming them. At certain festivals their sorcerers, who were called by some quamas, by others cusiyaes, wore long robes of skins, ornamented with human hair; these sages filled the offices of priests and medicine-men, and threatened their credulous brothers with innumerable ills and death, unless they supplied them with provis- 232 ' Fiesta entre los Indios Gentiles no es mas que una concurrencia de hombres y mugeres de todas partes para desahogar los apetitos de luxuria y gula.' Californias, Noticias, carta i., pp. 66-75. 'Unadelas fiestas mas calebres de los Cochimies era la del dia, en que repartianlas pieles a las mugeres una vez al afio.' Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, i., pp. 85-6, 96; Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1864, p. 389; Salvatierra, in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, v., pp. 103, 1161 J£ 568 NEW MEXICANS. ions. These favored of heaven professed to hold communication with oracles, and would enter caverns and wooded ravines, sending thence doleful sounds, to frighten the people, who were by such tricks easily imposed upon and led to believe in their deceits and juggleries.233 As to ailments, Lower Californians are subject to consumption, burning feVers, indigestion, and cutaneous diseases. Small pox, measles, and syphilis, the last imported by troops, have destroyed numberless lives. Wounds inflicted by the bites of venomous reptiles may be added to the list of troubles. Loss of appetite is with them, generally, a symptom of approaching death. They submit resignedly to the treatment prescribed by their medicine-men, however severe or cruel it may be. They neglect their aged invalids, refusing them attendance if their last sickness proves too long; and recovery appears improbable. In several instances they have put an end to the patient by suffocation or otherwise.234 Diseases are treated externally by the application of ointments, plasters, and fomentations of medicinal herbs, particularly the wild tobacco. Smoke is also a great panacea, and is administered through a stone tube placed on the suffering part. The usual juggleries attend the practice of medicine. In extreme cases they attempt to draw with their fingers the disease from the patient's mouth. If the sick person has a child or sister, they cut its or her little finger of the right hand, and let the blood drop on the diseased part. Bleeding with a sharp stone and whipping the affected part with nettles, or applying ants to it, are among the remedies used. For the cure of tumors, the medicine-men burst and suck them with their lips until blood is drawn. Internal 233 Californias, Noticias, carta i., pp. 59-65; Clavigero, Storia della Cat -torn. i. pp. 126, 146. 'There existed always among the Californians individuals of both sexes who played the part of sorcerers or conjurers, pretending to possess the power of exorcising the devil.' Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1864, p. 389. 234 Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1864, pp. 385-7. ' Las carreras, luchas, peleas y otras trabajos voluntarios les ocasionan muchos dolores de pecho y , otros accidentes.' Californias, Noticias, carta i., pp. 85-99. DEATH AND BURIAL IN LOWER CALIFORNIA. 569 diseases are treated with cold-Water baths. The means employed by the medicine-man are repeated by the members of the patient's family and by his friends. In danger even the imitation of death startles them. If an invalid is pronounced beyond recovery, and he happens to slumber, they immediately arouse him \vith blows on the head and body, for the purpose of preserving life.235 Death is followed by a plaintive, mournful chant, attended with howling by friends and relatives, who beat their heads with sharp stones until blood flows freely. Without further ceremony they either inter or burn the body immediately, according to the custom of the locality: in the latter case they leave the head intact. Oftentimes they bury or burn the body before life has actually left it, never taking pains to ascertain the fact.236 Weapons and other personal effects are buried or burned with the owner; and in some localities, where burying is customary, shoes are put to the feet, so that the spiritualized body may be prepared for its journey. In Colecha and Gruajamina mourning ceremonies are practiced certain days after death—juggleries—in which the priest pretends to hold converse with the departed spirit through the scalp of the deceased, commending the qualities of the departed, and concluding by asking on the spirit's behalf that all shall cut/ off their hair as a sign of sorrow. After a short dance, more howling, hair-pulling, and other ridiculous acts, the priest demands provisions for the spirit's journey, which his 235 Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn, i., pp. 112-13, 142-5; Apostolicos Afanes, pp. 426-7; Salvatierra, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, v., p. 23; Belaporte, Reisen, torn, x.,-pp. 433-4. ' Rogaba el enfermo, que le chupassen, y soplassen de el modo mismo, que lohacian los Curanderos. Executaban todos por su orden este oficio de piedad, chupando, y soplando primero la parte lesa, y despues todos los otros organos de los sentidos.' Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, i., pp. 117-18. 236 Baegert says: ' It seems tedious to them to spend much time near an old, dying person that was long ago a burden to them and looked upon with indifference. A person of my acquaintance restored a girl to life that was already bound up in a deer-skin, according to their custom, and ready for burial.' Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1864, p. 387. 570 NEW MEXICANS. hearers readily contribute, and which the priest appropriates to his own use, telling them it has already started. Occasionally they honor the memory of their dead by placing a rough image of the departed on a high pole, and a quama or priest sings his praises.237 The early missionaries found the people of the peninsula kind-hearted and tractable, although dull of comprehension and brutal in their instincts, rude, narrow-minded, and inconstant. A marked difference of character is observable between the Cochimis and the Pericuis. The former are more courteous in their manners and better behaved; although cunning and thievish, they exhibit attachment and gratitude to their superiors; naturally indolent and addicted to childish pursuits and amusements, they lived among themselves in amity, directing their savage and revengeful nature against neighboring tribes with whom they were at variance. The Pericuis, before they became extinct, were a fierce and barbarous nation, unruly and brutal in their passions, cowardly, treacherous, false, petulant, and boastful, with an intensely cruel and heartless disposition, often shown in relentless persecutions and murders. In their character and disposition the Guaicuris did not differ essentially from the Pericuis. In the midst of so much darkness there was still one bright spot visible, inasmuch as they were of a cheerful and happy nature, lovers of kind and lovers of country. Isolated, occupying an ill-favored country, it was circumstances, rather than any inherent incapacity for improvement, that held these poor people in their low state; for, as we shall see at some future time, in their intercourse with civilized foreigners, they were not lacking in cunning, diplomacy, selfishness, and other aids to intellectual progress.238 237 ' Solevano essi onorar la memoria d'alcuni defunti ponendo sopra un' alta pertica la loro figura gossamente formata di rami, presso alia quale si metteva un Guam a a predicar le loro lodi.' Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn. i., p. 144; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 184. 23s 'La estupidez e insensibilidad: la falta de conocimiento, y reflexion: la inconstancia, y volubilidad de una voluntad, y apetitos sin freno, sin luz, y aim sin objeto: la pereza, y horror a todo trabajo, y fatiga a la adhesion per- petua a todo linage de placer, y entretenimiento pueril, y brutal: lapusilani- NORTHERN MEXICANS. 571 The Northern Mexicans, the fourth and last division of this group, spread over the territory lying between parallels 31° and 2 3° of north latitude. Their lands have an average breadth of abou£ five hundred miles, with an area of some 250,000 square miles, comprising the states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo Leon, and the northern portions of Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas. Nearly parallel with the Pacific seaboard, and dividing the states of Sonora and Sinaloa from Chihuahua and Durango, runs the great central Cordillera; further to the eastward, passing through Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and San Luis Potosi, and following the shore line of the Mexican Gulf, the Sierra Madre continues in a southerly direction, until it unites with the first-named range at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. All of these mountains abound in mineral wealth. The table-land between them is intersected by three ridges; one, the Sierra Mim- bres, issuing from the inner flank of the Western Cordillera north of Arispe, extending in a northerly direction and following the line of the Rio Grande. The middle mountainous divide crosses from Durango to Coahuila, while the third rises in the state of Jalisco and taking an easterly and afterward northerly direction, traverses ^ the table-land and merges into the Sierra Madre in the state of San Luis Potosi. On these broad table-lands are numerous lakes fed by the streams which have their rise in the mountains adjacent; in but few mi dad, y naqueza de animo; y finalmente, la falta miserable de todo lo que forma a 16s hpmbres esto es, racionales, politicos, y utiles para si, y para la sociedad.' Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, i., pp. 74-9, 87-8. 'Las naciones del Norte eran mas despiertas, dociles y fieles, menos viciosas y libres, y por tanto mejor dispuestas para recibir el cristianismo que las que habitaban al Sur.' Sutil y Mexicana, Viage, p. lxxxix. ' Eran los corasy peri- cues, y generalmente las rancherias del Sur de California, mas ladihos y capaces; pero tambien mas viciosos e inquietos que las demas naciones de la penfnsula.' Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, iii., p. 252. ' Ces peuples sont d'uhe tres-grande docilite, ils se laissent instruire.' Calif ornie, Nouvelle Bescente, in Voy. de VEmpereur de la Chine, p. 1C4. Other allusiors to their character may be found in Calderon de la Barca's Bife in Mex., vol. i., p. 330; Villa-Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn, ii., p. 292; Baegert, in Smithsonian Rept, 1864, pp. 378-85; Crespi, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, vii., pp. 135, 143-6; Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, p. 442; Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn, i., pp. 113-14; Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn vi., p. 451. 572 NEW MEXICANS. spots is the land available for tillage, but it is admirably adapted to pastoral purposes. The climate can hardly be surpassed in its tonic and exhilarating properties; the atmosphere is ever clear, with sunshine by day, and a galaxy of brilliant stars by night; the absence of rain, fogs, and dews, with a delicious and even temperature, renders habitations almost unnecessary. All this vast region is occupied by numerous tribes speaking different languages and claiming distinct origins. Upon the northern seaboard of Sonora and Tiburon Island are the Ceris, Ttburones, and Tepocas; south of them the Qahitas, or Sinaloas, which are general names for the Taquis and Mayos, tribes so called from the rivers on whose banks they live. In the state of Sinaloa there are also the Oochitas, Tuvares, Sabaibos, Zuaques, and Ahomes, besides many other small tribes. Scattered through the states of the interior are the Opatas, Eude- ves, Jovas, Tarahumares, Tubares, and Tepehuanes, who inhabit the mountainous districts of Chihuahua and Durango. East of the Tarahumares, in the northern part of the first-named state, dwell the Conchos. In Durango, living in the hills round Topia, are the- AcaxSes; south of whom dwell the Xiximes. On the table-lands of Mapimi and on the shores of its numerous lakes, the IrritHas and many other tribes are settled; while south of these again, in Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi, are the Guachichiks, Huamares, and Ctizcanes, and further to the east, and bordering on the gulf shores we find the country occupied by scattered tribes, distinguished by a great variety of names, prominent among which are the Oarrizas or G-arzas, Xanambres, and Pintos.m Most of these nations are composed of men of large 1239 Father Ribas, the first priest who visited the Yaquis, was surprised at the loud rough tone in which they spoke. When he remonstrated with them for doing so, their reply was, ' No ves que soy Hiaqui: y dezianlo, porque essa palabra, y no jabre, significa, el que habla a gritos.* Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, p. 285. Mayos: 'Their name comes from their position, and means in their own language boundary, they having been, bounded on both sides by hostile tribes.' Stone, in Hist Mag., vol. v., p. 165^'Segun parece, la, palabra talahumali 6 tarahumari significa, " corredor de a pie;" detala 6 tara, pie, y huma, corre:*. Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, i., p, 364. ,' La palabra tepehuan creen algunos que es Mexicana, y corrupcion de tepehuani, conquistador; 6* PHYSICAL PECULIARITIES IN NORTH MEXICO. 573 stature; robust, and well formed, with an erect carriage\ the finest specimens are to be found on the sea-coast, exceptions being the Opatas and Chicoratas, the former inclining to corpulency, the latter being short, although active and swift runners. The women are well limbed and have good figures, but soon become corpulent. The features of these people are quite regular, the head round, and well shaped, with black and straight hair; they have high cheek-bones and handsome mouths, With a generally mild and pleasing expression of countenance. They have piercing black eyes, and can distinguish objects at great distances. The Ceris see best toward the close of the day, owing to the strong reflection from the white sands of the coast during the earlier part of the day. The Carrizas are remarkable for their long upper lip. The men of this region have little beard; their complexion varies from a light, brown to a copper shade. Many of them attain to a great age.240 For raiment the Cahitas and Ceris wear only a small rag in front of their persons, secured to a cord tied bien un compuesto de tepetl, monte, v hua, desinencia que en Mexicano indica posesion, como si dijeramos senor 6 duefio del monte. Otros, acaso con mas exactitud, dicen que tepehuan es voz tarahumar, derivada de pehua 6 pegua, que significa duro, lo cual conviene con el caracterde la nacion.' Id., tom.ii., p. 45. 'La palabra acaxee parece ser la misma que la de acaxete, nombre de un pueblo perteneciente al estado de Puebla, ambos corrupcion de la palabra Mexicana acaxitl^ compuesta de atl (agua,) y de caxitl (cazuela 6 escudilla), hoy tambien corrompida, cajete: el todo significa alberca, nombre perfectamente adecuado a la cosa, pues que Alcedo, [Biccion. geogrdf. de America'] dice que en Acaxete, '' hay una caja 6 area de agua de piedra de can- ten'a, en que se recogen las que bajan de la Sierra y se conducen a Tepeaca: el nombre, pues, nos dice que si no la obra arquitectdnica, a lo menos la idea y la ejecucion, vienen desde losantiguos Mexicanos." ' Biccianario Universal de Hist. Geog., torn, i., p. 31. 240 ' Las rimgetes son notables por los pechos y pie's pequenos.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p., 169. 'Tienen la vista muy aguda... .El oido es tambien vivissimo.' Arlegui, Crdn. de Zacatecas, pp. 174-5. See also, Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, pp. 7, 145, 285, 677; Zuniga, in Escudero, Noticias de Sonora y Sinaloa, p. 142; Alegre, Hist. Comp. de. Jesus, torn, i., p. 416; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, s£rie.v., No. 96, pp. 184, 189; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Com- pans,Voy., s&rie i., torn, ix., pp. 44,49; Beaumont, Crdn. de Mechoacan, MS., p. 242; Lachapelle, Raousset-Boulbon, pp. 79-^80; Padilta, Conq. N. Galiciii, MS., p. 80; Berlandier y Thovel, Biario, p. 69; Hardy's Trav., pp. 289, 299;BartleU's Pers. Nar., vol. i., pp. 444, 446; Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., pp. 214-15, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 419; Ulloa, in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, iii., fol. 345; Guzman, Ret. Anon., in Icazbalceta, Col. de Boc, tom.ii., fol. 296; Sevin, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxx., p. 12; Be Laet, Novus Orbis, pp. 284r-5j Ward's Mexico, vol. i., pp. 571, 583; Prichard's Nat Hist. Man, vol.ii., p. 582; Coronado, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 362, ■ 574 NEW MEXICANS. round the waist; the Tarahumares, Acax6es, and other nations of the interior use for the same purpose a square piece of tanned deer-skin painted, except in cold weather, when they wrap a large blue cotton mantle round the shoulders. The women have petticoats reaching to their ankles, made of soft chamois or of cotton or agave-fibre, and a tilma or mantle during the winter. Some wear a long sleeveless chemise, which reaches from the shoulders to the feet. The Ceri women have petticoats made from the skins of the albatross or pelican, the feathers inside. The Opata men, soon after the conquest, were found well clad in blouse and drawers of cotton, with wooden shoes, while their neighbors wore sandals of raw hide, cut to the shape of the foot.241 The Cahitas, Acaxees and most other tribes, pierce the ears and nose, from which they hang small green stones, attached to a piece of blue cord; on the head, neck, and wrists, a great variety of ornaments are worn, made from mother-of-pearl and white snails' shells, also fruit-stones, pearls, and copper and silver hoops; round the ankles some wear circlets of deer's hoofs, others decorate their heads and necks with necklaces of red beans and strings of paroquets and small birds; pearls and feathers are much used to ornament the hair. The practice of painting the face and body is common to all, the colors most in use being red and black. A favorite style with the Ceris is to paint the face in alternate perpendicular stripes of blue, red, and white. The Pintos paint the face, breast, and arms; the Tarahumares tattoo the forehead, lips, and cheeks in various patterns; the Yaquis the chin and arms; while other tribes tattoo the face or body in styles peculiar to themselves. Both sexes are proud of their hair, which they wear long and 241 ' No alcanzan ropa de algodon, si no es algunas pampanillas y alguna manta muy gruesa; porque el vestido de ellos es de cuero de venados adoba- dos, y el vestido que dellos hacen es coser un cuero con otro y ponerselos por debajo del brazo atados al hombro, y las mujeres traen sus naguas hechas con sus jirones que les llegan hasta los tobillos como faja.' Guzman, Ret Anon., in Uazbalceta, Col. de Boc, torn, ii., pp. 296, 290, 481. The Ceri women wear ' pieles de alcatras por lo general, 6 una tosca frazada de lana envuelta en la cintura.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, pp. 131, 74, 153. NORTHERN MEXICAN DWELLINGS. 575 take much care of; the women permit it to flow in loose tresses, while the men gather it into one or more tufts on the crown of the head, and when hunting protect it by a chamois cap, to prevent its being disarranged by trees or bushes.242 Their houses are of light construction, usually built of sticks and reeds, and are covered with coarse reed matting. The Chinipas, Yaquis, Opatas and Conchos build somewhat more substantial dwellings of timber and adobes, or of plaited twigs well plastered with mud; all are only one story high and have flat roofs. Although none of these people are without their houses or huts, they spend most of their time, especially during summer, under the trees. The Tarahumares find shelter in the deep caverns of rocky mountains, the Tepehuanes and Acaxees place their habitations on the top of almost inaccessible crags, while the Humes and Batucas build their villages in squares, with few and very small entrances, the better to defend themselves against their enemies—detached buildings for kitchen and store-room purposes being placed contiguous.243 242 The Temoris had ' las orejas cercadas de los zarcillos que ellos vsan, adornados de conchas' de nacar labradas, y ensartadas en hilos azules, y cer- can toda la oreja.' Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, pp. 226, 286, 472. Near Culiacan, Nuiio de Guzman met about 50,000 warriors who 'traian al cuello sartas de codorhices, pericos pequefios y otros diferentes pajaritos.' Tello, in Icazbalceta, Col. de Boc, torn, ii., p. 354. The Humes, ' coronadas suscabezns de diademas de varias plumas de papagayos, guacamayas con algunos pena- chos de hojade plata batida.' Ahumada, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn. iii., p. 96. 'Los Indios de este nuevo Reyno son de diversas naciones que se distinguen por la diversidad de rayas en el rostro.' Padilla,'Conq. N. Gali- cia, MS., pp. 472, 531. ' No hemos visto a ningun carrizo pintado con vermel- lon, tal como lo hacen otros.' Berlandier y Thovel, Biario, p, 69. For further description see Hardy's Trav., pp. 289-90, 298; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 445; Combier, Voy., pp. 199-200; Coronado, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., pp. 362-4; Espejo, in Id., pp. 384, 390-1; Cabeza de Vaca, Relation, in Ternaux- Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, vii., p. 250; Castaneda, in Id., torn, ix., p. 157; Jaramillo, in Id., p. 366; Ward's Mexico, vol. i., p. 571; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, pp. 184-5, 190; Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 552; Arnaya, in Id., serie iv., torn, iii., p. 63; Bescrip. Top., in Id., serie iv. torn, iv., pp. 113-14; Lachapelle, Raousset-Boulbon, pp. 79-80: Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, ii., pp. 574-6, 609; Sevin, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxx., pp. 12, 25-6; Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., pp. 401, 406, and ii., pp. 124, 184; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, pp. 208? 226, 228; and Bapper, Neue Welt, pp. 235, 254-5; Cabeza de Vaca, Relation, pp. 167-8; Garcia Conde, in Album Mex., torn, i., p. 93; Beaumont, Cron. de Mechoacan, MS., pp. 241-2; Hazart, Kirchen-Geschichte, torn, ii., p. 539. 243 < Todos los pueblos de los indios cobiertas las casas de esteras, a laa 576 NEW MEXICANS. The Northern Mexicans live chiefly on wild fruits such as the pitahaya, honey, grain, roots, fish, and larvae; they capture game both large and small, and some of them eat rats, mice, frogs, snakes, worms, and vermin. The Ahomamas along the shores of Lake Parras, the Yaquis, Batucas, Ceris, Tarahumares, and the Opatas since the conquest have become agriculturists and cattle-breeders, besides availing themselves of fishing and hunting as means of subsistence. On the coast of Sonora, there being no maize, the natives live on pulverized rush and straw, with fish caught at sea or in artificial enclosures. The dwellers on the coast of Sinaloa consume a large quantity of salt, which they gather on the land during the dry season, and in the rainy reason from the bottom of marshes and pools. It is said that the Salijueros sometimes eat their own excrement. According to the reports of the older historians, the Tobosos, Bauzar games, Cabezas, Contotores, and Acaxees, as well as other tribes of Durango and Sinaloa, formerly fed on human flesh,—hunted human beings for food as they hunted deer or other game. The flesh of their brave foes they ate, thinking thereby to augment their own bravery.244 The Ceris of Tiburon Island depend for food entirely on fish and game. They catch turtle by approaching the animal and suddenly driving the point of their spear into its back, a cord being attached to the weapon by which they drag the prize on to the raft as soon as its cuales llaman en lengua de Mexico petates, y por esta causa le llamamos Petatlan.' Guzman, Ret Anon., in Icazbalceta, Cot de Boc, torn, ii., p. 296. Compare^Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 49, 156; Combier, Voy., pp. 157, 160, 164, 200; Coronado, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 363; Niza, in Id., p. 366; Espejo, in Id., p. 384; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, pp. 206, 216, 227-8; and Bapper, Neue Welt, pp. 232, 255; Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, pp. 3, 6, 7, 155, 222, 594; Cabeza de Vaca, Relation, pp. 167, 175; Id., in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, iii., fol. 327; Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, hi., pp. 574, 576, 609; Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 396; Azpilcueta, in Id., torn, ii., p. 186; Berlandier yThovel, Biario, p. 68. 244 'Comian inmundas carnes sin reservar la humana.' Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., pp. 530, 80, 84, 533. ' Ils mangent tous de la chair humaine, et vont a la chasse des homines.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 152,158-9. See also, Arlegui, Chron. eleZacatecas, pp. 150, 180-2; Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, pp. 3, 6, 7, 11, 14, 175, 217, 385, 671. METHODS OF HUNTING. 577 etrength has become exhausted. According toGomara, the natives of Sonora in 1537 were caught poisoning the deer-pools, probably for the skins, or it may have been only a stupefying drink that the pools were made to supply. The Sinaloans are great hunters; at times they pursue the game singly, then again the whole town turns out and, surrounding the thickest part of the forest, the people set fire to the underbrush and bring down the game as it attempts to escape the flames. A feast of reptiles is likewise thus secured. Iguanas are caught with the hands, their legs broken, and thus they are kept until required for food. For procuring wild honey, a bee is followed until it reaches its tree, the sweet- containing part of which is cut off and carried away. The Tarahumares hunt deer by driving them through narrow passes, where men are stationed to shoot them. Others make use of a deer's head as a decoy. For fishing they have various contrivances; some fish between the rocks with a pointed stick; others, when fishing in a pool, throw into the water a species of cabbage or leaves of certain trees, that stupefy the fish, when they are easily taken with the hands; they also use wicker baskets, and near the Pacific Ocean they inclose the rivers, and catch enormous quantities of smelt and other fish, which have come up from the sea to spawn. The Laguneros of Coahuila catch ducks by placing a calabash on their heads, with holes through which to breathe and see; thus equipped, they swim softly among the ducks, and draw them under water without flutter or- noise. Tatema is the name of a dish cooked in the ground by the Tarahumares. The Laguneros make tortillas of flour obtained from an aquatic plant. The Zacatecs make the same kind of bread from the pulp of the maguey, which is first boiled with lime, then washed and boiled again in pure water, after which it is squeezed dry and made into cakes. Most of the people use pozok, or pinolatl, both being a kind of gruel made of pinole, of parched corn or seeds ground, the one of greater thickness than the other; also tamales, boiled beans, and NEW MEXICANS. pumpkins. The Ceris of Tiburon eat fish and meat uncooked, or but slightly boiled. The Salineros frequently devour uncooked hares and rabbits, having only removed their furs.245 The weapons universally used by these nations were bows and arrowTs and short clubs, in addition to which the chiefs and most important warriors carried a short lance and a buckler. The arrows were carried in a quiver made of lion or other skins. The Tarahumares and some others wore a leathern guard round the left wrist, to protect it from the blow of the bow-string. Flint knives were employed for cutting up their slain enemies. The Ceris, Jovas, and other tribes smeared the points of their arrows with a very deadly poison, but how it was applied to the point, or whence obtained, it is difficult to determine; some travelers say that this poison was taken from rattlesnakes and other venomous reptiles, which, by teasing, were incited to strike their fangs into the liver of a cow or deer which was presented to them, after which it was left to putrefy, and the arrows being dipped into the poisonous mass, were placed in the sun to dry; but other writers, again, assert that the poison was produced from a vegetable preparation. The wound inflicted by the point, however slight, is said to 245 PoQolatl, 'beuida de mayz cozido.' Pinolatl, ' beuida de mayz y chia tostado.' Molina, Vocabulario. The Batucas ' cuanto siembran es de regadio ... .sus milpas parecen todas huertas.' Azpilcueta, in Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, ii., p. 186, see also p. 184; Acaxees, mode of fishing, etc., in Id., torn, i., pp. 401-5, also 283-4, 399, 402-3; Tarahumares, mode of fishing, hunting, and cooking. Murr, Nachrichten, pp. 310, 317, 322-3, 337, 342. The Yaquis' ' fields and gardens in the highest state of cultivation.' Ward's Mexico, vol. ii., p. 606. For further account of their food and manner of cooking, etc., see Revista Mexicana, torn, i., pp. 375-6; Gomara, Hist Ind., fol. 54; Zepeda, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, iii., p. 158; Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, pp. 72, 169-70; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., pp. 465, 469; Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 549-50; Jaramillo, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 366; Cabeza de Vaca, in Id., torn, vii., pp. 242-3, 249-50, 265; Espejo, in Hakluyt's Voy., torn, iii., p. 384; Coronado, in Id., pp, 363, 374; Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, hi., p. 609; Combier, Voy., pp. 160-2, 169, 198, 200, 312; Guzman, Ret Anon., in Icazbalceta, Col. de Bo,e, torn, ii., p. 289; Tello, in Id., p. 353; Be Baet, Novus Orbis, pp. 286, 310; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, p. 442; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 185; Ulloa, in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, iii., fol. 341-2; Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., pp. 256, 260; Zuniga, in Id., 1842, torn, xciii., p. 239; Stone, in Hist. Mag., vol. v., p. 166; Malte-Brun, Sonora, pp. 14r-5. HOW ARROWS WERE MADE AND POISONED. 579 have caused certain death. The arrows were pointed with flint, or some other stone, or with bone, fastened to a piece of hard wood, which is tied by sinews to a reed or cane, notched, and winged with three feathers; when not required for immediate use, the tying was loosed, and the point reversed in the cane, to protect it from being broken. The Ceris and Chicoratos cut a notch a few inches above the point, so that in striking it should break" off and remain in the wound. Their clubs were made of a hard wood called guayacan, with a knob at the end, and when not in use were carried slung to the arm by a leather thong. Their lances were of Brazil wood, bucklers of alligator-skin, and shields of bull's hide, sufficiently large to protect the whole body, with a hole in the top to look through. Another kind of shield was made of small lathes closely interwoven with cords, in such a manner that, when not required for use, it could be shut up like a fan, and was carried under the arm.246 Living in a state of constant war, arising out of family quarrels or aggressions made into each other's territories, they were not unskilled in military tactics. Previous 2*6 Of the Ceris it is said that 'la ponzofia con que apestan las puntas de sus flechas; es la mas activa que se ha conocido por aca... .no se ha.pqdido averiguar cuales sean a punto fijo los mortiferos materiales de esta pestilen- cial maniobra? Y aunque se dicen muchas cosas, como que lo hacen de cabezas'de viboras irritadas cortadas al tiempo que clavan sus dientes en un pedazo de bofes y de carne humana ya medio podrida.... pues no es mas que adivinar lo que no sabemos. Sin duda su principal ingrediente sera alguna rafz.' Sonora, Beserip. Geog., in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 560-1, 552. ' El magot es un arbol pequeno muy losano y muy hermoso a la vista; pero a corta incision de la corteza brota una leche mortal que les servia en su gentilidad para emponzonar sus flechas.' Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, ii., p. 215. See also Hardy's Trav., pp. 298-9, 391; Stone, in Hist. Mag., vol. v., p. 166; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 57; Cabeza de Vaca, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., se*rie i., torn, vii., pp. 250-1;* Castaneda, in Id., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 209, 222-3; Soc Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, pp. 185-6, 190; Arlegui, Chron. de Zacatecas, p. 153; Tello, in Icazbalceta, Cot de Boc, torn, ii., p. 354; Guzman, Ret Anon., in Id., p. 289, 296; Bescrip. Topog., in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, iv., p. 114; Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, pp. 10, 110, 473, 677; Be Laet, Novus Orbis, pp. 285, 287, 305, 310; Sevin, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxx., pp. 12, 25; Berlandier y Thovel, Biario, p. 68; Ramirez, in Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 284; Com- bier, Voy., pp. 198, 346; Espejo, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. hi., pp. 384, 390; Niza, in Id., p. 567; Ulloa, in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, iii, fol. 342-3; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, pp. 208, 228; and Bapper, Neue Welt, pp. 234, 255; Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., p. 520; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 55. 580 NEW MEXICANS. to admission as a warrior, a young man had to pass through certain ordeals; having first qualified himself by some'dangerous exploit, or having faithfully performed the duty of a scout in an enemy's country. The preliminaries being settled, a day was appointed for his initiation, when one of the braves, acting as his godfather, introduced him to the chief, who, for the occasion, had first placed himself in the midst of a large circle of warriors. The chief then addressed him, instructing him in the several duties required of him, and drawing from a pouch an eagle's talon, with it proceeded to score his body on the shoulders, arms, breast, and thighs, till the blood ran freely; the candidate was expected to suffer without showing the slightest signs of pain. The chief then handed to him a bow and a quiver of arrows; each of the braves also presented him with two arrows. In the campaigns that followed, the novitiate must take the hardest duty, be ever at the post of danger, and endure without a murmur or complaint the severest privations, until a new candidate appeared to take his place.247 When one tribe desires the assistance of another in war, they send reeds filled with tobacco, which, if accepted, is a.token that the alliance is formed; a call for help is made by means of the smoke signal. When war is decided upon, a leader is chosen, at whose house all the elders, medicine-men, and principal warriors assemble; a fire is then lighted, and tobacco handed round and smoked in silence. The chief, or the most aged and distinguished warrior then arises, and in a loud tone and not unpoetic language, harangues his hearers, recounting to them heroic deeds hitherto' per- • formed, victories formerly gained,'and present wrongs to be avenged; after which tobacco is again passed round, •247 'El joven que desea valer por las armas, antes de ser admitido en toda forma a esta profesion, debe hacer meritos en algunas campanas....despues de probado algun tiempo en estas esperiencias y tenida la aprobacion de los ancianos, citan al pretendiente para algun dia en que deba dar la ultima prueba de su valor.' Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, ii., pp. 218-9, 396-8, and torn, i., pp. 396-9. Examine Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 544-7; Lizasoin, in Id., pp. 684-5. WAR CUSTOMS IN NORTH MEXICO. 581 and new speakers in turn address the assembly. War councils are continued for several nights, and a day is named on which the foe is to be attacked. Sometimes the day fixed for the battle is announced to the enemy; and a spot on which the fight is to take place selected. During the campaign fasting is strictly observed. The Aeaxees, before taking the war-path, select a maiden of the tribe, who secludes herself during the whole period of the campaign, speaking to no one, and eating nothing but a little parched corn without salt. The Ceris and Opatas approach their enemy under cover of darkness, preserving a strict silence, and at break of day, by a preconcerted signal, a sudden and simultaneous attack is made. To fire an enemy's house, the Tepagues and others put lighted corn-cobs on the points of their arrows. In the event of a retreat they invariably carry off the dead, as it is considered a point of honor not to leave any of their number on the field. Seldom is sex or age spared, and when prisoners are taken, they are handed over to the women for torture, who treat them most inhumanly, heaping upon them every insult devisable, besides searing their flesh with burning brands, and finally burning them at the stake, or sacrificing them in some equally cruel manner. Many cook and eat the flesh of their captives, reserving the bones as trophies. The slain are scalped, or a hand is cut off, and a dance performed round the trophies on the field of battle. On the return of an expedition, if successful, entry into the village is made in the day-time.. Due notice of their approach having been forwarded to the inhabitants, the warriors are received with congratulations and praises by the women, who, seizing the scalps, vent their spleen in frantic gestures; tossing them from one to another, these female fiends dance and sing round the bloody trophies, while the men look on in approving silence. Should the expedition, however, prove unsuccessful, the village is entered in silence and during the deadx of night. All the booty taken is divided amongst the aged men and women, as it is 582 NEW MEXICANS. deemed unlucky by the warriors to use their enemy's property.248 Their household utensils consist of pots of earthen ware and gourds, the latter used both for cooking and drinking purposes; later, out of the horns of oxen cups are. made. The Tarahumares use in place of saddles two rolls of straw fastened by a girdle to the animal's back, loose enough, however, to allow the rider to put his feet under them. Emerging from their barbarism, they employ, in their agricultural pursuits, plows with shares of wood or stone, and wooden hoes. The Ceris have a kind of double-pointed javelin, with which they catch fish, which, once between the prongs, are prevented from slipping out by the jagged sides.249 The Ahomoas, Eudebes, Jovas, Yaquis, and Opatas weave fabrics out of cotton or agave-fibre, such as blankets or serapes, and cloth with colored threads in neat designs and figures; these nations also manufacture matting from reeds and palm-leaves. Their loom consists of four short sticks driven into the ground, to which a frame is attached to hold the thread. The shuttle is an oblong piece of wood, on which the cross-thread is wound. After passing through the web, the shuttle is seized and pressed close by a ruler three inches in breadth, which is placed between the web and supplies the place of a comb. When any patterns are to be worked, several women assist to mark off with wooden pegs the amount of thread required. The Yaquis and Ceris manufacture common earthen ware, and the Tarahumares twist horse- 248 As to the Mayos, ' eran estos indios en sus costumbres y modo de guerrear como los de Sinaloa, hacian la centinela cada cuarto de hora, poni- endose en fila cincuenta indios, uno delante de otro, con sus arcos y flechas y con una rodilla en tierra.' Beaumont, Cron. de Mechoacan, MS., p. 241. See also Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, pp. 9, 18, 76, 473-4; Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., p. 522; Guzman, Ret Anon., in Icazbalceta, Col. de Boc, torn, ii., pp, 301-2; Hazart, Kirchen-Geschichle, torn, ii., p. 539; Ferry, Scenes de le vie Sauvage, p. 76; Arlegui, Chron. de Zacatecas, p. 150; Coronado, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 363; Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 256. 2*9 See Combier, Voy., p. 157; Murr, Nachrichten, pp. 307, 335, 337; Bescrip. Topog., in Boc Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, iv., p. 114; Hardy's Trav., p. 290. PROPERTY OF CERIS, OPATAS, AND YAQUIS. 583 hair into strong cords; they also use undressed hides cut in strips, and coarse aloe-fibres.250 No boats or canoes are employed by any of the natives of this region; but the Ceris, the Tiburones, and the Tepocas make rafts of reeds or bamboos, fastened together into bundles. These rafts are about eighteen feet long and tapering toward both ends; some are large enough to carry four or five men; they are propelled with a double-bladed paddle, held in the middle and vTorked alternately on both sides.251 Subsequent to the conquest, the Opatas and Yaquis accumulated large flocks of sheep, cattle, and bands of horses; the latter are good miners, and expert divers for pearls. Their old communistic ideas follow them in their new life; thus, the landed property of the Tarahumares is from time to time repartitioned; they have also a public asylum for the sick, helpless, and for orphans, who are taken care of by male and female officials called tenanches. Pearls, turquoises, emeralds, coral, feathers, and gold were in former times part of their property, and held the place of money; trade, for the most part, was carried on by simple barter.252 The Northern Mexicans make no pretensions to art; nevertheless, Guzman states that in the province of Culiacan the walls of the houses were decorated with 250 ' Vsauan el arte de hilar, y texer algodon, 6 otras yeruas siluestres, como el Canamo de Castilla, o Pita.' Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos,-pp. 12, 200. For the Yaquis, see Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 73; for the Opatas and Jovas, Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 550-2; and for the Tarahumares, Murr, Nachrichten, p. 344; Cabeza de Vaca, Relation, pp. 166, 174; Id., in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, iii., fol. 327; Ba- chupelle, Raousset-Boulbon, pp. 79-80. 251 ' El indio tomando el asta por medio; boga con gran destreza por uno y otrolado.' Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, iii., p. 119. * An Indian paddles himself... .by means of along elastic pole of about twelve or fourteen feet in length.' Hardy's Trav., pp. 297, 291. See also Niza, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., pp. 366; Cabeza de Vaca, Relation, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, vii., p. 250; Ulloa, in Ramusio, Navigationi, torn, hi., fol. 342. 252 The Carrizos f no tienen caballos, pero en cambio, sus pueblos estan llenos de perros.' Berlandier y Thovel, Bietrio, p. 70. The Tahus 'sacri- fiaient une partie de leurs richesses, qui consistaient en etoffes et en turquoises.' Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 15.*. Compare further, Combier, Voy., pp. 20J-1; Zuniga, in Escudero, Noticias de Sonora y Sinaloa, p. 135; Mx. in 1812, p. 08; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 260; Id., Cent Amer., p. 380; Ualeza de Vaca, Relation, p. 167. NEW MEXICANS. obscene paintings. They are all great observers of the heavenly bodies and the changes in the atmosphere; the Yaquis count their time by the moon. They are good musicians, imitating to perfection on their own instruments almost any strain they happen to hear. Their native melodies are low, sweet, and harmonious. In Petatlan they embroidered dresses with pearls, and as they had no instrument for piercing the jewel, they cut a small groove round it, and so strung them.. With pearls they formed on cloth figures of animals and birds.253 I find nowhere in this region any system of laws or government. There are the usual tribal chieftains, selected on account of superior skill or bravery, but with little or no power except in war matters. Councils of war, and all meetings of importance, are held at the chief's house.254 The Ceris and Tepocas celebrate the advent of womanhood with a feast, which lasts for several days. The Ahome maiden wears on her neck a small carved shell, as a sign of her virginity, to lose which before marriage is a lasting disgrace. On the day of marriage the bridegroom removes this ornament from his bride's neck. It is customary among most of the tribes to give presents to the girl's parents. The Tahus, says Castaneda, are obliged to purchase a maiden from her parents, and deliver her to the cacique255, chief, or possibly high priest, 253 ' Son grandes observadores de los Astros, porque como siempre duer- menaCielo descubierto, y estan hechos a mirarlos, semarabillan de qualquier nueva impression, que registran en los Cielos.' Arlegui, Chron. de Zadatecas, p. 175. Among the Yaquis, ' hay asimismo musicos de violin y arpa, todo por puro ingenio, sin que se pueda decir que se les hayan ensenado laspri- meras reglas.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 74. See also Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, p. 12; Be Laet, Novus Orbispp. 285; Castaneda, in Terndux-Comr- pans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 152; Combier, Voy., p. 201; Murr, Nachrichten, p. 370; Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., p. 80. 254 'Leyes, ni Reyes que castigassen tales vicios y pecados, no los fuuie- ron, ni.se hallaua entre ellos genero de autoridad y gouierno politico que los castigasse.' Ribas, Hist, de los Triumplios, p. 11; Combier, Voy., p. 200; Ahumada, Carta, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, iii., p. 96; Espejo, in Hakluyt's. Voy., vol. iii., p. 384. 255 The word cacique, which was used by the Spaniards to designate the chiefs and rulers of provinces and towns throughout the West Indies, Central America, Mexico, and Peru, is originally taken from the Cuban language. Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iv., p. 595, explains it as follows: MARRIAGE AND POLYGAMY. 585 to whom was accorded the droit de seigneur. If the bride proves to be no virgin, all the presents are returned by her parents, and it is optional with the bridegroom to keep her or condemn her to the life of a public prostitute. The Bauzarigames, Cabezas, Contotores, and Tehuecos practice polygamy and inter-family marriages, but these are forbidden by the Ceris, Chinipas, Tibur- ones, and Tepocas. Different ceremonies take place upon the birth of the first child. Among some, the father is intoxicated, and in that state surrounded by a dancing multitude, who score his body till the blood flows freely. Among others, several days after the birth of a male child, the men visit the house, feel each limb of the newly born, exhort him to be brave, and finally give him a name; women perform similar ceremonies with female children. The couvade obtains in certain parts; as for instance, the Lagunero and Ahomama husbands, after the birth of a child, remain in bed for six or seven days, during which time they eat neither fish nor meat. The Sisibotaris, Ahomes, and Tepehua- nes hold chastity in high esteem, and both their maidens and matrons are remarkably chaste. The standard of morality elsewhere in this vicinity is in general low, especially with the Acaxees and Tahus, whose incestuous connections and system of public brothels are notorious. According to Arlegui, Ribas, and other authors, among some of these nations male concubinage prevails to a great extent; these loathsome semblances of humanity, whom to call beastly were a slander upon beasts^ dress themselves in the clothes and perform the functions of women, the use of weapons even being denied them.256 Cacique: sefior, jefe absolute 6 rey de una comarca 6 Estado. En nuestros dias suele emplearse esta voz en algunas poblaciones de la parte oriental de Cuba, para designar al regidor decano de un ayuntamiento. Asi se dice: Regidor cacique. Metafdricamente tiene aplicacion en nuestra peninsula, para designar a los que en los pueblos pequenos llevan la voz y gobiernan a su antojo y capricho.' 256 'Juntos grandes y pequenos ponen a los mocetones y mujeres casa- deras en dos hileras, y dada una sefia emprenden a correr estas; dada otra siguen la carrera aquellos, y alcanzandolas, ha de cojer cada uno la suya /le la tetilla izquierda; yquedan hechoS y confirmadoslosdesposorios.' Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 542-3. 'Unos se 586 NEW MEXICANS. Drunkenness prevails to a great extent among most of the tribes; their liquors are prepared from the fruit of the pitahaya, mezquite-beans, agave, honey, and wheat. In common with all savages, they are immoderately fond of dancing, and have numerous feasts, where, with obscene carousals and unseemly masks, the revels continue, until the dancers, from sheer exhaustion or intoxication, are forced to rest. The Opatas hold a festival called torom raqui, to insure rain and good crops. Clearing a square piece of ground, they strew it with seeds, bones, boughs, horns, and shells; the actors then issue forth from huts built on the four corners of the square, and there dance from sunrise to sunset. On the first day of the year they plant in the ground a tall pole, to which are tied long ribbons of many colors. A number of young maidens, fancifully attired, dance round the pole, holding the ends of the ribbons, twisting themselves nearer or away from the center in beautiful figures. Upon other occasions they commemorate, in modern times, what is claimed to be the journey of the Aztecs, and the appearance of Montezuma among them. Hunting and war expeditions are inaugurated by dances. Their musical instruments are flutes and hollow trunks beaten with sticks or bones, and accompanied with song and impromptu words, relating the exploits of their gods, warriors, and hunters. They are passionately fond of athletic sports, such as archery, wrestling, and racing; but the favorite pastime is a kind of foot-ball. The game is played between two parties, with a large elastic ball, on a square piece of ground prepared expressly for the purpose. The players must strike the ball with the shoulders, knees, or hips, but never with casan con una muger sola, y tienen muchas mancebas.... Otras se casan con quantas mugeres quieren.. . Otras naciones tienen las mugeres por comunes.' Arlegui, Chron. de Zacatecas, pp. 154-7. For further account of their family relations and marriage customs, see Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, pp. 11, 145, 171, 201, 242, 475; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 186; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., pp. 150, 152, 155, 158; Ileizart, Kirchen-Geschichte, torn, ii., p. 541; Padilla, Cong. N. Galicia, MS., p. 530; Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 452; Arista, in Id., p. 417; Berlemdier y Thovel, Biario, p. 70; Combier,. Voy., p. 201; Lowenstern, Mexique, p. 409. CUSTOMS IN NORTHERN MEXICO. 587 the hand. Frequently one village challenges another as upon the occasion of a national festival, which lasts several days, and is accompanied with dancing and feasting. They have also games with wooden balls, in which sticks are used when playing. The players are always naked, and the game often lasts from sunrise to sunset, and sometimes, when the victory is undecided, the play *will be continued for several successive days. Bets are freely made, and horses and other property staked with the greatest recklessness.257 Loads are carried on the- head, or in baskets at the back, hanging from a strap that passes across the forehead. Another mode of carrying burdens is to distribute equally the weight at both ends of a pole which is slung across the shoulder, a la Chinoise. Their conceptions of the supernatural are extremely crude; thus, the Opatas, by yells and gesticulations, endeavor to dispel eclipses of the heavenly bodies; before the howling of the wind they cower as before the voice of the Great Spirit. The Ceris superstitiously celebrate the new moon, and bow reverentially to the rising and setting sun. Nuiio de Guzman states that in the province of Culiacan tamed serpents were found in the dwellings of the natives, which they feared and venerated. Others have a great veneration for the hidden virtues of poisonous plants, and believe that if they crush or destroy one, some harm will happen to them/ It is a common 257 Les Yaquis ' aiment surtout une danse appele*e tutuli gamuchi... .dans laquelle ils chahgent de femmes en se cedant r<sciproquement tous leurs droits conjugaux.' Zuniga, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1842, torn, xciii., pp. 238-9. The Sisibotaris; 'En las danzas.., f ue muy de notar que aunque danzaban juntos hombres y mugeres, ni se hablaban ni se tocaban inmedia- tamente las manos.' Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, ii., p. 124, and torn. i., pp. 405-7. In the province of Panuco, ' cuando estan en sus borrache- ras e fiestas, lo que no pueden beber por la boca, se lo hacen echar por bajo con un embudo.' Guzman, Ret Anon., in Icazbalceta, Col. de Boc, torn, ii., p. 295. See further, Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, pp. 9, 15, 256, 672; Murr, Nachrichten, pp. 321, 343, 345; Be Laet Novus Orbis, p. 287; Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., pp. 519, 530; Castaneda, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., serie i., torn, ix., p. 158: Hardy's Trav., p. 440; Arlegui, Chron. de^Zacatecas, pp. 158, ISO{Bonnavan's Adven., pp. 46, 48; Las Casas, Hist. Indias, MS., lib. iii., cap. 168; Garcia Conde, in Album Mex., torn, i., p. 167; Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 190; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., p. 261: Id., Cent. Amer., p. 381; Sevin, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxx., p. 25. 583 NEW MEXICANS. custom to hang a small bag containing poisonous herbs round the neck of a child, as a talisman against diseases or attacks from wild beasts, which they also believe will render them invulnerable in battle. They will not touch a person struck by lightning, and will leave him to die, or, if dead, to lie unburied.258 Intermittent and. other fevers prevail among the people of Northern Mexico. Small-pqx, introduced by Europeans, has destroyed many lives; syphilis was introduced among the Carrizos by the Spanish troops. The Tarahumares suffer from pains in the side about the end of the spring. The Opatas of Oposura are disfigured by goitres, but this disease seems to be confined within three leagues of the town. Wounds inflicted by arrows, many of them poisoned, and bites of rattlesnakes are common. Friends, and even parents and brothers leave to their fate such as are suffering from contagious diseases; they, however, place water and wild fruits within the sufferer's reach. To relieve their wearied legs and feet after long marches, they scarify the former with sharp flints. In extreme cases they rub themselves with the maguey's prickly leaf well pounded, which, acting as an emollient on their hardened bodies, affords them prompt relief. The Carrizos cure syphilis with certain plants, the medicinal properties of which are known to them. As a purgative they use the grains of the maguacate, and as a febrifuge the cenicilla (teraina frutescensj. With the leaves of the latter they make a decoction which, mixed with hydromel, is an antidote for intermittent fevers. They also use the 258 The 6patas have 'grande respeto y veneracion que hasta hoy tienen a los hombrecitos pequenos y contrahechos, a quienes temen y franquean su casa y comida.' Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 628. ' Angulis atque adytis angues complures reperti, peregrinum in mo- dum conglobati, capitibus supra et infra exsertis, terribili rictu, si quis pro- puis accessisset, cseterum innocui; quos barbari vel maxime venerabantur, quod diabolus ipsis hac forma apparere consuesset: eosdem tamen et mani- bus contrectabant et nonnunquam iis vescebantur.' Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 284. Further reference in Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, p. 472; Ovitdo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., pp. 574-5; Lachapelle, Raousset-Boulbon, p. 79; Cabeza de Vaca, Relation, p. 169; Arlegui, Chron. de Zacatecas, pp. 166-7; Sevin, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxx., p. 26. MEDICAL TREATMENT. 589 leaves of the willow in decoction, as a remedy for the same complaint. In Sinaloa, the leaf and roots of the guaco are used by the natives as the most efficacious medicine for the bites of poisonous reptiles. The Opatas employ excellent remedies for the diseases to which they are subject. They have a singular method -of curing rattlesnake bites, a sort of retaliative cure; seizing the reptile's head between two sticks, they stretch out the tail and bite it along the body, and if we may believe Alegre, the bitten man does not swell up, but the reptile does, until it bursts. In some parts, if a venomous snake bites a person, he seizes it at both ends, and breaks all its bones with his teeth until it is dead, imagining this to be an efficacious means of saving himself from the effect of the wounds. Arrow wounds are first sucked, and then peyote powder is put into them; after two days the wound is cleaned, and more of the same powder applied; this operation is continued upon every second day, and finally powdered lechugilla-root is used; by this process the wound, after thoroughly suppurating, becomes healed. Out of the leaves of the maguey, lechugilla, and date-palm, as well as from the rosemary, they make excellent balsams for curing wounds. They have various vegetable substances for appeasing the thirst of wounded persons, as water is considered injurious. The Acaxees employ the sucking processes, and blowing through a hollow tube, for the cure of diseases. The Yaquis put a stick into the patient's mouth, and with it draw from the stomach the disease; the Ceris of Tiburon Island also employ charms in their medical practice.259 I find nothing of cremation in rhese parts. The dead body is brought head and knees together, and 259 ' Quando entre los Indios ay algun contagio, que es el de viruelas el mas continuo, de que mueren innumerables, mudan cada dia lugares, y se van a los mas retirados montes, buscando los sitios mas espinosos y en- tnarahados, para que de miedo de las espinas, no entren (segun juzgan, y como cierto lo afirman) las viruelas.' Arlegui, Chron. de Zacatecas, pp. 152-3, 182. See also, Miihlenpfordt Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 431; Berlandiery Thovel, Biario, pp. 70-1; Aleyre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 399, torn, ii., pp. 213-4, 219-20; Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, pp. 17, 322-3; Lowenstern, Mexique, p. 411; Hardy's Trav., p. 282; Sonora, Bescrip, Geog., in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 547-8. NEW MEXICANS, placed in a cave or under a rock. Several kinds of edibles, with the utensils and implements with which the deceased earned a support while living, are deposited in the grave, also a small idol, to serve as a guide and fellow traveler to the departed on the long journey. On the lips of dead iiuants is dropped milk from the mother's breast, that these innocents may have sustenance to reach their place of rest. Among the Acaxees, if a woman dies in childbirth, the infant surviving is slain, as the cause of its mother's death. Cutting the hair is the only sign o£ mourning among them.260 The character of the Northern Mexicans, as portrayed by Arlegui, is gross and low; but some of these tribes do not deserve such sweeping condemnation. The Mayos, Yaquis, Acaxees, and Opatas are generally intelligent, honest, social, amiable, and intrepid in war; their young women modest, with a combination of sweetness and pride noticed by some writers. The Opatas especially are a hard-working people, good-humored, free from intemperance and thievishness; they are also very tenacious of purpose, when their minds are made up —danger often strengthening their stubbornness the more. The Sisibotaris, Ahomamas, Onavas, and Tarahumares are quiet and docile, but brave when occasion requires; the last-mentioned are remarkably honest. The Tepocas and Tiburones are fierce, cruel, and treacherous, more warlike and courageous than the Ceris of the main land, who are singularly devoid of good qualities, being sullenly stupid, lazy, inconstant, revengeful, depredating, and much given to intemper- ancer Their country even has become a refuge for evildoers. In former times they were warlike and brave: but even this quality they have lost, and have become as cowardly as they are cruel. The Tepehuanes and other mountaineers are savage and warlike, and their animosity to the whites perpetual. The Laguneros and other tribes of Coahuila are intelligent, domestic, and hospitable; the former especially are very brave. In Chihuahua 260 See Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 516; Villa, in Prkto, Viajes, p. 443. • CHARACTER. TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. 591 they are generally fierce and uncommunicative. At El Paso, the women are more jovial and pleasant than the men; the latter speak but little, never laugh, and seldom smile; their whole aspect seems to be wrapped in melancholy—everything about it has a semblance of sadness and suffering.261 26i ' Las mas de las naciones referidas son totalmente barbaras, y de gro- seros entendimientos; gentebaxa.' Arlegui, Chron. de Zacatecas, p. 149. The Yaquis: ' by far the most industrious and useful of all the other tribes in Sonora.... celebrated for the exuberance of their wit.' Hardy's Trav., pp. 439, 442. ' Los opatas son tan honrados como valientes la nacion dpata es pacifica, docil, y hasta cierto punto diferente de todas los demas indi'genas del confinente... .son amantes deltrabajo.' Zuniga, in Escudero, Noticias de Sonora y Sinaloei, pp. 139-41. ' La tribu dpata fud la que manifesto un carac- ter franco, ddcil, y con simpati'as a los blancos... .siempre fue inclinada al drden y la paz.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, pp. 151, 117. The 6patas ' son de genio malicioso, disimulados yen sumo grado vengativos; y en esto sobie- salenlas mujeres.' Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 629-30. See also: Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, pp. 237, 285, 358, 369, 385; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., pp. 442-3; Ward's Mexico, vol. i. p. 583, vol. ii., p. 606; Combier, Voy., pp. 198-201; Malte-Brun, Sonora, pp. 13-14; Browne's Apache Country, p. 248; Bachapelle, Raousset-Boulbon, p. 79; Cabeza de Vaca, Relation, pp. 169, 176; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, pp. 405, 442; Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., pp. 284, 402-3, 405, 452, and torn. ii., p. 184; Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., pp. 80, 84; Berlandier y Thovel, Biario, pp. 69-70; Garcia Conde, in Album Mex., torn, i., p. 93. TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. To the New Mexican group belong the nations inhabiting the territory lying between the parallels 36° and 23° of north latitude, and the meridians 96° and 117° of west longitude; that is to say, the occupants of the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Lower California, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Northern Zacatecas, and Western Texas. In the Apache family, I include all the savage tribes roaming through New Mexico, the north-western portion of Texas, a small part of Northern Mexico, and Arizona; being the Comanches, Apaches proper, Navajos, Mojaves, Hualapais, Yumas, Cosninos, Yampais, Yalchedunes, Yamajabs, Cochees, Cruzados, Nijoras, Cocopas, and others. The Comanches inhabit Western Texas, Eastern New Mexico, and Eastern Mexico, and from the Arkansas River north to near the Gulf of Mexico south. Range 'over the plains of the Arkansas from the vicinity of Bent's fort, at the parallel of 38°, to the Gulf of Mexico .. .from the eastern base of the Llano Estacado to about the meridian of longitude 98th.' Pope, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. ii., p. 16. From the western border of the Choctaw country ' uninterruptedly along the Canadian to Tucumcari creek and thence, occasionally, to Rio Pecos. From this line they pursue the buffalo northward as far as the Sioux country, and on the south are scarcely limited by the frontier settlements of Mexico.' Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. 8, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii. 'During summer as far north as the Arkansas river, their winters they usually pass about the head branches of the Brazos and Colorado rivers of Texas.' Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. ii., p. 307. ' Between 102° and 104° longitude and 33° and 37° north latitude.' Norton, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1866, p. 146. 'About thirteen thousand square miles of the southern portion of Colorado, and probably a much larger extent of the neighboring States of Kansas and Texas, and Territory of New Mexico and the " Indian country," are occupied by the Kioways and Comanches.' Bole, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1862, p. 34; Evans and Collins, in Id., pp. 230, 242; Martinez, in Ind. Aff. Rept Spec. Com., 1867, p. 487. ' En Invierno se acercan a Te*jas, y en Estio a la sierra de Santa Fe.' Berlandier y Thovel, Biario, p. 251. 'Comanches ou Hietans (Eubaous, Yetas), dans le nord-ouest du Texas.' Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1852, torn, cxxxiii., p. 225. ■ Originaire du Nouveau-Mexique; mais... .ils descendent souvent dans les plaines de la Basse-Calif ornie et de la Sonora.' Soc. Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 192. ' Range east of the mountains of New Mexico.' Bent, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. i., p. 244. 'In dem uncultivirten Theile des Bolson de Mapimi' (Chihuahua). Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, p. 214; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, ii., pp. 221-2. | Entre la riviere Rouge et le Missouri, et traversent el Rio-Bravo-del-Norte.' Bufey, Resume de I'Hist, torn, i., p. 4. 'Upon the south and west side' of the Rio Brazos. Marcy's Rept, p. 217; Marcy's Army Life, pp. 43-6. ' Im Westen des Missisippi und des Arcansas und bis an das linke Ufer des Rio Grande.' Ludecus, Reise, p. 104. 'Range from the sources of the Brazos and Colorado, rivers of Texas, over the great Prairies, to the waters of the Arkansas and the mountains of Rio Grande.' Ludewiej's Ab. Lang., p. 51. Concurrent statements in Wilson's Amer. Hist, p. 625; Prichard's Nat. Hist Man, vol. ii., p. 549; Ward's Mexico, vol. ii., p. 557; Moore's Texas, p. 30; Bewees' Texas, p. 233; Holley's Texas, p. 152; Bragoon Camp, p. 153. ' La nacion comanche, que esta situada entre el Estado de Texas y el de Nuevo Mexico se compone de las siguientes tribus 6 pueblos, a saber: Yaparehca, Cuhtzuteca, Penande, Pacarabo, Caiguaras, Nocoui d Yiuhta, Napuat \6 Quetahtore, Yapaine, Muvinabore, Sianabone, Caigna, Sarritehca y Quitzaene.' Garcia Rejon, in Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 347. ' Extends from the Witchita Mountains as far as New Mexico, and is divided into four bands, called respectively the Cuchanticas, the Tupes, the Yam- paxicas, and the Eastern Comanches.' Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 21. See also: Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 344, 348-9; Foote's Texas, vol. i., p. 298; Frost's Ind. Wars, p. 293. The Apaches may be said to I extend from the country oi the Utahs, in latitude 38° north to about the 30th parallel.' BarUett's Pers. Nar., vol. 1., p. 325. ' Along both sides of the Rio Grande, from the southern limits of the Navajo country at the parallel of 34c, to the extreme southern line of the Territory, and from thence over the States of Chihuahua, Sonora, and Durango, of Mexico. Their range eastward is as far as the valley of the Pecos, and they are found as far to the west as the Pimos villages on the Gila.' Pope, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol, ii., p. 13. Scattered 'throughout the whole of Arizona, a large part of New Mexico, and all the northern portion of Chihuahua and Sonora, and in some parts of Durango.' Cremony's Apaches, p. APACHE TRIBES. 593 141. Range ' over some portions of California, most of Sonora, the frontiers of Durango, and... .Chihuahua.' Gregg'sCom. Prairies, vol. i., p. 291. Apats- chee, a nation ' welche um ganz Neu-Biscaya, und auch an Tarahumara granzet.' Steffel, in. Murr, Nachrichten, p. 302. 'Reicht das Gebiet der Apache-Indianer vom 103. bis zum 114. Grad. westlicher Lange von Greenwich, und von den Grenzen des Utah-Gebietes, dem 38. Grad, bis hinunter zum 30. Grad nordlicher Breite.' Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 229. Inhahit 'all the country north and south of the Gila, and both sides of the Del Norte, about the parallel of the Jornada and Dead Man's lakes.' Emory's Recon- noissance, p. 132. ' Tota haec regio, quam Novam Mexicanam vocant, ab omnibus pene lateribus ambitur ab Apachibus.' Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 316. Recorren las provincias del Norte de Mexico, llegando algunas veces hasta cerca de Zacatecas.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 251. ' Derramadas desde la Intendencia de San Luis Potosi hasta la extremidad setentrional del golfo de California.' Balbi, in Orozcoy Berra, Geografia, p. 385. 'Se extiendenen el vasto espacio que comprenden los grados 30 a 38 de latitud norte, y 264 a 277 de longitude de Tenerife.' Cordero, in Id., p. 369; see also Id., p. 40. 'From the entrance of the Rio Grande to the Gulf of California.' Pike's Explor. Trav., p. 337. ' The southern and south-western portions of New Mexico, and mainly the valley of the Gila.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 203; Bent, in Id., vol. i., p. 243. ' Scarcely extends farther north than Albuquerque nor more than two hundred miles south of El Paso del Norte; east, the vicinity of the White Mountains; west, generally no further than the borders of Sonora.' Henry, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 207. ' Ils ont principalement habite le triangle found par le Rio del Norte, le Gila et le Colorado de l'ouest.' Turner, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1852, torn, cxxxv., pp. 307, 313. Con'current authorities: Gallatin, in Id., 1851, torn, cxxxi., pp. 298, 301; Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. 453; Ludewig's Ab. Lang., pp. 8, 186; Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 345; Stanley's Portraits, p. 57; Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 297; Prichard's Nat. Hist. Man, vol. ii., p. 549; Western Scenes, p. 233; Mitt's Hist Mex., p. 170; Belaporie, Retisen, torn, x., p. 456; Conder's Mex. Guat, vol. ii., p. 74-5; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., ipp. 4-6; Graves, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 180; Poston, in Id., 1864, p. 155; Clark, in Ind. Aff. Rept Spec. Com., 1867, p. 336. The Apache nation is divided into the following tribes; Chiricaguis, Coyoteros, Faraones, Gilenos, Copper Mine Apaches, Lipanes, Llaneros, Mescaleros, Mimbrenos, Natages, Pelones, Pinalenos, Tontos, Vaqueros, and Xicarillas. The Lipanes roam through western Texas, Coahuila, and the eastern portion of Chihuahua. Their territory is bounded on the west by the 'lands of the Llaneros; on the north, the Comanche country; on the east, the province of Cohaguila; and on the south, the left bank of the Rio Grande del Norte.' Cortez, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 119; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept., p. 8, in J<2.; Pope, in Id., vol. ii., p. 14. The Lee Panis ' rove from the Rio Grande to some distance into the province of Texas. Their former residence was on the Rio Grande, near the sea shore.' Pike's Explor. Trav., p. 363. Su ' principal asiento es en Coahuila, Nuevo Leon y Tamauli pas.' Pimentel, Cuadro, tom.ii., p. 251. 'Dividese en dos Vol I. 88 594 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. clases ...la primera ha estado enlazada con los mescajeros y llaneros, y ocupa los terrenos contiguos a aquellas tribus: la segunda vive general- mente en la frontera de la provincia de Tejas y orillas del mar Por el Poniente son sus limites los llaneros; por el Norte los comanches; por el Oriente los carancaguaces y borrados, provincia de Tejas, y por el Sur nuestra frontera (Mexico).' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia. p. 382. 'From time immemorial has roved and is yet roving over the Bolson de Mapimi.' Wislizenus' Tour, p. 70. ' Frequented the bays of Aransas and Corpus Christi, and the country lying between them and the Rio Grande.' Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 349; Foote's Texas, p. 298. See also: Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. 289; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 210; Moore's Texas, p. 31; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 6. The Mescaleros inhabit ' the mountains on both banks of the river Pecos, as far as the mountains that form the head of the Bolson de Mapimi, and there terminate on the right bank of the Rio Grande. Its limit on the west is the tribe of the Taracones; on the north, the extensive territories of the Comanche people; on the east, the coast of the Llanero Indians; and on the south, the desert Bolson de Mapimi.' Cortez, in Peic R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 119. 'Im Bolson de Mapimi und in den ostlichen Granzgebirgen del Cha- nate, del Diablo puerco und de los Pilares.' Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 521. ' Occupent le Bolson de Mapimi, les montagnes de Chanate, et celles de los Organos, sur la rive gauche du Rio Grande del Norte.' Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., p. 289. Live 'east of the Rio del Norte.' Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., p. 290; Carleton, in Smithsonian Rept, 1854, p. 315; Western Scenes, p. 233; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 6; Kennedy's Texas, vol. i., p. 343. ' On the east side of the Rio Grande, and on both sides of the Pecos, extending up the latter river.... to about the thirty-fourth parallel.' Merriwether, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 170-1. See also: Steck, in Id., 1858, pp. 195-8, 1863, p. 108; Collins, in Id., 1862, p. 240; Cooley, in Id., 1865, p. 20; Norton, in Id., 1866, p. 145. 'The Copper Mine Apaches occupy the country on both sides of the Rio Grande, and extend west to the country of the Coyoteros and Pinalinos, near the eastern San Francisco River.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 323. The Faraones, Pharaones or Taracones, ' inhabit the mountains between the river Grande del Norte and the Pecos.' Cortez, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 119. The following concur; Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 213, torn. ii. pt ii., p. 521; Villa-Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn, ii., p. 416; Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., p. 289. The ' Xicarillas anciently inhabited the forests of that name in the far territories to the north of New Mexico, until they were driven out by the Comanches, and now live on the limits of the province, some of them having gone into the chasms (canadas) and mountains between Pecuries and Taos, which are the last towns of the province.' Cortez, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 119. ' Inhabiting the mountains north of Taos.' Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., p. 285. ' Les Jicorillas, al'extremite nord duNouveau-Mexique.' Turner, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1852, torn, cxxxv., p. 310. 'From the Rio Grande eastward beyond the Red river, between the thirty-fourth and thirty-seventh parallels.' Merriwether, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 170. 'In APACHE TRIBES. 595 the mountains which lie between Santa Fe, Taos, and Abiquin.' CoVxns, in Id., 1860, pp. 159-60. 'At the Cimarron.' Graves, in Id., 1866, p. 133. * Upon Rio Ose, west of the Rio Grande.' Bavis, in Id., 1868, p. 160; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 8. The Llaneros occupy ' the great plains and sands that lie between the Pecos and the left bank of the river Grande del Norte.' Cortez, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 119. Inhabit the ' cajones de la Cabellera y Pitaycachi, Sierra de Mimbres, Laguna de Guzman.' Barrangan, in El Or den, Mex., Be- cemb. 27, 1853. ' Ocupan....los llanos y arenales situados entre el rio de Pecos, nombrado por ellos Tjunchi, y el Colorado que Hainan Tjulchide.' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 381; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 6. The Mimbrenos have their hunting grounds upon the Mimbres Mountains and River, and range between the sierras San Mateo and J'lorida on the north and south, and between the Burros and Mogoyen on the west and east. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 207. 'Sudlich von den Apaches Gilenos, an' den Granzen von Chihuahua und Neu-Mejico jagen in den Gehirgen im Osten die Apaches Mimbrenos.' Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 211. 'La provincia de Nuevo Mdxico es su confin por el Norte; por el Poniente la par- cialidad mimbrena; por el Oriente la faraona, y por el Sur nuestra frontera.' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 380. See also: Cortez, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 119; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 6. .'In the wild ravines of the Sierra de Acha.' Mill's Hist. Mex., p. 185. The Chiricaguis adjoin on the north 'the Tontos and Moquinos; on the. east the Gilenos; and on the south and west the province of Sonora.' Cortez, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 119. 'Live in the mountains of that name, the Sierra Largua and Dos Oabaces.' Steck, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1859, pp. 345-6. The Tontos 'inhabit the northern side of the Gila from Antelope Peak to the Pimo villages.' CremOny's Apaches, p. 130. 'Between Rio Verde and the Aztec range of mountains,' and ' from Pueblo creek to the junction of Rio Verde with the Salinas.' Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 14- 15; in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii; Cortez, in Id., p. 118. 'Sudlich von den Wohnsitzen der Cocomaricopas und dem Rio Gila.' Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 211. On the ' rio Puerco.' Barrangan, in El Orden, Mex., Becemb, 27,1853. ' In the canons to the north and east of the Mazatsal peaks.' Smart, in Smithsonian Rept, 1867, p. 417. See Palmer, in Hatper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 460; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 185, vol. ii., p. 7. 'Inhabit tjie Tonto basin from the Mogollon Mountains on the north to Salt River on the south, and between the Sierra Ancha on the east to the Mazatsal Mountains.* Colyer, in Ind. Aff, Rept, 1869, p. 94. 'On both sides* of the Verde from its source to the East Fork, and around the headwaters of the Chiquito Colorado, on the northern slope of the Black Mesa or Mogollon Mountains ... .on the north, to Salt River on the south, and between the Sierra Aucha on the east and the Mazatsal Mountains on the west.' Jones, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 221. The Pinalenos, Pinols or Pinals range ' over an extensive circuit between the Sierra Pinal and the Sierra Blanca.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 308. 'Between the Colorado Chiquito and Rio Gila.' Whipple, Ewbank, and Tur* 598 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. ner's Rept., p. 14, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii. See also: Mollhausen, Tagebuch, p. 147; Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 150. In 'the country watered by the Salinas and other tributaries of the Gila.' Sleek, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1859, p. 346; also Whittier, in Id., 1868, p. 141; Colyer, in Id., 1869, p. 94; Jones, in Id., p. 222. The Coyoteros ' live in the country north of the Gila and east of the San Carlos.' Colyer, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 223. 'Upon the Rio San Francisco, and head waters of the Salinas.' Steck, in Id., 1859, p. 346; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 185; Hardy's Trav., p. 430. ' The Gilenos inhabit the mountains immediately on the river Gila bounded on the west by the Chiricaguis; on the north by the province of New Mexico; on the east by the Mimbreiio tribe.' Cortez, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. hi., p. 119. ' Oestlich von diesem Flusse (Gila), zwischen ihm und dem siidlichen Fusse der Sierra de los Mimbres, eines Theiles der Sierra Madre.' Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 421; Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 380; Maxwell, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1873, p. 116. The Apache Mojaves are ' a mongrel race of Indians living between the Verde or San Francisco and the Colorado.' Boston, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1864, p. 156. The Navajos occupy ' a district in the Territory of New Mexico, lying between the San Juan river on the north and northeast, the Pueblo of £uni on the south, the Moqui villages on the west, and the ridge of land dividing the waters which flow into the Atlantic ocean from those which flow into the Pacific on the east.' Letherman, in Smithsonian Rept, 1855, p. 283. 'Extending from near the 107th to 111th meridian, and from the 34th to the 37th parallel of latitude.' Clark, in Hist Mag., vol. viii., p. 280. Northward from the 35th parallel ' to Rio San Juan, valley of Tune Cha, and Canon de Chelle.' Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 13, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii. ' Between the Del Norte and Colorado of the West,' in the northwestern portion of New Mexico. Eaton, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol iv., p. 216. ' In the main range of Cordilleras, 150 to 200 miles west of Santa Fe, on the waters of Rio Colorado of California.' Gregg's Com. Prairies, vol. i., p. 285-6. 'Between the del Norte and the Sierra Anahuac, situated upon the Rio Chama and Puerco,—from thence extending along the Sierra de los Mimbros, into the province of Sonora.' Scenes in the Rocky Mts, p. 180. 'La Provincia de Navajoos, que esta situada a la parte de el Norte del Moqui, y a la del Noruest de la Villa de Santa Fee.' Villa-Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn, ii., p. 426. 'Esta nacion dista de las fronteras de Nuevo-Mexico como veinticinco leguas, entre los pueblos de Moqui, Zuni y la capital (Santa Fe).' Barreiro, Ojeada sobre N. Mex., app., p. 10. ' Habita la sierra y mesas de Navajo.' Cordero, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 382. See also: Alcedo, Bic- cionario, torn, iii., p. 295. ' Along the 34th parallel, north latitude.' Mowry's Arizona, p. 16. ' On the tributaries of the river San Juan, west of the Rio Grande, and east of the Colorado, and between the thirty-fifth and thirty- seventh parallels of north latitude.' Merriwether, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 172. 'From Canon de Chelly to Rio San Juan.' Palmer, in Harper's Mag., vol. xvii., p. 460. 'From the Rio San Juan to the Gila.' Graves, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1854, p. 179. 'Directly west from Santa Fe, extending from near the MOJAVES AND YUMAS. Rio Grande on the east, to the Colorado on the west; and from the land of the Utahs on the north, to the Apaches on the south.' Backus, in Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iv., p. 209. 'Fifty miles from the Rio del Norte.' Pattie's Pers. Nar., p. 102. 'From the 33° to the 38° of north latitude.' and 'from Soccorro to the valley of Taos.' Hughes' Boniphan's Ex., p. 292. Concurrent authorities: Simpson's Jour. Md. Recon., p. 78; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 184; Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 132. The Mojaves dwell on the Mojave and Colorado rivers, as far up as Black Canon. The word Mojave ' appears to be formed of two Yuma words— hamook (three,) and habi (mountains)—and designates the tribe of Indians which ocupies a valley of the Colorado lying between three mountains. The ranges supposed to be referred to are: 1st, " The Needles," which terminates the valley upon the south, and is called Asientic-habi, or first range; 2d, the heights that bound the right bank of the Colorado north of the Mojave villages, termed Havic-habi, or second range; and, 3d, the Blue Ridge, extending along the left bank of the river, to which has been given the name of Hamook-habi, or third range.' Whipple, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 30. ' Von 34° 36' nordwarts bis zum Black Canon.' Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., torn, i., pp. 430-4. 'Inhabit the Cottonwood valley.' Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 79. ' Occupy the country watered by a river of the same name, which empties into the Colorado.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 178. 'The Mohaves, or Hamockhaves, occupy the river above the Yumas.' Mowry, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 302. See further: Budewig's Ab. Lang., p. 122; Cat Mercantile Jour., vol. i., p. 227; Jones, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 217; Willis, in Id., Spec. Com., 1867, pp. 329-30; Stratton's Capt Oatman Girls, p. 123. The Hualapais are ■' located chiefly in the Cerbat and Aquarius Mountains, and along the eastern slope of the Black Mountains. They range through Hualapai, Yampai, and Sacramento valleys, from Bill Williams Fork on the south to Diamond River on the north.' Jones, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1869, p. 217. ' In the almost inaccessible mountains on the Upper Colorado.' Poston, in Id., 1863, p. 387. ' On the north and south of the road from Camp Mohave to Prescott.' Whittier, in Id., 1868, p. 140. ' In the northwest part of Arizona.' Willis, in Ind. Aff. Rept Spec. Com., 1867, p. 329. The Yumas or Cuchans range ' from the New River to the Colorado, and through the country between the latter river and the Gila, but may be said to inhabit the bottom lands of the Colorado, near the junction of the Gila and the Colorado.' Bid. Traits, vol. i., in Hayes Collection. 'Both sides of the Colorado both above and below the junction with the Gila,' Bartlett's Pers. Nar.,vol. ii., pp. 177-9. 'From about sixty miles above Fort Yuma to within a few miles of the most southern point of that part of the Colorado forming the boundary.' Emory's Rept U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 107. ' Das eigentliche Gebiet dieses Stammes ist das Thai des untern Colorado; es beginnt dasselbe ungefahr achtzig MeHen oberhalb der Mundung des Gila, und erstreckt sich von da bis nahe an den Golf von Californien.' Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb., vol. i., pp. 122, 430-1, 434. *La junta del Gila con el Colorado, tierra poblada de la nacion yuma.' TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Sedelmair, Relacion, in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 849. 'Le nord de la Basse-Cahfornie, sur la rive droite du Rio-Colorado.' Soc Geog., Bulletin, serie v., No. 96, p. 186. ' For ten or fifteen miles north and south' in the valley near the mouth of the Gila. Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 42. See Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 101, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii.; Latham's Comparative Philology, vol. viii., p. 420; Lachapelle, Raousset-Boulbon, p. 78; Mowry's Arizona, p. 33; McKinstry, in San Francisco Herald, June, 1853; Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 205; Mowry, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, pp. 301-2; Bailey, in Id., 1858, p. 202; Jones, in Id., 1869, p. 216; Howard, in Id., 1872, pp. 161-2; Prichard's Nat. Hist Man, vol. ii., p. 561. The Cosninos 'roam northward to the big bend of the Colorado.' Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 14, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii. 'In the vicinity of Bill Williams and San Francisco Mountains.' Jones, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 221. See also: Figuier's Hum. Race, p. 484; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 185. The Yampais inhabit the country west and north-west of the Aztec range of mountains to the mouth of the Rio Virgen. Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 14, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii. 'Am obern Colorado.' 'Nordlich von den Mohaves.' Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsefngeb., torn, i., pp. 431, 277. ' On the west bank of the Colorado, about the mouth of Bill Williams's fork.' Mowry, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 302; Poston in Id., 1863, p. 387. The Yalchedunes or Talchedunes ' live on the right bank of the Colorado, and their tribes first appear in lat. 33° 20V Cortez, in Pac R. R. Rept., vol. iii., p. 124. The Yamajabs or Tamajabs ' are settled on the left bank of the Colorado from 34° of latitude to 35V Cortez, in Pac R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 124; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 62. The Cochees are in the 'Chiricahua mountains, southern Arizona and northern Sonora.' Whitlier, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1868, p. 141. The Nijoras dwell in the basin of the Rio Azul. ' Petite tribu des bords du Gila.' Ruxton, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1850, torn, cxxvi., p. 47; Gallatin^ in Id., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 291. The Sooneslive 'nearthe head waters of the Salinas.' Emory's Reconnois- sance, p. 133; Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 296. The Cocopas 'live along the Colorado for fifty miles from the mouth.' Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 31. ' On the Colorado bottoms were the Cocopahs, the southern gulf tribes of which Consag calls the Bagiopas, Hebonomas, Quigyamas, Cuculetes, and the Alchedumas.' Browne's Explor. of Lower Cat, p. 54. ' On the right bank of the river Colorado, from lat. 32° 18" upward.' Cortez, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 123. 'Range all the way from Port Isabel, upon the east bank of the river (Colorado), to the boundary hue between the Republic of Mexico and the United States.' Johnson's Hist. Arizona, p. 10. 'Between the Gila and the Gulf, and near the latter.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 179. See also: Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 107; Mowry, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1857, p. 301; Poston, in Id., 1863, p. 386; Bailey, in Id., 1858, p. 202; Howard, in Id., 1872, p. 149. PUEBLO FAMILY. 599 Without definitely locating them, Salmeron enumerates the following nations, seen by Onate during his trip through New Mexico: The Cruzados, somewhere between the Moquis and the Rio Gila, near a river which he calls the Rio Sacramento. ' Dos jornadas de alii (Cruzados) estaba un rio de poco agua, por donde ellos iban a otro muy grande que entra en la mar, en cuyas orillas habia una nacion que se llama Amacava.' ' Pasada esta nacion de amacabos llegaron a la nacion de los Baha- cechas.' 'Pasada esta nacion de Bahacecha, llegaron a la nacion de los indios ozaras.' ' La primera nacion pasado el rio del nombre de Jesus, es Halchedoma.' ' Luego esta la nacion Cohuana.' ' Luego esta la nacion HaglhV 'Luego los Tlalliquamallas.' Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 31-6. ' La nacion Excanjaque que habita cien leguas del Nuevo-Mexico, rumboNordeste.' Id., p. 92. ' Habitan indios excanjaques aquel tramo de tierra que en cuarenta y seis grados de altura al polo y ciento sesenta y dos de longitud, se tiende obl'cuamente al abrigo que unas serranias hacen a un rio que corre Norueste, Sur deste a incorporarse con otro que se va a juntar con el Misissipi, son contermino de los pana- nas.' Id., p. 107. ' Cerca de este llano de Matanza, esta otro llano de esa otra parte del rio en que hay siete cerros, habitados de la nacion Aixas.' Id., p. 92. ' La nacion de los Aijados, que hace frente por la parte del Oriente y casi confina con la nacion Quivira por la parte del norte, estando vecina de los Tejas por Levante.' Paredes, in Id., p. 217. In the Pueblo Family, besides the inhabitant^ of the villages situated in the valley of the Rio Grande del Norte, I include the seven Moqui villages lying west of the former, and also the Pimas, the Maricopas, the Papagos, and the Sobaipuris with their congeners of the lower Gila river. ' The number of inhabited pueblos in the Territory [New Mexico] is twenty-six ... Their names are Taos, Picoris, Nambe, Tezuque, Pojuaque, San Juan, San Yldefonso, Santo Domingo, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Cochiti, Isleta, Silla, Laguna, Acoma, Jemez, Zuni, Sandia, and Santa Clara In Texas, a short distance below the southern boundary of New Mexico, and in the valley of the Del Norte, is a pueblo called Isleta of the South,' and another called Los Lentes. Bavis' El Gringo, pp. 115-16. San Gerdnimo de Taos, San Lorenzo de Picuries, San Juan de los Caballeros, Santo Tomas de Abiquiu, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, San Francisco de Nambe) Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Pojuaque, San Diego de Tesuque, N. S. de los Angeles de Tecos, San Buena Ventura de Cochiti, Santo Domingo, San Felipe, N. S. de los Dolores de Sandia, San Diego de Jemes, N. S. de la Asumpcion de Zia, Santa Ana, San Augustin del Isleta, N. S. de Belem, Ban Estevan de Acoma, San Josef de La Laguna, N. S. de Guadalupe de Zuni. Alencaster, in Meline's Two Thousand Miles, p. 212. Taos, eighty-three miles north north-east of Santa Fe; Picuris, on Rio Picuris, sixty miles north by east of Santa Fe; San Juan, on the Rio Grande, thirty-four miles north of Santa Fe, on road to Taos; Santa Clara, twenty-six miles north north-west of Santa Fe; San Ildefonso, on Rio Grande, eighteen miles north of Santa Fe; Nambe, on Nambe Creek, three miles east of Pojuaque; Pojuaque, sixteen miles north of Santa Fe; Tesuque, eight miles north of Santa Fe; Cochiti, on west bank- 600 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. of Rio Grande, twenty-four miles south-west of Santa Fe; Santo Domingo, on /Rio Grande, six miles south of Cochiti; San Felipe, on Rio Grande, six miles south of Santo Domingo; Sandia, on Rio Grande, fifteen miles south of San Felipe; Isleta, on Rio Grande, thirty miles south of Sandia; Jemes, on Jemes River, fifty miles west of Santa Fe; Zia, near Jemes, fifty-five miles west of Santa Fe; Santa Ana, near Zia, sixty-five miles west of Santa Fe; Laguna, west of Albuquerque forty-five miles, on San Jose River; Acoma, one hundred and fifteen miles west of Santa Fe, on a rock five hundred feet high, fifteen miles south-west of Laguna; Zuni, one hundred and ninety miles west south-west of Santa Fe, in the Navajo country, on Zuni River. Meline's Two Thousand Miles, p. 222. See Abert, in Emory's Reconnoissance, pp. 488-94; Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, pp. 10-12, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii.; Ward, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1864, pp. 191, 193-4; Barreiro, Ojeada sobre N. Mex., p. 15. 'La primera, entrando sur a norte, es la nacion Tigua Estan poblados junto a la sierra de Puruai, que toma el nombre del principal pueblo que se llama asi, y orillas del gran rio fueran de este, pueblan otros dos pueblos, el uno San Pedro, rio abajo de Puruai y el otro Santiago, rio arriba La segunda nacion es la de Tahanos, que al rumbo oriental y mano derecha del camino, puebla un rio que de la parte del Oriente viene a unirse con el rio Grande; su pueblo principal es Zandia con otros dos pueblos La tercera nacion es la de los Gemex, que a la parte Occidua puebla las orillas del Rio-Puerco cuyo principal pueblo Qicinzigua La cuarta nacion es de los teguas, que estan poblados al Norte de los tahanas, de esa otra parte del rio, su principal es Galisteo.... con otros dos pueblos, y hay al rumbo oriental, encaramada en una sierra alta, la quinta de Navon de los Pecos, su principal pueblo se llama asi, otro se llama el Tuerto, con otras rancherias en aquellos picachos.... La sesta nacion es la de los queres....El pueblo principal de esta nacion es Santo Domingo la setima nacion al rumbo boreal es la de los tahos La octava nacion es la de los picuries, al rumbo Norueste de Santa Cruz, cuyo pueblo principal es San Felipe, orillas del rio Zama, y su visita Cochite, orilla del mismo rio.... La ultima nacion es la de los tompiras, que habita de esa otra parte de la Canada de Santa Clara y rio Zama, en un arroyo que junta al dicho rio, y es las fronteras de los llanos de Cibola d Zuni.' Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., pp. 98-100. ' Some sixty miles to the south southeast of FortJDefiance is situated the pueblo of Zuni, on a small tributary of the Colorado Chiquito.' Bavis' El Gringo, p. 422. ' On the Rio de Zuni.' Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon., p. 90. ' To the N. E. of the Little Colorado, about lat. 35°, are the Zunis.' Prichard's Nat Hist. Man, vol. ii., p. 563. The Moquis, are settled ' West from the Navajos, and in the fork between the Little and the Big Colorados.' The names of their villages are, according to Mr Leroux, ' 6raibe, Shumuthpa, Mushaima, Ahlela, Gualpi, Shiwinna, Tequa.' Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 13, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii. ' Westward of the capital of New Mexico Oraibe, Taucos, Mos- zasnavi, .Guipaulavi, Xougopavi, Gualpi.' Cortez, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 121. 'Desde estos parages (Zuni) corriendo para el Vest Noruest, empiezan los Pueblos, y Rancherias de las Provincias de Moqui Oraybe: los THE PIMAS OF ARIZONA. 601 Pueblos Moquinos son: Hualpi, Tanos, Moxonavi, Xongopavi, Quianna, Aguatubi, y Rio grande de espeleta.' Villa-Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn. ii.[ pp. 425-6; Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, ii., p. 527. ' The five pueblos in the Moqui are Orayxa, Masanais, Jongoapi, Gualpa, and another, the name of which is not known.' Buxton's Adven. Mex., p. 195. 'The three eastern villages are located on one bluff, and are named as follows: Taywah, Sechomawe, Jualpi.... Five miles west of the above-named villages.... is the village of Meshonganawe ... One mile west of the last-named village.... is.... Shepowlawe. Five miles, in a northwestern direction, from the last- named village is... .Shungopawe. Five miles west of the latter... .is the Oreybe village.' Crothers, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1872, p. 324. Further authorities: Palmer, in Id., 1870, p. 133; Browne's Apache Country, p. 290; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. i., p. 185, vol. ii., p. 40; Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., p. 305; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 278; Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 127; Marcy's Life on the Border, p. 111. •The Pimas inhabit the country on both banks of the Gila River, two hundred miles above its mouth. They claim the territory lying between the foUowing boundaries: Commencing at a mountain about twelve miles from the benjl of the Gila River, the line runs up said river to the Maricopa Coppermine. The north line extends to Salt River and the southern one to the Picacho.' Walker's Pimas, MS. 'La partie la plus septentrionale d© l'mtendance de la Sonora porte le nom de la Pimeria... On distingue la Pimeria alta de. la Pimeria baxa.' Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., p. 296. ' Corre, pues, esta Pimeria alta, de Sur a Norte desde los 30 grados hasta los 34 que se cuentan desde esta mision de Nuestra Seiiora de los Dolores hasta el rio del Gila... .y de Oriente a Poniente desde el valle de los pimas, llama- dos sobaipuris, hasta las cercatn'as y costas del seno del mar californio, habita- das de los pimas sobas.... Por el Sur tiene el resto de las naciones dpata, eudeves, pertenecientes a dicha provincia y entre elias y la sierra-madre, de Oriente a Poniente, la Pimerfa baja.' Mange, Itinerario, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn. L, pp. 345-6. 'Los pueblos de pimas bajos son....desde Taraitzi hasta Cumuripa, Onapa, Nuri, Movas y Oanbas lo son haeia el Sur de Cumuripa, Suaqui, San Jose de Pimas, Santa Rosalia, Ures y Nacameri hacia el Poniente, son la frontera contra los seris.... Los pimas altos ocupan todo el terreno que hay desde de Cucurpe por Santa Ana Caborca hasta la mar de Oriente a Poniente y Sur Norte, todo lo que desde dicha mision tirando por Dolores, Remedios, Cocospera el presidio de Terrenate, y desde e'ste siguiendo el rio de San Pedro d de los Sobaipuris hasta su junta con el rio Xila, y por ambas orillas de este hasta el Colorado y entre la mar, d seno de Californias se encierra.' Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist. Mex., serie hi., torn, iv., pp. 553-4. 'From the river Yaqui in Sonora, northward to the Gila and even beyond the Tomosatzi (Colorado) eastward beyond the mountains in the province of Taraumara, and westward to the sea of Cortez,' Smith, Grammar of the Pima or Nevome Language, p. viii; Id., Heve Language, pp. 5-7; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, p. 396; Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, ii., p. 216. 'Ndrdlich vom Flusse Yaqui, vom Dorfe S. Jose* de Pimas bis zu dem iiber 60 Leguas ndrdlicher gelegenen Dorfe Cucu- rape, bewohnen die Pimas bajas die Mitte des Landes.' 'Ndrdlich vom 602 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Fluss Ascension, von der Kiiste weit ins Land hinein, treffen wir die Pimas altas.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., pp. 419-20. 'Pimerie haute et basse. La premiere s'etend depuis les Rios Colorado et Gila jusqu'a la ville de Hermosillo et au Rio de los Ures, et la seconde depuis cette limite jusqu'au Rio del Fuerte qui la separe de Sinaloa.' Mofras, Explor., torn, i., p. 208. ' Los pimas altos ocupan los partidos de la Magdalena y del Altar; lindan al Norte con el Gila; al Este con los apaches y con los opatas, sirviendo de L'mite el rio San Pedro d de Sobaipuris; al Oeste el mar de Cortes, y al Sur el terreno que ocuparon los seris.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 347. See also: Malte-Brun, Sonora, pp. 14-15; Mill's Hist Mex., p. 191; Lachapelle, Raousset-Boulbon, p. 81; Hardy's Trav., p. 437; Cults' Conq. Cat, p. 195; Stanley's Portraits, p. 58; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. hi., p. 296; Cremony's Apaches, pp. 89-90; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 50. The Maricopeis inhabit both sides of the Gila River, for about 36 leagues in the vicinity of its junction with the Asuncion River. Apostclicos - Afanes, p. 354. ' On the northern bank of the Gila, a few miles west of that of the Pimas, in about west longitude 112°.' Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept, p. 10-2, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii. 'Desde Stue Cabitic, se estienden a lo largo del rio (Gila) como treinta y seis leguas.' Sedelmair, Relacion, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie, iii., torn, iv., p. 849; Villa-Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn, ii., pp. 404^5. ' Vom siidlichen Ufer des Gila bis zum ostlichen des Colorado.' Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 420; Emory's Reconnoissance, pp. 131-2; Mollhausen, Reisen in die Felsengeb, torn, i., p. 123. .'Au sud du rio Gila, sur une etendue de pres de 150 milles, en remontant depuis l'embou- chure.' Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., p. 291; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p. 18; Escudero, Noticias de Chihuahua, p. 228. The Pimas and Maricopas live ' on the Gila, one hundred and eighty miles from its junction with the Colorado.' Mowry's Arizona, p. 14. ' Wo der 112te Grad westlicher Lange den Gila-Strom Kreuzt, also ungefahr auf der Mitte der Strecke, die der Gila, fast vom Rio Grande del Norte bis an die Spitze des Golfs von Kalifornien, zu durchlaufen hat, liegen die Dorfer der Pimos und Coco-Maricopas.' Mollhausen, Fluchtling, torn, iv., p. 137. 'Non loin du confluent du rio Salinas, par 112° environ de longitude.' Gallatin, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1851, torn, cxxxi., pp. 289-90. 'On the Gila river, about one hundred miles above the confluence of that stream with the Colorado.' Bole, in Ind. Aff. Bept, 1864, p. 20. 'Claimed as their own property the entire Gila valley on both sides, from the Pinal mountains to the Tesotal.' Mowry, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1859, p. 358. 'From Maricopa Wells to a short distance beyond Sacaton.' Whitiier, in Ind. Aff. Rept., 1868, p. 142. Limits also given in Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. ii., p. 232; Ives' Colorado Riv., p. 45; Bailey, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1858, pp. 203; Poston, in Id., 1864, p. 152. The Papagos ' inhabit that triangular space of arid land bounded by the Santa Cruz, Gila, and Colorado rivers, and the Mexican boundary line.' Poston, in Ind. Aff. Rept, 1863, p. 384. 'Ndrdlich von diesen (Pimas altas) hausen im Osten der Sierra de Santa Clara, welche sich unter 31%° nord- licher Breite dicht am ostlichen Ufer des Meerbusens von Californien erhebt, die Papagos oder Papabi-Ootam.' Miihlenpfo7*dt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 210. 'Junto al rio de San Marcos: 50 leguas mas arriba habita la nacion de los LOWER CALIFORNIANS. 603 Papagos.' Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, iv., p. 217. * In the country about San Xavier del Baca, a few miles from Tucson.' Parker, in Ind, Aff. Rept, 1869, p. 19; Jones, in Id., p. 220; Bole, in Id., 1864, p. 21. ' Wander over the country from San Javier as far west as the Tinajas Altas.' Emory's Rept. Mex. and U. S. Boundary Survey, vol. i., p. 123. See also: Bdvidson, in Bid. Aff. Rept, 1865, p. 133; Lachapelle, Raousset-Boulbon, p. 81. The Sobaipuris, a nation relatea to the Pimas, live among the lower Pimas. ' Por una sierrezuela que hay al Oriente de este rio y sus ranche- rfas, se dividen estas del valle de los pimas sobaipuris, que a poca distancia tienen las suyas muchas y muy numerosas, las mas al Poniente y pocas al Oriente del rio, que naciendo de las vertientes del cerro de Terrenate, que esta como treinta leguas al Norte de esta mision, corre de Sur a Norte hasta juntarse con el tantas veces nombrado de Gila y juntos corren al Poniente.' Mange, Itinerario, in Boc Hist. Mex., serie iv.,'tom. i., p. 349. Reference also in Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, iv., p. 218; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 210. The Lowee Californian Family includes all the nations inhabiting the Peninsula of Lower California, northward to the mouth of the Colorado River. The Cochimis inhabit the peninsula north of the twenty-sixth degree of north latitude. ' I Cochimi ne presero la parte settentrionaie da gr. 25 sino a 33, e alcune isole vicine delMarPacifico.' Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn. i., p. 109. 'Desde el territorio de Loreto, por todo lo descubierto al Norte de la Nacion Cochimi, d de los Cochimies.' 'La Nacion, y Lengua de los Cochimies azia el Norte, despues de la ultima Mission de San Ignacio.' ' Los Laymones son los mismos, que los Cochimies del Norte,' Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, i., pp. 63-7. ' Los Cochimies ocupaban la peninsula desde Loreto hasta poco mas alia de nuestra frontera. Los de las misiones de San Francisco Javier y San Jose Comondu se llamaban ediies; los de San Ignacio didues.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 366; Forbes' Cat, p. 21; Ludewig's Ab. Lang., pp. 49, 99; Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 207; Buschmann, Spuren der AzteTc. Spr., pp. 469-70. 'Between San Fernando and Moleje were the Limonies, divided (going from north) into the Cagnaguets, Adacs and Kadakamans.' 'From Santo Tomas to San Vicente they were termed leas.' Browne's Bower Cat, p. 54; Hist. Chretienne de la Cat, p. 163. 'Ndrdlich Von Loreto schwarmt der zahlreiche Stamm der Cochimies, auch Co- chimas oder Cohmies genannt. Zu ihnen gehdren die Laimdnes und die leas,' Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 443. The Guaicuris roam south of the Cochimis, as far as Magdalena Bay. 'Si stabilirono tra i gr. 23% e 26.' Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn, i., p.' 109. * Los guaicuras se subdividen en guaicuras, coras, conchos, uchitas, y aripas. Los guaicuras vivian principalmente en la costa del Pacifico, desde el puerto de San Bernabe hasta el de la Magdalena. Los coras en la costa del Golfo, desde los pericu es hasta la mision de los Dolores, compren- diendo el puerto de la Paz. Entre los guaicuras, los coras, y los peri- cues estaban los uchitas d uchities. Hasta el mismo Loreto, d muy cerca Uegaban los conchos d monqu'es, a quienes los jesuitas pusieron lauretanos, 604 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. ... .una rama de su nacion nombrada monqui—laimon d monquies del in- kerior, porque vivian lejos de la costa, y se encuentran tambien nombrados por solo laimones. Los aripas al Norte de los guaicuras.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 365-6. ' Desde la Paz hasta mas arriba del Presidio Real de Loreto, es de los Monquis... a si mismos se llaman con vocablo general Monqui, d Monquis.. . .los Vchities, que pueblan las cercanfas de la Bah'a. y Puerto de la Paz; y la de los Guayciiras, que desde la Paz se estienden en la Costa interior hasta las cercanfas de Loreto. Los Monquis mismos se dividen en Liyues, Didius, y otras ramas menores.' Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn. i., pp. 63-7. ' Los Guaicuras se establecieron entre el paralelo de 23° 30' y el de 26°.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 207. ' Von La Paz bis fiber den Presidio von Loreto dehnt der Stamm Monqui, Moqui oder Mongui sich aus, welchem die Familien Guaycura und Uchiti oder Vehiti angehdren, die je- doch von einigen Reisenden fur ganz vershiedene Stamme gehalten werden.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 443; Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Spr., p. 473; Forbes' Cat, p. 21; Browne's Lower Cat., p. 54; Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 198. 'La nacion ya nombrada Guaicure, que habita el ramalde la sierra giganta, que viene costeando el puerto de la Magdalena hasta el d€ San BernabeV Salmeron, Relaciones, in Boc Hist Mex., serie iii., torn, iv., p. 64. The Pericuis live in the southern portion of the Peninsula from Cape San Lucas northward to La Paz. ' Desde el Cabo de San Lucas, hasta mas aca del Puerto de la Pa>z de la Nacion Pericu A los Indios, que caen al Sur, 6 Mediodia de su territorio, llaman Edu, d Equu, d Edues ... se divide en varias Nacioncillas pequenas, de las quales la mas nombrada es la de los Coras, nombre propio de una Rancheria, que se ha comumcado despues a algunos Pueblos, y al Rio, que desagua en la Bah fa de San BernabeV Venegas, Noticia de la Cat, torn, i., pp. 63-7. ' Los pericues habitan en la mision de Santiago, que tiene sujeto a San Jose del Cabo y en las islas de Cerralvo, el Espiritu Santo y San Jose.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 365. ' I Pericui ne occuparono la parte australe dal C. di S. Luca sino a gr. 24, e le isole adjacenti di Cerralvo, dello Spirito Santo, e di S. Giuseppe.' Clavigero, Storia della Cat, torn, i., p. 109. ' Im Siiden, vom Cap San Lucas bis fiber den Hafen Los Pichih'ngues und die Mission La Paz hinaus wohnen die Pericues zu welchen die Familien Edu oder Equu und Cora gerechnet werden.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 443. See also: Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 207; Californias, Noticias, carta i., p. 86; Browne's Bower Cat, p. 45; Forbes' Cat, p. 21; Buschmann, Spuren der Aztek. Spr., p. 480. The Northern Mexican Family is composed of the inhabitants of the States of Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and portions of Tamaulipas, Durango, and Zacatecas, south as far as 23° north latitude, divided as follows: The Seris ' live towards the coast of Sonora, on the famous Cerro Prieto, and in its immediate neighborhood.' Cortez, in Pac. B. R. Rept, vol. iii., p. 123, ' Reside in the village near Hermosillo, occupy the island of Tiburon in the Gulf of California, north of Guaymas.' Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol. i., p. 464. ' Son las Islas nombradas S. Antonio, Taburon, S. Estevan, Boca- CERIS AND OPATAS. 605 linas, Salsipuedes, la Tortuga, la ensenada de la Concepcion, habitadas de Indios de la nacion Seris.' Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., p. 490. 'Su principal abrigo es el famoso cerro Prieto, al Poniente de San Jose* de los Pimas, doce leguas, y doce casi al Sur del Pitic; del mar como cerca de catorce leguas al Oriente, y de la boca del rio Hiaqui al Norte, treinta leguas... Otro asilo tienen, asi en su isla del Tiburon, casi como cuarenta leguas al Poniente de la hacienda del Pitic y como una legua de la costa, en el seno de Californias; como en la de San Juan Bautista, cerca de nueve leguas del Tiburon al Sud-sudueste y a mas de dos leguas de tierra.* Sonora, Bescrip; G^og., in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iii., vol. iv., pp. 559-60. ' Los ceris.... [1779] estaban situados en la villa de Horcasitas en un pueblo llamado el Pdpulo, una legua hacia el Este de dicha villa, camino para Nacameri. De alii se trasladaron en 1789 al pueblo de Ceris.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 124. ' The Ceres are confined to the island 'of Tiburon, the coast of Tepoca, and the Pueblo of Los Ceres, near Pitic' Hardy's Trav., p. 437. ' Zwischen dem Flecken Petic und der Kiiste, und diese hinauf bis zum Flusse Ascension.' MHUenpfordt, Mejico, vol. ii., pt ii., p. 419. The country adjacent to the Bay of San Juan Bautista was occupied by the Ceris. Browne's Apache Country, p. 247. ' Sus madrigueras las han tenido en el famoso cerro Prieto, doce leguas al Oeste de San Jose de los Pimas, en la cadena que se extiende hacia Guaymas, en el rincon de Marcos, en las sierras de Bocoatzi Grande, en la sierra de Picu cerca de la costa, y sobre todo en la isla del Tiburon, situada en el Golfo de Californias, a una legua dela playa.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 354; Pajaken, in Cat Farmer, June 13; 1862. Concurrent authorities: La- chapelle, Raousset-Boulbon, p. 79; Billow, Hist. Mex.,' p. 215; Ward's Mexico, vol. i., p. 565; Budewig's Ab. Bang., p. 34; Bomenech's Beserts, vol. ii., p, 57; Mofras, Explor., torn, i., p. 214; Stone, in Hist. Mag., vol. v., p. 166. The Salineros 'hacia los confines de la Pimeria alta.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 354. The Tepocas are south of the latter. * Ordinarily live on the island of Tiburon.' Cortez, in Pac. R. R. Rept, vol. iii.. p. 122. 'Los mas prdximos a la isla del Tiburon.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 354; Malte-Brun, Sonora, pp. 20-1; Mofras, Explor., torn, i., p. 214. The Guaymas and Upanguaymas live near the like-named port. ' Ocupa- ban el terreno en que ahora se encuentra el puerto de ese nombre, y que se redujeron al pueblo de Belen.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 354. The dpatas occupy central and eastern Sonora. * In the eastern part of the State, on the banks of the Sonora and Oposura, and in the vicinity of the town of Arispe and the mineral region of Nocasari.' Mayer's Mex. Aztec, etc., vol. ii., p. 300. ' Leurs villages couvrent les bords des rivieres de Yaqui, de Sonora et de Nacameri, ainsi que la belle vallee d'Oposura.' Zuniga, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1842, torn, xciii., pp. 238-9. ' Im Osten des Staats, an den Ufern der Flusse Sonora und Oposura und bis gegen die Stadt Arispe und den Minendistrict von Nacosari hinauf.' Muldenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 420. 'Habita el centro del Estado de Sonora.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, i., p. 403. * Le long des rivieres de San Miguel de Horcasitas, d'Arispe, de los Ures et d'Oposura.' Ternaux-Compans, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1842, torn, xcv., p. 319. ' Confinan al Norte con los 606 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. pimas y con los apaches; al Este con la Tarahumara; al Sur con la Pimeria baja, y al Oeste con los pimas y con los sens.' ' Ocupan en el Estado de Sonora los actuales partidos de Sahuaripa, Oposura, Ures, Arizpe y parte del de Magdalena.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 338, 343-4. The dpatas, Eudebes, and Jovas 'pueblan la mayor parte de la Sonora, desde muy adentro de la sierrra, son sus terrenos hacia al Sur desde este que pusimos por lindero al Oriente, por el desierto pueblo de Natora, Aribetzi, Bacanora, Tonitzi, Soyopa, Nacori, Alamos, parte de Ures, Nacameri, Opodepe, Cu- curpe hacia el Poniente; desde aquf Arispe, Chinapa, Bacoatzi, Cuquiaratzi hasta Babispe hacia el Norte, y desde esta mision la poco ha citado sierra hasta Natora, los que la terminan hacia el Oriente.' Sonora, Bescrip. Geog., in Boc Hist. Mex., serie hi., torn, iv., pp. 552-3. See also: Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, p. 174; Mofras, Explor., torn, i., p. 213; Malte-Brun, Sonora, p. 14; Bartlett's Pers. Nar., vol.. i., p. 444; Hardy's Trav., p. 437; Pajaken, in Cat Farmer, June 6, 1862; Prichard's Nat Hist. Man, torn, ii., p. 562; Ward's Mexico, vol. i., p. 597; Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 139; Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, pp. 117, 145. In early days ' they occupied the whole western slope of the Sierra, from the headquarters of the Sonora River to Nuri, near the Yaqui towns. They were then esteemed different tribes in different localities, and are named in the old records as Jobas, Tequimas, Teguis, and Coguinachies.' Stone, in Hist Mag., vol. v., p. 166. 'La nacion dpata se subdivide en opatas teguis, avecindados en los pueblos de Opodepe, Ter- rapa, Cucurpe, Alamos, Batuco. En opatas tegiiimas en Sinoquipe,. Bana- michi, Huepaca, Aconchi, Babiacora, Chinapa, Bacuachi, Cuquiarachi, Cumpas. Opatas Cogiiinachis en Toniche, Matape, Oputo, Oposura, Gua- savas, Bacadeguachi, Nacori (otro), Mochopa. Los del pueblo de Santa Cruz se dice que son de nacion contla. Los Batucas, en el pueblo de Batuco corresponden tambien a los dpatas, asi como los sahuaripas, los himeris y los guasabas.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 343-4, and Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, pp. 155-6. To the Jovas 'pertenecen los pueblos de San Jose* Teopari, Los Dolores, Sahuaripa, donde hay tambien dpatas, Pdnida, Santo Tomas, Arivetzi, San Mateo Malzura.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 345; Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 249. Ovas, 'esta nacion esta poblada a orilla3 del rio Papi- gochic, variedad de algunos pueblos y corre hasta cerca del partido de Samaripa y uno de sus pueblos llamado Teopari (que es de nacion ova su gente) y corre como se ha dicho poblada en este rio hasta cerca de la mision de Matachic' Zapata, in Boc Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, iii., p. 341. 'Los ovas, tribu que vive principalmente en Sonora en Chihuahua esta poblada orillas del rio Papigochi (el Yaqui), llegando hasta cerca de Yepomera, de la mision de tarahumares de Matachic; sus rancherias se llamaron Oparrapa, Natora, Bacaniyahua d Baipoa, Orosaqui y Xiripa.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 325. The Sobas ' ocuparon a Caborca, encontrandose tambien en los alrede- dores.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 348. The Potlapiguas, ' nacion gentil cerca de Babispe y de Bacerac, colocada en la frontera.' lb. The Tepahues were ' habitadores de una peninsula que forman dos rios d brazos del Mayo al Oriente de los de esta nacion.' Id., p. 356. SINALOAS AND MAYOS. 607 The Tecayaguis, Cues or Macoyahuis were 'en las vertientes del rio, antes de los tepahues.... sus restos se encuentran en el pueblo de la Concepcion de Macoyahui.' lb. The Hymeris, ' nacion situada en los varios valles que forma la Sierra Madre entre Occidente y Norte del valle de Sonora.' Alegre, Hist, Comp. de Jesus, torn, ii., p. 243. The Sonoras inhabit the valley of Sonora, which ' cae a la banda del Norte, apartado de la villa (Sinaloa) ciento y treinta leguas.' Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, p. 392. The Eudeves, Eudebes, Hegues, Hequis, Heves, Eudevas or Dohme dwell in the villages ' Matape, Nacori, Los Alamos, Robesco, Bacanora, Batuco, Tepuspe, Cucurpe, Saracatzi, Toape, and Opodepe.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 344. The Sibubapas 'del pueblo de Suaqui.' Id., p. 351. The Nures, ' habitadores del pueblo de Nuri.' lb. ' Habita cerca de la de los Nebomes.' Alcedo, Biccionario, vol. iii., p. 350. The Hios, 'a ocho leguas al Este deTepahue.' Orozcoy Berra, Geografia, p. 351. The Huvagiieres and Tehuisos are neighbors of the Hios. lb. The Basiroas and Teatas, ' mas al Este.' lb. The Tupocuyos are four leagues Northwest of Santa Magdalena. ' De Santa Magdalena en el rumbo al Noroeste a 4 leguas de distancia llegamos a la rancheria del Tupocuyos.' Mange, Itinerario, in Doc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, i., p. 232. 'The Indians of the state of Cinaloa belong to different tribes: towards the south, in the country and in the Sierra, the Coras, Najarites, and Huei- colhues are to be found; to the north of Culiacan, the Cinaloas, Cochitas and Tuvares; and towards the town of El Fuerte, and farther north, we find the Mayos Indians, to which belong also the tribes Quasare, Ahome, and Ocoronis.' Sevin, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxx., p. 12; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 402. The Sinaloas ' tiene su assiento y poblaciones en el mismo rio de Tegueco, y Quaque, en lo mas alto del, y mas cercanas a las haldas de serranias de Topia; y sus pueblos comiencjan seis leguas arriba del fuerte de Mon- tesclaros.' Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, pp. 199, 47. ' Los inas orientales de las gentes que habitaban las riberas del que ahora llamamos rio del Fuerte.' Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 460. ' Avecindados en una parte de las orillas, hacia las fuentes del rio del Fuerte.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 329. The Mayos occupy the banks of the rivers Mayo and Fuerte. The Mayo river ' bafia todos los pueblos de indigenas llamados los Mayos.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 82. ' Die eigentlichen Mayos wohnen hauptsachlich westlich und nordwestlich von der Stadt Alamos.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 402. 'Los mayos, sobre el rio Mayo.,. .estan distribuidos en los pueblos de Santa Cruz de Mayo, Espiritu Santo Echojoa d Echonova, Natividad Navajoa d Navohoua, Concepcion Cuirimpo, San Ignacio de Tesia, Santa Catalina Cayamoa d Camoa, San Bartolome Batacosa, Masiaca,' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 356, 354; Malte-Brun, Sonora, p. 13. ' The Mayos on 60S TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. the river Mayo inhabit the following towns: Tepague, Conecare, Camda, Tesia, Navahda, Curinghda, Echehda, and Santa Cruz de Mayo, a seaport. Towns of the same nation on the Rio del Fuerte: Tdro, Baca, Chdis, Omi, San Miguel, Charac, Sivilihda, and Tegueco.' Hardy's Trav., pp. 438, 390; Ward's. Mexico, vol. i., p. 583, vol. ii., p. 606; also: Stone, in Hist. Mag., vol. v., p. 165; Mayer's Mex., Aztec, etc., vol. ii., p. 299. The Yaquis are settled on the Rio Yaqui and between it and the Rio Mayo. On the Yaqui River at a distance of twelve leagues from the sea, 'esta poblada la famosa Nacion de Hiaquis.' Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, p. 284. 'Lista de los pueblos del rio Yaqui, contados desde Cocori, primer pueblo al otro lado del rio de Buenavista, al Este del Estado, camino para la ciudad de Alamos, y rio abajo hasta Belen: Cocori, Bacum, Torin, Bicam, Potam, Rahum, Huirivis.' Velasco, Noticias de Sonora, p. 84. 'Zwischen den Flussen Mayo und Yaqui Die Ortschaften des Stammes Yaqui (Hia- qui) sind besonders: Belen, Huadibis, Raun, Potan, Bican, Torin, Bacwn und Cocorun.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, vol. ii., pt ii., p. 419; Malte-Brun, So-. nora, p. 13. l Les habitations des Yaquis commencent, a partir de la riviere de ce nom, et s'etendent egalement sur le Rio de Mayo Fuerte et de Sinaloa, sur une etendue de plus de 140 lieues.' Zuniga, in Nouvelles Annales desVoy., 1842, torn, xciii., p. 239; Ternaux-Compans, in Id., torn, xcv., p. 306. 'Tara- umara es la residencia de los Indios Yaquis.' 'Are still farther north (than the Mayos), and belong entirely to the state of Sonora.' Sevin, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxx., p. 12: Stone, in Hist. Mag., vol. v., pp. 164-5; Paja- ken, in Cat Farmer, June 6, 1862; Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, v., p. 46. 'Oc- cupent le pays situe au sud de Guaymas jusqu'au Rio del Fuerte.' Mofras, Explor., torn, i., p. 212. See further: Ferry, Scenes de la Vie Sauvage, pp. 15, 45; Ward's Mexico, vol. i., p. 582, vol. ii., p. 606; Hardy's Trav., pp. 437-8; Combier, Voy., p. 200: Mex. in 1842, pp. 67-8: Hist. Chretienne de la Cat, p. 244. The Zuaques have their villages between the Mayo and Yaqui rivers. ' Los zuaques estaban adelante, a cinco leguas de los tehuecos, y sus tierras corrian por espacio de diez leguas.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 332. ' Sus pueblos eran tres el principal dellos, llainado Mochicaui.' Ribas, Hist delos Triumphos, p. 163; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, vol. ii., pt ii., p. 419. The Tehuecos are west of the Sinaloas. ' Seis leguas al Oeste del ultimo de sus pueblos (Sinaloas) seguian los teguecos d tehuecos.' Orozco y Berra, Gzografia, p. 332. * Los pueblos desta Nacion, que en sus principios fueron tres, comencauan quatro leguas rio arriba del vltimo delos ^uaques.' Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, p. 171. The Ahomes dwell on the Rio Zuaque four leagues from the sea. ' La Nacion Ahome, y su principal pueblo Dista quatro leguas de la mar de Californias.' Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, p. 145; Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 332; Alcedo, Biccionario, vol. i/-p. 33; Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. iii., p. 522. The Vacoregues ' vivian en las playas del mar y en los medanos, un pueblo, orillas del rio (Fuerte), no lejos de Ahome.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 332. The Batucaris ' frecuentaban un lagunazo a tres leguas de Ahome.' lb. The Comoporis 'existian en una peninsula, siete leguas de Ahome.' lb. ' En vna peninsula retirada, y en los Medanos, d montes de arena del mar, viuian las rancherias de la gente fiera destos Comoporis.' Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, p. 153. The Guazaves ' distante diez, y doze leguas de la villa ' (Cinaloa). Id., p. 46. 'Habitadores de San Pedro Guazave y de Tamazula, orillas del rio Sinaloa.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 332. The Zoes ' eran Indios serranos, que tenian sus poblaciones en lo alto del mismo rio de los Cinaloas, y a las haldas de sus serranias.' Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, p. 208. ' Se estab^ecieron a las faldas de la Sierra, en las fuentes del rio del Fuerte cercanos a los sinaloas.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 333. ' Confinan con los tubares.' Zapata, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, hi., p. 395. The Huites ' Vivian en la Sierra, a siete leguas de los sinaloas.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 333. The Ohueras"and Cahuimetos dwell at ' San Lorenzo de Oguera situado a seis leguas al E. de la villa de Sinaloa y sobre el rio.' Id., p. 334. The Chicoratos and Basopas, ' en la sierra, y a siete leguas al E. de Oguera, se encuentra la Concepcion de Chicorato Cinco leguas al Norte tiene a San Ignacio de Chicuris, en que los habitantes son tambien basopas.' lb. The Chicuras 'eran vecinos de los chicoratos.' lb. The Tubares or Tovares live in the ' pueblos de Concepcion, San Ignacio y San Miguel.' 'habitan uno de los afluentes del rio del Fuerte.' Id., pp. 323-4. ' Poblada en varias rancherias sobre los altos del rio grande de Cinaloa.' Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, p. 117. ' En el distrito de Mina.' Piwen- tel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 254. The Chinipas, Guailopos, and Maguiaquis live ' en San Andres Chinipas.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 324; Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, p. 95. The Hizos are in 'Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Voragios d Taraichi.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 324. The Varogios, Husorones, Cutecos and Tecargonis are in ' Nuestra Senora de Loreto de Voragios d Sinoyeca y en Santa Ana.' lb. The Tarahumares inhabit the district of Tarahumara in the state of Chihuahua. ' Provincia.... confina por el O con la de Sonora, por el E con el Nuevo Mexico, sirviendole de li'mites el rio Grande del Norte, por este rumbo no estan conocidos aun sus terminos, por el S O con la de Cinaloa ... toma el nombre de la Nacion de Indios asi Uamada, que confinaba con la de los Te- peguanes.' Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, v., p. 46; Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, i., p. 363. ' In den tiefen und wilden Schluchten von Tararecua und Santa Sinfo- rosa, jagen verschiedene Familien der Tarahumaras.' Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 521; Mexikanische Zustdnde, torn, i., p. 74. 'Bewohnen einen Theil des Berglandes im W. der Hauptstadt, wo sie namentlich in dem schdnen Hochthale des Rio Papigdchic in alien Ortschaften einen Theil der Bevdlkerung bilden.' Wappaus, Geog. u. Stat, p. 213. ' Inhabit the towns in Mulatos.' Hardy's Trav., p. 438. 'En la raya que divide los Reynos de la Vizcaya y de la Galicia no en los terminos limitados que hoy tiene que es Acaponeta, sino en los que antes tubo hasta cerca de Sinaloa.' Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., p. 491. ' Al Oriente tienen el rio de los Conchos y al Vol. I. 39 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Poniente la Sinaloa, Sonora y las regiones del Nuevo Mexico, al Norte y al Austro la Nacion de los Tepehuanes. ' Se estiendan por el Norte hasta mas abajo de San Buenaventura.' 'Vivian en S. Jose de Bo.cas, cabecera de una de las misiones de los jesuitas,' in Durango. Orozco y Berra, Geografia, .pp. 319-25. 'A tres leguas de San Jose Temaichic esta otro pueblo y mucha gente en el llamada taraumar Pachera.' Zapata, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, iii., p. 333; Richthofen, Mexico, p. 448. 'LesTahues etaient probablement les memes que ceux que l'on designe plus tard sous le nom de Tarahumaras.' 'Leur capitale etait Teo-Colhuacan.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Popol Vuh, preface, p. 191. The Conchos inhabit the banks of the Rio Conchos, near its confluence with the Rio del Norte. 'Enderec,o su camino hazia el Norte, y a dos jorna- das topo mucha cantidad de Indios de los que llaman Conchos.' Espejo, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. hi., pp. 384, 390. 'En en Real del Parral.' Arlegui, Chron. de Zacatecas, p. 97. ' Se estiende hasta las orillas del rio grande del Norte. Por la parte del septentrion confina con los laguneros, y al Medio- dia tiene algunos pueblos de los tepehuanes y valle de Santa Barbara.' Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, ii., p, 58. The Passaguates live twenty-four leagues north of the Conchos. ' Anda- das las veinte y quatro leguas dichas (from the Conchos;, toparon otra nacion de Indios, llamados Passaguates.' Espejo, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., pp. 384, 391. The Mamites, Colorados, Arigames, Otaquitamones, Pajalames, Poaramas were in the neighborhood of the Conchos. Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 325. The Guazapares are ' a veinte leguas de distancia del pueblo y partido de Loreto al Sur, reconociehdo al Oriente, y solas diez del pueblo y partido de Santa Ines, caminando derecho al Oriente, esta el pueblo y partido de Santa Teresa de Guazapares, llamado en su lengua Guazayepo.' Zapata, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, hi., p. 389. The Temoris dwell in the ' pueblo de Santa Maria Magdalena de Temoris .... A cinco leguas de distancia hacia el Norte del pueblo y cabecera de Santa Teresa esta el pueblo llamado Nuestra Senora del Valle Humbroso. Id., p. 390. The Tobosos are north of the Tarahumares and in the Mission of San Francisco de Coahuila, in the state of Coahuila. ' Se extendian por el Bolson de Mapimi, y se les encuentra cometiendo depredaciones asi en Chihuahua y en Durango, como en las misiones de Parras, en las demas de Coahuila y en el Norte de Nuevo Leon.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 308-9, 302, 325. In Coahuila, 'Un paraje que llaman la Cuesta de los muertos, donde tienen habitacion los Indios Tobosos.' Villa-Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn, ii., pp. 296-7, 348-9. 'A un paraje que hoy es la mision del Santo nombre de Jesus.' Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, p. 519. The Sisimbres, Chizos, Cocoyomes, Coclamas, Tochos, Babos, and Nures live near the Tobosos. Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 325. Valle de San Bar- tholome, Presidio de la Provincia de Tepeguana... .antigua residencia de los Indios Infieles Cocoyomes. Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, i., pp. 222-3. The Tepagues are ' Cinco leguas arriba del rio de Mayo, en vn arroyo.' Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, p. 253. NORTH-EASTERN MEXICAN TRIBES. 611 The Conicaris live ' distante de Chinipa diez y seis leguas.' Id., pp., 265, 254. A multitude of names of nations or tribes are mentioned by different authorities, none of which coincide one with the other. But few nations are definitely located. I therefore first give the different lists of names.,' and afterwards locate them as far as possible. ' Babeles, Xicocoges, Gueiquiza- les, Goxicas, Manos Prietas, Bocoras, Escabas, Cocobiptas, Pinanacas, Co- dames, Cacastes, Colorados, Cocomates, Jaimamares, Contores, Filifaes, Babiamares, Catujanes, Apes, Pachagues, Bagnames, Isipopolames, Piez de benado. Chancafes, Payaguas, Pachales, Jumes, Johamares, Bapancora- pinamacas, Babosarigames, Pauzanes, Paseos, Chahuanes, Mescales, Xara- mes, Chachaguares, Hijames, Iedocodamos, Xijames, Cenizos, Pampapas, Gavilanes. Sean estos nombres verdaderos, d desfigurados segun la inteli- gencia, caprichos, d voluntariedad de los que se emplearon en la pacificacion del Pais, $ de los fundadores de las Doctrinas, parece mas creible que los mencionados Yndios, fuesen pequenas parcialidades, d ramos de alguna nacion, cuyo nombre generico no ha podido Saberse.' Revillagigedo,.Carta, MS. ' Pacpoles, Coaquites, Zibolos, Canos, Pachoches, Sicxacames, Siyan- guayas, Sandajuanes, Liguaces, Pacuazin, Pajalatames y Carrizos.' Pa- ditla, cap. lxix., quoted in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 306. 'Negritos, Bocalos, Xanambres, Borrados, Guanipas, Pelones, Guisoles, Hualahuises, Alasapas, Guazamoros, Yurguimes, Mazames, Metazures, Quepanos, Coyotes, Bguanas, Zopilotes, Blancos, Amitaguas, Quimis, Ayas, Comocabras, Mezquites.'' Archivo General, MSS., torn, xxxi., fol. 208, quoted in lb. Paogas, Caviseras, Vasapalles, Ahomamas, Yanabopos, Daparabopos, Mamazorras, Neguales, Salineros y Baxaneros, conocidos generalmente bajo la apelacion de Laguneros. Id., p. 305. ' Rayados y Cholomos.' Id., p. 306. ' Las tribus que habitaban el Valle (del rio Nazas) se nombraban Irritilas, Miopacoas, Meviras, Hoeras y Maiconeras, y los de la laguna' [Laguna grande de San Pedro or Tlahuelila]. Id., p. 305. ' Pajalates, Orejones, Pacoas, Tilijayas, Alasapas, Pausanes,^y otras mu- chas diferentes, que se hallan en las misiones del rio de San Antonio y rio grande.'.. .como son; los Pacuaches, Mescales, Pampopas, Tacames, Chayo- pines, Venados, Pamaques, y toda la juventuddePihuiques, Borrados, Sani- paos y Manos de Perro.' Id., p. 306; Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 409. 'A media legua corta ... [de San Juan Bautista] se fundd la mision de San Bernardo ... con las naciones de Ocanes, Canuas, Catuxanes, Paxchales, Pomulumas, Pacuaches, Pastancoyas, Pastalocos y Pamasus, a que se agrega- ron despues los Pacuas, Papanacas, Tuancas y otras.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 303. The Gijames are in the mountains near the mission of El Santo Nombre de Jesus de Peyotes. Morfi, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie hi., torn, iv., p. 434. The Pitas and Pasalves at the Mission of ' Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de la Punta.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 303. The Pampopas ' habitaban en el rio de las Nueces, a 22 leguas al Sur de la mision de San Juan Bautista; los Tilijaes mas abajo de los anteriores; al Sur de estos los Patacales, y los-Cachopostales cerca de los Pampopas. Los Paja- laques vivian en el rio de San Antonio como a 40 leguas de la mision de San TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Bernardo; los Pacos y los Pastancoyas a 15 leguas en el paraje nombrado el Carrizo; los Panagues a 18 leguas.de la mision sobre el rio de las Nueces; Los Pauzanes sobre el rio de San Antonio, y I03 Paguachis a 15 leguas del mismo San Bernardo.'... .* Con Indios de la naciones Mahuames, Pachales, Mescales, Jarames, Ohaguames y Chahuames.... con ellos y con las tribus de Pampopas, Tilofayas, Pachalocos y Tusanes situd de nuevo la mision de San Juan Bautista, junto al presidio del mismo nombre, cerca del rio Bravo.' ' A tiro de escopeta [from Santo Nombre de Jesus Peyotes] se encuentra San Francisco Vizarron de los Pausanes ... con familias de Tinapihuayas, Pihuiques y Julimenos, aunque la mayor parte fueron Pauzanes.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 303-4. ' En el valle de Santo Domingo, a orilla del rio de Sabinas San Juan Bautista ...lo pobld con indios Chahuanes, Pachales, Mescales y Jarames, a que se agregaron despues algunos Pampopas, Tilofayas, Pachalocos y Tusanes.' Morfi, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie hi., torn. iv.,pp. 440-1. The Cabesas, Contotores, Bazaurigames and others were at the mission San Buenaventura. Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, 31S., p. 530. The Gabilanes and Tripas Blancas roamed over a stretch of country situated north of the Presidio of Mapimi, between the rivers San Pedro and Conchos to their confluence with the Rio Grande. Villa-Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, torn, ii., pp. 348-9. Tlie Laguneros ' poblados a las margenes de la laguna que llaman Grande de san Pedro, y algunos dellos en las isletas que haze la misma laguna.' Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, p. 669. Los misioneros franciscanos atrajeron de paz las tribus siguientes, con los cuales fundaron cinco misiones. San Francisco de Coahuila, un cuarto de legua al Norte de Monclova, con indios Boboles y Obayas, a, los cuales se agregaron algunos Tobosos y Tlaxcaltecas conducidas de San Esteban del Saltillo. Santa Rosa de Nadadores, puesta en 1677 a cuarenta leguas al Noroeste de Coahuila, de indios Cotzales y Manospri^tas, trasladada junto al rio de Nadadores para huir de la guerra de los Tobosos, y colocada al fin, en 1693, a siete leguas al Noroeste de Coahuila: se le agregaron ocho familias Tlaxcaltecas. San Bernardo de la Candela, con indios Catujanes, Tilijais y Milijaes, y cuatro familias Tlaxcaltecas. San Buenaventura de las cuatro Cienegas, veinte leguas al Oeste de Coahuila, con indios Cabezas, Contotores y Bauzarigames: la mision repue,sta en 1692 con los Tocas y los Colo- rados. Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 302. The Irritilas occupy ' la parte del partido de Mapimi al Este.' Id., p. 319. The Pisones and Xanambres roam ' Al Sur del valle de la Purisima y al Norte hasta Rio Blanco, confinando al Oeste con los Cuachichiles.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 298. Other names which cannot be located are: Cadimas, Pelones, Nazas, Pamoranos, Quedexenos, Palmitos, Pintos, Quinicuanes, Maquiapemes, Seguyones, Ayagua, Zima, Canaina, Comepescados, Aguaceros, Vocarros, Posuamas, Zalaias, Malahuecos, Pitisfiafuiles, Cuchinochis, Talaquichis, Alazapas, Pafaltoes. Id., pp. 299-300. The nations or tribes of Tamaulipas, although very numerous, are mostly located. TRIBES OF TAMAULIPAS. 613 The Olives live in Horcasitas. Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 293. The Palagueques are at the Mission of San Francisco Xavier. 16. The Anacanas, 'a una legua de Altamira.' lb. The Aretines, Panguais, and Caramiguais in the ' sierra del Chapopote, que remata en la barra del Tordo.' lb. The Mapulcanas, Cataicanas, Caramiguais, Panguais, and Zapoteros live near the Salinas, which are between the Cerro del Maiz and the sea. lb. The Caribays, Comecamotes, Ancasiguais, Tagualilos, and Pasitas are near De Soto la Marina and Santander. lb. The Moralenos and Panguajes live on the coast between Marina and Alta- mirano. 16. The Martinez, 'en la Sierra de Tamaulipa vieja.' 16. The Mariguanes, Caramariguanes, Aretines, ' habitada desde el cerro de S. Jose a la mar.' 16. The Tumapacanes, 'en el camino para Santander.' lb. The Inapanames, ' a una y media leguas de la primera villa (Santillana). 76. The Pintos and Quinicuanes dwell near San Fernando de Austria, lb. The Tedexenos, ' en las lagunas de la barra.' lb. The Comecrudos, ' donde el rio se vacia en sus crecientes.' lb. The Tamaulipecos and Malinchenos live at the mission of S. Pedro Alcantara, lb. The Guixolotes, Cadimas, Canaynes, and Borrados are ' al pie de la sierra de Tamaulipas, teniendo al Sur el terreno que se llama la Tamaulipa Moza.' Id., pp. 293-4. The Nazas, Narices, Comecrudos, and Texones are at the mission of Rey- nosa. let, p. 294. The Tanaquiapemes, Saulapaguemes, Auyapemes, Uscapemes, Comesaca- pemes, Gummesacapemes, Catanamepaques are ' rumbo al Este y sobre el rio, a seis leguas de la mision... .se internan a las tierras llegando en sus corre- rias unicamente hasta el mar.' lb. The Carrizos, Cotomanes, and Cacalotes are at ' Camargo, situado sobre el rio de S. Juan....al otro lado del Bravo los cuales por fuera del rio Grande llegan hasta Revilla.' lb. The Garzas and Malaguecos live near rio Alamo. Id., p. 294. No location for the following can be found: Politos, M.ulatos, Pajaritos^ Venados, Payzanos, Cuernos quemados. Id., pp. 295-6. The Tepehuanes inhabit the mountains of southern Chihuahua and the northern portions of Durango, a district commonly called the partido de Tepehuanes. ' Estiende desde la Sierra del Mezquital hasta el Parral ... hasta adelante de Topia, muy cerca de Caponeta.' Arlegui, Chron. de Zacatecas, pp. 187-8. ' Se extiende esta region desde la altura misma de Guadiana, a poco menos de 25 grados hasta los 27 de latitud septentrional. Sus pueblos comienzan a las veinticinco leguas de la capital de Nueva-Vizcaya, acia el Noroeste en Santiago de Papasquiaro. Al Norte tiene a la provincia de Taraumara, al Sur la de Chiametlan y costa del seno Californio, al Oriente los grandes arenales y naciones vecinas a la laguna de S. Pedro, y al Poniente la Sierra Madre de Topia, que la divide de esta provincia y la de Sinaloa.' TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 319. ' Sus pueblos, parte en llanos, y parte en sierra, a las vertientes de la de Topia, y san Andres... .Y por essa parte vezinos a las Naziones Xixime, y Aeaxee, y aun a las de la tierra mas adentro de Cinaloa.' Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, p. 573. For concurrent testimony see: Zapata, in Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, iii., p. 310; VUla- Senor y Sanchez, Theatro, tom.ii., pp. 344-5; Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 43; Murr, Nachrichten, p. 323; Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 318-19. The Acaxees inhabit the valleys of the mountain regions of Topia and S. Andres in Durango and Sinaloa. ' La principal Nacion, en cuyas tierras esta i Real de Topia, es la Aeaxee.' Ribas, Hist de los Triumphos, p. 471. 'Lo limitan al Norte y al Este el Tepehuan, al Sur el Xixime y al Oeste el Sa- baibo y el Tebaca.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 319, 310, 315; Zapata, in Boc. Hist Mex., serie iv., torn, iii., pp. 416-17. 'San Pedro valle de Topia, el mineral de Topia, Asuncion Sianori, San Antonio Tahuahueto y los Dolores de Agua Caliente, las cuales poblaciones marcan los terrenos habitados por los Acaxees.' Tamaron, in- Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 314. The Tebacas lived among the Acaxees in the mountain districts of Topia and S. Andres. Id., p. 334. The Sabaibos ' habitaban en el partido de San Ignacio Otatitlan y pueblos de Piaba, Alaya y Quejupa.' 76. The Cdcaris dwell in Cacaria. Id., p. 319. The Papudos and Tecayas were settled in the district of San Andres. A'.egre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., pp. 379-80. The Xiximes inhabited ' eh el coracon desta sierra' de San Andres* Ribas, Hist, de los Triumphos, p. 531. ' Ocupan el partido de San Dimas.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 315-17. The Ilinas ' Habitan la mayor parte en profundfsimas quebradas del cen- tro de la sierra, y muchos a las margenes del rio de Humace, que en su em- bocadura Hainan de Piaxtla, muy cerca de su nacimiento, como a cinco leguas de Yamoriba.' Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, ii., p. 195. ' Habitantes de las margenes del rio de Piaztla. 1 Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 316. The Humes are in the Sierra de San Andres. ' Como nueue leguas del pueblo de Quilitlan, y en lo mas alto de toda esta sierra, caminando al Oriente.' Ribas, Hist delos Triumphos, p. 562. 'Nueve leguas mas adelante del lugar de Queibos d de Santiago.' Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, ii., p. 199; Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 316, 325. The Zacatecos inhabit the like-named State, and particularly near the rio Nazas. ' Baxo la Sierra, que oy llaman del calabazal, y paro a, las orillas de un rio, que oy llaman de Suchil.' Arlegui, Chron. de Zacatecas, p. 26. ' Los que habitan en el rio de las Nasas son indios zacatecos.' Boc. Hist. Mex., serie iv., torn, iii., p. 33. ' Se extendian hasta el rio Nazas. Cuencame, Cerro Gordo, S. Juan del Tiio, Nombre de Dios, quedaban comprendidos en esta demarcacion.' Orozco yt Berra, Geografia, p. 319. The Guachichiles, Cuachichiles, or Huachichiles ' corrian por Zacatecas hasta San Potosi y Coahuila.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 285. 'La villa del Saltillo esta fundada sobre el terreno que en lo antiguo ocuparon los indios cuachichiles.' Id., pp. 301, 287; Be Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 281. CHAPTER YL WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. Territorial Aspects—Two Main Divisions; Wild Tribes of Central Mexico, and Wild Tribes of Southern Mexico—The Coras and others in Jalisco — Descendants of the Aztecs — The Otomis and Mazahuas Adjacent to the Valley of Mexico—The Pames— The Tarascos and Matlaltzincas of Michoacan—The Huaztecs and Totonacs of Vera Cruz and Tamaulipas—The Chontales, Chinan- tecs, Mazatecs, Cuicatecs, Chatinos, Miztecs, Zapotecs, Mijes, Hua- ves, Chiapanecs, Zoques, Lacandones, Choles, Mames, Tzotziles, Tzen- dales, chochones, and others of southern mexico. The term Wild Tribes of Mexico, which I employ to distinguish this from the other groupal divisions of the Native Races of the Pacific States needs some explanation. The territory embraced under this title extends from latitude 23° north, to the eighteenth parallel on the Atlantic, and the fifteenth on the Pacific; that is to the Central American line, including Yucatan and excluding Guatemala. At the time of the conquest, a large portion of this region as well as part of Central America wTas occupied by those nations that we call civilized, which are fully described in the second volume of this work. These several precincts of civilization may be likened to suns, shining brightly at their respective centres, and radiating into the surrounding darkness with greater or less intensity according to distance and circumstances. The bloody conquest achieved, these suns were dimmed, their light went out; part of this civi- (615) 616 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. lization merged into that of the conquerors, and part fell back into the more distant darkness. Later many of the advanced aboriginals became more and more identified with the Spaniards; the other natives soon came to be regarded as savages, who, once pacified, spread over the seat of their nation's former grandeur, obliterating many of the traces of their peoples' former high advancement;—so that very shortly after the Spaniards became masters of the land, any description of its aborigines could but be a description of its savage nations, or of retrograded, or partially obliterated peoples of higher culture. And thus I find it, and thus must treat the subject, going over the whole territory almost as if there had been no civilization at all. For variety and striking contrasts the climate and scenery of central and southern Mexico is surpassed by no region of equal extent in the world. It is here that the tierra caliente, or hot border-land of either ocean, the tierra templada, or temperate belt adjacent, and the tierra fria, or cool elevated table-land assume their most definite forms. The interior table-lands have an average elevation above the sea of from 5,000 to 8,000 feet. The geological formation is on a Titanic scale; huge rocks of basalt, granite, and lava rise in fantastic shapes, intersected by deep barrancas or ravines presenting unparalleled scenes of grandeur. Prominent among the surrounding mountains tower the snow-clad crests of Orizaba and Popocatepetl,—volcanic piles whose slumbering fires appear to be taking but a temporary rest. The plateau is variegated with many lakes; the soil, almost everywhere fertile, is overspread with a multitudinous variety of nopal, maguey, and forests of evergreen, among which the graceful fir and umbrageous oak stand conspicuous. Seasons come and go and leave' no mark behind;' or it may be said that spring, satisfied with its abode, there takes up its perpetual rest; the temperature is ever mellow, with resplendent sunshine by day, while at night the stars shine with a brilliancy nowhere excelled. The limits of the tierra templada TRIBES OF CENTRAL MEXICO. 617 it is impossible to define, as the term is used in a somewhat arbitrary manner by the inhabitants of different altitudes. On the lowlands along the coast known as the tierra caliente, the features of nature are changed; vegetation assumes a more luxuriant aspect; palms, parasitical plants and trees of a tropical character, take the place of the evergreens of a colder clime; the climate is not salubrious, and the heat is oppressive. On the Atlantic side furious storms, called ' northers,' spring up with a suddenness and violence unexampled in other places, often causing much destruction to both life and property. For the purpose of description, I separate the Wild Tribes of Mexico in two parts,—the Wild Tribes of Central Mexico, and the Wild Tribes of Southern Mexico. The first of these divisions extends from 23° north latitude to the northern boundary of the state of Oajaca, or rather to an imaginary line, taking as its base said boundary and running from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, that is to say from Yera Cruz to Acapulco. To enumerate and locate all the nations and tribes within this territory, to separate the uncivilized from the civilized, the mythical from the real, is not possible. I have therefore deferred to the end of this chapter such authorities as I have on the subject, where they will be found ranged in proper order under the head of Tribal Boundaries. Of the tribes that are known to have possessed no civilization, such as was found among the Aztecs and other cultivated nations, I will only mention the people denominated Chichimecs, under which general name were designated a multitude of tribes inhabiting the mountains north of the valley of Mexico, all of which were prominently dependent on the result of the chase for their subsistence; the ancient Otomis who mostly occupied the mountains which inclose the valley of Mexico; and the Fames in Queretaro. South of Mexico were numerous other nations who were more or less intermixed with those more civilized. Finally, I shall describe those people 618 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. who, since they came in contact with the whites, have retrograded in such a degree, that their manners and customs can only be given in connection with those of the Wild Tribes, and which comprise a large proportion of all the present aborigines of Mexico.1 The natives of the valley of Mexico are represented by some authorities as tall, by others as of short stature; but from what I gather we may conclude that on the whole they are over rather than under the middle height, wTell made and robust. In Yera Cruz they are somewhat shorter, say from four feet six inches to five feet at most, and clumsily made, having their knees further apart than Europeans and walking with their toes turned in; the women are shorter than the men and become fully developed at a very early age. In Jalisco both sexes are tall; they are also well built, and among the. women are found many forms of such perfection that they might well serve as models for sculpture. Throughout the table-lands, the men are muscular and well proportioned. Their skin is very thick and conceals the action of the muscles; they are out-kneed, turn their toes well in, and their carriage is anything but graceful.2 Various opinions have been advanced by competent persons in regard to the features of the natives of Mexico. Baron Yon Humboldt describes them as resembling the aborigines of Canada, Peru, Florida, and Brazil; hav- 1 Otomi;—' Otho en la misma lengua othomi quiere decir nada, y mi, quieto, 6 sentado, de manera que traducida literalmente la palabra, significa nada-quieto, cuya idea pudieramos expresar diciendo peregrino 6 errante.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, i., p. 118. Chichimecs;—'Los demas Indios les llamaban Chichimecos (que hoy lo mismo es chichi que perros altaneros) por la ninguna residencia.' Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia,-MS., p. 44. Speaking of Chichimecs, ' debaxo deste nombre estan muchas naciones con die- rencias de lenguas como son Pamies, Capuzes, Samues, Zancas, Maiolias, Guamares, Guachichiles, y otros, todos diferentes aunque semejantes en las costumbres.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. viii., lib. vi., cap. xiv. For further etymology of tribes, see Buschmann, Ortsnamen. 2 j Hanno d'altezza piu di cinque piedi parigini.' Clavigero, Storia Ant del Messico, torn, iv., p. 161. j De pequena estatura [cuatro pie's seis pulgadas, a cinco pies cuando mas.]' Berlandier y Thovel, Biario, p, 229, In Yalisco 'casi en todo este reyno, son grandes, y hermosas.' Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol: 271. 'Son de estatura alta, bien hechos y'fornidos.' Ulloa, Noticias Americanasfp. 308; Tylor's Anahuac, p. 182; Burkart, Medico, torn, i., p. 49; Oviedo, Hist Gen., torn, iii., p. 560; Beaumont, Cron de Mechoacan, MS., p. 236. PHYSICAL FEATURES IN NORTHERN MEXICO. 619 ing elongated eyes, the corners turned towards the temples, prominent cheek-bones, large lips, and a sweet expression about the mouth, forming a strong contrast with their otherwise gloomy and severe aspect. Rossi says that their eyes are oval, and that their physiognomy resembles that of the Asiatics. According to Prescott, they bear a strong resemblance to the Egyptians, and Viollet le Due asserts that the Malay type predominates. They have generally a very narrow forehead, an oval face, long black eyes set wide apart, large mouth with thick lips, teeth white and regular, the nose small and rather flat. The general expression of the countenance is melancholy, and exhibits a strange combination of moroseness and gentleness. Although some very handsome women are to be found among them, the majority of the race, both men and women, are ugly, and in old age, which with the women begins early, fheir faces are much wrinkled and their features quite harsh. They have acute senses, especially that of sight, which remains unimpaired to a very advanced age. Long, straight, black, thick, anct glossy hair is common to all; their beard is thin, and most of them, especially in the capital and its vicinity, have a small moustache; but very few, if any, have hair on their legs, thighs, or arms. It is very seldom that a gray-haired-native is found. All the people referred to, are remarkable for their strength and endurance, which may be judged of by the heavy burdens they carry on their backs. The inhabitants of the table-lands are of various hues; some are olive, some brown, others of a red copper color. In the Sierras some have a bluish tint as if dyed with indigo. The natives of the tierras calientes are of a darker complexion, inclining to black. There are some called Indios Pintos, whose cuticle is of p. less deep color, inclining more to yellowish and marked with dark copper-colored spots.3 3 ' In complexion, feature, hair and eyes, I could trace a very great resemblance between these Indians and the Esquimaux.' Lyon's Journal, vol. i., p. 296, see also vol. ii., pp. 199, 239. ' Son de la frente ancha, y las ca- bezas chatas.' Sahagun, Hist Gen., torn, iii., pp. 133, 129. See further, Prichard's Nat Hist. Man., vol. ii., p. 511; Calderon de la Barca's Life in 620 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. In the valley of Mexico the natives wear the ichapiUi, or a sort of shirt without sleeves, made of white and blue striped cotton, which reaches to the knees and is gathered round the wTaist with a belt. This is frequently the only garment worn by the aborigines of the Mexican valley. In lieu of the ancient feather ornaments for the head, they now use large felt or straw hats, the rim of which is about nine inches in width; or they bind round the head a colored handkerchief. Most of the men and women go barefooted, and those who have coverings for their feet, use the cacles, or huaraches, (sandals) made of tanned leather and tied with thongs to the ankles. The dress of the women has undergone even less change than that of the men, since the time of the Spanish conquest. Many of them wear over the ichapilli a cotton or woolen cloth, bound by a belt just above the hips; this answers the purpose of a petticoat; it is woven in stripes of dark colors or embellished with figures. The ichapilli is white, with figures worked on the breast, and is longer than that worn by the men. In Puebla the women wear very narrow petticoats and elegant quicheinels covering the breast and back and embroidered all over with silk and worsted. In the state of Yera Cruz and other parts of the tierra caliente the men's apparel consists of a short white cotton jacket or a dark-colored woolen tunic, with broad open sleeves fastened round the waist Avith a sash, and short blue or white breeches open at the sides near the knee; these are a Spanish innovation, but they continue to wear the square short cloak, tilma or tilmatli, with the end tied on one of the shoulders or across the breast. - Sometimes a pair of shorter breeches made of goat or deer skin are worn over the cotton ones, and also a jacket of the same material. The women wTear a 3Iex., vol. i., p. 200; Almaraz, Memoria, p. 79; Humbolelt, Essai Pot, torn, i., pp. 82, 86; Rossi, Souvenirs, p. 280; Viollet-Le-Buc, in Clmrnay, Ruines Ameri- caines, p. 102; Poinsett's Notes on Mex., pp. 107-8; Ottavio, in Nouvelles Annedes des Voy., 1833, torn, lix., pp. 73-4; Fossey, Mexique, p. 391; Vigneaux, Souv. Mex., p. 320; B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 352; Bonny castle's Spun. Am., vol. i., pp. 49-50; Figuier's Hum. Race, p. 455; Wapp/ius, Geog. u Stett, pp. 38-40; Bullock's Mexico, vol, i., pp. 184, 192; Mayer's Mex. as it Was., pp 142, 167, 291. MEXICAN COSTUMES. 621 coarse cotton shift with large open sleeves, often worked about the neck in bright colored worsted, to suit the wearer's fancy; a blue woolen petticoat is gathered round the waist, very full below, and a blue or brown rebozo is used as a wrapper for the shoulders. Sometimes a muffler is used for the head and face.4 They bestow great care on their luxuriant hair, which they arrange in two long braids that fall from the back of the head, neatly painted and interwoven with worsted of lively colors, and the ends tied at the waist-band or joined behind; others bind the braids tightly round the head, and occasionally add some wild flowers.5 In the tierra fria, a thick dark woolen blanket with a hole in the centre through which passes the head protects the wearer during the day from the cold and rain, and serves at night for a covering and often for the bed itself. This garment has in some places taken the place of the til- matli. Children are kept in a nude state until they are eight or ten years old, and infants are enveloped in a coarse cotton cloth, leaving the head and limbs exposed. The Huicholas of Jalisco have a peculiar dress; the men wear a short tunic made of coarse brown or blue woolen fabric, tightened at the waist with a girdle hanging down in front and behind, and very short breeches of poorly dressed goat or deer skin without hair, at the lower edges of which are strung a number of leathern thongs. Married men and women wear straw hats with high pointed crowns and broad turned-up rims; near the top is a narrow and handsomely wToven band of many colors, with long tassels. Their long bushy hair is secured tightly 4 In Mexico in 1698 the costume was a ' short doublet and wide breeches. On their shoulders they wear a cloak of several colours, which they call Tilma. ... .The women all wear the Guaipil, (which is like a sack) under the Cobixa, which is a fine white cotton cloth; to which they add another upon their back... Their coats are narrow with figures of lions, birds, and other creatures, adorning them with curious ducks' feathers, which they call Xilotepec.' Gemelli Car en, in Churchill's Col. Voyages, vol. iv., p. 491. Dress of a native girl of Mexico, ' enaguas blanquisimas, el guisquemel que graciosamente cubre su pecho y espalda... .dos largas trenzas color de ebano caen a los lados del cuello.' Prieto, Viajes, pp.454, 190-1, 430-1. 'Leur costume varie selon le terrain et le climat.' Lowenstern, Mexique, pp. 176, 339. 5 See Colder on de la Barca's Life in Mex., vol. ii., pp. 346-8. WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO.. round the crown of the head with a bright woolen ribbon. Many of the men do up the hair in queues with worsted ribbons, with heavy tassels that hang below the waist.6 De Laet, describing the natives of Jalisco early in the seventeenth century, speaks of square cloths made of cotton and mague^ tied on the right or left shoulder, and small pebbles or shells strung together as necklaces. Mota Padilla, in his history of New Galicia, says that the Chichimecs at Xalostitlan, in 1530, went naked. The inhabitants of Akatlan about that time adorned themselves with feathers. In Zacualco, the common dress of the women about the same period, particularly widows, was the huipil, made of fine cotton cloth, generally black. The natives of the province of Panuco, for many years after the Spanish Conquest, continued to go naked; they pulled out the beard, perforated the nose and ears, and, filing their teeth to a sharp point, bored holes in them and dyed them Mack. The slayer of a human being used to hang a piece of the skin and hair of the slain at the waist, considering such things as very valuable ornaments. Their hair they dyed in various colors, and wore it in different forms. Their women adorned themselves profusely, and braided their hair with feathers. Sahagun, speaking of the Matlalt- zincas, says that their apparel was of cloth made from the maguey; referring to the Tlahuicas, he mentions among their faults that they used to go overdressed; and of the Macoaques, he writes: that the oldest women as well as the young ones paint themselves with a varnish called tecocavitl, or with some colored stuff, and wear feathers about their arms and, legs. The Tlascaltecs in 1568 wore cotton-cloth mantles painted in. various fine colors. The inhabitants of Cholula, according to Cortes, dressed better than the Tlascaltecs; the better class wearing over their other clothes a garment resembling the Moorish cloak, yet somewhat different, as that of Cholula had pockets, but in the cloth, the 6 ' Usan de una especie de gran pano cuadrado, que tiene en el centro una abertura por donde pasa la cabeza.' Berlandier y Thovel, Biario, p. 229. DRESS IN MICHOACAN. 623 cut, and the fringe, there was much resemblance to the cloak worn in Africa. Old Spanish writers tell us that the natives of Michoacan made much use of feathers for wearing-apparel and for adorning their bodies and heads. At their later religious festivals, both sexes appear in white, the men with shirt and trowsers, having a band placed slantingly across the breast and back, tied to a belt round the waist, and on the head a small red cloth arranged like a turban, from which are pendent scarlet feathers, similar to those used by the ancient Aztec warriors. The man is also adorned with a quantity of showy beads, and three small mirrors, one of which is placed on his breast, another on his back, and the third invariably on his forehead. At his back he carries a quiver, and in his hand a bow, adorned with bright colored artificial flowers, or it may be the Aztec axe, so painted and varnished as to resemble flint. - At the present time, a native woman, however poor, still wears a necklace of coral or rows of red beads. The unmarried women of Chilpanzinco used to daub their faces with a pounded yellow flower. In Durango, the natives were accustomed to rub their swarthy bodies with clay of various colors, and paint reptiles and other animals thereon.7 7 'Yuan muy galanes, y empenachados.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. i. ' Senores 6 principales, trafan en el labioun bezote de chalchi- vite d esmeralda, 6 de caracol, 6 de oro, 6 de cobre... .Las mugeres cuando ninas, tambien se rapaban la cabeza, y cuando ya mosas dejaban criar los cabellos.... cuando alguna era ya muger hecha y habia parido, tocabase el cabello. Tambien traian sarcilios 6 orejeras, y se pintaban los pechos y los hrazos, con una labor que quedaba de azul muy fino, pintada en la misma carne, cortandola con una navajuela.' Sahagun, Hist Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., pp. 123-5, 133-4. ' En el Pueblo de Juito salieron muchos Yndios de paz con escapularios blancos al pecho, cortado el cabello en modo de cerquillo como Religiosos, todos eon unas cruces en las manos que eran de carrizos, y un Yndio que parecia el principal d cacique con un vestuario de Tunica talan.' Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., p. 73, also., pp. 21, 44, 46, 63, 107, 150. For further description of dress and ornaments see Nebel, Viaje, plates, nos. xxvi., xxxi., xxxvi., xii., xlvi.; Thompson's Recollections Mexico, p. 29; Laet, Novus Orbis, pp. 250, 252, 281; Lafonel, Voyages, torn, i., p. 211; Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., pp. 90, 279; Lyon's Jourmd, vol. ii., pp. 64, 198; Arlegui, Chron. de Zacatecas, p. 162; Beaumont, Cron de Mechoacan, MS., p. 210-; Apostolicos Afanes, pp. 10, G7; Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, iii., p. 299; Vigneaux, Souv. Mex., pp. 276, 296; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 55-6; Biart, in Revue Francaise, Dec. 1864, pp. 478-9; Ottavio,'in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1833, torn, lix., p. 61; Tylor's Anahuac, p. 302; Burkart, Mexico, torn. i., pp. 50-1. 624 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. The dwellings of the Wild Tribes of Central Mexico vary with climate and locality. In the lowlands, sheds consisting of a few poles stuck in the ground, the spaces between filled with rushes, and the roof covered with palm-leaves, afforded sufficient shelter. In the colder highlands they built somewhat more substantial houses of trunks of trees, tied together with creeping plants, the walls plastered with mud or clay, the roof of split boards kept in place with stones. In treeless parts, houses were constructed of adobe or sun-dried bricks and stones, and the interior walls covered with mats; the best houses were only one story high, and the humbler habitations too low to allow a man to stand erect. The entire house constituted but one room, where all the family lived, sleeping on the bare ground. A few stones placed in the middle of the floor, served.as a fireplace where food was cooked. . In Yera Cruz there is a separate small hut for cooking purposes. The wild nomadic Chichimecs iived in caverns or fissures of rocks situated in secluded valleys, and the Pames contented themselves with the shade afforded by the forest-trees.8 Corn, beans, tomatoes, chile, and a variety of fruits and vegetables constitute the chief subsistence of the people, and in those districts where the banana flourishes, it ranks, as an important article of food. The natives of Yera Cruz and Tamaulipas gather large quantities of the pitahaya, by means of an osier basket attached to a long pole; round the brim- are arranged several forks, for the purpose of detaching the fruit, which then drops into the basket. From the blossoms and buds they make a ragout, and also grind the seed's for bread. From the sea and rivers they obtain a plentiful supply of fish, and they have acquired from childhood a peculiar habit of eating earth, which is said to be injurious to their physical development. It has been 8 <Les cabanes sont de veritabl.es cages en bambous.' Vigneaux, Souv. Mex., p. 274; Mayer's Mex. as it Was, p. 170; Ward's Mexico, vol. ii., pp. 179, 522; Bustamante, in Prieto, Viajes, pp. 192, 195, 373, 437, 447; Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., pp. 223-4; Beaufoy's Mex. Illustr., p. 258; Pages' Travels, vol. i., p. 159; Billon, Hist. Mex., p. 47. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. 625 stated that in former days they used human flesh as food. The Otomis and tribes of Jalisco cultivated but little grain, and consumed that little before it ripened, trusting for a further supply of food to the natural productions of the soil and to game, such as rabbits, deer, moles, and birds, and also foxes, rats, snakes and other reptiles. Corn-cobs they ground, mixed cacao with the powder, and baked the mixture on the fire. From the lakes in the valley of Mexico they gathered flies' eggs, deposited there in large - quantities by a species of flies called by the Mexicans axayacail, that is to say, ■ water- face,' and by MM. Meneville and Yirlet d'Aoust corim femorata and notonecta unifasciata. The eggs ^ being pounded, were moulded into lumps and sold in the market-place; they were esteemed a special delicacy, and were eaten fried. These people are also accused by some authors of having eaten human flesh.9 Other tribes, inhabiting the valley of Mexico, Puebla, Michoacan, and Queretaro, show a greater inclination to cultivate the soil, and live almost wholly on the products of their own industry. They plant corn by making a hole in the ground with a sharp-pointed stick, into which the seed is dropped and covered up. Honey is plentiful, and when a tree is found where bees are at work, they stop the entrance with clay, cut off the branch and hang it outside their huts; after a short time they remove the clay, and the bees continue their operations in their new locality, as if they had not been disturbed.10 Gemelli Careri thus describes a novel method of catching ducks: "Others contrive to deceive ducks, as 9 Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 250; and Bapper, Neue Welt, p. 582. 'Estos Otomies comian los zorrillos que hieden, culebras y hrones, y todo genero de ratones, comadrejas, y otras sabandijas del campo y del monte, lagartrjas de todas suertes, y a'bejones y langostas de todas maneras.' Sahagun, Hist Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., pp. 126-7, 123-5. In Jalisco ' Los indios de aquellas pro- vincias son caribes, que comen came humana todas las veces que la pueden aver.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., p. 568. io InTuebla 'Los Indios se han aplicado mas al cultivo de la tierra y plantio de frutas y legumbres.' In Michoacan ' Cultivan mucho maiz, frixoles y ulgodon.' Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, i., pp. 494, 714. In Queretaro 'viven del cultivo de las sementeras.' Id., torn, hi., p. 320. Vol. I. 4Q 626 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. shy as they are; for when they have us'd 'em to be frequently among calabashes left floating on the lake for that purpose, they make holes in those calabashes, so that putting their heads in them, they can see out of them, and then going up to the neck in the water, they go among the ducks and draw 'em down by the feet." For making tortillas, the corn is prepared by placing it in water, to which a little lime is added, and allowing it to soak all night; or it is put to simmer over a slow fire; the husk is then easily separated and the corn mashed or ground on the metate. From this paste the tortilla is formed by patting it between the hands into a very thin cake, which is cooked on an earthern pan placed over the fire; the tortilla is eaten with boiled beans, and a mixture of chile and lard. The ground corn is also mixed with water and strained through a sieve j of this liquor they make a gruel, to which is added a little cacao or sugar. The sediment which remains in the sieve is used to make tamales, which are a combination of chopped meat, chile, and onions, which ingredients are covered with the corn paste, and the whole enveloped in corn or plantain leaves and boiled or baked. The Mexicans are very moderate eaters, but have an insatiable passion for strong liquors.11 Laziness and filth follow us as we proceed southward in our observations; among the Mexicans, the poorer classes especially are filthy in their persons, and have a disgusting appearance, which increases with the infirmities of age. Many of them indulge freely in the use of a steam-bath called temazcalli, similar to the Russian 11 ' They boil the Indian wheat with lime, and when it has stood a-while grind it, as they do the cacao.' Gemelli Careri, in Churchill's Cot Voyages, vol. v., pp. 496, 492, 513; Walton's Span. Cot, p. 305. For further account o/ food see Tylor's Anahuac, pp. 88-9, 156; Sivers, Mittelamerika, p. 295; Klemm, Cultur-Geschichte, p." 102; Belaporte, Reisen, torn, x., p. 323; Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., pp. 31, 44, 53, 73, 127; Ihnnboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., pp. 79, 87; Larenaudiere, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1824, torn, xxiii., p. 67; Prvto Viajes, pp. 191-2, 373; Mex. in 1842, pp. 46, 64, 68; Mayer's Mex., Aztec, etc., vol. ii., p. 32; Albornoz, in Icazbalceta, Col. de Boc, torn, i., p. 488; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., pp. 185, 218-19; Armin, Bas Heutige Mexiko, p. 245, with plate; Mendo-za, Hist, de las Cosas, p. 310; Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. 443. WEAPONS AND SHIELDS. 627 vapor-bath, but it does not appear to have the effect of cleansing their persons.12 All these tribes use bows and arrows; the latter carried in a quiver slung at the back, a few spare ones being stuck in the belt for immediate use. A heavy club is secured to the arm by a thong, and wielded with terrible effect at close quarters. In battle, the principal warriors are armed with spears and shields. Another weapon much in use is the sling, from which they cast stones to a great distance and with considerable accuracy. The natives of the valley of Mexico kill birds with small pellets blown through a hollow tube.13 The clubs, which are from three to four feet in length, *rre made of a species of heavy wood, some having a round knob at the end similar to a mace, others broad and flat, and armed with sharp pieces of obsidian, fastened on either side. Acosta states that with these weapons they could cut off the head of a horse at one stroke. Spears and arrows are pointed with flint or obsidian, the latter having a reed shaft with a piece of hard wood inserted into it to hold the point. Their quivers are made of deer-skin, and sometimes of seal or shark skin. Shields are ingeniously constructed of small canes so woven together with thread that they can be folded up and carried tied under the arm. When wanted for use they are loosed, and when opened out they cover the greater part of the body.14 12 Ward's Mexico, vol. ii., pp. 268-9. 'One would think the bath would make the Indians cleanly in their persons, but it hardly seems so, for they look rather dirtier after they have been in the temazcalli than before.' Tylor's Anahuac, p. 302. 13 Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., pp. 33, 72-3; Beaumont, Cron. de Mechoacan, MS., p. 235. ' El arco y la flecha eran sus armas en la guerra, aunque para la caza los caciques y senores usaban tambien de cervatanas.' Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 279. 'I saw some Indians that kill'd the leapt birds upon the highest trees with pellets shot out of trunks.' Gemelli Careri, in Churchill's Cot Voyages, vol. iv., p. 512, and inBerenger, Col. deVoy., torn, ii., p. 397. 14 West und Ost Indischer Lustgarl, pt i., p. 102; Clavigero, Storia And del Messico, torn, ii., pp. 141-4, with plate; Cartas al Abate de Praelt, p. 114; Helps' Span. Conq., vol. ii., p. 286; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, p. 89; Sahagun, Hist Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., pp. 129, 133; Lyon's Journal, vol. i., pp. 149, *93; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. ii.; Muhlenpforelt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 378. ' Una macana, a manera de porra, llena de puntas ce WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. Aboriginally, as with most northern nations, warfare was the normal state of these people. The so-called Chichimecs attacked all who entered their domain, whether for hunting, collecting fruit, or fighting. War once declared between two tribes, each side endeavors to secure by alliance as many of their neighbors as possible; to which end ambassadors are despatched to the chiefs of adjacent provinces, each bearing in his hand an arrow of the make peculiar to the tribe of the stranger chief. Arriving at the village, the messenger seeks out the chief and lays the arrow at his feet; if the proposal of his master be accepted by the stranger chief, the rendezvous is named and the messenger departs. The ambassadors having returned with their report, preparations are at once made for the reception of the allies, a feast is prepared, large quantities of game and intoxicating drink are made ready, and as soon as the guests arrive the viands are placed before them. Then follow eating and drinking, concluding with drunken orgies; this finished, a council is held, and the assault planned, care being taken to secure places suitable for an ambuscade and stones for the slingers. A regular organization of forces is observed and every effort made to outflank or surround the enemy. Archers and slingers march to an attack in single file, always occupying the van, while warriors armed with clubs and lances are drawn up in the rear; the assault is commenced by the former, accompanied with furious shouts and yells. During the period of their wars against the Spaniards, they often expended much time and labor in the fortification of heights by means of tree-trunks, and large rocks, which were so arranged, one on top of another, that at a given signal they might be loosened, and let fall on their assailants. The chiefs of the Tepecanos and contiguous tribes carried no weapons during the action, but had rods piedras pedernales.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., p. 568. 'En schilden uit stijve stokjens gevlochten, van welke sick verwonderens-waerdig dienen in den oorlog.' Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, pp. 225-6, and Bapper, Neue Welt, p. 254. WAR AND TREATMENT OF CAPTIVES. 629 with which they chastised those who exhibited symptoms of cowardice, or became disorderly in the ranks.15 The slain were scalped or their heads cut off, and prisoners were treated with the utmost barbarity, ending invariably in the death of the unfortunates; often were they scalped while yet alive, and the bloody trophy placed upon the heads of their tormentors. < The heads of the slain were placed on poles and paraded through their villages in token of victory, the inhabitants meanwhile dancing round them. Young children were sometimes spared, and reared to fight in the ranks of their conquerors; and in order to brutalize their youthful minds and eradicate all feelings of affection toward their own kindred, the youthful captives were given to drink the brains and blood of their murdered parents. The Chichimecs carried with them a bone, on which, when they killed an enemy, they marked a notch, as a record of the number each had slain. Mota Padilla states that when Nufio de Guzman arrived in the valley of Coy nan, in Jalisco, the chiefs came out to meet him, and, as a sign of peace and obedience, dropped on one knee; upon being raised up by the Spaniards, they placed round their necks strings of rabbits and quails, in token of respect.16 •As the wants of the people are few and simple, so is the inventory of their implements and household furniture. Every family is supplied with the indispensable metate, an oblong stone, about twelve by eighteen inches, smo'oth on the surface and resting upon three legs in a slanting position; with this is used a long stone roller, 15 ' Siempre procuran de acometer en malos pasos, en tierras dobladas y pedregosas.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. vii., lib. ii,, cap. xii. 'Tres mil Yndios formaban en solo una fila haciemdo frente a nuestro campo.' Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., p. 34; see further, Oviedo, Hist Gen., torn, iii., p. 572; Beaumont, Cron. de Mechoacan, MS., p. 235. 16 The Chichimecs ' Flea their heads, and fit that skin upon their own heads with all the hair, and so wear it as a token of valour, till it rots off in bits.' Gemelli Gareri, in Churchill's Col. Voyages, vol. iv., p. 513, and Berenger, Col. de Voy., torn, ii., p. 400. ' Quitandoles los cascOs con el pelo, se los llevan a su Pueblo, para baylar el mitote en compania de sus parientes con las cabezas de sus enemigos en serial del triunfo.' Arlegui, Chron. de Zacatecas, pp. 179, 159-60. Further reference in Sahagun, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., pp. 133-4; Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 281. 630 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. called the meilapilli, for rubbing down the maize, and a large earthen pan, called the comalli, on which to bake the tortillas. Their bottles, bowls, and cups are made from gourds, often prettily painted, and kept hanging round the walls; some unglazed earthenware vessels, ornamented with black figures on a dull red ground, are used for cooking, a block of wood serves for a stool and table, and lastly a few petates (Aztec, petlatl, ' palm-leaf mat'), are laid upon the ground for beds. These comprise the whole effects of a native's house. For agricultural purposes, they have wooden spades, hoes, and sharp stakes for planting corn. Their products are carried home or to market in large wicker-work frames, often five feet high by two and a half feet broad, made from split palm-leaves.17 In the State of Jalisco, the natives are celebrated for the manufacture of blankets and woolen mantas; in other parts of the country they continue to weave cotton stuffs in the same manner as before the conquest, all on very primitive hand-looms. The common designs are in blue or red and white stripes, but they are sometimes neatly worked with figures, the juice from the murex or purple shell supplying the vermilion color for the patterns. The inhabitants of Tonala exhibit much taste and excellence in the production of pottery, making a great variety of toys, masks, figures, and ornaments, besides the vessels for household use. In the vicinity of Santa Cruz, the fibres of the aloe, crushed upon the metate, are employed for the manufacture of ropes, nets, bags, and flat round pelotas, used in rubbing down the body after a bath. Palm-leaf mats and dressed skins also figure largely among the articles of native industry.18 W Cassel, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy., 1830, torn, xlv., p. 338; Vigneaux, Souv. Mex., p. 274; Prieto, Viajes, p. 193; Tylor's Anahuac, pp. 201-2; Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., pp. 224-6, 241; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 224; and Bapper, Neue Welt, p. 252. 18 i The Indians of this Countrie doe make great store of Woollen Cloth and - Silkes.' Purchas, His Pilgrimes, vol. iv., lib., vii., p. 1433. The Otorn.'s ' sabian hacer lindas labores en las mantas, enaguas, y vipiles que tejian muy curiosamente; pero todas elias labraban lo dicho de hilo de maguey que TRADE AND ARTS. GC1 In Yera Cruz, they have canoes dug out of the trunk of a mahogany or cedar tree, which are capable of holding several persons, and are worked with single paddles.19 A considerable trade is carried on in pottery, mats, dressed skins, and manufactures of the aloe-fibre; also fruit, feathers, vegetables, and fish. All such wares are packed in light osier baskets, wThich, thrown upon their backs, are carried long distances to the several markets. In the province of Yera Cruz, vanilla, jalap, and other herbs are important articles of native commerce, and all the interior tribes place a high value on salt, for which they readily exchange their products.20 The natives display much patience and skill in ornamental work, especially carvings in stone, and in painting; although the figures, their gods bearing witness, are all of grotesque shapes and appearance. With nothing more than a rude knife, they make very ingenious figures, of wax, of the pith of trees, of wood, charcoal, clay, and bone. They are fond of music, and readily imitate any strain they hear. From time immemorial they have retained a passion for flowers, in all seasons of the year tastefully decorating therewith, their dwellings and shops. The art of working in gold and silver is well known to the natives of Jalisco, who execute well-shaped specimens of cups and vases, beautifully engraved and ornamented.21 srcaban y beneficiaban de las pencas.' Seihagun, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., p. 127; see also, Tylor's Anahuac, p. 201; Bustamante, in Prieto, Viajes,p. 193; Carpenter's Trav. Mex., p. 243: Mex. in 1842, p. 66; Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 341; Lyon's Journal, vol, ii., p. 43; Thummel, Mexiko, p. 63. is Bale's Notes, p. 24. 20 ' In those countreys they take neither golde nor silver for exchange of any thing, but onley Salt.' Chilton, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 459; compare Lyon's Journal, vol. i., p. 293, and vol. ii., p. 198; and Tylor's Anahuac, p. 85. 21 Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., p. 98; Tylor's Anahuac, p. 316; Ward's Mexico, vol. ii., p. 237; Lafond, Voyages, torn, i., p. 131; Muhlenpfordt,Mejico, torn, i., p. 243; Mill's Hist. Mex., p. 6; Carpenter's Trav. Mex., p. 243. ' Les Mexicains ont conserve un gout particulier pour la peinture et pour l'art de sculpter en pierre et en bois.' Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. 446. ' Lo particular de Michoacan era el arte de pintar con las plu- mas de diversos colores.' Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 90. 'Son muy buenos cantores y tafiedores de toda suerte de instrumentos.' Mendoza, Hist, de las Cosas, p. 3u8. 632 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. The wild tribes surrounding, and in places intermixed with, the Civilized Nations of Central Mexico, as far as I can learn, do not appear to have had any systematic tribal government; at least, none of the old historians have given any account of such. Some of the tribes attach themselves to chiefs of their own choice, to whom they pay a certain tribute from the produce of their labor or hunting expeditions, while others live without any government or laws whatsoever, and only elect a chief on going to war.22 . Marriage takes place at an early age, and girls are seldom found single after they attain fourteen or fifteen years. Gomara, however, says that women in the district of Tamaulipas are not married till they reach the age of forty. The Otomis marry young, and if, when arrived at the age of puberty, a young girl has not found a mate, her parents or guardians select one for her, so that none shall remain single. Among the Guachichi- les, when a young man has selected a girl, he takes her on trial for an indefinite period; if, afterwards, both parties are satisfied with each other, the ceremony of marriage is performed; should it happen, however, that the man be not pleased, he returns the girl to her parents, which proceeding does not place any obstacle in the way of her obtaining another suitor. The Chichimecs cannot marry without the consent of parents; if a young man violates this law and takes a girl without first obtaining the parental sanction, even with the intention of marrying her, the penalty is death; usually, in ancient times, the offender was shot with arrows. When one of this people marij^es, if the girl proves not to be a virgin, the marriage is null, and the girl is returned to her parents. When a young man *desires to marry, his parents make a visit to those of the intended bride, and leave with them a bouquet of flowers bound with red w Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 281; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. viii., lib. vi., cap. xv.; Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., p. 567; Padilla, Conq.N. Galicia, MS., pp. 31, 68; Ottavio, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1833, torn, lix., p. 61. MARRIAGE CUSTOMS. 633 wool; the bride's parents then send round to the houses of their friends a bunch of mariguana, a narcotic herb, which signifies that all are to meet together at the bride's father's on the next night. The meeting is inaugurated by smoking; then they chew mariguana, during which time all preliminaries of the marriage are settled. The following day the resolutions of the conclave are made known to the young man and woman, and if the decision is favorable, the latter sends her husband a few presents, and from that time the parties consider themselves married, and the friends give themselves up to feasting and dancing.23 A plurality of wives was found among all the inhabitants of this region at the time of the Spanish conquest, the first wife taking precedence of those who came after her. Many had concubines who, it may be said, ranked third in the family circle. The missionary Fathers, however, soon put an end to the custom of more than one wife, whenever they had the power to do so. Her- rera says that the Chichimecs indulged in one wife only, but that they had the habit of repudiating her for any slight cause, and of taking another. The women are kept under subjection by their husbands, and not only have all the indoor work to do, such as cooking, spinning, and mat-making, but they are also required to carry heavy burdens home from the market, and bring all the wood and water for household use. Infants are carried on the mother's back, wrapped in a coarse cotton cloth, leaving the head and legs free. Among the Chichimecs, when a woman goes out of her house, she places her child in a wicker basket, and there leaves it, usually suspending it from the branch of a tree. A child is suckled by the mother until another comes on and crowds it out. Muhlenpfordt relates that he saw a boy of 23 Mayer's Mex., Aztec, etc., vol. ii., p. 296; Villa, in Prieto, Viajes, pp. 428-30. ' Tenian uso y costumbre los otomfes, de que los varones siendo muy muchachos y tiernos se cnsasen,.y lo mismo las mugeres.' Sahagun. Hist. Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., p. 127. Chichimecs ' casanse con las parientas mas cercanas, pero no con las hermanas.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. viii., hb. vi. cap. xv. ' 634 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. seven or eight years of age demanding suck and receiving it from his mother. A woman near her time of confinement, retires to a dark corner of the house, attended by some aged woman, who sings to her, and pretends to call the baby from afar. This midwife, however, does not in any way assist at the birth, but as soon as the child is born she goes out, meanwhile covering her face with her hands, so that she may not see. Having walked once round the house, she opens her eyes, and the name of the first object she sees is chosen as the name of the child. Among the Otomis, a young woman about to become a mother is the victim of much unnecessary suffering arising from their superstitious practices; loaded with certain amulets and charms, she must carefully avoid meeting certain individuals and animals whose look might produce evil effects—a black dog especially must be avoided. The song of a mocking-bird near the house is held to be a happy omen. At certain hours the mother was to drink water which had been collected in the mountains, and previously presented to the gods; the phases of the moon were carefully watched. She was obliged to undergo an examination from the old crone who attended her, and who performed certain ceremonies, such as burning aromatic herbs mingled with saltpetre. Sometimes, amidst her pains, the ancient attendant obliged her charge to jump about, and take powerful medicines, which frequently caused abortion or premature delivery. If the child was a boy, one of the old men took it in his arms and painted on its breast an axe or some implement of husbandry, on its. forehead a feather, and on the shoulders a bow and quiver; he then invoked for it the protection of the gods. If the child proved to be a female, the same ceremony was observed, with the exception that an old woman officiated, and the figure of a flower was traced over the region of the heart, while on. the palm of the right hand a spinning-wheel \#as pictured, and on the left a piece of wool, thus indicating the several duties of after life. According to the Apos- CHILDREN AND AMUSEMENTS. 635 tolicos Afanes, the Coras call the child after one of its uncles or aunts. In twelve months' time a feast is prepared in honor of said young, and the mother and child, together with the uncle or aunt, placed in the middle of the circle of relatives. Upon these occasions much wine is drunk, and for the first time salt is placed in the child's mouth. As soon as the child's teeth are all cut, a similar meeting takes place, and the child is then given its first meal; and again, at the age of twvelve, the ancients come together, when the youth is first given wine to drink. As a rule, young people show great respect and affection for their parents; all their earnings being at once handed over to them.24 In early times, immorality and prostitution existed among these nations to an unparalleled extent. Gomara says that in the province of Tamaulipas there were public brothels, where men enacted the part of women, and where every night were assembled as many as a thousand, more or less, of these worse than beastly beings, according to the size of the village. It is certain that incest and every species of fornication was commonly practiced, especially in the districts of Vera Cruz, Tamaulipas, and Quer'etaro.25 Their amusements are stamped with the general melancholy of their character. Dancing, accompanied with music and singing, is their favorite pastime, but it is seldom indulged in without the accompanying vice of intoxication. When the Totonacs join in their national dances, they attach a kind of rattle called aia- cachtli to a band round the head, that produces a peculiar sound during the performance. Among some tribes women are not permitted to join in the dances. 2* Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., pp. 246-8; Bullock's Mexico, vol. i., p. 192; Apostolicos Afanes, pp. 21-2; Rittner, Guatimozin, p. 81. 'Elamanceba- miento no es deshonra entre ellos.' Zarfate, in Alegre, Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn. L, pp. 281, 335. 'Zlingerden de kinderen in gevlochte korven aen boomtakken.' Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 219; and Bapper, Neue Welt, p. 246. 25 s La mancebia, el incesto, y cuanto tiene de mas asquerosamente re- puguante el desarreglo de la concupiscencia, se ha convertido en habito.' Prieto, Viajes, p. 379; Fossey, Mexique, p. 27; Gomara, Hist Ind., fol. 56. 636 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. They make various kinds of drinks and intoxicating liquors. One is made from the fruit of the nopal or prickly pear, which is first peeled and pressed; the juice is then passed through straw sieves, and placed by a fire or in the sun, where in about an hour it ferments. Another drink, called chicha, is made from raw sugarcane, which is mashed with a wooden mallet and passed through a pressing-machine. Their principal and national drink is pulque, made from the agave americana, and is thus prepared: When the plant is about to bloom, the heart or stalk is cut out, leaving a hole in the center, which is covered with the outer leaves. Every twenty- four hours, or in the hotter climates twice a day, the cavity fills with the sap from the plant, which is taken out and fermented by the addition of some already-fermented pulque, and the process is continued until the plant ceases to yield a further supply. The liquor obtained is at first of a thick white color, and is at all times very intoxicating.26 Father Joseph Arlegui, in his Chronica de la Provincia de Zacatecas, which province then comprised a much larger extent of territory than the present state of Zacatecas, describes a singular ceremony nowhere else mentioned. It is employed when one nation wishes to form a close connection, friendship, alliance, family or blood relationship, so to say (tratan de ha- cerse parientes), with another nation; and the process is as follows: From the tribe with which the alliance is desired, a man is seized, and a feast or drunken carousal commenced. Meanwhile the victim destined to form the connecting link between the two bands, and whose blood is to cement their friendship, is kept without food for twenty-four hours. Into him is then poured of their execrable beverages until he is filled, 26 Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., p. 97; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 160; Sahagun, Hist Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., p. 131; Apostolicos.Afanes, p. 12; Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, pp. 19, 127; Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat., p. 80; Thummel, Mexiko, p. 61; Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, ii., p. 470; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 219; Gemelli Careri, in- Churchill's Col. Voyages, vol. iv., p. 517. ^"N^*fc. MAKING AN ALLIANCE. 637 and his senses are deadened, when he is stretched before a fire, built in a wide open place, where all the. people may have access to him. Having warmed well his body, and rubbed his ears, each aspirant to the new friendship, armed with a sharp awl-shaped instrument, made of deer's bone, proceeds to pierce the ears of the prostrate wretch, each in turn forcing his sharpened bone through some new place, which causes the blood to spurt afresh with every incision. With the blood so drawn, the several members of the tribe anoint themselves, and the ceremony is done. On the spot where the relative of a Cora is killed in a fight, a piece of cloth is dipped in blood, and kept as a remembrance, until his death be avenged by killing the slayer, or one of the males of his.family. When meeting each other on a journey, they make use of many complimentary salutations, and a kind of freemasonry appears to exist among them. Major Brantz Mayer mentions a tribe at Cuernavaca that, in the event of a white man arriving at their village, immediately seize and .place him under guard for the night in a large hut; he and his. animals are carefully provided for until the following day, when he is despatched from the village under an escort, to wait upon him until far beyond the limits of the settlement. The custom, at the present day, of hiding money in the ground is universal; nothing would induce a native to entrust his savings with another. The inhabitants of Queretaro spend much of their* time basking in the sun, and if the sun does not yield sufficient warmth, they scoop out a hole in the ground, burn in it branches and leaves of the maguey, and when properly heated, lay themselves down in the place, and cover themselves with a mat or the loose earth.27 w Arlegui, Chron. de Zacatecas, pp. 161-2; Mayer's Mex. as it Was, pp. 175-6; Mendoza, Hist de las Cosas, p. 311; Prieto, Viajes, p. 375; Aposto- licos Afanes, p. 12. ' Los indios, si no todos en su mayor parte, viven liga- dos por una especie de masoneria.' Bustamante, in Prieto, Viajes, p. 199. ' Wehn mehrere in Gesellschaft gehen, nie neben, sondern immer hinter ein- ander und selten ruhig schreitend, sondern fast immer kurz trabend.' Wap- paus, Geog. u. Stdt., p. 39. 'LTndien enterre son argent, et au moment de sa mort il ne dit pas a son plus proche parent ou il a depose* son tresor, afin 638 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. The Mexicans are not subject to many diseases. Smallpox, brought into the country at the.time of the conquest, typhoid fever, and syphilis are those which cause the greatest destruction of life; the two former are aggravated by the filthy condition of the villages. Yellow fever, or black vomit, very rarely attacks the aborigines. The measles is a prevalent disease. Death is likewise the result of severe wounds, fractures, or bruises, most of which end in mortification, owing to neglect, or to the barbarous remedies applied to combat them. The Huastecs of Yera Cruz suffer from certain worms that breed in their lips, and highly esteem salt for the curative properties they believe it to possess against this disorder. At the village of Comala, in the state of Colima, a considerable number of the children are born deaf and dumb, idiots, or deformed; besides which, when they reach a mature age, if we may believe the early chroniclers, the goitres are more or less developed on them, notwithstanding Humboldt's assertion that the aborigines never suffer from this disorder. There is' another disease, cutaneous in its character, which is quite prevalent iri many parts of the country, and is supposed to be contracted under the influence of a warm, humid, and unhealthy climate, and may be described as follows: Without pain the skin assumes a variety of colors, the spots produced being white, red, brownish, or blue. The Pintos, as south-western coast- dwellers are called, the chief victims to this disorder, experience no physical pain, except when they go into a cold climate; then they feel twitchings in the places where the skin has changed color. The disease is declared to be contagious: and from all accounts no remedy for it has been as yet discovered. Formerly, an epidemic called the matlalzahuail visited the country at long intervals and caused terrible havoc. All the Spanish writers who speak of it call it the pestc, and suppose it to be the same scourge that destroyed nearly the whole population qu'il. ne lui fasse pas faute quand il ressuscitera. des Voy., 1830, torn, xlv., p. 339. Cassel, in Nouvelles Annales MEDICAL TREATMENT. 639 of the Toltec empire in the eleventh century. Others believe it to have borne a greater similarity to yellow fever. The disease, whatever it is, made its appearance in 1545, 1576, and 1736, since which date 1 find no mention of it, destroying each time an immense number of people; but upon no occasion did it attack the pure whites or the mestizos. Its greatest havoc was in the interior, on the central plateau, and in the coldest and most arid regions, the lowlands of the coast being nearly, if not entirely, free from its effects.28 When small-pox was first introduced, the natives resorted to bathing as a cure, and a very large number succumbed to the disease. An old Spanish author, writing in 1580, states that the natives of the kingdom of New Spain had an extensive knowledge of medicinal herbs; that they seldom resorted to bleeding or compound purgatives,' for they had many simple cathartic herbs. They were in the habit of making pills with the India-rubber gum mixed with other substances, which they swallowed, and rubbed themselves withal, to increase their agility and suppleness of body. t Cold water baths are commonly resorted to when attacked with fever, and they cannot be prevailed upon to abandon the practice. The temazcalli or sweat-bath, is also very much nsed for cases of severe illness. The bathhouse stands close to a spring of fresh water, and is built and heated not unlike a European bake-oven. When up to the required temperature the fire is taken out, and water thrown in; the patient is then thrust into it naked, feet foremost and head near the aperture, and laid on a mat that covers the hot stones. The hole that affords him air for breathing is about eighteen inches 28 ' La petite verole et la rougeole sont deux maladies tres communes.' Chappe d'Auteroche, Voyage, p. 25. The Pintos 'marked with great daubs of deep blue... .the decoration is natural and cannot be effaced.' Tylor's Anahuac, p. 309. See further: Fossey, Mexique, pp. 33-4, 395-6. Compare Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., pp. 66, 69-70, 88; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 250; Bapper, Neue Welt, p. 282; Cassel, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1830, torn, xlv., p. 340; Lowenstern, Mexique, p. 207; Charnay, Ruines Americaines, pp. 502-3; Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. 443; Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, p. 40. WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. square. When sufficiently steamed, and the body well beaten with rushes, a cold water bath and a brisk rubbing complete the operation.29 In Michoacan, the natives believe that the leaves of a plant called cozohiecatl or olcacaran applied to a sore part of the body will foretell the result of the disorder; for if the leaves adhere to the spot, it is 3, sure sign that the sufferer will get well, but if they fall off, the contrary will happen. When prostrated with disease, the nearest relatives and friends surround the patient's couch and hold a confab irpon the nature of his ailment and the application of the remedy. Old sorceresses and charlatans put in practice their spells; fumigations and' meltings of saltpetre abound; and by some jugglery, out of the crystallized saltpetre is brought a monstrous ant, a horrible worm, or some other object, which, as they allege, is the cause of the disorder. As the disease progresses, the friends of the sufferer severally recommend and apply, according to the judgment each may have formed of the matter, oil of scorpions or of worms, water supposed to produce miraculous effects on fevers, or like applications, and these empirical remedies, most of which are entirely useless, and others extremely barbarous, are applied together without weight or measure.30 In common with other peoples, it is usual with these nations to place several kinds of edibles in the grave with the deceased., Among the Coras, when one died, the corpse was dressed and wrapped in a mantle; if a man, with bow and arrows, and if a woman, with her distaff, etc., and in this manner the body ;was buried in a c&ve previously selected by the deceased. All his worldly goods were placed at the door of his 29 | Los Indios son grandes herbolarios, y curan siempre con elias.' Mendoza, Hist, de Las Cosas, p. 311. ' For fevers, for bad colds, for the bite of a poisonous animal, this (the temazcalli) is said to be a certain cure; also for acute rheumatism.' Calderon de la Barca's Life in Mex., vol. i., p. 255; Helps' Span. Conq., vol. ii., p. 430; Menonville, Reise,p. 124; Murr, Nachrichten, p. 306; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 250. 30 'Notant barbari, folia parti affectae aut dolenti applicata, de eventu morbi prsejudicare: nam si firmiter ad haereant, certum signum esse aegrum convaliturum, sin decidant, contra.' Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 271; Villa, in Prieto, Viajes, pp. 438-9. BURIAL AND CHARACTER. 64A former house, so that he might come and take them without crossing the threshold, as they believed the dead returned to see about property. If the deceased had cattle, his friends and relatives every now and then placed some meat upon sticks about the fields, for fear he might come for the cattle he formerly owned. Five days after death a hired wizard essayed to conjure away the shade of the departed property - holder. These spirit-scarers went smoking their pipes all over the dead man's house, and shook zapote-branches in the corners, till they pretended to have found the fancied shadow, which they hurled headlong to its final resting-place. Upon the second of November most of the natives of the Mexican valley bring offerings to their dead relatives and friends, consisting of edibles, live animals, and flowers, which are laid on or about the graves. The anniversary or commemoration of the dead among the ancient Aztecs occurred almost upon the same day.31 The thick-skinned, thoughtful and reserved aboriginals of central Mexico are most. enigmatical in their character. Their peculiar cast of features, their natural reserve, and the thickness of their skin, make it extremely difficult to ascertain by the expression of the face what their real thoughts are. The general characteristics of this people may be summed up as follows: peaceable, gentle and submissive to their superiors, grave even to melancholy, and yet fond of striking exhibitions and noisy revelry; improvident but charitable, sincerely pious, but wallowing in ignorance and superstitions; quick of perception, and possessed of great facility for acquiring knowledge, especially of the arts, very imitative, but with little originality, unambitious, 31 The remains of one of their ancient kings found in a cave is thus described; ' estaba cubierto de pedreria texida segun su costumbre en la manta con que se cubria desde los hombros hasta los pies, sentado en la misma silla que le fingieron el solio, con tahalf, brazaletes, collares, y apretadores de plata; y en la frente una corona de hermosas plumas, de varios colores mez- cladas, la mano izquierda puesta en el brazo de la silla, y en la derecha un alfange con guarnicion de plata.' Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, hi., p. 299. See also: Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., pp. 259-60; Apostolicos Afanes, p. 22; Armin, Bas Heutige Mexiko, p. 249. Vol. I. '41 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. unwilling to learn, and indifferent to the comforts of life. Irascibility is by no means foreign to their nature, but it seems to lie dormant until awakened by intoxication or some powerful impulse, when the innate cruelty flames forth, and they pass suddenly from a state of perfect calmness to one of unrestrained fierceness. Courage and cowardice are so blended in their character that it is no easy matter to determine which is the predominant trait. A fact worthy of notice is that upon many occasions they have proved themselves capable of facing danger with the greatest resolution, and yet they will tremble at the angry frown of a white man. Laziness, and a marked inclination to cheating and stealing are among the other bad qualities attributed to them; but there is abundant evidence to show, that although naturally averse to industry, they wrork hard from morning till night, in mining, agriculture, and other occupations, and in their inefficient way accomplish no little labor. Murder and highway robbery are crimes not generally committed by the pure aboriginal, who steals rarely anything but food to appease his hunger or that of his family. A Mexican author says, the Indian cuts down a tree to pick its fruit, destroys an oak of ten years growth for a week's firewood; in other words, he produces little, consumes little, and destroys much. Another Mexican writer affirms that the Indian is active, industrious, handy in agricultural labor, a diligent servant, a trusty postman, humble, hospitable to his guests, and shows a sincere gratitude to his benefactors.32 32 B'Orbigny, Voy., p. 353; Calderon de la Barca's Life in Mex., vol. i., p. 200; Mayer's Mex. as it Was, pp. 170, 201; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Voy, Tehuantepec, pp, 114, 172; Larenaudiere, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1824, torn, xxiii., p. 67; Ottavio, in Id., 1833, torn, lix., p. 71; Rittner, Gua- timozin, pp. 81-2; Villa, in Prieto, Viajes, pp. 446-7; Arizcorreta, Respuesta d, pp. 24, 26; Sahagun, Hist Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., pp. 131,135; Rossi, Souvenirs, p. 285; Lafond, Voyages, torn, i., p. 213; Wappaus, Geog. u. Stat, pp. 40-1; Padilla, Conq. N. Galuna, MS., p. 10; Poinsett's Notes Mex., pp. 108, 161; Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. 445; Gemelli Careri, in Churchill's Col. Voyages, vol. iv., p. 492; Berenger, Col. de Voy., torn, ii., pp. 383-4; Bonnycastle's Span. Am., vol. i., pp. 49-50. 'L'indigene mexi- cain est grave, melancolique, silencieux, aussi long-temps que les liqueurs CHARACTER IN NORTHERN MEXICO. 643 The Pames, Otomi's, Pintos, and other nations north of the Mexican valley were, at the time of the conquest, a barbarous people, fierce and warlike, covetous even of trifles and fond of display. The Michoacaques or Tabascos are warlike and brave, and for many years after/the conquest showed themselves exceedingly hostile to the whites, whom they attacked, plundered, and frequently murdered, when traveling through their country. In 1751 they were already quiet, and gave evidences of being intelligent and devoted to work. The men in the vicinity of the city of Yera Cruz are careless, lazy, and fickle; much given to gambling and drunkenness; but the women are virtuous, frugal, cleanly, and extremely industrious. The natives of Jalapa, judging by their countenance, are less intelligent, and lack the sweetness of character that distinguishes the inhabitants of the higher plateau; they are, however, peaceable and inoffensive. The wild tribes of the north are rude, revengeful, dull, irreligious, lazy,, and given to robbery, plunder, and murder. Such are the.characteristics attributed to them under the name of Chichimecs by old Spanish authors and others. Indeed, the only creditable traits they were allowed to possess, were, in certain parts, courage and an independent spirit. Of the nations of Jalisco, both ancient and modern writers bear testimony to their bravery. They are also sagacious and somewmat industrious, but opposed to hard labor (as what savage is not), and not easily kept under restraint. Those who dwell on Lake Chapala are quiet and mild, devoted to agricultural pursuits. They indeed proved themselves high- spirited and efficient in defending their rights^ when long oppression had exhausted their forbearance. The Coras were hardy and warlike, averse to any intercourse with the whites and to the Christian religion, but by the efforts of the missionaries, and the heavy enivrantes n'ont pas agi sur lui.' Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn, i., pp. 94, 96. ' The most violent passions are never painted in their features.' Mill's Hist. Mex., pp. 5-6, 10. ' Of a sharpe wit, and good vnderstanding, for what so- euer it be, Sciences or other Arts, these people are very apt to learne it with small instructing.' Purchas' His Pilgrimes, vol. iv., p. 1433. WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. blows of the Spanish soldiers, they were brought under subjection, and became tractable.33 The Southern Mexicans, under which name I group the people inhabiting the present states of Oajaca, Guerrero, Chiapas, the southern portion of Yera Cruz, Tabasco, and Yucatan, constitute the second and last division of this chapter. Much of this territory is situated within the tierras calientes, or hot lands, wherein every variety of tropical vegetation abounds in luxuriant profusion. The heat, especially along th& coast, to the unacclimated is most oppressive. The great chain of the Cordillera in its transit across the Tehuantepec isthmus, approaches nearer to the Pacific seaboard than to the Atlantic, and dropping from the elevated table-land of central Mexico, seeks a lower altitude, and breaks into cross-ridges that traverse the country in an east and west' direction. Upon the northern side of the isthmus are plains of considerable extent, of rich alluvial soil, through which several rivers, after draining the mountain districts, discharge into the Mexican gulf. These streams, in their course through the table-lands, are bordered by rich lands of greater or lesser extent. On the southern side, nature puts on a bolder aspect and a narrower belt of lowlands is traversed by several rivers, which discharge the drainage of the southern slope into the Pacific Ocean, and into the lagoons that border the ocean. One of the most important features of Yucatan is the absence of any important river. The coast, which is of great extent, has in general a bleak and arid appearance, and is little broken except on the north-west, 33 The Pintos of Guerrero are 'most ferocious savages.' Tylor's Anahuac, p. 309. The Chichimecs are ' los peores de todos y los mayores homicidas y salteadores de toda la tierra.' Zarfate, in Alegre, Hist Comp. de Jesus, torn, i., p. 281. See further, Almaraz, Memoria, p. 18; Keratry, in Revue des deux Mondes, Sept., 1866, p. 45,3; Belaporte, Reisen, torn. x.,p. 323; Orozcoy Berra, Geografia, p. 284; Laet, Novus Orbis, pp. 269, 280; Combier, Voy., p. 394; Biart, in Revue Frangaise, Dec, 1864, pp. 479, 485; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. viii., lib. vi., cap. xvi.; Ribas, Hist, delos Triumphos, p. 721; Oviedd. Hist Gen., torn, iii., p. -560; Gomara, Hist Ind., fol. 271; Beaumont, Cron. de Mechoacan, MS., pp. 197, 235; Page's' Travels, vol. i., p. 150. ^^ THE NATIONS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO. 645 where it is indented by the laguna de Terminos, and on the eastern side by the bays of Ascension, Espiritu Santo, and Chetumel. The central part of the Yucatan peninsula is occupied by a low ridge of mountains, of barren aspect. A short distance from the coast the general appearance of the country improves, being well- wooded, and containing many fertile tracts. Many of the nations occupying this region at the time of the conquest may be called cultivated, or at least, progressive, and consequently belong to the civilized nations described in the second volume of this work; others falling back into a state of wildness after the central civilization was extinguished, makes it extremely difficult to draw any line separating civilization from savagism. Nevertheless we will examine them as best we may; and if it be found that what we learn of them refers more to the present time than has been the case with nations hitherto treated, the cause will be obvious. The Zapotecs, who were in former times a very powerful nation, still occupy a great portion of Oajaca, surrounded by the ruins of their ancient palaces and cities. The whole western part of the state is taken up by the Miztecs. Tributary to the above before the conquest, were the Mijes and other smaller tribes now residing in the mountain districts in the centre of the isthmus. The Huaves, who are said to have come by sea from the south, and to have landed near the present city of Te- huantepec, spread out over the lowlands and around the lagoons on the south-western coast of Oajaca. In the. province of Goazacoalco, and in Tabasco, are. the Ahua- lulcos, and Chontales, who occupy a large portion of the latter state. South of them in Chiapas are the Choles, Tzendales, Zotziles, Alarms, and Quelenes, and in the extreme south-eastern end of the same state, and extending into Central America, some tribes of the Lacandones are located. The extensive peninsula of Yucatan, the ancient name of which was Mayapan, formed the independent and powerful kingdom of the Mayas, who held undisputed possession of the country until, after a heroic 646 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. resistance, they were finally compelled to yield to the superior discipline and weapons of the Spanish invaders.34 The Zapotecs proper are well-formed and. strong; the features of the men are of a peculiar cast and not pleasing; the women, however, are delicately formed, and graceful with handsome features. Another tribe of the same nation, the Zapotecs of Tehuantepec, are rather under the medium height, with a pleasing oval face and present a fine personal appearance. Not a few of them have light-colored hair, and a somewhat fair complexion. Their senses, especially that of sight, are acute, and the constitution sound and robust, notwithstanding their habits of intoxication. The females have regular and handsome features, and though of small stature and bizarre in their carriage, are truly graceful and seductive. Dark lustrous eyes, long eye-lashes, well defined eye-brows, luxuriant and glossy jet-black hair, play havoc with the men. Those of Acayucan village are particularly noted for their beauty. But not all are thus; instance the Chatinos who are remarkably ugly. The natives of Oajaca are generally large and well-formed; those of Sierra are of a light-yellow complexion, and. their women are tolerably white with mild features. Some branches of the Miztecs and Mazatecs carry upon their shoulders very large loads. Farther Burgoa writing of the Miztecs, of Yanguistlan, in the year 1541, speaks of their beautiful complexion and fine forms. The Mijes are of good height, strongly built, hardy, and active; they wear a beard, and altogether their aspect is repulsive. The Zoques are very much like the Mijes, their features are as prominent and unprepossessing; but they are probably more athletic. The Chontales are 34 The Mayas, 'Sie selbst nennen sich heute noch Macegual, d. h. Einge- borene vom Maya-Lande, nie Yucatanos oder Yucatecos, was spanischer Ausdruck" fur die Bewohner des Staates ist.' Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, pp. 142-3.. See,also Orozco yBerra, Geografia, pp. 163,173, 176,196; Brasseur. de Bourbourg, PopolVuh, preface, p. clvii; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 208; torn, ii., pt i., pp. 140-3; Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, ii., pt ii., fol. 396,400- 1; Remesal, Hist, de Chyapa, pp. 264-^5; Juarros' Hist. Guat, p. 14. ^tij^ PHYSIQUE IN OAJACA AND YUCATAN. 647 tall and very robust. In the village of Tequisistlan, Oajaca, shortly after the Spanish conquest, they were all reported as of a gigantic stature. The Huaves present a different appearance from any of the other natives of the isthmus of Tehuantepec. They are generally well- made, and of strong constitutions. The natives of Tabasco who dwell in the country bordering on the river of that name, are of medium height, and with well-developed limbs. Both men and women have round flat faces, low foreheads, small eyes, flattish noses, thick lips, small but quite full mouths, white teeth, and tawny complexions. The Ahualulcos are rather under the middle height, but of great physical strength. They have a low narrow forehead, salient cheek-bones, full lips, white teeth, small beard, and coarse hair. Their features are aquiline, and the expression of their countenance is melancholy, one of gentleness blended with sternness. They strongly resemble the descendants of the Aztecs of Mexico. The women are more delicately made, and some beautiful ones are seen among them. They move quickly and with much natural grace.35 The descendants of the Mayas are of medium size, with good limbs, large faces and mouth, the upper lip slightly arched, and a marked tendency to stoutness; the nose is somewhat flat, eyes sleepy-looking and hair black and glossy, which rarely turns gray; complexion of a copper color, and in some instances yellowish. Naturally strong, the Maya or Yucatec can carry heavy loads long distances, and perform a great deal of hard labor without showing signs of fatigue. An old Spanish 35 Barnard's Tehuantepec, pp. 220, 224, 227; Moro, in Garay, Reconocimiento, pp. 89-94; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 215; Macgre'gor's Progress of America, pp. 848, 850: Hermesdorf, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 543; Charnay, Ruines Americaines, pp. 287, 50G-1; Hutchings' Cat Mag., vol. ii., p. 394. Zapotecs 'bien tallados,' Mijes 'Arrogantes, altiuos de condition, y cuerpo,' Miztecs ' linda tez en el rostro, y buena disposicion en el talle.' Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, ii., pt ii., fol. 202, 271, 354, 401, torn, i., pt ii., p. 134. j Tehuantepec women: Jet-black hair, silky and luxuriant, enframes their light-brown faces, on which, in youth, a warm blush on the cheek heightens the lustre of their dark eyes, with long horizontal lashes and sharply-marked eyebrows.' Tempsky's Mitla, p. wi69. The Soques, ' short, with large chests and powerful muscles... .Both men and w( m<n have very repulsive countenances.' Shufeldt's Explor. Tehuantepec, p. 126. WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. writer mentions that they were generally bow-legged, and many of them squint-eyed. The same author says they had good faces, were not very dark, did not wear a beard, and were long-lived. The women are plump, and generally speaking not ugly.36 Yery scanty was the dress of the dwellers on Tehuantepec isthmus. In Oajaca and Chiapas, the men wore a piece of deer or other skin fastened round the waist, and hanging down in front, and the women wore aprons of maguey-fibre. Montanus in describing the Mijes says they were quite naked, but that some wore round the waist a white deer-skin dressed with human hearts. The Lacandones, when going to war, wore on their shoulders the skin of a tiger, lion, or deer. The Quelenes wrapped round their head a colored cloth, in the manner of a turban, or garland of flowers. At present, the usual dress of the Zapotecs is a pair of wide Mexican drawers, and short jacket of cotton, with a broad-brimmed hat, made of felt or straw—yet the Huaves and many of the poorer class, still wear nothing but a breech-cloth. The costume of the women is simple, and not without elegance. That of the Miztecs, Zapotecs, and others dwelling in the city of Tehuantepec is a skirt made of cotton, —sometimes of wool—that reaches nearly to the ankles, prettily and often elaborately worked in various designs and colors. The upper part of the body is covered with a kind of chemisette, with short sleeves called the huipil, of fine texture, and adorned with lace and gold or silk threads. On the head is a white cotton cover- made like a narrow sack or sleeve, which is drawn on and hangs down over the back. In Tabasco, the dress of the men differs littfe from that of the people of Tehuantepec; the Tabascan women wear a cotton petticoat or a few yards of calico wrapped round the waist, and reaching below the knees. Over the petti- 36 'Es gente la de Yucatan de buenos cuerpos, bien hechos, y rezios'.... The women j bien hechas, y no feas no son blancas, sino de color bac,o.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iv., lib. iii., cap. iv. See further: Bampier's Voyages, vol. ii., pt ii., p. 115; Morelet, Voyage, torn, i., p. 148; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 258; Bapper, Neue Welt, p. 291; Tylor's Anahuac, p. 16. DRESS IN OAJACA AND YUCATAN. 649 coat they wear a frock with sleeves to the wrist, leaving the bosom and neck exposed. Children and boys go naked; indeed, whenever clothing to any extent is found in this region, we may be sure that the foreign trader is at the bottom of it.37 Both sexes usually wear the hair long, parting it in the middle, and either permit it to hang in loose tresses over the shoulders, or, binding it with gay colored ribbons, loop, it up on the back of the head, where it is fastened with a large comb. On festive occasions they interweave flowers with the hair, and also mingle with it a species of shining beetle, called cucullo, which emits a phosphorescent light, and produces a very pretty effect. Among the Zoques who reside at San Miguel and Santa Maria Chimqlapa, the males shave the crown of the head, a custom of possible monkish origin peculiar to themselves. Feather tufts and skins of green birds were formerly much used for ornaments; they had also necklaces made of pieces of gold joined together, and amber beads. Nose and ears were pierced, and pieces of stone or amber or gold rings or a bit of carved wood inserted. Montanus describes a kind of snake called ibobaca, which he says the inhabitants of Chiapas wore round the neck.38 They also painted and stained the face. When Fernandez de Cordova explored the northern coast of Yucatan, he found the people clad in cotton garments, and at the present day this forms the principal material from which their clothing is made. Men now wear a cotton shirt or blouse, usually without sleeves, and wide drawers; round the waist is tied a 3? Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, ii., pt ii., fol. 285; Montanus, Nieuwe Wee- reld, p. 255; Bapper, Neue Welt, p. 288; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Voy. de Tehuantepec, p. 194; Palacios, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 166; Beon, in Id., p. 162; Museo Mex. torn, ii., p. 555. 'Muchachos ya mayorcillos. Todos desnudos en carnes, como nacieron de sus madres Tras ellos venian muchos Indios mayores, casi tan desnudos oomo sus hijos, con muchos sar- tales de flores.... en la cabeza, rebuxada una toca de colores, como tocado de Armenio.' Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, p. 292. 38 ' With their hair ty'd up in a Knot behind, they think themselves ex- tream fine.' Bampier's Voyages, vol. ii., pt ii., p. 114. 'Muy empenachados y pintados.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec.ii., lib. iv., cap, xi.; Barnard's Tehuantepec, pp. 221-2, 226. WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. white or colored sash; for protection from the sun, a straw hat is worn, or perhaps a piece of colored calico, and their sandals are made from deer-skin. Instead of drawers, they used to wear a broad cotton band passed round the loins, the ends of which were arranged to hang one in front and the other behind; a cloak or mantle of cotton called zugen was thrown over the shoulders. Colonel Galindo mentions that they used the bark of the India-rubber tree for making garments, and Co- golludo says that wThen the Spaniards arrived at Ake, in the year 1527, the army of natives were in a state of nudity, with only their privy parts covered, and the whole body besmeared with clay of different colors. The women display considerable taste in the style of their garments; over a petticoat, which reaches to their ankles, and prettily bordered at the bottom, they have a dress with sleeves down to the elbow; the skirt is open at the sides, and does not fall as low as the petticoat, so that the border of the latter may be seen, the bosom of the dress is open, and on each side of the breast and round the neck it is embroidered with coarse silk, as in Tehuantepec; the huipil (Aztec, vipilli) is also worn. In country places women wear the petticoat alone, using the overskirt or huipil only on special occasions. When out of doors, they cover the head and part of the face with a piece of cotton cloth.39 All permit the hair to attain to its full length; the men plait theirs and wind it round the head, leaving a short end to hang down behind, while that of the women hangs in dark masses over their shoulders, or is neatly bound up behind and decorated with flowers or feathers. Herrera states that it was customary to scorch the faces of young children to prevent the growth 39 'Their apparel! was of Cotton in manifold fashions and colours.' Pur- chas' His Pilgrimes, vol. v., p. 885. The Maya woman's dress 'se reduce al hipil que cubre la parte superior del cuerpo, y al fustan d enagua, de manta de algodon.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 158. Of the men 'un calzoncillo ancho y largo hasta media pierna, y tal vez hasta cerca del tobillo, de la misma manta, un cenidor bianco d de colores,_ un panuelo, y un sombrero de paja, y a veces una alpargata de suela, con. sus cordones de mecate.' Registro Yucateco, torn, i., pp. 177-8. See further: Hassjsl, Mex. Guat, p. 267; Galindo, in Lond.Geog. Soc, Jour., voL.iii., p. 59; Wilson's Amer. Hist, pp. 88, 114; Morelet, Voyage, torn, i., pp. 147,179. ZAPOTEC BUILDINGS. 651 of their beards, and the men allowed the hair to grow down over the eyebrows, making their heads and foreheads flat on purpose. They pierced nose and ears, ornamenting them with rings set with pearls and bits of amber, and wore collars and bracelets of gold. Some among them filed their teeth. They painted the face and all exposed parts of the body in many colors, using white or yellow with black and red, covering themselves from the waist upward with a variety of .designs and figures. When going to battle paint was much used, in order to render their appearance more formidable; men tattooed on the chest, and the women mixed liquid amber with their pigments, which, when rubbed over the body, emitted a perfume.40 The better class of Zapotecs of the present day build their houses in a substantial manner of adobes; the common people construct a more simple'dwelling with branches arranged in a double row, and the space between filled in with earth; they also make them of wattled cane-work plastered with clay. Such dwellings are cool and proof against the frequent earthquakes that occur in their territory. Roofs are thatched with palmetto-leaves without opening, nor are there any windows in the walls. The interior is divided into several compartments, according to size and necessity.41 The Mijes thatch their houses with bundles of coarse straw. The Chinantecs, Chochos, and Chontales originally built no houses, but sought out the most shady forests, where they dwelt, or they located themselves in ravines and 40 t Tous portaient les cheveux longs, et les Espagnols ont eu beaucoup de peine a les leur faire couper; la chevelure longue est encore aujourd'hui le signe distinctif des Indiens insoumis.' Waldeck, Voy. Pitt, p. 40. 'Las caras de bianco, negro, y Colorado pintadas, que llaman embijarse, y cierto parecen demonios pintados.' Cogolludo; Hist, de Yucathan, p. 6. Compare above with Ternaux-Compans, in Nouvelles Annales desVoy., 1843, torn, xcvii., p. 50; Helps' Span. Conq., vol. ii., p. 262. 41 ' The buildings of the lower class are thatched with palm-leaves, and form but one piece, without window or chimney.' Hermesdorf, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 544. 'Cubrense las casas de vna -cuchilla - que los Indios hazen de pajas muy espessasy bien assentadas, que llaman en esta tierra jacales.' Bdvila Padilla, Hist. Fvnd. Mex., p. 549. See also: Museo Mex., torn, ii., p. 554; Barnard's Tehuantepec, pp. 221, 225, with cut; Hassel, Mex. Guat., p. 252: Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, i., pt ii., fol. 197. WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. rocky parts, living in caverns or holes under the rocks: the Tzendales of Chiapas had many towns and painted their houses; the Ahualulcos lived together in communities, and had commodious, well-built houses of interwoven cane, plastered on the inside with mud, the roof thatched with palmetto.42 From the earliest times of which we have any record, the natives of Oajaca and the isthmus of Tehuantepec cultivated corn and vegetables, and likewise followed the chase; those who dwelt on the borders of the sea or lakes applied themselves to fishing. The Zapotecs now raise wheat, and build mills. It is asserted by an old Spanish chronicler that this nation exceeded all others, in eating and drinking. As early as 1690, they gathered crops of maguey, maize, Spanish peas, chile, potatoes, and pumpkins, and bred swine and poultry. Of late they cultivate rice, sugar-cane, and other tropical productions, as also do the inhabitants of Tehuantepec. Primitive agriculture has undergone but little alteration; deer are caught by means of traps and nets. The Miztecs, Mijes, and Cuicatecs have from the earliest times been cultivators of the soil. The Mijes make a coarse or impure sugar from sugar-cane; their corn-fields are often many miles distant from their dwellings. The Huaves, the greater portion of whom are on the borders of the lagoons on the isthmus of Tehuantepec, live mostly on the proceeds of their fisheries, although they raise a small supply of grain and fruit. Their fishing is almost exclusively done with sweep-nets in shallow waters, and during one month of the year they catch large schools of shrimps in traps. The Zoques produce the small quantity of corn that they need, some achote, many very fine oranges, and tobacco. They are fond of iguanas and their eggs, and of parrots, killing the latter with stones. The Chontales of Tabasco and Tehuantepec use maize 42 The Chochos and Chontales ' no tenian Pueblo fundado, si no cobachu- elas estrechas en lo rnas escondido de los montes.' Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, ii., pt ii., fol. 336. The Chinantecs lived 'en rancherias entre barrancas, | espessuras de arboles.' Burgoa, Palestrd, Hist, pti., fol. 102; Char- nay, Rubies Americaines, p. 438. PREPARATION OF FOOD. 653 and cocoa as food. They eat flesh only upon great religious festivals, marriages, or other celebrations, but are fond of fish. In olden times they were cannibals, and Antonio de Herrera, the chief chronicler of the Indies, accused also the natives of Chiapas of being eaters of human flesh. Since the conquest the natives have lived mostly on corn and other vegetable productions, cultivated by themselves. A large portion of the Mayas and of the other aborigines of Yucatan are to-day engaged in the cultivation of the soil, they also breed such domestic animals as they need for themselves. They are very simple and frugal in their eating.43 All the natives of this section of the Mexican republic grind their maize in the same manner; after first soaking it in lye or in lime and water, it is bruised on the metate, or rubbing-stone, being wet occasionally, until it becomes a soft paste. With this they make their tortillas and other compounds, both to eat and drink. To make tortillas the maize paste is shaped into thin cakes with the palms of the hands and cooked upon a flat clay pan. The totoposte is a smaller cake used for journeys in lieu of the tortillas. The difference between them is in the manner of preparation; the totopostes are cooked one side only and laid near the fire which makes them crisp, and require to be moistened in order to render them eatable. Tamales are a favorite dish and are made of pork, game, or poultry. The meat is cut up in small pieces and washed; a small quantity of the maize paste seasoned with cinnamon, saffron, cloves, pimento, tomatoes, coarse pepper, salt, red coloring matter, and some lard added to it, is placed on the fire in a pan and as soon as it has acquired the consistency of a thick gruel, it is removed, mixed with the meat, some 43 Zapotecs; 'Sedan con gran vicio sus sementeras.' Miztecs, 'labra- dores de mayz, y frizol.' Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, i., pt ii., fol. 36, 143 and 47, 165-6, 184, torn, ii., pt ii., fol.* 199-200, 202, 228, 282, 396, 398, 400. Zapotecs, ' grande inclinacion, y exercicio a la caza, y monteria de animales campesinos en especial de venados.' Burgoa, Palestra Hist, pt i., fol. 110. See further: Barnard's Tehuantepec, pp. 220-2, 225-6; Moro, in Garay, Re- conocimiento, pp. 90, 93-4; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Voy. Tehuantepec, p. 196; Navarrete, Cot de Viages, torn, hi., pp. 56, 61; Galindo, in Loud. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. iii., p. 59. 654; WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO more lard and salt added, and the mass kneaded for a few moments. It is then divided into small portions, which are enveloped in a thin paste of maize. The tamales thus prepared are covered with a banana-leaf or corn- husk and placed in a pot or pan over which large leaves are laid. They are allowed to boil from one hour and a half to two hours. The posole is a nourishing drink made of sour maize paste mixed with water;, sometimes they add a little honey to it. They also prepare a drink by parching corn and grinding it to powder on the me- tate, and mixing it with water and a little achote. This last drink they prefer to the posole, for long journeys.44 The natives of Tehuantepec and especially those who reside in the Goazacoalco district are neat and clean in regard to their personal habits. They observe the custom of bathing daily. In their ablutions they make use of a plant called chintule the root of which they mix with water, thereby imparting to their bodies a strong aromatic odor. The same plant is used when they wash.their clothes, the scent from which remains on them for some time. A pleasing feature in the appearance of these people is the spotless whiteness of their cotton dresses and the care they bestow on their luxuriant hair. The other tribes who inhabit this isthmus as well as those of Chiapas are not so clean in their persons, and as a consequence are much infested with vermin which the women have a disgusting habit of eating when picked from the heads of their children. The Mayas make frequent use of cold water, but this practice appears to be more for pleasure than for cleansing purposes, as neither in their persons nor in their dwellings do they present an appearance of cleanliness.45 44 Tabasco: ' Comen a sus horas concertadas, carnes de vaca, puerco, y aues, y beue vna beuida muy sana, hecha de cacao, mayz, y especia de la tierra, la qual llaman Zocolate.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iii., lib. vii., cap. iii. Tortillas, * When they are baked brown, they are called " totoposti," and taste like parched corn.' Shufeldt'a Explor. Tehuantepec, p. 125. The Chontales, ' su alimento frecuente es el posole... .rara vez comen la oarne deres.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 161-2; Bampier's Voyages, vol. ii., pt ii., pp. 112-14; Hermesdorf, in Bond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., pp; 543-4. *! Sr Moro, speaking of the chintule, says: ' Una infusion de estas raices comunica su fragancia al agua que los tehuantepecanos emplean como un WEAPONS AND WAR. 655 The weapons of the Southern Mexicans were in most respects similar to those used by the Central Mexicans, namely, bows and arrows, macanas, and lances, the latter of great length and very strong. In Tabasco they carried turtle-shell shields highly polished so as to reflect the sun; they also had flint stones for lances and arrow- points, but sometimes weapon-points were made from strong thorns and fish-bones. The hard wooden sword of the Maya was a heavy and formidable weapon, and required the use of both hands to wield it; the edge was grooved for the purpose of inserting the sharp flint with which it was armed. Slings were commonly used by all these nations. In addition to shields the Mayas had for defensive armor garments of thickly quilted cotton called escaupiles, which covered the body down to the lower part of the thigh, and were considered impervious to arrows. The flint knife of former days has now been replaced by the machete which serves the purpose of both cutlass and chopping-knife, and without it no native ever goes into the woods.46 When the Spaniards first arrived at Tabasco, they encountered a people well-skilled in the art of war, writh a fair knowledge of military tactics, who defended their country with much bravery; their towns and villages were well fortified with intrenchments or palisades, and strong towers and forts were built on such places as presented the most favorable position for resisting attacks. objeto de lujo sumamente apreciado, tanto para labar la ropa de uso, como para las abluciones personales.' Moro, in Orozco y Berra, Geoqrafia, p. 180. ' Toutes les parties de leur vetement sont toujours nouvellement blanchies. Les femmes se baignent au moins unefois par jour.' Fossey, Mexique, p. 24. At Chiapas, ' Tous ces Indiens, nus ou en chemise, repandaient dans l'atmos- phere une odeur sui gene7is qui soulevait le cceur.' Charnay, Ruines Ameri- caines, p. 457. The women are ' not very clean in their habits, eating the insects from the bushy heads of their children.' Hermesdorf, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 543. ' No son muy limpias en sus personas, ni en sus casas, con quanto se laban.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iv.; Morelet, Voyage, torn, i., p. 148. 46 ' Peleauan con lanzas, armadas las puntas con espinas y huessos muy agudCs de pescados.' Herrera,, Hist Gen., dec. ii., lib. iv., cap. xi. ' Usaban de lanzas de desmesurado tamafio para combatir.' Orozco y Berra, Geoe;rafia, p. 187. See also: Oviedo, Bist Gen., torn, iii., p. 461; Burqoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, ii., pt ii., fol. 336; Cogolludo, Hist, de Yucaihan, pp. 5-6, 11, 77; Navarrete, Col. de Viages, torn, iii., pp. 58-59; Morelet, Voyage, torn, i., p. 179. WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. To their forts they retired when invaded by a superior force, and from the walls they hurled large rocks with damaging effect against their foes. Cortes found erected on the bank of the Tabasco River, in front of one of their towns, a strong wooden stockade, with loopholes through which to discharge arrows; and subsequently, during his march through their country, they frequently set fire to their villages, with the object of harassing his troops. When advancing to battle they maintained a regular formation, and they are described as having met Francisco Montejo in good order, drawn up in three columns, the centre under the command of their chief, accompanied by their chief priest. The combatants rushed forward to the attack with loud shouts, cheered on by the blowing of horns and beating of small drums called tunkuks. Prisoners taken in battle were sacrificed to their gods.47 The furniture of their houses is of the plainest description, and limited to their absolute wants. Their tables or benches are made of a few rough boards, arid a mat called petdte, spread on the floor, serves for a bed, while a coarse woolen blanket is used for covering; some few have small cane bedsteads. The natives of Tabasco and Yucatan more commonly have a network hamaca or hammock, suspended from two posts or trees. Their cooking-utensils consist of the metate, pots made of earthenware, and gourds. The universal machete carried by man and boy serves many purposes, such r.s chopping firewood, killing animals, eating, and building houses. Burgoa describes nets of a peculiar make used by dhe Zapotecs for catching game; in the knots of the net were fixed the claws of lions, tigers, bears, and other *7 j Tienen enfrente deste Pueblo vn cerro altissimo, con vna punta que descuella soberviamente, casi entre la Region de las nubes, y coronase con vvna muy dilatada muralla de lossas de mas de vn estado de alto, y quentan de las pinturas de sus characteres historiales, que se retiraban alii, para de- fenderse de sus enemigos.' Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, i., pt ii.. fol.. 167. I Comencjaron luego a tocar las bozinas, pitos, trompetillas,,y atabalejos de gente de guerra.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. ii., lib. ii., cap. xvii., and lib. iv., cap. xi. Also see Cogolludo, Hist, de Yucathan, pp. 5, 77-8; Navarrete. Col. de Viages, torn, iii., pp. 60-3;, Helps' Span. Conq., vol. ii., p. 263. OAJACAN MANUFACTURES. 657 wild beasts of prey, and at intervals were fastened a certain number of small stones; the object of such construction being probably to wound or disable the animal when caught.48 The Zapotecs, Miztecs, Mayas, and others, since the conquest, have long been justly celebrated for the manufacture of cotton stuffs, a fact that is all the more surprising when we consider the very imperfect implements they possessed with which to perform the work. Burgoa speaks of the excellence and rich quality of their manufactures in cotton, silk, and gold thread, in 1670, and Thomas Gage, writing about the same time, says 44 it is rare to see what works those Indian women will make in silk, such as might serve for patterns and samplers, to many Schoolmistresses in England." All the spinning and weaving is done by the women; the cotton clothes they make are often interwoven with beautiful patterns or figures of birds and animals, sometimes with gold and silk thread. A species of the agave americana is extensively cultivated through the country, from the fibres of which the natives spin a very strong thread that is used chiefly for making hammocks; the fibre is bleached and then dyed in different rich tints. The materials they have for dyeing are so good that the colors never fade. The Zapotecs have also an intimate knowledge of the process of tanning skins, which they use for several domestic purposes.49 48 Bampier's Voyages, vol. ii., pt ii., p. 115; Burgoa, Palestra Hist, pt i., fol. /HO; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Voy. Tehuantepec p. 196; Charnay, Ruines Americaines, p. 454. ' Sobre vna estera si la tiene, que son muy pocos los que duermen en alto, en tapescos de cana... .ollas, 6 hornillos de tierra.... casolones, 6 xicaras.' Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, ii., pt ii., fol. 294, 393. 49 ' Los zoques cultivan.... dos plantas pertenecientes a la familia de las bromelias, de las cuales sacan el ixtle v la pita cuyas hebras saben blanquear, hilar y tenir de varios colores. Sus hilados y las hamacas que tejen con estas materias, constituyen la parte principal de su industria y de su comer- cio '... .The Zapotecs, ' los tejidos de seda silvestre-y de algodon que labran las mugeres, son verdaderamente admirabies.' Moro, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 170, 180. Of the Miztecs it is said that ' las mugeres se han dado a texer con primor panos, y huepiles, assi de algodon como de seda, y hilo de oro, muy costosos.' Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, i., pt ii., fol. 143, and torn, ii., pt ii., fol. 400. Further reference in Barnard's Tehuantepec, pp. 226-7; Chilton, in Hakluyt's Voy., vol. iii., p. 459; Hutchings' Cat Mag., vol. ii., p. 394; Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, p. 163; Waldeck, Voy. Pitt., p. 4:); Gage's Neio Survey, p. 236; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt i., pp. 198, 209. Vol. I. 42 658 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. Notwithstanding their proximity to the sea-coast, and although their country is in many parts intersected by rivers and lagoons, they have a surprisingly slight knowledge of navigation, few having any vessels with which to venture into deep water. The inhabitants of Tabasco, the Yucatan coast, and Cozumel island possess some canoes made from the single trunk of a mahogany-tree, which they navigate with small lateen sails and paddles. The Huaves and others are in complete ignorance of the management of any description of boats.50 The Zoques make from the ixtle and pita thread and superior hammocks, in which they have quite a trade. In the neighborhood of Santa Maria they grow excellent oranges, and sell them throughout all the neighboring towns. The Zapotecs have, many of them, a considerable commerce in fruits, vegetables, and seeds. In the city of Tehuantepec the business of buying and selling is conducted exclusively by women in the market-place. The Ahualulcos are chiefly employed in cutting planks and beams, with which they supply many places on this isthmus; they also trade to some extent in seeds and cotton cloths. Different kinds of earthenware vessels for domestic purposes are made by the natives of Chiapas, and by them exchanged for salt, hatchets, and glass ornaments. The Mayas have an extensive business in logwood, which, besides maize and poultry, they transport to several places along the coast. Mr Stephens describes a small community of the Maya nation, numbering about a hundred men with their families, living at a place called Schawill, who hold and work their lands in common. The 50 Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. ii.,lib. iii., cap. ii., lib. iv., cap.xi., Cogolludo, Hist, de Yucathari, p. 2; Morelet, Voyage, torn, i., pp. 179, 214; Shufeldt's Explor. Tehuantepec, p. 123. 'Their canoes are formed out of the trunk of a single mahogany or cedar tree.' Bale's Notes, p. 24. When Grijalva was at Cozumel 'vino una canoa.' Navarrete, Col. de Viages, torn, hi., p. 56. The Huaves ' no poseyendo embarcaciones propias para arriesgarse en aguas de algun fondo, y desconociendo hasta el uso de los remos, no frecnentan mas que los puntos que por su poca profundidad no ofrecen mayor peligro.' M^ro, in Garay, Reconocimiento, p, 90. ZAPOTEC GOVERNMENT. 6C9 products of the soil are shared equally by all, and the food for the whole settlement is prepared at one hut. Each family contributes its quota of provisions, which, when cooked, are carried off smoking hot to their several dwellings. Many of the natives of Tabasco earn a livelihood by keeping bee-hives; the bees are captured wild in the woods, and domesticated. The Huaves breed cattle and tan hides; cheese and tasajo, or jerked meat, are prepared and exported by them and other tribes on the isthmus of Tehuantepec. At the present day cochineal is cultivated to a considerable extent, and forms an important article of commerce among the inhabitants. A rather remarkable propensity to the possession of large numbers of mules is peculiar to the Mijes; such property in no way benefits them, as they make no use of them as beasts of burden; indeed, their owners seem to prefer carrying the loads on their own backs.51 Formerly the Zapotecs were governed by a king, under whom were caciques or governors who ruled over certain districts. Their rank and power descended by inheritance, but they were obliged to pay tribute to the king, from whom they held their authority in fief. At the time of the conquest the most powerful among them was the Lord of Cuicatlan; for the service of his household, ten servants were furnished daily, and he was treated with the greatest respect and homage. In later years a cacique was elected annually by the people, and under him officers were appointed for the different villages. Once a week these sub-officers assembled to consult with and receive instructions from the cacique on matters relating to the laws and regulations of their districts. In the towns of the Miztecs a municipal form of government was established. Certain officials, elected annually, appointed the work which was to be done by the people, and every morning at sunrise the town-criers 51 Mill's Hist. Mex., p. 158; Palacios, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 166; Hermesdorf, in Bond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 547; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Voy. Tehuantepec, p. 108; Hutchings' Cat Mag., vol. ii., p. 394; Macgregor's Progress of America, vol. i., p. 849; Moro, in Garay, Reconoci- miento, p. 93; Stephens' Yucatan, vol. ii., p. 14. 660 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. from the tops of the highest houses called the inhabitants to their allotted tasks. It was also the duty of the town-criers to inflict the punishment imposed on all who from laziness or other neglect failed to perform their share of work. A somewhat similar system appears to have prevailed in Chiapas, where the people lived under a species of republican government.52 The Mayas were at one time governed by a king who reigned supreme over the whole of Yucatan. Internal dissensions and wars, however, caused their country to be divided up into several provinces, which were ruled over by lords or petty kings, who held complete sway, each in his own territory, owing allegiance to 'none, and recognizing no authority outside of their own jurisdiction. These lords appointed captains of towns, who had to perform their duties subject to their lord's approval. Disputes arising, the captains named umpires to determine differences, whose decisions were final. These people had also a code of criminal laws, and when capital punishment was ordered, public executioners carried the sentence into effect. The crime of adultery in the man was punishable by death, but the injured party could claim the right to have the adulterer delivered to him, and he could kill or pardon him at pleasure; disgrace was the punishment of the woman. The rape of a virgin was punished by stoning the man to death.53 52 'Les seigneurs de Cuicatlan etaient, au temps dela conquete tres-riches et tres-puissants, et leurs descendants en ligne directe, dtcorts encore du titre de caciques.' Fossey, Mexique, pp. 338-9. At Etla ' Herren des Ortes waren Caziken, welche ihn als eine Art von Mannlehen besassen, und dem Konige einen gewissen Tribut bezahlen mussten.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt i., p. 188. The Miztecs 'tenian sehalados como pregoneros, officiales que elegian por ano, para que todas las mananas al despuntar el Sol, subidos en lo mas alto de la casa de su Republica, con grandes vozes, llamasen, y exitasen a todos, diziendo salid, salid a trabajar, a trabajar, y con rigor executivo castigaban al que faltaba de su tarea.' Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, i., pt ii., fol. 151, also Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. xi. 53 ' Estava sujeta a diuersos Seiiores, que como Reyezuelos dominaban cliuersos territorios pero antes auia sido toda sujeta a vn Senor, y Rey Supremo,, y asi.gouernada con gouierno Monarquico.' Cogolludo, Hist de Yu- cathexn, p. 60. ' En cada pueblo tenian senalados Capitanes a quienes obede- cian.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. ii-iv. For old customs and new, compare above with Morelet, Voyage, torn, i., p. 168, and Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 267. SLAVERY AND MARRIAGE. 661 Slavery existed among the tribes of Goazacoalco and Tabasco. Doila Marina was one of twenty female slaves who were presented to Cortes by the cacique of the latter place; and when her mother, who lived in the province of Goazacoalco, gave her away to some traveling merchants, she, to conceal the act, pretended that the corpse of one of her slaves who died at that time was that of her own daughter.54 Among the Zapotecs and other nations who inhabit the isthmus of Tehuantepec, marriages are contracted at a very early age; it happens not unfrequently that a youth of fourteen marries a girl of eleven or twelve. Polygamy is not permissible, and gentleness, affection, and frugality characterize the marital relations. Certain superstitious ceremonies formerly attended the birth of children, which, to a modified extent, exist at the present day. When a woman was about to be confined, the relatives assembled in the hut, and commenced to draw on the floor figures of different animals, rubbing each one out as soon as it was completed. This operation continued till the moment of birth, and the figure that then remained sketched upon the ground was called the child's tona or second self. When the child grew old enough, he procured the animal that represented him and took care of it, as it was believed that health and existence were bound up with that of the animals, in fact, that the death 6f both would occur simultaneously. Soon after the child was born, the parents, accompanied by friends and relatives, carried it to the nearest water, where it was immersed, while at the same time they invoked the inhabitants of the water to extend their protection to the child; in like manner they afterwards prayed for the favor of the animals of the land. It is a noticeable trait, much to the credit of the parents, that their children render to them as well as to all aged people the greatest respect and obedience. That the women are strictly moral can- 54 ' With other presents which they brought to the conqueror were twenty female slaves.' Helps' Span. Conq., vol. ii., p. 264. 662 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. not be asserted. Voluptuous, with minds untrained, and their number being greatly in excess of the men, it is not surprising that travelers have noted an absence of chastity among these women; yet few cases of conjugal infidelity occur, and chastity is highly esteemed. Illegitimate children are not common, partly the result, perhaps, of early marriages.55 Among the Quelenes, when a contract of marriage was made, the friends and relatives collected at the assembly-house common to every village. The bride and bridegroom were then introduced by the parents, and in the presence of the cacique and priest confessed all the sins of which they were guilty. The bridegroom was obliged to state whether he had had connection with the bride or with other women, and she, on her part, made a full confession of all her shortcomings; this ended, the parents produced the presents, which consisted of wearing-apparel and jewelry, in which they proceeded to array them; they were then lifted up and placed upon the shoulders of two old men and women, who carried them to their future home, where they laid them on a bed, locked them in, and there left them securely married.56 Among the Mayas early marriage was a duty imposed by the Spanish Fathers, and if a boy or girl at the age of twelve or fourteen had not chosen a mate, the priest selected one of equal rank or 55 'Vbo en esta juridicion grandes errores, y ritos con las paridas, y ninos recien nacidos, lleuandolos a los rios, y sumergiendolos en el agua, ha- zian deprecacion a todos los animales aquatiles, y luego a los de" tierra le fueran fauorables, y no le ofendieran.' Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, ii., pt ii., fol. 329. ' Conservase entre ellos la creencia de que su vida esta unida a la de un animal, y que es forzoso que mueran ellos cuando este mu- ere.' Museo Mex., torn, ii., pp. 554-5. 'Between husband and wife capes of infidelity are rare To the credit of the Indians be it also said, that their progeny is legitimate, and that the vows of marriage are as faithfully cherished as in the most enlightened and favored lands. Youthful marriages are nevertheless of frequent occurrence.' Barnard's Tehuantepec, p. 222. Women of the Japateco race: 'their manners in regard to morals are most blame- able.' Hermesdorf, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 543. Moro, referring to the.women of Jaltipan, says: 'Son de costumbres sumamente libres: suele decirse ademas que los jaltipanos no sol » no las celan, sino que llevan las ideas de hospitalidad a un'raro exceso.' Garay, Reconocimiento, p. 116; Ferry, Costal L'lndien, pp. 6-7; Registro Yucateco, torn, i., p. 166. so ' Iuntauanse en el Capul, que es vna casa del comun, en cada barrio, para hazer casamientos, el Cazique, el Papa, los desposados, los parientes: estando sentados el senor, y el Papa, llegauau los contrayentes, y el Papa les amonestaua que dixessen las cosas que auian hecho hasta aquella hora.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. xi. WEDDINGS AND FATHERS-IN-LAW. 663 fortune and obliged them to marry. The usual presents were dresses; and a banquet was prepared, of which all present "partook. During the feast the parents of the parties addressed them in speeches applicable to the occasion, and afterwards the house was perfumed by the priest, who then blessed the company and the ceremony endfed. Previous to the wedding-day the parents fasted during three days. The young man built a house in front of that of his father-in-law, in which he lived with his wife during the first years of his servitude, for he was obliged to work for his father-in-law four or five years. If he foiled to perform faithful service, his father-in-law dismissed him, and gave his daughter to another. Widowers were exempt from this servitude, and could choose whom they pleased for a wife without the interference of relatives. It was forbidden a man to marry a woman of the same name as his father. They married but one wife, though the lords were permitted to make concubines of their slaves. Mr Stephens, in his description of the inhabitants of the village of Schawill, says: "Every member must marry within the rancho, and no such thing as a marriage out of it had ever occurred. They said it was impossible; it could not happen. They were in the habit of going to the villages to attend the festivals; and when we suggested a supposable case of a young man or woman falling in love with some village Indian, they said it might happen ; there was no law against it; but none could marry out of the rancho. This was a thing so little apprehended, that the punishment for it was not defined in their penal code; but being questioned, after some consultations, they said that the offender, whether man or woman would be expelled. We remarked that in their small community constant intermarriages must make them all relatives, which they said was the case since the reduction of their numbers by the cholera. They were in fact all kinsfolk, but it was allowable for kinsfolk to marry, except in the relationship of brothers and sisters." 664 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. In divisions of property women could not inherit; in default of direct male heirs the estate went to the brothers or nearest male relatives. When the heir was a minor, one of his male relatives was appointed guardian, until the days of his minority should have passed, when the property was delivered up to him. The Southern Mexicans were particular to keep a strict chronology of their lineage. Young children underwent I kind of baptismal ceremony. The Mayas believed that ablution washed away all evil; and previous to the ceremony the parents fasted three days, and they were particular to select for it what they considered a lucky day. The age at which the rite was performed was between three and twelve years, and no one could marry until he had been baptized. Habits of industry as well as respect for parents and aged people was strongly impressed upon the minds of the children.57 The Southern Mexicans are fond of singing and dancing, though there is not much variety either in their melancholy music or monotonous dances. Their favorite instrument is the marimba, composed of pieces of hard wood of different lengths stretched across a hol- lowed-out canoe-shaped case. The pieces of wood or keys are played upon with two short sticks, one held in each hand. The sound produced is soft and pleasing, and not unlike that of a piano. Another instrument is the tunkid or drum, made of a hollow log with sheepskin stretched over the end; it is struck with the fingers of the right hand, the performer holding it under his left arm. Their movements during their dances are slow and graceful. The men are addicted to intoxication at their feasts, the liquor in common use among them being mescal and aguardiente, a colorless spirit made from the sugar-cane. Many of the natives have a small still in their houses.58 57 Bampier's Voyages, vol. ii., pt ii., p. 114; Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. iv.; Ternaux-Compans, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1843, torn. xcvii., p. 50; Stephens' Yucatan, vol., ii., pp. 15-16; Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 27J; Bice Univ., torn, iv., p. 256; Baeza, in Registro Yucateco, torn, i., p. 136. 58 ' Their amusements are scarcely worthy of note their liveliest songs CUSTOMS IN OAJACA. 665 The Zapotecs are exceedingly polite to one another in their common salutations, calling each other brother, and to the descendants of their ancient caciques or lords the utmost reverence is paid. It is related by a Mexican writer that in a village not distant from the city of Oajaca, whenever an aged man, the son of one of their ancient lords was seen by the natives out walking, with a majesty that well became his fine form, position, and age, they uncovered their heads, kissed his hands, which he held out to them, with much tenderness, calling him daade (father), and remained uncovered until he was lost to sight. They are a theocratic people, much addicted to their ancient religious belief and customs. Those who live in the vicinity of Mitla entertain a peculiar superstition; they will run to the farthest villages and pick up even the smallest stones that formed a part of the mosaic work of that famous ruin, believing that such stones will in their hands turn into gold. Some of them hold the belief that anyone who discovers a buried or hidden treasure has no right to appropriate to his own use any portion of it, and that if he does, death will strike him down within the year, in punishment of the sacrilege committed against the spirit of the person who hid or buried the treasure. One of the first priests that lived among the Zapotecs says that after they had entered the pale of the church, they still clung to their old religious practices, and made offerings of aromatic gums, and living animals; and that when the occasion demanded a greater solemnity, the officiating priest drew blood from the under part of his tongue, and from the back part of his ears, with which he sprinkled some thick coarse straw, held as sacred and used at the sacrifices. To warm themselves, the Cho- chos, or Chuchones, of Oajaca used, in cold weather, are sad. and their merriest music melancholy.' Barnard's Tehuantepec, p. 222. ' Afectos a las bebidas embriagantes, conocen dos particulares, el cho- rote, y el balche 6 guarapo, compuesto de agua, cana de azucar, palo-guarapo y maiz quemado.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 162. See also: Fossey, Mexique, pp. 343, 364; Bampier's Voyages,\o\. ii., pt ii., p. 115; Stephens' Yucatan, vol. i., pp. 144-5; Charnay, Ridnes Americaines, pp. 496-7. 666 WILD TRIBLS OF MEXICO. towards the evening, to burn logs and dry leaves close to the entrance of their caves, and blow the smoke into their dwellings, which being quite full, all the family, old and young, males and females, rushed in naked and closed the entrance. The natives of Goazacoalco and other places practiced some of the Jewish rites, including a kind of circumcision, which custom they claimed to have derived from their forefathers; hence have arisen innumerable analogies to prove the Jewish origin of these peoples. The Huaves still preserve ancient customs at their feasts. It is a remarkable fact that although nearly all these people are fishermen, very few of them can swim. The Mijes have a habit of speaking in very loud tones; this is attributed by some to their haughty spirit, and by others to their manner of life in the most rugged portion of the mountains. When bound upon a journey, if they have no other load to carry, they fill their tonates, or nets, with stones. This is generally done by them on the return home from the market-place of Tehuantepec. These loads rest upon their backs, and hang by a band from their foreheads. . In ancient times, when they were in search of a new country to settle in, they subjected the places they had devastated to the fire proof. This was done by putting a firebrand over night into a hole, and if it was found extinguished in the morning, they considered that the Sun desired his children (that is themselves) to continue their journey. They are much given, even at the present time, to idolatrous practices, and will make sacrifices in their churches, if permitted, of birds as offerings to the false gods they worshiped before their partial conversion to Christianity. The natives attribute eclipses of the moon to an attempt by the sun to destroy their satellite, and to prevent the catastrophe make a frightful uproar, employing therefor everything they can get hold of.69 59' ProvincisB Guazacualco atque YlutaB nee non et Cueztxatl® lndiginse, multas ceremonias Iudaeorum usurpabant, nam et circumcidebantur, more a majoribus (ut ferebant) accepto, quod alibi in hisce regionibus ab Hispania DISEASES AND MEDICAL TREATMENT. 667 The diseases most prevalent among the Southern Mexicans are fevers, measles, and severe colds. All these people possess an excellent knowledge of medicinal herbs, and make use of them in cases of pains and sickness. They still practice some of their mysterious ceremonies, and are inclined to attribute all complaints to the evil influence of bewitchments. Father Baeza, in the Registro Tucateco, says they consulted a crystal or transparent stone called zalzun, by which they pretended to divine the origin and cause of any sickness. Wlien suffering with fever or other disorders, the disease is often much aggravated and death caused by injudicious bathing in the rivers. In ancient times tobacco was much used as a specific against pains arising from colds, rheumatism, and asthma; the natives found that it soothed the nerves and acted as a narcotic. They also practiced bleeding with a sharp flint or fish-bone. The Zapotecs attempted cures by means of a blow-pipe, at the same time invoking the assistance of the gods.60 When a death occurs the body is wrapped in a cotton cloth, leaving the head and face uncovered, and in this condition is placed in a grave. Yery few of the ancient funeral usages remain at the present day, though some traces of superstitious ceremonies may still be observed among them; such as placing food in the grave, or at different spots in its immediate vicinity. Sometimes a funeral is conducted with a certain degree of pomp, and the corpse carried to its last resting-place followed by hactenus non fuit observatum.' Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 261. 'Theyappear to regard with horror and avoid with superstitious fear all those places reputed to contain remains or evidences of their former religion.' Shufeldt's Explor. Tehuantepec, p. 125. See further: Museo Mex., torn, ii., pp. 551-5; Charnay, Rubies Americaines, pp. 265, 286; Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, ii., pt ii., fol. 281-2, 290, 313, 332, 335-6, 397; Id., Palestra Hist, fol. 110; Moro, in Garay, Reconocimiento, pp. 90, 93; Bice Univ., torn, iv., p. 257. 60 Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, ii., pt ii., fol. 329; Baeza, in Registro Yuca- teco, torn, i., p. 168; Morelet, Voyage, torn, i., p. 313; Hermesdorf, in Bond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 543. ' Ay en esta tierra mucha diuersidad de ye'ruas medicinales, con que se curan los naturales.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iii., lib. vii., cap. iii. The Maya ' sabe las virtudes de todas las plantas como si hubiese estudiado botanica, conoce los venenos, los antfdo- tos, y no se lo ocultan los calmantes.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 158, 162, 178. 668 WILD TRIBES OF MEXICO. horn-blowers, and tunkul-drummers. As in the case of the central Mexicans, a memorial day is observed, when much respect is shown for the memory of the dead, at which times fruits, bread, and cakes are placed upon the graves.61 The character of the inhabitants of the Tehuantepec isthmus and Yucatan is at the present day one of docility and mildness. With a few exceptions they are kind-hearted, confiding, and generous, and some few of them evince a high degree of intelligence, although the majority are ignorant, superstitious, of loose morality as we esteem it, yet apparently unconscious of wrong. Cayetano Moro says they are far superior to the average American Indian. The Zapotecs are a bold and independent people, exhibit many intellectual qualities, and are of an impatient disposition, though cheerful, gentle, and inoffensive; they make good soldiers; they are fanatical and superstitious like their neighbors. The women are full of vivacity, of temperate and industrious habits, their manners are characterized by shyness rather than modesty, and they are full of intrigue. To this nation the Mijes present a complete contrast; of all the tribes who inhabit the isthmus, they are the most brutal, degraded, and idolatrous; they are grossly stupid, yet stubborn and ferocious. The Chontales and Choles are barbarous,-fierce, and quarrelsome, and greatly addicted to witchcraft. The Cajonos and Nexitzas, of Oajaca, are of a covetous and malicious nature, dishonest in their dealings, and much inclined to thieving. The Zoques are more rational in their behavior; although they are ignorant and intemperate in their habits, they are naturally kind and obliging, as well as patient and enduring. The Huaves are deficient in intelligence, arrogant and inhospitable to strangers, and of a reticent and perverse disposition. The Miztecs are 61 Ternaux-Compans, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1843, torn, xcvii,, p. 51;-Museo Mex., torn, ii., p. 554. 'En Tamiltepec, los indios usan de cere- monias supersticiosas en sus sepulturas. Se lesve hacer en los cementerios pequenos montones de tierra, en los que mezclan viveres cada vez que en- tierran alguno de ellos.' Berlandier y TJwvel, Biario, p. 231. CHARACTER OF SOUTHERN MEXICANS. 669 grave and steady; they exhibit many traits of ingenuity, are industrious, hospitable, and affable in their manners, and retain an ardent love for liberty.62 The Mayas exhibit many distinguished characteristics. Although of limited intelligence, and more governed by their senses than their reason, their good qualities predominate. Formerly they were fierce and warlike,, but these characteristics have given place to timidity, and they now appear patient, generous, and humane; they are frugal and satisfied with little, being remarkably free from avarice. Herrera describes them as fierce and warlike, much given to drunkenness and other sins, but generous and hospitable. Doctor Young, in his History of Mexico, says: "They are not so intelligent or energetic, though far more virtuous and humane than their brethren of the north." The women are industrious, have pleasing manners, and are inclined to shyness. To sum it all up, I may say that the besetting vice of these nations is intemperance, but the habit of drinking to excess is found to be much more common among the mountain tribes than among the inhabitants of the lowlands. Quarrels among themselves seldom occur, and there is abundant evidence to show that many of them possess excellent natural qualifications both for common labor, and artistic industry ; and that there is no cause to prevent their becoming, under favorable circumstances, useful citizens.63 62 The Miztecs ' siempre de mayor reputacion, y mas politicos.' Zapotecs ' naturalmente apazibles, limpios, lucidos, y liberales.' Nexitzas 'astutos, maliciosos, inclinados a robos, y desacatos, con otros Cerranos supersticiosos, acostwmbrados a aleuosias, y hechizeros.' Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, i., pt ii., fol. 151, torn, ii., pt ii., fol. 202, 312, also fol. 204, 211, 228, 271, 282, 294, 335, 400. Choles, 'nacion... .feroz, guerrera e independiente.' Balbi, in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 167. ' Siendo los Indios Mixes de natural feroz, barbaro, y duro, que quieren ser tratados con aspereza, y rigor.' Bdvila, Teatro Ecles., torn, i., p. 224. See further: Burgoa, Palestra Hist, pt i., fol. 101; Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 161-2, 186-7; Torres, in Id:, p. 179; Mu- seo Mex., torn, ii., pp. 554-5; Tempsky's Mitla, p. 269; Hermesdorf, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. Xxxii., p. 543; Barnard's Tehuantepec, pp. 220-7; Charnay, Ruines Americaines, pp. 258-9, 287; Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., p. 439; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt i., p. 200; Bampier's Voyages, vol. ii., pt ii., pp. li5-16; Bdvila Padilla, Hist Fvnd. Mex., p. 294; Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 325. 63 'Es el indio'yucatecoun monstruoso conjunto de religion e" impiedad, de virtudes y vicios, de sagacidad y estupidez... .tiene ideas exactas precisas 670 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. de lo bueno y de lo malo... .Es incapaz de robar un peso, y roba cuatro veces dos reales... Siendo hOnrado en casi todas sus acciones.. . se puede decir que el unico vicio que le domina es el de la embriaguez.' Registro Yurateco, torn, i., pp. 291-3; Baeza, in Id., torn, i., pp. 166-8, 174; Morelet, Voyage, £om. i., p. 148; Herrera, Hist, Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap.iv.; Mill's Hist Mex., p. 158; Moro, in Garay, Reconocimiento, pp. 89-94; Muikr, Reisen, torn, ii., p. 371. TBIBAL BOUNDABIB8. Under the name Wild Tbibes of Mexico, I include all the people inhabiting the Mexican Territory from ocean to ocean, between latitude 233 north and the Central American boundary line south, including Yucatan and Tehuantepec. The southernmost point of this division touches the fifteenth degree of north latitude. A subdivision of this group is made and the parts are called the Central Mexicans, and the Southern Mexicans, respectively. In the former I include the nations north of an imaginary line, drawn from the port of Acapulco, on the Pacific coast, to Vera Cruz, on the Gulf of Mexico, and in the latter all those south of this line. Going to the fountain-head of Mexican history, I find mentioned certain names, of which it is now impossible to determine whether they are different names applied to the same people or different peoples, or whether they are mythical and apply to no really existing nations. Still less is it possible to give these strange names any definite location; instance the Toltecs and the (Uhichimees, and indeed almost all early designations, very common names used to denote very uncommon people. Sahagun is the only one of the oldest writers who mentions the name of Toltecs, which in later years was used by Ixtlilxochitl and Boturini, and after them bandied about more freely by modern writers. After the-conquest, the name Chichimecs ^ was applied to all uncivilized and unsettled people north of the valley of Mexico, extending to the farthest discovered region. Of still other nations nothing further can be said than that they occupied tjie cities to which their name was applied; such were the Mexicans, or Aztecs, the Tlascaltecs, the Cholul- tecs, and many others. Some general remarks respecting the location of the principal civilized nations, willbe found in vol. ii., chap, ii., of this work; and all obtainable details concerning the many tribes that cannot be definitely located here are given in volume v. The Quinames or Giants are mentioned as the first inhabitants of Mexico. | Los Quinametin, gigantes que vivian en esta rinconada, que se dice ahora Nueva Espaiia.' Ixtlilxochitl, Relaciones, in Xingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. ix., p. 322; Id., Hist. Chichimeca, in Id., p. 205. 'Los que hasta agora se sabe, aver morado estas Estendidas, y Ampliadisimas Tierras. y Regiones, de la Nueva Espaiia, fueron vnas Gentes mui crecidas de Cuerpo, que llama- ron despues otros, Quinametin.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 34. 'Les Quihamys, la plus ancienne des races connues de ces contrees, etaient encore en possession de quelques locahtes de peu d'importance pres des villes de Huitzilapan, de Cuetlaxcohuapan et deTotomihuacan.' Brasseur de Bourbourg,* Hist Nat Civ., torn, i, p. 196. ' Sa domination s'^toudaifc sur les provinces interieures du Mexique et du Guatemala, et, a l'epoque da OLMECS AND XICALANCAS. 671 d^barquement des Olmsques et des Xicalancas, les histoires nous la mon- trent encore en possession du plateau azteque et des contrees voisines du fleuve Tabasco.' Id., in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1858, torn, clviii., p. 258. 'Vivian hacia las riberas del rio Atoyac, entre la ciudad de Tlaxcala y la de la Puebla de los Angeles.' Veytia, Hist. Ant. Mej., torn, i., pp. 28, 143-4. The Olmecs and Xicalancas were ' los que poseian este Nuevo Mundo, en esta tercera edad.' Ixtlilxochitl, Hist Chichimeca, in Kingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. ix., p. 205. ' Olmecas, Vixtoti, y Mixtecas. Estos tales asi llama- dos, estan acia el nacimiento del sol, y llamanles tambien tenime, porque hablan lengua barbara, y dicen que son Tultecas.' Sahagun, Hist Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., p. 136. ' Estos poblaron, donde aora esta Edificada, y Poblada la Ciudad de los Angeles, y en Totomihuacan.... Los Xicalancas, f ueron tambien Poblando, acia Cuathazualco (que es acia la Costa del Norte) y adelante en la misma Costa, esta oi dia vn Pueblo, que se dice Xjcalanco.... Otro Pueblo ai del mismo Nombre, en la Provincia de Maxcaltzinco, cerca del Puerto de la Vera-Cruz, que parece averlo tambien Poblado los Xicalancas.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 32. 'Atravesando los Puertos del Bol- can, y Sierra-Nevada, y otros rodeandolos por ?a parte de el Mediodia, hasta que venieron a salir a vn Lugar, que de presente se llama Tochmilco. De alii, pasaron a Atlixco, Calpan, y Huexotzinco, hasta llegar al parage, yTier- ras de la Provincia de Tlaxcallan; y haciendo asiento en el principio, y en- trada de la dicha Tierra, hicieron su Fundacion en el Pueblo, que aora se llama Nuestra Senora de la Natividad (y en Lengua Mexicana Yancuictlal- pan.) De alii, pasaron a otro Poblado, el referido, llamado Huapalcalco, junto a vna Hermita, que llaman de Santa Cruz, al qual llaman los Naturales, Texoloc, Mizco, y Xiloxuchitla, donde aora es la Hermita de San Vicente, y el Cerro de la Xochitecatl, y Tenayacac, donde estan otras dos Hermitas, a poco trecho vna de otra, que las llaman de San Miguel, y de San Francisco, enmedio de las quales, pasa el Rio, que viene de la Sierra Nevada de Huexotzinco. Y aqui en este Sitio, hicieron los Hulmecas, su Principal asiento, y Pobla<jon.' Id., p, 257; Mendieta, Hist Ecles., pp. 145-6; Motolinia, Hist. Indios, in Icazbalceta, Col. de Boc, torn, i., p. 7. 'Vlmecatlh poblo tambien muchos lugares en aquella parte, a do agora esta la ciudad de los Angeles. Y nombro los Totomiuacan, Vicilapan, Cuetlaxcoapan, y otros assi. Xicalancatlh anduuo mas tierra, llego a la mar del norte, y en la costa hizo muchos pueblos. Pero a los dos mas principales llamo de su mesmo nombre. El vn Xicalanco esta en la prouincia de Maxcalcinco, que es cerca de la Vera Cruz, y el otro Xicalanco esta cerca de Tauasco.' Gomara, Conq. Mex., fol. 299. ' Hacia Atlisco y Itzucan los xicalancas: y en el ter- ritorio de la Puebla, Chollolan y Tlaxcallan los ulmecas, cuya primitiva y principal poblacion dicen haber sido la ciudad de Chollolan.' Veytia, Hist. Ant Mej., torn, i., p. 153; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat Civ., torn, i., pp. 110-11, 196; Id., PopolVuh, introd., p. xxx; Orozcoy Berra, Geografia, p. 119; Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, iii., p. 374. The Coras constitute the north-westernmost nation of the CENTBAn Mexicans, inhabiting the district of ' Nayarit 6 reino de Nuevo Toledo.... Al Oeste tiene los pueblos de la antigua provincia de Acaponeta; al Este los de Colotlan, J 672 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. y al Sur quieren algunos que se extienda hasta las orillas del rio Grande 6 Tololotlan el Nayarit se extiende entre los 21° 20' y 23° de lajt., y entre los 5J y 6° de long, occidental de Mexico.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 279. 'En la Sierra del Nayarit.' Pimentel, Cuadro, tom.ii., p. 71. 'Los indios que viyen en el centro de la sierra, llamados muutzizti ... Los llamados tea- kuaeitzizti viven en las faldas de la sierra que mira al Poniente... .los coras que viven a la orilla del rio Nayarit 6 de Jesus Maria, conocidos por Ateakari.' Id., p. 83. The Tecoxines 'tenian su principal asiento en el valle de Cactlan y se extendian a la Magdalena, Analco, Hoxtotipaquillo* y barrancas de Mochi- tiltic' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 279. The Cocotlanes were at the missions of ' Apozolco y en Comatlan.' Id., p. 280. The Maraveres reside in Tlajomulco. Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, ii., p. 242. The Thorames and Tzayaquecas dwell near the town of Zentipac. ' Dos leguas apartado del mar, la nacion Thorama.... diez leguas de Zentipac habia otros Indios de Nacion Tzayaqueca.' Padilla, Conq. N. Galicia, MS., p. 62. ' La gran poblacion y Valle de Tzenticpac, cuyo pueblo principal esta situado punto a la mar del Sur, dos leguas antes a, orillas del rio grande, y que la gente de esta provincia era,de la nacion Totorame.' Beaumont, Crdn. de Mechoacan, MS, p. 197. The Corarus ' habitaban hacia la parte del Norte, diez leguas del dicho pueblo de Tzenticpac' lb. The Guicholas ' are settled in the village of San Sebastian, which lie3 eighteen leagues to the westward of Bolahos.' Lyon's Journal, vol. i., p. 322; Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1828, torn, xl., p. 239. ' En Santa Catarina. S. Sebastian, S. Andres Coamiat, Soledad y Tezompan, pertenecientes a Colotlan.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 282. The Coronados ' son los del pueblo de Tuito al Sur del valle de Banderas.' Id., p. 278. The Tlaxomultecs 'habitaban en Tlajomulco.' 'Estos tecuexes llaman a. los indios cocas de toda la provincia de Tonalan, que no eran de su lengua, tlaxomultecas.' Id., p. 278. The Cocas and Tecuexes ' eran los de la provincia de Tonalan ... Los tecuexes pasaban del otro lado de Tololotlan hasta ocupar parte de Zacatecas, derramandose por los pueblos de Tecpatitlan, Teocaltiche, Mitic, Jalostotit- lan, Mesticatan, Yagualica, Tlacotlan, Teocaltitlan, Ixtlahuacan, Cuautla, Ocotic y Acatic. Id., pp. 278-9. The Mazapiles are ' al N. E. de la zacateca.' Hervas, in Id., p. 11. The Cazcanes 'habitan hasta la comarca de Zacatecas.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. ix., cap; xiii.; Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 281. ' Ocupaba el terreno desde el rio Grande, confinando con los tecuexes y los tepecanos.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 284, 49. The Mecos live in the pueblo Soledad de las Canoas, in the State of Que* retaro. Alcedo, Bice, torn, iv., p. 567. The Pames inhabit the state of Queretaro, ' treinta leguas distante de 1a expresada Ciudad de Queretaro, y se estiende a cien leguas de largo, y treinwi de ancho, en cuyas brenas vivian los Indios de la Nacion Pame.' Palou, THE OTOMIS. 673 Vida de Junipero Serra, p. 23. ' En la mision de Cerro Prieto del Estado de Mexico, se extiende principalmente por los pueblos de San Luis Potosf, y tambien se le encuentra en Queretaro y en Guanajuato.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 48, 256, 262, 264. ' En San Luis de la Paz, territorio de la Sierra Gorda en la ciudad del Maiz, Departamento de San Luis Potosf ... en la Purisima Concepcion de Arnedo, en la Sierra Gorda.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 265. The Otomis are one of the most widely dispersed nations of Mexico. ' Todo lo alto de las montanas, o* la mayor parte, a la redonda de Mexico, estan llenas de ellos. La cabeza de su senorlo creo que es Xilotepec, que es una gran provincia, y las provincias de Tollan y Otompa casi todas son de ellos, sin contar que en lo bueno de la Nueva Espaiia hay muchas pobla- ciones de estos Otomies, de los quales proceden losChichimecas.' Motolinia, Hist Indios, in Icazbalceta, Cot de Boc., torn, i., p. 9. The above is copied by Torquemada, in his Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 32. 'Estos Teochichimecas son los que aora se llaman Otomies... .Tlaixpan, es de los que hablan esta Lengua Otomi.' Id., p. 261. ' La grandisima Provincia, 6 Reino de los Otomies, que coge a Tepexic, Tula, Xilotepec, Cabeca de este Reyno, Chiapa, Xiquipilco, Atocpan, y Queretaro, en cuio medio de estos Pueblos referidos, ai otro inumerables, porque lo eran sus Gentes.' Id., p. 287. 'Xilotepeque provincia Otomiis habitata.' Baet, Novus Orbis, p. 234. 'La Provincia degli Otomiti cominciava nella parte settentrionale della Valle Messicana, e si continuava per quelle montagne verso tramontana sino a novanta miglia dalla Capitale. Sopra tutti i luoghi abitati, che v' erano ben molti, s' innal- zava l'antica e celebre Citta di Tollan [oggidi Tula,] e quella di Xilotepec' Clavigero, Storia Ant del Messico, torn, i., p. 31. In ancient times they ' occuparono un tratto di terra di piu di trecento miglia dalle montagne d'Izmiquilpan verso Maestro, confinando verso Levante, e verso Ponente con altre Nazioni parimente selvaggie.' Later: 'fondarono nel paese d'Anahuac, ed anche nella stessa Valle di Messico infiniti luoghi: la maggior parte d'essi, e spezialmente i piu grandi, come quelli di Xilotopec e di Huitzapaa nelle vicinanze del paese, che innanzi occupavano: altri sparsi fra i Matlat- zinchi, ed i Tlascallesi, ed in altre Provincie del Regno.' Id., p. 148. 'Los indios de este pais (Queretaro) eran por la mayor parte otomites.' Alegret Hist. Comp. de Jesus, torn, ii., p. 163; Humboldt, Essai Pot, torn., i., p. 77. ' Sous le nom d' Othomis, on comprenait generalement les restes des nations primitives, repandus dans les hautes vallees qui bornent 1'Anahuac a l'occident.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist Nat Civ., torn, iii., p. 56. ' Les traditions les plus anciennes du Mexique nous montrent les Othomis en possession des montagnes et de la vallee d'Anahuac, ainsi que des vastes conferees qui s'etendent au dela, dans le Michoacan, jus- qu'aux frontieres de Xalizco et de Tonalan; ils etaient egalement les maltres du plateau de Tlaxcallan.' Id., torn, i., p. 160. 'lis occupaient la plus grande partie de la vallee d'Anahuac, avec ses contours jusqu'aux environs de Cholullan, ainsi que les provinces que s'etendent au nord entre le Michoacan et Tullantzinco.' Id,, p. 196. 'Otompan, aujourd'hui Otumba, iut leur capitale.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Popol Vuh, introd.. pp. xxx.. ex. Queretaro cfue siempre domicilio de los esforzados Othomites... .Tieauen Vol. I. 43 674 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. poblado todo lo alto de las Montanas, que circundan a Mexico, siendo cabecera de toda la Provincia Othomi Xilotepec, que la hacen numerosa los Pueblos de Tepexic, Tula, Huichiapan, Xiquilpo, Atocpan, el Mexquital, S. Juan del Rio, y Queretaro.' Espinosa, Chron. Apostolica, pp. 1-2. The Otomf language ' se le encuentra derramado por el Estado de Mexico, entra en San Luis Potosi, abraza todo Queretaro y la mayor parte de Guanajuato, limi- tandose al O. por los pueblos de los tarascos; reaparece confundido con el tepehua cerca del totonaco, y salpicado aqui y alia se tropieza con el en Puebla y en Veracruz.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 17, 216-7, 240, 255-6, 261-4, 272. ' En todo el Estado de Queretaro y en una parte de los de San Luis, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Mexico, Puebla, Veracruz y Tlaxcala.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, i., p. 117. Concurrent authorities: Hassel, Mex., Guat., p. 138; Belaporte, Reisen, torn, x., p. 323; Ward's Mexico, vol. ii., p. 345; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt ii., p. 477; Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat., pp. 36, 188, 196-7; Klemm, Cultur-Geschichte, torn, v., p. .193; Gallatin, in Amer. Ethno. Soc, Transact, vol. i., p. 2; Gemelli Careri, in Churchill's Col. Voyages, torn, iv., p. 513. 'Habitait les bords du golfe du Mexique, depuis la province de Panuco jusqu'au Nueces.' Bomenech, Jour., p. 16. The Mazahuas ' furono tempo fa parte della Nazione Otomita I prin- cipali luoghi da loro abitati erano sulle montagne occidentali della Valle Messicana, e componevano la Provincia di Mazahuacan, appartenente alia Corona di Tacuba.' Clavigero, Storia Ant. del Messico, torn, i., pp. 149-50; copied in Heredia y Sarmiento, Sermon de Guadalupe, p. 83. ' Mazahua, Mazahui, Matzahua, Matlazahua, Mozahui, en Mexico y en Michoacan. En tiempos del imperio azteca esta tribu pertenecia al reino de Tlacopan; sus pueblos marcaban los limites entre su senorio y Michoacan.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 256. ' Parece que solo quedan algunos restos de la nacion mazahua en eldistrito Ixtlahuaca, perteneciente al Departamentode Mexico.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 193. ' Au nord ils etendaient leurs villages jusqu'a peu de distance de l'ancien Tollan.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist Nat Civ., torn, iii.; p. 56. The Huastecs, Huaxtecs, Guastecs, or Cuextecas inhabit portions of the states of Vera Cruz and Tamaulipas. 'A los mismos Uamaban Panteca 6 Panoteca, que quiere decir hombres del lugar pasadero, los cuales fueron asi llamados, y son los que viven en la provincia de Panuco, que propia- mente se llaman Pantlan, d Panotlan.' Sahagun, Hist Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., p. 132. 'El Huaxtecapan se extendid de Veracruz a San Luis Potosi, y corria a lo largo de la costa del Golfo, hacia el Norte, prolongandose probablemente muy adentro de Tamaulipas, por lugares en donde ahora no se encuentra ni vestigio suyo.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 206, 19. ' Cuando llegaron los espanoles, el lugar que ocupaban era la frontera Norte del reino de Texcoco, y parte de la del mexicano Hoy se conoce su pais con el nombre de la Huaxteca: comprende la parte Norte del Estado de Veracruz y una fraccion lindante del de San Luis, confinando, al Oriente, con el Golfo de Mexico, desde. la barra de Tuxpan hasta Tampico.' Pimentel, Guadro, torn, i., p. 5. Further mention in Chaves, Rapport, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., s^rie ii., torn, v., p. 298; Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pti., p. 46; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 226; Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, pp. 35-6; Squier's Cent. Amer. p. 316; Villa-Senor, Theatro, torn, i., p. 122. TOTONACS AND NAHUATLACS. 675 The Totonacs occupy the country east of the vallejr of Mexico down to the sea-coast, and particularly the state of Veracruz and a portion of Puebla. ' Estos Totonaques estan poblados a la parte del norte, y se dice ser guastemas.' Sahagun, Hist. Geti., torn, iii., lib. x., pp. 131^. 'Totonachi. Questa grande Provincia, ch'era per quell a parte 1'ultima dell' imperio, si stendeva per ben centocinquanta miglia, cominciando dalla frontiera di Zacatlan e terminando nel Golfo Messicano. Oltre alia capitale Miz- quihuacan, quindici miglia a Levante da Zacatlan, v' era la bella Citta di Cempoallan sulla costa del Golfo.' Clavigero, Storia Ant del Messico, torn, i., p. 34. ' Raccontavano dunque, que essendosi eglino da principio per qual- che tempo stabiliti su le rive del lago tezcucano, quindi si portarono a popo- lare quelle montagne, che da loro presero il nome di Totonacapan.' Id.r torn, iv., p. 51. ' En Puebla y en Veracruz. Los totonacos ocupan la parte Norte del Departamento, formando un solo grupo con sus vecinos de Veracruz; terminan sobre la costa del golfo, en toda la zona que se extiende entre los rios de Chachalacas y de Cazones <5 S. Marcos.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 214, 216. ' Estan estendidos, y derramados por las Sierras, que le caen, al Norte, a esta Ciudad de Mexico.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 278; Pimentel, Cuetdro, torn, i., p. 223. 'In the districts of Zacatlan, State of Puebla, and in the State of Vera Cruz.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 190; Villa- Senor, Theatro, torn, i., p. 312; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 208; Gallatin, in Amer. Ethno. Soc, Transact, vol. i., p. 4. The Ifeztitlanecs inhabited the region north of Tezcuco, between the Sierra Madre and the territory occupied by the Huastecs. ' Al Norte de Tetzcoco existia el senon'o independiente de Meztitlan, que hoy corresponde al Estado de Mexico Obedecian a Meztitlan, cabecera principal, las provincias de Molango, Malila, Tlanchinolticpac, Ilamatlan, Atlihuetzian, Suchicoatlan, Tianguiztengo, Guazalingo, Yagualica. El senon'o, pues, se extendia por toda la sierra, hasta el li'mite con los huaxtecos: en Yahualica estaba la guarnicion contra ellos, por ser la frontera, comenzando desde alii las Uanuras de Huaxtecapan. Xelitla era el punto mas avanzado al Oeste y confinaba con los barharos chichimecas: el termino al Sur era Zacualtipan y al Norte tenia a los chichimecas.' Chavez, Relacion de Meztitlan, quoted in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 246. The Nahuatlacs ' se diuiden en siete linajes Los primeros fueron los Suchimilcos, que quiere dezir, gente de sementeras de flores. Estos pobla- ron a la orilla de la gran laguna de Mexico hazia el Mediodia, y fundaron vna ciudad de su nombre, y otros muchos lugares. Mucho despues llegaron los del segitndo linage llamados Chaleas, que significa gente de las bocas, y tambien fundaron otra ciudad de su nombre, partiendo terminos con los Suchimilcos. Los terceros fueron los Tepanecas, que quiere dezir, gente de la Puente. Y tambien poblaron en la orilla de la laguna al Occidente La cabeca de su provincia la llamaron Azcapuzalco Tras estos vinieron, los que poblaron a Tezciico, que son los de Culhua, que quiere dezir, gente corua Y assi quedo la laguna cercada de estas quatro naciones, poblando estos al Oriente, y los Tepanecas al Norte Despues llegaron los Tlatlui- cas, que significa gente de la sierra... .Y como hallaron ocupados todos los llanos en contorno de la laguna hasta las sierras, passaron de la otra parte de 676 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. la sierra... ^Y a la cabeza de su prouincia llamaron Quahunahuac • • • qne cor- rompidamente nuestro vulgo llama Quernauaca, y aquella prouincia es, la que oy se dize el Marquesado. Los de la sexta generacion, que son los Tlas- caltecas, que' quiere dezir gente de pan, passaron la serrania hazia el Oriente atrauessando la sierra neuada, donde esta el famoso bolcan entre Mexico y la ciudad de los Angeles.... la cabeqa de su prouincia llamaron de su nombre Tlascala.... La septima cueua, o linage, que es la nacion Mexicana, la qual como las otras, salio de las prouincias de Aztlan, y Teuculhuacan.' Acosta, Hist de las Ynd., pp. 454-8. Repeated in Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iii., lib. ii., cap. x. Also in Clavigero, Storia Ant. del Messico, torn, i., pp. 151-2, and in Heredia y Sarmiento, Sermon de Guadalupe, p. 85; Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 91-2. The Acolhuas inhabited the kingdom of Acolhuacan. 'Su capital era Tetzcoco, a la orilla del lago de su nombre... .La extension del reino era: desde el mar del N. a la del Sur, con todo lo que se comprende a la bandadel Poniente hasta el puerto de la Veracruz, salvo la cuidad de Tlachcala y Huexotzinco.' Pomar, Relacion de Texcoco, quoted in Orozco y Berra, Geografia', pp. 240-2. ' Juan B. Pomar fija los limites del reino con toda la exageracion que puede infundir el orgullo de raza. Por nuestra parte, hemos leido con cuidado las relaciones que a la monarqufa corresponden, y hemos estudiado en el piano los lugares a que se refieren, y ni de las unas ni de los otros llegamos a sacar jamas que los reyes de Aculhuacan mandaran sobre las tribus avecindadas en la costa del Pacifico, no ya a la misma altura de Mexico, sino aun a menores latitudes.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 242-4. See further: Motolinia, Hist. Indios, in Icazbalceta, Col. de Boc, torn, i., p. 11; Ixtlilxochitl, Relaciones, in Kingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. ix.,*p. 341. The Ocuiltecs ' viven en el distrito deToluca, en tierras y terminos suyos.' Sahagun, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., p. 130. The Macaoaquez ' viven en una comarca de Toluca, y estan poblados en el pueblo de Xocotitlan. 76. The Tarascos dwell chiefly in the state of Michoacan. ' La provincia de estos, es la madre de los pescados, que es Michoacan: llamase tambien Qaaochpanme.' Sahagun, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., p. 137. Repeated in Clavigero, Storia Ant. del Messico, torn, i., p. 148. Their territory is bounded: ' Au nord-est, le royaume de Tonalan et le territoire maritime de Colima en sont separes par le rio Pantla et le fleuve Coahuayana, auquel s'unit cette riviere, dix lieues avant d'aller tomber dans la mer Pacifique, dont le rivage continue ensuite a borner le Michoacan, au sud-ouest, jusqu'a Za- catollan. La les courbes capricieUses du Mexcala lui constituent d'autres limites, a Test et au sud, puis, a Test encore, les riches provinces de Cohu-' ixco et de Matlatzinco Plus au nord, c'e'taient les Mazahuas, dont les fertiles vallees, ainsi que celles des Matlatzincas, s'etendent dans les regions les plus froides de la Cordillere; enfin le cour majestueux du Tololotlan et les rives pittoresques du lac Chapala formaient une barriere naturelle entre les Tarasques et les nombreuses populations othomies et chichimeques des etatsde Guanaxuato et de Queretaro.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., torn, hi., pp. 53, 56. 'El tarasco sehabla en el Estado de Michoacan, excep- tuando la parte Sur-Oeste que linda con el Pacifico donde se habla el mexi- MATLALTZINCAS AND TLAPANECS. 677 cano, una pequena parte al Nor-Este, donde se acostumbra el othomf 6 el mazahua, y otra parte donde se usa el matlatzinca. Tambien se habla en el Estado de Guanajuato, en la parte que linda con Michoacan y Guadalajara, limitada al Oriente por una lmea que puede comenzar en Acambaro, seguir a Irapuato y terminar en San Felipe, es decir, en los limites con San Luis Potosi.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, i., p. 271. 'En Michoacan, Guerrero, Guanajuato y Jalisco.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 58, 238, 264, 271-2, 281. Concurrent authorities: Gallatin, in Amer. Ethno. Soc, Transact., vol. i., p. 4; Ludeioig's Ab. Lang., p. 182; Figuier's Hum. Race, p. 460; Ward's Mexico, vol. ii., p. 675. The Matlaltzincas, Pirindas, or Tolucas inhabited the valley of Toluca, situated between the valley of Mexico and Michoacan. ' La Provincia dei Matlatzinchi comprendeva, oltre la valle di Tolocan, tutto quello spazio, che v'e infino a Tlaximaloyan (oggi Taximaroa) frontiera del regno di Michuacan... .Nelle montagne circonvicine v' erano gli stati di Xalatlauhco, di Tzompahuacan, e di Malinalco; in non molta lontananza verso Levante dalla valle quello d'Ocuillan, e verso Ponente quelli di Tozantla, e di Zol- tepec' Clavigero, Storia Ant. del Messico, torn, i., pp. 31-2, 150. 'Antigua- mente en el valle de Toluca; pero hoy solo se usa en Charo, lugar pertcne- ciente al Estado de Michoacan.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, i., p. 499. 'In the district of that name, sixty miles south-west of Mexico.' Gallatin, in Amer. Ethno. Soc, Transact, torn. L, p. 4. Also in Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., torn, iii., p. 56. The Chumbias inhabit the pueblos Ciutla, Axalo, Ihuitlan, Vitalata, Gua- guayutla and Coyuquilla in the State of Guerrero. Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 227. The Tlapanecs, Coviscas, Yopes, Yopis, Jopes, Yopimes, Tenimes, Pino- mes, Chinquimes, Chochontes, Pinotl-Chochons, Chochos, Chuchones, Po- polocas, Tecos, Tecoxines, or Popolucas are one and the same people, who by different writers are described under one or the other of these names. ' Estos Coviscas y Tlapanecas, son unos ... y estan poblados en Tepecuacuilco y Tlachmalacac, y en la provincia de Chilapan.' ' Estos Yopimes y Tlapanecas, son de los de la comarca de Yopitzinco, llamanles Yopes.... son los que llaman propiamente tenimes, pinome, chinquime, chochonti.' Sahagun, Hist Gen., torn, iii., lib. x., p. 135; quoted also in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 235-6, 217, 196. 'La provincia de los Yopes lindaba- al Oeste con los Cuitlateques, al Sur con el Pacifico, al Este con los Mixtecos y al Norte con los Cohuixcas: la division por esta parte la representaria una Lnea de Este a Oeste, al Sur de Xocolmani y de Amatlan, y comprendiera a los actuates tlapanecos.' Montufar, in Id., pp. 23^-6 ' Confinava coila costa dei Cohuixchi quella dei Jopi, e con questa quella dei Mixtechi, conosciuta ai nostri tempi col nome di Xicayan.' Clavigero, Storia Ant del Messico, torn. i., p. 34; Gallatin, in Amer. Ethno. Soc, Transact, vol. i., p. 4. 'Tecama- chalco era su poblacion principal, y se derramaban al Sur hasta tocar con los mixtecos. Durante el siglo XVI se encontraban aun popolocos en Tlacote- pec y en San Salvador (unidos con los otomies), pueblo sujeto.a Quecholac. .... Por la parte de Tehuacan, el limite de esta tribu se hallaba en Coxcat- lan.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 217-18. The Chochos dwell in sixteen pueblos in the department of Huajuapan in the state of Oajaca. Id., p. 196. 678 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. The Cohuixcas dwelt in the province of the same name, which ' confinava a Settentrione coi Matlatzinchi, e coi Tlahuichi, a Ponente coi Cuitlatechi, a Levante coi Jopi e coi Mixtechi, ed a Mezzogiornio si stendeva infino al Mar Pacifico per quella parte, dove presentemente vi sono il porto e la Citta d'Acapulco.' Clavigero, Storia Ant. del Messico, torn, i., p. 32. 'La provincia comenzaba en Zacualpa, lfmite con los matlaltzincas, y que, por ultimo, los confines de esa porcion antigua del imperio Mexicano, eran al Norte los matlaltzinques y los tlahuiques, al Este los mixtecos y los tlapanecos, al Sur los yopes, y al Oeste los cuitlateques.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 227-32. Their country lies 'between Tesitzlan and Chilapan.' Ker's Travels, p. 233. The Cuitlatecs inhabit the country between the Cohuixcas and the Pacific Coast. ' I Cuitlatechi abitavano un paese, che si stendeva piu di dugento miglia da Maestro a Scirocco dal regno di Michuacan infino al mar Pacifico. La loro capitale era la grande e popolosa citta di Mexcaltepec sulla costa, della quale appena sussistono le rovine.' Clavigero, Storia Ant. del Messico, torn. L, p. 32. ' En Ajuchitlan, San Cristdbal y Poliutla en la municipalidad de Ajuchitlan, distrito del mismo nombre, y en Atoyac, distrito y municipalidad de Tecpan. La provincia de los cuitlateques d cuitlatecos, sujeta en lo antiguo a los emperadores de Mexico, quedaba comprendida entre las de Zacatula y de los cohuixques.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 233-4. Proceeding southward, among the Southebn Mexicans, we first encounter the Miztecs, whose province, "Miztecapan, was in the present states of Oajaca and Guerrero. ' La Mixtecapan, o sia Provincia dei Mixtechi si stendeva da Acatlan, luogo lontano cento venti miglia dalla corte verso Scirocco, infino al Mar Pacifico, e conteneva piu Citta e villaggj ben popolati, e diconsidera- bile commercio.' Clavigero, Storia Ant. del Messico, torn, i., p. 32, 'Le Mixtecapan comprenait les regions occidentales de l'etat d'Oaxaca, depuis la frontiere septentrionale d'Acatlan, qui le separait des principautes des Tlahui- cas et de Mazatlan, jusque sur le rivage de l'octan Pacifique. Elles se divisaient en haute et basse Mixteque, l'une et l'autre e*galement fertiles, la premiere resserree entre les montagnes qui lui donnaientson nom; la seconde, occupant les riches territoires des bords de la mer, ayant pour capitale la ville de Tututepec (k l'embouchure du rio Verde).' Brasseur de Bourbourg, . Hist. Nat. Civ., torn, iii., p. 4. ' Les Mixteques donnaient eux-memes & leur pays le nom de Gnudzavui-Gnuhu, Terre de pluie, pour le haute Mixteque, et Gnuundaa, Cote de la mer, a la basse.' Id., pp. 5-6. ' En la antigua provincia de este nombre, situada sobre la costa del mar Pacffico, que com- prende actualmente, hacia el Norte, una fraccion del Estado de Puebla; hacia el Este, una del de Oajaca, y al Oeste, parte del Estado de Guerrero. Divi'dese la Mixteca en alta y baja, estando la primera en la serranfa, y la eegunda en las llanuras contiguas a la costa.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, i., p. 37. ' Westlich der Zapotecos, bei San Francisco Huizo im Norden und bei Santa Cruz Miztepec im Siiden des grossen Thales von Oajaca beginnen die Misteken, welche den ganzen westlichen Theil des Staats einnehmen, und sudlich bis an die Kuste des Austral-Oceans bei Jamiltepe*c und Tututepe*o hinabreichen.' Muhlenpfordt,.Mejico, torn, ii., pt i., pp.142, 187, 192-6,198- 9, 201-2. Also in Wdppaus, Geog. u. Stat, p. 163. ZAPOTECS AND MIJES. 679 The Zapotecs occupy the large valley of Oajaca. 'Fue la Zapotecapan Senora, y tan apoderada de las demas de su Orizonte, que ambiciosos sus Reyes,rompieron los terminos de su mando, y se entraron ferozes, y valientes, por Chontales, Mijes, y tierras maritimas de ambos mares del Sur, y del Norte ... .y venciendo, hasta Senorearlos fertiles llanos de Teguantepeque, y cor- riendo hasta Xoconusco.' Burgoa, Geog. Bescrip., torn, i., pt ii., fol. 196, torn, ii., fol. 362. ' Hasta Tepeiac, Techamachalco, Quecholac y Teohuacan, que por aqui dicen que hicieron sus poblaciones los zapotecas.' Veytia, Hist. Ant Mej., torn. L, p. 153. 'A Levante de' Mixtechi erano i Zapotechi, cosf chiamati dalla loro capitale Teotzapotlan. Nel loro distretto era la Valle di Huaxyacac, dagli Spagnuoli detta Oaxaca o Guaxaca.' Clavigero, Storia Ant. del Messico, torn. i. p. 32. ' En una parte del Estado de Oajaca, limitada al Sur por el Pacifico, exceptuando una pequena fraccion de terreno ocupada por los chontales.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, i., p. 319. See also: Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 177-87: Murguia y Galardi, in Soc. Mex. Geog., Boletin, torn, vii., pp. 245-6. ' The Zapotecs constitute the greater part of the population of the southern division of the Isthmus (of Tehuantepec).' Barnard's Tehuantepec, p. 226. ' Inhabit the Pacific plains and the elevated table-lands from Tarifa toPetapa.' Shufeldt's Explor. Tehuantepec, pp. 125,133-4; Garay's Tehuantepec, p.. 59; Fossey, Mexique, pp. 338, 470. 'Zapotecos, welche die Mitte des Staates, das grosse Thai von Oajaca bewohnen, sich im Osten iiber die Gebirge von Huixazo, Iztlan und Tanetze und die Thaler Los Cajdnos ausbreiten, und im Siiden, im Partido Quiechapa (Depart. Tehuantepec) mit den Mijes, im Partido von Pochutla (Depart. Ejutla) aber mit den Chontales, Nachbaren jener, granzen.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt i., pp. 141, 170, 173-6, 183-6, 189, 191, 199, 212-13; Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, p. 162. ' Les Zapoteques appelaient leur pays Lachea.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist Nat Civ., torn, hi., p. 38; Macgregor's Progress of America, p. 848. The Mijes dwell in the mountains of southern Oajaca and in a small portion of Tehuantepec. ' Anterieurement a la mine de l'empire tolteque les Mijes occupaient tout le territoire de 1'isthme de Tehuantepec, d'une mer a l'autrc' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Voy. Tehuantepec, pp. 138-9. ' Toute cette region, comprenant, a Test, les cimes de la Sierra de Macuilapa que domine le village actuel de Zanatepec et les montagnes qui s'etendent, du cote oppose, vers Lachixila, baignees par la riviere de Tehuantepec, au sud, et, au nord, par celle de la Villa-Alta, jusqu'aux savanes, ou roulent les affluents de l'Alvarado et du Guazacoalco, appartenait a la menie nation des Mixi ou Mijes.. . les Mijes vaincus demeurerent soumis des lors aux rois de la Mixteque et du Zapotecapan, a l'exception d'un petit nombre qui, jusqu'a l'epoque espagnole, continuerent dans leur resistance dans les cantons austeres qui environnent le Cempoaltepec Ce qui reste de cette nation sur 1'isthme de Tehuantepec est dissemine actuellement en divers villages de la montagne. Entre les plus importants est celui de Guichicovi que j'avais laisse a ma droite en venant de la plaine de Xochiapa au Barrio.' Id., pp. 105-7. ' Les Mixi avaient possede anciennement la plus grande partie des royaumes de Tehuantepec, de Soconusco et du Zapotecapan; peut-etre meme lesrivages de Tututepec leur devaient-ils leur premiere civilisation.' Id., Hist Nat Civ.', torn, hi., pp. 34-5. 'En algunos lugares del Departamento de Oajaca- TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. como Juquila, Quezaltepec y Atilan.' Pimentel, Cuadro, tom.ii., p. 173. 'Les Indiens mijes habitent une contree montagneuse, au sud-ouest du Goatza- coalco et au nord-ouest de Tehuantepec De la chaine des monts Mijes descend la riviere de Sarrabia, qui traverse la belle plaine de Boca-del- Monte.' Fossey, Mexique, p. 49. 'The Mijes, once a powerful tribe, inhabit the mountains to the west, in the central division of the Isthmus, and are now confined to the town of San Juan Guichicovi.' Barnard's Tehuantepec, p. 224; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 225; Hermesdorf, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii, p. 547. ' The Mijes constituted formerly a powerful nation, and they still occupy the land from the Sierra, north of Tehuantepec, to the district of Chiapas. In the Isthmus they only inhabit the village of Guichicovi, and a small portion of the Sierra, which is never visited.' Garay's Tehuantepec, p. 60. Also Macgregor's Progress of America, p. 849; Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 176-7. The Huaves, Huavi, Huabi, Huabes, Guavi,Wabi, etc., live on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. ' Les Wabi avaient ete*, dans les siecles passes, possesseurs de la province de Tehuantepec Us avaient ete les maitres du riche terri- toire de Soeonusco (autrefois Xoconochco espece de nopal), et avaient etendu leurs conquetes jusqu'au sein meme des montagnes, ou ils avaient fonde ou accru la ville de Xalapa la Grande (Xalapa-del-Marques).' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., torn, iii., p. 3. 'The Huaves are in all little more than three thousand, and occupy the four villages of the coast called San Mateo, Santa Maria, San Dionisio, and San Francisco.' Garay's Tehuantepec, p. 59. ' Scattered over lie sandy peninsulas formed by the lakes and the Pacific. At present they occupy the four villages of San Mateo, Santa Maria, San Dionisio, and San Francisco.' Barnard's Tehuantepec, p. 227. 'San Francisco Istaltepec is the last village, inhabited by the descendants of a tribe called Huaves.' Hermesdorf, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 546. ' Habitent les villages du bord de la mer au sud de Guichicovi.' Fossey, Mexique, p. 467. Shufeldt's Explor. Tehuantepec, p. 126; Muhlenpfordt% ejico, torn, ii., pt i., p. 141. 'Se extienden en Tehuantepec, desde las playas del Pacifico hasta la cordillera interior.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 173-6. The Beni-Xonos * composaient une province nombreuse, occupant en pa»- tie les routes qui conduisaient au Mexique et aux montagnes des Mixi Leur ville principale, depuis la conquete, s'appelait San-Francisco, a 15 1. N. O. de la cite d'Oaxaca.' ' Habitant sur les confins des Mixi et des Za'po- teques.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist Nat. Civ., torn, iii., pp. 42-3 'Les Beni-Xono sont appeles aussi Nexicha et Cajones.' lb. The Mazatecs live in the state of Oajaca, near the, Puebla boundary. ' A Tramontana dei Mixtechi v'era la Provincia di Mazatlan, e a Tramontana, e a Levante dei Zapotechi quella di Chinantla colle loro capitali deUo fitesso nome, onde furono i loro abitanti Mazatechi e Chinantechi appellati.' Clavigero, Storia Ant. del Messico, torn, i., p. 33. * In den Partidos Teutitlan und Teutila, Departement Teutitlan del Camino.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pti., pp. 141, 206, 210. 'Eh el Departamento de Teotitlan, formando una pequena fraccion en el limite con el Estado de Veracruz.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 1$&. TRIBES OF OAJACA AND CHIAPAS. 681 The Cuicatecs dwell ' en una pequena fraccion del Departamento de Oajaca.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 259. 'In den PartidosTeutitlan und Teutila, Departement Teutitlan del Camino.' Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt i.., p. 141; repeated in Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 188-9; Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat., p. 163. The Pabucos live in the 'pueblo de Elotepec, Departamento del Centre' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 197; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt i., p. 187. The Soltecs are in the pueblo de Sola. Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 197f The Pintos are a people inhabiting small portions of Guerrero and Tehuantepec. ' A l'ouest, sur le versant des Cordilleres, une grande parfie de la cote baignee par le Pacifique, habitee par les Indiens Pintos.' Keratry, in Revue des Beux Mondes, Sept. 15, 1866, p. 453. ' On trouve de*j& dans la plaine de Tehuantepec quelques £chantillons de cette race toute particuliere au Mexique, appel^e pinto, qui appartient prmcipalement a l'etat de Guerrero.' Charnay, Ruines Americaines, p. 502. The Chiapanecs inhabit the interior of the state of Chiapas. ' Dans l'in- terieur des provinces bordant les rives du Chiapan, a sa sortie des gouffres d'ou il s'elance, eh descendant du plateau de Zacatlan.' (Guatemalan name for Chiapas,) and they extended over the whole province, later on. Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat Civ., torn, ii., p.. 87. ' A l'ouest de ce plateau, entre les Zotziles ou Quelenes du sud et les Zoqui du nord, habitaient les Chiapa- neques.' Id., Popol Vuh, introd., pp. 157, 199. Also in Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 325; I/udewig's Ab. Lang., p. 39. 'En Acala, distrito del Centro, y en la villa de Chiapa y en Suchiapa, distrito del Oeste,' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 172. ' Le principali Citta dei Chiapanechi erano Teochiapan, (chia- mata dagli Spagnuoli Chiapa de Indios),' Tochtla, Chamolla, e Tzinacantla.' Clavigero, Storia Ant. del Messico, torn, i., p. 33. The Tzendalesare in Chiapas. 'De l'Etat de Chiapas.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Popol Vuh, p. 364. * The province called Zeldales lyeth behind this of the Zoques, from the North Sea within the continent, running up towards Chiapa and reaches in some parts near to the borders of Comitlan, northwestward.' Gage's New Survey, p. 236. Also in Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 193; Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 235; Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 169; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. xi.; Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 325. The Zotziles inhabit a small district in Chiapas. ' La ciudad de Tzina- cantlan, que en mexicano significa "lugar de murcielagos," fue la capital de los quelenes, y despues de los tzotziles quienes la 11amaban Zotzilha, que significa lo mismo; de zotzil, murcielago., Pimentel,'Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 245. Tzinacantan (Quiche Zotzilha) * doit avoir ete* le berceau de la nation zotzil, l'une des nombreuses populations du Chiapas.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat Civ., torn, ii., p. 88. The Chatinos live in the ' Departamentos del Centro y de Jamiltepec' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 189; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt i., pp. 196-9. The Chinantecs, t>r Tenez, are in the ' Departamento de Teotitlan.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 187; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt i., p. 214. ,'In the partidos of Quiechapa, Jalalog, and Chuapan.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 40. 682 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. The Ahualulcos inhabit San Francisco de Ocuapa which ' es la Cabeza de Partido de los Indios Ahualulcos.' Alcedo, Biccionario, torn, iii., p. 366. The Quelenes occupied a district in Chiapas near the Guatemala boundary line. ' La nation des Quelenes, dont la capitale etait Comitan, occupait la frontiere guatemaliennc' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist Nat. Civ., torn, iii., p. 4. ' Au temps de la conquete, la ville principale des Quelenes etait Co- panahuaztlan.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Popol Vuh, introd., p. 157. 'Eta- blies entre le haut plateau de Ghovel ou de Ciudad-Real et les montagnes de Soconusco au midi.' lb.; and Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 271. The Zoques are scattered over portions of Tabasco, Chiapas, Oajaca, and Tehuantepec. 'Se encuentran derramados en Chiapas, Tabasco y Oaxaca; tienen al Norte el mexicano y el chontal, al Este el tzendal, el tzotzil y el chiapaneco, al Sur el mexicano, y al Oeste el huave, el zapoteco y el mixe.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 170. ' Occupy the mountain towns of Santa Maria and San Miguel, and number altogether about two thousand souls.' Shufeldt's Explor. Tehuantepec, p. 126. 'Les Zotziles et les Zoqui. confinant, au sud-est, avec les Mixi montagnards, au nord avec les Nonohualcas, et les Xicalancas, qui habitaient les territoires fertiles de Tabasco.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., torn, iii., p. 5. j Quorum prsecipuum Tecpat- lan.' Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 325. ' The Soques, who came originally from Chiapas, inhabit in the Isthmus only the villages of San Miguel and Santa Maria Chimalapa,' Garay's Tehuantepec, p. 60. 'La mayor de elias esta, situada a tres leguas de Tacotalpa, aguas arriba del rio de la Sierra. Ocupa un pequeho valle causado por el descenso de varios cerros y colinas que lacircuyen.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., pp. 236-8; Muhlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt i., pp^ 181-2; Macgregor's Progress of America, pp. 849- 50. ' The Zoques inhabit the mountainous region to the east, from the valley of the Chiapa on the south, to the Rio del Corte on the north. Originally Occupying a small province lying on the confines of Tabasco, they were subjugated by the expedition to Chiapas under Luis Marin. At present they are confined to the villages of San Miguel and Santa Maria Chimalapa.' Barnard's Tehuantepec, p. 225. ' Near the Arroyo de Otates, on the road from Tarifa to Santa Maria, stands a new settlement, composed of a few shanties, inhabited by Zoques, which is called Tierra Blanca.' Hermesdorf, in Bond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 546. The Choles, Manches, and Mopanes are scattered through small portions of Chiapas and Vera Paz in Guatemala. ' 23 leagues from Cahbdn, in the midst of inaccessible mountains and morasses, dwell the Chdls and Manches.' Escobar, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xi., pp. 94-5. Residen en la ' Provincia del Manche.' Alcedo, Bice, torn, iii., p. 452. Also in Boyle's Ride, vol. i., preface, p. 14; Bunlop's Cent. Amer., p. 196; Gavarrete, in Panama Star and Herald, Dec. 19, 1867. ' Los Choles forman una tribu esta- blecida desde tiempos remotos en Guatemala; dividos en dos fracciones la una se encuentra al Este de Chiapas, y la otra muy retirada en la Verapaz.' Orozcoy Berra, Geografia, p. 167. 'Tenia por el Sur la Provincia del Choi: Por la Parte del Oriente, y de el" Norte, de igual modo, las Naciones de los Itzaex Petenes: Y por el Poniente, las de los Lacandones, y Xoquinoes.' Villagutierre, Hist. Conq. Itza, pp. 278-9. 'The nation of MAYAS AND ITZAS. 683 the Choi Indians is settled in a country about 25 or 30 leagues distant from Cahabon, the last village in Verapaz, and far removed from the Manches.' Juan'os' Hist. Guat., p. 275. The Mayas inhabit the peninsula of Yucatan. « Avant la conquSte des Espagnols, les Mayas occupaient toute la presque'ile d'Yucatan, y compris les districts de Peten, le Honduras anglais, et la partie orientale de Tabasco .... La seule portion de pure race restant de cette grande nation, se reduit a quelques tribus eparses, habitant principalement les bords des rivieres Usu- masinta, San Pedro et Pacaitun; la totalite de leur territoire fait, politique- ment parlant, partie du Peten.' Galindo, in Nouvelles Annales desVoy., 1834, torn, lxiii., pp. 148-9, and in Lond. Geog. Soet Jour., torn, iii., p. 59. ' En todo el Estado de Yucatan, Isla del Carmen, pueblo de Montecristo en Tabasco, y del Palenque en Chiapas.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., p. 3; Crowe's Cent. America, pp. 46-7; Miiller, Amerikanische Urreligionen, p. 453; Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, i., p. 208; Wappdus, Gebg.u. Stat, pp. 142-3. The Itzas occupy a like-named district in the centre of Yucatan. ' Los que poblaron a Chicheniza, se llaman los Yzaes.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. ii. ' Tienen por la parte del Mediodia, la Provincia de la Vera-* Paz, yReyno de Guatimala; por el Norte, las Provincias de Yucatan; por la parte del Oriente, el Mar; por la de el Occidente, la Provincia de Chiapa; y al Sueste, la Tierra, y Provincia de Honduras.' VUlagutierre, Hist Conq. Itza, p. 489. CHAPTER VII. WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA, Physical Geogeapht and Climate—Theee Gboupal Divisions; Fibst, the nations op Yucatan, Guatemala, Salvadoe, Westeen Hondueas, and Nicaeagua; Second, The Mosquitos of Hondueas; Thied, the nations of Costa Rica and the Isthmus of Panama—The Popolucas, Pipiles, and Chontales—The Descendants of the Maya-Quiche Races —The Natives of Nicaeagua—Jhe Mosquitos, Poyas, Ramas, Len- CAS, ToWKAS, WOOLWAS, AND XlCAQUES, OF HONDUEAS—THE GuATUSOS of the Rio Feio—The Caimanes, Bayamos, Doeachos, Goajieos, Man- dingos, Savanebics, Sayeones, Viscitas, and othees living in Costa Riga and on the isthmus. Of the Wild Tribes of Central America, which territorial group completes the line of our Pacific States seaboard, I make three divisions following modern geographical boundaries, namely, the aborigines of Guatemala, Salvador, and Nicaragua, which I call Guatemalans; the people of the Mosquito Coast and Honduras, Mosquitos ; and the nations of Costa Rica and the isthmus of Darien"; or Panama, Isthmians. The territory occupied by this group of nations lies between the eighteenth and the seventh parallels of north latitude, that is to say, between the northern boundary of the Central American states, and the river Atrato, which stream nearly severs the Isthmus from the South American continent. This continental tract is a narrow, irregular, indented coast-country of volcanic character, in which Guatemala and Honduras alone •present any (684) ^\__ y ^i^^^liC^^Cc mil A GttJP'bnft J* <tf f>i v^ - —1— *S* 3-' --^r-*-—-gaffi —-. " —..." "-I tffe mm. 7 «* -^fe ^^^^^^F^^^^^^ 1 B r> «owAt^os i >f £"«jba ; liniRu^ ATITS RJM of the ^?8§^ A-^^B-~*fi|^ •~itmiueo. Paris- i.A «i:.V\Vx ^ m ^.^=2^ :^bk" ii g£ §§rrf->'^i CENTRAL AMERICAN GROUP. iT> Scale l #i k (St* r1^ j*1 V* L, m m _l_ !{(((fc«S ^ MmmmLjL LoTigitrj3e "West 84. frem dweswich: 82 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF CENTRAL AMERICA. 685 considerable breadth. The two Cordilleras, running through Mexico and meeting on the isthmus of Tehuantepec, continue their course through Guatemala, where they form a broken table-land studded with elevations, of less height than the plateaux of Mexico. After sinking considerably at the isthmus formed by the gulf of Honduras, this mountain range takes a fresh start and offers a formidable barrier along the Pacific coast, which sends a number of transverse ranges into the interior of Honduras, and gives rise to countless rivers, chiefly emptying into the Atlantic. The chain passes at a diminished altitude through Nicaragua, where it forms a large basin, which holds the lakes of Nicaragua and Managua j but on reaching Costa Rica it again becomes a bold, rugged range, capped by the volcano of, Cartago. Seemingly exhausted by its wild contortions, it dwindles into a series of low ridges on entering Veragua, and passes in this form through the isthmus of Panama, until it unites with the South American Andes. The scenery of this region is extremely varied, uniting that of most countries of the globe; lakes, rivers, plains, valleys, and bays abound in all forms and sizes. The north-east trade winds blow the greater part of the year, and, meeting the high ranges, deposit their superabundant moisture upon the eastern side, which is damp, overgrown with rank vegetation, filled with marshes, and unhealthful. The summer here, is hot and fever-breeding. Relieved of their moisture, and cooled by the mountains, the trade winds continue their course through the gaps left here and there, and tend materially to refresh the atmosphere of the Pacific slope for a part of the year; while the south-west winds, blowing from May to October, for a few hours at a time, bring short rains to temper what would otherwise be the hot season on this coast. Dew falls everywhere, except in the more elevated regions, and keeps vegetation fresh. Palms, plantains, mahogany, and dye-woods abound in the hot district; maize flourishes best in the temperate parts, while cedars, pines, and hardier growths find a home in the tierra fria. The animal kingdom is best 686 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. represented on the Atlantic side, for here the puma, the tiger-cat, and the deer, startled only by the climbing* opossum or the chattering monkey, find a more secure retreat. Birds of brilliant plumage fill the forests with their songs, while the buzz of insects everywhere is heard as they £warm over sweltering alligators, lizards, and snakes. The manifold productions, and varied features of the country have had, no doubt, a great influence in shaping the destiny of the inhabitants. The fine climate, good soil, and scarcity of game on the Pacific side must have contributed to the allurements of a settled life and assisted in the progress of nations who had for centuries before the conquest lived in the enjoyment of a high culture. It is hard to say what might have been the present condition of a people so happily situated, but the advent of the white race, bent only upon the acquirement of present riches by means of oppression, checked the advancement of a civilization which struck even the invaders with admiration. Crossing to the Atlantic side we find an over-abundant vegetation, whose dark recesses serve as a fitting shelter for the wild beast. Here man, imbibing the wildness of his surroundings, and oppressed by a feverish climate, seems content to remain in a savage state depending upon natural fruits, the chase, and fishing for his subsistence. Of a roaming disposition, he objects to the restraint imposed by government and forms. The natives of Costa Rica and the isthmus of Darien escaped the civilizing influence of foreign intercourse, —.thanks to their geographical isolation,-—and remain on about the same level of culture as in their primitive days. Under the name of Guatemalans, I include the natives of Guatemala, Salvador, and Nicaragua. I have already pointed out the favorable features of the region inhabited by them. The only sultry portion of Guatemala is a narrow strip along the Pacific; it is occupied by a few planters and fishermen, who find most of their requirements supplied by the palms that grow here in the greatest luxuriance. The chief part of the population is CENTRAL AMERICAN NATIONS. 687 concentrated round the various lakes and rivers of the table-land above, where maize, indigo, cochineal, and sugar-cane are staple products. In the altos, the banana is displaced by hardier fruits sheltered under the lofty cedar, and here we find a thrifty and less humble people who pay some attention to manufactures. Salvador presents less abrupt variation in its features. Although outside of the higher range of mountains, it still possesses a considerable elevation running through its entire length which breaks out at frequent intervals into volcanic peaks, and gives rise to an abundant and well-spread water system. Such favorable conditions have not failed to gather a population which is not only the most numerous comparatively, but also the most industrious in Central America. Northern Nicaragua is a continuation of Salvador in its features and inhabitants; but the central and southern parts are low and have more the character of the Guatemalan coast, the climate being hot, yet not unhealthful. Its Atlantic coast region, however, partakes of the generally unfavorable condition described above. The Spanish rulers naturally exercised a great influence upon the natives, and their ancient civilization-was lost in the stream of Caucasian progress, a stream which, in this region, itself flowed but slowly in later times. Oppressed and despised, a sullen indifference has settled upon the race, and caused it to neglect even its traditions. The greater portion still endeavor to keep up tribal distinction's and certain customs; certain tribes of lesser culture, as the cognate Manches and La- candones, retired before the Spaniards to the north and north-east, where they still live in a certain isolation and independence. The name Lacandones has been applied to a number of tribes, of which the eastern are described to be quite harmless as compared with the western. The Quiches, a people living in the altos, have also surrounded themselves with a certain reserve, and are truer to their ancient customs than the Zutu- gils, Cakchiguels, and many others related by language 688 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. to the Quiches surrounding them. The Pipties, meaning children, according to Molina, are the chief people in Salvador, where their villages are scattered over a large extent of territory. In Nicaragua we find several distinct peoples. The aboriginal inhabitants seem to have been the different peoples known as Chorotegans, who occupy the country lying between the bay of Fon- seca and lake Nicaragua. The Chontales (strangers, or barbarians) live to the north-east of the lakes, and assimilate more to the barbarous tribes of the Mosquito country adjoining them. The Cholutecs inhabit the north from the gulf of Fonseca towards. Honduras. The OrotiMns occupy the country south of the lake of Nicaragua and around the gulf of Nicoya. Further information about the location of the different nations and tribes of this family will be found at the end of this chapter.1 The Guatemalans, that is to say the aborigines of Guatemala, Salvador, and Nicaragua, are rather below the middle size, square and tough, with a finely developed physique. Their hue is yellow-brown, in some parts coppery, varying in shade according to locality, but lighter than that of the standard American type. The full round face has a mild expression; the forehead is low and retiring, the cheek-bones protruding, chin and nose short, the latter thick and flat, lips full, eyes black and small, turned upwards at the temples, with a stoical, 1 The Lacandones are of one stock with the Manches, and very numerous. They were highly civilized only one hundred and fifty years ago. Boyle's Ride, vol. i., preface, pp. 14^17. | The old Chontals were certainly in a condition more civilised.' Id., pp. 286-95, 265-70. ' Die Chontales werden auch Caraiben genannt.' Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, pp. 243-8, 265, 283-90, 311, 321, 326, 330, 335. It seems there existed in Nicaragua: Chorotegans, comprising Dirians, Nagrandans, and Orotinans; Cholutecans and Niquirans, Mexican cctmies; and Chondals. Squier's Nicaragua, vol. ii., pp. 309-12. Examine further: Miiller, Amerikanische Urreligionen, p. 454; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, i., pp. 285-92; Puydt, Rapport, in Amerique Centrale, p. 69; Benzoni, Hist, del Mondo Nuovo, fol. 104; Malte-Brun, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1858, torn, clviii., p. 200; Berendt, in Smithsonian Rept, 1867, p. 425; Crowe's Cent Amer., p. 40; Hassel, Mex. Guat, pp. 357-8, 370: Bollfus and Mont-Serrat, Voy. Geologique, pp. 18-19; Morelet, Voyagei torn i., pp. 202, 208, 272, torn, ii., pp. 49, 125,;^13; Brasseur de Bourbourg-Hist. Nat. Civ., torn, ii., pp. 79, 110-11; Valois, Mexique, pp. 288, 299-300; Escobar, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xi., pp. 89-97. PHYSIQUE AND DRESS. 689 distrustful look. The cranium is slightly conical; hair long, smooth, and black, fine but strong, retaining its color well as old age approaches, though sometimes turning white. Although the beard is scanty, natives may be seen who have quite a respectable moustache. The limbsr are muscular, the calf of the leg being especially large; hands and feet small; a high instep, which, no doubt, partly accounts for their great endurance in walking. The women are not devoid of good looks, especially in Nicaragua, where, in some districts, they are said to be stronger and better formed than the men. The custom of carrying pitchers of water upon the head, gives to the women an erect carriage and a firm step. The constitution of the males is good, and, as a rule, they reach a ripe old age; the females are less long-lived. Deformed persons are extremely rare. Guatemala, with its varied geographical aspects, presents striking differences in physique; the highlanders being lighter in complexion, and finer in form and features than the inhabitants of the lowlands.2 Intercourse with Spaniards seems to have produced little change in the dress of the Guatemalans, which is pretty much the same as that of the Mexicans. The poorer class wear a waist-cloth of white cotton, or of pita, which is a kind of white hemp, or a long shirt of the same material, with short sleeves, partly open at the sides, the ends of which are passed between the legs, and fastened at the waist; a strip of cotton round the 2 Crowe's Cent Amer., pp. 40-1; Squier*s Nicaragua, pp. 268, 278-9; Froebel's Cent. Amer., pp. 33-4; Bunn's Guatemala, pp. 277-8; Reichardt, Nicaragua, pp. 106-7; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 272; Lafond, Voyages, torn, i., p. 338; Morelet, Voyage, torn, i., p. 260, torn, ii., pp. 126, 197; Andagoya, in. Navarrete, Col. de Viages, torn, iii., p. 414; Belly, Nicaragua, tom.i., pp. 200-1; Scherzer, Wanderungen, pp. 52-3; Foote's Cent Amer., p. 104. Round Leon ' hay mas indios tuertos.... y es la causa el continuo polvo.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, ivi, p. 64. In Guatemala, 'los hombres muy gruessos.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iii., lib. v., caps, xi., xii., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. xiv. ' Ceux de la tierra fria sont petits, trapus, bien membres, susceptibles de grandes .fatigues... ceux de la tierra caliente sont grands, maigres, pares- seux.' Bollfus and Mont-Serrat, Voy. Geologique, pp.47, 21. 'Kurze Schen- kel, langen Oberleib, kurze Stirne und langes struppiges Haar.' Bulow, Nicaragua, p. 78. 'The disproportionate size of the head, the coarse harsh hair, and the dwarfish stature,' ofsthe Masayas. Boyle's Ride, vol. ii., pp. 8-9. Vol. I. 44 690 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. head, surmounted by a dark-colored hat of straw or palm-leaves, with a very wide brim, completes the attire. This cotton cap or turban is an indispensable article of dress to the highlander, who passes suddenly from the cold air of the hilly country, to the burning plains below. Sumptuary regulations here obtain, as aboriginally the lower classes were not allowed to. wear anything better than pita clothing, cotton being reserved for the nobles. The primitive dress of the nobility is a colored waist- cloth, and a mantle ornamented and embroidered with figures of birds, tigers, and other designs, and, although they have adopted much of the Spanish dress, the rich and fanciful stitchings on the shirt, still distinguish them from their inferiors. On feast-days, and when traveling, a kind of blanket, commonly known as serape, manga, or poncho, is added to the ordinary dress. The serape, which differs in style according to locality, is closer in texture than the ordinary blanket and colored, checked, figured, or fringed, to suit the taste. It has an opening in the centre, through which' the head is passed, and hanging in loose folds over the body it forms a very picturesque attire. Some fasten it with a knot on one shoulder, leaving it to fall over the side from the other. The serape also serves for rain-coat and wrapper, and, at night, it is wound round the head and body, serving for bed as well as covering, the other portion of the dress being made into a pillow. The carriers of Guatemala use a rain-proof palm-leaf called suyacal. Shepherds are distinguished by a black and white checked apron, somewhat resembling the Scotch kilt. The hair, which, before the conquest of Guatemala, was worn long, and hung in braids down the back, is now cut short, except in the remote mountain districts, where long loose hair is still the fashion. In Salvador and Nicaragua, on the other hand, the front part of the hair used to be shaved off, the brave often appearing perfectly bald. Most natives go bare-footed, except when traveling; they then put on sandals, which consist of a piece of hide fastened by thongs. The women, when at home, content them- GUATEMALAN DRESS AND ORNAMENTS. 6*>1 selves with a waist-cloth, generally blue-checked, secured by a twisted knot; but, on going abroad, they put on the huipil, which is a piece of white cotton, having an opening in the middle for the head, and covering the breast and back, as far as the waist. Some huipils are sewed together at the sides and have short sleeves. On this part of their dress the women—who, for that matter, attend to the manufacture and dyeing of all the clothing —expend their best efforts. They embroider, or dye, the neck and shoulders with various designs, whose out- linesv and coloring often do great credit to their taste. In Guatemala, the colors and designs are distinct for different villages, so that it may at once be seen to which tribe the wearer belongs. The hair is plaited into one or two braids, interlaced with bright-colored ribbons, and usually wreathed turban-fashion round the head. The Quiches, whose red turban-dress is more pronounced than others, sometimes vary it by adding yellow bands and tassels to the braids, which are permitted to hang down to the heels. Thomas Gage, who lived in Guatemala from about 1627 to 1638, relates that on gala-days the fair natives were arrayed in cotton veils reaching to the ground. The ancient custom of painting, and of piercing the ears and lip, to hold pendants, is now restricted to the remote hill country, and ornaments are limited to to a few strings of beads, shells, and metal for the arms and neck, with an occasional pair of ear-rings; the women add flowers and garlands to their head-dress, especially on feast-days. Some mountain tribes of Guatemala wear red feathers in their cotton turbans— the nobles and chiefs using green ones—and paint the body black: the paint being, no doubt, intended for a protection against mosquitos. The apron worn by the women is made of bark, which, after being soaked and beaten, assumes the appearance of chamois leather. The Lacandones also wore cotton sacks adorned with tassels, and the women had bracelets of cords with tassels. In Nicaragua, tattooing seems to have been practiced, for Oviedo says that the natives cut their faces and arms 692 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. with flint knives, and rubbed a black powder obtained from pine gum into the scars. Children wear no other dress than that provided by nature: here and there, however, the girls are furnished with a strip of cotton for the waist.3 The conquerors have left numerous records of large cities with splendid palaces and temples of stone, but these exist now only in their ruins. The masses had, doubtless, no better houses than those we see at present. Their huts are made of wooden posts and rafters supporting a thatched roof of straw or palm-leaves, the side being stockaded with cane, bamboo, or rush, so as to allow a free passage to the air. Generally they have but one room; two or three stones in the centre of the hut compose the fireplace, and the only egress for the smoke is through the door. The room is scantily furnished with a few mats, a hammock, and some earthenware. Their villages are generally situated upon rising ground,'and, owing to the houses being so scattered, they often extend over a league, which gives some foundation to the statements of the conquerors reporting the existence of towns of enormous size. The better kind of villages have regular streets, a thing not to be seen in the ordinary hamlets; and the houses, which are often of adobes (sun-burnt bricks), or of cane plastered over, containing two or three rooms and a loft, are surrounded by neatly kept gardens, enclosed within hedges. 3 Andagoya, in Navarrete, Cot de Viages, torn, iii., pp. 407, 414. In Salvador, the women's ' only garment being a long straight piece of cotton cloth without a seam.' Foote's Cent. Amer., pp. 103-4. The Nicaraguans * se rasent la barbe, les cheueux, et tout le poil du corps, et ne laissent que quelques cheueux sur le sommet de la teste.... Ils portent des gabans, et des chemises sans manches.' B'Avity, L'Amerique, torn, ii., p. 93. 'The custom of tattooing, it seems, was practiced to a certain extent, at least so far as to designate, by peculiarities in the marks, the several tribes or cazi- ques they flattened their heads.' Squier's Nicaragua, vol. ii., pp. 341, 345: Id., Nicaragua, pp. 273-4; Valenzuela, in Id., Cent Amer, p. 566; Tempsky's Mitla, pp. 383-5, 368; Bollfus and Mont-Serrat, Voy. Geologique, pp. 19-20, 46-9, 59-60; Juarros' Hist'.'Guat, pp. 193-5; Hassel, Mex. Guat, pp. 302-5; Valois, Mexique, pp. 278-9; Gage's New Survey, pp. 316-8; Montgomery's Guatemala, pp. 98-9; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iii., lib. iv., cap. vii.; Morelet, Voyage, torn, ii., pp. 102, 126, 145, 171, 227, 245, 253; Galindo, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1834, torn, lxiii., p. 149; Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 166; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 263. GUATEMALAN DWELLINGS. 693 When a Guatemalan wishes to build a hut, or repair one, he notifies the chief, who summons the tribe to bring straw and other needful materials, and the work is finished in a few hours; after which the owner supplies the company with chocolate. Some of the Vera Paz tribes are of a roaming disposition. They will take great trouble in clearing and preparing a piece of ground for sowing, and, after one or two harvests, will leave for another locality. Their dwellings, which are often grouped in hamlets, are therefore of a more temporary character, the walls being of maize-stalks and sugar-cane, surmounted by a slight palm-leaf roof. During an expedition into the country of the Lacandones, the Spaniards found a town of over one hundred houses, better constructed than the villages on the Guatemalan plateau. In the centre of the place stood three large buildings, one a temple, and the other two assembly houses, for men and women respectively. All were enclosed with fences excellently varnished. The Nicaraguan villages seem to be the neatest; the houses are chiefly of plaited cane or bamboo frame-work, raised a few feet from the ground, and standing in the midst of well-arranged flowers and shrubbery. Dollfus describes a simple but ingenious method used by the Guatemalans to cross deep rivers. A stout cable of aloe-fibres is passed over the stream, and fixed to the banks at a sufficient height from the surface of the water. To this rope bridge, called garucha, is attached a running strap, which the traveler passes round his body, and is pulled across by men stationed on the opposite side.4 4 The Lacandones have 'floating gardens which can navigate the lagoons like bolsas,'and are often inhabited. They have stone sepulchres highly sculptured. Pontelli, in Cat Farmer, Nov. 7, 1862. ' In these ancient Chontales villages the houses were in the centre, and the tombs, placed in a circle around... .The Indians who before the Spanish conquest inhabited Nicaragua did not construct any large temples or other stone buildings.' Pirn and Seemann's Boltings, pp. 126-7. They live like their forefathers'in buildings precisely similar.... some huts of a single room will monopolise an acre of land.' Boyle's Ride, vol. ii., pp. 6-8; Gage's New Survey, pp. 318-19; Scherzer, Wanderungen, pp. 75, 430, 496; Puydt, Rapport, m Amerique Centrale, pp. 69-70; Valois, Mexique, p. 278; Benzoni, Hist Mondo Nuovo. fol. 86, lu2; Froebel's Cent. Amer., pp. 89, §6; Dollfus and Mont-Serrat, Voy. Geo- 694 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. These natives are essentially agricultural, but, like all who inhabit the warm zone, desire to live with the least possible labor. Most of them are content with a small patch of ground round their huts, on which they cultivate, in the same manner as did their forefathers, the little maize, beans, and the banana and plantain trees necessary for their subsistence. There are, however, a number of small farmers, who raise cochineal, cacao, indigo, and cotton, thereby adding to their own and their country's prosperity. In the more thinly settled districts, hunting enables them to increase the variety of their food with the flesh of wild hogs, deer, and other game, which are generally brought down with stone-headed arrows. When hunting the wild hog, they stretch a strong net, with large meshes, in some part of the woods, and drive the animals towards it. These rush headlong into the meshes, and are entangled, enabling their pursuers to dispatch them with ease. Beans, and tortillas of maize, with the inevitable chile for seasoning, and plantains or bananas are their chief food. To these may be added meat in small quantities, fish, eggs, honey, turtle, fowl, and a variety of fruit and roots. Salt is obtained by boiling the soil gathered on the sea-shore. Maize is prepared in several ways. When young and tender, the ears are boiled, and eaten with salt and pepper; or a portion of them are pressed, and the remainder boiled with the juice thus extracted. When ripe, the fruit is soaked and then dried between the hands, previous to being crushed to flour between two stones. It is usually made into tortillas, which are eaten hot, with a strong sprinkling of pepper and occasionally a slight addition of fat. Tamales is the name for balls of cooked maize mixed with beef and chile, and rolled in leaves. A favorite dish is a dumpling made of maize and frijoles. The frijoles, or beans, of which a stock is always kept, are boiled a short time with chile; they logique, pp. 19, 55; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iiL, lib. iv., cap, vii.; Berendt, in Smithsonian Rept, 1867, p. 425; West und Ost Indischer Lustgart, pt ii., pp. 380, 390; Valenzuela, in Squiers Cent. Amer., p. 566. FOOD OF THE GUATEMALANS. C95 are then mixed with maize, and again put into the pot until thoroughly cooked, when they are eaten with a sauce made of salt, chile, and water. There are a number of fluid and solid preparations made chiefly from maize, and known as atole, to which name various prefixes are added to denote the other ingredients used. Meat, which is usually kept jerked, is a feast-day food. Gage describes the jerking process as follows: Fresh meat is cut into long strips, salted, and hung between posts to dry in the sun for a week. The strips are then smoked for another week, rolled up in bundles, which become quite hard, and are called tassajo or cesina. Another mode of preparing meat is described by the same author: When a deer has been shot, the body is left until decay and maggots render it appetizing; it is then brought home and parboiled with a certain herb until the flesh becomes sweet and white. The joint is afterwards again boiled, and eaten with chile. The Lacandones preserve meat as follows: A large hole is made in the ground, and lined with stones. After the hole has been heated, the meat is thrown in, and the top covered with leaves and earth, upon which a fire is kept burning. The meat takes four hours to cook, and can be preserved for eight or ten days. Cacao forms an important article of food, both as a drink and as bread. The kernel is picked when ripe, dried on a mat, and roasted in an earthen pan, previous to being ground to flour. Formerly, cacao was reserved for the higher classes, and even now the poor endeavor to economize it by adding sapuyal, the kernel of the sapote. They observe no regularity in their meals, but eat and drink at pleasure. When traveling, some roasted maize paste called totoposte, crumbled in boiling water with an addition of salt and pepper, and a cup of warm water, suffice for a repast. Fire is obtained in the usual primitive manner, by rubbing two sticks together/ , 5 5 They ' vivent le plus souvent de fruits et deracines.' Bollfusand Mont- Serrat, Voy. Geologique, pp. 47, 20-2, 69. ' Tout en faisant maigre chere, ils mangent et boivent contmuellement, comme les animaux.' Morelet, Voyage, 698 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Most authorities agree that they are clean in their habits, and that frequent bathing is the rule, yet it is hinted that leprosy is caused partially by uncleanliness.6 Since the Spaniards assumed control of the country, wTeapons, as applied to war, have fallen into disuse, and it is only in the mountain districts that we meet the hunter armed with bow and spear, and slung over his shoulder a quiver full of reed arrows, pointed with stone. In Salvador and Nicaragua, the natives are still very expert in the use of the sling, game often being brought down by it.7 I find no record of any wars among the aborigines since the conquest, and the only information* relating to their war customs, gathered from the account of skirmishes which the Spaniards have had with some of the tribes in eastern Guatemala, is, that the natives kept in the back-ground, hidden by rocks or trees, waiting for the enemy to approach. As soon as the soldiers came close enough, a cloud of arrows came whizzing among them, and the warriors appeared, shouting with all their might. The Lacandones occasionally retaliate upon the planters on their borders for ill-treatment received at their hands. A number of warriors set out at night with faggots of dry sticks and grass, which are lighted as thej7 approach the plantation, and thrown into the enemy's camp; during the confusion that ensues, the proposed torn, ii., pp. 104, 92, 102, 132, 134, 145, 240, torn, i., pp. 205-6. Nicaraguans 'essen auch Menschenfleisch... .alle Tag machet nur ein Nachbar ein Fewer an, dabei sie alle kochen, vnd dann ein anderer.' West und Ost B- discher Lustgart, pt i., p. 390. ' Perritos pequenos que tambien los comian, y muchos venados y pesquerfas.' Andagoya, in Navarrete, Col. de Viages, torn, iii., pp. 413-14, 407. Hunting alligators: a man dives under, and fastens* a noose round the leg of the sleeping monster; his companions then haul it on shore and kill it. Sivers, Mittelamerika, pp. 139, 130. Compare further: Findlay's Birectory, vol. i., p. 253; Gage's New Survey, pp. 319-23; Scherzer, Wanderungen, pp. 412-13, 494; Benzoni, Hist. Mondo Nuovo, fol. 103-4; Juarros' Hist. Guat, pp. 196--7; Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. vii-ix., lib. x., cap. xiv.; Escobar, in Bond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xi., p. 91; Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 320; Waldeck, Voy. Pitt, pp. 42-3. 6 Bunlop's Cent Amer., p. 337; Scherzer, Wanderungen, p. 173. 7 The Lacandones ' emploient des fleches de canne ayant des tetes de cail- loux.' Galindo, in Antiq. Mex., torn, i., div. ii., p. 67. See also, Buloio, Nicaragua, pp. 79-80; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 305; Juarros' Hist Guat, pp. 195, 278; Seller-zer, Wanderungen, pp. 413, 430; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, i., p. 358. WAR, WEAPONS, AND IMPLEMENTS. 697 reprisal is made. One writer gives a brief description of the ceremonies preceding and following their expeditions. In front of the temple are burning braziers filled with odoriferous resin; round this the'warriors assemble in full dress, their arms being placed behind them. A smaller brazier of incense blazes in front of each warrior, before which he prostrates himself, imploring the aid of the Great Spirit in his enterprise. On their return, they again assemble, disguised in the heads of various animals, and go through a war dance before the chief and his council. Sentinels are always pacing the summit of the hills, and give notice to one another, by trumpet blast, of the approach of any stranger. If it is an enemy, they speedily form ambuscades to entrap him.8 I have already referred to the bare interior of their dwellings: a few mats, a hammock, and some earthenware being the only apology for furniture. The mats are plaited of bark or other fibres, and serve, among other purpose^, as a bed for the children, the grown persons generally sleeping in hammocks attached to the rafters. Scattered over the floor may be seen the earthen jar which the women so gracefully balance on their head when bringing it full of water from the well; the earthen pot for boiling plantains, with its folded banana-leaf cover; cups made from clay, calabash, cocoa-nut, or wacal shells, with their stands, often polished and bearing the marks of native sculpture; the metate for grinding the family flour; the comal, a clay plate upon which the tortilla is baked. A banana-leaf serves for a plate, and a fir-stick does the duty of a candle. Their hunting or bag nets are made of pita or bark-fibres. The steel machete and the knife have entirely displaced their ancient silex tools, of which some relics may still be found among the Lacandones. Ya- lenzuela mentions that in the meeting-house of this tribe, the conquerors found two hundred hanging seats.9 8 Morelet, Voy%ge, torn, ii., p. 31; Pontelli, in Cat Farmer, Nov. 7, 14, 1862. 9 Valois, Mexique, pp. 278, 287; Sivers, Mittelamerika, p. 130; Scherzer, Wanlerunjen, p. 430; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 279; Squier's Nicaragua, 698 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. These natives still excel in the manufacture of pottery, and produce, without the aid of tools, specimens that are as remarkable for their fanciful forms, as for their elegance and coloring. Water-jars are made sufficiently porous to allow the water to percolate and keep the contents cool; other earthenware is glazed by rubbing the heated vessel with a resinous gum. Nor are they behindhand in the art of weaving, for most of the fabrics used in the country are of^ native make. The aboriginal spinning machine is not yet wholly displaced, and consists, according to Squier, of a thin spindle of wood, fifteen' or sixteen inches in length, which is passed through a wheel of hard, heavy wood, six inches in diameter, and resembles a gigantic top. When used, it is placed in a hollowed piece of wood, to prevent it from toppling over. A thread is attached to the spindle just above the wheel, and it is then twirled rapidly between the thumb and forefinger. The momentum of the wheel keeps it in motion for half a minute, and meantime the thread is drawn out by the operator from the pile of prepared cotton in her lap. Their mode of weaving is the same as that of the Mexicans, and the fabrics are not only durable, but tastefully designed and colored to suit the quality and price. The dyes used are, indigo for blue, cochineal for red, and indigo mixed with lemon juice for black. The Nicaraguans obtain a highly prized purple by pressing the valve of a shell-fish found on the sea-shore. Baily says that they take the material to the seaside, and, after'procuring a quantity of fresh coloring matter, dip each thread singly into it, and lay it aside to dry. From the aloe, and pita, or silk-grass, which are very strong and can easily be bleached, they pp. 272-3; Valenzuela, in Id., Cent Amer., p. 567. The Lacandon hut contained ' des metiers a tisser, des sarbacanes, des haches et d'autres. outils en silex.' Morelet, Voyage, torn, ii., pp. 79, 104, 197, 211. ' Duermen en vna red, que se les entra por las costillas, o en vn canizo, y por cabecera vn ma- dero: ya se alumbran con teas.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iv., lib. x., cap. xiv., dec. ii., lib. iii., cap. vi. At Masaya, 'Leur rnobilier se conxpose de nattes par terre, de hamacs suspendus, d'un lit de cuir et d'une caisse en cadre, quelquefois ornee d'incrustations de cuivre.' Belly, Nicaragua, torn, i., pp., 197-8. GUATEMALAN CANOES. 699 obtain a very fine thread, suitable for the finest weaving. Reeds and bark give material for coarser stuff, such as ropes and nets. Mats and hammocks, which are made from any of the last-mentioned fibres, are often interwoven with gray colors and rich designs. Some idea may be formed of the patient industry of the native when we learn that he will work for months upon one of the highly prized hats made from the fibre of the h^lf-formed carludovica palmata leaf. They drill holes in stones, for pipes and other objects, by twirling a stick rapidly between the hands in some sand and water placed upon the stone.10 Canoes are the usual " dug-outs,' made from a single cedar or mahogany log, cedar heing liked for its lightness, mahogany for its durability. They are frequent enough on the coast, and even the north-eastern Guatemalans used to muster fleets of several hundred canoes on their lakes and rivers, using them for trade as well as war. Pirn, when at Greytown, particularly observed the hollo wed-out boats, some upwards of fifty feet in length, and straight as an arrow. He says that they are very skillfully handled, and may be seen off the harbor in any weather. The paddles, which are used both for steering and propelling, are of light mahogany, four feet long, with very broad blades, and a cross at the handle.11 Their wealth, which, since the conquest, mostly consists of household goods, is the product of their farms and industry mentioned under food, implements, and manufactures. The coast tribes, in Salvador, have a source of wealth not yet referred to—balsam—and they are very jealous of their knowledge of obtaining it. The process, 10 ' Le principe colorant est fixe au moyen d'une substance grasse que Ton obtient par l'ebullition d'un insecte nomine age.' Morelet, Voyage, torn, ii., pp. 130, 197. Consult further, Squier's Nicaragua, pp. 269-73; Baily's Cent Amer., pp. 124-5; Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. vii., ix., lib. x., cap. xiv.; Crowe's Cent. Amer., pp. 44; Squier, in Hist. Mag., vol. v., p. 215; Bollfus and Mont-Serrat, Voy. Geologique, p. 47; Bunlop's Cent Amer., p. 338; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 274. 11 Pirn and Seemann's Boltings, pp. 241-2; Bafond, Voyages, torn, i., p. 317; Morelet, Voyage, torn, ii., p. 31; Bollfus and Mont-Serrat, Voy. Geologique, pp. 47-8. In their trade, the Lacandones 'are said to have employed not less than 424 canoes.' Juarros' Hist Guat., p. 271. 700 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. as described by Dollfus, is to make several deep incisions in the trunk of the balsam-tree, and stuff the holes with cotton rags. When these have absorbed sufficient balm, they are placed in jars of vtater, and submitted to a moderate heat. The heat separates the substance from the rags, and the balsam rises to the surface to be skimmed and placed in well-closed jars for shipment. These people possess no written records to establish ownership to their property, but hold it by ancient rights transmitted from father to son, which are transferable. The right of first discovery, as applied to fruit-trees and the like, is respected, and can be transmitted. Goods and lands are equally divided among the sons.. There is a general interchange of products on a small scale, and as soon as the farm yield is ready, or a sufficient quantity of hammocks, mats, hats, and cups have been prepared, the native will start on a short trading-tour, with the load on his back—for they use no other mode of transport. The ancient custom of holding frequent markets in all towns of any importance has not quite disappeared, for Masaya, among other places, continues to keep a daily tianguez. Cacao-beans, which were formerly the chief currency, are still used for that purpose to a certain extent, and make up a large item in their wealth. The Lacandones at one time drove a brisk trade on the rio de la Pasion, employing several hundred canoes, but this has now greatly diminished, and they seem to grow less and less inclined to intercourse. Hardcastle relates that two shy mountain tribes of Guatemala | exchange dogs and a species of very sharp red pepper, by leaving them on the top of the mountain, and going to the spot in turn."12 The native's aptitude for art is well illustrated by the various products of his industry, decorated as they are 12 The Quiches ' portent jusqu'au Nicaragua des hamacs en fil d'agave.' Morelet, Voyage, torn, ii., pp. 145, 92, 130-1, 198, torn, i., pp. 260, 318, 320; Bollfus and Mont-Serrat, Voy. Geologique, pp. 18, 60; Herrera^ Hist. Gen., dec. iii.,'lib. v., cap. xii.; Juarros' Hist Guat., pp. 68, 271, 475; Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, pp. 248, 345; Baet, Novus Orbis, p. 319; Hardcastle, in Hist Mag., vol. vi., p. 153; Gage's New Survey, p. 319. ART AND GOVERNMENT. 701 with fanciful designs, carvings, and coloring. The calabash cups are widely circulated, and the artistic carving of leaves, curious lines, and figures of all descriptions, in relief, with which the outside is ornamented, has been much admired. No less esteemed are the small Guatemalan earthen figures, painted in natural colors, representing the various trades and occupations of the people,, which may be said to rival European productions of the same character. The ornaments on their pottery bear some resemblance to the Etruscan. They are equally advanced in painting, for many of the altar-pieces in Central America are from the native brush, and their dishes are often richly colored in various designs. Original lyric poetry seems to flourish among them, and is not wanting in grace, although the rendering of it may not be exactly operatic. The subject generally refers to victorious encounters with monsters, but contains also sarcasms on government and society.13 A reverential respect for authority is innate with these people, and the chief, usually a descendant of the ancient caciques, who is also the head of the municipal government introduced among them by the Spaniards, receives the homage* paid him with imperturbable gravity. These chiefs form a proud and powerful noblesse, who rule with an iron hand over their submissive followers. Although governed to all appearance by the code of the country, they have their own laws based on custom and common sense, which are applied to civil as well as criminal cases. Among the Lacandones, the chief is elected by a council of old men, when death, misconduct, or the superior abilities of some one else call for such a step. Pontelli adds that the new chief is invested with lion-skins and a collar of human teeth to represent his 13 Among the Nahuatls f mechanical arts are little understood, and, of course, the fine arts still less practiced.' Squier's Cent. Amer., p. 320; Id., Nicaragua, pp. 270-3. The Masayans have * une caisse en cedre, quelque- fois ornee d'incrustations de cuivre.' Belly, Nicaragua, pp. 197-8. See also7 Morelet, Voyage, torn, ii., p. 130; Puydt, Rapport, in Amerique Centrale, p. 134; Gage's New Survey, p. 329; Valois, Mexique, pp. 287, 420-6; Sivers, Mittelamerika, pp. 127, 295; FunneU's Voy., p. 113; Bunn's Guatemala, p. 281; Pontelli, in Cat. Farmer, Nov. 7, 1862. 702 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. victories; a crown of feathers or a lion-skin is his usual distinctive head-dress. The wife of the chief is required to possess some rare qualities. These people are very strict in executing the law; the offender is brought before the old men, and if the crime is serious his relatives have often to share in his punishment. The people of Salvador, according to Dollfus, have frequent reunions in their council-house at night. The hall is then lighted up by a large fire, and the people sit with uncovered heads, listening respectfully to the observations and decisions of the ahuaks—men over forty years of age, who have occupied public positions, or distinguished themselves in some way. Gage makes a curious statement concerning the rio Lempa that may be based upon some ancient law. Any man who committed a heinous crime on the one side of the river, and succeeded in escaping to the other, was allowed to go unmolested, provided he did not return.14 Marriages take place at an early age, often before puberty, and usually within the tribe. When the boy, in Guatemala and Salvador, has attained the age of nine, his parents begin to look around for a bride for him, the mother having a good deal to say in this matter. Presents are made to the parents of the girl chosen, and she is transferred to the house of her future father-in-law, where she is treated as a daughter, and assists in the household duties, until she is old enough to marry. It sometimes happens that she has by this time become distasteful to the affianced husband, and is returned to her parents. The presents given for her are then demanded back, a refusal naturally follows, and feuds result, lasting for generations. Gage states that when the parties to the betrothal are of different tribes, the chiefs are notified, and meet in solemn conclave to consult about the expediency of the alliance. The consultations often u Bollfus and Mont-Serrat, Voy. Ge'ologique,'"pp. 20, 49-51; Puydt, Rapport, in Amerique Centrale, p. 134; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 398; Gage's New Survey, ppt 318-9, 417; Pontelli, in Cat Farmer, Nov. 7, 1862. « Chaeun d'eux vint ensuite baiser la main du chef, hommage qu'il recut avec une dig- nite imperturbable.' Morelet, Voyage, tom.'ii., pp. 245-6, 134. MARRIAGE AND CHILDBIRTH. 703 extend over a period of several months, during which the parents of the boy supply the council with refreshments, and make presents to the girl's family for her purchase. If the council disagree, the presents are returned, and the matter drops. When the. youth has reached his sixteenth or eighteenth year, and the maid her fourteenth, they are considered able to take care of themselves; a house is accordingly built, and the father gives his son a start in life. The cacique and relations are summoned to witness the marriage ceremony, now performed by the priest, after which the pair are carried upon the shoulders of their friends to the new house, placed in a room, and shut in. The bride brings no dowry, but presents are made by the friends of the families. Several tribes in Guatemala are strictly opposed to marriages outside of the tribe, and destroy the progeny left by a stranger. The Lacandones still practice polygamy, each wife having a separate house and field for her support. In Nicaragua, where women are more independent, and fewer of the ancient marriage customs have been retained than elsewhere, the ceremony is often quickly disposed of, the husband and wife returning to their avocations immediately after. The life of the woman is one of drudgery; household duties, weaving, and the care of children keeping her constantly busy, while the husband is occupied in dolce far niente; yet their married life is not unhappy. Although the female dresses scantily and is not over shy when bathing, she is by no means immodest or unchaste, but bears rather a better character than women of the superior race. Childbirth is not attended with any difficulties, for it sometimes happens that the woman, after being delivered on the road, will wash the child and herself in the nearest stream, and proceed on her journey, as if nothing had occurred. The Quiches, among others, still call in the sorcerer to take the horoscope of the new-born, and to appeal to the gods in its behalf. He also gives the infant the name of some animal, which becomes its guardian spirit for life. Belly states that more boys 704 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. are born to the natives, while the whites have, more girls. The mother invariably nurses the child herself until its third year, and, when at work, carries it on her back in a cloth passed round her body; the movements of the mother in washing or kneading tending to rock the infant to sleep. Otherwise the child is little cared for, and has to lie on the bare ground, or, at most, with a mat under it. As the boy grows older the father will take him into the field and forest, suiting the work to his strength, and instructing him in the use of tools, while the mother takes charge of the girl, teaching her to cook, spin, and weave. Respect for parents and older people is inculcated, and children never presume to speak before a grown person unless first addressed. They remain under the parents' roof until married, and frequently after, several generations often living together in one house under the rule of the eldest. The native is fond of home, for here he escapes from the contempt of the other races, and reigns supreme over a family which* is taught to respect him: patriotism has been replaced by love of home among this oppressed people.15 Their amusements are less common and varied than among the whites, and are generally reserved for special .occasions, when they are indulged in to excess. Still, they have orderly gatherings round the hearth, at which wondrous and amusing stories form the chief part of the entertainment. Songs follow in natural order, and are loudly applauded by the listeners, who join in repeating the last words of the verse. The subject, as given by some local poet, or transmitted from an ancient bard, is pleasing enough, but the rendering is in a plaintive, dis- 15 'Leur dernier-ne suspendu a leurs flancs.' Morelet, Voyage, torn, ii., pp. 198, 126, torn, i., pp. 204-5, 318. In Salvador, the 'bridegroom makes his wife's trousseau himself, the women, strange to say, being entirely ignorant of needlework.' Foote's Cent. Amer., p. 103. Further reference in Valois, Mexique, pp. 280, 288; Belly, Nicaragua, pp. 200-1, 253; Hassel, Mex. Guat, pp. 303-4; Revue Brit, 1825, in Amerique Centrale, p. 23; Billow, Nicaragua, p. 80; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 272; Gage's New Survey, p. 319; Juarros' Hist. Guat, pp. 195-6; Tempsky's Mitla, p. 365; Bollfus and Mont-Serrat, Voy. Geologique, pp. 20, 47; Scherzer, Wanderungen, p. 66; Id., Bie Indianer von Istlavacan, p. 11. GUATEMALAN MUSIC 705 agreeable monotone. Their instrumental music is an improvement on the vocal, in some respects, and practice has enabled -the player to execute pieces from memory with precision and accord. The marimba, a favorite instrument, consists of a series of vertical tubes of different length but equal diameter, fastened together in a line by bark fibre, and held firm between two pieces of wood. The tubes have a lateral opening at the base covered with a membrane, and the upper end is closed by a small, movable elastic plate, upon which the performer strikes with light drumsticks. The play of the plates causes a compression of air in the tube, and a consequent vibration of the membrane, which produces a sound differing in character according to the length of the tube. All the parts are of wood, the tube being, however, occasionally of terra-cotta, or replaced by calabash-shells. The marimba of usual size is over a yard in length, and consists of twenty-two tubes ranging from four to sixteen inches in length, forming three complete octaves. The pitch is regulated by a coating of wax on the key-plates. Some drumsticks are forked to strike two plates at once. Occasionally, several persons join in executing an air upon the instrument, or two marimbas are played in perfect accord with some song. Their usual drum is called tepanabaz, described by Gage as a smooth hollow trunk with two or three clefts on the upper side and holes at the ends. It is beaten with two sticks, and produces a dull heavy sound. Other drums covered with wild goat skin, tortoise-shells, pipes., small bells, and rattles, are chiefly used at dances. The Lacandones possess a kind of mandolin, a double-necked, truncated cone, with one string, made to pass four times over the bridge; also^i clarionet-like instrument named chirimiya; their drum is called tepanahuaste. A dance is generally a grand affair with the native, combining as it does dress with dramatic and saltatory exhibitions. At the tocontin dance, in Guatemala, from twenty to forty persons dressed in white clothes richly embroidered, and bedecked with, gaudy bands, colored feathers in J 706 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. gilt frames fastened on the back, fanciful helmets topped with feathers, and feathers, again, on their legs, in form of wings. The conductor stands in the centre beating time on the tepanabaz, while the dancers circle round him, one following the other, sometimes straight, sometimes turning half-way, at other times fully round, and bending the body to the. ground, all the time shouting the fame of some hero. This continues for several hours, and is often repeated in one house after another. In another dance they disguise themselves with skins of different animals, acting up to the character assumed, and running in and out of the circle formed round the musicians, striking, shrieking, and hotly pursuing some particular performer. There are also several dances like those of the Mexicans, in which men dress in women's clothes and other disguises. The Nicaraguan dances vary but little from the above. Several hundred people will gather in some well-cleared spot, their arms and legs ornamented with strings of shells, their heads with feathers, and with fans in their hands. The leader, walking backwards, commences some movements to be imitated by the dancers, who follow in threes and fours, turning round, intermingling, and again uniting. The musicians beat drums and sing songs to which the leader responds, the dancers taking up the refrain in their turn, and shaking their calabash rattles. After a while they pass round each other and perform the most curious antics and grimaces, crying, laughing, posturing, acting lame, blind, and so on. Drinking is inseparable from these reunions, and they do not usually break up until all have attained the climax of their wishes—becoming helplessly drunk. The principal drinks are, atole made from maize, but which assumes different prefixes, according to the additional ingredients used, as istatole, jocoatok, etc.; pulque, chiefly used in the highlands; and, not least, chicha, made from maize and various fruits and roots, fermented with honey or sugar-cane juice. Gage states that tobacco-leaves and toads were added to increase the flavor. The Nicaraguans make their favorite CUSTOMS IN GUATEMALA AND NICARAGUA. 707 drink from a wild red cherry. It takes several weeks to prepare these liquors, but by the generous aid of friends the stock is, often consumed at one carousal.16 Ignorant and oppressed as they are, superstition is naturally strong among them, the evil eye, ominous import of animals and the like being firmly believed in. Nicaraguans gave as a reason for speaking in whispers at night, that loud talking attracts mosquitos. The Quiches, of Istlavacan, among others, believe in certain evil and certain good days, and arrange their undertakings accordingly. When meeting a stranger, they present the forehead to be touched, thinking that a beneficial power is imparted to them by this means. They still adhere to their sorcerers, who are called in upon all important occasions, to predict the future, exorcise evil spirits and the like, with the aid of various decoctions and incantations. The Chontales have diviners who, with the aid of drugs, taken after a fast, fall into a trance, during which they prophesy. They form a sort of guild, and live alone, in the mountains with a few pupils, who support them in return for the instruction received. Although idolatry proper is abolished, some ancient practices still live, blended with their Christian worship, and it is said that tribes inhabiting the remote mountain regions still keep up their old rites in secret. Dollfus is apparently inclined to believe that the songs he heard the natives chant every morning and evening may be the relic of some ancient religious ceremony. The Itzas hold deer sacred, and these animals were consequently quite familiar with man, before the conquerors subdued the country. The Lacandones are said to have been the last who publicly worshiped in their 16 Gage's New Survey, pp. 323, 347-50; Andagoya, in Navarrete, Cot de Viages, "torn, iii., p. 415; Valois, Mexique, pp. 279-80, 420-6; Bollfus and Mont-Serrat, Voy. Geologique, p. 48; Froebel's Cent. Amer., pp. 78-81; Bapper, Neue Welt, pp. 306, 312; Valenzuela, in Squier's Cent. Amer., p. 567; Juarros' Hist. Gait, pp. 447-9; Cpreal, Voyages, torn, i., pp. 88-9; Arricivita, Cronica Serdfica, p. 34; Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 320-2; Pontelli, in Cat Farmer, Nov. 14, 1882. 'Les Indiens ne fument pas.' Bdly, Nicaragua, p. 164. ' Ihr gewohnliches Getranke ist Wasser.' Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 304. 'Je n'ui entendu qu'a Flores, pendant le cours de mon voyage, des chceurs executes avec justesse.' Morelet, Voyage, torn, ii., pp. 42-4, 325, torn, i., p.-196. 703 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. temple, and whose priests sacrificed animals to idols. By the side of the temple stood two other large buildings used as meeting-houses, one for men, the other for women. Dogs and tame parrots formed part of their domestic establishment. The native is very taciturn before strangers, but on paying a visit to friends he will deliver long harangues full of repetition. It is almost impossible to obtain a direct answer from him to any question. Another peculiarity with many is to hoard money at the expense of bodily comfort. It is buried in some secret place, and the owner dies without even caring to inform his kin of the whereabouts of his treasures. The fayorite occupation of the people is to act as porters, and Guatemala certainly possesses the most excellent carriers, who are trained for the business from an early age. They usually go in files, headed by a chief, all armed with long staffs and waterproof palm-leaf mats, and travel from twenty to thirty miles a day, for da}^s in succession, without suffering any inconvenience. The weight varies from one hundred to two hundred and fifty pounds, according to road and distance, and is carried on the back, supported by straps passed over the forehead and shoulders. They are very* moderate in eating, and never drink cold water if they can avoid it; when tired, they stretch themselves at full length on the ground, and are speedily refreshed. Women are also accustomed to carry burdens, and may frequently be seen taking several filled pitchers to market in nets suspended from their forehead and shoulders. Water they usually bring in jars balanced on the head.17 The ruling diseases are small-pox, which makes yearly havoc; dysentery, which is also not uncommon iii the 17 The Lacandon chief received me with ' the emblem of friendship (which is a leaf of the fan-palm).' Pontelli, in Cat Farmer, Nov. 14, 1862. See Tempsky's Mitla, pp. 364-5; Valois, Mexique, pp. 407-8; Escobar, in Bond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xi., p. 91; Thummel, Mexiko, p. 394; Juarros' Hist Guat, p. 197; Foote's Cent. Amer., p. 122; Bollfus^ and Mont-Serrat, Voy. Geologique, pp. 48-9; Scherzer, Bie Indianer von Istldvacan, pp. 7-15; Reich- ardt, Nicaragua, pp. 106, 234; Valenzuela, in Squier's Cent. Amer., pp. 5.6-7; Morelet, Voyage, torn, i., p. 206, torn, ii., pp. 58, 101-2, 104, 197; Boyle's Ride, vol. i., pp. 293-4; vol ii., pp, H-12, 48, MEDICAL PRACTICE. 7C9 highlands during the summer; and leprosy, manifested by wounds and eruptions, and caused by filth, immoral habits, and bad food. In some parts of Nicaragua, the latter disease breaks out in horny excrescences, similar in appearance to the tips of cow-horns. Rheumatism and chest diseases are rare, in spite of their rough life. Superstitious practices and empirical recipes transmitted from their ancestors are the remedies resorted to. Hot bathing is the favorite treatment. They are skillful at blood-letting, making very small punctures, and applying a pinch of salt to them after the operation is ended. Cauterizing wounds to prevent inflammation is not uncommon, and does not affect the patient much. The principal remedy of the Chorotegans consists of a decoction from various herbs injected by means of a tube. Some tribes of the highlands call in sorcerers to knead and suck the suffering part. After performing a variety of antics and grimaces, the wise man produces a black substance from the mouth, which he announces as the cause of the sickness; the friends of the patient take this matter and trample it to pieces amidst noisy demonstrations.18 Their dead are washed, and dressed in a fresh suit; friends then assemble to express their regard and sorrow by burning copal and performing a wild dance round the corpse, which is buried with all its belongings, as well as food for sustenance on the long journey. The Itzas, inhabiting the islands in the lake Peten, are said to have thrown their dead into the lake, for want of room.19 The character of the Guatemalans exhibits a number of excellent traits. They have always been a gentle 18 At Masaya, 'The death-rate among children is said to be excessive.' Boyle's Ride, vol. ii., p. 10. 'Alle Glieder der Familie hatten ein ausserst ungesundes Aussehen und namentlich die Kinder, im Gesicht bleich und mager, hatten dicke, aufgeschwollene Bauche,' caused by yucca-roots. Scherzer, Wanderungen, pp. 494, 173-4; Morelet, Voyage, tom.ii., pp. 109-10, 152; Gage's New Survey, p. 318; Puydt, Rapport, in Amerique Centrale, p. 49; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, i., pp. 345-6; Hassel, Mex. Guat, pp. 302, 398; Escobar, in Bond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xi., p. 91; Scherzer, Bie Indianer von Istldvacan, pp. 10-11. *9 Scherzer, Bie Indianer von Istldvacan, pp. 11-12; Morelet, Voyage, torn, ii., p. 63; Vcdois, Mexique, p. 408. 710 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. race, and easily led by kindness, but centuries of oppression have thrown over them a timid, brooding spirit. Far from warlike, they have nevertheless proved themselves efficient soldiers during the late civil wars. Their honesty and faithfulness to a trust or engagement is universally admitted, and every traveler bears witness to their hospitality and obliging disposition. Although taciturn before strangers, whom they naturally distrust, they are quite voluble and merry among themselves, especially the women; their mirth, however, wants the ring of true happiness. Looking at the darker side, it is found that drunkenness stands preeminent, and if the native is not oftener drunk, it is because the means for carousing are wanting. Surrounded by a bountiful nature, he is naturally lazy and improvident, whole days being passed in dreamy inaction, without a symptom of ennui. He is obstinate, and clings to ancient customs, yet he will not dispute with you, but tacitly forms his own opinion. Taught to be humble, he does not possess much manliness, has a certain cunning, will weep at trifles,.and is apt to be vindictive, especially if his jealousy is aroused. The highlanders form an exception to these general characteristics in many respects. The purer air of the mountain has infused in them a certain independent energy, and industry. Nor are the women to be classed as lazy, for their position is rather that of slaves than of wives, yet they are vivacious and not devoid of coquetry, but of undisputed modesty. Many of the remoter tribes are brave, and the Manches, for instance, behaved lately in so spirited a manner as to compel the government to treat with them. The Itzas are said to have been warlike and cruel, but their neighbors the Lacandones are not so ferocious as supposed. The Quiches bear'a high character for industry, and intelligence, while those of Rabinal excel in truthfulness, honesty, and morality. The YeEa- Paz tribes are less active and industrious than those of the plateau; this applies especially to the eastern nations who are also more stupid than the western. THE MOSQUITOS. 711 The Salvador people are noted for their phlegmatic temperament, and the provoked stranger who seeks to hurry them, is merely laughed at; otherwise they, as well as the Nicaraguans, are more docile and industrious than the Guatemalans, but also more superstitious. Scherzer thinks that they have all the inclination for becoming robbers, but want the energy. The Aztec remnants in Nicaragua are particularly patient and thrifty, but extremely shy and brooding. The Chontales, on the other hand, are said to have been a savage and debased race, while the Cholutecs were brave and cruel but subject to petticoat rule. Opinions concerning the intelligence of the natives and their prospect of advancement are varied, some affirming that they are dull and spiritless, incapable of making any progress, while others assign them a high character and intelligence, which, properly directed, would give them a prominent position.20 The Mosquitos, the second division of the Central American group, are at the present day composed in part of an incongruous mixture of Carib colonists and negro importations, and in part of a pure native element. Owing to the independent spirit of the tribes along the central chain of mountains, which successfully resisted 20 ' La somme des peines est done limitee comme celle des jonissances; ils ne ressentent ni les .unes ni les a litres avec beaucoup de vivacite.' Morelet, Voyage, torn, i., pp. 205-7, 196, torn, ii., pp. 104, 132, 198, 200, 253. 'When aroused, however, they are fierce, cruel, and implacable... .shrewd ... .cringing servility and low cunning... .extreme teachableness.' Crowe's Cent. Amer., pp. 42-3. 'Melancholy .. .silent.. ..pusillanimous... .timid.' Bunn's Guatemala, p. 278. ' Imperturbability of the North American Indian, but are a gentler and less warlike race.' Foote's Cent Amer., pp. 104-5. Nicaraguans ' are singularly docile and industrious... not warlike but brave.' Squier's Nicaragua, p. 268. For further reference concerning these people see Squier's Cent Amer., p. 555; Billow, Nicaragua, pp. 79—81; Juarros' Hist. Guat, pp. 197-8; Belly, Nicaragua, pp. 109', 160; Puydt, Rapport, in Amerique Centrale, pp. 70, 135-6; T'Kint, in Id., pp. 157-8; Fossey, Mexique, p. 471; Boyle's Ride, vol. i., pref., p. xiv., and p. 75; Gage's New Survey, pp. 311-12, 333; Valois, Mexique, pp. 238-9, 277, 288, 299,'430; Bollfus and Mont-Serrat, Voy. Geologique, pp. 47-9, 69; Oviedo, Hist Gen., torn, iv., p. 35; Hirrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iii., lib. iv., cap. vii.; Scherzer, Wanderungen, p-->. 53, 61, 455, 464-5; Bunlop's Cent Amer., pp. 211, 337-8. The Lacandones are very laconic, sober, temperate and strict. Pontelli, in Cat Farmer, Nov. 7, 1862. 712 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. the attempts of Spaniards to penetrate the territory, and to the unhealthy climate of the coast, this country, with the exception of the northern part of Honduras, has as yet escaped subjection to the white race. The country, aside from the sea-shore, possesses many attractive features. The transverse ranges, radiating from the principal chain, form a series of terraces which gradually lessen in elevation, until they disappear in a low coast region. Between them innumerable rivers, fed by the moisture-laden sea-winds, now rushing boisterously from heavily wooded heights, now.sluggishly wending their way through luxuriant prairie-land, flow through a region of most pleasing variety, and at last empty into vast lagoons bordering the ocean. The aborigines still form the greater part of the population, and are composed of a large number of tribes which, while practicing agriculture to a limited extent, subsist chiefly on natural fruits and on the products of the chase. Excepting the small tribes of the eastern Mosquito country, Mr Squier, who has given much patient research to their languages, includes the natives of this sub-division among the Lenca family, at the head of which stand the Qua- jiqueros in western Honduras, essentially an agricultural people. East of these are the Xicaques, and Poyas, names given to a collection of closely related tribes, some of which have been brought under the subjugating influences of the missionary Fathers, while others still keep their ancient customs intact. The Secos on Black River are included .by some writers with the Poyas. ) South and west of these are the Moscos, and in the western part of the Mosquito coast, the Woolwas, who still cherish a tradition of their emigration from the north-west. East of the latter live the Ibivkas and Cookras, who extend to Blewfields, and speak dialects varying little from the Woolwa tongue, but stand lower in the scale of humanity. Bell states that the Towkas are merely a branch of the Smoos, who have many points in common with the Poyas, though differing from them in language. Among other aborigines may*be men- MOSQUITO NATIONS. 713 tioned the AJbatuinas, Tahuas, Panamekas, Jaras, Taos, .Gaulas, Itziles, Motucas, and the Rainas on the Blewfields lagoon; of several others the names ar,ie either lost or unknown. Following the coast southward we meet the Caribs, a strong, hardy, but crude race at present, of varied negro admixture, chiefly descended from the turbulent natives of San Vicente island, whom the English transported in 1796 to the island of Roatan, whence thej7 were brought over to Honduras. The Caribs, who have within a few decades spread from a small colony over the whole northern coast, driving other nations into the interior and southward, appear to be superseding the aborigines, now fast disappearing under the annihilating effect of drink and disease. South of the Caribs round cape Gracias a Dios are the Sambos, or Mosquitos proper, said to have sprung from the union of native women, with negro slaves wrecked on the coast during. the seventeenth century. Owing to their geographical position they were brought in contact with the buccaneers, and placed in a position to gain ascendancy over other tribes from the Poyas southward, but were at the same time inoculated with the degrading vices and disorders which are now so rapidly bringing about their extinction. Elated by their position as masters of the coast, they assumed the proud title of Waiknas, or men, in which conceit they have been imitated by the subjected tribes, which aregradually adopting the Sambo tongue. Adjacent to them are the Toonglas, a not very numerous offshoot of Smoos and Sambos.21 21 The name Mosquito is generally supposed to have arisen from the numerous mosquito insects to be found in the country; others think that the small islands off the coasts, "which lie as thick as mosquitoes," may have caused the appellation; while a third opinion is that the name is a corruption of an aboriginal term, and to substantiate this opinion it is said that the natives call themselves distinctly Mtsskitos. Mosquitoland, Bericht, pp. 134, 19-23. The Carib name is pronounced "Eharibees" on the coast. Mac- gregor's Progress of America, vol. i., pp. 770, 775. 'II existe chez eux des langues tres differentes, et nous avons remarque* qu*a cent lieues de distance ils ne se comprennent plus les uns les autres.' Varnhagen, Prem.Voy. de Amrigo Vespucci, p. 40. See further: Stout's Nicaragua, p. 113; Squier's Nicaragua, vol. ii., p. 308; Id., Cent Amer., pp. 241, 244-7, 252-3; Billow, Nicaragua, p*. 77; Juarros' Hist. Guat, p. 346; Galindo, in Lond. Geon. S'oc , Jour., vol. iii., p. 290; Bell, in Id., vol, xxxii., pp. 258-9; Bard's Waikna, 714 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Race-mixtures in certain localites have almost obliterated aboriginal types, which are portrayed as of medium stature, regular form, and varying in color from light brown to dark coppery. The people about cape Gracias I Diosare represented by the first voyagers.to have been nearly as dark as negroes. The face is rather flat and oval, the head smaller than among Europeans; forehead high and cheek-bones not very prominent; hair long, straight, coarse, and black; beard scanty; nose very small, thin, and usually aquiline among the coast people, but larger and broader toward the interior. The iris of the eye is generally black, but often verges toward brown; mouth broad, with thin lips and regular teeth. The women present a full bust and abdomen; they are called pretty, but early marriages soon make them old. It is suspected that infant murder has something to do with the rarity of deformed people. The Towkas and Ramas present the finest pure-blooded type, the former being very fair, while the latter are large, athletic, and stern-looking. The Poyas are copper-colored, short, but muscular, broad-faced, with large forehead, bent nose, and small, mild eyes. The Toon- glas are duskier; the Smoos approach the fair Towkas in hue, though they have a flatter head, accompanied by a stolid look. The darkest of all are the Woolwas, whose color seems a mixture of yellow ochre and India ink. Proceeding to Honduras, we meet the Caribs, wrhose varied admixture of negro blood separates them into yellow and black Caribs. The former are distinguished by a somewhat ruddy hue, with a hooked nose; while his duskier brother is taller, hardier, and longer-lived; with a nose inclining to aquiline. Children are prettier as they approach the negro type. The hair varies in curl and gloss according to purity of blood. The Mosquitos proper are more uniform in appearance, and buccaneers have no doubt assisted pp. 123, 201-2, 243; Pirn and Seemann's Boltings, pp. 3D5-6; Young's Nirrative, ^p. 33, 86; Wappms, Geog. u..Stat, pp. 243-7, 603, 347-50; Ilen- d^rsm's Honduras, p. 216; Boyle's Ride, vol..i., pp. xii-xiii., 269, 287; Sivers, Mittelamerika, pp. 179-80, 287-8. MOSQUITO PHYSIQUE AND DRESS. 715 in bringing out many of the characteristics that have obtained for the Sambo race the leading position on the coast. They are all well-built, raw-boned, nimble, and of a dull, dark, copper color. The face is oval, with a coarse, lustful expression, the hair rough, wavy, and black, eyes bright and remarkably'strong; women pretty, with large eyes, and small feet and ankles.22 A piece of cloth fastened at the waist in a twist or by a cord, and reaching to the knee,-constitutes the native male costume in these parts, that of the women being somewhat shorter. This cloth is either of cotton, sometimes woven with down, or of fibres from the inner bark of the caoutchouc tree, beaten on stones till they become soft, and is often large enough to serve for a covering at night. Some are quite fanciful in color and design, and formerly they wrere painted. Those of the Woolwas are usually six feet long by three broad, striped blue and yellow; they are passed between the legs and fastened at the waist by a thong. The Xicaques, on the contrary, wear the cloth serape-fashion, by passing the head through a slit in the centre, and tying the folds round the waist. Even this scanty covering is often reduced to the smallest apron, and is dispensed with altogether in some parts, for modern travelers speak of natives in a naked state. Women occasionally wear a small square cloth, having an opening for the head, one part of which covers the breast, the other the back. In some parts chiefs are distinguished by a cotton cap, 22 'Die Backenknochen treten nicht, wie bei andern amerikanischen Stammen, auffallend hervor... .starke Oberlippe.' Mosquitoland, Bericht, pp. 134-6, 59, 70, 151. Consult also: Squier's Cent. Amer., pp. 230, 251, 597-8; Hassel, Mex. Guat., pp. 388-9; Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, i., pp. 397-8; Varnhagen, Prem. Voy. de Amerigo Vespucci, pp. 40-1. The pure type has 'schlichte, grobere, schwarzeHaarundfeinereLippen.' Sivers, Mittelamerika, pp. 74, 177, 180, 287-8; Young's Narrative, pp. 26, 28-9, 72, 75, 79, 82, 87, 123; Uring's Hist Voy., p. 226; Bell, in Bond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., pp. 256-9; Pirn and Seemann's Boltings, pp. 248, 305, 403; Colon, Hist. Almx- rante, in Barcia, Historiadores, torn, i., p. 101; Bard's Waikna, pp. 127, 298, 317; Strangeways' Mosquito Shore, p. 329. The natives of Corn island are * of a dark copper-colour, black Hair, full round Faces, small black Eyes, their Eye-brows hanging over their Eyes, low Foreheads, short thick Noses, not high, but flattish; full Lips, and short Chins.' Bampier's Voyages, vol. i., pp. 31-2, 7-8. 716 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. and a long sleeveless robe, open in front and often nicely ornamented; in other places men of rank wear turbans decorated with plumes and feathers, and dress in skins of eagles, tigers, and other animals; these are also used by the common people on festive occasions. The Smoos' head-dress is especially pretty, with its embroidery and feather-work. Ordinarily the long loose hair is deemed sufficient to protect the head, and is kept sleek and shining by palm-oil, which they say furthers its growth. The women have longer hair than the men, and often dress it in ringlets, seldom in a knot or wreath. The people of northern Honduras wear a lock hanging over the forehead; some highland chieftains, on the contrary,, shave the front of the head, but allow the back hair to grow long, while the Poyas part theirs in the middle, keeping it in position with a band. That of the religious men reaches to the' waist, and generally falls in braids behind. In mourning, both sides of the head are shaved, a bushy comb being left along the middle. Formerly all hair except that on the head, even eyebrows and lashes, was pulled out, because it was thought fit for animals only to have hair on the body. All go barefooted, and it is only where the native has to travel over a rough road that he puts on alparagats, or sandals of bark, wood, or skin, which are fastened by thongs round the foot. Whatever is wanting in actual dress, however, is made up by paint and ornaments, of which both sexes are equally fond. The face and upper part of the body are either uniformly daubed over or tattooed with rays, fanciful lines, and designs representing animals and the like, chiefly in red and black. Taste is not wanting in this adornment, for the tint is often delicate, and the black circles round the eyes indicate that they understand effect, increasing as they do the lustre of the orbs. Esquemelin states that when visitors were expected, the men combed the hair, and smeared the face with an ointment of oil and black powder, the women using a red admixture. Tattooing -figures on the body by cauterization, as seen by Columbus on the Mosquito MOSQUITO HEAD-FLATTENING. 717 Coast, is still practiced in certain parts of the interior. Aboriginal Mosquitos also perforated ears, lips, and cheeks, to hold pendants offish-bones and green stones; the holes in the ears being as large as eggs. The natives of Corn island not only carried large pieces of wood in the ears, but gradually enlarged the hole in the lower lip; at fifteen years of age the wood was removed and a tortoise-shell inserted. Women wore a tight bandage round the ankle to increase the size of their calves. Strings of tastefully arranged beads, bones, shells, and stones, and gaily colored bandages, were worn round the neck and Avrist; the women adorning the legs and ankles in a similar manner, and also using feathers and flowers. Certain interior tribes, as the Smoos, esteem a round forehead as a reproach, and hence the head is flattened, the effect of which would be more noticeable, were it not for the thick bushy hair. This head-flattening fashion here appears for the first time since we left the Columbian group; we shall see it once again further south, and that is all. The process here is essentially similar to that of the Columbians. When the infant is a month old, it is tied to a board, and a flat piece of wood, kept firm by bands, is placed upon the forehead. The child remains in this painful position for several months, the pressure increasing as the head grows.23 Towns there are none, except in certain parts; seldom do more than four or five houses stand in a group; the locality being changed at intervals for sanitary or superstitious purposes. A few upright posts planted in parallel lines, or in a circle, and occasionally interwoven with cane or leaves, support what may be called the hut 23 Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iv., lib. i., cap. vi., lib. viii., cap. iii., quemelin, Zee-Roovers, pp. 150-1; Squier, in Harper's Mag., vol. xix., Id., in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1858, torn, clx., p. 134; Martin's B) vol. ii., p. 412; Pirn and Seemann's Boltings, pp. 248-50; 280, 31 415; Macgregor's Progress of Amer., vol. i., p. 772; Bampier's Voy<h i., pp. 11, 32; Bard's Waik'na, pp. 127, 253-6, 298; Mosquitoland, Ber 116-17, 136-7; Bell, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., pp. Young's Narrative, pp. 12, 26, 29, 32, 72, 77, 83, 122, 133. ' Alexin certe camiciuole coin'quelle, che vsiamo noi, lunghe sino al belico. manche. Portano le braccia, e il corpo lauorati di lauori moreschi, fuoco.' Colombo, Hist del Ammiraglio, pj). 403-5. v.; Es- p. 614; •it. Col., )8, 403, res, vol. rht pp. 256-61); i vsano e senza fatti col 718 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. proper, which is a sharply sloping, well-thatched palm- leaf roof with projecting eaves, reaching to within three or four feet of the ground. There is usually but one apartment, the floor of which is often,coated with clay, and raised a little to avoid dampness. In the center is the fireplace, surrounded by household ware and cackling hens, and all round may be seen hammocks and nets suspended from the bamboo rafters. Some sleep on a frame-work of bamboo placed upon posts. The better class of houses contain partitions for the several families occupying it, and stand in fields enclosed by stalk fences. A village with many of the interior tribes consists of one large building, often one hundred feet long by thirty feet wide. The front and end of these, structures are open, but the back is partitioned off into small closets with the bark of the cabbage-palms, each serving as a bedroom for a married couple, or for unmarried women. A platform immediately under the roof is used as a sleeping-place for the boys, and an apartment at the end of the hut is set apart for women about to be confined. Some of the Guajique- ro villages contain over a hundred substantial huts of mud, or of cane plastered over and whitewashed. The Toonglas and Cookras, erect temporary sheds near the streams, during the summer, but seek more secure huts in the winter. Carib dwellings are the neatest of all; some are of cane, others of frame-work filled with mud. Cockburn relates that, during his journey through Honduras, he came across a bridge made of a net-work of cane, which was suspended between trees so that the centre hung forty feet above the surface of the stream. He found it very old and shaky, and concluded that it belonged to the remote past.24 Redundant nature here leaves man so little to do, as scarcely to afford an opportunity for development. 24 Slrangeways' Mosquito Shore, p. 334; Froebel's Cent Amer., p. 185; Squier's Cent. Amer^, p. 680; Id., in Harper's Mag., vol. xix., p. 613; Id., in Nouvelles Annates dss Voy., 1858, torn, clx., p. 134; Young's Narrative, pp. 13, 77, 98- 9, 125; Pirn and Seemann's Bottings, pp. 279, 295, 415-6; Bell,in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., pp. 258-9; Bard's Waikna, pp. 293-4, 318-9;- Mosqui- toland, Bericht, pp. 20, 137-9; Sivers, Mittelamerika, pp. 167, 178; Cockburn's Journey, pp. 23, 55-7. FOOD IN HONDURAS. 719 The people of northern Honduras, according to Herrera, cleared the ground with stone axes, and turned the sod by main strength with a forked pole or with sharp wooden spades, and by this means secured two or three yields every year; but the present occupants scarcely take so much trouble. On marrying, the men prepare a small field for a few beds of yams, beans, cassava, and squash, some pepper, and pine-apples, besides twenty to thirty plantain and cocoa-nut trees, leaving their wives to give it such further care as may be required. Where maize is cultivated it is either sown two or three grains in holes two feet apart, or broadcast over freshly cleared woodland a little before the rainy season. The Poyas are the only people who cultivate respectable farms. Fishing is the favorite occupation of the coast tribes, and their dexterity with the spear and harpoon is quite remarkable. The proper time for catching the larger species offish, such as the tarpom and palpa, is at night, when a fleet of pitpans, each with a pitch-pine torch in the bow, may be seen on the lagoon intermingling in picturesque confusion. One or two paddlers propel the boat, another holds the torch, while the harpooneer stands at the bow with a waisko-dusa, or staff, having a loosely fitting, barbed harpoon at one end, and a piece of light wood at the other. A short line attached to the harpoon, passes along the staff, and is rolled round this float for convenience. The glare of the torch attracts the fish and enables the bowman to spy his prey, which is immediately transfixed by the harpoon. Away it darts, but the float retards its progress, and points out its whereabouts to the boatmen, who again seize the line, and drag it to the shore. Occasionally the tarpom is taken in strong nets, the meshes of which require to be six inches square in order to entangle it. Manatees or sea- cows are caught in the early morning, and to get within striking distance of the wary animal, it is necessary to deck the canoe with bushes and leaves, giving it the appearance of a floating tree. The line attached to the harpoon is in this case payed out from the canoe, which WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. is often trailed by the manatee in a lively manner. It generally takes several harpoons as well as lances to kill it. Smaller harpoons, without barb, with merely quadrangular points an inch and a half long and nearly as wide, are used for catching turtles so that the shell may not be damaged. As the canoe approaches, the turtle slides under the water; the bowman signalizes the oarsman how to steer, and when the turtle rises to breathe, it is speared, dragged into the canoes, and placed on its back. Some fishermen will jump into the water after the animal, and bring it up in their hands, but this feat is attended with danger, from bites and sharp coral. The hawk-bill turtle is set free after the shell ,has been stripped of its scales, but the green species is eaten, and its eggs, which are esteemed a dainty, are sought for in the sand by poking suspected places with a stick. Smaller fish are speared with the sinnock, a long pole with a fixed point. The river people take less pleasure in fishing, and resort thereto only as driven by necessity. Weirs of branches and clay are constructed, with a small outlet in the middle, where men are stationed to catch the passing fish with nets and spears. The Poyas employ a still surer method. The water is beaten with sticks for some distance above the.weir, so as to drive the fish together; a quantity of juice extracted from a wild vine called pequine, which has a stupefying effect, is thrown into the water, and the men have merely to select- the best looking, the smaller ones being allowed to float away and recover in the unadulterated waters below. The preserving offish is the work of women, who cut them in slices,—s sometimes rubbing them with salt,—and place the pieces on a framework of cane over the fire to be smoke-dried; after which they are exposed to the sun for a day or two. Part of the fish is cooked, or baked in oil, and eaten at once. If we except the Smoos and Xicaques, who follow game with true precision and patience, the usual mode of hunting is as primitive as weir-fishing. A number of men assemble and set fire to the grass, which MOSQUITO COOKERY. 721 drives the terrified animals into a corner, where they are shot or struck down, or the game is entrapped in holes partly filled with water. The wild hog. the tapir, and deer supply most of the meat, which is cured in the same way as fish: some cutting the meat in strips, and curing it on the buccan, or grate of sticks, while others prefer the barbecue method which is to smoke-dry the whole animal. Certain old writers state that human flesh was eaten, but this is discredited by others, who think that the error arose from seeing the natives feast on monkeys, which, skinned, have much the appearance of humans. The statement of their eating raw fish may also be wrong, for the natives of the present day are very careful about thoroughly cooking their food, and even avoid fruit not fully ripened. A well-known article of food is the Carib bread, a sort of white hard biscuit made from cassava or mandioc roots, which are skinned, washed, and grated on a board set with sharp stones. The pulp is rinsed in water to extract the poisonous juice, and when it is sufficiently whitened by this means, the water is carefully pressed out, and the substance set to dry in the sun. The sifted flour is made into large round thin cakes, which, after being exposed to the sun for a while, are slowly baked over the fire. The Poyas make large rolls, which are wrapped in leaves and baked in the ashes. These soon become sour, and are then eaten with a relish. Others grind cassava or maize on the metate, and bake tortillas. A gruel is also made of the flour, and eaten with salt and chile, or syrup. One of their dainties is bisbire, the name given to plantains kept in leaves till putrid, and eaten boiled. Scalding hot cacao mixed with chile is the favorite stimulant, of which large quantities are imbibed, until the perspiration starts from every pore. Cacao-fruit is also eaten roasted. Notwithstanding the richness of the soil and the variety of its productions, the natives are accused of resorting to insects for food, and of eating their own vermin. The coafet people have the greater selection, but trust mostly to WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. fishing, while the interior tribes after natural products depend upon the chase. The Cookras subsist chiefly on the cabbage-palm. Sambo girls have a peculiar fancy for eating charcoal and sand, believing that their charms are improved thereby. No regularity is observed in eating, but food is taken at any hour, and with voracity; nor will they take the trouble to procure more, until the whole stock is consumed, and hunger drives them from their hammocks. The Poyas and Guajiqueros seem to be the only tribes who have any idea of providing for the future; the latter laying up a common reserve.25 Frequent bathing is the rule, yet the Sambos, who have a better opportunity for this, perhaps, -than other tribes, are described as dirty in their surroundings, and, when warmed by motion, emit a disagreeable odor, arising from the use of ointments and powders. The Poyas, Xicaques, Sccos, and especially the Caribs are, on the contrary, very cleanly in their habits.'20 The bow and arrow figures as the chief weapon of the Mosquitos, the former being usually of iron-wood, spanned with twisted mahoe-bark, and often six feet in length; the latter of reed or wood, hardened in fire, and pointed with hard wood, flint, fish-bones, or teeth. They not only handle the bow well, but some are expert in the art of defense. To attain this dexterity, children are taught to turn aside, with a stick, the blunt darts thrown at them, and in time they become sufficiently expert to ward off arrows in the same manner. They also fight with cane lances about nine feet long, with oblong diamond points, javelins, clubs, and heavy sharp-pointed swords made of a poisonous wood, a splinter from which causes first madness and then J.J.^1 I t/ U/j LJ-lOlfm UO/O., ^LV^V-' • J- » • 5 A.LKJ • t j. i x . , v. lu jwr . j.j.a. » . , **-fcv*,v»y . w*y ~ . «■ —- . ^ -y of A>ner., vol. i., pp. 774-5; Squier, in Harper's Ma</., vol. xix., p. ( Young's Narrative, pp, 14, IS, 21, 61, 74-7, 96, 98, 106; Bard's Waikna, 25 Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. iii-v.; Macgregor's Progress 613; pp. 100-11, 132-6, 297-31)3, 320; Sivers, MUtelameriJcci, pp. 75-6, 87, 108-74. The Woolwas had fish 'which had been shot with arrows.' Pirn and Seemann's Boilings, pp. 403, 248-50, 300-1, 407, 412-13; Bampier's Voyages, vol. i., pp. 9-13, 35-7. «i Boyle's Bide, vol. i., pref., p. 18; Young's Narrative, pp. 76, 99, 133; Toi'quetnada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. doo. MOSQUITO WEAPONS AND WAR. 723 death. The milky juice of the manzanilla-tree is used to poison arrows and darts. Blowpipes, whose light arrows surely and silently bring down birds at a hundred feet and over, are in great favor with the youth. Armor is made of plaited reeds covered with tiger-skins, and ornamented with feathers; besides which, the northern Mosquitos employ a breastplate of twisted cotton, like that of the Mexicans. Mosquito women are said to be as good archers as the men.27 Aboriginal wars were continually waged in Honduras without any other object than to avenge the death of an ancestor, or to retaliate on those who had carried away friends ^into slavery. Neighboring tribes, however, agreed to a truce at certain times, to allow the interchange of goods. Previous to starting on an expedition, turkeys,, dogs, and even human beings were sacrificed to influence the gods; blood was drawn from tongue and ears, and dreams carefully noted, and their import determined. Ambassadors were sent to challenge the enemy to a pitched battle, and, if they were not responded to, the country was ravaged. When prisoners were taken they were usually held as slaves, after having the nose cut off. Forty thousand men sometimes composed an expedition, operating without chief or order, devising ambushes and stratagems as it suited them, and accompanied by women to act as porters. Mosquito warriors blacken the face, and place themselves under the temporary command of the bravest and most experienced. The coast people are bold and unyielding, and usually kill their prisoners. When the Sambos confederate with their neighbors, they expect their allies to pay for friends lost in battle.28 27 Of the people of Las Pertas islands it is said; 'Aen't endt van haer geweer een hay-tandt, schieten met geen boogh.' Esquemelin, Zee-Roovers, pp. 71, 150. Also see: Colon, Hist. Almirante, in Barcia, Historiadorcs, torn, i., p. 105; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iii., lib. ix., cap. x., and dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. iii.; Bampier's Voyages, vol. i., pp. 7-8; Bard's Waikna, pp. 120,128. y 1F li 28 Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iv., lib.viii., cap. iii.; Esquemelin, Zee-Roovers,' p. 153; Bampier's Voyages, vol. i., p, 8; Belaporte, Reisen, torn, x., p. 416; Strangeways' Mosquito Shore, p. 331, 724 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Domestic utensils in the homes of the Mosquitos consist of stones for grinding grain and roots, clay pots.and plates for cooking purposes, and gourds, calabashes, and nets for holding food and liquids. The stone hatchet, which is fast becoming a relic, is ten inches long, four broad, and three thick, sharp at both ends, with a groove to hold the handle which is firmly twisted round its centre. Besides the implements already referred to under fishing and weapons, may be mentioned the lasso, in the use of which they are very expert, and the pata- pec, a pretty water-tight basket that the Caribs plait of reeds. The men usually sleep in hammocks, or on mats spread on the ground near the fire, with a*stick for a pillow, while the women prefer a platform of cane raised a few feet from the ground, and covered with a mat or a skin.29 Fibres of mahoe and ule bark, pisang-leaves and silk- grass furnish material for ropes, nets, mats, and coarse fabrics. Most of the Mosquitos grow a little cotton, which the women spin on a rude wheel, like that of the Guatemalans, and weave on a frame loom into strong and neat cloths. The favorite blue color for dyeing is obtained from the jiquilite plant; the yellow from the acldolt tree. Pottery is a very ancient art among them, as may be seen from the fine specimens discovered in the graves and ruins of Honduras. Their red cooking- pots are very light but strong, and the water-jars, which are only slightly burnt to permit percolation, show considerable taste in design.30 Nowhere do we find more daring and expert boatmen than the Mosquitos, who will venture out upon the roughest sea in a boat barely large enough to hold a man 29 'Hammocks, made of a Sort of Rushes.' Cockburn's Journey, pp. 64, 23. ' El almohada vn palo, o vna piedra: los cofres son cestillos, aforrados en cueros cle venados.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. v. Consult also: Young's Narrative, pp. 76-7; Bampier's Voyages, vol. i., p. 85; Squier's Cent. Amer., p. 660; Mosquitoland, Bericht, pp. 100, 116, 123, 138, 173. 30 Sivers, Mittolamerika, p. 107; Bard's Waikna, pp. 127,298-9. 'Auf irgend eine Zubereitung (of sMns) verstehen sich die Indianer nicht.' Mosquitoland, Bericht, pp. 190, 148. ' They make large Jars here, one of which will hold ten Gallons, and not weigh one Pound.' Cockburn's Journey, p. 83. BOATS AND FISHERIES. and a boy. If the boat capsize it is at once righted, bailed out, and the voyage resumed, and seldom is any part of the cargo lost. The dory, or ordinary sea-boat is a hollowed-out tree, often twenty-five to fifty feet long, four to six wide, and four to five deep, round-bottomed, buoyant, and with good handling safe. The best are made by the up-river tribes, especially the Towkas, who prepare them roughly with axe and fire, and sell them to the coast people to be finished according to fancy. After the dug-out has been trimmed, it is often soaked in water for a time, so that the sides may be stretched and secured with knees. The pitpan, which is used on rivers and lagoons, differs from the dory in being flat- bottomed, with broad and gradually rounded ends, and of less depth and width. Cedar is chiefly used for pit- pans on account of its lightness, and the stronger mahogany for dories; but the latter are, howTever, soon injured by worms if kept in the water. Small boats are propelled by a single broad-bladed paddle; sails also are employed with the crean or keeled canoe.31 Harpoon and canoe are the basis of the Mosquito's wealth, for with them he obtains his food and the tortoise- shell, the principal article of traffic. The season for catching hawk-bill turtles is from April to August, when fleets of canoes, each manned by about twelve men, proceed to different parts of the coast, as far south as Chiri- qui, and bring home ten thousand pounds of shell on an average. Green turtles, which are caught near reefs, also'find a good market in Blewfields and elsewhere. All keep hogs, the Caribs more than others; many possess cattle and horses, which are allowed to run wild over the prairies, the horses being lassoed whenever required for riding. Their manner of breaking them is unique. One man leads the horse with the lasso into water, to a depth of three or four feet, when another 31 Young's Narrative, pp. 11,19, 76,160-1; Martin's West Indies, vol.i., pp. 155-6; Bampier's Voyages, vol. i., pp. 35, 85. '■ Der Tuberose tree der Eng- lander liefert die starksten Baumstamme, deren die Indianer sich zur Anfer- tigung ihrer grossten Wasserfahrzeuge bedienen.' Mosquitoland, Bericht, pp. 116, 70, 147. 726 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. jumps upon his back, and responds to buckings and skit- tishness with blows on the head, until in about half an hour the exhausted animal surrenders. A line of bark- fibre serves for reins, and a few plaited palm-leaves for saddle. Preservation of wealth is little thought of, for cattle are most recklessly slaughtered at feasts and for offences, and fruit-trees, as well as other property are, as a rule, destroyed on the death of the owner. Quite a trade is carried on in these parts, the inland tribes bringing rough canoes, calabashes, skins, cloth, honey, and cacao to the coast people, and receiving therefor turtles, salt, English fancy and useful articles; while many of the latter undertake lengthy coast trips to dispose of the bartered produce, as well as their own. The Wan- kees deal heavily in bisbire, or decomposed plantains, while sarsaparilla and honey are the staple articles of the Secos and Poyas. A mixture of shrewdness and simplicity characterizes their dealings. A party wishing to dispose of hides, for instance, first produces the worst ones, which are thrown aside by the buyer until those of the standard quality are brought out; a sum is then offered for the whole, which is often unhesitatingly accepted by the native who is too dazzled by the apparently high price to consider the amount of produce given for it. Very little value is placed upon labor, for canoes, which have taken a considerable time to prepare, are often bartered for a mere trifle. The people of Honduras have always a stock of cloth and honey to pay taxes with, and set a high value on colored feathers obtained from Yucatec coast traders, who take cacao for return cargoes.32 Although versatile enough' in handicrafts, their mental faculties are exceedingly crude. With the aid of fingers and toes the Sambo is able to count to twenty, but anything beyond that confuses him. Time is reck- 32 The Mosquitos have ' little trade except in tortoise-shells and sarsaparilla.' Squier's Cad. Amer., p. 659. Compare Bard's Waikna, p. 317; Bell, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 2ol;.Strangeways' Jlosquito Shore, p. 337; Young's Narrative, p.p. 16,82,86-7,91,126; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. iii., v.; Mosquitoland, Bericht, pp. 148,. 171-4, 190. MOSQUITO CALENDAR AND ART. 727 oned by katcs, or moons, thirteen of which make a mani, or year. When asked to fix the date of an event, he will say that it occurred so many sleeps or moons ago; but when the time exceeds a year or two, the answer is given in the rather indefinite term of "mairy, many years;'' consequently he is unable to tell his age. His ideas of cosmology are equally vague; thus, stars are held to be glowing stones. The people of Honduras call the year iolar, and divide it in the same manner as the Mexicans, by whom the system has, no doubt, been introduced. They reckon time by so many nights or twilights, not by days, and determine the hour by the height of the sun. The song-language of the Mosquitos differs greatly from that employed in conversation, a quaint old-time style being apparently preserved in their lyrics.33 The art of extracting and melting gold has long been known to them, but, although they wear a few ornaments of this metal, they do not seem to prize it very highly. At the time of Gockburns visit to Honduras, dams were used in mining, and instruments of cane to sift the gold. The mode employed by the Poyas to separate gold from sand is the one known in California as panning, and is thus described by Squier: "Scooping up some of the sand in his bowl, and then filling it with water, he whirled it rapidly, so that a feathery stream of mingled sand and water flew constantly over its edge. He continued this operation until the sand was nearly exhausted, and then filled the bowl again. After repeating this process several times, he grew more careful, balancing the bowl skillfully, and stopping occasionally to pick out the pebbles.... after the process was complete, the Poyer showed me a little deposit of gold, in 33 The Mosquitos ' divisaient l'anne*e en 18 mois de 20 jours, et ils appel- laient les mois IoalarV Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. f 2. <Dit konense reeckenen by de Maen, daer van sy vyftien voor een jaer reeckenen ' Exquemvlin Zee-Roovers, p. 152. ' Fur die Berechnung der Jahre existirtkeine AeVa. Daiier weiss Niemand sein Alter.' Mosquiioland, Bericht, pp. 142, 267-8. See also Bard's Waikua, pp. 244-5; Young's ISanatwe, p. 76; Herrera, l'hst Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. vi. 728 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. grains, at the bottom of the calabash." The gold dust passes into the hands of the white trader.34 The Mosquitos proper are ruled by a hereditary king, who claims sovereignty over the interior tribes of the Mosquito Coast, which, in many cases, is merely nominal. Before the English made their influence felt, this monarch, who, in these latter degenerate days, does not possess many prerogatives, seems to have had but a small extent of territory, for among the earlier travelers some assert that the inhabitants of this coast lived under a republican rule, while others observed no form of government. Each village or community has a principal man, or judge, selected from the eldest and ablest, who settles minor grievances, referring weightier matters to the king, and superintends the contribution of canoes, tortoise-shells, and produce for the support of the monarch and chiefs—for regular taxes are' not collected. Among the Poyas, the old men, who are highly respected by their juniors, assemble every evening to deliberate upon the duties of the following day; all members of the tribe take part in the work, and share alike in the results. According to Young, the Mosquitos had an officer, in whom was vested certain authority. The Caribs are also ruled by elders, dignified by the title of captains. Their laws are in some respects harsh: for instance, a woman who has had intercourse with a man of another race is whipped slowly to death. Sambos are less particular in this matter, the adulterer being merely mulcted in a cow. If the decision of a chief be not satisfactory, the contestants resort to trial by combat. The Xicaques live in communities of from seventy to one hundred persons ruled by chiefs elected for life. The insignia of a judge or ruler in Honduras are a white staff, often elaborately ornamented with a golden head and tassels. Formerly 34 Bard's Waikna, pp. 292-3; Cockburn's Journey, p. 37; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 63. The natives of Honduras had 'pedacos de Tierra, llamada Calcide, con la qual se funde el Metal.' Colon, Hist. Almirante, in Barcia, Historiadores, torn, i., p. 104. \. GOVERNMENT, SLAVERY, POLYGAMY. 729 each town or province was ruled by an hereditary cacique, who administered justice with four nobles as counselors. Theft was punished by confiscation of property, and in graver cases the ears and hands of the culprit were cut off; the adulterer caught in the act had his ear-rings forcibly torn out; then he was whipped by th'e relatives of the injured, and deprived of his possessions. The woman went free on the supposition that she, as the weaker party, was not responsible.35 One principal object of war among the ancient nations of Honduras was to make slaves, but the Mosquito Coast was free from this scourge, according to all accounts.36 Polygamy obtains, some men having six wives each, and the king yet more. The first wife, who as a rule, is betrothed from early infancy, is mistress commanding; her marriage is attended with festivities, and later additions to the harem are subject to her. The custom is to marry early, often before puberty, and it is not unusual to see a girl of thirteen with an offspring in her arms; but the marriage tie is not very binding, for the wife may be discarded or sold at will, on the slightest pretence, especially if children do not follow the union. The interior tribes, which are less given to plurality of wives, bear a pretty good character for female chastity. The cacique of ancient Honduras married among his own class. On behalf of a suitor not previously engaged, an old man was dispatched with presents to the father of the chosen girl, before whom he made a long harangue on the ancestry and qualities 35 Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. v.; Cockburn's Journey, p. 45- Bampier's Voyages, vol. i., pp. 10-11; Esquemelin, Zee-Roovers, p. 150: Belaporte, Reisen, torn, x., p. 406; Froebel's Cent. Amer., p. 184; Crowe's Cent. Amer. p. 49; Winterfeldt, Mosquito-Staat, p: 22; Bard's Waikna, pp. 231, 297-8; Bell, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., pp. 258-9; Squier, in Harper's Mag., vol. xix., p. 614; Id., in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1858, torn, clx., p. 134; Yoilng's Narrative, pp.71, 98; Mosquitoland, Bericht, pp. 171-2. 'Sie stehen unter eignen Kaziken, die ihre Anfiihrer im Kriege machen und welchen sie unbedingt gehorchen.' Poyas, ' Ihre Regierungsform ist aristo- kratisch.' Hassel, Mex. Guat, pp. 388, 390. Mosquito ' conjurers are in fact the priests, the lawyers and the judges the king is a despotic monarch.' Bonnycastle's Span. Amer., vol. i., p. 174. 36 Torquemada, Monarq. Bid., torn, i., p. 335. 730 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. of the youth. If this proved satisfactory, the presents were accepted, and Bacchanalia followed. Next morning the bride was closely wrapped in a gorgeously painted cloth, and, seated upon the shoulder of a man, was conveyed to the bridegroom, a number of friends accompanying her, dancing and singing along the road, drinking out of every rivulet, and feasting at every stopping-place. On arrival, she was received by the female friends of the groom, and subjected to a cleaning and perfuming process, lasting three days, during which the friends of the two families held a grand feast to celebrate the approaching union. She was then delivered to the husband, who kept her three nights at his home, and then proceeded to the house of his father-in- law, where the couple remained three other nights, after which they returned to their own house and renewed festivities. These were the ceremonies attending the mar- riage of nobles only. An old woman acted as messenger for common swains, and brought a present of cacao to the bride's parents, which was consumed at the preliminary feast. The girl was then delivered to the old woman, together with a return present of cacao to serve for two feasts, one taking place at the house of the bridegroom, the other at the bride's. Relationship was no impediment to marriage, and widows were received among the wives of the late husband's brother. Immorality ruled, and the most lascivious performances prevailed at their festivals. On the islands in the gulf of Honduras and on the Belize coast, the suitor had to undergo a preliminary examination by the proposed father-in-law as to his ability to perform the duties cf husband; if satisfactory, a bow and arrow were "handed him, and he at once presented himself before the object of his affection with a garland of leaves and flowers, which she placed upon her head instead of the wreath alwaj's worn by a virgin. Friends thereupon met at the home of the bride to discuss the prospects of the couple, and to witness the act of giving her to the bridegroom, partaking, meanwhile, of some 'MOSQUITO MARRIAGE CUSTOMS. 731 cheering liquid. The next day the bride appeared before the mother, and tore off her garland with much lamentation. Among the Sambos the betrothed suitor must give presents of food and other articles to the parents of his intended, as payment for their care of her until she attains the marriageable age, when he comes to claim her. Should the parents then refuse to give up the girl, they are bound to refund the value of the presents twice or thrice told. The usual price paid for a wife is a cow or its equivalent, which is also exacted from any man infringing on the marital right, while the female for such offence is merely beaten. Esquemelin adds that when the young man came to claim his bride, he was questioned as to his ability to make nets and arrows, and if all went well, the daughter was summoned to bring a calabash of wine, which the three drained between them in token of the new relationship. The widow w^as bound to supply the grave of her husband with provisions for a year, after which she took up the bones and carried them with her for another year, at last placing them upon the roof of her house, and then only was she allowed to marry again. The Carib must provide a separate house and field for each of his wives, where she not only supports herself, her children, and her husband, but can, if she pleases, accumulate property. The husband is expected tor spend his time equally between his wives, but not to assist in providing necessities after the marriage day; should his help be required, the wife must pay him the customary rate of wages. The several wives compete jealously with each other to provide the best for their husband, and are comparatively well-behaved, owing, perhaps, to the severe punishment of infidelity. Among the Smoos, wives of one husband generally live together, each wife bringing her share to make up her lord's dinner. Widows are the property of the relatives of the husband, to wThom lwidow-money' must be paid before they are allowed to marry again. The method of courtship among the Woolwas is to place a deer's 732 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. carcass and some firewood at the door of the intended; if accepted, marriage ensues. Each wife has usually a separate establishment. The Towkas, who are more inclined to monogamy, have an interesting marriage ceremony, of which Squier gives a long account. On the betrothal of children a corresponding cotton band is fastened above the elbow or below the knee of each. These bands are selected by the old men so as to be distinct from others in color, and are renewed when worn out. They also wear necklaces to which a shell or bead is added every year, and when the boy has ten added to his string, he is called muhasal, or ten, signifying half a man; when the twentieth and final shell is added, he is considered a full man, and is called all, meaning twenty. If his intended has by this time attained her fifteenth year, preparations are at once made for the marriage. A general holiday is taken by the villagers, who clear from grass a circular piece of ground, which is defined by a ring of stones, and trampled smooth; a little hut is then erected in the centre having a small opening at the top, and another at the side facing the east. Within the hut, the entrance of which is covered with a mat, is a heap of copal-twigs, and without, at the edge of the circle, a canoe filled with palm-wine is placed, having a large pile of white calabashes by its side. At noon the villagers proceed to the home of the bridegroom, who is addressed in turn by the old men; they then start with the youth for the house of the bride where the young man seats himself before the closed entrance on a bundle of presents intended for the bride. The father raps at the door which is partly opened by an old woman who asks his business, but the reply does not seem satisfactory, for the door is slammed in his face. The old men try their power of persuasion with the same result, and at last determine to call Orpheus to their aid. Music hath charms! the door is seen to open, and a female peeps timidly out: louder swells the music, and the bridegroom hastens to unroll his bundle containing beads and other articles. The door opens wider and MOSQUITO COURTSHIP. 733 wider as each present is handed in by the father, until it is entirely thrown back, revealing the bride arrayed in her prettiest, seated on a crickery, in the remotest corner. While all are absorbed in examining the presents, the bridegroom dashes in, shoulders the girl like a sack, and trots off for the mystic circle, which, urged on by the frantic cries of the women, he reaches before . the crowd can rescue her. The females, who cannot pass the ring, stand outside giving vent to their despairing shrieks, while the men squat within the circle in rows, facing outward. The old men alone remain standing, and one of them hands a lighted stick to the couple inside the hut, with a short speech. Soon an aromatic smoke curls up from the copal pile, whereat the women grow silent, but when it subsides, a sudden gayety takes possession of them, and the music is again heard. The reason for this is that the bridegroom, if he has any objections to the girl, may expel her while the gum is burning, but if it burns out quietly, the groom is supposed to be satisfied and the marriage complete. The women now pass filled calabashes to the men, who soon become excited and start a dance which increases in wildness with each additional cup, and does not end till most of them have bitten the dust. After dark the crowd proceeds with lighted torches to the hut, which is torn down, disclosing the married pair sitting demurely side by side. The husband shoulders his new baggage and is escorted to his home. The following day everybody presents a gift of some kind, so as to place the couple on an equal footing with the rest of the villagers.37 The position of a wife is not an enviable one, as the care/ of the household, the farm, and all hard and degrading work fall to her share, while her liege lord spends most of his time in idling. When about to be confined, she 37 Bard's Waikna, pp. 127, 129-30, 202-11, 236, 243, 299-300, 321-3; Strangeways' Mosquito Shore, pp. 332, 336; Froebel's Cent. Amer., p. 13,; Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., p. 216. 'They marry but one Wife, with whom they live till death separates them.' Bampier's Voyages, vol. i., p. 9. ■ Doch besitzen in der That die meisten Manner nur ein Weib.' Mosquitoland, Bericht, pp. 144-6, 133-9; Salazar y Olarte, Hist. Conq. Mex., torn, ii., p. 312. 734 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. proceeds to a hut erected for this purpose in the forest, a short distance from the village, where she remains from a week to two months, according to the custom of the tribe, attended by female friends who supply all her wants, since she is not allowed to handle food herself. No one must pass to the windward of the hut, because an obstruction of the air might cause the death of the mother and child, and for thus offending the guilty party must pay the damages. In such seclusion it is easy to dispose of deformed children, and it is believed that this is done to avoid the disgrace of a nickname, which might otherwise attach to the family. At the expiration of the period of purification, the mother returns to the village carrying the infant tied to her back in a cloth. The village witch has in the meantime fastened round its neck, a pew or charm, consisting of a bag of small seeds with which to pay old Charon for ferriage across the river, in case of an early death. The child is suckled for about two years; yucca-root pap also forms a great part of its food in some parts, but otherwise it receives little care. The mother, delivers herself cutting the navel-string with her own hand; she also washes the infant's clothes, for it is believed that the child will die if this is done by another; after washing herself and suckling the child she returns to the village. Formerly all children born within the year were taken to the temple by the parents, wrapped in a net and painted cloth, and laid to sleep under a cake made of honey and iguana-flesh. Notice was taken of dreams, and if the child appeared well and happy, they augured riches and long life for it, if weak and sorrowful, it would be poor and unfortunate; if no dreams occurred, it betokened an early death. Acting on this superstition, parents often became careless about the future of their children, and suffered them to grow up without attention. Priests were not allowed to marry, and the care and education of the sons of prominent men were entrusted to them.38 38 Esquemelin relates that the natives on the Belize coast and adjacent islands carried the new-born infant to the temple, where it was placed MOSQUITO DIVERSIONS. 735 Drinking is the chief amusement, and to become helplessly drunk is the sum of all enjoyment. Frequent sihkrans or feasts are held, lasting for days, at which large numbers assist to drain the canoeful of liquor prepared for the occasion. Occasionally surrounding villagers are invited, and a drinking-bout is held, first, in one house and then in another, until the climax is reached in a debauch by both sexes of the most revolting character. Quarrels are generally put off for these occasions, but, as the wives have carefully hidden all weapons, recourse is had to the fist, with which the combatants exchange blows in turn until one has had enough. These trials of endurance are also held in sport; the Smoo or Woolwa, for instance, who wishes to be held most worthy of the fair sex, engages in a hwta or striking-match with a rival, each one presenting his bent back to the other in turn, until the bravest stands declared. Death is not unfrequently the result of such trials. Even boys, carried away by emulation, hold lighted sticks to each other's skin. In early times the people of Honduras held regular festivals at the beginning of each month, at the time of electing officers, at harvest time, and three other grand celebrations during the year, for which much food and drink were prepared. As the wine took effect, the participants were seized with a desire to move to the exhilarating sound of drum, flute, and rattle, and a simple dance was organized. That of the Carib is merely a forward and backward movement of hands and feet, accompanied by a peculiar intonation of voice, and at their seekroes, or festivals in commemoration of the departed, they stalk in a circle, one following the other, naked in a hole filled with ashes, exposed to the wild beasts, and left there until the track of some animal was noticed in the ashes. This became patron to the child who was taught to offer it incense and to invoke it for protection. Zee-Roovers, pp. 64-9, 149. The genitals are pierced as a proof of constancy and affection for a woman. Id., pp. 151-3. Compare Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv'., lib. L, cap. vi., lib. viii., cap. iii.—vi.; Young's Narrative, pp. 73, 75, 123, 125; Bell, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., pp. 251, 254-5, 257-8; Pirn and Seemann's Boltings, pp. 249, 336-8; Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i., p. 335; Belaporte, Reisen, torn, x., p. 409; Crowe's Cent Amer., pp. 49, 245-7. 736 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. and singing in a loud and uncouth tone. Their pas seul is livelier, however, the performer skipping up and down, bending the body in different ways, and making the most grotesque movements. They are not satisfied with a mere drinking-bout at their reunions, but spread a good table, to which guests often bring their own liquor. The Towkas and others prefer the circle dance, walking at a slow, swinging pace, beating their knuckles against emptied calabashes, and joining in a refrain, at the end of which they strike their cups one against another's. At each additional potation, the walk is increased in speed, until it assumes a trot and ends in a gallop, the calabashes rattling in accordance. The Sambo dance is like a minuet, in which the performers advance and recede, making strange gesticulations. The women have also a,dance among themselves,—for they are not allowed to join with the men,—in which they form a ring, holding each other round the waist with the left hand, bending, wriggling, shaking calabash rattles, and singing until exhausted. Dramatic representations usually accompany these saltatory exhibitions, wherein the various phases of a lover's trials, comical sketches, or battles are depicted. The people of Honduras are fond of disguising themselves with feather tufts, and skins of animals, whose actions and cries they imitate. The favorite entertainment of the Sambos is to put on a head-dress of thin strips of wood painted in various colors to represent the beak of a sword-fish, fasten a collar of wood round the neck, from which a number of palm-leaves are suspended, and to daub the face red, black, and yellow. Two men thus adorned advance toward one another and bend the fish-head in salute, keeping time with a rattle and singing, " shovel- nosed sharks, grandmother!" after which they slide off crab-like, making the most ludicrous gestures imaginable. This fun exhausted, fresh men appear, introducing new movements, and then the spectators join in a 'walk around,' flourishing white sticks in their hands, and repeating the above-mentioned refrain in a peculiar buz- GUAJIQUERO DANCE. 737 zing tone produced by placing in the mouth a small tube covered with the membrane of a nut.39 The Guajiqueros in an interesting performance described by Squier, depict incidents from their history. A square piece of ground having a tree in the centre is marked off, and two poles adorned with feathers are erected in opposite corners, one bearing the head of a deer, the other that of a tiger. A dull, monotonous music is heard, and two parties of youth, fantastically dressed up and painted, move up to the square in a slow, but not ungraceful dance, and station themselves round the poles that bear their respective insignia. A man, stooping as if bent with age, starts out from the deers, dances round the ground, trying to arouse the mirth of the spectators with his grotesque movements. The tigers also dispatch a man, who does his best to excel the other one in contortions and grimaces. After a while they meet, and commence a discussion which ends in open rupture, the rising passions being well delineated. The two men who represent ambassadors then return to their party with an account of the mission, the result of which is a general excitement, both factions starting out, dancing backwards and forwards, up and down the square, until they meet under the tree, in the centre. The leader of each then steps out and recites the glories and prowess of his tribe, amidst the applause of his own men, and the disapproval of the others. As soon as they are worked up to the requisite pitch of irritation, the dialogue ceases, the music strikes up, and a mimic combat ensues, in which the armies advance and retreat, close and separate, using short canes for weapons. At last the tigers lose their standard and take to flight, whereat the victors execute a dance of triumph; but finding how dearly the victory has been bought, their 39 Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. iii., vi.; Bell, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 255-6. The Woolwas 'haben gewisse Jahresfeste bei welchen weder ein Fremder noch Weiber und Kinder des eignen Stam- mes zugelassen werden. Bei diesen Festen fuhren sie mit lautem Geschrei ihre Tanze auf, "wobei ihnen ihr Gott Gesellschaft leistet." ' Froebel, Aus Amerika, torn, i., pp. 407-8. VoL T. 47 738 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. joy is turned into sorrow, and they bend their head upon the knees, breaking out in loud lament. In a few moments one of them starts up and begins a panegj7ric on the fallen brave, which is followed by a mimic sacrifice and other ceremonies. The vanquished are now seen to approach with downcast eyes, bringing tribute, which they lay at the feet of the victors, who receive it with imperious bearing. The music at these entertainments is not of a very inspiring nature; drums, consisting of a section of hollow tree covered with skin, wThich are generally beaten with the hand, and flutes of bamboo with four stops on which eight notes are played with different degrees of speed for variety, being the usual instruments. The Guajiqueros also use the chirimaya, two flutes joined in one mouthpiece; the syrinx, or Pan's pipe; a long calabash with a narrow opening at the small end, into which the performer blows suddenly, at intervals, to mark time; and a sort of drum consisting of a large earthen jar, over the mouth of which a dressed skin is tightly stretched. To the centre of the skin, and passing through an opening in the bottom, is attached a string which the performer pulls, the rebound of the membrane producing a very lugubrious sound. In western Honduras the so-called strum-strum is much used. This is a large gourd cut in the middle, and covered with a thin board having strings attached. The marimba, and the jews-harp which has been introduced by the trader, are, however, the favorite instruments for a quiet reunion, and the few tunes known to them are played thereon with admirable skill and taste. Songs always accompany their dances and are usually impromptu compositions on suitable subjects, gotten up for the occasion by the favorite singers of the village, and rendered in a soft, but monotonous and plaintive tone. They have no national melodies, but on the receipt of any good or bad message, their feelings generally find vent in a ditty embodjdng the news. Talking is a passion with them, and as soon as a piece of news is received at a village, two or three younger men will start with their women and children for the** BEVERAGES OF HONDURAS. 739 next hamlet, where it is discussed for hours by the assembled population, who in their turn dispatch a messenger to the next village, and thus spread the news over the whole country in a very short time. In story-telling, those who concoct the biggest lies receive the most applause. Of course, the pipe must be smoked on these occasions, but as their own tobacco has become too mild for them, recourse is had to the vilest description of American leaf. When this is wanting, the smoke-dried leaves of the trumpet and papah-tree are used by men as well as women. The favorite drink is mishla, prepared chiefly from cassava-roots; but others from bananas, pine-^ apples, and other fruits are also used. A number of young women provided with good teeth, untiring jaws, and a large supply of saliva, are employed to chew about half of the boiled and peeled roots requisite to make a canoeful of liquor, the remainder being crushed in a mortar. This delectable compound is stirred with cold water, and allowed to ferment for a day or two, when it assumes a creamy appearance, and tastes very strong and sour. Plantains are kneaded in warm water, and then allowed to stand for a few days till the mixture ferments, or the fruit is left in the water in small pieces, and the kneading performed in the cup previous to drinking. A fermented drink from powdered cacao and indigenous sugar-cane juice is called ulung, and pesso is the name, given to another made from crushed lime-rinds, maize and honey; in early times mead was a favorite drink in Honduras. The cocoa-nut palm yields monthly a large quantity of liquor known as caraca. The tip of the undeveloped shoots are cut off, and the branch bent down so as to allow the fluid to drip into a calabash placed beneath. Its seeds, when crushed and steeped in hot water give the acchioc.40 40 Squier, in Harper's Mag., vol. xix., pp. 603-6, 613; Sivers, MUtelamerika^ pp. 171-2, 174-6; Martin's West Indies, vol. i., p. 155; Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 337; Uring's Hist Voy., pp. 223-5; Bampier's Voyages, vol. i., pp. 10, 127; Bard's Waikna, pp. 205-9, 226-9, 232-3, 299; Mosquitoland, Bericht, pp. 108, 141-2, 146-7, 196, 201-2, 267; Crowe's Cent Amer., p. 247; Pirn and Seemann's Boilings, pp. 306,405; Young's Narrative, pp. 30-3,72, 77-8, 125,132- 740 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. No name for a supreme good spirit is found in the vocabulary of the Mosquitos; all their appeals are addressed to Wulasha, the devil, the cause of all misfortunes and contrarieties that happen. The intercessors with this dread being are the sukias, or sorceresses, generally dirty, malicious old hags, who are approached with gifts by the trembling applicant, and besought to use their power to avert impending evils. They are supposed to be in partnership with their devil, for whom they always exact the half of the fee before entering upon any exorcising or divination. These witches exercise a greater power over the people than the chief— a power which is sustained by the exhibition of certain tricks, such as allowing poisonous snakes to bite them, and handling fire, whic*h they have learned from predecessors during their long preparation for the office, passed amidst exposure and fasts in the solitude of the wilderness. The people of Honduras had also evil sorcerers wTho possessed the power of transforming men into wild beasts, and were much feared and hated accordingly; but their priests or hermits who hVe in communion with materialized gods, in small, elevated huts, apart from the villages, enjoyed the respect of all, and their advice was applied for on every matter of importance. None but the principal men could approach them without the necessary offering of maize and fowl, and they humbly knelt before them to receive their oracular answer. Preparatory to important undertakings, dogs, cocks, and even men were sacrificed to obtain the favor of their idols, and blood was drawn from tongue, ears, and other members of the body. They thought it likewise necessary to their welfare to have naguals, or guardian spirits, whose life became so1 bound up with their own that the. death of one involved that of the other. The manner of obtaining this guardian was to proceed to some secluded spot and offer up a sacrifice: with the 5; Esquemelin, Zee-Roovers, pp. 150-1. The natives of Honduras kept small birds which I could talk intelligibly, and whistle and sing admirably.' Cock- burn's Journey, pp. 52-3, 46, 70-^2, 88- 9J. MOSQUITO CUSTOMS. 741 beast or bird which thereupon appeared, in dream or in reality, a compact for life was made, by drawing blood from various parts of the body. Caribs and Woolwas assemble at certain periods every year, to propitiate controlling spirits with ceremonies transmitted from their forefathers. A variety of ghosts, as Lewire, the spirit of the water, are supposed to play their pranks at night, and it is difficult to induce anyone to leave the hut after dark, unless in company. The belief in dreams is so firmly rooted that their very course of life is influenced by it. Every dream has a direct or indirect meaning; thus, a broken calabash betokens loss of wife; a broken dish, the death of a mother. Among other superstitions, it was believed that the lighting of an owl upon the house-top would be followed by the death of an inmate; when thunder roared, cotton-seed was burned; broken egg-shells and deer-bones were carefully preserved lest the chickens or the deer should die or disappear. Aware of the peculiar influence of the moon on man and matter, they are careful not to sleep in its glare, nor to fish when it is up, and mahogany-cutters abstain from felling trees at certain periods for fear the wood may spoil. They are wonderfully good pathfinders, and will pass through the densest forest without guiding marks; as swimmers they are not to be surpassed. Their mode of greeting a friend is very effusive, according to Dampier. One will throw himself at the feet of another, who helps him up, embraces him, and falls down in his turn to be assisted up and comforted with a pressure. Cockburn says that the Honduras people bend one knee to the ground and clap their hands in token of farewell.41 Their licentious life, and fruit and fish diet, with limited use of salt, have left their constitution very suscep- 41 Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. iv-vi.; Cockburn's Journey, pp. 36, 45-6; Bampier's Voyages, vol. i., pp. 8-9, 86; Mosquitoland, Bericht, pp. 142-3; Martin's Brit. Cot,\ol. ii., p. 413; Bard's Waikna, pp. 228-32, 239-43, 256-8, 273-4. Sivers was thought possessed of the devil, and carefully shunned, because he imitated the crowing of a cock. Sivers, Mittelamerv* ka, p. 178. 742 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. tible to epidemics as well as other diseases. The most common disorders are affections of the bowels, such as dysentery and diarrhoea, but chills, rheumatism, consumption, and measles are not unfrequent. Children suffer much from worms, and their abdomen is sometimes enormously swollen. A very painful, though not dangerous eye-disease termed unkrtbikun is prevalent ; and the burrowing of the tick in the skin causes wounds and inflammation if the fly be not speedily removed ; the chegoe, or sand-flea, attacks the feet in the same manner. But small-pox and leprosy are the greatest scourges of this country, the former having here as elsewhere in America committed enormous ravages among the population. Leprosy—that living death reflecting the sins of former generations, so capricious in the selection of its victims, taking the parent, yet leaving the child intact, or seizing upon the offspring without touching its mother—may certainly be less destructive, but it is nevertheless fearful in its effect; half of the natives of the Mosquito country being more or less marked by it, either in the shape of white or livid spots, or red, white, and scabbed bulpis. All sickness and affliction is supposed to be the work of the evil Spirit who has taken possession of the affected part; su- kias must, therefore, be called in to use their incantations and herbs against the enemy. The witch appears with her face painted in hideous devices, and begins operations by placing some herbs beneath the pillow of the patient, blowing smoke over him, rubbing the body with the hands, and muttering strange words. If this is not effective, a decoction is made from the herbs, to be used as a drink or fomentation, and the patient is fenced in with painted sticks, with strict orders to let no one approach; the witch herself bringing the food to the patient, whistling a plaintive strain and muttering over the invalid for some time to chase away the evil. No pregnant woman, or person who has lately buried a friend, must come near the house during the illness, nor must any one pass to the windward of it, lest the sick MOSQUITO MEDICAL TREATMENT. be deprived of breath; any presumed breach of these injunctions leaving a safe loophole for the sorceress, in case her remedies fail. During epidemics, the sukias consult together and note their dreams, to ascertain the nature and disposition of the spirit. After muttering incantations all night, and invoking all sorts of terrible monsters, they plant small painted sticks, mounted by grotesque figures, to the windward of the village, and announce the expulsion of the evil. Should the scourge continue, it is supposed that the. spirits are obstinate, and the people remove to other parts, burning the village. The instructions of the sukia are always scrupulously followed, and the credulous native ma}7" be seen lying on the beach for days, exposed to all weathers, smeared with blood and waiting for restoration from ills. Scarifications are much resorted to, and fever patients throw themselves into cold water, where they remain until dead or until the fever leaves them. In Honduras, on the other hand, the patient is taken out of the water after a short immersion, and rolled to and fro before a fire, until half dead with fatigue, when he was left to be restored by sleep; blood is let from the thighs, legs, and shoulders; vomiting is promoted by certain herbs; vermin are administered for jaundice. In sickness a rigid diet is observed, the patient subsisting chiefly on iguana broth. Snake-bites are cured by chewing the guaco-root, and poulticing the wound therewith; the Caribs apply an oil obtained from the head of the tom- my-goff as an antidote for its bite. Herrera states that the comfort of a sick person was but little regarded; bread and drink were placed near the patient's head, and if strong enough to partake thereof, well and good, but if not he might die; nobody took any notice of him after this. The Mosquitos are not entirely devoid of affection, but their grief seems to be reserved for the dead, not the dying.42 42 Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. v., dec. v., lib. i., cap. x.; Crowe's Cent Amer., pp. 245-7; Young's Narrative, pp. 23, 26, 28, 73,8-; />'//, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., pp. 253, 260-1; Mosquitolund, Bericht, pp. 132, 148-51; Bard's Waikna, pp. 243-4. 744 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. The corpse is wrapped in a cloth and placed in one half of a pitpan which has been cut in two; friends assemble^ for the funeral and drown their grief in mush- la, the women giving vent to their sorrow by dashing themselves on the ground until covered with blood, and inflicting other tortures, occasionally even committing suicide. As it is supposed that the evil spirit seeks to obtain possession of the body, musicians are called in to lull it to sleep, while preparations are made for its removal; all at once four naked men, who have disguised themselves with paint, so as not to be recognized and punished by Wulasha, rush out from a neighboring hut, and, seizing the rope attached to the canoe, drag it into the woods, followed by the music and the crowd. Here the pitpan is lowered into the grave with bow, arrow, spear, paddle, and other implements to serve the departed in the land beyond; then the other half of the boat is placed over the body. A rude hut is constructed over the grave, serving as a receptacle for the choice food, drink, and other articles placed there from time to time by relatives. The water that disappears from the porous jars is thought to have been drunk by the deceased, and if the food is nibbled by birds it is held to be a good sign. On returning from the grave the property of the deceased is destroyed, the cocoa-palms being cut down, and all who have taken part in the funeral undergo a lustration in the river/ Relatives cut off the hair, the men leaving a ridge along the middle from the nape of the neck to the forehead; widows, according to some old writers, after supplying the grave with food for a year, take up the bones, and carry them on the back in the daytime, sleepirig with them at night, for another year, after which they are placed at the door, or upon the house-top. On the anniversary of death, friends of the deceased hold a feast called seekroe, at which large quantities of liquor are drained to his memory. Squier, who witnessed the ceremonies on an occasion of this kind, says that males and females were dressed in ule cloaks fantastically painted black and CHARACTER OF THE MOSQUITOS. 745 white, while their faces were correspondingly streaked with red and yellow, and they performed a slow walk- around, the immediate relatives prostrating themselves at intervals, calling loudly upon the dead, and tearing the ground with their hands. At no other time is the departed referred to, the very mention of his name being superstitiously avoided. Some tribes extend a thread from the house of death to the grave, carrying it in ft straight line over every obstacle. Froebel states that among the Woolwas all property of the deceased is buried with him, and that.both husband and wife cut the hair and burn the hut on the death of either, placing a gruel of maize upon the grave for a certain time.43 Hospitality, a gentle and obliging disposition, faithfulness in the fulfilling of engagements, honesty and docility, balanced by an inaptness to make any avail of natural benefits, and a supineness in matters of veracity and judgment, by reason of which they fall into many excesses, especially in drink, characterize both Mosquitos and Caribs. The apathy and slowness of the unadulterated aboriginal are, however, in striking contrast to the vivacious and impressible nature of the Caribs, whose versatility evidences a rather higher intelligence, which is again overshadowed by an inordinate vanity, based chiefly upon their greater strength and stature. Both possess a certain industry, the one being more plodding, the other more energetic though less patient; this trait is also noticeable in their pastimes, where the native is far less exuberant and noisy than his darker neighbor. With regard to the effect of negro admixture on character, comparisons may be made among the Caribs themselves, when it will be found that the black race is much more 43 The dead * are sewed up in a mat, and not laid in their grave lengthways, but upright on their feet, with their faces directly to the east.' Amer., Span. SeUl.,p.4&. 4 Ein anderer Religionsgebrauch der alten Mosquiten war, dass sie bey dem Tode eines Hausvaters alle seine Bedienten mit ihm begruben.' Belaporte, Reisen, torn, x., p. 408. Bard's Waikna, pp. 68-73, 245-6; Mosquitoland, Bericht, pp. 136,143-4; Pirn and Seemann's Boltings, pp. 307-^8; Bell, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 255; Frobel, Aus Amerika, torn, i., p. 407; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. v-vi.; Esquemelin, Zee-Roovers, pp. 152-3. 746 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. mercurial and vehement than the purer type, and possesses greater volubility. The severe discipline kept up, and the disposition, among the women at least, to provide for the morrow, augurs well for their future. The bravery and love of freedom which so long kept the Spanish invaders at bay both on the western and northern borders and on the coast was subsequently subdued, instance the mild disposition of the independent Xi- caques, Poyas, and Secos, who are now inclined rather to peaceful diplomacy than to warlike demonstrations; yet the Caribs manifested considerable spirit during a late conflict with the Honduras government, and proved themselves efficient soldiers. The character given to the nations of this subdivision by ancient writers, contains many unenviable qualities, for not only are they described as lazy, vicious, lying, inconstant, but as cruel, void of affection, and of less intelligence than the Mexicans; nevertheless they are obedient, peaceable, and quiet. The only characteristic w^e have concerning the Albatuins is that they were savage, and until of late the Ramas bore the same character. Among the industrious Towkas we find that gentle melancholy wdiich characterizes some of the Guatemalans; while their brothers, the Smoos, have the reputation of being a very simple people whom the neighbors take delight in imposing upon, yet their women are said to be more ingenious than the Sambo women. Proceeding to the Toonglas and Sambos, we observe a preponderance of bad qualities, attributable, no doubt, to their intercourse with buccaneers and traders. By most writers they are characterized as a lazy, drunken, debauched, audacious race, given to thieving; capricious, quarrelsome, treacherous and exacting among themselves, though obliging to strangers, their only redeeming traits being hospitality, and a certain impulsiveness which is chiefly exhibited in grief, and indicates something good at heart. Their want of energy, which deters them-alike from household work and the commission of great crimes,, will not prevent them from undertaking wearisome voyages to dis- THE ISTHMIANS, 747 pose of mere trifles; and their superstitious fears and puerility under affliction, are entirely lost when facing the raging surf or hungry shark. Other writers take advantage of this trait to show that they are high-spirited enough to carry anything through when once aroused, and add that they have proved themselves faithful to their masters, are docile and intelligent, abhorring to appear m6an and cowardly.44 The Isthmians, by which name I designate all the nations occupying the territory lying between the San Juan River and the southern shore of Lake Nicaragua on the north, and the gulf of Uraba, or Darien, and the River Atrato on the south, present several peculiarities when compared with the other nations of Central America. The inhabitants of these regions are a hardy and active race, jealous of their independence and ever hostile to those who attempt to penetrate their country. Their resoluteness in excluding all foreigners is materially strengthened by the rugged and malarious nature of the country, by its deep ravines, its miasmatic swamps, its abrupt heights, its rapid streams, its tangled undergrowth, and densely wooded districts. The air of the table-lands and valleys is hot and moist, the soil exceedingly fertile, but the interior and mountainous localities have a milder and more temperate climate with but Tittle variation except that of the dry and wet seasons. In the lowlands of Panama, the swampy nature of the surface, with the great humidity of the atmosphere, produces a luxuriant vegetation, and the consequent quantity of decomposed vegetable matter under the influence Of a vertical sun, engenders a miasma deadly to the un- acclimated. The rich and marshy nature of the soil, 44 Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iii lib. viii., cap.™.dec iv %^^ lib. viii., cap. iii., v.; Young's Narralwe, PPv^^?^^1^^* in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., PP^^|^7*f^ar£i K? pp. 245, 317, 324; Mosquitoland, Bericht, PP 135,139-40, 144-5.236, f range- lays' Mosquito Shore, p. 329; Puydt, R<WortmAmeriaueg^^P'.71;^ anl SeemTnn's Bottigs, PP- 248^, ^^^^.8^^''^ pp. 13, 18; Morelet, Voyage, torn, n., pp. 240, 289, 302, Lrowe s Lem. amer., pp. 49, 243. 748 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. however, sends forth immense palm-trees, in the branches of which the natives build their houses, thus obtaining a purer air and greater safety from the numerous wild animals and dangerous reptiles that infest that region. A great portion of the territory is rich in minerals which were once produced by the natives in great quantities, but which, unfortunately, were the loadstone that drew upon them the ruthless Spanish plunderers. In the northern part of Costa Rica along the head waters of the Rio Frio the Guatusos, or Pranzas, are located. Mr Squier is inclined to think they are of the same stock as the Nahuas. Some striking physical peculiarities observed among them have given rise to» various surmises and startling conclusions regarding their origin. Dwelling in the western part of the state are the Terrabas and the Changuenes, fierce and barbarous nations, at' constant enmity with their neighbors. In the south-east and extending to the borders of Chiriqui dwell the Talama?icas composed of a number of different tribes and declared by some to be allied in race with the Guatusos. Besides these are the Buricas, Torresques, Toxas, and others.45 In the mountains of Chiriqui are the Valientes, so called by the Spaniards from their heroic resistance to the invaders. Many of the warlike nations who occupied the country at the time of the discovery derived their names from the caciques that governed them. The people who dwell along the shore of the Caribbean Sea, between Portobello and Uraba, and occupy the Limones, Sasardi, and Pines islands are supposed to be a branch of the once powerful 45 The Gnatusos ' are said to be of very fair complexion, a statement which has caused the appellation of Indios blancos, or Guatusos—the latter 11 une being that of an animal of reddish-brown colour, and intended to designate the colour of their hair.' Froebel's Cent. Amer., p. 24; Id., Aus Amer., torn, i., p. 244. j Speaking of Sir Francis Drake's mutineers and their escape from Esparsa northward, he says: 'It is believed by many in Costa Rica that the white Indians of the Rio Frio, called Pranzos, or Guatusos.... are the descendants of these Englishmen.' Boyle's Bide, vol. ii., pp. 210, 27, and vol.i., pref., pp. xx-xxii. ' Talamanca contains 26 different tribes of Indians; besides which there are several neighbouring nations, as the Chan- g.ienes, divided into thirteen tribes; the Terrabas. the Torresques, Urinamas, Kill Cavecaras.' Jwirros' Hist Gurd., p. 373; S'qnir's Cent Amer.. p. 413; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 407; Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., tom.i., pp. 331-3. ISTHMIAN NATIONS. 749 Darien nations wdio to the present day remain uneon- quered. Their province is situated on the western shore of the gulf of Uraba, and their town was originally near the mouth of the River Atrato. The town and the river as well as the province were called by the natives Darien. This town was conquered in 1510 by a little band of shipwrecked Spaniards under the Bachiller Enciso. A asco Xufiez de Balboa, Francisco Pizarro, and men of like metal were there, and this was the first successful conquest and settlement on Tierra Firme. Whence, as the conquests of the Spaniards widened, the name Darien was at length applied to the greater part of the Isthmus. Still further westward were the once powerful province of Cueva, and the site of the ancient city of Panama, discovered in 1515 by Tello de Guzman. This was a famous fishing-station, the word Panama signifying in the native tongue a place where many fish are taken. Along the western shore of the bay of Panama dwelt severalindependent and warlike nations, those of Outata, Paris, Pscoria, besides many others who waged continual war against each other with the object of increasing their territories and adding lustre to their names.40 Slight differences only are observable in the Isthmian plivsique. The people are generally well-built, muscular, and of average height, although old authorities, such as Herrera, Andagoya, and Gomara, describe a tribe, whom 46 ' The indians who at present inhabit the Isthmus are scattered over B;>cas del Toro, the northern portions of Veraguas, the north-eastern shores of Bahama and almost the whole of Darien, and consist principally of four tribes, the Savanerics, the San Bias Indians, the Bayanos, and the Cholos.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., p. 317. * At the time of the conquest of Darien, the country was covered with numerous and well-peopled villages. The inhabitants belonged to the Carribbee race, divided into tribes, the principal being the Mandinghese, Chucunaquese, Dariens, Cunas, Anachacunas, &c. On the eastern shore of the Gulf of Uraba dwelt the immense but now nearly exterminated tribe of the Caimans,—only a few remnants of the persecutions of the Spaniards, having taken refuge in the Choco Mountains, where they are still found ...The Dariens, as well as the Anachacunas, have either totally disappeared or been absorbed in other tribes.' Puyclt, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxviii., pp. 91-2; Fitz-Roy, in Id., vol. xx., pp. lG3-i; Ro- qmtte, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., .1855, torn, cxlvii., p. 3); Bateman, in N. Y. Century, 6th Decern., I860; Andagoya, in Navarrete, Cot di Viages, torn, iii., p. 403; Micgregor's Progress of Amer., vol. i., p. 823; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Popol Vuh, introd., p. ccii. See Tribal Boundaries. 750 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. they locate near Escoria and Quarecas, as being very tall—veritable giants. Women, as a rule, are small and of delicate proportions, but after attaining a certain age, incline to obesity. The mountain tribes are generally shorter in stature, with more pleasing features than the coast-dwellers. A notable difference between the Isthmians and the other aborigines of the Pacific States, is the short, rather flat nose, in contradistinction to the almost universal aquiline cast. In color they are of a medium bronze tint, varying according to localities, the mountain tribes being the darker. Black, straight, and very abundant coarse hair, black or dark eyes, and excellent teeth predominate.47 In Costa Rica, on the Rio Frio, is the frequently spoken of but never accurately described nation—the Guatusos—whom somewhat mythical accounts describe as of fair complexions, with light hair and blue eyes. Likewise Albinos are spoken of by Wafer, who relates having seen people "'milk white, lighter than the colour of any Europeans, and much like that of a white horse." Furthermore, it is said that their bodies were covered with a milk-white down, which added to the whiteness of their skin; hair and eyebrows white, and eyes oblong, with the corners pointing downwards. During daylight they were weak- sighted, restive, and lacking energy, but after sundown, their cheerfulness, activity, and eyesight returned—the latter being apparently as good as that of other people.48 47 Savanerics, 'a tine athletic race.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., p. 318. 'Tienen los cascos de la cabeqa gruessos.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., p. 138. I The Chocds are not tall nor remarkable in appearance, but always look well conditioned.' Michler's Barien, p. 65. 'Son apersonados.' Bdvila, Teatro Ecles., torn, ii., fol. 56; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 77, 87; Self ridge's'Barien Surveys, pp. 10, 36; Colon, Hist Almirante, in Barcia, Historiadores, torn, i., p. 107; Puydt, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxviii., pp. 95-7; Peter Martyr, dec. viii., lib. vi; Gisborne's Barien, p. 155; Cockburn's Journey, p. 235; B Avity, L'Amerique, torn, ii., p. 98; Winthrop's Canoe and Saddle, p. 365; Macgregor's Progress of Amer., vol. i., p. 823; Fransham's World in Miniature, p. 25. ' Aflrmaua Pasqualde Andagoya, auer visto algunos tan grandes, que los otros hombres eran enanos con ellos, y que tenian buenas caras, y cuer- pos.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. ii., lib. iii., cap. vi.; Andagoya, in Navarrete, Col. de Viages, torn, iii., p. 412; Gage's New Survey, p. 174; Barien, Defence of the Scots' Settlement, pp. 69-70; Cullen's Barien, pp. 65, 67. 48 Golfo Dulce. 'Modicae sunt staturae, bene compositis membris, mori- bus blandis et non invenustis.' Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 329. 'It is a. universal belief along the Atlantic coast, from-Belize to Aspinwall, that the Frio DRESS OF THE ISTHMIANS. 751 Cotton textures and the bark of a certain tree, beaten in a wet state until soft and pliant, were the materials used by the Isthmians to cover their nakedness, if, indeed, they covered it at all. Where cotton was used, as in parts of Costa Rica, the costume was simply a small strip of cloth which both men and women wound round the loins or, as on the islands in the gulf of Nicoya, the women passed it between the legs, and fastened it to a string round the waist. These latter ornamented their scanty raiment prettily with various designs painted in colors, and also with seeds and shells. Near the bay of Herradura the men wore a kind of mantle covering the whole front and back of the wearer, made of the above- mentioned bark, in the centre of which wras a hole through which the head passed. The women of this locality only wrap themselves in a piece of bark, without taking the trouble to fashion a mantle of it. Yet more simple was the dress of the men near Cartago- a few cotton strings wound round the foreskin of their virile member, sufficed them.49 Near Panama and Darien, the caciques only wore long cotton mantles thrown over the shoulder and reaching nearly to the feet, the common people going naked, only encasing their privy parts in a kind of funnel made of gold, silver, shell, or bamboo, according to the wealth of the wTearer, and which was held in place by a string fastened to two tribe have white complexions, fair hair, and grey eyes.' Boyle's Ride, vol. i., pp. 20, 236, and pref., pp. xxi-xxii.; Squier, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1856, torn, cli., pp. 6, 12; Id., in -Hist. Mag., vol. iv., p. 62; Wafer's New Voy., pp. 131-7. *9 ' El miembro generativo traen atado por el capullo, haciendole entrar tanto adentro, que a algunos no se les pares^e de tal arma sino la atadura, que es unos hilos de algodon alii revueltos.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., p\ 109-11, 179. See also: Cockburn's Journey, Scherzer, Costa Rica, pp. 557-9; Boyle's Ride, vol, Nunez de Balboa, ' La gente que hallo andaua cortesanos, y mugeres.' Gomara, Hist. Ind., gentibus ijs mares nudos penitus, foeminas uerc tectas multitia repererunt.' Peter Martyr, dec. iv., dec. vii., lib. x., dec. viii., lib. vi., viii.; (Balboa), p. 9; Wafer's New Voy., pp. 37, 87, ll Wallace, in Miscellanea Curwsa, vol. iii., p. 418 181 Navarrete, Col: de 412; Herrera, Hist x.; Michkr's Bar 188; Wagner and * i. , p. 251. Referring to Vasco en cueros, sino eran senores, fol. 82, 66, 87. Uraba; * Ex > ab umbilico gossampina con- ii., lib. i., also dec. iii., lib. Quintana, Vidas de Espanolcs )2, plate, 132-4, 138-48, plate; : Warburton's Barien, p. 32' ; WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. holes in the sides which was passed round the waist. Women in the same localities wore cotton petticoats reaching to the knees, or, if ladies of quality, to the ankles. Near the gulf of Nicoya, women wore the long hair parted in the middle from the front to the back of the head, and plaited into two braids which hung down on either side over the ears. The men tied the hair up in a stiff queue with a cotton band, which was at times arranged so as to rise straight over the crown of the head. Necklaces of colored beads or of tiger's teeth were worn as ornaments. Like many nations of the Hyperborean group, the Chorotegans of Nicoya pierced the lower lip and inserted a round piece of bone. Their arms they painted with a mixture of their own blood and charcoal. In portions of Yeragua and Behetrias even the funnel or cotton strings were omitted, and the Gugures, Mandingos, and many others on the Pacific seaboard, like the people of Yeragua, went entirely naked, the chiefs only wearing long mantles. All of the Isthmians were fond of ornaments; among those which deserve special notice is the nose-pendant. This was a crescent-shaped piece of gold or silver, of various sizes for different occasions, those used on holidays hanging down so as to cover the mouth, while those for ordinary use only reached the upper lip. Besides the nose-pendant were ear-rings and a number of heavy necklaces of gold, silver, tiger's teeth, colored seeds, shells, and coral, according to the wealth of the wearer.- Under their breasts the richer women also wore gold bars as a support, which were held up by strings passed over the shoulders. Guanines, or figures of animals made of gold, were vworn around the neck by the men on the coast of Yeragua, Chiriqui, and Uraba; others again wore on their heads fillets or crowns of gold or of the claws of wild beasts, or of feathers. Thus did these naked savages decorate themselves, often to the extent of several pounds weight. Women considered it a mark of beauty to have thick legs, and to that end wore bandages round them. Another Hyperborean custom is here ISTHMIAN BODY-PAINTING. 753 met with—the anointing of the body with oil—which in these tropics is extracted from the bixa or seed of the arnotto, and over which they sprinkled down and feathers. Painting the body was everywhere practiced, and was carried to a great extent, the different colors and figures employed each having its peculiar significance. On going to war, paint was used more freely than at other times, and the greater the warrior the thicker the paint. Among the men of Cueba painting had a double object; it served as an ornament to the person, and also as a mark of distinction of rank. The chief, when he inherited or attained his title, made choice of a certain device, which became that of all his house. Freemen were painted from the mouth downward, and on the arms and chest, while slaves were only painted or tattooed from the mouth upward. All the lords, servitors, and'vassals who were freemen, were painted in exactly the same manner. If the son of a chief adopted the ancestral totem, he could not afterward change it on coming into his inheritance, but if during his father's life-time he declined to use the distinctive badge of his house, he could, when he became chief, choose any new device he might fancy. A son who did not adopt his father's totem was always hateful to him during his lifetime. The natives on the northern coast of Chiriqui painted the body in wavy lines, from the shoulders to the heels; through the cartilage of the nose they stuck a porcupine-quill, and in the chin the tooth of a wild beacst. The women had holes made in their cheeks through which they stuck little bunches of feathers: they also wore tiger's claws in their ears. At San Bias, some of the men painted themselves in black streaks, and the women in red. At' Porto Belo, the king was painted black and all his subjects red. The natives of Escoria tattooed breast and arms; the women of Darien across.the bridge of the nose from one cheek to the other; they also blacken their teeth. Others have figures of birds, animals, or trees painted all over the body, according to fancy; their favorite colors being Vol. I. 48 754 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. black, red, and yellow, which are laid on with pencils made of wood, chewed at the end till they become soft.50 All the Isthmians pull out the hair from every part of the body except the head, and rub themselves with herbs, which prevent its further growth. Both sexes pride themselves on the length of the hair, and most of them allow it to grow to its full length and hang loose over their shoulders, but keep it cut on the forehead as low as the eyebrows. The men of Cariai and some parts of Chiriqui, bind it with fillets and wind it in rolls round the head, fastening it with a comb made of the heart of the palm-tree; others wear round their head a band made of bark or certain fibres of plants, and at festivals they often wear high caps, made from the gaudy feathers of parrots. At Tanela married women cut their hair short. It appears that head-flattening again erops out in these parts. Las Casas states that infants had their heads placed between two pads, one in front and another behind, in order to increase the length of the head and width of the forehead.51 In Costa Rica many of the natives live in small huts built of plaited rushes. In the year 1545, Diego Gutierrez, governor of Nueva Cartago, in Costa Rica, at- 50 Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., pp. 314, 316; Porras, in Navarrete, Cot de Viaqes, torn, i., p. 285; Colon, in Id., p. 298; Cockiburn's Journey, pp. 2^0-1;'Gaqe's New Survey, p. 191; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, pp. 88, 284; and Bargra', Neue Welt, pp. 99, 319; Puydt, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxviii., pp. 95-8; Selfr'uhje's Barien Survey^ p. 10; Culkn's Barien, pp. 07- 8; Esquemelin, Zve-Iloovers, p. 142; Las Casus, Hist Apologetica, MS., cap. ccxiii-cexliv. The women of Cueba ' se pdnianuiia barra do oro atravessada en los peclios, debaxo de las tetas, que se las levanta, y en ella algunos paxa- ros e otras figuras de relieve, todo de oro fiiio: que por lo menos pessaba cjen- to e cinqiU-nta.e aim doscientos pessos una barreta destas. .. .Dostos caracoles grandes se hacen unas contecicas blancas du muchas maneras, e otras colo- radas, I otras negras, e otras moradas, e canuticos de lo mesnio: e hacen bra^aletes en que con estas quentas mezclan otras, e olivetas de oro que se ponen en las muiiecas y enqima de los tobillos e debaxo de las rodillas por gentile^a: en especial las mugeres. .. .Traen assimesmo ^ar^illos de oro en las orejas, 6 horadanse las nariqes hecho un agugero entre las ventanas, e* cuel- gm de alii sobre el labio alto otro carclllo,' Oviedo, Hist Gen., torn, iii., pp. 126, 138. 5i Their hair ' they wear usually down to the middle of the Back, or lower, hanging loose at its full length. .. .All other Hair, except that of tin ir Eyebrows and Eve-lids, they eradicate.' W<inr's New Voy., pp. 1-- \\\ Osborne's Bai^m p. 15r>; MacgregoVs Projrtss of Amer., p. 824; JJ'Aciiy, L'Amerique, turn. i.. p. 98. DWELLINGS ON THE ISTHMUS. 755 tempted- to explore that territory. Arriving at the province of Suere upon a river of that name at a point some twelve leagues distant from the North Sea, he came to a village, and there occupied a house belonging to the chief of the district. The old Milanese chronicler, Girolamo Benzoni, who accompanied the expedition, describing the dwelling of the cacique, says it was shaped like an egg and was forty-five paces in length and nine in breath. The sides were of reeds and the roof of palm-leaves all interlaced and well executed. There were but few other houses in the village and those of inferior character. Padre Zepeda, a Jesuit, who in 1750 lived among the Guatusos for several months, speaking of their towns and gardens, says that when the rains commence, they construct small huts in the trees, where they live safe from the danger of floods.52 Unlike most other nations, the Isthmians do not build their villages in squares, but generally form long streets, keeping the houses well apart from each other, probably as a precaution against conflagrations. On many parts of the coast of Darien and.on the gulf of Uraba, the villages are built in the water. Others are On the banks of rivers, and many of them are spacious and constructed with great skill and attention to details. The supporting posts of the roof are large bamboos or palm-trees. Three or four of these are driven into the ground at equal distances, proportioned according to the intended length of the house, and across the top is laid the ridge-pole; on each side a number of shorter posts are sunk, from which long rafters are laid to the ridge-pole; the whole is then covered with palm-leaves, both roof and sides. Other houses are plastered inside and outside with mud, and these have a flooring of open bamboo work, raised six or eight feet from the ground. The dwellings are divided into two or more rooms, having no doors to the entrances, which are reached by ladders. Sometimes the 52 Benzoni, Hist. Mondo Nuovo, fol. 86; Squier, in Nouvelles Annates des Voy.t, 1856, torn, cli., p. 9; Froebel, Aus Amer., torn, i.,- p. 246; Id., Cent. Amei., p. 26; Wagner and Scherzer, Costa Rica, p. 253. WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. house is built without walls, in which case the roof descends to below the level of the floor, and the structure is left open at both ends, having the appearance of an elevated platform. The Savanerics and some others on the coast of Veragua build circular or pyramidal dwellings, by driving strong posts into the ground sloping toward each other, so as to unite in a point where they are strongly bound with withes or vines, across which are tied small sticks, some peeled, others with the bark on, or blackened, thereby producing a pleasing effect. The walls inside are lined with reeds beautifully interwoven. The upper portion of the structure is thatched on the outside with straw and on the apex is placed an ornament of baked clay. In the centre of the dwelling is a spacious apartment, and round the walls are small rooms in which different families reside.'03 Each village has a public, town, or council house, or fort, one hundred or more feet in length, constructed in the same manner as the dwellings, but with no interior partitions; in the walls are loop-holes for the discharge of arrows. There is an entrance at each end, and thick doors, made of split palm-tree and bamboo strongly bound together with withes, are kept in readiness to shut out the enemy. The doors are kept in position by strong posts set in the ground behind them. In the province of Veragua they build strong wooden fences or palisades round some of the villages, to protect them from attacks of enemies and wild beasts. During the expedition of Caspar de Espinosa in 1517, Diego de Albitez, who invaded the province of a cacique named Tabraba, some distance south-west from Panama, found the inhabitants 53 Pui/dt, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. Herald, vol. i., pp. 319, 321-2; Pirn and Seemc Barien, p. 81; Wafer's New Voy., pp. 149-52; I On the banks'of the Rio Grande, the Sp; found ' muchas pobla^iones en barbacoas 6 c da.; sobre postes de palmas negras fortfssim ' Hay otra manera de buhfos d casas enNata i muy altos.' Oviedo, Hist Gen., torn, iii., pp. 50 partes hacian sus casas de madera y de paja Estas eran muy altas y muycapaces que mora recinos.' Las Casas, Hist. Apologetica, M xxx viii. , P. 95; Seemann' s V( )y. rutn's B< )ttin gs, p. 15 •1; M ichle; ; Coc, Ma irn'i ; Journt ■V: VI i. 23 4- aniar ds U1K ler John n de Tavira •asas in uy f iltas, fee 'hi is e arn: ia- as e < qui l SSI inexpu£ jni ibh fsV;, redon S, C( )mo une )S cha piteJ es , 131, dela 8, , f 46. orm < En o a de un to is n can inch rpan as .a. iban < 311 cad; a. una d< 3 e lias die2 \1 '$., Ci tp. 43. ISTHMIAN EDIFICES. protected by strong fortifications. Their forts are built with much skill. The ground is first enclosed by a deep trench, upon the inner bank of which trees are planted, and the interstices filled up with logs and rocks. 111 many parts of the country the inhabitants were found living in the tops of trees like birds, laying sticks across from one branch to another, and building their houses upon them. In 1512, Yasco Nunez de Balboa surveyed several channels at the mouth of the Biver Atrato in quest of gold and plunder. The surrounding country was low and marshy, but the soil sent forth immense palm-trees, in the branches of which the natives built their houses. Vasco Nunez, entering an affluent of the Rio Negro, discovered a large tree-top village, the name of whose ruler was Abieiba. The houses were divided into several apartments, each of a size sufficient to accommodate several families. They were built of wood and willows, and were so pliable and yet so strong, that the svv aying to and fro of the branches, to which the elastic tenement yielded, did not in the least interfere with the safety of the occupants. Ladders, made of a single large bamboo split in two, were used in making the ascent and descent. These were drawn up at night, or in case of the invasion of an enemy. On the coast of Veragua Columbus discovered similar dwellings, and he says that he could not account for the custom, unless it was through fear of griffins which abound in that country, or of enemies, each tribe being at war with every other tribe along the coast. The true cause, however, of their taking to trees for places of residence, is to place themselves beyond the reach of sudden and violent floods, which are caused by the swelling of streams after storms in the mountains, and also in order to be out of the reach of reptiles and wild beasts in which that country abounds.54 Some of the Isthmians built os pueblos cercados, con palenques de madera.' Iler- ii., lib. iv., cap. ix., dec. i., lib. ix., cap. ii.. vi. ' Ten- 54 ' Hallaron mucho rera, Hist. Gen., dec. iii., gano le lor case in cima de gli alberi.'. Benzoni, Hist. Mondo Nuov* 160. See also: Irving's Columbus, vol. iii., p. 176; Gomara, Hist. Bid., 75; Colon, Hist. Almirante, in Barcia,Historiadores, torn, i., p. 1U8. fol. fol. 758 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. large enclosures for the chiefs, which early contemporary writers call the king's palace. Vasco Nunez de Balboa, on his march through the province of Oomagre, situated on the northern coast of Darien about thirty leagues from the gulf of Uraba, relates that he visited the dwelling or palace of the cacique Comagre, which he describes as follows: It was one hundred and fifty by eighty paces in dimension, constructed upon heavy posts, which stood within a stone wall. The upper part of the building was beautifully finished with timbers, interlaced in such a manner as to strike the beholder with amazement. The building contained various apartments—chambers, pantry, and wine-cellar. In one very large apartment were sacredly kept the remains of the king's ancestors arranged round the walls.55 The Costa Ricans live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and many of them cultivate maize, beans, and bananas; the Talamancas, especially, are agriculturists. According to Father Zepeda, and others who penetrated some distance into the country of the Guatusos, they had large fields under cultivation. Salt is seldom used by any of these tribes, and none of them ever eat dogs, as they keep them for hunting purposes. Their chief game is wild hogs and deer, but they are not very particular as to their animal diet, for they eat whatever they can catch, including reptiles. Their mode of cooking fish renders them exceedingly palatable, which is by roasting them wrapped in plantain-leaves. Bananas are usually pulled when green, and buried in sand to ripen.56 Many of the other Isthmians are agriculturists, and 55 Of Comagre's palace it is said, ' Longitudinem dimensi passuum centum quinquaginta, latitudinem uero pedum octoginta, in uacuo dinumera- runt: laquearibus et pauimentis arte eximia laboratis.' Peter Martyr, dec. ii., lib. iii. Compare further: Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, pp. 64-5, 87; Bap- per, Neue Welt, pp. 71-2, 98; Barien, Befence of the Scots' Settlement, p. 81. 56 Squier, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1856, torn, cli., p, 11; Boyle's Ride, vol. i., pref., pp. xii., xxiii.; Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 407; Cockburn's Journey, pp. 204, 224-5; Wagner and Scherzer, Costa Rica, pp. 558-9. On the Chara Islands, '. comen los indios en estas islas muchos venados e puercos, que los hay en grandfssima cantidad, e mahiz, e fesoles muchos e* de diver- sas maneras, e muchos e buenos pescados, e tambien sapo.... e ninguna cosa viva dexan de comer por sucia que sea.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., p. 110. FOOD OF THE ISTHMIANS. 759 grow considerable quantities of maize, plantains, cacao, pimiento, and cocoa-nuts; their means of subsistence are further largely supplemented by game and fish. A staple article of food among the coast tribes is turtle, of which they capture large numbers. Monkeys afford them a favorite meal, and they are especially fond of iguanas, young alligators, and their eggs. From the yucca as well as corn they make a good quality of bread. The Doraches and Guaimies of Yeragua subsist mainly on wild roots and a fruit called pixbaex, somewhat resembling dates, which toasted, makes an agreeable and wholesome food. Most of their dishes are highly seasoned with pimiento, a kind of pepper produced by a small /shrub which is very abundant on Tierra Firme. The toocan bird lives chiefly on the berry, which it discharges from the stomach almost immediately after swallowing it; the natives prefer it thus, as its bitterness is partly absorbed by the bird. It is said that the Caribs ate human flesh whenever they had an opportunity. Herrera says that some of the Isthmians purchased slaves, whom they sold to the Caribs for food, and the inhabitants of Paria supplied boys to the natives of Tu- braba for the same purpose. They cooked the flesh of their enemies, and ate it seasoned with salt and aji (chile).57 "When a piece of ground is to be planted, a number of the villagers collect and cut down the brushwood on a selected spot; the seed is then scattered among the wood as it lies. In due time the grain, which is well sheltered from the sun by the branches, springs up and overtops them, and when fit for harvesting the ears are gathered. After this, the underwood and cornstalks are set on fire, and the ground continues to be 57 ' Hanno la maggior parte di questa costiera per costume di mangiar carne humana e quando mangiauano de gli Spagnuoli, v'erano di coloro che ricusauano di cibarsene, temendo ancora che nel lor corpo, non gli f.icessero quelle carni qualche danno.' Benzoni, Hist. Mondo Nuovo, fol. 49. On the coast ' they live principally upon fish, plantains, and bananas, with Indian corn and a kind of cassava.' Set fridge's Barien Surveys, pp. 10, 20. Compare Colon, in Navarrete, Col. de Viages, torn, i., p. 308; Balboa, in Id., torn, iii., pp. 364-5; Alcedo, Bice, torn, v., p. 293; Cullen's Barien, pp. 65, 68-9; Colombo, Hist Ammiraglio, p. 412; Meyer, Nach dem Sacramento, pp. 20-2. 760 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. used for agricultural purposes. In hunting deer and wild swine, dogs are used to drive them out of the dense forest; at other times they set fire to a part of the woods, and as the animals try to escape, they kill them with spears and arrows. Birds are killed with a blow-pipe. When fishing they use nets made of mahoe-bark or silk- grass, and in places where rocks prevent their using a net, they catch them with their hands or shoot them with arrows. Fishing by torchlight with spears is frequently practiced. The Savanerics poison pools with pounded leaves of the barbasco, and thus obtain fish without much labor. For duck-hunting they also employ the often-described trick of placing a calabash on the head, and in this manner approach the game. The men of Cueba are celebrated for making pure white salt from sea water—an article much used in this locality. In the same province akind of communism obtained; all provisions were delivered to the chief, who distributed to each his share. Part of the community were employed as agriculturists, and part as hunters and fishermen. At his meals the cacique was served by women, some of his principal men eating with him.58 In their personal habits the Isthmians are cleanly; they bathe generally twice a day and sometimes oftener; but commonly at sunrise and sunset. The interior of their dwellings has a neat appearance, and order and cleanliness prevail in all their domestic arrangements.59 Bows and arrows, long spears, javelins, flint-edged clubs, and blow-pipes, are the weapons used in these parts. The bows are beautifully made, those of the 58 j Cogen dos y tres vezes al ano maiz, y por esto no lo engraneran.' Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 82, 88. j Seguian mucho la ca^a de venados, y de aquellos puercos con el ombligo al espinazo.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. ii., lib. iii., cap. v., xv. For further details see Michler's Barien, pp. 65, 68, 81; Andagoya, in Navarrete, Col. de Viages, torn, iii., pp. 403, 407; Montanus Nieuwe Weereld, p. 71; and Bapper, Neue Welt, p. 79; Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., pp. 315, 319; Peter Martyr, dec. viii., lib. vii.; Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn: iii., pp. 132-3, 136, 139; Wafer's New Voy., pp. 88, 101, 106-7, 129- 130, 152-6, 170-7. 59 Michler's Barien, p. 65; Cockburns Journey, p. 236. 'Tienen por cos- tumbre, assi los indios como las indias, de se banar tres 6 •quatro veces al dia, por estar limpios e porque dicen que descansan en lavarse.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., pp. 135-6. WEAPONS OF THE ISTHMIANS. 761 Costa Ricans being about seven feet long, of a dark- colored, very hard wood, with the string of well-twisted silk-grass. Arrows are of the same wood, very long, and pointed with a porcupine-quill or fish-bone. The bows and arrows of those farther south are much shorter, and of black palm-wood, as are also their lances and javelins. The arrows are pointed with flint or fish-bone, or are hardened in the fire and barbed; the shaft is of reed having a piece of hard wood eight or ten inches in length inserted in the end. The inhabitants of Coiba and some of the tribes on the western shore of the gulf of Uraba, do not use bows and arrows. In this respect, so far as I have observed, they form an exception; as among the almost innumerable tribes situated between the gulf of Uraba and the Arctic Ocean I know of none others where bows and arrows are not used. These people in battle employ a long wooden sword, and wooden spears, the ends of which are hardened in the fire and tipped with bone; they also make use of slings and darts. Their javelins are thrown with much force and dexterity by means of a stick slightly grooved to hold the projectile. It is called estorica and is held between the thumb and two fingers, there being a small loop on the side, near the centre, in which the forefinger is placed; the dart, is cast straight from the shoulder, while the projector is retained in the hand. I have noticed a somewhat similar contrivance employed by the Aleutian Islanders.60 The blow-pipe which is used with much effect, is about six or seven feet long, and the darts shot from it are made of Mucaw-wood, very thin with an 60 In Cueva, ' no son flecheros, 6* pelean con macanas e* con lancas luengas y con varas que arrojan, como dardos con estoricas (que son cierta manera de avientos) de unos bastones bien labrados.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., pp. 127, 129. ' Sunt autem ipsorum arma, non arcus, non sagittae uene- natae, uti habere indigenas illos trans sinum orientales diximus. Cominus hi certant ut plurimum, ensibus oblongis, quos macanas ipsi appellant, ligneis tamen, quia ferrum non assequuntur: et praeustis sudibus aut osseis cuspidibus, missilibus etiam ad praeluim utuntur.' Peter Martyr, dec.ii., lib. iii., also, dec. iv., lib. x., dec. v., lib. ix. Compare further, Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. i., lib. ix., cap. vi., lib. x., cap. i.; Andagoya, iii Navarrete, Cot de Viages,tom. iii., p. 403; Porras, in Id., torn, i., p. 285; Cockburn's Journey, p. 2*25; B'Avity, L'Amerique, p. 98; Otis' Panama, pp. 77-8; Puydt, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxviii., pp. 95, 98. WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. exceedingly sharp point, * notched, so that when an object is struck it breaks off and it is almost impossible to extract the broken point; others are poisoned so that a slight wround causes death in a short time. One end is wrapped with a little cotton, until it fits the tube which is placed to the mouth and the dart blown out. It is quite effective for a distance of one hundred yards. Different varieties of poison have been described by writers and travelers. Herrera speaks of one which he says was made with certain grey roots found along the coast, which were burnt in earthen pipkins and mixed with a species of poisonous black ant; to this composition were added large spiders, some hairy caterpillars, the wings of a bat, and the head and tail of sea-fish called tavorino, very venomous, besides toads, the tails of snakes, and manzanillas. All these ingredients were set over a fire in an open field and well boiled in pots by a slave till they were reduced to a proper consistency. The unfortunate slave who attends to the boiling almost invariably dies from the fumes. Another poisonous composition is spoken of as having been made of fourteen different ingredients and another of twenty-four, one that kills in three days, another in five, and another later, and when one was employed it was stated that sometimes the wounded lived as many days as the poison had been made. The natives said that fire, sea water, and continency were the antidotes against the venom, others affirmed that the dung of the Avounded person taken in pills or otherwise was a cure. Peter Martyr writes that the poison was made by old women skilled in the art, who were shut up for two days in a house where they boiled the ingredients; if at the expiration of the time, the women were found in good health instead of being half dead, they were punished and the ointment was thrown away. Captain Cochrane in his Journal in Colombia, says that they obtain the poison from a small frog called the rana de veneno. These frogs are kept in a hollow cane and regularly fed. When required for use, they take one and pass a pointed stick down its throat and out at one WEAPONS, ARMOR, AND WARS. 763 of its legs. The pain brings to the back of the toad a white froth, which is a deadly poison and in it the darts are rubbed; below the froth a yellow oily matter is found which is carefully scraped off, as it is also a powerful poison, but not so lasting as the first substance, which will retain its deadly properties for a year while the yellow matter looses its strength after five or six months.61 The javelins used by the Caribs were not made pointed but square at the end, they also have very long pikes and heavy clubs. When Bartolom^' Hurtado in 1516 visited the island of Caubaco he relates that the cacique presented him with a golden armor valued at one thousand castellanos. At the island of Cabo seven leagues distant, the warriors wore a thick matted armor of cotton impervious to arrows; they were armed with pikes and in their march were accompanied with drums, conchs, and fifes.62 Wars arise chiefly from the jealousies and ambition of rival chieftains. Battles are frequent and sanguinary, often lasting for many days, and are fought with tena- 61 'The pipe was made of two pieces of reed, each forming a half circle; these being placed together left a small hole, just large enough for the admission of the arrow The arrows are about eight inches long... the point very sharp, and cut like a corkscrew for an inch up ... This is rolled in the poison The arrow will fly one hundred yards, and is certain death to man or animal wounded by it; no cure as yet having been discovered. A tiger, when hit, runs ten or a dozen yards, staggers, becomes sick, and dies in four or five minutes. A bird is killed as with a bullet, and the arrow and wounded part of the flesh being cut out, the remainder is eaten without danger.' Cochrane's Journal in Colombia, vol. ii., pp. 405-7. ' Thatpoyson killeth him that is wounded, but not suddenly... Whoso is wounded, Hues a miserable and strict life after that, for he must abstaine from many things.' Peter Martyr, dec. viii., lib. viii. ' Some woorali (corova) and poisoned arrows that I obtained from the Indians of the interior were procured by them from Choco ..their deadly effect is almost instantaneous.' Cullen's Barien, p. 67. ' We inquired of all the Indians, both men and boys, at Caledonia Bay and at San Bias for the "curari" or "urari" poison... they brought us what they represented to be the bona-fide poison .. It turned out to be nothing but the juice of the manzanillo del playa. So, if this is their chief poison, and is the same as the " curari," it is not so much to be dreaded.' Self ridge's Barien Surveys, pp. 136-7. See further, Fitz-Roy, in Lond. Geog. Soc, jour., vol. xx., p. 164; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. i., lib. vii., cap. xvi.; Michler's Barien, p. 77; Bampier's Voyages, vol. i., p. 41. 62Acosta, N. Granada, p. 6; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 88; Carli, Cartas, pt i., p. 17. c Traian suscoseletes fechos de algodon, que les llegaban e* aba- xaban de las espaldas dellos, e les llegaban a las rodillas e* dende abaxo, e* las mangas fasta los codos, e tan gruesos como un colchon de cama, son tan fuertes, que una ballesta no lospasa.' Pacheco, Col. Boc lned., torn, ii., p. 516. 764 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. cious courage. Throughout Darien it is customary to place sentinels at night in the highest houses of the towns, to keep watch and give warning of the approach of an enemy. At the commencement of a campaign, chiefs and captains experienced in war are nominated by the head of the tribe, to lead the men in battle and conduct the operations; they wear certain insignia, so as to be distinguished from the rest of the men, lofty plumes on the head, and a quantity of golden ornaments and jewels, besides which they are painted in a different style. All, however, adorn themselves when going to battle, with a profusion of necklaces, bracelets, and golden corselets. The men are cheered on to battle and encouraged during the fight by the blowing of large shells and the beating of drums. In the province of Cueba, women accompany the men, fighting by their side and sometimes even leading the van. The action is commenced with the slings and estoricas, but they soon meet at close quarters, when the heavy wooden swords and javelins are brought into use. Certain rules and military regulations are observed whereby the brave are rewarded, and offenders against military discipline punished. Nobility is conferred on him who is wounded in war, and he is further rewarded with lands, with some distinguished woman, and with military command; he is deemed more illustrious than others, and the son of such a father, following the profession of arms, may inherit all the father's honors. He who disobeys the orders of his chief in battle is deprived of his arms, struck with them, and driven from the settlement. All booty is the property of him who captured it. The prisoner is the slave of the captor; he is branded on the face and one of his front teeth knocked out. The Caribs, however, used to kill and eat their prisoners. Wafer mentions that upon some occasions, he who had killed an enemy cut off his own hair as a distinguishing mark of triumph, and painted himself black, continuing so painted until the first new moon.63 63 ' Cuando iban a la guerra llevaban coronas de oro en las cabezas y unas ISTHMIAN DISHES AND IMPLEMENTS. 765 The Isthmians sleep in hammocks, often beautifully made, and suspended between two trees or upright posts. Owing to the material of which they are composed they are exceedingly cool and Well adapted to the climate. Gourds, calabashes, and cocoa-nut shells are employed for water-bowls and drinking-cups. Their other household utensils consist of earthen jars, flint knives, stone hatchets and boxes ingeniously made of palm-leaves, and covered with deer or other skins. Drums of different sizes, some very large, others small, are made of the hollowtrunk of a tree coveredat the ends with deer's hide. Those of the largest size are kept at the chief's residence or at the town-house. Hammocks are made of finely woven cloth, or more frequently of plaited grass of various colors and curiously ornamented. Wooden mortars, made from the knotty part of a tree, are used to pound yucca, from which they make their cassava. The metate or rubbing-stone is also in use among them. They have nets of different kinds for both fishing and hunting. At night, as a light for their dwellings they use torches made from palm-wood dipped in oil and beeswax. The lords and principal men of the provinces of Darien and Uraba are reputed to have drunk from golden cups of rich and beautiful workmanship. Peter Martyr gives an account of golden trumpets and a great number of bells found by the Spaniards in a town situated on the River Dabaiba (Atrato). The bells were used at ceremonies and festivals, giving forth a sweet and pleasant sound; the tongues or clappers were beautifully made, of fish-bones. In another part of the country, on the gulf of Uraba, says Peter Martyr, as rendered by the ancient translator: " They founde also a patenas grandes en los pechos y braceletes y otras joyas en otros lugares del cuerpo.' Las Casas, Hist. Apologetica, MS., cap. lxv., ccxhv. 'El hendo^en la guerra es hidalgo, y goza de grandesfranquezas.' Gomara, Hist, Ind., fol. 88 'A los que pueden matar matan, e a los que prenden los hierran e se sirven dellos por esclavos.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn. m.,, pp. 129 126. bee further: Quintana, Vidas Espanoles (Balboa), p. 8; Herrera, Ihst Gen., dec ii. lib. iii,, cap. v.; Andagoya, in Navarrete, Col. deViages, torn, in., pp. 399' 403, 412; Peter Martyr, dec. iii., lib. iv., dec. viii., lib. vm.; Wafer s New Voy., p. 133. WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. great multitude of shetes, made of the silke or cotton of the gossampine tree: likewise diuers kindes of vessels and tooles made of wood, and many of earth: also many brest plates of gold, and ouches wrought after their man- ^r."64 They manufacture strong cords from the bark of the mahoe-tree, which is taken off in long strips, beaten with sticks, cleaned, and then twisted. A finer description of thread is made from a species of pita, of which the leaves undergo a somewhat similar process in preparation as flax, being steeped in water for several days, then dried in the sun and afterwards beaten, producing fine silky threads, from which their hammocks and finer kinds of nets for catching small fish are made. From the same plant they make excellent baskets and matting; the materials are first dyed in different colors, prettily mixed and woven together so closely as to hold water. ,They are of a soft texture and exceedingly durable. The Dorachos are famed for the manufacture of pottery, water-bottles, and other household utensils, ele^ gantly shaped ,and prettily painted. Cotton cloths are woven by women, and considering the rude and simple implements they work with, the fineness of texture and blending of colors present a marvel of skill and patience. The process of weaving is thus- described by Wafer: "The Women make a Roller of Wood, about three Foot long, turning easily about between two Posts. About this they place Strings of Cotton, of 3 or 4 yards long, at most, but oftner less, according to the use the Cloth is to be put to, whether for a Hammock, or to tie about their Waists, or for Gowns, or for Blankets to cover them in their Hammocks, as they lie in them in their 64 ' La manta de la hamaca no es hecha red, sino entera e" muy gentil tela delgada e ancha... Hay otras, que la manta es de paja texida 6 de colores e* labores.' .Oviedo, Hist Gen., torn, iii., pp. 131, 136, 138, 142, 181. 'Muy buenas redes con anzuelos de hueso que hacen de concha de tortuga.' Vega, Hist Bescub. Amer., p. 145. ' Tenian los Reyes y Senores ricos y senalados vasos con que bebian.' Las Casas, Hist. Apologetica, MS^., cap. lxv. Compare further: Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. i., lib. vii., cap. xvi., lib. ix., cap. i., dec. ii., lib. ii., cap. i.; Peter Martyr, dec. ii., lib. i., dec. vii., lib. x.; Michler's Barien, pp. 66, 77; Meyer, Nach dem Sacramento, pp. 21-2. \ ISTHMIAN BOATS AND NAVIGATION. Houses; which are all the Uses they have for Cloth: And they never weave a piece of Cotton with a design to cut it, but of a size that shall just serve for the particular use. The Threads thus coming from the Roller are the Warp; and for the Woof, they twist Cotton-yarn about a small piece of Macaw-wood, notch'd at each end; And taking up every other Thread of the Wrarp with the Fingers of one Hand, they put the Woof through with the other Hand, and receive it out on the other side: and to make the Threads of the Woof lie close in the Cloth, they strike them at every turn with a long and thin piece of Macaw-wood like a Ruler, which lies across between the Threads of the Warp for that purpose."65 The canoes and rafts of the Isthmians are admirably adapted to the navigation of their rivers and gulfs, and the men who manage them are skillful boatmen. The canoes vary in size; some are dug out from the single trunk of a tree, others are constructed of bark. The largest are thirty-five feet in length by three in breadth, and are capable of carrying many persons, besides a considerable amount of cargo. They are so lightly built that little difficulty is experienced in passing them over obstructions, and those of smaller size are often carried on the head. They draw very little water, and are propelled with paddles by two persons, one in the stern, the other in the bow. When passing over rapids, palancas, or poles, are used, with crotchets attached, which answer the purpose of a boat-hook in laying hold of the bank or overhanging branches of trees, where the depth of water prevents the pole reaching the bottom. The rafts are made from an exceedingly light and soft timber similar to cork-wood. Three or four logs are bound to- 65 Baet, Novus Orbis, p. 348; Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., p. 320; Pirn and Seemann's Bottings, p. 29; Cockburn's Journey, pp. 172-3, 243-4; Wafer's New Voy., pp. 92-4, 160-2. Referring to Chiriqui earthen relics; ' The vessels... .are neatly and sometimes very gracefully formed of clay... .Several bear resemblance to Roman, Grecian, and Etruscan jars Dr- Merritt mentioned that the natives of the Isthmus now make their rude earthen utensils of a peculiar black earth, which gives them the appearance of iron.' Hist Mag., vol. iv., p. 176. In Veragua 'vide sabanas grandes de algodon, labradas de muysotiles labores; otras pintadas muy sutilmente a colores con pinceles.' Colon, in Navarrete, Col. de Viages, torn, i., p. 308- 768 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. gether with ropes and across them are laid smaller timbers of the same wood, fastened down with hard wooden pegs that are easily driven through. The rafts are chiefly employed for fishing or crossing large rivers. Canoes are, however, quite as frequently used for fishing purposes.66 The native products are gold, pearls, tortoise-shell, ivpry-nuts, cacao, caoutchouc, corozo-nuts, cocoa-nuts, dried venison, lard, and deer-skins; these are offered in considerable quantities to foreigners, and in exchange they receive salt and ironware, besides various trinkets and such domestic utensils as they are in need of. The value of the pearls was lessened on account of their, practice of throwing oysters into the fire in order to open them, which partially destroyed their lustre. The natives of the coast carry into the interior dried fish and salt, which they barter for gold dust and other products. At Pueblo Nuevo sarsaparilla forms a principal article of trade. The native traders are very shrewd, and as a rule practice fair dealing. On his march through the country, Vasco Nunez de Balboa found the people in possession of large quantities of gold, jewelry, and pearls. Everywhere along his route he received presents of gold; indeed, in some places he found this metal in greater abundance than food.67 The streams of this region are subject to frequent swellings, caused by heavy rains. After the subsiding 66 «En estas islas de Chara e Pocosi no tienen canoas, sino balsas' In the Province of Cueba ' tienen canoas pequenas, tambien las usan grandes .., .hay canog|, que lleva cinquenta 6 sessenta hombres e mas'.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., pp. 110, 159. See also: Michler's Barien, pp. 48, 66-7; Wafer's New Voy., p. 96; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld, p. 67; and Bapper, Neue Welt, p. 75; Puydt, in Bond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxviii., p. 99; Acosta, N. Granada, p. 43. 67 Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 74, 88; Balboa, in Navarrete, Col. de Viages, torn, iii., pp. 364-5; Peter Martyr, dec. viii., lib.vi.; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. i., lib. vii., cap. xvi., lib. x., cap. iii.; Belcher's Voyage, vol. i., p. 250; Selfridge's Barien Surveys, pp. 10-11; Puydt, in Bond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxviii., p. 99; Gisborne's Barien, p. 154; Otis' Panama, p. 77; Cullen's Barien, pp. 65-6. S Quando los indios no tienen guerra, todo su exerci^io es tractar e trocar quanto tienen unos con otros unos llevan sal, otros mahiz, otros mantas, otros hamacas, otros algodon hilado 6 por hilar, otros pesca- dos salados; otros llevan oro.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., p. 140, torn, ii., p. 340. ARTS AND GOVERNMENT. 769 of these floods, the natives procure gold from the riverbeds; they also burn the grass in the mountains and pick up the metal left exposed on the surface in large quantities. In the district of Veragua and in Darien they have workers in gold, crucibles for melting metals, and implements of silversmiths. They understand the alloying of gold, from which they make vases and many kinds of ornaments in the shape of birds and different varieties of animals. The relics which from time to time have been exhumed in Chiriqui and other parts of the Isthmus, prove that the natives had an excellent knowledge of the art of working and also of sculpturing in gold and stone. Painting and glazing on jars and other descriptions of pottery was an art in which the men of Chiriqui were famous.68 The Isthmians possessed only a very slight knowledge of the computation of time. They calculate the hour of the day by the height of the sun in the heavens, and have no division of time into years, months, or weeks. Their enumeration is limited to twenty, and beyond that they count by twenties to one hundred; their knowledge of numbers does not go further.69 In the provinces of Cueba, Comagre, and other parts of Darien the eldest son succeeded to the government upon the death of his father. As soon as the funeral ceremonies were over, the heir received the congratulations of the attendant nobles, the highest and most aged of whom conducted him to a chamber and laid him in a hammock. His subjects then came to offer their submission accompanied with presents, which consisted of large stores of edibles and fruits of every kind. They 68 «Este cacique Davaive tiene grand fundicion de oro en su casaYtierie cient hombres dla contina que labran oro.' Balboa, in Navarrete, Cot de Viaqes, torn, iii., pp. 364-5. 'Haygrandes mineros de cobre: hachas de elk>; otras cosas labradas, fundidas, soldadas hube, y fraguas con todo su aparejo de platero y los crisoles.' Colon, in Id., torn, i p. 308. In Panama, 'grandes Entalladores, yPintores.' Bdvila, Teatro Edes., torn, ii., fol. 56. Compare farther: Benzoni, Hist Mondo Nuovo, fol. 88; Herrera Mst. Gen., dec. ii., lib. ii., cap. x.; Pirn and Seemann's Bothngs, pp. 29-30; Peter Mar- turA dec. iii., lib. iv.; Bidwell's Isthmus, p. 37. 69 Wafer's New Voy., pp. 178-86; Bussan, Jour, du Voy., p. 46; Puydt, in Bond.'Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxviii., p. 99. Vol. I. 49 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. neighboring new accession, desiring their good wdll greeted him with triumphal songs in which they re- deeds of his ancestors, as well as those of other lords of the land, telling him who were his friends and who his enemies. Much wine was consumed and the rejoicing lasted several days. Afterwards ambassadors were dispatched to inform all the caciques of the and friendship for the future. In the province of Panama upon the death of the lord, the eldest brother succeeded him, and if there were no brothers the succession went to a nephew by the sister's side. The chiefs held undisputed authority over their people and were implicitly obeyed. They received no tribute but required personal service for house-building, hunting, fishing, or tilling the ground; men so employed were fed and maintained by the chief. In Cueba the reigning lord was called hi, in other parts he was called tiba. The highest in rank after the tiba had the title of sacos, who commanded certain districts of the country. Piraraylos were nobles who had become famous in war. Subject to the sacos wrere the cobras who enjoyed certain lands and privi- accorded to the common people. Any one wounded in battle, when fighting in presence of the tiba, was made a cabra and his wife became an espave or principal woman. A constable could not arrest or kill a cabra; this could be done only by the tiba; once struck by the tiba, however, any person might kill him, for no sooner was he wounded by his chief than his title and rank dropped from him. Constables were appointed whose duty it was to arrest offenders and execute judgment on the guilty. Justice was administered without form by the chief in person who decided all controversies. The cases must be stated truthfully, as the penalty for false testimony was death. There wras no appeal from the decision of the chief. Theft was punishable with death and anyone catching a thief in flagrante delicto, might cut off the offender's hands sand hang them to his neck. Murder was also punished by death; the penalty for adultery was death to both PUNISHMENTS AND SLAVERY. 771 parties. In Darien, he who defloured a virgin had a brier thrust up his virile member, which generally caused death. The facts had to be proved on oath, the form of taking which was to swear by their tooth. As I have said, a constable could not arrest or kill a noble; consequently if one committed a crime punishable with death, the chief must kill him with his own hand, and notice was given to all the people by beating the large war drum so that they should assemble and witness the execution. The chief then in presence of the multitude recited the offence, and the culprit acknowledged the justice of the sentence. This duty fulfilled, the chief struck the culprit two or three blows on the head with a macana until he fell, and if he was not killed, any one of the spectators gave him the finishing stroke. Criminals who were executed were denied the right of burial. The Caribs had no chiefs, every man obeyed the dictates of his own passions, unrestrained by either government or laws.70 Slavery was in force among the various nations inhabiting the Isthmus, and every principal man retained a number of prisoners as bondsmen; they were called pacos, and, as I have already mentioned, were branded or tattooed with the particular mark of the owner on the face or arm, or had one of their front teeth extracted. When traveling, the slaves had to carry their lord's effects, and a dozen or more were detailed to carry his litter or hammock, which was slung on a pole and borne on the shoulders of two men at a time, who were relieved at intervals by two others, the change being made without 70 «Besan los pies al hijo, o sobrino, que hereda, estando en la cama: qne vale tanto como juramento, y coronacion.' Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 255-6, 88. 'Todos tenian sus Reies, y Senores, a quien obedecian.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., tom.ii., p. 346. 'Los hijos heredauan a los padres,ssiendo auidos en la principal muger Los Caziques y senores eran muy tenidos y obedecidos.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. i., lib. vii., cap. xvi., dec. iv., lib. i., cap. x. See also, Oviedo, Hist Gen., torn, iii., pp. 129-30, 142,156-7; Quin- tana, VidasdeEspanoles, (BalboaJ p. 9; Andagoya, in Navarrete, Cot de Viaqes, torn, iii., p. 399; Wafer's New Voy., p. 163; Bapper, Neue WeU, p. 73; Wallace, in Miscellanea Curiosa, vol. iii., p. 418; Puydt, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxviii* P- 97; FunneU's Voyage, pp. 131-2; Selfridge's Barien Surveys, p. 20. WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. stopping. On his march across the Isthmus in 1513, Vasco Nunez found some negro slaves belonging to the cacique of Quarecas, but the owner could give no information relative to them, except that there were more of that color near the place, with whom they were continually at war.71 Caciques and lords married as many wives as they pleased. The marriage of the first wife was celebrated with a great banquet, at the close of which the bride was handed over to her husband. Subsequent wives were not married with ceremonies or rejoicings, but took the place of concubines, and were subject to the orders of the first wife. ,The number of wives was limited only by the wealth of the lord. Yasco Nunez took prisoner the cacique Tumanama with all his family, among which were eighty wives. The children of the first wife were legitimate, while those of others were bastards and could not inherit. Marriage was not contracted with strangers or people speaking a different language, and the tiba and lords only married with the daughters of noble blood. Divorces were brought about* by mutual consent and for slight causes, and sometimes wives were exchanged. If a woman was barren, they promptly agreed upon j a separation, which took place when the woman had her menstrual period, in order that there might be no suspicion of pregnancy. W7hen a maiden reached the age of puberty, she was kept shut up, sometimes for a period of two years. In some parts of Darien, when a contract of inarriage was made, all the neighbors brought presents of maize or fruits, and laid them at the door of the bride's father; when the offerings were all made, each one of the company was given a calabash of liquor; then followed speeches and dancing, and the bridegroom's father presented his son to the bride, and joined their hands; after which the bride was returned to her father, who kept her shut up in a house with him for seven days. During that time all |j Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., pp. 8, 126, 129; Gomara, Hist Ind., fol. 77; Montanus, Nieuwe Weereld,-p, 66; Bapper, Neue Welt, p. 74. FAMILY RELATIONS OF THE ISTHMIANS. 773 the friends assisted in clearing a plantation and building a house for the couple, while the women and children planted the ground. The seven days having elapsed, another merrymaking took place, at which much liquor was drunk. The bridegroom took the precaution to put away all weapons which were hung to the ridgepole of his house, in order to prevent any serious fighting during their drunken orgies, which lasted several days, or until all the liquor was consumed. If a man had several wives, he often kept each one in a separate house, though sometimes they all lived together; a woman who was pregnant always occupied a house to herself.72 Women are easily delivered, and the young infant is tied to a board on its back or between two pillows, and is kept so confined until able to walk, the board being removed only to wash the child. Male children are early accustomed to the use of weapons, and when able to carry a few provisions for themselves, they accompany their fathers on hunting expeditions. Girls are brought up to household duties, cooking, weaving, and spinning. Prostitution was not infamous; noble ladies held as a maxim, that it was plebeian to deny anything asked of them, and they gave themselves up to any°person that wooed them' w1111^1.^ especially ^ to principal men. This tendency to licentiousness carried with it • extremes in the use of abortives whereby to avoid the consequence of illicit pleasures, as well that they might not be deprived of them, as to keep their breasts from softening; for, said they, old women .should bear children, not voung ones, who have to amuse them selves. Sodomy was practiced by the nations of Cuebs 72 Puydt, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour vol. xxxviii f-^nM^r%°^s Proaress of Amer., pp. 823-5, 829; Las Casas, Hist Apologehca,MS., cap. ccxliv. ' Casauanse con hijas de sus hermanas: y los senores tenian muchas mugeres.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. i., lib. vii., cap. xvi., ^J^.^v^^ x. 'De las mugeres principals de sus padres, y hermanas o hija^g^rdan que no las tomen por mugeres, porque lo tienen por malo ^W> i* Navarrete, Cot de Viages, torn, iii., pp. 402-3. Of wives: 'They may_ haue al many as they please, (excepting their kindred, and ^\^^f^ widdowes... .in some place a widdow marryeth the brother of her former husband, or his kinsman, especially if hee left any children. Peter Martyr, dec. vii., lib, x , dec. viii., lib. viii. m- >a, WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Careta, and other places. The caciques and some of the head men kept harems of youths, who, as soon as destined to the unclean office, were dressed as women, did women's work about the house, and were exempt from war and its fatigues. They went by the name of camayoas, and were hated and detested by the women.73 Their public amusements were called areitos, a species of dance very nearly resembling some in the northern provinces of Spain. They took place upon occasions of a marriage or birth, or when they were about to go forth on a hunting expedition, or at the time of harvest. One led the singing, stepping to the measure, and the rest followed, imitating the leader. Others again engaged in feats of arms and sham battles, while singers and improvisatori related the deeds of their ancestors and historical events of the nation. The men indulged freely in fermented liquors and wines, the drinking and dancing lasting many hours and sometimes whole days, until drunk and exhausted they fell to the ground. Actors in appropriate costumes counterfeited the various pursuits of fishing, hunting, and agriculture, while others, in the guise of jesters and fools, assisted in enlivening the scene. Their principal musical instruments were drums and small whistles made of reeds; they had also javelins with holes pierced in them near the end, so that when cast into the air a loud whistling noise was produced.74 They have various kinds of wines and liquors both sweet and sour. One is obtained from a 73 The women ' observe their Husbands with a profound Respect and Duty upon all occasions; and on the other side their Husbands are very kind and loving to them. I never knew an Indian beat his Wife, or^ive her any hard Words... .They seem very fond of their Children, both Fathers and Mothers.' Wafer's New Voy., pp. 156-66. 'Tienen mancebias publicas de mugeres, y' aun de hombres en muchos cabos.' Gomara, Hist Ind., fol. 87. See also: Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., pp. 18, 20, 133-4; Quintana, Vidas de Espafiaks, {Balboa), pp. 9-10. 74 I Pipes, or fluites of sundry pieces, of the bones of Deere, and canes of the riuer. They make also little Drummes or Tabers beautified with diners pictures, they forme and frame them also of gourdes, and of an hollowe piece of. timber greater than a mannes arme.' Peter Martyr, dec. viii., lib. viii. See also: Oviedo, Hist Gen., torn. iii.,/pp> 137; 130, 137, 156; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 88; Barien, Befence of the Scots' Settlement, pp. 72-3; Macgregw's Progress of Amer.. pp. 825, 832; Warburton's Barien, p. 321; Bas Casas, Hist Apologetica, MS., cap. ccxliii. \ INTOXICATING LIQUORS. 775 species of palm-tree, by tapping the trunk near the top, and inserting a leaf into the cut. The liquor drawn off soon ferments, and in two or three days is fit to drink; or it is boiled with water and mixed with spices. Another kind called chicha is made from maize; a quantity of the grain is soaked in water, then taken out and left to sprout, when it is bruised and placed in a large vessel filled with water, where it is allowed to remain until it begins to turn sour. A number of old women then collect and chew some of the grain, which they spit out into large gourds until they have a sufficient quantity; this, as soon as it ferments, is added to the water in the vessel, and in a short time the whole undergoes fermentation. When the liquor is done working it is drawn off from the sediment, and a strongly intoxicating liquor is thus produced, which is their favorite beverage. They have another method of making chicha, by boifing the sprouted grain in water till the quantity is considerably reduced; it is then removed from the fire and left to settle and cool. In two days it becomes clear and fit to drink, but after five or six days it begins to acidify so that only a moderate quantity is made at a time. Different varieties of wines and liquors are made from dates, bananas, pineapples, and other fruits, and we are told that the first Spanish explorers of the country found large quantities of fermented liquors buried beneath the ground under their house-tree, because if stored in their houses the liquor became turbid from constant agitation. The cellar of the king Corna- gre is described as being filled with J great vessels of parth and wood, containing wine and cider. Peter Martyr, in his account of the visit of Vasco Nunez and his company to the king, toys "they drunke wines of sundry tastes both white and black." Tobacco is much used by the Isthmians; the natives of Costa Rica roll the leaf up in the form of a cigar, and tie it with grass threads; they inhale the smoke, and, retaining it for a short time, pass it out through the mouth and nostrils. The cigar used by the natives of the isthmus of Panama WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA.' is much larger. Mr Wafer thus describes their manner of-making and smoking it: " Laying two or three Leaves upon on6 another, they roll up all together side-ways into a long Roll, yet leaving a little hollow. Round this they roll other Leaves one after another, in the same manner but close and hard, till the Roll be as big as ones Wrist, and two or three Feet in length. Their way of Smoaking when they are in Company together is thus: A Boy lights one end of a Roll and burns it to a Coal, wetting the part next it to keep it from wasting too fast. The End so lighted he puts into his Mouth, and blows the Smoak through the whole length of the Roll into the Face of every one of the Company or Council, tho' there be 2 or 300 of them. Then they, sitting in their usual Posture upon Forms, make, with their Hands held hollow together, a kind of Funnel round their Mouths and Noses. Into this they receive the Smoak as 'tis blown upon them, snuffing it up greedily and strongly as long as ever they are able to hold their Breath, and seeming to bless themselves, as it were, with the Refreshment it gives them." After eating heartily, more | especially after supper, they burn certain gums and herbs and fumigate themselves to produce sleep.75 The Isthmians are good walkers, their tread firm, but light and soft as a cat, and they are exceedingly active in all their movements. When traveling they are guided by the sun, or ascertain their course by observing the bark of the trees; the bark on the south side being always the thickest. When fatigued by travel they scarify their legs with a sharpened reed or snakes' teeth. They are very expert swimmers and the dwell- 75 In Comagre, 'vinos blancos y tintos, hechos de mayz, y rayzes de frutas, y de cierta especie de palma, y de otras cosas: losquales^vinosloaiian loaCas- teilanps quando los beuian.' Herrera, Hist Gen., dec. i., lib. ix., cap. ii. j Tenia vna bodega con muchas cubas y tinajas llenas de vino, hecho d • grano, y f rata, bianco, tinto, dulce, y agrete de datiles, y arrope.' Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 73. ' Hacian de maiz vino bianco i tinto Es de mm buen sabor aun- que como unos vinos bruscos 6* de gascuna.' Bos Casas, Hist. Ind., MS., torn, ii., cap. xxvi. See also: Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., pp. 136-7,141-2; torn, iv., pp. 96-7; Montanus, ^Nieuwe Weereld, pp. 64, 285; Bapper, Neue Wett, pp. 71, 321; Wafer's New Voy., -pp. 87, 102-3, 153-5, 164, 169-70; Puydt, in Lond. Geog. Soc., Jour., vol. xxxviii., p. 96. ISTHMIAN SORCERERS. 777 ers on the coast pass much of their time in the water. In salutation they turn their backs to each other. No one will accept a gift from a stranger unless with the especial permission of the chief.76 They believe largely in spirits and divinations, and have sorcerers called piaces who are held in much respect and awe. The piaces profess to have the power of foretelling* the future and raising spirits. When putting in practice their arts they retire to a solitary place, or shut themselves up in a house, where, with Ploud cries and unearthly sounds they pretend to consult the oracle. Boys destined to be piaces are taken at the age of ten or twelve years to be instructed in the office; they are selected for the natural inclination or the peculiar aptitude and intelligence which they display for the service. Those so chosen are confined in a solitary place where they dwell in company with their instructors. For two years they are subjected to severe discipline, they must not eat flesh nor anything having life, but live solely on vegetables, drink only water, and not indulge in sexual intercourse. During the probationary term neither parents nor friends are permitted to see them; at night only are they visited by professional masters, who instruct them in the mysteries of the necromantic arts. In the province of Cueba masters in these arts are called tequirwts. It is asserted of the piaces that they could foretell an eclipse of the moon three months before the time. The people were much troubled with witches, who were supposed to hold converse with evil spirits, and inflicted many ills especially upon children.77 76 'Quando hablan vno con otro, se ponen do esp'aldas.'Colon, Hist. Almirante, in Barcia, Historiadores, torn, i., p. Ill; Wafer's New Voy., pp. 177-9 77 Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 255; Peter Martyr, dec. vii., lib. x., dec. viii., lib viii • Wafer's New Voy., pp. 37r9; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. ii., lib. m., cap. v.; Self ridge's Barien Surveys, pp. 10-11; Vega, Hist. Bescub. Amer., p. 145 «Deste nombre tequina se haqe mucha diferencia; porque a qualquiera quesonas habil y experto en algun arte, ...le llaman tequma, que quiere decir lo mesmo que maestro: por manera que al ques maestro de las respon- siones e* inteligencias cpn el diablo, llamanle tequina en aquel arte, porque aqueste tal es el que administra bus ydolatrias e* cerimonias 6 sacnficios, y el WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. The Isthmians are a healthful and long-lived race. The ills most common to them are fevers and venereal disease. The latter, as Oviedo affirms, was introduced into Europe from Hayti, or Espanola, where it was prevalent as well as throughout Tierra Firme. This is a subject that has given rise to much contention among authors, but the balance of testimony seems to indicate that the venereal disease in Europe was not of American origin, although the disease probably existed in America before the coming of Europeans. The remedies employed by the Isthmians for the complaint were gua- yacan wood, and other medicinal herbs known to them. They are much troubled with a minute species of tick-lice that cover their limbs in great numbers, from which they endeavor to free themselves by applying burning straw. Another insect, more serious in its consequences and penetrating in its attacks, is the chegoe, oy pulex penetrans; it burrows under the skin, where it lays its eggs, and if not extracted will in time increase to such an extent as to endanger the loss of the limb. The natives remove it with any sharp-pointed instrument. They are liable to be bitten by venomous snakes, which are numerous in the country and frequently cause death. Whenever one is bitten by such a reptile, the sufferer immediately ties above the wounded part a ligature made from plants well known to the natives, and which they usually carry with them; this enables him to reach a village, where he procures assistance, and by means of herbal applications is often cured. Some of them are subject to a skin disease somewhat similar in its appearance to ringworm; it spreads over the whole body until eventually the skin peels off. Those who are thus afflicted are called carates. These people are generally very hardy and strong, with great powers of endurance. The piaces, as medicine-men, consult their qne habla con el diablo.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., p. 127. 'Tenian 6 habia entre estas gentes unos sacerdotes que llamaban en su lengua "Piachas" muy espertos en el arte magica.tanto que se revestia en. ellos el Diabolo y hablaba po*r boca de ellos muchas falsedades, conque los tenia cautivos.' Las Casas, Hist Apologetica, MS., cap. ccxlv. \ MEDICAL PRACTICE. 779 oracles for the benefit of all those who require their services. The sucking cure obtains in these parts as well as northward. When summoned to attend a patient, if the pain or disease is slight, the medicine-man takes some herbs in his mouth, and applying his lips to the part affected, pretends to suck out the disorder; suddenly he rushes outside with cheeks extended, and feigns to spit out something, cursing and imprecating at the same time; he then assures his patient that he has effected a cure by extracting the cause of the pain. When the sickness is of a more serious nature, more elaborate enchantments are enacted, ending in the practitioner sucking it out from the sick person's body, not, however, without undergoing infinite trouble, labor, and contortions, till at last the piace thrusts a small stick down his own throat, which causes him to vomit, and so he casts up that which he pretends to have drawn out from the sufferer. Should his conjurations and tricks not prove effectual, the physician brings to his aid certain herbs and decoctions, with which he is well acquainted; their knowledge of medicine is, however, more extensive in the treatment of external than of internal diseases. The compensation given to the piace is in proportion to the gravity of the case, and the ability of the individual to reward him. In cases of fever, bleeding is resorted to; their mode of practicing phlebotomy is peculiar and attended with much unnecessary suffering. The operator shoots a small arrow from a bow into various parts of the patient's body until a vein be accidentally opened; the arrow is gauged a short distance from the point to prevent its penetrating too far.78 Oviedo tells us that in the province of Cueba the 78 The priests * comunmente eran sus medicos, e* conosc,ian muchas hier- vas, de que usaban, y eran apropriadas a diversas enferinedades. Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., pp! 126, 138-9, 141, torn, i., pp. 56-7. 'According to the diuers nature, or qualitie of the disease, they cure them by dmers superstitions, and they are diuersly rewarded.' Peter Martyr, dec yiu., cap. vm. Compare further; Gomara, Hist. Bid., fol. 88; Las Casas, Hist Apologetica, MS cap. ccxlv.; Wafer's New Voy., p. 28; Selfridge's Barien Surveys, p. 10; Puydt, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxviii., p. 9/; Purchas his.Pilgrimage, vol. v., p. 893. WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. practice of sucking was carried on to a fearful extent, and with dire consequences. The persons, men and women, who indulged in the habit were called by the Spaniards chupadores. They belonged to a class of sorcerers, and the historian says they went about at' night visiting certain of the inhabitants, whom they sucked for hours, continuing the practice from day to. day, until finally the unfortunate recipients of their attentions became so thin and emaciated that they often died from exhaustion.79 Among certain nations of Costa Rica when a death occurs the body is deposited in a small hut constructed of plaited palm-leaves; food, drink, as well as the weap-, ons and implements that served the defunct during life are placed in the same hut. Here the body is preserved for three years, and upon each anniversary of the death it is redressed and attended to amidst certain ceremo- At the end of the third year it is taken out and interred. Among other tribes in the same district, the corpse after death is covered with leaves and surrounded with a large pile of wood which is set on fire, the friends dancing and singing round the flames until all is consumed, wThen the ashes are collected and buried in the ground. In Veragua the Dorachos had two kinds of tombs, one for the principal men constructed with flat stones laid together with much care, and in which were placed costly jars and urns filled with food and wines 79 | Quedame de decir que en aquesta lengua de Cueva hay muchos indios hechiceros e en especial un cterto genero de malos, que los chripstianos en aquella tierra llaman chupadores... .Estos chupan a otros hasta que los secan e* matan, e sin calentura alguna de dia en dia poco a poco se enflaques- qen tanto, que se les pueden contar los huesos, que se les paresqen solamente cubiertos con el cuero; y el vientre se les resuelve de manera quel ombligo traen pegado a los lomos y espinacp, e se tornan de aquella forma que pintan a la muerte, sin pulpa ni carne. Estos chupadores, de noche, sin ser sentidos, van a hacer mal por las casas agenas: e ponen la boca en el ombligo de aquel que chupan, y estan en aquel exercicio una 6 dos horas 6 lo que les paresce, teniendo en aquel trabaxo al pacmnte, sin que sea pode- roso de se valer ni defender, no dexando de sufrir su dano con silenc.io. E conosQe el assi ofendido, e vee al malhechor, y aun les hablan: lo qual, assi 'los que hacen este mal como los que le padesqen, han confessado algunos dellos; I dicen questos chupadores son criados e.naborias del tuyra, y quel se los manda assi haqer, y el tuyra es, como esta dicho, el diablo.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., pp. 159-6J. ^ ISTHMIAN GRAVES AND MOURNING. 781 for the dead; those for plebeians were merely trenches, in which were deposited with the occupant some gourds of maize and wine and the place filled with stones. In some parts of Panama and Darien only the chiefs and lords received funeral rites. Among the common people a person feeling his end approaching either went himself or was led to the woods by his wife, family, and friends, who, supplying him with some cake or ears of corn and a gourd of water, there left him to die alone, or to be assisted by wild beasts. Others with more respect for their dead, buried them in sepulchres made with niches where they placed maize and wine and renewed the same annually. With some, a mother dying while suckling her infant, the living child was placed at her breast and buried with her in order that in her future state she might continue to nourish it with her milk. In some provinces when the cacique became sick, the priests consulted their oracles as to his condition and if they received for answer that the illness was mortal, one half of his jewelry and gold was cast into the river as a sacrifice to the god they reverenced, in the belief that he would guide him to his final rest; the other half was buried in the grave. The relatives of the deceased shaved the head as a sign of mourning and all his weapons and other property were consumed by fire in order that nothing should remain as a remembrance of him. In Panama, Nata, and some other districts, when a cacique died, those of his concubines that loved him enough, those that he loved ardently and so appointed, as well as certain servants, killed themselves and were interred with him. This they did in order that they might wait upon him in the land of spirits. They held the belief that those who did not accompany him then, would, when they died a natural death, lose the privilege of being with him afterwards, and in fact that their souls would die with them. The privilege of attending on the cacique in his future state was believed to be only granted to those who were in his service during his lifetime, hence such service was eagerly sought after by & 782 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. natives of both sexes, who made every exertion to be admitted as servants in his house. At the time of the interment, those who planted corn for him during his lifetime, had some maize and an implement of husbandry buried with them in order that they might commence planting immediately on arrival in the other world. In Comagre and other provinces the bodies of the caciques were embalmed by placing them on a cane hurdle, hanging them up by cords, or placing them on a stone, or log; and round or below the body they made a slow fire of herbs at such a distance as to dry it gradually until only skin and bone remained. During the process of embalming, twelve of the principal men sat round the body, dressed in black mantles which covered their heads, letting them hang down to their feet; at intervals one of them beat a drum and when he ceased he chanted in monotonous tones, the others responding. Day and night the twelve kept watch and never left the body. When sufficiently dried it was dressed and adorned with many ornaments of gold, jewels, and feathers, and set up in an apartment of the palace where were kept ranged round the walls the remains of his ancestors, each one in his place and in regular succession. In case a cacique fell in battle and his body could not be recovered, or was ^otherwise lost, the place he would have occupied in the row was always left vacant. Among other tribes the body after being dried by fire was wrapped in several folds of cloth, put in a hammock, and placed upon a platform in the air or in a room. The manner in which the wives, attendants, and servants put themselves to death was, with some, by poison; in such case, the multitude assembled to chant the praises of their dead lord, when those who were to follow drank poison from gourds, and dropped dead instantly. In some cases they first killed their children. With others the funeral obsequies of a principal chief were conducted differently. They prepared a large grave twelve or fifteen feet square and nine or ten feet deep; round the sides they built a stone bench and FUNERAL RITES ON THE ISTHMUS. 783 covered it with painted cloth; in the middle of the grave they placed jars and gourds filled with maize, fruit, and wines, and a quantity of flowers. On the bench was laid the dead chief dressed, ornamented, and jeweled, while around him sat his wives gaily attired with earrings and bracelets. All being prepared the assembled multitude raised their voices.in songs declaring the bravery and prowess of the deceased; they recounted his liberality and many virtues and highly extolled the affection of his faithful wives who desired to accompany him. The singing and dancing usually lasted two days and during its continuance wine was freely served to the performers and also to the women who were awaiting their fate. At the expiration of such time they became entirely inebriated and in a senseless condition, when the final act was consummated by throwing dead and doomed into the grave, and filling it with logs, branches, and earth. The spot was afterwards held in sacred remembrance and a-grove of trees planted round it. At the end of a year funeral honors were celebrated in memory of the dead. A host of friends and relatives of equal rank with the deceased were invited to participate, who upon the day appointed brought quantities of food and wine such as he whose memory they honored delighted in, also weapons with which he used to fight, all of which were placed in a canoe prepared for the purpose; in it was also deposited an effigy of the deceased. The canoe was then carried on men's shoulders round the court of the palace or house, in presence of the deceased, if he was embalmed, and afterwards brought out to the centre of the town where it was burned with all it contained,—the people believing that the fumes and smoke ascended to the soul of the dead and was pleasing and acceptable to him.80 If the body o80 'Ay muchos, que piensan, que no ay mas de nacer, y morir: y aquel- los tales rio se entierran con pan, y vino, ni con mugeres, ni mo<^os. Los que creen la immortalidad del alma, se entierra: si son Senores, con oro, armas, plumas, si no lo son, con mayz, vino, y mantas.' Gomara, Hist Ind., fol. 255, 88. ' Huius reguli penetrale ingressi cameram reperiunt pensilibus repletam cadaueribus, gossampinis funibus appensis. Interrogati quid sibi 784 WILD TRIBES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. had been interred they opened the sepulchre; all the people with hair disheveled uttering loud lamenting cries while the bones were being collected, and these they burned all except the hinder part of the skull, which was taken home by one of the principal women and preserved by her as a sacred relic. The character of the Costa Ricans has ever been that of a fierce and savage people, prominent in which qualities are the Guatusos and Buricas, who have shown themselves strongly averse to intercourse with civilization. The Talamancas are a little less untameable, which is the best, or perhaps the worst, that can be said. The Terrabas, also a cruel and warlike nation, are nevertheless spoken of by Fray Juan Domingo Arricivita as endowed with natural docility. The natives of Boca del Toro are barbarous and averse to change. In Chiriqui they are brave and intelligent, their exceeding courage having obtained for them the name of Valientes or Indios Bravos from the early discoverers; they are also noted for honesty and fair dealing. The same warlike and independent spirit and fearlessness of death prevails among the nations of Veragua, Panama, and Darien. The inhabitants of Panama and Cueba are given to lechery, theft, and lying; with some these qualities are fashionable; others hold them to be crimes. The Mandingos and natives 6f San Bias are an independent and industrious people, possessing considerable intelligence, and are of a docile and hospitable disposi- uellet ea superstitio: parentum esse et auorum atauorumque Comogri regul- ea cadauera, inquiunt. De quibus seruandis maximam esse apud eos curami et pro religione earn pietatem haberi recensent: pro cuiusque gradu indu, menta cuique cadaueri imposita, auro gemmisque superintexta.' Peter Xar- tyr, dec. ii., lib. iii., dec. iii., lib. iv., dec. vii., lib. x., dec. viii., lib. ix. ' Viendo la c:mtidad e numero de los muertos, se conosce que tantos senores ha avido en aquel Estado, e qual fue hijo del otro d le subQedio en el senorio segund la orden subcesiva en que estan puestos.' Oviedo, Hist Gen., torn, iii., pp. 155-6, 142. For further accounts see Wagner and Scherzer, Costa Pica, pp. 556, 560; Cockburn's Journey, p. 183; Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., pp. 314, 316, 319; Pirn and Seemann's Boltings, p. 30; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. i., lib. vii., cip. xvi., lib. ix., cap. ii., dec. ii., lib. iii., cap. v., dec. iv., lib. i., cap. xi.; Quintana, Vidas de Espanoles, (Balboa,) p.10; Andagoya, in Navarrete, Col. de Viages, torn, iii., pp. 401-2; Carli, Cartas, pt i., pp. 105-6; Lis C'tsas. Hist. Apologetica, MS., cap. ccxlii., ccxlvii.; Purchas His Pil- grimes, vol. v., p. 894. ISTHMIAN CHARACTER. 785 tion. The inhabitants of Darien are kind, open-hearted, and peaceable, yet have always been resolute in opposing all interference from foreigners; they are fond of amusements and inclined to indolence; the latter trait is not, however, applicable to all, a noticeable exception being the Cunas and Chocos of the Atrato Valley, who are of a gentle nature, kind, hospitable, and open- hearted when once their confidence is gained; they are likewise industrious and patient, and M. Lucien de Puydt says of the former: "Theft is altogether unknown amongst the Cunas." Colonel Alcedo, speaking of their neighbors, the Idibaes, calls them treacherous, inconstant, and false. In the interior and mountain districts the inhabitants are more fierce than those from the coast; the former are shy and retiring, yet given to hospitality. On the gulf of Uraba the people are warlike, vainglorious, and revengeful.81 Thus from the icy regions of the north to the hot and humid shores of Darien I have followed these Wild Tribes of the Pacific States, with no other object m view than faithfully to picture them according to the information I have been able to glean. And thus I leave them, yet not without regret: for notwithstanding all that has*been said I cannot but feel how little we know of them. Of their mighty unrecorded past, their interminable intermixtures, their ages of wars and convulsions, their inner life, their aspirations, hopes, and si The Terrabas < naciones.... las mas bravas e mdomitas ?e todas... Indios dotedos.de natural docilidad y dulzura de genio.'^™^ Cronica Serdfica, p. 19. Speaking of the natives of Panama, r hnin v enemi^os de la ociosidad. Bavila, leatro JH ' muy deuotos del tra- Ecles., torn, ii., p. 56. HM Ind fol. 88. San Bias tribes: 'They are very peaceable m their natures' Chucunas and Navigandis: 'The most warlike' Coast tribes, < wi'rontect with foreigners, are very docile and tractable'... .The Sassar- , Froebel's Cent. Amer., p. 24; Squier, Panamd,'p. 77;Cullen's Barien, pp/65-6, 68-9. Vol. I. 50 786 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. fears, how little do wTe know of all this! And now as the eye rests upon the fair domain from which they have been so ignobly hurried, questions like these arise: How long have these baskings and battlings been going on? What purpose did these peoples serve? Whence did they come and whither have they gone?—questions unanswerable until Omniscience be fathomed and the beginning and end made one. TKIBAIi BOTJNDAKIES. The Wild Teibes of Central Ameeica, the last groupal division of this work, extend from the western boundary of Guatemala, south and eastward, to the Rio Atrato. I have divided the group into three subdivisions, namely : the Guatemalans, the Mosquitos, and the Isthmians. The Guatemalans, for the purposes of this delineation, embrace those nations occupying the present states of Guatemala, Salvador, and portions of Nicaragua. The Lacandones are a wild nation inhabiting the Chammd mountains on the boundary of Guatemala and Chiapas, j Mountains of Chamma, inhabited by the wild Indians of Lacanddn... .a distinction ought to be drawn between the Western and Eastern Lacandones. All the country lying on the W., between the bishopric of Ciudad Real and the province of Vera Paz, was once occupied by the WesternLacandones The country of the Eastern Lacandones may be considered as extending from the mountains of Chamma, a day and a half from Coban, along the borders of the river de la Pasion to Peten, or even further.' Escobar, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xi., pp. 93- 4. Upon the margin of the Rio de la Passion. Juarros' Hist. Guat, p. 271. ' Un tribu de Mayas sauvages appeles Lacandons, qui habitent un district immense dans le centre du continent, embrasse toute la partie occidental du Peten; erre sur les bords superieurs de l'Usumasinta et le pays qui se trouve au sud de l'endroit d'oii j'ecris.' Galindo, in Antiq. Mex., torn, i., div. ii., p.67. ! The vast region lying between Chiapa, Tabasco, Yucatan, and the republic of Guatemala..'. is still occupied by a considerable body of Indians, the Lacandones and others.' Squier, in Hist. Mag., vol. iv., p. 65. ' The vast region embracing not less than from 8000 to 10,000 square miles, surrounding the upper waters of the river Usumasinta, in which exist the indomitable Lacandones.' Id., p. 67. 'Mais la contree qui s'etendait au nord de Caha- bon, siege provisoire des Dominicains, et qui comprenait le pays de Dolores et celui des Itzas, etait encore a peu pres inconnue. Lavivaient les Choles, les belliqueux et feroces Mopans, les Lacandons et quelques tribus plus obscures, dont l'histoire a neglige les noms.' Morelet, Voyage, torn, ii., p. 78, torn, i., p. 318. I They are reduced to-day to a very insignificant number, living on and near Passion river and its tributaries.' Berendt, in Smithsonian Bept, 1867, p. 425. 'In the north of Vera Paz, to the west of Peten, and all along the Usumacinta, dwell numerous and warlike tribes, x. THE MAMES OF GUATEMALA. 787 called generally Lacandones.' Boyle's Ride, vol. i., pref., p. xvi.; Fossey, Mexique, p. 471; Pimentel, Mem. sobre la Baza Indigena, p. 197. The Mames ' occupied the existing district of Gueguetenango, a part of Quezaltenango, and the province of Soconusco, and in all these places the Mam or Pocoman language isv vernacular. It is a circumstance not a little remarkable, that this idiom is also peculiar to places very distant from the country of the Mams: viz. in Amatitan, Mixco, and Petapa, in the province of Sacatepeques; Chalchuapa, in St. Salvador; Mita, Jalapa, and Xilotepeque, in Chiquimula.' Juarros' Hist Guat., p. 169. 'El Mame 6 Pocoman le usan los mames d pocomanes, que parecen no ser mas que dos tribus de una misma nacion, la cual formaba un estado pode- roso en Guatemala. Se extendid por el distrito de Huehuetenango, en la provincia de este nombre, y por parte de la de Quetzaltenango, asi como por el distrito de Soconusco en Chiapas. En todos estos lugares se hablaba mame d pocoman, lo mismo que en Amatitlan, Mixco y Petapa, de la provincia de " Zacatepec d Guatemala; en Chalchuapa, perteneciente a la de San Salvador; y en Mita, Jalapa y Jiloltepec, de la de Chiquimula.' Balbi, in Pimentel, Cuadro., torn, i., p. 81. 'Leur capitale etait Gueguetenango, au nord-est de la ville actuelle de Guatemala, et les villes de Masacatan, Cuilco, Chiantla et Istaguacan etaient enclavees dans leur territoire.' Squier, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1857, torn, cliii., p. 177. ' A l'ouest, jusqu'aux frontieres de Chiapas, s'etendaient les Mams, proprement dits Mam-Yoc, dans leurs his- toires, partages en plusieurs families egalement puissantes qui gouvernaient souverainement cette contree, alors designee sous le nom commun d'Otzoya (de otzoy, sortes d'ecrevisses d'or): c'etaient d'un cote les Chun-Zak-Yoc, qui avaient pour capitale Qui aha, que son opulence et son etendue avaient fait surnommer Nima-Amag ou la Grande-Ville, dite depuis Xelahun-Quieh, ou Xelahuh, et Quezaltenango; les Tzitzol, dont la capitale etait peut-etre Chinabahul ou Huehuetenango, les Ganchebi (see note below under Ganche- bis) et les Bamaq. Ceux-ci, dont nous avons connu les descendants, etaient seigneurs d'lztlahuacan (San-Miguel-Iztlahuacan), dont le plateau est encore aujourd'hui parseme de mines au milieu desquelles s'eleve l'humble bour- gade de ce nom: au-dessus domine, a une hauteur formidable, Xubiltenam (ville du Souffle) Ganchebi, ecrit alternativement Canchebiz, Canchevez et Ganchebirse. Rien n'indique d'une maniere precise oil regnait cette famille: mais il se pourrait que ce fiit a Zipacapan ou a Chivun, dont les ruines existent a trois lieues au sud de cette derniere localite; la etait 1'ancien Oztoncalco.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Popol Vuh, introd., pp. 264-5. 'Habitaban el Soconusco, desde tiempos remotos, y era un pueblo autdcton; los olmecas que llegaron de la parte de Mexico, les redujeron a la servidumbre, y una fraccion de los vencidos emigrd hasta Guatemala.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, p. 168. The Mamey, Achi, Cuaahtemalteca, Hutateca, and Chiri- chota ' en la de los Suchitepeques y Cuaahtemala.' Palacio, in Pacheco, Cot Boc lned., torn, vi., p. 7. Mame 'Parle dans les localites voisines de Huehuetenango.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, MS. Troano, torn, ii., p. viii. ' On retrouve encore aujourd'hui leurs restes parmi les Indiens de la province de Totonicapan, aux frontieres de Chiapas et des Lacandons, au nord- ouest de l'etat de Guatemala. La place forte de Zakuleu (c'est-a-dire, Terre 788 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. blanche, mal a propos orthographic Socoleo), dont on admire les vastes debris aupres de la ville de Huehuetenango. resta, jusqu'au temps de la con- quete espagnole, la capitale des Mems. Cette race avait ete anterieuremenfc la maitresse de la plus grande partie de l'ttat de Guatemala.' Brasseur de ' Bourbourg, Hist Nat Civ., torn, ii., pp. 119-20. The Pokomams, or Pokonchis, lived in the district of Vera Paz in Guatemala, ' sous le nom d'Uxab et de Pokomam, une partie des treize tribus de Tecpan, dont la capitale etait la grande cite de Nimpokom, etait maitresse de la Verapaz et des provinces situees au sud du Motagua jusqu'a Palin ' (2 leagues N. W. of Rabinal). Brasseur de Bourbourg, Popol Vuh, introd., p. 264. Ils ' paraissent avoir oecupe une grande partie des provinces guatemaliennes.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist Nat. Civ., tom.ii., pp. 84, 506. 'Toute la rive droite du Chixoy (Lacandon ou haut Uzumacinta), depuis Coban (ecrit quelquefois Coboan) jusqu'au rleuve Motagua, les montagnes et les vallees de Gagcoh (San-Cristoval), de Taltic, de Rabinal et d'Urran, une partie des departements actuels de, Zacatepec, de Guatemala et de Chiquimula, jusqu'au pied des volcans de Hunahpu (volcans d'Eau et de Feu), devinrent leur proie.' Id., pp. 121-2. ' Le pocomchi, le pokoman, le cakchi, semes d'Amatitan a Coban.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, MS. Troano, torn, ii., introd., p. viii. In 'La Verapaz, la poponchi, caechi y colchi.' Palacio, in Pacheco, Col. Boc Ined., torn. vi.,p .7. 'La lengua pocomana se habla en Amatitan, Petapa, San Chrisobal, Pinula, y Hermita d Llano de la Culebra de Guatemala.' Hervas, Catalogs, torn., i., p. 305. 'Ala nacion Poconchi pertene- cen los lugares 6 misiones... .llamadas Santa Cruz, San Christobal, Taktik, Tucuru, y Tomasiu.' lb. The Quiches inhabit the centre of the state of Guatemala. ' Quiche then comprehended the present districts of Quiche, Totonicapan, part of Quezaltenango, and the village of Rabinal; in all these places the Quiche language is spoken. For this reason, it may be inferred with much probability, that the greater part of the province of Sapotitlan, or Suchiltepeques, was a colony of the Quichees, as the same idiom is made use of nearly throughout the whole of it.' Juarros' Hist. Guat, p. 168. 'Les Quiches, orUtletecas, habi- taient la frontiere du sud, les chefs de Sacapulus et Uspatan a Test, et les Lacandones ind^pendants au nord. Ils occupaient probablement la plus grande partie du district actuel de Totonicapan et une portion de celui de Quesaltenango.' Squier, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1857, torn, cliii., p. 177. ' Leurs posies principaux furent etablis sur les deux cotes du Chixoy, depuis Zacapulas jusqu'a Zactzuy.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat Civ., torn, ii., pp. 131-2; Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, pp. 286, 288, 291. The Cakchiquels are south of the Quiches. ' The territory of the Kachi- queles was composed of that which now forms the provinces of Chimalte- nango and Sacatepeques, and the district of Solola; and as the Kachiquel language is also spoken in the villages of Patulul, Cotzumalguapan, and others along the same coast, it is a plausible supposition that they were colonies settled by the Kachiquels, for the purpose of cultivating the desirable productions of a warmer climate than their own.' Juarros' Hist. Guat, p. 169. ' La capitale fut, en dernier lieu, Iximche ou Tecpan-Guatemala, lors de la declaration de l'independence de cette nation.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, GUATEMALANS. 59 cliche Theil der Provinz [Atitan] mit .konimen der Kachiquelen und Zutu- 538. ' Los paises de la nacion Cak- 50, Tejar, Santo Domingo, San Pedro Popol Vuh, introd., p. 270. 'Der w 16 Ddrfern in 4 Kirchspielen, von Na gi'.enbewohnt.' Hassel, Mex. Guat., r. chiquila son Chimaltenango, Zumpa las Huertas, San Gaspar, San Luis de las Carretas, y otros diez lugares, todos pertenecientes a las misiones de los PP. dominicos; y a las de los PP. ob« servantes de san Francisco pertenecen Isapa, Pason, Tepan-guatemalan Comalapa, San Antonio, San Juan del Obispo, y otros quince lugares a, lo menos de la misma nacion Cakchiquila, cuyas poblaciones estan al rededor de Guatemala.' Hervas, Catdlogo, torn, i., p. 305. The Zutugils dwelt near the lake of Atitlan. 'The dominion of the Zutugiles extended over the modern district of Atitan, and the village of San Antonio, Suchiltepeques.' Juarros' Hist. Guat., p. 169. 'La capital de los cachiqueles era Patinamit d Tecpanguatemala, ciudad grande y fuerte; y la de los zutuhiles, Atitan, cerca de la laguna de este nombre y que se tenia por inexpugnable.' Pimentel, Cuadro, torn, ii., pp. 121-2. The Chortis live on the banks of the Motagua River. The Chiquimula 'Indians belong to the Chortination.' Gavarrete, in Panama Star a,nd Herald, Dec. 19, 1867; Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 48. Brasseur de Bourbourg describes quite a number of very ancient nations, of some of which he endeavors to fix the localities, and which I insert here. Dan or Tamub founded a monarchy on the Guatemalan plateau. Their ' capitale, Amng-Dan, existait, suivant toute apparence, entre les monts Tohil et Mamah, a trois lieues a peine au nord d'Ut- latlan.' Popol Vuh, introd., pp. 148, 262. ' Ilocab etendait sa domination a l'ouest et au sud de Tamub, et la cite d;Uquincat, siege principale de cette maison, occupait un plateau etroit, situe entre les memes ravins qui ceignent un peu plus bas les ruines d'Utlatlan.' 'La ville d'Uquincat (forme antique), Avec le filet (a mettre le mais), etait sur un plateau au nord-ouest de ceux d'Utlatlan, dont elle n'etait separee que par ses ravins; on en voit encore les ruines connues aujourd'hui sous le nom de P'-Ilocab, en Ilocab.' Id., p. 263. Agaab, ' dont les possessions s'etendaient sur les deux rives du Chixoy ou Lacandon.' ' C'etait une nation puissante dont les principales villes existaient a peu de distance de la rive gauche du fleuve Chixoy ou Lacandon (Rio Grande de Sacapulas). L'une d'elles etait Carinal, dont j'ai visite le premier, en 1856, les belles ruines, situees sur les bords du Pacalag, riviere qui se jette dans le Lacandon, presque vis-a-vis l'embouchure de celle de Rabinal, dans la Verapaz.' lb. Cabinal, ' la capitale etait a Zameneb, dans les montagnes de Xoyabah ou Xolabah, [Entre les rochers].' Id., p. 270. Ah-Actulul, ' sept tribus de la nation Ah-Actulul, qui s'etaient etablies sur des territoires dependants de la souverainete d'Atitlan.' 'Ces sept tribus sont: Ah-Tzuque, Ah-Oanem, Manacot, Mana- zaquepet, Vancoh, Yabacoh et Ah-Tzakol-Quet ou Queh.—Ac-Tulul peut-etre pour Ah-Tulul.' Id., p. 274. ' Ah-Txiquinaha, ceux ou les habitants de Tziquinaha (Nid d'oiseau), dont la capitale fut Atitlan, sur le lac du meme nom.' Id., p. 296. Acutee, 'nom aussi d'une ancienne tribu dont on re- trouve le souvenir dans Chuvi-Acutec, au-dessus d'Acutec, sur le territoiie de Chalcitan, pres de Malacatan et de Huehuetenango.' Id., pp. 342-3. Cohah, 'nom d'une tribu antique dans l'orient des Quiches.' Id., p. 353. 790 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. The Chontales dwell in the mountain districts N.E. of Lake Nicaragua, besides having miscellaneous villages in Guerrero, Oajaca, Tabasco, Guatemala, and Honduras. ' En el Departamento de Tlacolula.... y se encuentran chontales en Guerrero, en Tabasco y en Guatemala.' Orozco y Berra, Geografia, pp. 186-7. In San Salvador, Choluteca, Honduras, Nicaragua. Palacio, in Pacheco, Col. Boc Ined., torn, vi., pp. 7, 26, 35.' Quiechapa ... 20 Leguas siidostlich von Oajaca und 10 Leguas sudwestlich von Nejapa .... An den Granzen des Landes der Chontales.'....' Tlapalcatepec. Haupt- ort im Lande der Chontales.' Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, torn, ii., pt i., pp. 172-3, 175, 192. 'Les Chontales s'etaient vus en possession de to ute la contree qui s'etend entre la mer et la chainc de Quyecolani ... etaient en possession non seulement de Nexapa, mais encore de la portion la plus importante de la montagne de Quiyecolani.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist Nat Civ., torn, iii., pp. 3, 47. ' Au nord-ouest du grand lac, les Chondals occupaient le district montagneux appele* encore aujourd'hui Chontales, d'apres eux.' 'Hallnski, La Californie, p. 290. ' Inhabitants of the mountainous regions to the north-east of the lake of Nicaragua.' Froebel's Cent. Amer., p. 52. ' Au nord des lacs, les Chontales barbares habitaient la cordillere.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist Nat Civ., torn, ii., p. 110. 'The Chontals covered Chontales, northward of Lake Nicaragua, and lying between the tribes already given, and those on the Caribbean Sea.' Stout's Nicaragua, p. 114. ' Bewoh- ner der Gebirgsgegenden nbrdostlich vom See von Nicaragua.' Froebel, Aus Amer., torn, i., p. 285. 'In Nicaragua die Chontales im Hochlande im N. des Managua-Sees.' Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, p. 246. 'Deste lugar [Yztepe- que] coiniencan los Chontales.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. x. 'The Chondals or Chontals, the third great division mentioned by Oviedo, occupied the wide, mountainous region, still bearing the name of Chontales, situated to the northward of Lake Nicaragua, and midway between the nations already named and the savage hordes bordering the Caribbean Sea.' Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii.,"p. 311. ' On the northern shores of the Lake of Nicaragua.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang, p. 48. ' The Lencas .... under the various names of Chontals, and perhaps Xicaques and Payas, occupying what is now the Department of San Miguel in San Salvador, of Comayagua, Choluteca, Tegucigalpa, and parts of Olancho and Yoro in Honduras, including the islands of Roatan, Guanaja, and their dependencies.' Squiers Cent Amer., p. 252. The Pipiles ' n'y occupaient guere quelques cantons sur les cotes de l'ocean Pacifique, dans la province d'ltzcuintlan et ne s'internaient que vers les frontieres de T'efcat de San-Salvador, le long des rives du rio Paxa.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist Nat Civ., torn, ii., p. 120. 'Welche den ganzen westlichen Theil des heutigen Staates von S. Salvador sudlich vom Rio Lsmpa, das sogen. Raich Cozcotlan bewohnten.' Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, pp. 322, 326. 'Are settled along the coasts of the Pacific, from the province of Escuintla to that of St. Salvador... .In a short time these Pipiles multiplied immensely, and spread over the provinces of Zonzonate, St. Salvador, and St. Miguel.' Juarros' Hist. Guat, pp. 202, 224.. Among 'los Izalcos y costa de Guazacapan... .San Salvador Honduras Nicaragua.' Palacio, in Pacheco, Col. Boc Ined., torn, vi., p. 7. NATIONS OF NICARAQUA. 791 Nonohualcas. ' A la falda de un alto volcan (San Vicente) estan cautro lugares de indios, que llaman los Nunualcos.' Id., p. 25. Tlascaltecs. 'Inmehreren Puncten San Salvadors, wie z. B. in Isalco, Mexicanos, Nahuisalco leben noch jetzt Indianer vom Stamme der Tlaskal- teken.' Scherzer, Wanderungen, p. 456. The Cholutecs ' occupied the districts north of the Nagrandans, extending along the Gulf of Fonseca into what is now Honduras territory.' Stout's Nicarauga, p. 114. 'The Cholutecans, speaking the Cholutecan dialect, situated to the northward of the Nagrandans, and extending along the Gulf of Fonseca, into what is now the territory of Honduras. A town and river in the territory here indicated, still bear the name of Choluteca, which however is a Mexican name.' Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., p. 310. These Soconusco exiles settled ' dans les terres qui s'etendent au nord et a l'ouest du golfe de Conchagua, aux frontieres de Honduras et de Nicaragua.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist Nat Civ., torn. ii. p. 79. :' Beyond them (Nagrandans) on the gulf of Fonseca, a nation called the Cholutecans had their seats.' Froebel's Cent. Amer., p. 53. Maribios, a tribe formerly inhabiting the mountain region about Leon. 'Ihre Wohnsitze bildetendie Provinz Maribichoa.' Froebel, Aus Amer., torn, i., p. 333. ' Ay en Nicaragua cinco leguajes.... Coribici ... Chorotega.... Chondal ... .Orotina... .Mexicano.' Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 264. 'Hablauan en Nicaragua, cinco lenguas diferentes, Coribizi, que lo hablan mucho en Chuloteca ... .Los de Chontal,... .la quarta es Orotina, Mexicana es la quinta.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. iii., lib. iv., cap. vii. 'In Nicaragua there were fiue linages, and different languages:.the Coribici, Ciocotoga, Ciondale, Oretigua, and the Mexican.' Purchas his Pilgrimage, vol. v., 887; Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iv., p. 35; Buschmann, Ortsnamen, p. 132. The Chorotegans ' occupied the entire country north of the Niquirans, extending along the Pacific Ocean, between it and Lake Managua, to the borders, and probably for a distance along the shores of the gulf of Fonseca. They also occupied the country south of the Niquirans, and around the gulf of Nicoya, then called Orotina.' Squier's Nicaragua., (Ed. 1856,)vol. ii., p. 310. ' Welche die Gegenden zwischen der Siidsee und dem Managua-See von der Fonseca-Bai sudwarts bis zu den aztekisch sprechenden Indianern bewohnen und auch sudlich von den Niquirians bis zur Bai von Nicoya sich ausbreiten.' Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, p. 246. ' North of the Mexican inhabitants of Nicaragua (the Niquirans), between the Pacific Ocean, Lake Managua, and the Gulf of Fonseca.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 48. Before the conquest they occupied ' les regions aujourd'hui a peu pres desertes qui s'etendent entre le territoire de Tehuantepec et celui de Soconusco, sur les bords de l'Ocean Pacifique.'... .To escape the Olmec tyranny they emigrated to 'golfe de Nicoya; de la, ils retournererit ensuite, en passant les monts, jusqu'au lac de Nicaragua et se fixerent sur ses bords.' Driven off by the Nahuas ' les uns, se dirigeant au nord-ouest, vont fonder Nagarando, au bord du lac de Managua, tandis que les autres contournaient les rivages du golfe de Nicoya, que Ton trouve encore aujourd'hui habites par leurs descendants.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Popol Vuh, introd., pp. cc, ccii. 'Als die Spanier nach Nicara- 792 TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. gua kamen, war diess Volk an der Kiiste verbreitet... wohnten langs der Kiiste des Australoceans.' Hassel, Mex. Guat, pp. 397-8. The Birians ' occupied the territory lying between the upper extremity of Lake Nicaragua, the river Tipitapa, and the southern half of Lake Managua and the Pacific, whose principal towns were situated where now stand the cities of Granada, then (called Salteba,) Masaya, and Managua, and the villages of Tipitapa, Diriomo and Diriamba.' Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., p, 310. ' Groupjs dans les localites encore connues de Liria, de Diriomj, de Diriamba, de Monbacho et de Lenderi, sur les hauteurs qui form- ent la base du volcan de Mazaya.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., torn, ii., p. 111. ' Occupied Masaya, Managua, Tipitapa, Diriomo, and Diriamba.' Stout's Nicaragua, p. 114; Froebel, Aus Amer., torn, i., p. 287. The Nagrandans. ' Entre les Dirias et la Choluteca etait situee la province des Mangnes ou Nagarandas (Torquemada dit que Nagarando est un mot de leur. langue. Oviedo les appelle Nagrandas), dont les fertiles campagnes s'etendaient, au nord et a l'ouest du lac de Managua, jusqu'a la mer; on y admirait les cites florissantes de Chinandega, de Chichigalpa, de Pozoltega, de Telica, de Subtiaba, de Nagarando, appelee aussi Xolotlan, de Matiares et une foule d'autres, reduites maintenant, pour la plupart, a de miserables bourgades.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist Nat, Civ., torn, ii., pp. 111-12. ' The Nagrandans occupied the plain of Leon between the northern extreme of Lake Managua and the Pacific' Stout's Nicaragua, p. 114. 'An welche sich weiter nordwestwarts (the last mention was Dirians) die Bewohner der Gegend von Leon, welche Squier Nagrander nennt anschlossen.' Froebel, Aus Amer., torn, i., p. 287. ' Chorotega tribe of the plains of Leon, Nicaragua.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 130; Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., p. 310. The Niquirans ' settled in the district of Nicaragua, between the Lake of Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 134. ' Au centre du pays, sur le lac Nicaragua, appele Cocibolca par les indigenes, vivaient les Niquirans.' Holinski, La Californie, p. 290. Ometepec. 'This island was occupied by the Niquirans.' Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., p. 313; Boyle's Ride, vol. i., p. 74. The Orotinans occupied ' the country around the Gulf of Nicoya, and to the southward of Lake Nicaragua.' Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., p. 310. | Am Golfe von Orotina oder Nicoya. \. .Unter den geographischen Namen im Lande der Orotiner stosst man auf den Vulkan Orosi, im jetzigen Costa Rica, wahrend einer der Vulkane in der Kette der Maribios, bei Leon, also im Lande der Nagrander, Orota heisst.' Froebel, Aus Amer., torn, i., p. 287. 'Les Orotinas, voisins du golfe de Nicoya, dont les villes princi- pales etaitent Nicoya, Orotinaj Cantren et Chorote.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist Nat. Civ., torn, ii., pp. 110. ' Settled the country south of Lake Nicaragua around the Gulf of Nicoya.' Stout's Nicaragua, p. 114. The Mosquitos, as a subdivision of this group, inhabit the whole of Honduras, the eastern portion of Nicaragua, and all that part of the coast on the Caribbean Sea known as the Mosquito Coast. The Xicaques ' exist in the district lying between the Rio Ulua and Rip Tinto It seems probable that the Xicaques were once much more MOSQUITO NATIONS. 793 widely diffused, extending over the plains of Olancho, and into the Department of Nueva Segovia, in Nicaragua.' Squier's Cent. Amer., p. 244. 'Se rencontrent principalement dans le departement de Yoro (some) & l'em- bouchure de la riviere Choloma, et le reste est disperse dans les montagnes a l'ouest de la plaine de Sula. Dans le departement de Yoro, ils .sont repan- dus dans le pays depuis la riviere Sulaco jusqu'a la baie de Honduras.' Id., in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1858, torn, clx., pp. 133-4. Yoro department; * Welche am oberen Lauf der Flusse und in dem Berg- und Hiigellande zwischen der Kiiste und dem Thale von Olancho wohnen.' Wappdus, Geog< u. Stat, p. 317. . The Poyas. ' In the triangle between the Tinto, the sea, and the Rio Wanks, or Segovia.' Squier's Cent Amer., p. 244. ' Inhabit the Poyer mountains, beyond the Embarcadero on the Polyer River.' Young's Narrative, p. 80. ' Den westlichen Theil des Distrikts Taguzgalpa, zwischen den Flussen Aguan und Barbo.' Hassel, Mex. Guat, p. 389. ' Inhabit the heads of the Black and Patook rivers.' Bell, in Bond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 258. The Towkas, j bewohnen die sudlichen Gegenden des Distrikts (Taguzgalpa) und das Gebirge.' Hassel, Mex. Guat, pp. 390-1. 'Their principal residence is at the head of Patook River.' Young's Narrative, p. 87. ' They dwell along the Twaka river which is a branch of the Prinz Awala.' Bell, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 258. The ' Toonglas inhabit along the other branch of the same river.' lb. The Smoos ' inhabit the heads of all the rivers from Blewfields to Patook.' Id., p. 256. The Cookras ' reside about one hundred and thirty miles from its mouth' (the Rio Escondido). Strangeways' Mosquito Shore, p. 30. The Caribs ' now occupy the coast from the neighborhood of the port of Truxillo to Carataska Lagoon.... Their original seat was San Vincent, one of what are called the Leeward Islands, whence they were deported in a body, by the English, in 1798, and landed upon the then unoccupied island of Rpatan, in the Bay of Honduras.' They afterwards removed to the main land ' in the vicinity of Truxillo, whence they have spread rapidly to the eastward. All along the coast, generally near the mouths of the various rivers with which it is fringed, they have their establishments or towns.' Bard's Waikna, p. 316. ' Now settled along the whole extent of coast from Cape Gracias a Dios to Belize.' Froebel's Cent. Amer., p. 185. ' Dwell on the sea coast, their first town, Cape Town, being a few miles to the westward of Black River.' Young's Narrative, pp. 71,122, 134. In Roatan: ' Die Volksmenge besteht aus Caraiben und Sambos, deren etwa 4,000 auf der Insel seyn sollen.' Hassel, Mex. Guat., p. 386. 'Unter den Caraibendorfern sind zu nennen: Stanu Creek... .unfern im S. von Belize, und von da bis ,zur Siidgrenze Settee, Lower Stanu Creek, Silver Creek, Seven Hills und Punta Gorda.' Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, p. 300 See also: Sivers, Mittelameri- ka, pp. 154, 179; Morelet, Voyage, torn, ii., p. 289. The Ramas extend from Greytown to Blewfields, a region ' uninhabited except by the scanty remnant of a tribe called Ramas.' 'Inhabit a small island at the southern extremity of Blewfields Lagoon; they are only a miser- TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. able remnant of a numerous tribe that formerly lived on the St. John's and other rivers in that neighbourhood. A great number of them sti^l live at the head of the Rio Frio,, which runs into the St. John's River, at San Carlos Fort.' Bell, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., pp. 242, 259. ' Rama Cay, in Blewfiels Lagoon. This small island is the refuge of a feeble remnant of the once powerful Rama tribe.' Pirn and Seemann's Boltings, p. 278. The Mosquitos inhabit ' the whole coast from Pearl Key Lagoon to Black River, and along the banks of the Wawa and Wanx, or Wanks Rivers for a great distance inland.' Bell, in Bond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxii., p. 250. ' L'interieur du pays est occupe par la nation sauvage et indomptable des Mosquitos-Sombos. Les cotes, surtout pres le cap Gracias a Dios, sont habitees par une autre tribu d'Indiens que les navigateurs anglais ont.appeles Mosquitos de la cote.' Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geog., torn, vi., p. 472. An dem Ende dieser Provinz (Honduras), nahe bey dem Cap, Gratias-a- Dios, findet man die beruhmte Nation der Mosquiten.' Belaporte, Reisen, torn, x., p. 404. 'Nearly the whole coast of Honduras; and their most numerous tribe exists near the Cape Gracios a Dios.' Bor.nycastle's Span. Amer., vol. i., p. 172. 'Ocupan el terreno de mas de sesenta leguas, que corren desde la jurisdiccion de Comaniagua, hasta la de Costa-Rica.' Revista 31ex., torn, i., p. 404. 'Die Sambo, oder eigentlichen Mosquitoindianer welche den grossten Theil der Seekiiste bis zum Black river hinauf und die an derselben belegenen Savannen bewohnen.' Mosquitoland, Bericht, p. 19. ' Inhabiting on the Main, on the North side, near Cape Gratia Dios; between Cape Honduras and Nicaragua.' Bampier's Voyages, vol. i., p. 7. 'Inhabit a considerable space of country on the continent of America, nearly extending from Point Castile, or Cape Honduras, the southern point of the Bay of Truxillo, to the northern branch of the river Nicaragua, called usually St. Juan's; and comprehending within these limits nearly 100 leagues of land on the sea coast, from latitude 11 to 16 deg.' Henderson's Honduras, pp. 211- 12. The Sambos 'inhabit the country from Sandy Bay to Potook.' Strange- ways' Mosquito Shore, p. 330. 'The Sambos, or Mosquitians, inhabit the sea coast, and the savannas inland, as far west as Black River.' Young's Narrative, p. 71. 'The increase and expansion of the Caribs has already driven most of the Sambos, who were established to the northward and westward of Cape Gracias a Dios, into the territory of Nicaragua, southward of the Cape.' Squier's Honduras [Lond., 1870,] p. 169; Id., Cent Amer., p. 228. The Isthmians, the last sub-division of this group, embrace the people of Costa Rica, together with the nations dwelling on the Isthmus of Panama, or Darien, as far as the gulf of Uraba, and along the river Atrato to the mouth of the Napipi, thence up the last-named river to the Pacific Ocean. ' The Indian tribes within the territory of Costarrica, distinguished by the name of Parcialidades, are the Valientes, or most eastern people of the state; the Tiribees, who occupy the coast from Bocatoro to the Banana; the Tala- mancas and Blancos, who inhabit the interior, but frequent the coast between the Banana and Salt Creek; the Montafios and Cabecares, who are settled in the neighbourhood of the high lands bounding Veragua, and the Guatusos, inhabiting the mountains and forest between Esparsa and Baga- ^L ISTHMIAN NATIONS. 795 ses, and towards the north of these places.' Galindo, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. vi., p. 134. From Boca del Toro towards the west coast dwell the Viceitas, Blancos, Valientes, Guatusos, Tiribisr and Talamancas. Wagner and Scherzer, Costa Rica, p. 554. Blancos, Valientes, and Talamancas ' ent- lang der Ostkiiste zwischen dem Rio Zent und Boca del Toro, im Staate Costa Rica.' Id., p. 573. The Guatusos 'vom Nicaragua - See an den Rio Frio aufwarts und zwischen diesem und dem San Carlos bis zum Hochlande.' Wappdus, Geog. u. Stat, p. 357. ' Inhabit a territory lying between the Merivales mountains on the west, the lake of Nicaragua and the San Juan river on the north, the Atlantic shore on the east, and the table land of San Jose upon the south.'... .The Rio Frio 'head-waters are the favorite haunt or habitation of the Guatusos occupy the north-east corner of Costa Rica.' Boyle's Ride, vol. i., pref., pp. xii., xix., p. 298. They inhabit 'the basin of the Rio Frio,' Squier's Cent Amer., p. 405; Id., in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1856, torn, cli., p. 5; Id., in Hist Mag., vol. iv., p. 65; Vigne's Travels, vol. i., p. 77. The Guetares ' viven encima de las sierras del puerto de la Herradura e se extienden por la costa deste golpho al Poniente de la banda del Norte hasta el confin de los Chorotegas.' Oviedo, Hist. Gen., torn, iii., p. 108. The Blancos l welche ungefahr 5 Tagereisen sudostlich von Angostura in den Bergen hausen.' Wagner and Scherzer, Costa Rica, pp. 556, 554. The Valientes and Ramas, 'zwischen dem Punta Gorda und der Lagune von Chiriqui.' Mosquitoland, Bericht, p. 9. Inhabiting the Isthmus were numerous tribes speaking different languages, mentioned by early writers only by the name of the chief, which was usually identical with that of both town and province. In the province of Panama there were ' quatro senores de lenguas diferentes... .De alii se baxaua a la prouincia de Nata,... .treynta leguas de Panama....otro llamado Escoria, ocho leguas de Nata... .Ocho leguas mas adelante, la buelta de Panama, auia otro Cazique dicho Chiru, de lengua diferente: y otras siete leguas mas adelante, hazia Panama, estaua el de Chame, que era el remate de la lengua de Coyba: y la prouincia de Paris se hallaua doze leguas de Nata, Les hueste.' Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. ii., lib. iii., cap. vi. Westward from the gulf of Uraba ' hay una provincia que se dice Careta... .yendo mas la costa abajo, fasta cuarenta leguas desta villa, entrando la tierra adenti o fasta doce leguas, esta un cacique que se dice. Comogre y otro que se dice Poborosa.' Balboa, in Navarrete, Col. de Viages, torn, iii., p. 366. 'En la primera provincia de los darieles hay las poblaciones siguientes: Seraque, Surugunti, Queno, Moreri, Agrazenuqua, Ocoabayanti y Uraba.\ Hervas, Catdlogo, torn, i., p. 280. '.Treinta y tantas leguas del Darien habia una provincia que se decia Careta, y otra cinco leguas de ella que se dice Acia... La primera provincia desde Acia hacia el ueste es Comogre... .En esta tierra esta una provincia que se llama Peruqueta, de una mar a otra, y la isla de las Perlas, y golfo de S. Miguel, y otra provincia, que llamamos las Behetrias por no haber en ella ningun sefior, se llama Cueva: es toda una gente y de una lengua.... Desde esta provincia de Peruqueta hasta Adechame que son cerca de 40 leguas todavia al ueste, se llama la provincia de Coiba, y la len- TRIBAL BOUNDARIES. gua es la de Cueva.... desde Burica hasta esta provincia, que se dice To- breytrota, casi que cada senor es diferente de lengua uno de otro... .Desde aqui tornando a bajar cerca de la ma-, venimos a la provincia de Nata esta 30 leguas de Panama... .tenia por contrario a, un senor que sedecia Es- coria, que tenia sus poblaciones en un rio grande ocho leguas de Meta.... Esta es lengua por si. Y ocho leguas de alii hacia Panama esta otro senor que se dice Chiru, lengua diferente. Siete leguas de Chiru, hacia Panama, esta la provincia de Chame: es el remate de la lengua de Coiba... .Chiman .dos leguas de Comogre... .desde este Chiman... la provincia de Poco- rosa, y de alii .dos leguas la vuelta del ueste... .la de Paruraca, donde comi- enza la de Coiba, y de alii la misma via cuatro leguas... .la de Tubanama, y de alii a ocho leguas todo a esta via... .la de Chepo, y seis leguas de alii ... .la de Chepobar, y dos leguas delante... .la de Pacora, y cuatro de alii ... .la de Panama, y de alii otras cuatro la de Periquete, y otras Cuatro adelante.. . .la de Tabore, y otras cuatro adelante... .la de Chame, que es remate de la lengua y provincia de Coiba.... de Chame a la provincia del Chiru hay ocho leguas... .y este Chiru es otra lengua por si.' Andagoya, in Navarrete, Cot de Viages, torn, iii., pp. 397-8, 407-8, 410. The Guaimies. ' En la provincia de Veraguas, situada a, 9 grados de lati- tud boreal, esta, la nacion de los Guaimies d Huamies. Hervas, Catdlogo, torn, i., pp. 280-1. 'Los quales indios, segun decian, no eran naturales de aquella comarca: antes era su antigua patria la tierra que esta junto al rio grande de Darien.' Cieza de Leon, in Id., p. 281. ' The Indians who at present inhabit the Jsthmus are scattered over Bocas del Toro, the northern portions of Veraguas, the north-eastern.shores of Panama, and almost the whole of Darien, and consist'principal.y of four tribes, the Savanerics, the San Bias Indians, the Bayanos, and the Cholos. Each tribe speaks a different language.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., p. 317. 'Les Goajiros, les Motilones, les Guainetas et les Cocinas, dans les provinces de Rio-Hacha, de Upar et de Santa-Marta; et les Dariens, les Cunas et les Chocoes, sur les rives et les affluents de 1'Atrato et les cotes du Darien.' Roquette, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1855, torn, cxlvii., pp. 24-5. ' The Savanerics occupy the northern portion of Veraguas.' lb. The Borachos occupied western Veragua. Id., p. 312. The Manzanillo, or San Bias Indians,, 'inhabit the north-eastern portion of the province of Panama.' Id., p. 320. ' The chief settlement is about San Bias, tli3 rest of the coast being dotted over with small villages.' Gisborne's Barien, p. 156. 'Their principal settlements are on the upper branches of the Chepo, Chiman, and Congo, on the Tuquesa, Ucurganti, Jubuganti, and Chueti, branches of the Chuquanaqua, and onlhe Pucro and Paya.' Cidlen's Barien, p. 69. ' The whole of the Isthmus of Darien, except a small portion of the valley of the Tuyra, comprising the towns of Chipogana, Pinogana, Yavisa, and Santa Maria, and a few scattering inhabitants on the Bayamo near its mouth, is uninhabited except by the San Bias or Darien Indians.... They inhabit the whole Atlantic coast from San Bias to the Tarena, mouth of the Atrato, and in the interior from the Sucubti to the upper parts of the Bayamo.' Self ridge's Barien Surveys, p. 10. NATIONS OF THE ISTHMUS. 797 The Mandingos ' occupy the coast as far as the Bay of Caledonia.' Puydt, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxviii., p. 92; Reichardt, Cent Amer., p. 161; Ludewig's Ab. Lang, p. 61. The Bayanos, «about the River Chepo.' Id., p. 18; Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., p. 321. The Cholos, ' extending from the Gulf of San Miguel to the bay cf Choco, and thence with a few interruptions to the northern parts of the Republic of Ecuador.' Seemann's Voy. Herald, vol. i., p. 321. 'Inhabiting part of the Isthmus of Darien, east of the river Chuquanaqua, which is watered by the river Paya and its branches in and about lat. 8° 15' N., and long. 11° 20' W.' Latham, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xx., p. 189. ' The Cunas have established themselves on the shores of the Gulf of Uraba, near the outlets of the Atrato.' Puydt, in Lond. Geog. Soc, Jour., vol. xxxviii., p. 92. The Cunacunas, ' on the south-easterly side of the Isthmus.' Ludewig's Ab. Lang., p. 59. * The remnants of the Chucunaquese who in 1861 dwelt on the banks of the river which bears their name have gone up towards the north.' lb. The Chocos, 'on the Leon and the different tributaries of the Atrato.' Michler's Barien, p. 26. The Caimanes, ' between Punta Arenas and Turbo.' lb. The TJrabds, ' en las selvas y bosques de la Provincia de Uraba.' Alcedo, Bice, torn, v., p. 258. The Idibas ' del Reyno de Tierra-Firme y Gobierno de Panama, son con- finantes con los Chocoes y los Tatabes.' Id., torn, ii., p. 413. The Payas 'on the river of that name.' Self ridge's Barien Surveys, p. M OF THE FIRST VOLUME,
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