CALENDAR

_Thompson River_

_First month._—People-hunt-deer moon.

_Second month._—“Going-in” moon. People go into their winter

houses.

_Third month._—Last “going-in” moon. Last of the people go into

winter houses.

_Fourth month._—“Little-coming-out” moon. Alternate cold and rain.

Some people camp in lodges for a time.

_Fifth month._—“Going-in-again” moon. Last cold when people go

into winter houses again.

_Sixth month._—“Coming-out” moon. Winter houses left for good.

People catch fish in bag nets.

_Seventh month._—People-go-on-short-hunts moon.

_Eighth month._—People-pick-berries moon.

_Ninth month._—People-begin-to-fish-for-salmon moon.

_Tenth month._—People-fish-for-and-cure-salmon moon.

_Eleventh month._—“To boil food a little.” So called because

people prepare fish oil.

_Autumn._—People hunt large game and go trapping.

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