CHAPTER VI

The ten tribes—Number of warriors—Their laws—Chief’s arbitrary

power—Dress, games, and arms of the men—Dress of the women,

slaves, and basket-making—Lewdness of the women—Food, ornaments—

The salmon—Superstitious customs—Sturgeon—Fathomfish—Roots and

berries—Circulating medium—Econé, or Good Spirit—Ecutoch, or Bad

Spirit—Etaminua, or priests—Keelalles, or doctors—War canoes—

Diseases—Winter houses—Temporary, or Summer houses—Fleas—Practice

of flattening the head—Colonization—Wallamitte—Cowlitz, or

Puget’s Sound—Conclusion 102

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