NAMES OCCURRING IN "THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRDS"

Kulakula is the [1]Chinook word for Bird.

Tee-tse-kin or Tootooch is the name given by the Barkley Sound

Indians to the Thunder Bird, a mighty supernatural bird in

Indian mythology.

Howchulis, the land of the Howchucklesahts, is better known by the

name Uchucklesit, a safe harbour on the west side of the Alberni

Canal at its junction with Barkley Sound. Uchucklesit is now the

centre of an important fishing industry.

Quawteaht, is a great personage in Indian mythology, a beneficent

being, and considered by many to be the progenitor of their race.

[1] CHINOOK, is a jargon or trade language still used on the coast

of British Columbia both by the white men in conversing with the

Indians, also by the latter when talking to members of a tribe

speaking a different dialect. Chinook is a combination of English,

French and Indian words.

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