The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-17

present time theTs are ~ least ten en-
sfrsly distinct languages SPOKEN by fhs
pscpae living upon ~ Pactnc coast be-
tween the Columbia river and Derssgs
straits, and thas, noresves, these ten dis
tiDct tongues are further subdsylt@1 into
IT least tntrfy~Seysu dialects Of widely elf-
ferent chsyaoteS. 30 widely Different are
they, indeed, that ne user of one dialect
In frequently utterly unable 10 uadsrstsnd
tie U.s. OF another diaie1f--as mach 90 as
though tho enc spoke cbccssw and the 9TH
o. Chinese. 30 widsiy divergent are tssy
" aspect ana apparent SOUND that |. re-
quJres fhs skilled ear. eye and brain of
the trained phiIosogist 10 discover the
slightest trace Of any exiytznt correlation.
The great 6tysrssty IN the number of the
tribes ishAbisiDg the Pacific North
w~G may BE- inferred by shs COO
alteration Of the of1cszI LIST H he
tribes merely signing one OF the treaties
made with the Indians In this vicinity.
which treaty was made ~ Ngck.ii-tssah,
on Puget Sound. sn the year 1855, ~ each
tribe has its tribal tongue, ~ifh few 81.
cspftonA the diversity In tongues II near.
ly ~ great ~ the number Of tribes WnIIs
this list IL og.c.zi ard ngstsra,siy sgteg-
s've. II h not and does moi pse'~nd % 10
a c0npiets iisf of fhs tyfbes dwelling Edla-
cent 10 Puget bound, but opiy Includes
INV tfsDSS iaAsu1 part sp bh~ Gvf6bSVHsA~
Ton Of the above treaty. tnc0mpiste - ~
II. ard though not ~ any rsssns laelgfsp9
al o. The sr1bss indigenous 10 Puget sound,
yet II VIII Still serve 10 give q faint Ess
81 the diversity Il. both fftb<e ana tongues
ia the comparatively small area adjacent
90 ire gD1nc gonzA 0f these tongues are
so-czit>d dialects. yet thsy are 20 different
that they are incompSehsnsibIs DSs ~ az
cepf among the Individual users ~ tsrb
One. and frequently these dialects 81
common tongue fss rflIos0gLNs ts5f 49, sgs
10 fnsxpiiczh3< that tire natives fail hack
upon tine universal tArgon ~ Q ssvsr sa5
piSinsr means Il intercourse.
Tfe 0lSse5sl iisf above referred 10 IN en-
bc1ied In The treaty with the Dran,,sh
ard allied ts:ases. and iseis1es fbs Dszs-
fss. eeqgsaSlsh, Hh~tsb,~ra,ssy, HAGs abin4sa,
smslb-kantss, HkGps-Sbg,sy, Ht~ksb-fDssb,
8n>qsssnsos. gksi- vha~fsssh, y1ssgfi~Bs~
misp, Bk-fsb~Is<t jun. Afoia ,. whs~faisE,
GDo-ao-msss. sssssf, Ki<-1-sjiss, ssin~s~
MIST. Hsgissn~ah-mtss. sSb'ky.nsks, sos~
whAhs, .sok-vbs~ehsmisb, Mss~s@s~qax~
gufsch. cnob~bsbs sA~tisb, ssd NssY sgd
allied subordinate fffkss and b@gas, sse,
When cfeh-iah -ah-s4#f II reached t4s llst
bids fair 10 DecDnsf infsrmJoAsss, and ssfses
fbs very cosssnisgf phrase, "ssd other
sIIIAS ard subordinate fyfsss SRI ssfses,"
n us>d 10 make bong siory shesf,
Tbs cssneSk tsfsss must not fsr . single
inssagt bs eo6soanf<5 with ms lsssgsgs
>f me rse,diy d'saDr~ss1sE ft,r sSsfh sDa
ssNnsfisfis0J frfbS IS cfy;DCDk indians,
These latter. ~ 10 tine, contributed many
OF their native words or cxrfgf8l0ss ~ tt~
sams tsyeb - alta. EfkS, 0t<<, lstsE, ire
ngmsrsIz. sfe,y to fhs tafzDH, fDy tDssy
lived, f19sss~r with the cb<bslis g6Sgsas,
IN the vIesstf1 ~ me c0ggmsfs, ~ HheG)e
water hay ard ~ rJa~D, fgHn w6les
ussnsxe the 5zsR0n bsxsn ~ spread, sn1
later u cone into ssors gsnsrsl gxs, Tpgs
ChfnoSk gSfisns form 4 SiTNet fsJl,s,
ss~sk,ag 5iss1Des and peculiar fongssf II
their S~B. TIRE jsssen, on fhs ofbsf hand,
" . corrrg>f@s bedzsyssfee 81 sezsfsI
tongues W.atsosk Itself sm0ns sfbfrsJ,
with absolutely noss If the hAliBsfks ~
ofher eAarsefeststses 81 q KsafggS tsfseAs
f any ore genuine rare, bsfas III fact, ~
we'll - ~ SANE. tsfz0n, 81 Nss ssG
ssfu -, 90 . eNftaiD extent, me- trade Ian
gnsgs ard means NJ communication ees
tween fss stlfes s61 fDagsGs s01 bss
tween Fh@ ffgla6~ fhNmsctNss ~ ~ Ps~
etfsc zorfhsesf- II bss been ssla that Cf.sGs