The Indians of Cape Flattery
Subtitle: at the entrance to the Strait of Fuca, Washington Territory
By: by James G. Swan
Series: Smithsonian contributions to knowledge -- 220; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I; Smithsonian contributions to knowledge -- v. 16, art. 8.; Publication (Smithsonian Institution) -- 211.; Publication (Smithsonian Institution) -- 220.; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Published: 1870
Place of publication: [Washington City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: Makah Indians; Indians of North America; Makah language; Glossaries, vocabularies
Notes: "Accepted for publication, June 1868."

Originally issued in 1870 as Smithsonian Institution publication 220; later reprinted in 1870 as article 8 of volume 16 of the Smithsonian contributions to knowledge (simultaneously Smithsonian Institution publication 211).

"Makah vocabulary" pp. 93-106.

Includes index.

Imprint information from colophon.

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.
Table of contents: title: Name of the tribe; title: Geographical position; title: Character of the reservation; title: Census of the tribe; title: Physical characteristics; title: Dwellings; title: Picture writing; title: Social life; title: Festivals; title: Sports of children; title: Dress; title: Personal ornaments; title: Care of children; title: Food, and method of obtaining it; title: Fishing and sealing; title: Trade; title: Tools; title: Canoes; title: Whaling and fishing gear; title: Boxes, baskets, mats, &c.; title: Feather and dog's hair blankets; title: Gambling implements; title: Mats, baskets, ornaments, &c.; title: Weapons, bows, arrows, fish and bird spears; title: Songs; title: Method of warfare; title: Government; title: History, traditions, &c.; title: Mythology; title: Winter ceremonies; title: Legends; title: Masks and masquerading; title: Shamanistic ceremonies; title: Shamanism, or magic and medicine; title: Diseases; title: Remedies; title: Funeral ceremonies; title: Superstitions; title: Computation of time; title: Legend of the South Wind; title: Vocabulary of the Makah dialect; title: Local nomenclature of the Makah.