Название | The Native Races (Vol. 1-5) |
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Автор произведения | Hubert Howe Bancroft |
Жанр | Документальная литература |
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Издательство | Документальная литература |
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isbn | 4064066387792 |
NATIONS INHABITING VANCOUVER ISLAND.
In naming the following tribes and nations I will begin at the north and follow the west coast of the island southward, then the east coast and main land northward to the starting-point.
The Uclenus inhabit Scott Island. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 488; Kane's Wand., end of vol.
The Quanes dwell at Cape Scott. Id.
The Quactoe are found in the 'woody part N.W. coast of the island.' Findlay's Directory, p. 391.
The Koskiemos and Quatsinos live on 'the two Sounds bearing those names.' Mayne's BC, p. 251. Kuskema, and Quatsinu, 'outside Vancouver's Island south of C. Scott.' Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 488; Kane's Wand., end of vol.
The Kycucut, 'north of Nootka Sound, is the largest tribe of the West coast.' Mayne's BC, p. 251.
The Aitizzarts are 'a people living about thirty or forty miles to the Northward' of Nootka Sound. Jewitt's Nar., pp. 63, 77.
The Ahts live on the west coast of the island. 'The localities inhabited by the Aht tribes are, chiefly, the three large Sounds on the west coast of Vancouver Island, called Nitinaht (or Barclay) Klahohquaht, and Nootkah.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 10.
The Chicklezahts and Ahazats inhabit districts in close proximity on the west coast of Vancouver. Barrett-Lennard's Trav., p. 41.
The Clayoquots, or Klahohquahts, live at Clayoquot Sound, and the Moouchats at Nootka Sound. Sproat's Scenes, pp. 22, 25. North of the Wickininish. Jewitt's Nar., p. 76.
The Toquahts are a people 'whose village is in a dreary, remote part of Nitinaht (or Barclay) Sound.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 104.
The Seshats live at Alberni, Barclay Sound. Sproat's Scenes, p. 3.
The Pacheenas, or 'Pacheenetts, which I have included in Barclay Sound, also inhabit Port San Juan.' Mayne's BC, p. 251.
The Tlaoquatch occupy the south-western part of Vancouver. 'Den Südwesten der Quadra- und Vancouver-Insel nehmen die Tlaoquatch ein, deren Sprache mit der vom Nutka-Sunde verwandt ist.' Buschmann, Brit. Nordamer., p. 372. Tlaoquatch, or Tloquatch, on 'the south-western coast of Vancouver's Island.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 188.
The Sokes dwell 'between Victoria and Barclay Sound.' Mayne's BC, p. 251. 'East point of San Juan to the Songes territory.' Findlay's Directory, p. 392.
The Wickinninish live about two hundred miles south of Nootka. Jewitt's Nar., p. 76.
The Songhies are 'a tribe collected at and around Victoria.' Mayne's BC, p. 243. 'The Songhish tribe, resident near Victoria.' Macfie's Vanc. Isl., p. 430. Songes, 'S.E. part of the island.' Findlay's Directory, p. 391.
The Sanetch dwell 'sixty miles N.W. of Mount Douglas.' Findlay's Directory, p. 391.
The Cowichins live 'in the harbour and valley of Cowitchen, about 40 miles north of Victoria.' Mayne's BC, p. 243. 'Cowichin river, which falls into that (Haro) canal about 20 miles N. of Cowichin Head, and derives its name from the tribe of Indians which inhabits the neighbouring country.' Douglas, in Lond. Geog. Soc., Jour., vol. xxiv., p. 246. Kawitchin, 'country N.W. of Sanetch territory to the entrance of Johnson's Straits.' Findlay's Directory, p. 391. 'North of Fraser's River, and on the opposite shores of Vancouver's Island.' Scouler, in Lond. Geog. Soc., Jour., vol. xi., p. 224. 'North of Fraser's River, on the north-west coast.' Ludewig, Ab. Lang., p. 91.
The Comux, or Komux, 'live on the east coast between the Kowitchan and the Quoquoulth tribes.' Sproat's Scenes, p. 311. Comoux, south of Johnston Straits. Schoolcraft's Arch., vol. v., p. 488; Kane's Wand., end of vol. The Comoux 'extend as far as Cape Mudge.' Mayne's BC, p. 243.
The Kwantlums dwell about the mouth of the Fraser. 'At and about the entrance of the Fraser River is the Kuantlun tribe: they live in villages which extend along the banks of the river as far as Langley.' Mayne's BC, pp. 243, 295.
The Teets live on the lower Frazer River. 'From the falls (of the Fraser) downward to the seacoast, the banks of the river are inhabited by several branches of the Haitlin or Teet tribe.' Anderson, in Hist. Mag., vol. vii., p. 73.