The Siwash: Their Life, Legends, and Tales: Puget Sound and Pacific Northwest by Joseph A. Costello is an 1895 historical and folkloric compilation that provides an early settler's perspective on the Indigenous peoples of the Puget Sound region. Originally published in Seattle by the Calvert Company (and heavily referenced in later regional republications), the book gathers the myths, cultural practices, and daily realities of the area's Native American tribes, primarily the Coast Salish. While its title employs the Chinook Jargon term "Siwash"—a historically common but now widely recognized as derogatory adaptation of the French word for "savage"—the work reflects the complex, often paternalistic and romanticized attitudes prevalent among late-19th-century white pioneers. Ultimately, it serves as a valuable primary source document for regional ethnographers and historians, offering a critical window into early cross-cultural observations, the recording of Indigenous oral traditions, and the social zeitgeist of the Pacific Northwest frontier.

Indians of North America, Indians of North America Northwest Coast of North America, Indians of North America Northwest, Pacific, North America Northwest Coast of North America, Pacific Northwest, Salish, Salishan Indians

Reprint. Originally published: Seattle : Calvert Co., 1895Includes index

Reprint. Originally published: Seattle : Calvert Co., 1895Includes index