The Indians of Puget Sound the notebooks of Myron Eells


Title Cover Image: The Indians of Puget Sound
Author(s): Myron Eells, George Pierre Castile
Document: Book · Hardcover · CIRC [ 1 ]
Edition: 1st Edition
Published: 1985
Physical Description: xix, 470 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
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Contents:

Volume I. Names and situations of the tribes ; The Twanas, The Chemakums, The Clallams, The Lummis, The Samish, The Skagits, The Snohomish, The Duwamish, The Puyallups, The Nisqually, or Squalliamish, The Squaksons, The Chehalis History ; Their own account of their origin and history, History by the whites, Treaties, Hostilities, Agencies, Religious history Man ; Population, Physical nature, Diseases, Insanity, Suicide, Flatheads, Mental phenomena, Morality, Progress Surroundings ; Minerals, Plants, Beasts, Birds, Fish and other marine animals Subsistence ; Food, Fish, Shellfish, Vegetables, Beasts, Birds, Salt, Cooking, Storing, Drinks, Ardent spirits, Medicines, Narcotics Buildings ; Houses, Outbuildings, Villages, Appurtenances to dwellings Volume 2. Furniture, Vessels, and Utensils of household use ; Furniture, Vessels and utensils, Eating and feasting Clothing ; Head clothing, Body clothing, Parts of dress Personal adornments ; Skin ornamentation, Body decoration, Toilet articles, Copper ornaments Implements ; Implements of general use, War and the chase, Weapons for striking, Weapons for cutting and thrusting, Bird nets, Projectile weapons, Cases for projectiles, Defensive weapons, Forts, Implements for special use, Tools for working stone, Implements for making fire, Bow and arrow making, fishing implements, Hunting implements other than weapons, Leather working and tools, Procuring and manufacturing food, Tools for working wood, Agricultural implements l Basket working, Making rugs, Implements for working fibre, Paints and dyes, Ropes and strings and fishing lines. Volume 3. Locomotion and transportation ; Travelling by water, Canoes, Boats, Trips, Travelling on foot, Land conveyances, travels Measuring and valuing ; Numerals, Time and seasons, Measurements, Trade Games and pastimes ; Gambling, Dancing, Horce racing, Shooting, Baseball and dancing, Children's games Music ; Instruments, Songs Art ; On baskets, On cloth, On skin, On wood, On horn and bone, On metal, On stone, On paper Writing and books ; Writing, The composition of an indian boy, Newspapers, Printing Volume 4. Literature ; Myths, Thunder and lightning, The sun, Wind, Cold, Eclipses, Proverbs, Of the Clallams, Of the twanas, Fables, Orations Names ; Initial S., Terminal mish or bish, Meaning of place names, Names on Puget Sound, Other names in Washington, Names given by Capt. Vancouver, Other English names, Indian names in Oregon, Other names in Oregon, Names in Idaho Domestic life ; Marriage, Chidlren, Twins, Cradling, Baby rattles, Carrying children, Nursing, Naming children, Women, Immoralities, Divorce, Industries, Conversations Potlaches ; Age and origin, Frequency, Potlach No. 1, The invitations, The reception, Entertainment, Feasting, The Potlach proper, Leaving, Potlach No. 2, Potlach No. 3, Potlach No. 4, Fourth of July. Volume 5. Funeral customs ; Burial, Other funeral ceremonies, Superstitions about death, Mourning observances, Removing the dead, Cemeteries Government and political economy ; Rulers, Trials and punishments, Slavery, Property and communal possessions, Inheritance, Wars, Noted Indians Religion: Objects of reverence and worshop ; Objects of worship, The supreme being, Dokibatl, Angelic spirits, Demons, The sun, Inanimate objects, Idols, Tamahnous spirits Religion: implements of worshop, ecclesiastical organization, beliefs and dreams ; Implements of worship, Holy places, Ecclesiastical organization, Beliefs, Omens, Dreams, Visions Religion: Tamahnous, or sacred rites ; Red tamahnous, Finding Tamahnous, Using Tamahnous, Black tamahnous, Other sacred rites Volume 6. Religion: Tamanous over the sick ; The medicine man, Cause of sickness, Curing the sick, Causes of recovery, Implements of tamahnous, Stopping tamahnous Religion: the new religion, or the Shakers ; Origin and belifs of the Shakers, Revelations, Later history of the sect

Subjects:

Coast Salish Indians, Coast Salish Indians Social life and customs, Coast Salish Social life and customs, Indians of North America Social life and customs, Indians of North America Washington (State) Puget Sound Region Social life and customs, Indiens Etats-Unis Puget Sound (région), Salish (indiens) Moeurs et coutumes, Salish de la côte, Salish

 

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The Cascade District: Encyclopedia Library Book Hardcover 1st Edition 1985 Whitman College

 

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