Chapter VI

The ten tribes—Number of warriors—Their laws—Chief’s arbitrary
power—Dress, games, and arms of the men—Dress of the women,
slaves, and basket-making—Lewdness of the women—Food, ornaments—
The salmon—Superstitious customs—Sturgeon—Fathomfish—Roots and
berries—Circulating medium—Econé, or Good Spirit—Ecutoch, or Bad
Spirit—Etaminua, or priests—Keelalles, or doctors—War canoes—
Diseases—Winter houses—Temporary, or Summer houses—Fleas—Practice
of flattening the head—Colonization—Wallamitte—Cowlitz, or
Puget’s Sound—Conclusion 102