The Native Races (Vol. 1-5). Hubert Howe Bancroft

The Native Races (Vol. 1-5) - Hubert Howe Bancroft


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The Cape Flattery tribes are at once the most intelligent, bold, and treacherous of all, while some of the tribes east and north-east of the Sound proper have perhaps the best reputation. Since the partial settlement of their territory by the whites, the natives here as elsewhere have lost many of their original characteristics, chiefly the better ones. The remnants now for the most part are collected on government reservations, or live in the vicinity of towns, by begging and prostitution. Some tribes, especially in the region of Bellingham Bay, have been nominally converted to Christianity, have abandoned polygamy, slavery, head-flattening, gambling, and superstitious ceremonies, and pay considerable attention to a somewhat mixed version of church doctrine and ceremonies.337

      THE CHINOOKS.

      CHINOOK PHYSIQUE.

      HEAD-FLATTENING PHENOMENON.