The Salish People: Volume II. Charles Hill-Tout
The Salish People
The Local Contribution of Charles Hill-Tout
Volume II: The Squamish and the Lillooet Edited with an Introduction by Ralph Maud
Vancouver • Talonbooks • 1978
“Mr. Hill-Tout’s work, in fact, constitutes a very important local contribution to the ethnology of the native races of the west coast.”
G.M. Dawson
Director of the
Canadian Geological Survey,
in 1900.
Contents of Volume II
The Squamish and the Lillooet
Notes on the Cosmogony and History of the Squamish Indians of British Columbia (1897)
Customs Practised to Prevent Pregnancy
Te Qoitcital, the Serpent-slayer
Te Sqoqwaotl, or the Deserted Youth
Smenatl, or the Story of the Chief’s Daughter
Story of Sqeils, the Copper-man
Story of Smemetsen and Kaiq, the Skunk and the Mink
Skauk and Kwaietek, or the Origin of Daylight
Tie Kaklaitl, the Witch-Giantess
Report on the Ethnology of the Stlatlumh [Lillooet] of British Columbia
Mortuary Taboos and Prohibitions