Identifier: typesofcanoesonp00wate (find matches)
Title: Types of canoes on Puget Sound
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), b. 1885 Coffin, Geraldine
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America Canoes and canoeing
Publisher: New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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22 PUGET SOUND CANOES
7. —THE CHILDREN'S CANOE (qe'lbid)
The canoe pointed out under this name
is a " double-ended " type. The Indians
describe it as a craft with two sterns. It
sends, which are identical in shape, are
finished off to resemble the stern of the bigwar-
canoe shown in pl. I, a. This craft,
while not of great length, is very heavy,
since the sides are relatively thick, and it is
also very wide in the beam. It was used
for the commonest purposes. Children got
their first knowledge of the handling of
canoes by " practising " with it. While the
sides are not adzed down to the thinness
which characterizes the hunter's craft, the
vessel is nevertheless well designed in its
own way and is much lighter and more
manageable than a white-man's boat. It is
worth noting that the word qe'lbid, given as
the term for this type of boat, is the general
word for canoe. The term dlq'e' dwlL was
also applied to this type. We may perhaps
speak of this form of craft as the" children's
canoe."

INDIAN NOTES

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A " SHOVEL-NOSE " CANOE IN ACTION
Scene on the upper waters of Quinault river, coast of Washington (Photograph by J.W. Weir of " The Mountaineers. ")

NATIVE TERMS | 23

NATIVE TERMS FOR THE PARTS OF
THE CANOE

1. Bow, cedst.
2. Stern, i'laaq.
3. Side, sila'lgwil.
A steam vessel is called u'dalguil,
"burning sides."
4. Gunwale, sbΔtctca'lgwil.
5. Additional piece or section, hewn out
separately, set on the bow, and fastened in
place with pegs and lashing of twisted cedar,
s!La'lu.
It is fastened in place with dowels or
pegs of cedar (No. 6), and lashings of
twisted cedar-twigs (No. 7).
6. Dowels or pegs used as above,
stΔstΔs.
This word is now used for iron nails.
7. Cedar withes, st'dagwΔt.
Used in fastening on the bow and stern
sections, and in closing up cracks.
8. Stern-piece, stL'alalΔp.
Seated in place like the bow-piece,
mentioned above.

On the Exterior of the Hull

9. Narrow piece projecting forward at
the tip of the prow, bΔ'qsid.

AND MONOGRAPHS

24 | PUGETSOUND CANOES

The shape of the forward part of the
bow-piece strongly suggests the head of
some living creature. The projection
would correspond to a snout or beak.
The The Indians say the resemblance is
accidental.

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