Names of the Crew of the Ship Boston, belonging to Boston in Massachusetts, owned by Messrs. F. and T. Amory, Merchants of that place—All of whom, excepting two, were on the 22nd of March, 1803, barbarously murdered by the savages of Nootka.
| John Salter, | of Boston, | Captain. |
| B. Delouisa, | Ditto, | Chief Mate. |
| William Ingraham, | of New York, | Second Mate. |
| Edward Thompson, | of Blyth (England), | Boatswain. |
| Adam Siddle, | of Hull, ditto, | Carpenter. |
| Philip Brown, | of Cambridge (Mass.), | Joiner. |
| John Dorthy, | of Situate, ditto, | Blacksmith. |
| Abraham Waters, | of Philadelphia, | Steward. |
| Francis Duffield, | of Penton (England), | Tailor. |
| John Wilson (blackman), | of Virginia, | Cook. |
| William Caldwell, | of Boston, | Seaman. |
| Joseph Miner, | of Newport, | Ditto. |
| William Robinson, | of Leigh[143] (Scotland), | Ditto. |
| Thomas Wilson, | of Air,[144] ditto, | Ditto. |
| Andrew Kelly, | Ditto, ditto, | Ditto. |
| Robert Burton, | of the Isle of Man, | Ditto. |
| James M'Clay, | of Dublin, | Ditto. |
| Thomas Platten, | of Blackney, Norfolk, Eng. | Ditto. |
| Thomas Newton, | of Hull, " | Ditto. |
| Charles Bates, | of St. James Deeping, " | Ditto. |
| John Hall, | of Newcastle, " | Ditto. |
| Samuel Wood, | of Glasgow (Scotland), | Ditto. |
| Peter Alstrom, | Norwegian, | Ditto. |
| Francis Marten, | Portuguese, | Ditto. |
| Jupiter Senegal (blackman) | Ditto. | |
| John Thompson, | Philadelphia, | Sail Maker, |
| who escaped—since dead. | ||
| John R. Jewitt, | of Hull (England), | Armourer, |
the writer of the Journal from whence this Narrative is taken, and who at present, March 1815, resides in Middletown, in the State of Connecticut.
II. War-Song of The Nootka Tribe
Hah-yah hee yar har—he yar hah.
Iye ie ee yah har—ee yie hah.
Ie yar ee yar hah—ee yar yah.
Ie yar ee I yar yar hah—Ie yar ee yee yah!
Ie-yee ma hi-chill at-sish Kla-ha—Hah-ye-hah.
Que nok ar parts arsh waw—Ie yie-yar.
Waw-hoo naks sar hasch—Yar-hah. I-yar hee I-yar.
Waw hoo naks ar hasch yak-queets sish ni-ese,
Waw har. Hie yee ah-hah.
Repeated over and over, with gestures and brandishing of weapons.
Note.
Ie-yee ma hi-chill signifies, "Ye do not know." It appears to be a poetical mode of expression, the common one for "You do not know" being Wik-kum-atash; from this, it would seem that they have two languages, one for their songs and another for common use. The general meaning of this first stanza appears to be, "Ye little know, ye men of Klahar, what valiant warriors we are. Poorly can our foes contend with us, when we come on with our daggers," etc.
The Nootkians have no songs of an historical nature, nor do they appear to have any tradition respecting their origin.[145]
FOOTNOTE:
[145] That is not quite true. They have several of a vague order: one, for example, is that all the Indians are sprung from Quawteaht and the Thunder Birds. Another is that all the tribes on the West Coast come from the west; the different tribes having sprung from the canoes full of migrants stranded by a storm here and there, and so forth.
III. A List of Words
FOOTNOTES:
[146] Most of the words in this vocabulary are given with reasonable correctness, though the transliteration is somewhat primitive. A fuller and more accurate one may be found in the Appendix to Sproat's Scenes and Studies of Savage Life (1868), pp. 295-309, so that it is not necessary to annotate the present one. Those in Cook's Voyage and in Dawson and Tolmie's Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia (1884), are short and imperfect. I have a much fuller one in manuscript.
INDEX
PAGE
Aht Indians, The, 19
—— The various tribes of, 23
A-y-chart, Journey to, 193
—— Natives, conflict with, 194
Bear, Capture of the, 164
—— Management of the, 163
Boston, Arrival at, 244
—— Reception at, by friends, 245
Boston, The—
Burning of, 83
Capture of, 32, 64
List of crew of, 247
Murder of crew of, 68
Canoes, Description of, 124
Cayuquets, The, 136
China, Arrival at, 244
Celebration, A religious, 205
Climate, 221
Cook and Vancouver, 38
Cooptee, Town of, 145, 168
Death, Indian customs observed at, 173
Feast, An Indian, 80
Fruit, Various kinds of, 162
Geese, Mode of capture of, 208
Herring, Mode of capture of, 171
Hull, Leave-taking at, 51
Klaizzarts, The, 132
Kla-oo-quates, The, 134
Kletsup Root, Description of, 167
Ife-waw, Method of securing, 116
Jewitt—
Birth of, 43
Domestic management, 204
Early life of, 44
Illness of, 212
Marriage of, 201
Parentage of, 43
Proposal to release, 232
Proposal to murder, 214
Reception of, by savages, 70
Received by Captain Hill, 235
Sufferings from cold, 211
Suspicions of, by Maquina, 228
Termination of captivity, 234
Journal, Jewitt's, Commencement of, 89
King, Privileges of the, 215
Language, Commencement to learn, 93
Lydia, The, Arrival of, 224
——Departure of, 241
——Letter to captain of, 227
Manchester, The, 154
Maquina—, 59, 188
Capture and Imprisonment of, 229
Council concerning, 236
Release of, 238
Visit of, to the Lydia, 243
Mooachats, The, 38
Moon, Eclipse of the, in 1805, 208
Newchemass, The, 136
Native, Indecent burial of a, 212
Natives, Intercourse with, 58
Nettinahts, The, 21
Nootka Sound, 28, 95
—— —— Return to, 72
—— —— Voyage to, 53
Nootkians, The—
Complexion and physique, 113
Diseases of, 220
Dress of, 105
Filthiness of, 187
Food of, 110
General conduct of, 225
Houses of, 97
Mode of living of, 108
Musical instruments of, 129
Ornaments and decorations of, 115, 117
Personal appearance of, 112
Religion of, 216
Slaves of, 130
Sports of, 120
Superstitions of, 217
War-song of, 248
Nootkian language, List of words, 249
Porpoises, Sea, Capture of, 56
Quahootze, The celebration of, 165
Salmon, Method of capture of the, 121, 148
Salter, Captain John, 48, 55
Savages, Treatment of, by English Commanders, 156, 161
Savagedom in Western Vancouver, 16
Sea-otter, Description of the, 120
Sundays at Nootka, 142
Tashees, 147
Thompson—
Escape by stratagem of, 74
Escape from death of, 90
Reception of, by crew of the Lydia, 232
Tootoosch—
Description of, 174
Death of, 181
Funeral of, 182
Singular Derangement of, 176
Toowinnakinnish, 235, 240
Trade, Articles of, 137
Tribes, Arrival of neighbouring, 77
Twins, Custom at birth of, 218
Ulatilla, 198
Upquesta, Town of, 168
—— Reception at, 169
War, Preparations for, with the A-y-charts, 192
Whale, Method of capture of, 122, 178
Whale-oil, Method of procuring, 179
Whaling, Observances preparatory to, 180
Wickinninish Native, Insult of, 191
Wife, Departure of Jewitt's, 213
Wooden-lips, The, 241
Yama fruit, Species of, 161
Yealthlower, Cruelty of, 207
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