Show RELICS OF THE INDIAN TVS OT OF THE QUEEN CHARLOTTA X ISLANDS xela nde AND SOME OF THEIR belongings d there is now new au on exhibition at the old london street one of the finest collections ot indian relies relics and curiosities ever seen in this cit city they were collected by captain newton H chittenden on the Queen charlotte islands off british columbia the people ol of these islands now reduced to souls are of fair complexion and rt intelligent in accordance a well known etymological principle their name Hy dahs dabs means the people one of these aydah curiosities is a hammer carved and on granite its head six inches loni long is shaped like that of an eagle As the tribe is divided into political parties known respectively ively as the beare and the eagles this hammer was probably a political emblem another implement is a warriors orlo weapon wide made of alaskan copper and shaped like a battle ax the head of the aydah god eod wasco is hammered hamm tred on one bendot endot the ax these weapons are highly prized and capt chittenden obtained this sample irom from a woman after promising to conceal it until he should leave the country the captain did not say what he gave in return for this most interesting curiosity but it Is known that a similar one was secured in exchange for six slaves lares at each eighty elk skins at 3 each ten boxes of oil at 3 a box two dance dresses valued at 45 apiece anti and a canoe eighty tour four feet long valued at W 90 the whole amoun amounting tir ig to 2260 the includes a v very ery extraordinary set of gambling sticks a t icks used by the natives the usual set contains fifty sticks but this one is composed of of only twenty six they are cylindrical in form and about four inches long twenty four of them are beautifully carved with the images of fish birds and beasts found in that reg rebion ion he the feature of the set is that two of the sticks are carved with human figures almost exact counterparts of the figures found on the old egyptian monuments and in assyrian carving carving one represents a high arleo priest with ox ax raised to slay the sacrifice e the other is the figure of a mummy the fire are implements ol of these people is a narrow piece of walrus tusk about a foot and a halt hall loop long shaped like a bow and on which are engraved hunting scenes to this is attached a sealskin string fire is made by taking a turn of the string around a piece of f hard wood and by weans means revolving it against another piece of hard bard wood pa utu Is placed from time to time in the hole worn in the under board and the heat generated from the friction of the two pieces of wood causes the punk to ig nite alte the music of the sydolia is an imitation of the cries of the birds and is a series of whistles with which the natives become very expert they also use the tom tom made of walrus hides bides these people have a novel way of hunting bunting birds using instead of a bow an and darrows arrows a peculiarly shaped harpoon this instrument is about five feet long the point being beina made of a piece bece of walrus tusk tea inches long lone the he stick is of cypress land about halt way ivay tip ap three fish bones are arranged around the stick hese bese points extending ext endio outward in order to stick the bird in case the point on the end should miss this abis harpoon when used is held in the left hand in the right is a padd leot leof hard bard wood eighteen inches long lone on the face of which is 18 a groove extending almost to the end the tip of this harpoon is is fitted into this groove and then the weapon is ia thrown with win double doable torce force the native can strike a fowl in water fully one hundred feet distant A hunter usually carries with him a number cf af these harpoons of various sizes N Y mali mail and express |