HOW SHEWISH BECAME A GREAT WHALE HUNTER


NAMES OCCURRING IN THE LEGEND OF SHEWISH

The Killer Whale or Ka-Kow-in has a large dorsal fin shown in a
conventional manner in the pictograph between the Thunder Bird and
the face of the Indian girl, sister to Shewish. The Killer Whale
was often used as a family emblem or crest and as a source from
which personal names were derived.

Klootsmah or Kloots-a-mah plural Klootsmuk the Indian word for
"married woman" but used in the legends for girls as well as women.
According to Gilbert Malcolm Sproat who lived in Alberni in the
early "sixties" the term used for a young girl or daughter was
"Ha-quitl-is" and for an unmarried woman "Ha-quatl."

Toquaht--the home of the Toquaht tribe of Indians, an old
settlement on the north shore of Barkley Sound between Ucluelet and
Pipestem Inlet.

The Kutsack, or Kats-hek is a loose cloak or mantle woven from the
soft inner bark of the yellow cedar tree. Indian mats were made from
the inner bark of the red cedar.

[Illustration: PICTOGRAPHIC PAINTING, THE COAT OF ARMS OF SHEWISH,
SESHAHT CHIEF (Drawn by J. Semeyn from original sketch by the author)]