. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] SNOQUAMISH SN UTLELATL 607 Snoqualimick.— Ibid., 174. Snoqualmie.—Stevens in H. R. Ex. Doc. 37, 34th Cong., 3d srss., 33,1857. Sno-qual-mie.—Fay in Ind. Art". Kep., 23S, 1858. Snoqualmoo,—U. S". Ind. Treaties, 378, 1873. Sno- qual-mook.—Gibbs in Pac. R. R. Rep., I, 436,1855. Snoquamish. A Salish division about Pt Orchard, Kitsap co., w. Wash.; pop. about 500 in 1850. Shoquamish.—Lane in Ind. Afl. Rep., 162, 1850. Sno-qua-mish.—Starling in ibid., 170, 1852. Snowshoes. Devices worn on the feet to enable the Eskimo and the Indian to walk over snow and ve
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] SNOQUAMISH SN UTLELATL 607 Snoqualimick.— Ibid., 174. Snoqualmie.—Stevens in H. R. Ex. Doc. 37, 34th Cong., 3d srss., 33,1857. Sno-qual-mie.—Fay in Ind. Art". Kep., 23S, 1858. Snoqualmoo,—U. S". Ind. Treaties, 378, 1873. Sno- qual-mook.—Gibbs in Pac. R. R. Rep., I, 436,1855. Snoquamish. A Salish division about Pt Orchard, Kitsap co., w. Wash.; pop. about 500 in 1850. Shoquamish.—Lane in Ind. Afl. Rep., 162, 1850. Sno-qua-mish.—Starling in ibid., 170, 1852. Snowshoes. Devices worn on the feet to enable the Eskimo and the Indian to walk over snow and very soft ground in hunting, pulling sleds, driving dog teams, and gathering food. The parts of a snowshoe are the wooden rim, toe and heel crossbar of wood or rawhide, extra strengthening bars, foot netting in large meshes with a stout thong for the foot to rest upon, toe and heel netting closely meshed with babiche or twisted sinew, which, however, is not always present, and foot lines for attaching the shoe. The size of the mesh varies, a coarser mesh being used for wet, soft snow. Snowshoes differ in materials, form, fine- ness,' and decoration from place to place and from tribe to tribe. Wooden skees, such as were used in the Eastern conti- nent, were absent, though Turner found the Indians of Whale r., Labrador, wear- ing shoes of thin spruce board, and the toboggan of Canada is a double skee for freight or passenger. Snowshoes vary greatly in shape, being round, elliptical, pointed oval, pointed at both ends, or irregular. The toe may be fiat or up- turned; the heel rounded, pointed, or widened into a trailer. The best exam- ples are made in rights and lefts. The separate forms so differ locally that they almost equal in number the tribes wear- ing them. This can be shown best by figures (see Dall, Dixon, Mason, Mur- doch, Nelson, and Turner). Especial attention is paid to the footing and foot lines. The netting under the foot is ar- ranged with a view to the
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