Volume I. Names and situations of the tribes ; The Twanas, The Chemakums, The Clallams, The Lummis, The Samish, The Skagits, The Snohomish, The Duwamish, The Puyallups, The Nisqually, or Squalliamish, The Squaksons, The Chehalis -- History ; Their own account of their origin and history, History by the whites, Treaties, Hostilities, Agencies, Religious history -- Man ; Population, Physical nature, Diseases, Insanity, Suicide, Flatheads, Mental phenomena, Morality, Progress -- Surroundings ; Minerals, Plants, Beasts, Birds, Fish and other marine animals -- Subsistence ; Food, Fish, Shellfish, Vegetables, Beasts, Birds, Salt, Cooking, Storing, Drinks, Ardent spirits, Medicines, Narcotics -- Buildings ; Houses, Outbuildings, Villages, Appurtenances to dwellings -- Volume 2. Furniture, Vessels, and Utensils of household use ; Furniture, Vessels and utensils, Eating and feasting -- Clothing ; Head clothing, Body clothing, Parts of dress -- Personal adornments ; Skin ornamentation, Body decoration, Toilet articles, Copper ornaments -- Implements ; Implements of general use, War and the chase, Weapons for striking, Weapons for cutting and thrusting, Bird nets, Projectile weapons, Cases for projectiles, Defensive weapons, Forts, Implements for special use, Tools for working stone, Implements for making fire, Bow and arrow making, fishing implements, Hunting implements other than weapons, Leather working and tools, Procuring and manufacturing food, Tools for working wood, Agricultural implements l Basket working, Making rugs, Implements for working fibre, Paints and dyes, Ropes and strings and fishing lines.
Volume 3. Locomotion and transportation ; Travelling by water, Canoes, Boats, Trips, Travelling on foot, Land conveyances, travels -- Measuring and valuing ; Numerals, Time and seasons, Measurements, Trade -- Games and pastimes ; Gambling, Dancing, Horce racing, Shooting, Baseball and dancing, Children's games -- Music ; Instruments, Songs -- Art ; On baskets, On cloth, On skin, On wood, On horn and bone, On metal, On stone, On paper -- Writing and books ; Writing, The composition of an indian boy, Newspapers, Printing -- Volume 4. Literature ; Myths, Thunder and lightning, The sun, Wind, Cold, Eclipses, Proverbs, Of the Clallams, Of the twanas, Fables, Orations -- Names ; Initial S., Terminal mish or bish, Meaning of place names, Names on Puget Sound, Other names in Washington, Names given by Capt. Vancouver, Other English names, Indian names in Oregon, Other names in Oregon, Names in Idaho -- Domestic life ; Marriage, Chidlren, Twins, Cradling, Baby rattles, Carrying children, Nursing, Naming children, Women, Immoralities, Divorce, Industries, Conversations -- Potlaches ; Age and origin, Frequency, Potlach No. 1, The invitations, The reception, Entertainment, Feasting, The Potlach proper, Leaving, Potlach No. 2, Potlach No. 3, Potlach No. 4, Fourth of July.
Volume 5. Funeral customs ; Burial, Other funeral ceremonies, Superstitions about death, Mourning observances, Removing the dead, Cemeteries -- Government and political economy ; Rulers, Trials and punishments, Slavery, Property and communal possessions, Inheritance, Wars, Noted Indians -- Religion: Objects of reverence and worshop ; Objects of worship, The supreme being, Dokibatl, Angelic spirits, Demons, The sun, Inanimate objects, Idols, Tamahnous spirits -- Religion: implements of worshop, ecclesiastical organization, beliefs and dreams ; Implements of worship, Holy places, Ecclesiastical organization, Beliefs, Omens, Dreams, Visions -- Religion: Tamahnous, or sacred rites ; Red tamahnous, Finding Tamahnous, Using Tamahnous, Black tamahnous, Other sacred rites -- Volume 6. Religion: Tamanous over the sick ; The medicine man, Cause of sickness, Curing the sick, Causes of recovery, Implements of tamahnous, Stopping tamahnous -- Religion: the new religion, or the Shakers ; Origin and belifs of the Shakers, Revelations, Later history of the sect.
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