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Skokomish, n. (and a.)|skəʊˈkəʊmɪʃ|
[ad. Twana sqwuqwóˀbəš, f. sqwuqwóˀ river + -bəš (earlier -məš) people.]
a. A Salishan people, now few in number, inhabiting the Puget Sound in N.W. Washington State.
b. The Salishan language of this people. Also attrib. passing into adj. Cf. Twana n.
1844C. Wilkes U.S. Exploring Exped. IV. xii. 437 After passing further down the canal, they found the Scocomish tribe who inhabit its Southern end. 1854H. R. Schoolcraft Indian Tribes U.S. IV. 598 Indians of Puget Sound. Skoskomish..Head of Hood's Canal. Ibid. 600 The Tuanooch and Skoskomish tribes speak the same language. 1855Ibid. VII. 701 The Tuanok and Skokomish tribes reside along the shores of Hood's canal. 1874H. H. Bancroft Natural Races Pacific States N. Amer. I. 301 The Skokomish live at the upper end of Hood Canal. 1909A. L. Kroeber in Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. XXXIX. 81 Chinook and Skokomish, both of the North Pacific Coast, are alike in indicating the condition of the connecting relative. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 80/1 Salishan, the name of a linguistic family of North American Indian tribes, the more important of which [include] the Salish.., Skokomish, Spokan and Tulalip. 192841st Ann. Rep. U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1919–24 376 Plates 63–75 give some other Klikitat baskets and also work of the Salishan, Skokomish and Chimakuan Quilente. 1960W. W. Elmendorf Struct. Twana Culture v. 259 In nearly all respects the Skokomish acted as a village unit in their economic and social life. Ibid., The ethnic name of the Skokomish is of course an extended-area term.., not derived from a single-site name. 1977C. F. & F. M. Voegelin Classification & Index World's Lang. 301 Salish..23. Twana = Toanhuch = Toanhooch = Tuadhu = Skokomish. Fewer than 10 [speakers]. Washington. |