27. Strip of wood along the gunwale, _stL’a´lalgwιL_.
This is pegged to the top surface of the gunwale, to where the paddles rub, to prevent the sides of the canoe from being worn.
Used for mooring the boat, or anchoring it.
30. Knot-hole, _st1’a´ctalus_ (knot, _stcact_).
When the side of a canoe is broken, a section is cut out bodily, a piece of plank being carefully shaped to fit in the space. This plank is fastened in place with cedar pegs and by “sewing” with cedar withes.
This term refers to a place where a longitudinal crack in the bottom of the hull has been closed by stitching it up with cedar withes.
33. Holes bored in making the canoe, to test the thickness of the sides, _udtc’ι´stΔd_.
These holes are later closed by plugging them with round pegs of maple, which swells greatly on being wet.
34. Mast, _xputdale_ (cf. _pu´tιd_, sail).
Informants insist that masts and sails are aboriginal. Vancouver, writing in 1792, says they are not.
35. Step or socket for the mast, _tcugwacα´gwΔp_.
This was a “square” sail, of checker-work matting, and was hoisted only when the breeze happened to come directly over the stern.
42. Starboard, or right side, _dzaha´lgwisapΔp_.
43. Port, or left side, _kala´lgwisapΔp_.
44. Forward, _tuca´dst_ (cf. _cεdst_, bow).
45. Aft, _tue´laq_ (cf. _i´laaq_, stern).
Linguistically there is evident similarly between certain of the words in this list, as shown by the following groups:
(13) Cutwater, _tL’kwa´psΔb_ (cf. especially No. 26 below).
(14) Raised strip along gunwale, _stLaa´gwΔp_.
(24) Vertical line at stern, _stLkwa´·lap_.
(27) Strip pegged to gunwale, _stL’a´lalgwιL_.
(33) Holes bored to test the thickness of the hull, _udtc’ι´stΔd_.
One is inclined to suspect the presence of a common suffix in the following cases:
(23) Trench leading backward from the prow, _sxwο´qbus_.
The presence of a suffix is obvious in the following cases:
(22) Side of the canoe (interior), _i´lalgwιL_.
(31) Section of plank used as a patch, _stΔka´lgwιL_.
(32) Closing of a crack by sewing, _sΔp1’a´tsgwιL_.
Analysis of these expressions is not possible at the present time.
The terms in the above list apply especially to the sea-going canoe. Similar words are applied to the other types of canoes, except where the corresponding parts are missing.