<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Roy.......<DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>The Gitk'san name for generic fish is "Hon". Of course they have names for each species as well. I believe that Tyhee is a miss-spelled form of Tyee and the Gitk'san people probably used the term for the benefit of the Um-sewas [white men].</DIV><DIV>Duane Pasco</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 17, 2007, at 9:47 AM, D Roy Mitchel IV wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">There's the "tyee salmon," a.k.a. chinook salmon, a.k.a. king salmon. <BR>Is it more likely that the name "Tyhee" here from 1866 is in fact the CJ term as used by Gitxsan-speakers when talking with Boston men?<BR><BR>Roy Mitchell<BR><BR><B><I>Dave Robertson <<A href="mailto:ddr11@UVIC.CA">ddr11@UVIC.CA</A>></I></B> wrote:<BLOCKQUOTE class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> A common alterate spelling of the word for 'chief' in Jargon is <TYHEE>. <BR>The following is from a BC government website about Tyhee Lake Provincial <BR>Park: <BR><BR>"In 1866 <BR>. . . . <BR>the present name, Tyhee, which means fish in the native Gitxsan language."<BR><BR>--Dave R </TYHEE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> To respond to the CHINOOK list, click 'REPLY ALL'. To respond privately to the sender of a message, click 'REPLY'. Hayu masi!</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>To respond to the CHINOOK list, click 'REPLY ALL'. To respond privately to the sender of a message, click 'REPLY'. Hayu masi!