[Fwd: Chinook word for dip-net ?]

Alan H. Hartley ahartley at D.UMN.EDU
Thu Nov 22 15:54:31 UTC 2001


Vesteinn,

I can't help with native terms, but people did use such nets on the
lower Columbia River. Meriwether Lewis says (Jan. 16, 1806, in G.
Moulton _Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped._ (1990), p. 213):

"The Clatsops Chinnooks &c. in fishing employ the Common Streight net,
the Scooping or diping net with a long handle, the gig, and the hook and
line."



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