- 1: Kweléches
- 2: P'ípetlexw
- 3: Kweléches
- 4: P'ípetlexw
- 5: Kweléches
- 6: St'á te Lálems
- 7: Skúkwel
- 8: Skwúkwel
- 9: Skwúkwel
- 10: Skwúkwel
- 11: Skwúkwel
- 12: Skw'éxam
- 13: Tes te Skw'í:ls
- 14: Kweléches
- 15: Skwúkwel
- 16: Swa Shxwéyeches
- 17: - Kweléches
- 18: Ílhtel
- 19: Selchíms te Swáyel
- 20: Qwólqweltel
- 21: Tes Skw'í:ls
- 22: Skúkwel
- 23: Skúkwel
- 24: Ílhtel
- 25: Q'elq'éylthet
- 26: Íleq'als kw'e Stámes
- 27: Skwúkwel
- 28: Q'elq'eylthet
- 29: Sk'áxem
- 30: Kweléches
- 31: Skwúkwel
- 32: Í:lhtel
- 33: Tamethóm
- 34: Shxwíyolem
- 35: Skwúkwel
- 36: Kweléches
- 37: . Li kw'e Lá:lém
- 38: Í:lhtel
- 39: Shxw'íyolem
- 40: Stá te Lá:léms
- 41: Shxwiyolem
- 42; Í:lhtel
- 43: Í:lhtel
- 44: Qwólqweltel
- 45: Í:lhtel
- 46: Pípe'áwtxw
- Skwúl 47
- 48: Í:lhtel
- 49: Stá te Lá:léms
- 50; Iyósthet
5: Kweléches - 5: Introductions
Introduction to SUH 5A
Introduction to SUH 5B
We had several main types of canoes. The common type ranged in size from ones holding three to four to those that held eight plus. They were Coast Salish style with low, projecting, bow and stern. They most likely measured 12 to 30 feet in length. The smaller of these were used in hunting and fishing and the larger for transporting. The second type was the large war canoe, which was obtained from the First Nations up North. They were used to carry bulk amounts of furniture and baggage. The canoes were up to 50 feet long with a 6 or 7 foot beam. The bow of these canoes was at least 7 feet of the water. The boats were decorated with a carved human face on the stern. Coloured clays or paints were used to make circles and other figures on the sides of the bow and stern.
Canoes were and are such an important part of our culture that we had words for at least ten types, as well as separate numbers for counting canoes and for counting paddles or crew, as well as 67 terms for canoeing (including strokes and other actions). See Brent Galloway's 1993 Grammar of Upriver Halkomelem (published by University of California Press, 1993), especially pp. 589ff., for many examples and discussion.