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An excerpt from It Happened in Washington by James Crutchfield
Prior Knowledge: A NW explore, Ledyard, was amazed at the Northwest culture he and his men encountered. Here is snippet about the Nootka Indians, who today prefer the name Nu-chah-nulth.
I had no sooner beheld these Americans than I set them down for the same kind of people that inhabited the opposite side of the continent. They are rather above the middle stature, copper-coloured, and of and athletic make. They have long, black hair, which they generally wear in a club on the top of the head. They fill it with oil, paint and the downe of birds. They also paint their faces with red, blue, and white colours. Their clothing consists of dark brown garments made of skins and the white hair of the domestic dog. He saw them make use of no coverings to their feet or legs, and it was seldom they covered their
heads.
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