Note 77 — Chapter VII

This is the well-known Dentalium pretiosum, or Tooth-shell, generally known as the Hioqua. It is procured chiefly from Cape Flattery, on the southern side of Juan de Fuca Strait, and from Koskeemo Sound on the north. The "Aitizzarts" (Ayhuttisahts) probably obtained it by barter with the tribes on that part of the coast. It is not much used nowadays.—The Peoples of the World, vol. i. p. 60.