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produced here. I can only place on record my deep obligation
and gratitude to each of these four. Dr. D. Jenness, who suc-
ceeded Dr. Sapir, was most co-operative. In Bella Coola, I
was treated with uniform kindness by the white inhabitants,
particularly Mrs. Clayton, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Robson, and
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Christensen.

Finally, and most important of all, I wish to express my
appreciation to the Bella Coola themselves. Without their
generous, kindly and helpful co-operation, this book could
never have been written. I came as an uninvited stranger;
they treated me as a friend and a guest; and I left with
intense regret. My chief friends were Joshua Moody, Captain
Schooner, and Jim Pollard, but I was also greatly assisted by
Mr. Willie Mack, Mr. and Mrs. Tallio Charlie, and Mr. and
Mrs. Lame Charlie. To a host of others I am indebted in only

_aslightly less extent. The aid and friendship of these men and

women is one of my pleasantest memories, and one which I
wish to record in all gratitude and appreciation.

In the actual publication of this complicated manuscript,
I have likewise been fortunate in receiving co-operation and
help. The University of Toronto Press accepted it for publi-
cation during the war, facing—and overcoming—the inevitable
shortage of materials and of skilled craftsmen. Great difficulty
was experienced in obtaining the type for phonetic symbols; to
avoid undue duplication all native words, whether proper or
common names, have been printed in italics. It is a tribute to
the Press that it has completed the work. I am especially
indebted to several former members of the editorial staff: Mrs.
Hewitt, who supervised the initial editing, and her assistants,
Mrs. Hackett and Mrs. Buzek. Mr. Weir, foreman of the
composing room of the Press, has surmounted endless diffi-
culties with enthusiasm and ingenuity. I am also grateful to
Miss Harman, Associate Editor, who took the responsibility
for final production details. Mr. Burns, General Manager of
the Press, and Professor Brown, Editor, have both been helpful
and co-operative throughout.