JADE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND
ALASKA, AND ITS USE BY
THE NATIVES

By Grorcre T. Esons

Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Retired

DISTRIBUTION

Ai T MAY be well to mention at the
2s outset that the following notes

were prepared as an introduction
to and a partial description of a collection
of jade gathered by the writer in British
Columbia and Alaska. The term “jade”
is employed throughout the paper in a
general sense, and therefore includes both
nephrite and jadeite, except when exact
determination of the material has been
made by analysis.
The occurrence of implements of jade
in considerable numbers throughout the
Northwest coast, and along Bering sea and

INDIAN NOTES