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ee, cousin, “cousin's :
terma’ec, J ee : Je \ | brother, *, See sae \ as : a
\ husband’s f \ se Aes | | ze e | husband f
2 sister, | sister's : :
heme
sa'ag + ee -in-law.
mother

skué'was.—If a member of one family has married a member of another his and
her relatives call each other skué/as, e.g., step-brother, &c.

2. INTERMEDIATE RELATIVE DEAD.

ffather’s | Jf brother | f brother's |
\ mother’s f \sister f{’ Usister’s f

se cousin, cousin’s Es 2
Heres jbroer : Sein | { ee
: ee | sister, | sister's J :
fsson, daughter, \
| father, mother f

uotsa'égoitl, suinéma'itl, child.

tea'idé,

slik-oda'itl, -in-law.

III, ACQUIRED RELATIONSHIP (THROUGH MARRIAGE).
ffather, | ffather |

\ mother, f’ Seep BR (mother f
seman, aunt’s husband, step-father.

setci’ea, uncle’s wife, step-mother.

se’meEn, step-child.

sesé’el, wife’s grand -

sq’t'mats, grand JSrs : J wife
2 \ daughter’s f | husband J
seua/aq, { wife’s \ step f father, U , step-child’s f husband )

‘Uhusband’s f mother, f | wite. |

Bilqula.

I have not been able to get a satisfactory collection of terms of relationship from
the Bilqula, The following will show, however, that their system differs greatly
from that of the Coast Salish. It seems the distinctions between the two classes of
indirect relationship does not exist.

-r7... f father’s F
ko' kpi, epee father, granduncle. stlémts, grandchild.

ae father’s | ;

Ul . rs A ars

GGg'', » other's J mother, grandaunt. tulau'sau, married couple.
man, father. kh: dalz'm, elder { ey

e Sepa brother
stan, rnother. sdagée", YOUNgET 4-4 oy

: speed (an ’s

mena, child. si’ 2, eeateoe brother.
siskuso'm, eee sister.

father
skust, < mother 4-in-law.
lenild

Stila tlemu.

There is no distinction between terms of relationship used by male or female.
only terms of affinity are affected by the death of an intermediate relation.

Great-grandparent, ts'u/péyuk’, great-grandchild.