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| | INDIANS TRIBES of WASHINGTON TERRITORY by George Gibbs |
 | | Kam-ai-ya-kan is the only one of the three brothers who has adopted even the forms of Catholicism, and he refuses to be baptised, because he would be compelled to put away his surplus wives, of whom he has several. |
 | | At Ketetas, on the main Yakima, we were visited by Ow-hai, one of the two principal chiefs of the northern band of this tribe. |
 | | An actual count of the last three, which were supposed to contain half the population, was made by their chiefs in January, and, comprehending all who belonged to them, whether present or not, gave a population of only 376 |
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