Samish Indian Tribe
Location
Samish. Signification unknown.
Connections
The Samish belonged to the coastal
division of the Salishan linguistic family.
Location
On Samish Bay and Samish Island, Guemes Island, and the
northwest portion of Fidalgo Island. The Samish were later placed on Lummi
Reservation.
Villages
Atse'ked, on the south side of the slough at Edison on Samish Bay.
Dikwi'bthl.
Gunguna'la, on Guemes Island facing west toward Cypress Island.
Hwaibathl,
at Anacortes.
Kwalo'l, at Summit Park on Fidalgo Bay.
Nukhwhaiimikhl, on the southwest
side of Guemes Island.
The name of the last village listed above is from Gibbs (1877) and may be another name for Gunguna'la, and Gibbs' Aseakum is perhaps Atse'ked.
Population
Mooney (1928) estimates the Samish tribe, together with the
Lummi and Nooksack, at 1,000 in 1780. No later estimate is given.
Connection in which they have become noted
Samish River, Samish Bay, Samish Island, and a post hamlet
on Bellingham Bay perpetuate the name of the Samish Indians.
Additional Resources
Notes About the Book:
Source: The Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton, 1953, Bureau of
American Ethnology, Bulletin 145, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing
has been done, and readers can and should expect some errors in the textual
output.
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