They are, however, very dexterous in making a variety of domestic utensils, among which are bowls, spoons, scewers (skewers), spits, and baskets.

The bowl or trough is of different shapes--round, semicircular, in the form of a canoe, or cubic, and generally dug out of a single piece of wood; the larger vessels have holes in the sides by way of handles, and all are executed with great neatness.

In these vessels they boil their food, by throwing hot stones into the water, and extract oil from different animals in the same way.
Spoons are not very abundant, nor is there anything remarkable in their shape, except that they are large and the bowl broad.

Meat is roasted on one end of a sharp skewer, placed erect before the fire, with the other end fixed in the ground.
"But the most curious workmanship is that of the basket.

It is formed of cedar-bark and bear-grass, so closely interwoven that it is water-tight, without the aid of either gum or resin.