How many wives this one-eyed potentate maintained we are not told, but he certainly possessed great sway, not merely over his own tribe, but over the neighborhood.
Having mentioned slaves, we would observe that slavery exists among several of the tribes beyond the Rocky Mountains.

The slaves are well treated while in good health, but occupied in all kinds of drudgery.
Should they become useless, however, by sickness or old age, they are totally neglected, and left to perish; nor is any respect paid to their bodies after death.
A singular custom prevails, not merely among the Chinooks, but among most of the tribes about this part of the coast, which is the flattening of the forehead.

The process by which this deformity is effected commences immediately after birth.

The infant is laid in a wooden trough, by way of cradle.

The end on which the head reposes is higher than the rest.