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chego'onep' four-point buck

chekcheen salmon trap

chel bone or horn piece of harpoon point

chepue'r be steep (of water), a little waterfall, a small dam in a creek

chergerp crosspiece in a triangular 'erkerh net

cherwerner' large fishing net

cheskew scoop net for candlefish

cheskewehl plunge net for small fish (scooped downward at high water)

chowon seine net, eel net, dip net, lamprey net

chowonek' I fish with a seine net

cho'w fish with seine net from rocks

chpeena' a small bone or wooden billet attached to the feeler line of an 'erkerh net and held in the hand

chuyes vertical wooden pole, as much as 8 or 9 feet long, in a triangular 'erkerh net

hehlkue 'we-rego'oh gill net

ho'neet bait, lure

ho'nk'et bait, lure

keeshen chkwohl summer steelhead

kemoroh a fat piece of meat on a sturgeon, about 10 inches long (said to be eaten only by rich people)

kertkek' I go trout fishing, I go fishing with pole

kertkerhl trout fishing pole

knetken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

knetknet arrowhead, cartridge

knewetek' I fish with a net

kuereesh the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the floor of a sweat-house

kweem harpoon foreshaft

k'ookwsook' I cut up, I split (fish, etc.), I cut into pieces, I dress fish or game

lem hook eels

lemolook' I hook eels

lemolo'ohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels

lep'olah protruding stakes to keep salmon from going around an 'erkerh net

lewet net, fish net, salmon net

lewet 'w-a'aag sinker rock on lewet net

lewetek' I fish with a net, I set a net

loo fish weir, fish dam

loogeen fish weir

luue' fish with a net, set a net

ma'ah spear, spear, salmon harpoon pole, up to 16 feet long

ma'ahskeemek' I spear

ma'ahskehl spear

ma'ahskek' I spear, I go spear fishing

ma'ahskuemek' I spear

merner'skwery pull the skin off a fish

merueh chego'onep' five-point buck

meryerkerh feeler string attached to an 'erkerh net

myo' vertical posts, joined at the top, supporting a fishing platform

nega' surf-fish net, triangle net

nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

nerhcherr' fishhook

ner' snare

ner'ermerh snare

ner'ermers snare, a trigger snare

ner'ermert deer meat, venison

ner'ermertek' I snare

ner'erpek' I trap

ner'ers trap

ner'ersek' I trap

ner'wk'wert' arrow

pa'ahpetew bowstring

perker'm club for fish, whiskey bottle, jar

peskoh spear, fish spear, three piece toggle head for catching salmon

pla's stick for measuring meshes of a net

rekeweech fish for trout with two lines

rohchah sturgeon net (held by two canoes)

rohseemek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

rorowenek' I fish, I hunt, I fish with hook for eels, I gather (e.g. clams)

smechook' I make supple, I tan, I split (sugar pine nuts)

smechoy skin a large animal, tanned deerskin, man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer

smohta'r bow (for arrows)

sraach' tanned skin, quiver

tegoh horizontal wooden pole connecting the long poles at the base of a triangular 'erkerh net

tepue'l vertical post supporting a fishing platform

tmook' I shoot

tmoolook' I shoot

tomsewok' I catch a lot (while hunting or fishing)

tregepah fish with a dip net, fish with a triangle net

tregepa' dip net

tregepetek' I fish with a dip net

werskerh fishing platform; specifically, the horizontal beam(s) to stand on

wesomot bow (for arrows)

weyuuem salmon net (held by canoes), fishing line, with rock sinker, thrown from ocean rocks to catch perch, rockfish, and eels

yuentaat upstream brace supporting a fishing platform

'erkerh fish with a net, fishing net

'luemon eel trap, eel basket

'ohchos line(s) tying the vertical poles of an 'erkerh net to a tree or other anchor on land

'orpet duck blind