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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 80 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SALISHAN , the name of a linguistic See also:

family of See also:North See also:American See also:Indian tribes, the more important of which are the Salish (See also:Flat-heads), See also:Bellacoola, See also:Clallam, See also:Colville, See also:Kalispel, Lummi, Nisqually, Okinagan, Puyallup, See also:Quinault, Sanpoil, Shushwap, Skokomish, Songeesh, See also:Spokan and Tulalip. They number about 20,000, and live in the See also:southern See also:part of See also:British See also:Columbia, the See also:coast of See also:Oregon, and the north-See also:west of See also:Washington, See also:Montana and See also:Idaho.

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