tillicum

"_Skookum tillicum_," he muttered gravely, pointing his mittened hand toward the boy.

Connie Morgan in the Fur Country 1921

ES, "said my old tillicum," we Indians have lost many things.

Legends of Vancouver 1911

My tillicum did not use the word "lure" in telling me this legend.

Legends of Vancouver 1911

As I brooded over this strange tale of a daughter's devotion I watched the sea and sky for something that would give me a clue to the inevitable sequel that the tillicum, like all his race, was surely withholding until the opportune moment.

Legends of Vancouver 1911

In telling me the legend of "The Lost Talisman," my good tillicum, the late Chief Capilano, began the story with the almost amazing question, Had I ever heard of Napoleon Bonaparte?

Legends of Vancouver 1911

AVE you ever sailed around Point Grey? asked a young Squamish tillicum of mine who often comes to see me, to share a cup of tea and a taste of muck-a-muck that otherwise I should eat in solitude.

Legends of Vancouver 1911

My young tillicum had finished his tradition, and his great, solemn eyes regarded me half-wistfully.

Legends of Vancouver 1911

I had learned to love silences when with my old tillicum, for they always led to a legend.

Legends of Vancouver 1911

"Kla-how-ya, tillicum!" he replied, with the warmth of friendliness I have always met with among the Pacific tribes.

Legends of Vancouver 1911

I thought of all the splendid courage I knew him to possess, so made answer: "But you say that the shadow of this island has fallen upon you; is it not so, tillicum?"

Legends of Vancouver 1911