Skagit Indians
Skagit Indians were located on Skagit and Stillaguamish Rivers except about their mouths in the present state of Washington.
Skagit
Swinomish Tribe
Swinomish Indians. Said to be a subdivision of the Skagit, formerly on Whidbey Island, north west Washington, now under the Tulalip school superintendency. The Skagit and Swinomish together numbered 208 in 1909.
Skagit Tribe
Skagit Indians. A body of Salish on a river of the same name in Washington, particularly about its mouth, and on the middle portion of Whidbey island, especially at Penn’s cove. According to Gibbs the population of the Skagit proper in 1853 was about 300. They are now on Swinomish Reservation, Washington. Gibbs makes this division include the Kikiallu, Nukwatsamish, Towahha, Smalihu, Sakumehu, Miskaiwhu, Miseekwigweelis, Swinamish, and Skwomamish; but probably nothing more is meant by this classification than that the dialects of the several divisions were nearly related and the geographical position close. Nothing like political union appears to have … Read more