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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 208 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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POTLATCH , a See also:

TERM

term, corrupted from a See also:

NOOTKA

Nootka See also:

INDIAN

Indian word for " See also:

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift," for a ceremonial See also:

CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom among some of the Indian tribes of See also:

north-See also:

west See also:

AMERICA

America, consisting in the See also:

DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution by an individual of his See also:

PROPERTY

property among his See also:

friends and neighbours, who make See also:

EQUIVALENT

equivalent gifts, with See also:

INTEREST

interest, in return .

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