The Scholar's Sailing Diary, Coastal Salish Tribes, Land of Beauty, and the Eagle Island Tribe

"May the Main God shelter us! After setting out from Whale Port, the route north could always make use of warm ocean currents, so the voyage went very quickly. In mid-May, the fleet reached 51 degrees north latitude, on the northern side of the Snuneymuxw people's Long Island, and established Divine Shellfish Port (present-day Port Hardy). The site of Divine Shellfish Port was one Zuwaro had chosen beforehand, and the name 'Shellfish' Port was his doing too. This port controlled the strait on the north side of Long Island, and the catch was extremely abundant, rich in salmon, cod, scallops, prawns, and large crabs... Haaha! So many schools of fish swam back and forth around the strait, but when Zuwaro cast the first net, he actually hauled up nothing but a pile of scallops. Then he had the nerve to say it was a Divine Revelation and named the port 'Shellfish'!..."

"Praise the Main God! I added the word 'Divine' before Shellfish Port, representing that this year's exploration has already drawn closer and closer to the Main God's enlightenment!... This Long Island of the Snuneymuxw is separated from the mainland coast to the north by only a strait of several dozen li, and can trade with the tribes across the sea. According to the Whale Tribe guide Whale Dog, those across the sea are the Heiltsuk tribes. These tribes, like the Snuneymuxw and the coastal tribes farther north, mainly live by fishing. Their tribes are usually not large, ranging from dozens to several hundred people. And the language they speak is the not very complicated Salish, which can barely communicate with the Whale Tribe guide... So I recorded all these tribes as the Coastal Salish Tribes!..."

"At the site of Divine Shellfish Port, there was a Snuneymuxw fishing village of