After John Webber, A View of the Habitations in Nootka Sound. (top) and The Inside of House in Nootka Sound. (bottom) - London 1790

In this view from the water looking toward a protective palisade situated on a bluff above the high water mark, an English launch is shown coming ashore on the right-hand side of the illustration. Natives are waiting on the beach and two dugout canoes are being launched. The racks are for drying salmon. In the distance under the tall fir trees there appears to be a row of native clan houses. This engraving was made from an illustration by John Webber while aboard the HMS Resolution, which was undergoing repairs in Nootka Sound in the winter 1777–1778.

An illustration of a clan house, probably located at Friendly Cove inside Nootka Sound. A fire for cooking and heating is located in the center of a large room. Sleeping quarters are ranged on the sides. Dried salmon are hanging from the rafters, which are suspended from the large roof beams. Interior carvings on the vertical beams are vaguely suggested. On the left side of the illustration is pictured a seated man—most probably a clan chief—clad in his cloak of carefully woven red cedar bark.