eulachonn.

1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 187 In the afternoon some of the natives came to visit us, and brought some of the small fish, which they call Ulken... At noon our fishermen returned with some ulken and sturgeon.

1834 W. F. Tolmie Jrnl. 16 Apr. (1963) 275 The canoes were laden with..dried herring spawn which they are to barter for Oolaghans.

1836 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana III. 226 The Indian name of this fish is Oulachan... The oulachan spawns in the different small streams which fall into the lower part of the Columbia.

1849 A. Ross Adventures First Settlers Oregon or Columbia River vi. 97 There is a small fish resembling the smelt or herring, known by the name of ulichan, which enters the river in immense shoals, in the spring of the year.

1866 J. K. Lord Naturalist in Vancouver Island I. 88 A fish..called by the natives Eulachon or Candle-fish.

1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. I. 205 All the early navigators and explorers..have spoken of the immense numbers of salmon, cod, halibut, mullet, ulicon, etc.

1881 Nature 12 May 39/2 A new medicinal oil..known as Oolachan Oil..Obtained from a fish called by the North American Indians Oolachan, or candle fish, from the fact that when dried the fish..can be used as..a candle.

1885 P. L. Simmonds Animal Food Resources ix. 318 The ulikon or oulachan (Thaleichthys pacificus, Gerard)..has long been an ichthyological curiosity... It is a small silvery fish, averaging about fourteen inches long, and in general appearance much resembling a smelt.

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 476 They [sc. trout] are taken in Frazer River at the time of the eulachon run, but they probably then ascend the river to feed upon the eulachon, and not for spawning purposes.

1911 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough: Magic Art (ed. 3) I. v. 262 The Tsimshian Indians of British Columbia believe that twins..can..call the salmon and the olachen or candle-fish.

1926 B. A. McKelvie Huldowget 2 They came today for the oolichan fishing.

1953 Beaver Mar. 40/2 Oolikan, olachan, eulachon, uthlecan, hollikan and hoolican—spell it as you wish.

1953 Beaver Mar. 43/1 Exchange value of a large box of olachen grease equalled one caribou skin..or $1.50 in cash, a century ago.

1955 Sci. News Let. 8 Jan. 32/1 The candlefish, or eulachon, of America's north Pacific coast is prized by Indians as food and for its oil.

1965 Fisherman (Vancouver) 19 Mar. 2/5 Robichaud said commercial exploitation of eulachons was banned by regulation.

1972 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 15 July 34/4 Fried and steamed clams, oysters, halibut and oolichans.

1975 H. White Raincoast Chron. (1976) 176/2 There were oolachen oil street lamps on cross beams in front of each house.