THE KWAIvIUTL INDIANS. 



379 



shape of a bear. As the mau who made the 

 present statue was too poor to have all these 

 carvings made, he had them carved on the statue 

 instead. 



Figure 21 represents a totem i)ole, which was 

 standing until a few years ago in front of a house 

 in Xumta'spe (ISTewettee). The crest belongs to 

 the subdivision"^-'ek-'r)'te of the clan G-i'g-ilqam. 

 According to the legend, these people are the 

 descendants of'6--'ote, the son of K-cpusaladqoa, 

 the youngest daughter of Kue/xag-ila, the son of 

 Hataqa, the daughter of 0"meaL. (Seep. 374.) 

 Thej^ have the Ts'o'noqoa, a man split in two, 

 another man, wolf, beaver, and the sea monster 

 ts'c/qic for dishes. A man named NE'mqEmalis 

 married a daughter of the-^-'eg-'o'te chief, and he 



had all these dishes made. Lateron, a man named 

 Qoayo'LElas married NE'mqEmalis's cousin. 



Then he was told to unite 



the dishes and to carve a 



totem i^ole. He did so. 



The second figure from 

 below is placed upside 



down because the dish 



was in the back of the 



man, while all the others 



were in the bellies of the 



carvings. This history 



may also explain the fact 



that all the figures are 



separated on this column, 



while in most other totem 



poles they overlap, one 



holding the other or one 



standing on the other. 

 From the same clan 



was ol)tained the crane 



surnjouutiug the speaker 



on the post farthest to the 



right on Plate IG. 

 The three posts in figs. 



22and 23arethefront and 



rear posts of the house 



Qoa/qoak-imlilas of the 



clan G'e'xsEm of the I^a- statue fkom house in xu.mtas- 



qcVmg-ilisala. The posts , , f"- , , 



* rroTli :i sketch hv tht- rinllmr 



Fig. 20. 



HOUSE POST REPRESE.NTI.N'I 

 SEA LION. 

 Imc.mi :i sketch liv the .lulh.ir, 



