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groni), and Kneknaxa/oe among the other tribes. The La'lauiXEla of 

 the La'Lasiqoala, for instance, say that their ancestor, NomasE'nxelis, 

 knew that Q'a/nig-ilak" was coming. Then he told his son LExx-a'lix-i- 

 la'yu to go to Xu'spalis (Newettee Bar) and there to await Q'a/nig-ilak"'s 

 arrival. He himself remained, and was transformed by Q'a'nig-ilak" 

 into a stone, which may still be seen on Hope Island. LExx-a'lix-ila'yu 

 went to Xu'spalis, but Q'a'nig-ilak" did not molest him, because he was 

 afraid of him. 



The Cx-I'gMlqam of the same tribe say that he met 0"meaL, who 

 pointed liis foretingerat him when he sawhim coming. At once his head 



was perforated. Q'a/nig*ilak" retaliated, and 

 they saw tliat they were equally strong. 



I do not need to enter into these legends 

 any fartlier, because they are all of the same 

 character and are merely intended to show 

 that the ancestors of these clans were i)res- 

 ent at the time of the transformation of men 

 into animals, and that they were as strong 

 as the deity himself. For the details of the 

 Q'a/nig-ilak" legend I refer to my book.' 



With this I will leave the clan legends and 

 their connection with the crest and the pot- 

 latch. Incidentally I will mention here that 

 figures commemorating distributions of 

 property, the breaking of coppers, and 

 grease feasts are often placed on top of the 

 house or on the poles. To this class belongs 

 the statue of the speaker under the sun 

 mask (fig. l,p.338), and the speaker on top of 

 a house in Alert Bay ( fig. 25). Other statues 

 of the same class are shown in Plate 18, 

 representing a chief who gives away coppers in a feast, and Plate 19, 

 representing a chief breaking a copper. This last figure is placed on 

 top of the house at the time when the father-in-law refunds the purchase 

 money with whi(*h his daughter has been bought. 



In order to convey a better idea of the arrangement of the whole vil- 

 lage, I give here a sketch of the village of Newettee as it appeared in 

 188G from a sketch taken by myself at that time (fig. 26). The names 

 printed in Roman letters designate the names of the houses, those in 

 Italics names of mountains on Galiano Island, and the one in Italic capi- 

 tals is the name of the bay. The house Wa/tsuxfiioa will be recognized 

 as fig. 17 (p. 377). The post in front of it is shown in fig. 21 (p. 380). 

 1 have referred several times to the fact that the clans also have 

 peculiar carvings which are used as dishes. A few of these are repre- 

 sented on Plates 20 and 21 and in figs. 27-34. The dish shown in the 

 Tipper figure of Plate 20 represents the Ts'd'noqoa (see figs. 13 and 14, 



Fig. 25. 



STATUE OF SPEAKKR TALKING TO 

 THE PEOPLE. 



Alert Bay. 



From a sketch by the author. 



1 "Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacitischeu Kiiste," Berlin, 1895, p. 194." 



