1892-93.] 



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whose occupant was likewise a fellow of the Beaver clan. His grave is to 

 be found at Tse-tcah, on the confines of the Hwo-to'tin territory.'^ 



Fig. 1 86. 



Fig. 185. 



In fig. 187 the totem crest of the old days has been replaced by the 

 Christian symbol which now appears over all the native Dene graves. 

 These monuments affect a multitude of forms and designs, though by 



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Fig. 187. 



far the greatest number of them resemble, in a general way, that here- 

 with illustrated. It is over a late grave, and is painted in several gaudy 



* See the map affixed to my paper ; Are the Carrier Sociology and Mythology indigenous 

 etc.? Trans. R.S.C. Sect. II., 1892. 



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