﻿INDIAN" 
  VILLAGES 
  OF 
  ALASKA 
  KEIEGER 
  483 
  

  

  band 
  into 
  a 
  clan 
  with 
  an 
  emblem 
  or 
  crest 
  and 
  a 
  chief 
  is 
  readily 
  under- 
  

   stood, 
  but 
  the 
  significance 
  of 
  the 
  mutually 
  exclusive 
  phratries 
  is 
  

   more 
  obscure. 
  

  

  At 
  one 
  time 
  the 
  phratry 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  tribal 
  unit 
  ; 
  the 
  presence 
  

   of 
  two 
  phratries 
  within 
  the 
  same 
  geographical 
  area 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  

   due 
  to 
  an 
  early 
  tribal 
  amalgamation. 
  That 
  is, 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  

   Eagle 
  phratry 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  mainland 
  of 
  British 
  Columbia 
  down 
  

   the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Skeena, 
  as 
  their 
  traditions 
  declare, 
  found 
  the 
  Raven 
  

   phratry 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  coast. 
  In 
  their 
  quest 
  for 
  food 
  and 
  new 
  

   fishing 
  grounds, 
  it 
  haj^pened 
  that 
  members 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  phra- 
  

   tries 
  would 
  find 
  themselves 
  living 
  within 
  the 
  same 
  geographic 
  unit 
  

   or 
  village. 
  At 
  Kasaan, 
  for 
  example, 
  the 
  Ravens 
  occupied 
  the 
  houses 
  

   on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  village, 
  while 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Eagle 
  phratry 
  

   occupied 
  the 
  other 
  side. 
  

  

  Native 
  villages 
  of 
  the 
  Tlingit. 
  — 
  Taking 
  up 
  the 
  several 
  geographi- 
  

   cal 
  units 
  or 
  villages 
  of 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  as 
  they 
  existed 
  before 
  the 
  

   development 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  commercial 
  towns 
  and 
  the 
  numerous 
  can- 
  

   neries 
  and 
  sawmills, 
  one 
  finds 
  the 
  native 
  population 
  grouped 
  some- 
  

   what 
  as 
  indicated 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tabulation. 
  An 
  interesting 
  obser- 
  

   vation 
  is 
  the 
  descriptive 
  naming 
  not 
  only 
  of 
  places 
  such 
  as 
  villages, 
  

   but 
  of 
  the 
  clans, 
  families, 
  chiefs, 
  and 
  even 
  of 
  the 
  houses 
  and 
  totem 
  

   poles. 
  

  

  The 
  geographical 
  groups 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Tlingit 
  are 
  the 
  Tongas 
  

   and 
  the 
  Sanya 
  or 
  Cape 
  Fox 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  ; 
  the 
  Chilkat, 
  Huna, 
  Yaku- 
  

   tat, 
  and 
  Taku 
  in 
  the 
  north; 
  and 
  the 
  Kake, 
  Kuiu, 
  Sumdum, 
  Henya, 
  

   Stikine, 
  Auk, 
  Hutsnuwu, 
  and 
  Hehl 
  in 
  villages 
  occupying 
  interme- 
  

   diate 
  positions 
  along 
  the 
  coast. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  villages 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   the 
  Tongas 
  people 
  are 
  Tongas, 
  " 
  sloppy 
  place," 
  and 
  Island 
  Village, 
  

   " 
  sand-beach-around 
  " 
  ; 
  the 
  Cape 
  Fox 
  people. 
  Cape 
  Fox 
  Village, 
  

   or 
  " 
  gasch 
  " 
  ; 
  the 
  ChiUs:at 
  people, 
  the 
  villages 
  of 
  Klukwan 
  on 
  Lynn 
  

   Canal 
  " 
  famous 
  town 
  " 
  (not 
  to 
  be 
  confused 
  with 
  Klinkwan 
  on 
  Prince 
  

   of 
  Wales 
  Island), 
  Katkwaltu 
  " 
  town-on-the-point-of-a-hill," 
  Chilkoot 
  

   (located 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  above 
  Haines), 
  Dyea, 
  Skagway, 
  and 
  Decu 
  

   (Haines). 
  

  

  The 
  Huna 
  people 
  occupied 
  a 
  village 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Alsek 
  River 
  

   and 
  another 
  village, 
  " 
  silver 
  salmon 
  creek," 
  north 
  of 
  Dry 
  Bay. 
  The 
  

   Yakutat 
  Indians 
  lived 
  at 
  Yakutat, 
  " 
  where 
  canoes 
  stop 
  " 
  and 
  at 
  

   another 
  village, 
  " 
  Laxayik." 
  The 
  villages 
  of 
  the 
  Taku 
  were 
  the 
  

   " 
  town-at-the-mouth-of-Taku-inlet 
  " 
  and 
  several 
  others 
  on 
  the 
  Taku 
  

   River. 
  The 
  Kake 
  people 
  occupied 
  a 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  northwest 
  coast 
  

   of 
  Kupreanof 
  Island 
  while 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  the 
  Kuiu 
  people 
  was 
  located 
  

   just 
  across 
  Frederick 
  Sound 
  on 
  Kuiu 
  Island. 
  The 
  Sumdum 
  people 
  

   lived 
  on 
  the 
  mainland 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Talm 
  River. 
  The 
  Henya 
  

   people 
  had 
  the 
  three 
  villages 
  of 
  Klawak, 
  Tuxikan, 
  and 
  Sliakan, 
  

   all 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Prince 
  of 
  Wales 
  Island. 
  

  

  