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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  The 
  Stikine 
  towns 
  of 
  Wrangell, 
  " 
  human-hip-lake," 
  and 
  old 
  Wrangell, 
  

   " 
  alders-town," 
  are 
  located 
  on 
  Wrangell 
  and 
  Etolin 
  Islands 
  just 
  south 
  

   of 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Stikine 
  River. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  Auk 
  villages 
  

   is 
  the 
  present 
  town 
  of 
  Juneau, 
  while 
  the 
  Killisnoo 
  villages 
  of 
  Angun, 
  

   •' 
  right-behind-the-town," 
  and 
  of 
  Kanassnu, 
  " 
  right-on-the-fort," 
  are 
  

   situated 
  on 
  Admiralty 
  Island 
  facing 
  Chatham 
  Strait. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  

   villages 
  of 
  the 
  Sitka 
  people 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Baranof 
  Island 
  have 
  

   peculiar 
  names 
  as 
  " 
  fallen-stuimed 
  " 
  (a 
  man 
  once 
  fell 
  there 
  in 
  a 
  

   faint 
  after 
  eating 
  quantities 
  of 
  halibut) 
  ; 
  " 
  town-where-one-does-not- 
  

   sleep-much 
  " 
  ; 
  " 
  north-Avind-blows-this-way," 
  " 
  town-straight-oppositc- 
  

   Mount 
  Edgecomb," 
  and 
  Citka, 
  " 
  behind-Baranof 
  -Island." 
  

  

  Villages 
  of 
  the 
  Haida. 
  — 
  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  the 
  traditions 
  

   associated 
  with 
  the 
  early 
  migrations 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  consanguineous 
  

   bands 
  or 
  clans 
  which 
  number 
  about 
  25 
  for 
  the 
  Tlingit. 
  For 
  the 
  

   Haida, 
  who 
  are 
  but 
  recent 
  arrivals 
  on 
  Prince 
  of 
  Wales 
  Island, 
  there 
  

   is 
  but 
  one 
  clan, 
  the 
  Kaigani. 
  The 
  villages 
  of 
  this 
  group 
  are 
  located 
  

   on 
  the 
  oast 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coasts 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  Sukkwan, 
  " 
  grassy- 
  

   town," 
  " 
  place 
  where 
  they 
  swim 
  through," 
  or, 
  according 
  to 
  another 
  

   informant, 
  " 
  wild-current-town," 
  and 
  Howkan, 
  " 
  island-with-sharp- 
  

   points 
  " 
  (referring 
  to 
  stones 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  village), 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  while 
  Klinkwan, 
  "low-tide-town," 
  and 
  

   Kasaan, 
  " 
  town-on-the-point," 
  or, 
  " 
  the-spot-that-looks-good 
  " 
  are 
  on 
  

   the 
  east 
  coast. 
  

  

  The 
  southern 
  third 
  of 
  Prince 
  of 
  Wales 
  Island, 
  occupied 
  by 
  th« 
  

   Haida 
  in 
  historic 
  times, 
  was 
  originally 
  also 
  Tlingit 
  territory 
  as 
  

   the 
  many 
  Tlingit 
  place 
  names 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  Haida 
  would 
  indicate. 
  

   The 
  two 
  Tlingit 
  clans, 
  Ganaxadi 
  and 
  Teqoedi, 
  according 
  to 
  tradi- 
  

   tion, 
  were 
  the 
  first 
  arrivals 
  on 
  this 
  island 
  and 
  contested 
  with 
  the 
  

   Kaigani 
  Plaida 
  their 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  portion. 
  The 
  

   Kiksadi, 
  Ganaxadi, 
  and 
  Teqoedi 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Raven 
  phratry 
  and 
  

   are 
  the 
  clans 
  of 
  Tongas 
  and 
  Cape 
  Fox 
  villages. 
  Several 
  conflicting 
  

   traditions 
  are 
  related 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  migrations 
  of 
  the 
  Ganaxadi 
  who 
  were 
  

   the 
  first 
  to 
  settle 
  at 
  Tongas, 
  after 
  having 
  lived 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  at 
  Tuxikan 
  

   on 
  the 
  northwest 
  coast 
  of 
  Prince 
  of 
  Wales 
  Island 
  where 
  a 
  Ganaxadi 
  

   woman 
  nursed 
  a 
  woodworm, 
  now 
  appearing 
  as 
  a 
  Ganaxadi 
  crest 
  or 
  

   totem. 
  Another 
  tradition 
  associates 
  the 
  Ganaxadi 
  with 
  the 
  people 
  

   of 
  Kuiu 
  Island 
  whither 
  they 
  had 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  south. 
  They 
  are 
  

   later 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  removed 
  themselves 
  to 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  " 
  tangak." 
  

   It 
  is 
  this 
  name 
  that 
  came 
  to 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  village 
  later 
  known 
  as 
  

   Fort 
  Tongass. 
  The 
  Tlingit 
  name 
  originally 
  applied 
  to 
  this 
  settle- 
  

   ment 
  was 
  " 
  cha-do-ku-ka 
  " 
  signifying 
  a 
  " 
  sloppy-place." 
  

  

  Village 
  Island 
  and 
  Tongas. 
  — 
  A 
  group 
  of 
  Tlingit 
  Indians, 
  probably 
  

   the 
  Teqoedi, 
  moved 
  from 
  Village 
  Island, 
  "da-sa-kok" 
  (sand-beach- 
  

   around), 
  a 
  small 
  island 
  less 
  than 
  a 
  mile 
  in 
  length, 
  located 
  just 
  south 
  

   of 
  Cat 
  Island, 
  to 
  Tongas 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  customhouse 
  

  

  