394 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [eth. ann. 31 



certain custom belongs to this class or not. In a few cases of this 

 kind that have been included in the. following description, I have 

 stated that they do not seem to conform to the ordinary ideas of the 

 people. 



Towns, Houses, Household Goods, and Manufactures 



Towns. — The towns are located either on large rivers or on the 

 coast. The permanent winter towns of most of the Tsimshian tribes 

 were near together in the channel of Metlakahtla (166, 267, 272, 275, 

 297, 306, 317, 1.119, 1.169), in the middle of the Tsimshian country 

 (1.223). Among the Metlakahtla towns, QJadu' (166), Xlen (161, 

 179), Lax-rnEs-6'1 ( = Red Bear Village), the town of the Gi-spa-x- 

 la'°ts (214), are mentioned, and also a Eaven-clan town at Metlakahtla 

 (272). The town of the Gid-wul-ga'dz lies between Metlakahtla 

 and Port Simpson, "where there is a sandbar in front of Kumalgo" 

 (225, 272). The ancestress of a Gid-wul-ga'dz family derives her 

 origin from the Haida town Dzl'gwa (260). Ginada'°xs is on Skeena 

 Eiver (1.143); a lake is near the town. The Ginax'angi'°k town 

 occurs in 1.115; their temporary camp at KsE-ma'ksEn, in 1.119. 

 The summer village of the GidzExla'°l is at the creek Ksdal (272, 

 1.147); their olachen camp, on Nass River at ' Algusauxs ' (275). 

 The town of the Gi-lu-dza/r occurs on 100. Some of the towns of the 

 other tribes are located on tributaries of Skeena River. The story 

 192 is localized at the two Gits lala'sEr towns Git-xts !a'xl and 

 Gi-lax-ts !a'ks (see also 1.71). The story of Part Summer (278) and 

 a ghost story (336) are placed at Gits lEmga'lon and at the lake above 

 it (278). The GispawadwE'da and Eagle Clan of Gitshmiga'lon 

 are the subject of the story on 253. Lax-ala'n, the town of the 

 G'it-qxa'la, and their olachen camp SpE-sE-rE'dEt on Nass River, are 

 mentioned in 1.121, 123. This tribe is told about also on 238. In 

 1.193 and N 220 two towns on Nass River opposite each other are 

 found. The towns of G its lala'sEr and the Wolf and Eagle towns at 

 Metlakahtla (306) are similarly located. 



Prairie Town (T !Em-lax-a'm) , the original home of the Tsimshian, 

 occurs in the animal tales (106, 131); in the story of the heavenly 

 plume (125); in the story of Prince Mouse (232); of the four chiefs 

 and Chief Grizzly Bear (292) ; and in the Deluge legends (346 and 

 1.243). The home of the Git-q!a'°da is also placed in TlEm-lax-g'm 

 (250; see also 246). 



The home of the Raven is said to have been at Kungalas, near the 

 southern point of Queen Charlotte Islands (58). 



We hear that there was a great river at the end of a town, and a 

 trail leading up the river (N 146). Lakes arc near many of the towns 

 (154), and a trail leads up to the lake or into the woods (155, N 146). 



1 Native names printi-d in ilalii'S arc in I he spelling uf Mr. Tate. 



