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descent. Later (278) it is mentioned that this boy's sister takes the 

 name Killer Whales Are Ready To Go Up, which name, in all prob- 

 ability, also belongs to the supernatural being. The same is appar- 

 ently the case with the children of the son of the Sky and of a human 

 princess, who receive their names and crests in heaven (1.213). On 

 306 Tsauda's daughter's husband is said to have taken the name of 

 his great-grandfather, Around The Heavens. Here it is not quite 

 certain whether it is meant that he takes the name of a member of 

 his own clan or not. Tsauda also gives the heavenly name Moon 

 to his daughter, whom he gives to his father-in-law as a substitute 

 for his lost daughter. The name is therefore not one belonging to 

 the girl's clan. Here may be mentioned also the case of the super- 

 natural being of the lake, who gives to his son the name Gunaxne- 

 sEmga'd, (1.165). Nothing is said about the provenience of this 

 name, which either may belong to the supernatural being or may be 

 a new name. Later on this man takes the name Y!aga-k!une'°sk, 

 which is transmitted to his relatives; that is to say, to his mother's 

 relatives, who belong to the Ganha'da (1.191). 



In the story of the man who killed the Wolf prince, and who is 

 adopted by the mother of the Wolf whom he had killed, he takes the 

 name of the dead prince (320). 



it would appear from this that all these new names were given by 

 the husband as presents to his wife's family. 



The GispawadwE'da name Nes-nawa (295) was received, to- 

 gether with a number of crests, from a Grizzly Bear on whom a 

 man had taken pity. In a similar way a shaman receives his name, 

 Mouth At Each End, from the Grizzly Bear; and later he revives his 

 own brother, who had been devoured by martens, and calls him 

 Devoured By Martens (348). The shaman initiated by the Squirrels 

 takes the name Squirrel (N 216). These shaman's names are, of 

 course, not clan names, but should be mentioned here on account of 

 the sameness of the method of their acquisition. 



It is interesting to note that the name G'it-na-gun-a'ks (291), 

 which belongs to one of the subdivisions of the GispawadwE'da, is 

 taken from the supernatural being Na-gun-a'ks, whose house some 

 members of the clan visited. 



In a few cases new names are assumed in a different manner. 

 Thus Raven's father gives him the name Giant (60) ; a boy who had 

 been deserted by his people because he had displeased them takes 

 the new name Deserted One (232); a woman who has been ridiculed 

 by the people because she had drifted ashore and had married a 

 prince without having been given away properly by her father takes 

 the name Picking Strawberries and Great Haida Woman. These 

 namos, being assumed at a great festival, become names of high rank 

 (268). A girl whose eyes are sore because she has always been looking 

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