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Lax-ski'°k (Eagle group). 



Crests: Eagle, beaver, halibut. 

 G-i-spa-x-Wts (1). 

 G-itlaiula' (2). 

 Gid-wul-ksE-ba'°. 

 Gi-spa-x'a'l. 

 Ganha'da (Raven group). 



Crests: N!a'°gEm-sa-golik (scalp with fins), abalone bow. 



G-idzExhi' ! (5). ' 

 Crests: Raven, starfish, abalone bow. 

 G-it-dzI'°s (6). 

 WutslEii-a'luk. 1 

 Crests: Raven, starfish, frog, bullhead. 

 G-it-la'n (4). 

 Lax-lcebo' (Wolf group). 



Crests: Wolf, grizzly bear, crane. 

 G-it-la'n (4). 

 The G-it-la'n are the only village community that include two 

 groups, the Raven and the Wolf. 



The organization of the Nass divisions is quite similar to the one 

 found among the Tsimshian. According to information collected by 

 me in Kinkolith in 1894, the following subdivisions are recognized: 2 



1. Eagle group. Lax-skl'°k. 



(a) G-isgap tena'x. 



(b) Lax-'l6'°kst. 



(c) G-its!a'°q. 



(</) Lax-ts'.Eme'lix-, "on beaver." 



2. Wolf group. Lax-k-ebo'. 



(a) Lax-t lia/ql. 

 (6) G-it-gige'nLx-. 

 (c) G-it-wul-nak-le'l. 



3. Ganha'da. 



(a) Gid-x-q!ado'q. 



(b) Lax-se'°la, "on the ocean." 



4. GispawadwE'da. 



G'isg'aha'st, "grass people." 

 These totemic divisions were distributed over four old towns — 

 Lax-q' al-ts !a'p ("on the town"), Andeguale', G - it-wunkse'lk, and 

 Git-lax-da'miks. According to my informants, principally Chief 

 Mountain, none of the other modern villages of the Nisqa' e formed a 

 recognized division of the tribe. The subdivisions of the tribe 

 were represented, according to these informants, as follows: 



i There is no information on the erests of the Gid-gadu. * Boas 1, IS',15, p. 570. 



