boas] TSIMSHIAN SOCIETY 495 



The tables show that Kwakiutl does not distinguish between 

 maternal and paternal lines. The terms for "father" and "mother," 

 and the terms for "aunt's husband" and "uncle's wife," which are 

 derived from them, 1 designate the real father and mother; viz, the 

 stepfather and stepmother. The terms for "uncle" and "aunt" 

 refer equally to the father's and mother's fraternity. The terms for 

 the descendants are analogous. The term for "child" and the 

 derived term for "stepchild" designate one's own children, or the 

 nephews and nieces after a levirate marriage. The term for " nephew ' ' 

 and "niece" embraces all classes of uncle's and aunt's children. 

 The use of a separate term for the "member of a fraternity of opposite 

 sex" indicates, however, that this relationship is conceived as dis- 

 tinct from that of members of the fraternity of the same sex. There 

 is, however, no extension of this distinction over the offspring. 



The following passages substantiate the Tsimshian terms: 



dEp n-id'°tga their father's father 1.214.13; also 242.20 

 riAa'H his mother's father 169, line 4 from end 

 dze°dz mother's mother 128.21; 234.28 

 nxgwa"'d father of boy 156, line 5 from end; also 245.16 



( iiF,gwd'°dEt, 3d pers. possessive; father of girl 185, line 2 from end; 189.25; 

 also n,Egwa' a du my father, said by girl 188.4) 

 d&i my father, said by girl 123.18; also 1.88.5, 1.156.26 

 nE-Wp uncle of man 116, line 2 from end; 154, line 3 from end 



uncle of woman 185, line 2 from end; 255.9 

 nd mother of boy 127.26; 169, line 5 from end 



(ndt, 3d pers. possessive, mother of girl 153.14; 232, line 13 from end) 

 ntii mother of girl, nai'u 158, line 12 from end; naii 171.3 

 itE-lt.'a father's sister, said by girl 166, line 3 from end 

 lams daughter-in-law 166.9 



mother-in-law 168.8 



son-in-law 1.96.11 



father-in-law 209.20; 1.96.10 

 waik man's brother 2 116, line 3 from end; 142.29 



the plural expresses the reciprocal relationship of brothers 124.22 

 Igauk woman's sister 153.24; 259.20 

 lEinhiV man's sister 123.22; 124.20; 216, last line 



woman's brother 123.31; 216, line 3 from end 

 txad' male cousin of woman 166.21; 180.6 



female cousin of man 238.18 



male cousin of male 321.28 

 rusks husband 123.5; 139.29 



wife 122, line 2 from end; 131.5 

 qlala'n man's sister's husband 140.19 



wife's brother 140.18 

 dzus husband's sister 157.30; 1.152.31 

 k.'dtks man's brother's wife 148.22 



wife's sister 154.21; 303.10 

 sle°s man's sister's son 185, line 14 from end 



man's sister's daughter 222, line 3 from end 

 hd-t.'n'in man's grandson 171.13 



man's grandchildren 236.9 



woman's granddaughter 128.4; 234.30 



mother"). 



i their Tsimshian sense. 



