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led either to war or to a potlatch contest. Mr. Tate mentioned that 

 at onetime the Chief Saxsa/^xt of the G'id-wul-g'a'dz (seep. 509), a 

 G'ispawadwE'da, and younger brother of Dzeba'sa, had taken the 

 name Nes-qailam bslha (''abalone on heart of grizzly bear") without 

 asking his elder brother's permission. He used the name in a pot- 

 latch. Dzeba'sa came to the G'id-wul-g'a'dz village accompanied 

 by his people, and cast away three coppers from his canoes. Then 

 Chief Saxsa'°xt's people shouted. A man dressed in the skin of a 

 grizzly bear came out of his .house; the bear stood on its hind legs. 

 On its chest was seen an ornament of abalone. It walked down to 

 the beach, took up in its mouth a large copper that had been placed 

 in the water, then walked up a large slanting pole, and threw the 

 copper down to the canoes of Dzeba'sa. 



Mr. Tate says that at the present time there are only a few old 

 women who remember the crests, and from these the following lists 

 have been obtained: ' 



Crests of the Eagle Group 



1. Eagle (x-skl'°k). 



2. Beaver (sts!a°l). 



3. Halibut (txa'o). 



4. Devilfish (ha-ts!a'lt). 



5. Hawk (x-sk'a'msEm). 



6. Dog-fish fins (n!a'°gEm q!a°t). 



7. Tree gnawed by beaver (garn-nagagask). 



8. Weasel garment (gus-mi'ksll). 



9. Cormorant hat (galk-hauts) . 



10. Glittering garment (gus-lEkla'°k). 



11. Monster crawfish (gibE'rElk). 



12. Whale's body (txa-gatk). 



13. Standing beaver (he'tgEm stslal). 



14. Over ten eagles (maxlE-kpI'°lEm x-skl°k). 



15. Food of copper beaver (wuna'im mEsI'°n sts!al). 



16. Half beaver, half grizzly bear (xbi-sts!al-mEdi'°k). 



17. Sea grizzly bear (mEdI'°gEm ts!Em-a'ks). 



18. Supernatural spring salmon (nExnd'gEm han). 



19. Dzila'°gans's cane (q!a°ts Dzila'°gans). 



20. Stone carving of eagle (x-ski'°gEm lab). 



21. Whirlpool (n-tgu-le'lbEksk). 



22. Four-tailed halibut (xga°t?). 



23. Burning ground (leqwi-yo'°b). 



24. Woodpecker (sEm-gi'°k). 



25. Sliding people (lam g'ad). 



26. Summer without care (neskw61-su°nt). 



1 i have qll'M inl hcrr those TsiMlslli;m w ori Is thill :irr unfamiliar to me. 



