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The following names of chiefs were given to me by Mr. Tate. They 

 are arranged in each tribe according to their rank. 



Eagle, group: 



G"i-spa-x-la'°ts (1): LEge'°x, Nes-wa-max, Nes-balas. 



G'it !anda'(2): Saga-gwait (man) and SEm'a'g'idEm hana'x 



( = chief woman). 

 Gitl-wul-ksE-ba'°: Gul-qa'q (man) and Ndze°dz-gwe'dz (wo- 

 man). 

 G'i-spa-x'a'l: Gap-ligi-atda'i (man) and Wi-n!e'°q (woman). 



It is said that one LEge'°x, when the Eagle group had in- 

 creased in numbers, divided his tribe and gave the names of 

 his three nephews and of three of his sisters, as stated here, 

 to the chiefs of the three other towns which were then estab- 

 lished as equal units, although they remained under the head 

 chief, LEge'°x. 



Wolf group: 



Git-la'n (4): Nes-lagunus (said to be a Tahltan name), 

 Leguni'sk. 

 These two chiefs are given as first, and third in rank, the 



second and fourth positions in G'it-la'n being held by Raven 



chiefs. 

 Ganha'da : 



G-idzExla'°l (5): Nes-h5°t, Nes-lo'°s, Ylaga-gunu'sk. 



G-it-dzI'°s (6): Nes-y!aga-ne't, Galksak, Wa-magwatk. 



WutslEn-a'luk: Nes-y!aga-ne't, Haimas, Wl-ha' . 



G-it-la'n (4): Nes-wa-ksi-na'°lk, Wals. 1 

 GispawadwE'da: 



G'it-qxa'la: Dzeba'sa, Sa'°ks, Nes-waxs. 



G'max'ang - i'°k (3): Sa°ks, Txa-gaxs, Ala'lEm lax-ha'. 



G-inada'°x.s (9): Nes-waxs, Sa°ks. 



G-id-wul-g-a'dz (7): Saxsa'°xt, Las, Nes-daux. 



G'i-lu-dza'r (8): Nes-nawa, Nes-lgu-nak, T!Em-naq. 



These names corroborate what was stated before; namely, that the 

 first three of these villages belong together, and that the last two 

 form a separate group. 



As mentioned before and indicated in this list, certain names are 

 considered as belonging to the highest chiefs only, in whose families 

 they were hereditary. Thus the highest in rank among all the Tsim- 

 shian chiefs wasLEg-e'°x,thechief of theEaglegroupofGi-spa-x-la'°ts. 

 His family alone had the right to perform certain ceremonials corre- 

 sponding to the highest secret societies of the Kwakiutl. Tradition 

 says — and it is undoubtedly correct — that an Eagle woman of the 

 G - i-spa-x-la'°ts tribe eloped with a G-it!ama't chief (the tribe of 



1 See above, under Wolf group. 



