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The sea lion, devilfish, and probably the white sea bear of the 

 Tsimshian Ganha'da belong to the Haida Ravens. 



Wolf and bear of the Tsimshian Wolves belong to the Haida Ravens, 

 and the former to the Tlingit Wolves. 



The following table contains a summary of the distribution of 

 crests among the three northern tribes. The asterisk indicates pres- 

 ence of the crest. 



Grizzly bear . 

 Killer whale . 

 Thunder . . 



Mountain goat 

 Raven in sei 

 Rainbow . 



Star . . . 

 Flicker . . 



Wolf. . . 

 Black bear 



Eagle . 



Beaver . 

 Whale . 

 Hawk . 

 Halibut 

 Weasel . 



Raven . . 



Frog. . . 

 Sculpin. . 

 Starfish . 

 Sea lion . 

 Sea bear (?) 

 Evening sky 

 Devilfish . 

 Shark . . 



G'isp. Wolf Eagle Gan 



Wolf Raven Nex. 



1 Gonaqade't; I am not certain of the identity of this crest and of the raven in sea. 



2 Occurring as a house name. 



It appears here clearly that we may distinguish five groups of 

 correspondences. 



