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Rose spit, with which tradition connects them inucli more plausibly. Tlu'v after- 

 ward lived at the mouth of Hi-ellen river and in Masset inlet. 



•^Said to have been so named because they occupied the rear row of the five in this 

 town. They are reputed to have occupied a similar position in the old town at Rose 

 spit, and are more plausibh' conncH^ted with that place. They settled later on 

 Masset inlet, although a branch moved to the west coast of Graham island. 



■^ The same are mentioned in the story of Cloud-watcher, note 7. This is an Eagle 

 family, and probably should not have been mentioned here. The remaining five 

 families (leaving out the Food-giving-town people), which are Raven, are the ones 

 universally assigned to the five rows in this town. The AVitch people seem to have 

 been brought in merely because their territory was near, and at one time they 

 appear to have lived still farther north. 



* Given by this old man as Tcan xfi^-idAg.a-i, but more often spoken of as the 

 Qloe^tas, "Earth-eaters." These constitute a small family that formerly lived on 

 the northwest coast of Graham island along with the Middle-town people and i)art 

 of the Sand-town people, whom they accompanied to Alaska. They there owned 

 the town of 8ukkwan. According to the Sqe''na tradition they were so named 

 because they lived near the trails, where there was much mutl. 



'••Probably means something like "People's town." 



^"The Haida name for this signifies " Raven's knife." 



" Or merganser. According to one informant, the word used here, LlJgia^, is 

 applied only to the female merganser. 



^'-Perhaps rows of meshes were meant rather than jneshes proper. 



^^ Commonly used for twine, but unidentified. 



^* A bay lying outside of Spit point. 



^^ Descent being in the female line, this man in giving the creek to his son gave it 

 out of his family and clan. Therefore the women of his clan did everything they 

 could to anger the river spirit. 



^*This is the only case that I remember in which the river spirit was a man. 



'' Said to mean " where people continue to live," or " where people settle forever." 



^*This is as often, or more often, given as a halibut (xa^gu) . 



