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lanas family of the Haida. — Swanton, 

 Cont. Haida, 269, 1905. 



Hlgahet {hgd'xet, 'pebble town'. ) A 

 former Haida town near Skidegate, 

 Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. It was 

 purchased from its earlier owners, the 

 Kogangas, by a branch of the Yaku-lanas 

 who were afterward known as the 

 Hlgahetgu-lanas, from the name of their 

 town. _ (j. R. s. ) 



Kil-kait-hade. — Krause, Tlinkit Indianer, 304, 

 1SS.T(' people of Hlgahet'). Tlg-a'it. -Boas, 12th 

 Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 24, 1898 (misapplied to 

 to Old Gold Harbor). 



Hlgahet-gitinai ( hga'xei gitina'-i, ' Git- 

 ins of Pebble-town ' ) . A di vision of the 

 Eagle clan of the Haida, for which Gitins 

 was a second name. They moved from 

 Hlgahet, the old town near Skidegate, to 

 Chaahl on the w. coast, along with other 

 families (see Hlgahetgu-lanas). Origi- 

 nally they and the Gitins of Skidegate 

 constituted one family. The Djahui- 

 hlgahet-kegawai, Yaku-gitinai, Hlgahet- 

 kegawai, and Gweundus were subdivi- 

 sions. _ (j. R. s.) 

 Iga'xetgitina'-i. — Swanton, Cont. Haida, 274, 1905. 

 Tl'ga'it gyit'inai'.— Boas, 12th Rep. N. W. Tribes 

 Can., 24, 1898. 



Hlgahetgu-lanas ( hgaf xet-gu-Wnas, 

 'people of Pebble-town'). The most 

 important division of the Raven clan of 

 the Haida, on the w. coast of Queen Char- 

 lotte ids., Brit. Col. It received its name 

 from an old town near Skidegate, where 

 the people formerly lived. Before this 

 they were part of the Yaku-lanas and 

 lived at Lawn hill, but trouble arising, 

 they were driven away and purchased the 

 town of Hlgahet from the Kogangas. 

 Later another war forced them to move 

 to the w. coast. (j. r. s. ) 



£ga'xet-gu-la'nas.— Swanton, Cont. Haida, 270, 

 1905. Lth'ait Lennas. — Harrison in Proc. and 

 Trans. Rov. See. Can., sec. ii, 125, 1895. Tlg'a'itgu 

 la'nas.— Boas, 12th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 24, 

 1898. 



Hlgahet-kegawai ( -hga' xel-qe' gawa-i, 

 'those born at Pebble-town'). Asubdi- 

 vision of the Hlgahet-gitinai, a family of 

 the Eagle clan of the Haida, or only 

 another name for that familv. — Swanton, 

 Cont. Haida, 274, 1905. 



Hlgai {-hga'i). Said to have been the 

 name of a town at the head of Skedans 

 bay, w. coast of the Queen Charlotte ids., 

 Brit. Col. — Swanton, Cont. Haida, 279, 

 1905. 



Hlgaiha {hga'-ixa, from Igai 'to dig', 

 xa 'to put in'). A semi-legendary 

 Haida town n. of Dead Tree pt, at the 

 entrance of Skidegate inlet. Queen Char- 

 lotte ids., Brit. Col. From this place the 

 great Gitins family of Skidegate is said 

 to have sprung. — Swanton, Cont. Haida, 

 99, 1905. 



Hlgaiu {i^giii-u' , probably 'place of 

 stones '). A town and camping place of 

 the Djahui-skwahladagai of the Haida, 



s. of Dead Tree pt., at the entrance to 

 Skidegate inlet, Queen Charlotte ids., 

 Brit. Col. One of the names of the town 

 of Skidegate is said to have been derived 

 from this. _ (j. r. s. ) 



Kit-bai-uass hade. — Krause, Tlinkit Indianer, 304, 

 1885 (po.ssibly identical). Egai-u'.— Swanton, Cont. 

 Haida, 279, 1905. 



Hlgaiu-lanas {hgai-u' W nas, 'Skidegate 

 town peojjle ' ) . A division of the Raven 

 clan of the Haida who originally owned 

 the town of Skidegate, Brit. Col., and 

 hence came to be called by the Haida 

 name of the town. Later they gave the 

 town to the Gitins in payment for an in- 

 jury inflicted on one of the latter, and 

 moved to Gaodjaos, farther up the inlet. 

 A subdivision was called Hlgagilda-ke- 

 gawai. _ (j. r. s.) 



tgai-u' la'nas.— Swanton, Cont. Haida, 269, 1905. 

 Tlaiyii Haade. — Harrison in Proc. and Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. Can., sec. ii, 125, 1895 (erroneously assigned 

 to Old Gold Harbor). Tlg-aio la'nas.— Boas, 12th 

 Rep. N. VV. Tribes Can., 24, 1898. Tlqaiu la'nas.— 

 Boas, 5th Rep. of same, 26, 1889. 



Hlgan (igAn, 'killer-whale's dorsal 

 fin'). A Haida town s. of Tigun, on 

 the w. coast of Graham id., Queen Char- 

 lotte group, Brit. Col., occupied by the 

 Dostlan-lnagai. The Koetas are said 

 to have lived at this place before they 

 moved to Alaska, and the town is said to 

 have been so named on account of a rock 

 which stands up in front of it like the 

 dorsal fin of a killer-whale. (j. r. s. ) 

 £|An.— Swanton, Cont. Haida, 280, 1905. L^An.- 

 Swanton, inf'n, 1905 (another form). 



Hlgihla-ala ( -LgViA dla, probably ' town 

 of the ditches'). A former Haida town 

 N. of Cape Ball, e. shore of Graham id., 

 Queen Charlotte group, Brit. Col. It was 

 occupied by the Naikun-kegawai. — Swan- 

 ton, Cont. Haida, 280, 1905. 



Hlielung {ti'elAn). A former Haida 

 town of the Kuna-lanas family on the 

 right bank of a river of the same name 

 (Hi-ellen on Dawson's chart), which 

 flows into Dixon entrance at the foot of 

 Tow hill, N. coast of Queen Charlotte ids., 

 Brit. Col. The town was erroneously 

 thought bv Dawson (Queen Charlotte 

 Ids. , 165b, i880) to be the Ne-coon of John 

 Work. (j. R. ,s. ) 



Hieller.— Deans, Tales from Hiderv, 92, 1899. 

 la'gEn.— Boas, 12th Rep. N. \V. Tribes Can., 23, 1898. 

 ti'elAn,— Swanton, Cont. Haida, 280, 1905. 



Hlielung-keawai [hVelAn qe/aiva-i, 

 'those born at the town of Hlielung'). 

 A subdivision of the Stustas, a family of 

 the Eagle clan of the Haida, occupying 

 a town at the mouth of Hiellen (Hlie- 

 lung) r., Graham id., Queen Charlotte 

 group, Brit. Col. (j. r. s. ) 



DI'ia'lEn k'eowai'.— Boas, 12th Rep. N. W. Tribes 

 Can., 23, 1898. Ei'elAii qe'awa-i. — Swanton, Cont. 

 Haida, 276, 1905. Lthyhellun Kiiwe.— Harrison in 

 Proc. and Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., sec. ii, 126, 1895. 



Hlielungkun-lnagai(:fv2'€^.4n Awn Inagd'- 

 i, ' fci^elAii river point town-people' ). A 

 town of the Kuna-lanas, belonging to the 

 Raven clan of the Haida, situated on a 



