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they gave one another. Thus they have the names White-hair, Fast- 

 one, Little-^ihite-teeth, Diffident-one, Horn, Pronged-horn, etc.; and for 

 dogs they have names also. That is the way the deer people lived 

 in the beginning at Red Banks, Within Lake. Bands of people 

 gathered together there, and all the clans that exist now origmated 

 there. 



SECOND VERSION (TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE CLAn) 



The Deer clan people came up at the beginning of the earth. 

 Only one is spoken of as appearing at the beginning. He started 

 forth but returned again that he might look for a companion. For 

 that reason a name exists in the tribe, He-who-comes-haclc, and another 

 is Ile-^vho-aip'pears-first. After they had appeared on earth the deer 

 blew on the original fu-e, which was only smoldering, and made it 

 blaze up. For that reason they claim a partial chieftainship. The 

 first one that appeared had a chief's medal around his neck. 



CLAN SONG. 



I use the cries of the four directions. 

 I use the cries of the four directions, 

 I use the cries of the four directions. 

 I use the cries of the four directions. 



CLAN NAMES 



TCA hik'ik'aradjera (deer clan) 



Tcaseph(ji)k'a Black deer chief. 



Wap:izena°p^i°ga Wears shells around neck. 



Tcanur)kca''p^i''wigga Deer vagina. 



Maij k'isagaTepga Appears in the middle of earth 



Tcateoniwigga First deer woman. 



The Elk Clan 

 introduction 



In the Elk clan origin myth we find the clear statement that Earth- 

 maker created the ancestors of the clan, and that they were hiunan 

 beings. The myth resembles a village origin myth more than it does 

 a clan origin myth. 



The Elk clan seems to have had certain functions relative to the 

 distribution of fire through the village and in camp. It was never a 

 very large clan. 



The Elk people claim half of the fire, and thus half of the chieftain 

 ship. They never hold fii-e toward any one. 



Elks are buried by the Snake, Water-spirit, and Eagle clans, 

 although the first has the preference. 



Wliite clay is used in painting the dead. 



According to another informant, the facial painting consisted of 

 white and blue dots on the face (pi. 46). 

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