398 THE TLINGIT INDIANS Teth. an-n. 26 



Some of the foregoing names represent probably little more than 

 camp.s, while others were designations of towns once occupied ))y 

 people who are now living elsewhere. 



Dialecticallj' the Yakutat were set off from all others, and there was 

 also a certain dialectic, as well as social, distinction between the north- 

 ern and the southern members of the remaining groups. They will 

 be referred to as " nortliern" and "southern." Each smallei- gi'oup 

 also had certain minor dialectic ])cculiarities. 



Besides these geograpiiical di\ isions, which one might ahnost call 

 " involuntary," the Tlingit were separated socially into two sides or 

 phi'atries, each strictly exogamic with descent through the mother. 

 One phratry was known as Raven thi'oughout all of the divisions, while 

 the other was usually called ^Volf and in the north also Eagle. One 

 small group was outside of both the phratries and its members could 

 marrj' into either. 



Each phratry was subdivided into clans or consanguineal bands, the 

 members of which were more closely related to one anotlier than to 

 other members of the phratrj^ and each of these bands usually derived 

 its origin from some town or camp it had once occupied. They were, 

 therefore, in a way local groups, but they dirt'ered from the geograph- 

 ical groups just referred to in being social divisions instead of compris- 

 ing the accidental occupants of one locality. Thus every geographical 

 division contained members of lioth phratries and usually of several 

 clans of each phratry, while on the other hand a clan was often dis- 

 tributed among two or more geographical groups. Finally the clans 

 were subdivided into house groups, the membei's of which might 

 occup3' one or several houses. 



As it will not be profitable to more than mention the names of 

 many of the tribal divisions, instead of discussing them at length, the 

 following lists are subjoined. The tirst gives the geogi'aphical groups, 

 the clans, and the phratrj^ to which each of the clans belonged, and the 

 second the house groups undei- each clan as far as ascertained: 



Raven Wolk 



GfinAXA'di (peoiilc of (^ifi'iiAx) Te'qoetii (iieoplecif the islan<l Teq») 



DAqiJawe'di 



KikaA'di (jieople of the island Kiks) Te'qoedi 



NexA'di (people of Nex). [Outs^idc of cither clan] 



Te'iiedi (bark-house jieople) CAiikuke'di (peoj)le of (Tiii, or as below) 



Kluxine'di (marten j^eople) Lqoaye'di 



Tak"aiie'di (winter people) Qaqlo'shit trin(huinan-foot-housepeoiJe) 



