TUNGIT SUBDIVISIONS 



The names in this list are supposed to be given in the order in whieh the liouses 

 stood, befiinnin;; at the southern end of the town. 



Ti'na liit ( copper-plati' house); a gonacjAde't eanie up liefore the l)uilder of this 

 house in the form of a e<)pi)er and told him to ereet it 



Chief, NixiV na, a Russian name, or Qoxkla'n; meaning uncertain 



Clan, Kiks.v'di 

 CrAgu'n hit (sun house) 



Chief, Yaduste'q! (wild goose) 



Clan, KiksA' df 

 Ctin hit (steel house); so named because in a tight with the Russians the chief cap- 

 tured a piece of steel and placed it in front of his house 



Chief, XfiwuckG'i. (wounded wild goose tla)iping around) 



Clan, Kiks.v'di 

 Qax.\'tdja bit (lively-herring house) ; referring to a herring jumping about 



Chief, Veldji'n; probably from a frog 



Clan, KiksA'dl 

 Itc hit (rock house) 



Chief, Tca'yadegax (raven crying everywhere) 



Clan, a low class of Ka'gWAntfm 

 S!a hit (clay house) 



Chief, tsa'gnha (notable voice), referring to the cry of the goose 



Clan, Kiks.i'di 

 XiiL hit (iceberg house) 



Chief, Qane'x (saved or captured man) 



Clan, TcukAne'di 

 Eu'koa hit (house on a point), becauseit wa.s on the point where "Baranoff's castle" 

 afterwards stood 



Chief, Tuksaie^'x (copper-green color of frog) 



Clan, KiksA'di 

 QotxA'naxa hit (star house) 



(^hief, Yakwu'n (swimming wolf); this man ]e(l in the last great fight with the 

 Ptikine Indians 



Clan, Ka'gwAntan 

 Aduwaxi'tci hit (house that carries a big load, and is bent over with its weight) 



Chief, Tslage' (boneless frog, because the frog has few bones) 



Clan, KiksA'di 

 Teak! kn'di hit (eagle's-nest house) 



Chief, lIcx (gray wolf) 



Clan, Ka'gwAntJin 

 TciiL hit (halibut house) 



Chief, Datxiagu'tc ( wolf walking around a ]>erson) 



Clan, Kii'gwAntan 

 Hin ka hit (house on the water); said to have stood on piles over water. It was 

 still standing when the writer's informant was a small lioy 



Chief, Kak!"nu'k!", refers to a wolf 



Clan, Ka'gwAntan 

 Dex-qlaowu'lk (house witli two doors) 



Chief, C^fi'djexdaiiO'na (I'agle going arouml a dead thing and making a noise) 



Clan, Kfi'gwAiitan 

 Nu hit (fort house) 



Chief, Da'tlketsla'te (stomach of a w'olf) 



Clan, Wucketa'n 



