410 THE TLINGIT INDIANS | inii. ann. 26 



At Wrangcll the Bark-house people are credited with but one house 

 group, but the Te'nedi of Klawak constitute part of the same clan, 

 their name being- merely a variation of Ti hit tan. 



The DAqLlawe'di, the signiticance of whose name was not learned, 

 arc another widely scattered grovip. being found under that name in 

 Tongas, Hutsnuwu, and Chilkat, while the Tsague'di of Kake are a 

 branch. 



Formerly the Henya of the west coast of Prince of Wales island 

 lived at Tuxican (TA'cidjik-fm), hut later their chief moved to Klawak 

 (£iAwa'k), where he owned a salmon creek, and all of his people fol- 

 lowed. Sometimes they camped at' Shakan (CAxa'n) to collect fish 

 eggs, and in modern times many Indians settled there near a large saw- 

 mill built by the whites. Some of the Henya families have already been 

 mentioned. The Lqoaye'di and Qaq!o'shit tan were both parts of the 

 CAnkuke'di, but it was not learned whether that family was itself 

 connected with any other. They arc also found at Kake, and Krause 

 enumerates them among the clans of the Chilkat town of Klukwan. 

 According to Katishan thej' took their name from an island called Can, 

 but according to an old Kake man, from a place near Kake called Caya'. 



The Kuiu consisted of but two clans. About the Kuye'di nothing 

 of consequence was learned, but the Naste'di are often spoken of as 

 if they were one people with the Nanyaa'yi and Ka'gwAntan. As fre- 

 quently happens, however, it is difficult to say whether this means 

 unity of origin or nothing more than membership in the same phratiy. 

 It may be of some significance that they share the Flicker house 

 (Kun hit) with the DAciLlawe'di. Their name and origin are said to 

 have been derived from the Nass. 



While the people of Kuiu, Henya, Sanya, Tongas, and part of the 

 Kakes are said to be very closely related to one another, the origin of 

 some of the Kake clans differs in being intimately- connected with the 

 interior of the continent. In the time of the flood, according to one 

 story, there were glaciers extending entirely across the Stikine river, 

 so that canoes could not pass. The Kake Indians, who were then 

 living in the interior, wished to come down, and finally' accomplished 

 the feat by passing directly under the glacier. Instead of settling on 

 the river, however, where they could have lived in the midst of plenty, 

 they went out to Kupreanof island, whence in later times they 

 moved back to Wrangell. On close examination this story is found 

 to apply particularly to the Qa'tcAdi, who still have the house name 

 Rush house (Tcac hit) in memory of their houses in the interior, but 

 the SA(i"te'nedi, and probably the remaining Raven clans at Kake, are 

 considered divisions of this. According to one of the Kake men, how- 

 ever, the Qa'tCAdi were always Tlingit, being descended from aTlingit 

 woman who was captured by the Athapascans when out picking l)cr- 

 ries. This was when thev tirst learned that there were Indians up the 



