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Kosk le'di. Tradition localizes the first of these very strongl}- about Ic\' 

 strait, especially u\nm the pt'iiiiisula between Lynn canal and Glacier 

 bay, and the second at the nioutli of Alsek river (Alse'x liln). 



The origins of the first are bound up with the historj^ of a man 

 called Kakr''(i!"t(', who is the hero of two stories, recorded by the 

 writer, one of which gives the stor^' of the Ka'gwAntan and several 

 other clans. 



After a fight with live coals as weapons, which resulted in giving 

 them their name, the Kri'gwAntfin scattered, some going to Huiia, some 

 to Chilkat, and some to Sitka wh(>re they joined the KiksA'dt. It is 

 evident that the IvAtagwA'di, to whicii Kake'(il"te belonged, and the 

 TcukAiie'di were ))otli considered as related to the Kfi'gwAutan. The 

 TcukAue'dt were named from a creek, Tcu'kAn bin, on which they were 

 encamped at the time of Kake'q!"te's return from the interior with 

 Athajiascans, as detailed in the m3'th, and they are now considered 

 rather low caste. 



Of the families constituting the second group just referred to, the 

 Zjnqfi'xAdi" are now at Chilkat, but the story just given localizes them 

 in earlier times at the mouth of the Alsek. The Nucekaa'yi are said 

 to be part of these. The Q!At!kaa'yi (island people) received their 

 name from an island at the mouth of Alsek river said to be called 

 GAltse'mwii, and were a part of the L!iik!naxA'di of the same region. 

 According to one informant, it was to this latter clan that Kake'cjl^te 

 belonged. It is also said, and with probability, tliat the Koskle'di 

 belonged to this clan, though others state that they came from the 

 coast farther west from the StAxa'di of Copper river, who appear to 

 have been Athapascans. 



Tlie origin of the Ka'ckle qoan is given in a long story which the 

 writer obtained from a meml)er of that clan. From this it appears 

 that the}' were originall\' interior Indians who came down to the coast 

 after some internal disturbance and purchased a creek near Yakutat 

 called Kack!, from which they received their name. The Ka'ckle qoan 

 are also said to t)e called StAxa'di, because thej' have dances similar to 

 those of the true StAxa'di. 



According to one infoi-niant, the Taqestina' of C-hilkat were part of 

 the same clan as the Naste'di. Katishan informed the writer that in 

 the general migration northward they were lost in the channel east 

 of AVrangell island, which is called TAqsT't, and afterwards received 

 their name from it. 



There were four principal Chilkat towns, three of which — Klukwan, 

 Katkwaltu, and Yendestake— were on Chilkat river and inlet, while 

 the fourth, Chilkoot, was near the head of Chilkoot inlet. Man}' 

 of these Indians have now moved to the white settlements and to 

 Haines mission. According to Krause, Chilkoot was occupied by 



oKrause has unwittingly constitutor! a new clan by listing the " Kiidrtwot-kedi." evidently an 

 equivalent for Luqa'xAdS, since the words mean the same thinK. 



