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clan has used a grizzly-bear skin and the head of a mountain goat, 

 the former of which they regard as their very highest crest. The first 

 grizzly-bear skin that they used is, of course, said to have been that 

 of the identical bear which had accompanied them, but this in time 

 became worn out and had to be replaced. 



The killer whale is claimed cspeciallj' by the DAqLlawe'di, Tsague'di, 

 and Wucketa'n. The first killers are said to have been made out of 

 yellow cedar by a man of the Tsague'di or DAqLlawe'di (which are 

 really parts of the same clan), and they claim it from that circum- 

 stance. Yet it is used by other Wolf clans, such as the Ka'gwAntan 

 and KAtagwA'di, and Kit anve'di slfix" (killer-whale high-caste hat) 

 is the special emblem of Jjontl'tc, speaker for the Sitka Ka'gwAntan. 



The S!it!qoe'di claim a whale called s!lt!, which is like the killer 

 whale. 



The TcukAne'di claim the porpoise. 



According to Katishan the seal was an emblem of the Tsague'di, but 

 this was denied by a man of that clan. 



The shark hat (tus! slax") was used by the Nanyaa'yi and 

 Ka'gwAntrin, the latter accompanying it with the devilfish face painting. 



The Petrel (CiAnil'k) from whom the culture hero Raven ol)tained 

 fresh water appears on both sides. According to Katishan it was owned 

 by the Wolves; but an old Sitka woman said tlie petrel hat (tc!lt 

 s!ax") belonged to the Kavens of Chilkat. 



The De'citan have the beaver hat. 



All Raven clans are supposed to have a right to the Raven emblem; 

 but according to Katishan the GanAxte'di claim it in a special manner, 

 because in the Raven story Raven declared that he himself was a 

 GfuiAxte'di. The DAqLlawe'di of the Wolf phratry also think they 

 have some right to it because Raven dragged a house full of fishes ashore 

 at their village. The Luqa'xadi of Chilkat make so much of this crest 

 as often to be called "Real Ravens," while the Ti hit tan have a special 

 raven emblem which they captured from the Tsimshian in war and call 

 the " Winter Raven."' The Kasqiague'di had a hair ornament called 

 yel tcin, like the beak of a raven, which hung down on the back of a 

 dancer at the potlatch. 



The frog was a special possession of the IQksA'di, who claimed it 

 from the fact that persons of their clan had had special dealings with 

 frogs, although the stories told about them at Sitka and Wrangell difl'er. 

 The GanAXA'di of Tongas tell the same story as the Wrangell KiksA'di 

 about the marriage of a woman of their clan to a frog, and probably 

 claim the frog also. In recent years the Qa'tcAdi at Wrangell and the 

 LiuklnaxA'di at Sitka have tried to adopt the frog, but in the latter 

 case their attempt to put up the frog carving precipitated a riot. 



The woodworm is a special possession of the GaiiAXA'di, since one 

 of their women suckled the monster woodworm at TA'qdjik-an; and 



