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the GanAxte'di of Chilkat use a mask of the woman herself. Accord- 

 ing to another story the Thunders were originally men belonging to 

 the Taqestina'. and thcrefoi-e that clan claims the thunder emblem. 



The common whale hat (yii'i s!ax") was used by the TlA'(iIdentan, 

 K!uxine'di, and other Raven groups, its origin according to Katishan 

 having been in the whale killed by Raven. 



The king-salmon hat is worn l)y the L!uk!naxA'di and Q!A't!kaayi. 



The swan is also used bv the LlilklnaxA'di and the goose i.s used by 

 the KiksA'tb'. 



The mouse hat (Kutsll'n slax") belonged to the Koskle'di. 



The TAne'di claim the land otter because the shaman SlawA'n, who, 

 according to the Raven story, visited a land-otter town and otttained 

 supernatural powers from it, was one of their people. 



Flo. lu;i. Crrsl iial rcpruM-ntiiii; >liark. 



Among other pos.sessions of like nature are the following: 



The K;ls(j lague'di had the green paint hat(nexi'nte sla.x"). which was 

 made with two tops side by side, the Nas-CA'ki-yei pole (see j). -t34) 

 which they first carved, and an eagle cane obtained from Edensaw's 

 people at Masset, Queen Charlotte islands. The KiksA'di use the crj- 

 of the sea lion, which they once heard at Cape Onnnaney when the 

 sea lions were fighting with the killer whales. In formei' times when 

 they rushed to battle they hooted like the owl, e\ idently claiming 

 this cry on account of the KiksA'di woman who turned into an owl. 



The S!iknaxA'df liave a cane called fink" carved like a man. which 

 they captured in a war witli the Tsimshian. 



The Tfiiiioe'dt claim Mountain-biuk-of-Traq" (Tri}q"-nAxk!"-ca). and 

 KAxkoyc'nduA, a being that Lijlayu'k!, one of the piincipal heroes 

 of Tlingit mythology, turned into stone in TaJ()" l)ay. A house is 

 named after the latter (see p. 402). 



The Naste'di make use of the big rock outside of Kuiu called Fort- 

 far-out (Dekf-nfi), where Petrel, from whom Raven stole the fresh 

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