NAMES 



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NAxMES 



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The house names (see list, p. 4tU)— tuT) used h}- oach phratry were 

 generally distint't, and even the sei)arate clans often iiad names of this 

 sort not emploj'ed by others, hut a man sometimes claimed the right to a 

 house name owned by the elan of his paternal grandfather, and in this 

 waj' names readily got out of the clan, though 

 not as readily out of the phratry. Thus the 

 Kaya'ckidetan are said to have claimed the 

 Killer-whale house name because a grand- 

 father of one of their people belonged to the 

 DA(iLlawe'di. In the same way the Qa'tcAdi 

 and Kriscjlague'di claim Frog house from having 

 had KiksA'di ancestors, and the Qa'tcAdi claim 

 the Halibut house (Niilx hit) from intermarriage 

 with the Wut-cA'nina of Kasaan. The adoption 

 of a name does not, however, always appear to 

 have taken place in a friendly manner. For 

 instance, it is said that a woman of the Wucke- 

 tfi'n left in anger her husband, who belonged to 

 the Anqla'ketiin, and took the name Anijla'ke hit 

 with her, so that it is now used by the Wucke- 

 ta'n as well. ^Vhere a house name has not been 

 borrowed or assumed from some other clan, its 

 origin is tracea})le to a myth or legend in which 

 the clan in question had some interest, or may 

 refer to some peculiarity of position, construc- 

 tion, or ornamentation. Some were also gran- 

 diloquent expressions, indicating the power or 

 wealth of the owner. Among the most common 

 were names taken from a crest. 



The great majority- of Tliugit personal names 

 referred to some animal, especially that animal 

 whose emblem was particularly valued ])y the 

 clan to which the bearer belonged. Thus a 

 prominent Chilkat chief was called Danawfi'ii 

 (Silver Eyes), referring to the eyes of the raven: 

 Xaku'tc! (Shaggy) was a Ka'gwAntan name, in- 

 dicating the thick, lumpy hair of the grizzlj' 

 bear, and Kode'naha. anotiier Ka'gwAntun name, 

 referred to the narrow entrance of a bear's den, 



which to a bear is supposed to appear like a large doorway. Among 

 KfksA'di names are Dei kta'( Frog-si tting-in-the- road): .V'tatsIlM ([.liv-ely- 

 frog-in-lake); Tuksae'q, referring to the frog's brilliant color. Other 



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