422 THE TLINGIT INDIANS [eth. an.n. 26 



names have been given in connection witli the lists of houses in Sitka 

 and Wrangell. AMiere different clans liave the same emblem their 

 names referring to it may nevertheless differ, and this distinction 

 runs through all of their other personal names as well, so that 

 wlierever a man goes his social position is known l)y his name. That 

 a man's name might occasionally be used by a woman is shown in 

 the case of the late Mrs Dickinson, of Sitka, whose- 'native name, 

 AndA', was adopted l)y her because there w(>ri' no males left in her 

 clan who could use it. 



The piincipal animals to which personal names in the Wolf phratry 

 rcfei red were wolf, grizzly beai-, tcllt, killer whafe, pfitrel, and. among 

 the northern Tlingit, eagle; and the principal %nimals to which per- 

 sonal names of the Raven phratry referreii"sttere raven, frog, ha«k 

 (kkljn'k), })lack whale (j'fi'i), and eagle among the southern Tlingit. 

 Wolf and grizzly bear names seem to have been used most widely by 

 the Wolf people, the former being especially common among the 

 Ka'gwAntiin and the latter among the Nanyaa'yi, KAtAgwA'di, and the 

 Te'cpedi. The Nanyaa'yi who used Wolf names are said to have been 

 mainly those who liad liad Ka'gwAntan grandparents. Killer-whale 

 names were used by the DAqLlawe'dr and Nanyaa'yi, and porpoise 

 names by the TcukAne'di. The Wolf people are said to have had names 

 taken also from the shark, doglish. and halibut. Almost all of the 

 NcxA'di names are from the eagle. 



Names taken from the raven were used pretty generally by all Haven 

 families, bat seem to have existed in greatest abundance proportionally 

 among the Lucja'xAdi and the GanAxte'di, almost all of the names 

 employed bj' the former having had such an origin. Frog names were 

 probably next most abundant among the Ravens, being of course 

 especially employed by the KiksA'dT and its branches, but also by the 

 Qa'tcAdi, the Koskle'dT, and several other clans. The KiksA'di claimed 

 also brant, owl, and dog-salmon names, on account of members of that 

 family who had gone to live with such animals. The dog salmon is also 

 said to have been used by the Llene'di of Auk. The L!ilk!naxA'di and 

 the QlAtlkaii'yi had king salmon names, but more still were taken from 

 coppers. The Koskle'di are said to have had some names from the 

 black whale (ya'i), and the TAne'disorae from the land otter. Herring 

 and ground-hog names were used by the Luija'xAdi, the swan (goqL) 

 by the LiuklnaxA'diand QiAtlkaa'yiand mouse names by the Koskle'di. 

 The marten is said to have been employed by some Raven people, and 

 the weasel occurs in at least one Llene'di name, Da-Len (big weasel). 

 If any animal were not regularly used by some clan it could be 

 employed without offense. Other crests, such as Mount Fairweather, 

 TA'naku, and the island from which theQlAtlkaa'yi receive their desig- 

 nation, were also drawn upon for ptn-sonal names by the clans to which 

 these belonged. 



