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THE TLIN6IT INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. L!6 



an explanation of it. It may be worth wiiile, however, to note the 

 explanation given by Katishan, that clans "' showed respect toward one 

 another" by intermarriau-e. The expression "showing of respect" is 

 often used and in the follov/ing connections: A man showed respect 

 and true politeness to his mother-in-law or a woman to her son-in-law 

 by not addressing her or him directl\'. A man showed I'espect to his 

 father-in-law by working for him in exchange for having received his 

 daughter as wife, and the father-in-law showed respect to his daughter 

 and his son-in-law by giving a large dower. A man showed respect 

 to his brother-in-law by returning any present the latter chose to make 

 him with heavy interest; nor was he at liberty' to decline an expensive 

 present of this kind." 



Terms of relationship were naturally affected by the exogamic 

 phratral divisions. A man called his own people "friends," those of 

 the opposite phratr}' "opposites" (gonetkana'j'i), or " mj' outside 

 shell." Below are the more specific terms, with the Haida in a parallel 

 coUunn for purposes of comparison. The I! in parentheses is a diminu- 

 tive ending used in an endearing sense and not absolutely essential to 

 the word, although very frequently introduced, while the ga after 

 Haida words is a possessive sutiSx. 



Tlincjit 



grandfather (applied to all men of genera- 

 tion before that of parents) 

 grandmother (applied to all women of 



generation before that of jjarenLs) 

 grandchild (and all of generations follow- 

 ing that of children) 



man's father \ 



woman's father . / 



father's brother (including all men of 

 phratry of father's generation and of 

 the succeeding generation) 



}iJ(k:) (also applied 

 to eldest of father's 

 brothers ) 



nfi'nga 

 cxAn(k!) tlakii'nga 



Haida 



tci'nga 



fgo'nga 

 Ixa'tga 

 go'fifia, and xa'tga 



W. 



a'otfa 



kfik qa'na 



squ'nga 



s A ' n i (perhaps 

 "small," "little," 

 meaning "little 

 father") 



mother (of man and woman) i.a 



mother's sister (including all the women u'lCk!) (littlcmothiT) 



of her phratry and generation ) 

 mother's brother (including all men of 



her phratry and generation) 

 father's sister (including in general all 

 women of her phratry and generation 

 and of the succeeding generation 

 man's elder brother (and all older men of 



his phratry and generation ) 

 woman's elder sinter (an<l all older 

 women of her phratry and generation) 



man's younger brother and woman's kiki daogA'nga 



younger sister (also all younger men or 

 women of same phratry and generation) 



" At Sitka the usual rates of interest were as follows: For three dollars live dollars were returned, 

 for live dollars eight dollars, for ten dollars fifteen. This return might be made at a feast or outside. 



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