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Tlinc.it IIaida 



man's sister (and women of his ]>liiatry i-ak! djii'sga 



and jieneration) 



woman's brother (and men uf lier phratry ik! dfi'^a 



and generation) 



mother's brother's children . . kri}(k!) (descriptive term) 



father's sister's female children fit (descrii)live term) 



father's sister's male chiMren s.v'ni (descriptive term) 



son (and men of same phratry and genera- yit fri''C'i 



tion as son) 



daughter (and women of same jihratry and siorsi(kl) gudjaTisa 



generation as danghter) 



sister's cldld (|et(k!) na'tga 



brother's child (said by woman) ('.') (descriptive term) 



Relationn brought almiit In/ tnurrinrje 

 \ 



hnsband xox (also applied to uVlga, 



husliand of sister, 

 who became really 

 such if latterdied) 



wife cAt (and recipro- djfi'tra 



cally as above) 



father-in-law wu qo'naga 



mother-in-law tc.ui djiirona'nga 



brother-in-law (said by man) \ _ _ jqea'ga 



eister-in-law (said liy woman ) / '^ "' 'dji'inaga 



sister-in-law of man and brother-in-law of xox and cAt (as li'nago 

 woman above) 



son-in-law (<lescriptive term ) . . qo'naga 



(Many of these were also extended to cover other persons nf the same phratry 

 and sex) 



In addition to its great house in town eacii Tlingit house group 

 usually had its salmon creek or portion of a salmon creek with accom- 

 panj'ing smokehouse, whither the people resorted in spring and 

 summer to dry fish, to hunt and trap. The mountain valleys where 

 ground hogs were found, the strips of coast on which were collected 

 shellfish, the halibut banks, and the berrying and root-digging grounds 

 were in many cases also owned bv clans and families. Others were 

 unclaimed and free to all. Clans that had no land must resort to the 

 common grounds or wait until the owners of others were through with 

 them. 



Months were named with reference to the changes in nature, espe- 

 cially the movements of animal life, which bore directl}' upon the eco- 

 nomic life of the people. Following are lists of these names obtained 

 at Sitka and W'rangell, with the native explanations retained even 

 when they are contradictory. The writer's Sitka informant began 

 hi.s enimieration with the moon corresponding to August, and his 

 Wrangcll informant with .January, but they are placed opposite each 

 other for purposes of comparison, following the Sitka order as proba- 

 bly the more ancient. 



