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figure is not here used as a crest, but is introduced, together with num- 

 bers 4 and 8, as part of the Raven story and to fill up the spaces be- 

 tween the true crests which are numbers 1 and 11. 



4. Raven in one of his numerous forms. He is here shown as a 

 large seated figure and is represented as a traveling chief. 



5. Frog. 



6. Butterfly. This character is here shown held by Raven (4). 

 He acted as Raven's spokesman at feasts. On one occasion, after a 

 feast, Raven induced Butterfly to cross a chasm on a bridge of kelp, 

 but when he was half-way across, Raven turned this slippery seaweed 

 so that he fell into the water and was drowned. The pointed head and 

 long proboscis of the Butterfl}' are clearly seen between the two frogs 

 on the body of the main figure. 



7. The ear of No. 8 with a human face. Ornamental only. 



8. Raven again on his travels. The stories of Raven's travels are 

 almost interminable. This is said to recall an incident typical of his 

 mischievous and greedy nature, of which it is related that after tearing 

 away and eating all of the food contained in Butterfly, he soon became 

 hungry again and was glad to find some crows playing with seal fat, 

 throwing pieces of it from one to another. Joining them, he began to 

 eat these missiles, which soon put a stop to the game. 



9. One of the boys whom Raven robbed, as above mentioned. 



10. Frogs. Used as ornamental space-fillers. 



11. Beaver. This figure is shown with characteristically large 

 incisor teeth and is represented as gnawing at a stick held in his front 

 paws. This figure is used as a true crest of the Raven clan. 



12. This is probably a representation of the broad tail of the 

 Beaver, but it has been embellished by the addition of an inverted 

 figure. 



Of the above figures numbers one and eleven alone signify crests. 

 The remainder were introduced to enhance the importance of the 

 owner, by providing ornamentation for a larger area than the true 

 crests could have done. 



The Eagle clan, tradition tells us, arose as follows : The ancestress, 

 Greatest Mountain, was brought from the Nass River, B. C, by "He- 

 whose-voice-is-obeyed" and placed in Cumshewa Inlet. From Greatest 

 Mountain it is said that all of the different families sprung, though 

 the traditions vary in many particulars. According to a typical one a 

 descendant of Greatest Mountain called Labret- Woman, was born at 

 Masset and married a chief there by whom she had daughters, two of 



