822 REPORT — 1889. 



Female : Qutc gya's, standing bear. 



He'lEng djat, thunder-woman. 

 Kun djat, whale- woman. 



QoJc'e'de names : 



Cak'a'ts, head-stick (reference doubtful). 



Gouq narii', slave's dead body (reference doubtful). 



Detlk'oede names : 



Tetl rEde', little raven. 



Tle'neqk, one alone (the raven on the beach). 



Hiqtc tle'n, great frog. 



Yetl k"u djat, raven's wife. 



The social oi*ganisation of the Haida is very much like that of the 

 Tlingit. They have also two phratries, raven and eagle. Their totems 

 are also similar to those of the Tlingit, but they are differently arranged. 

 The most important difference is that the raven is an emblem of the eagle 

 gens. 



I. Eagle phratry (Gyitena') : Eagle, raven, frog, beaver, shark, 



moon, duck, codfish (I'a'ma), waski (fabulous 

 whale with five dorsal fins), whale, owl. 

 II. Raven phratry (K''oa'la) : Wolf, bear, Delpliimis orca, skate, 



mountain-goat, sea-lion, ts'E'maos (a sea-mon- 

 ster), moon, sun, rainbow, thunder- bird. 



From some indications I conclude that the division of emblems be- 

 tween the two phratries is not the same among the Kaigani and the 

 tribes of Queen Charlotte Islands, but the subject requires further study. 



The phratries of the Haida are divided into gentes in the same way 

 as those of the Tlingit. They also take their names, in the majority of 

 cases, from their houses. The people of Skidegate village (Tlk'agitl), for 

 instance, are divided into the following gentes : — 



I. Eagle phratry : Na yu'ans qa'etqa, large house people. 

 Na s'a'yas qa'etqa, old house people. 

 Dj'aaquig'it 'ena'i, 

 Gyitingits 'ats, 



II. Raven phratry : Naeku'n k'eraua'i, those born in Naeku'n. 



Djaaqui'sk-uatl'adagai (extinct). 



Tlqaiu la'nas, 



K'astak'e'raua'i, those born in Skidegate Street. 



The following gentes are said to exist in one of the Kaigani villages. 

 I did not learn the gentes of the eagle phratry. 



I. Ts'atl la'nas, eagle. 

 II. Yak' la'nas = middle town. Raven. 

 Yatl nas :had'a'i '=raven house people. 

 k''at nas :had'a'i^shark house people, 

 gutgune'st nas :had'a'i=owl house people. 



' :k of the Kaigani dialect stands for q of the other dialects. It is an 7i preceded 

 by a slight intonation. 



