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list, but is not contained in that of Knipping. The Eki/lath and 
Hatca/ath are not contained in the former lists. The Hki’lath have 
greatly decreased in numbers and therefore joined the Ts’éca/ath; the 
Haca/ath have become extinct. The tribes of Barclay Sound claim that 
the Hopetcisa’/th did not belong originally to the Nootka people, but that 
they were assimilated when the Ts’éca/ath migrated up Alberni Channel 
and settled in the upper part of this region, which event is said to have 
‘taken place less than a century ago. The Hépetcisa’th, who at that time 
inhabited the head of Alberni Channel and Sproat Lake, are said to have 
spoken the Nanaimo language. I have tried to find any traces of that 
language in local names, but have been unsuccessful. It is true that the 
natives do not understand the meaning of most of the names of places ; 
but, on the other hand, I have not found any that can be referred to the 
Nanaimo language. A number of men of the age of about fifty years 
affirm that their grandfathers did not know the Nootka language, but 
spoke Nanaimo, and that their fathers still knew a number of words of 
the old language. It may be mentioned in this connection that the 
vocabulary contains a few words borrowed from the Nanaimo. The 
traditions and totems of the Hopetcisa/th bear out their claim that they 
originally lived in the interior of the island, and did not visit the mouth 
of Barclay Sound (see below). I have not succeeded in finding any 
evidence of this change of language except the unanimous assertions of 
the natives. 
The single tribes are subdivided into septs, which seem to correspond 
very closely to the gentes of the Coast Salish, as described in the first 
section of this report. I obtained lists of the septs of three tribes, the 
Ts’éca/ath, the Hopetcisa’th, and the Tok’oa/ath. 
I. Septs of the Ts’éci/ath. 
1. Ts’éca’ath : . . . Crest: Wolf. 
2. Nn’c’asath ; : : : » Whale. 
3. Netcimi/asath . 3 : : »  hunder-bird. 
4, Waninta/th . : ; ; 5 = Suake, 
5, Ma/ktVaiath . x 3 : »  Orab: 
6. Tla’sEniiesath . : : ‘ »  Aia/tlk-é. 
7. Ha'méyisath . 3 ‘ A »  Sea-otter. 
8. Ku’tssemhaath . ; P ; »  Tc’éné’ath. 
9. Kuai/ath . ; P ; : » Whale and man. 
II. Septs of the Hopetcisa’th. Crest: Bear, wolf. 
1. Mo’hotl’ath. 3. T'sd0/més’ath. 
2. TVi‘kutath. 
III. Septs of the Tok’oa’ath. 
1. Tok’oa/ath. 7. Tuckis’a/th. 
2. Maa/koath. 8. Kodhatsdath. 
3. Wa’stsanek. 9. Te’é/nate’aath. 
4, To/tak‘amayaath. 10. Mststd/asath. 
5. Tsa/k‘tsak‘oath. 11. Tcd/maath. 
6. Mu/ktciath. 
The septs as given here are arranged according to rank, the highest 
