604 REPORT—1890. 
being another fabulous being living in the woods and always dancing; 
the Hué’mis dance, which is performed by women only, who wear red 
cedar-bark ornaments and down, and who dance with one hand extended 
upward, the other downward; the A’yék’ dance, in which the dancer 
knocks to pieces whatever he can lay his hands on ; and dances represent- 
ing a great variety of animals, particularly birds. 
The tribes north of Barclay Sound have a dance in which the per- 
former has to cut long parallel gashes into his breast and arms. The 
Ha/mats’a dance, which has been borrowed from the Kwakiutl, has spread 
as far south as Nutca’lath, having been introduced there by intermarriage 
with the Kwakiutl. The killing of a slave, which has been described by 
Sproat (p. 157) and Knipping, may belong to this part of the Tlokoala 
(see below, pp. 616, 617). 
Wh THE KWAKIO TE. 
The Kwakiutl language is spoken in two main dialects, the Héiltsuk’, 
from Gardner Channel to Rivers Inlet, and the Kwakiutl proper. I have 
formerly given the Lé’kwiltok’ as a separate dialect, but this view has 
proved to be incorrect, it being almost identical with the Kwakiutl. As 
stated in my last report, the tribes speaking the Héiltsuk: and Gyimano-itq 
dialects are in the maternal stage, and are divided into gentes having 
animal totems; while the southern group are in the paternal stage, and 
are divided into gentes which have no animal-crest (see Fifth Report of 
Committee, p. 829). I collected in the summer of 1889 an almost com- 
plete list of tribes, septs, and gentes of the Kwakiutl, which is here 
given. The social position of the tribes and gentes will be discussed 
later on. The gentes of the Kwakiutl proper are given according to their 
rank. 
A. Harirsux: DIAvectr. 
1. Qaisla’. 
Gentes: Beaver, Eagle, Wolf, Salmon, Raven, Delphinus orca. 
2. Qana‘ks’iala, called by the Héiltsuk- Gyiman6-itq. 
3. Qé’qgaes. Chinaman Hat. 
4, Hé’iltsuk’. Bellabella. Gentes : 1. Wik’dqténog (eagle people) ; 
Septs: a. K’’O'kaitq 2. K-’0é'ténoq (raven people) ; 3. 
b. O@'tlitq Ha’lq’ainténoq (killer people). 
ce. O'éalitq 
5. So’mequlitq. Upper end of Awi’ky’énoq Lake. 
Gentes: 1. Sd’mequlitq. 
2. T’sé’dkuimig or Ts’é’uitq. 
6. Nod’qunts’itq. Lower end of Awi’ky’énoq Lake. ’ 
7. Awi/ky’énoq (=people of the back country?). Rivers Inlet. 
Called by former authors Wikéno. 
Gentes: 1. K’oi/kyaqténog. Crest: whale. 
. Gyi’gyilk-am (=those first to receive). Crest: bear. 
. Wad/kuitem. Crest: raven. ' 
oe oo LS 
. Wa'wikyem. » 2 eagle. 
. Kué'tela. »» : eagle. - 
6. Na‘lekuitq. sae 2 Whale. ey 
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