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tribe living on the upper reaches of Chilluwak River, and that they 

 migrated down the river. 



Evidently historical traditions are preserved relatively faithfully by 

 these tribes. This is shoven particularly clearly in the care v?hich is taken 

 in preserving the pedigrees of chiefs. I obtained one of these embracing 

 eight generations. I reproduce here that part of the same which I have 

 been able to corroborate by repeated inquiries among different branches of 

 the family. The chief of a tribe always takes the name of the preceding 

 chiefs, sometimes that of the mythical ancestor, which accounts for the 

 recurrence of the same names. When a person has relatives in two 

 villages, he is known by two names. In each village be is called by a 

 name belonging to the village. Thus ' Captain George ' is known as 

 Ts'a'tsEmiltQ in StsEe'lis, as Qa'wulEts in Sk'tsa's, north cf Harrison Lake. 



Table II. 



f<^ 



I $ Qa'wulEts marries Ckitlta't 



<J Qa'wulEts mar- 

 ries QEe'tsu- 

 wot of Lku'n- 



g-EU. 



of Asila'o. 



of 



to 



/ 



SHa'leya marries TcEla'qu 

 wot of Sk'tsa's, daughter of, 

 K'ii'uwa. 



Gyl'EmEt marries Ts'Ela'qu- 

 wot, daughter of K'a'uwa of 

 Sk'tsa's, sister of the above. 



Qe'lqElEmas marries SHala'- 

 p'eya of Sk'tsa's. 



Ts'Etsa'mEt marries Ts'a'mE- 

 k-oat of Sk'tsa's. 



K'Ela'wulEts marries QeI- 



tsa'mat, SEla'sauwot of 



LEk'a'mEl, daughter 



QEltsa'm. 

 Cne'itla (see Table I.). 

 Skutsa'stElat married 



LEmlE'matsEs, a QmE'i,'kuy- 



im. 

 K'a'uwa married at Port 



Douglas. 

 Ts'e'k'taqEl marries Ts'a'itl 



of Asila'o. 

 Snala'p'eya married to K'sta'- 



laQEn of Lillooet. 

 S'eyi'tla married toTsE'lpEltQ 



of Cowichan. 



These pedigrees are also of some interest, as they show the mode of 

 intermarriage among the tribes of these regions, and as they bring out 

 the extermination of whole families very clearly. It appears that the 

 mortality of children is the principal cause of diminution, much more so 

 than decrease in the number of children to each family. 



It appears that the tribes of Harrison River intermarry with the 

 Lillooet tribes north of Harrison Lake. These tribes are organised essen- 

 tially in the same way as those of Eraser River, each village community 

 claiming a common ancestor. Thus the ancestor Qa'wulEts of the Sk'tsa's 

 is said to have been a bear, who assumed the human form and built a 

 town ; the PotE'mtEn claim to be the descendants of a stone hammer 

 and of chips which married two women. 



I do not need to describe the houses of these tribes, as they are the 

 same as those of the Lku'ngEn. Above Harrison River subterraneous 

 lodges like those of the Shushwap were sometimes used, although tlie 

 large wooden houses were more common. I was told that the chief of 

 Sk'tsa's, north of the upper end of Harrison Lake, owned a house with 

 painted front. A carved pole with the figure of a raven on top stood in 

 front of the house. 



