ON THE NOETH-WESTEHN TRIBES OF CANADA. 



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tribes. The crest is represented in paintings on tbe honse- front and on 

 dancing implements. 



The gens Tok'oa'is has a killer-whale (DeJphinus orca) painted on the 

 house-front (fig. 1). The tradition says that the ancestor of this gens 



Fig. 3.— Crest of the gens Smo'En, showing the mountain SuwalcHH, with two 

 clouds near its summit ; above a mackerel sky. 



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one day, when hunting in the mountains, found a house on which a killer 

 was painted. The chief who lived in the house invited him and pre- 

 sented him with his crest for himself and for his descendants. The 

 crest consists of the killer- whale, eagle, swan, and heron. 

 The crests of all gentes were obtained in like manner. 



