SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE NASS RIVER INDIANS. 
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Chief Derrick gave the last two phratries in this order, 
but stated that they were alike in rank. 
The crests of these clans are as follows: 
I. Wolf phratry. 
1 . fe tsfansna • 't clan . 
a. fe(bo' ,u “wolf.” Main crest of this clan 
specifically, as well as general crest of 
the Wolf phratry. 
b. cmdx “black bear.” This is the ordinary 
bear, not the “prince bear” of the second 
family of this phratry. The word cmd$ 
is probably identical with Tsimshian 
sa'mi , which, according to Boas, means 
“meat,” but is also used as plural for 
ol “black-bear.” The proper term for 
black bear in Nass River is ’ ol . 
c. haifeelaxa ' “something to poke (or 
stab) the sky with” (properly ha-feel-lax- 
ha', cf. Tsimshian gal “to spear”). 1 
This is a long ceremonial staff that is 
shown in potlaches; there are songs that 
go with it. 
2. fettwtVnd'fet' n clan. 
a. Iko-wt'l'kcdkum cmd$ “prince black-bear.” 
Main crest of the family. When shown 
as a crest, the eyes and ears of the bear 
are inlaid with abelone. 
b. lo m ’aycr'q' “controlling the law (of seating 
at potlatches),” literally perhaps “where- 
in is law, custom” (cf. Tsimshian aya"wux 
“law, custom”). This term refers to the 
skull-like mask, representing the head 
chief of the ghosts, worn by a man at 
the door whose business it is to usher 
‘Tsimshian forms are taken from F. Boas, Tsimshian Texts { New Series ), Publications of 
American Ethnological Society, vol. Ill, 1912, vocabulary (pp. 254-284). 
