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guests to their proper seats at the pot- 
latch given by the host to show this crest. 
The masked usher represents the mythical 
head chief of the ghosts who, according to 
the family legend accounting for the ori- 
gin of the crest, gave power to the family 
ancestor. Chief Derrick explained that 
his own right to use the lo''ayo ,f q' 
crest is due to the fact that his legendary 
ancestor took the skull-mask away from 
the one who first had it, i.e. the ghost. 
This crest is evidently identical with Boas’ 
lo m ayo‘'qs “the commanders,” given, how- 
ever, as a Nass River kispo’ v dwi'dd crest. 1 
c. kdddmc , d'x u “underground people.” This 
crest is shown in the form of a wooden 
carving of a man ( kddzm ya' n “wooden 
man”). 
d. kUlu’ce' f i “doorkeepers.” This crest has 
no song or story connected with it. When 
a potlatch is given, the man showing it 
erects two posts outside of the house 
(they do not constitute regular totem 
poles or p'tsd'n). 
e. td'qamh ,y °p “platform of stone.” 
3. fcUwillu m ya'x v clan. 
a. hyom^ibo’^ “great number of wolves mov- 
ing about,” literally perhaps “wolves 
moving into the house through the smoke- 
hole.” When this crest is shown in a 
potlatch, the members of the host’s 
family come out wearing wolf skins. 
b. ’ a'xqco’ddm ha(se' ,e gwa >a “foolish grease- 
dish.” This refers to a ceremonial dish 
which, at a potlatch, would be shown to 
the invited chief to eat out of. 
1 See F. Boas, The Social Organization and the Secret Societies of the Kwakiutl Indians, 
Report of the U. S. National Museum for 1895, p. 327. 
