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means, “new taboo, recently forbidden” 
(cf. Tsimshian ha'wa'lk “taboo”), and 
seems to be a periphrasis for another 
term which, for reasons of taboo, was 
not mentioned. 
b. fecbu' fU “wolf.” This crest was stated to 
be less important here then the ccha'wa'lk u , 
though it gives the phratry its name. 
(3.) Clans and Crests of the %tt%i%E’'ncx. 
There are only two phratries represented in this tribe. 
These are, in the order of their rank: 
I. laxktbu' ,u “on wolf,” which consists of only one clan: 
1 . 
II. qana'da , which also is said not to be subdivided but to 
consist of one clan: 
1. qana'da. 
The Eagle and fetspcr u dwt'dd phratries would seem to be 
lacking. The crests of these clans are: 
I. Wolf phratry. 
1. kct%i%e’'n(x family. 
a. Igo’wrPkcdgum cmd'$ “prince black-bear,” 
the main crest. 
b. yia’px, a mythical water animal resemb- 
ling an inflated balloon {yoypx “to inhale”). 
When this crest is to be shown, a house 
is built with a door in the form of the 
opening and closing beak of the mythical 
animal. 
c. noxc %d-lho'dumql “mother of Not-quite- 
completed.” This refers to a ceremonial 
feasting spoon, named after naxc 
ftadho'dumql, a large mythological woman. 
