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Lutkudzeeus and his family own two totem poles, both of which fell 
down several years ago, but are still (in 1927) to be seen lying by the road- 
side, at Hazelton; the one, the newer of the two, on the reserve, northeast 
of the village; the other, near the bend of the road, west of the village.^ 
DESCRIPTION 
The figures on the older pole (Plate IX, figure 2) are : the Eagle, under 
the name of Mawdzeks or Maw’^; ^Vhole-person (Marhgyet)^; the Eagle 
(Mawdzeks); and Whole-person (Marhgyet); these two lower figures being 
of about the same size as the first two above. 
The figures on the newer pole (Plate IX, figure 3) were not explicitly 
identified, as the pole now lies on the ground in two sections side by side 
and among thick weeds. From a recently recovered photograph of the 
complete pole, they seem to consist of the crests already familiar within the 
clan, with the only exception of the Woodpecker: the Woodpecker, under 
the name of HaHu (or Seme:y«k),at the top"*; Whole-person (Marhgyet); 
Frog-between -two-sticks ( Ksemes^meedzem-ranad’ o ) or the Flying-frog 
(Geepceigem-ranaa’o or Warh^as) with arms and wings folded down in front 
of the body; the Eagle (Mawdzeks); and, near the bottom, a section of the 
round log uncarved, 3 or 4 feet long, with an Eagle (Mawdzeks) face at 
each end, the one above, the right side up, and the other, at the base of the 
pole, upsidedown. 
ORIGIN 
These crests and their origins have previously been discussed,® with the 
exception of the Woodpecker (HaHu or Semgywk). The Woodpecker®, 
described as a small, red-headed bird,^ was represented in a mask with a 
very long beak. This mask was used as part of the dramatization of the 
spirit-name (narhnawk) of Ha’tu, which belongs to this family; it was, 
like other names of this kind, dramatized when assumed by a new owner. 
There is no myth to explain its origin, as it was not in the first place a real 
crest. 
FUNCTION AND CARVERS 
These poles were carved in commemoration of two of the family 
heads, Tseen and Lutkudzeeus. The newer of the two was erected some 
time after the establishment of the Indian reserve, which took place after 
1890. The earlier pole, fallen and in a state of decay, seems to be about 
25 years older. Both are apparently from the hands of artists from the 
neighbourhood — possibly of Gitsegyukla — the older being the better of 
>The older pole fell down some time after 1912; when Miss Emily Carr painted it, about that time, it leaned 
sharply to the left; the newer pole was thrown down and broken when the road-builders widened the government 
road, before 1920. 
*Here the name was first translated as Chicken-hawk, but, immediately after, the words were added, “same 
as Eagle, but so-called . , 
*Its name was interpreted here as Four-persons, from their being formerly the four corner house posts. 
*Or possibly the Mawdzeks. It is presumably the Woodpecker, as Tom Campbell, the chief of this house, 
indicated that it was represented on the pole; and this is the only figure that fits bis description. 
*See the Poles of Hlengwah (p. 48), of Wiatis (p. 35), and of Halua (p. .56). 
•According to Lutkudzeeus, or Tom Campbell. 
Uts habit is, the informant added, to make a hole in a tree and place its nest inside. 
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