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The emblem of Half-way-out is used in common by Wutarhayaets, of 
Gitwinlkul, and several other members of the wild-rice and Tongue-licked 
clan.i 
The Small-children (Gyawtkeeks) were not really so much a crest as 
a spirit-device (narhnawh) or a dramatic representation in the winter 
ceremonials. Children of this household would lie unclad on the floor, 
in the centre of the house, which was supposed to be the river. They 
represented the salmon running upstream. 
Nose-like-cohoe and Corpse-split-in-two also belong to Meluleq, of 
Kisgagas, a clan relative of Gitemraldo. No known myth accounts for 
its origin and significance. But it seems that this crest is in some way 
connected with that of some of the Wolf families of the headwaters, that 
of Tree-dweller or Dragon-fly and Large-belly, the origin of which is the 
subject of long narratives.^ 
(14) Poles of Wawralaw and Tu’pesu, at Gitsegyukla 
OWNERS 
Wawralaw and Tu'pesu are members of the Wild-rice clan (Git*anrasrh ) 
of the Larhsail phratry, the original home of which was situated above 
the present Qaldo, near the headwaters of the Skeena, in the Groundhog 
country. They separated from the family of Sanaws,® while they lived 
together at Kisgagas, a village of the upper Skeena at the fork of the Skeena 
and Babine or Kisgagas rivers. The head-chief of their family at that 
time was Tewiltsin (the Brave). Wawralaw and Tu’pesu do not seem 
genetically related to each other; the family of the first is a subdivision 
of that of Sanaws; and the family of the second issued from that of Hlawh- 
latu, related to Sanaws. They claim as their close relatives the other 
members of the Wild- rice clan, particularly: Sanaws, and Neeky®ten, of 
Gitenmaks (Hazelton); Meluleq and 'Weemenawzek,of Kisgagas; Yarhyaq, 
of Gitwinlkul, and others. 
They own two totem poles, which stand about the centre of Gitseg- 
yukla village, next to the Fireweed poles."* 
DESCRIPTION 
The pole of Wawralaw (Plate XI, figure 6) stands between those of 
Mawlarhen and of Tu’pesu — that is, to the northeast of that of Tu’pesu. 
Its figures are: The Eagle, under the name of Maw’ or Mawdzeks, at the 
top; about half of the length of the log, under it, is left uncarved; the 
Hanging-frog (Spcerem-ranaa^o); the Eagle, Mawdzeks, a second time; 
three small Hanging-frogs ( Speer e7n-ranaa’o, or Cesoosem-ranaa’o); and a 
third Eagle (Maw’), 
‘Cf. The poles of Hlengwak, of WutarkayoEts, etc. 
*Cf. The pole of Ksemqaqkl, of Kispayaks, p. 127. In this nsirrative a human being waa captured by a monster 
with a long beak, who cut his body open as people do with the salmon, and placed it on a pole to dry. 
•Now a member of the Gitenmaks tribe, at Hazelton. 
•According to Nees-taw', old Mrs Anna Campbell, who remembers from actual experience, these two families 
owned lour more poles, which were destroyed by the lire of 1872, in the old village. Had these not been destroyed . 
Uarasu, Wawralaw, and Tu’j^u would have each two pol^. One of those poles burnt down in 1872 was named 
Frog-pole (Ptsanem-ranaa'oy, its figures were: the Frog, sitting at the base of the pole; three representations of the 
Eaipo (Mawdseksf, and another Frog. It had been carv^ by Wawsemlarhs, of the Fireweed phratry, of Kispayaks. 
