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means of wavering; lines up and down the shaft; according to an informant, 
it contained “small branches of the Crab-apple-tree carved into the wood.” 
The name of Trhaimsein’s house was “Inside-the-wild-crab-apple” (Tsem- 
mceliks ). 
No record was obtained as to the function and carver of this pole. 
(27) Poles of Oael, at Kispayaks 
Qsel and his group of upper Gitksan relatives belong to a distinct clan 
of their own within the Fireweed phratry, the origin of which is traced 
back to the semi-legendary village of the People-of-the-wild-rice (Gitan- 
rasrh ). This village long ago was situated between the headwaters of the 
Skeena and Bear lake to the south. From there Qsel’s ancestors, under 
the leadership of Weegyet,^ moved down the river to Anlarasemdserh, 
which until recently stood on the southern bank of the Skeena about 4 miles 
below Kisgagas, near the mouth of Babine (or Kisgagas) river. An in- 
formant^ went so far as to say that Weegyet and his family originally were 
Babine Indians, from the east;® but this opinion was explicitly contradicted 
by another authority.'* The similarity of crests and certain relationship 
ties between them and some families of the Wolf phratry keep them in 
a class by themselves among the Gitksan Fireweeds. 
At the time when the Kispayaks tribe came into existence there arose 
a controversy as to who would take the leadership, either Gitludahl, of the 
Fireweed phratry, the founder of the tribe, or one of his independent col- 
leagues Telramuk, Ma’us, or Hrantu, of the Larhsail phratry. It was 
finally agreed to invite an outsider and appoint him head-chief, that is, 
Su’ens, of the Fireweed crest at Anlarascmda;rh, and belonging to the 
family of Weegyet. Long after vSu’ens assumed the leadership at Kis- 
payaks, his own household became extinct, while three of its subdivisions 
still subsisted in the same tribe: the sub-families of Hrkyadet, Lan, and 
Alerh. These relatives divided his privileges and crests among them- 
selves, and preserved them to the present day, even to the identity of his 
household. Qsel now is the head of what formerly was Sidens’ family and 
of the Kispayaks tribe as well. 
Qael owns two totem poles and two other large carvings on a platform 
between them, all of these in a compact group, at Kispayaks. 
DESCRIPTION 
The totem pole to the left (Plate XIX, figure 2), and the only one 
elaborately carved, is called Leading-in (Lu’ayorh),^ a being with a human 
face and what is described as a very large mouth. The crest Leading-in 
is repeated three times on the pole, twice in the lower part, and once at 
the top. The second figure from the top is Grizzly-bear-woman (Hanarem- 
medeek); below it is represented Dzaraurhlaw, a mythological person with 
a long, beak-like nose.® 
lOf the same name as Weegyet of Gitsegyukla, but otherwise different. 
*Paul Dzeetis, himself of Kisgagas. 
*Of Athapascan extraction. 
<John Brown, Kweeyaihl, of Kispayaks, 
‘Or Inside-governing. 
•This crest, under another name, is also used by some clans of the Wolf and the Larhsail phratry. 
