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CAHVERS 
The Leading-in pole is said to have been carved by Wawsemlarhae,^ 
of the same phratry, at Kispayaks. As the choice of a carver within the 
same phratry was a serious transgression of the rule, there must have been 
another man, of a different phratry, appointed in charge of the work as 
nominal carver; which was the accredited method of turning the difficulty. 
The Big-snake memorial is the work of Tu’urh who was a member of 
Hleemlarhae’s household, of the Wolf phratry at Kispayaks. 
The Blackfish and Grizzly-bear emblems are ascribed by an informant 
to Tsinhlaek (James Green), of the Wolf phratry at Kispayaks. According 
to another (John Brown), the Bear was carved by Kukranalk, of the 
Larhsail phratry at Kispayaks;^ and the Blackfish, by Tu’urh, the maker 
of the Big-snake.^ 
(28) Pole of Hrkyadet, at Kispayaks 
Hrkyadet was a semi-independent member of the houvse of Qsel, as we 
have seen (page 98). Like him he traced back his origin to the house- 
hold of Weegyet, of Anlarasemdserh, up Skeena river, and shared with 
some members of the Wolf phratry some privileges which are usually con- 
sidered of the nature of family ties. 
Hrkyadet owns a totem pole at Kispayaks. 
DESCRIPTION 
This pole (Plate XIX, figure 5) is called On-it-sits-the-Cormorant 
(Haneedoehl-ha’ots ). It consists of the following figures: the Cormorant 
(Ha’ots or Hleeu'en — the Brant) twice repeated, at the top, and immediately 
above the Grizzly at the bottom; what is identified by an informant as the 
Mawdzeks, a conventional form of the Eagle, with human face and beak-like 
nose, or possibly the Glass-beak (Dzarauh-hlaw );* and the Grizzly-bear 
{Legyens). 
ORIGIN 
The obscurity in which remain the origin and the significance of these 
crests, as also of those of Qsel, is partly due to their arbitrary adoption 
at what seems to be a fairly recent date and the disappearance of most of 
the members of these families. 
The Cormorant, as well as some of Qael's emblems, described above, 
are distinctly the property of various members of the Wolf phratry. Under 
a slightly different name and associated with the Bear, it belongs to Hrsarh- 
gyaw, of the Wolf in the same village; and is also claimed by PeeJ, of the 
same phratry, at Gitlarhdamks, on the Nass. Elsewhere, among the 
Tsimsyan, it appears under the form of a ceremonial hat ( Ralk~ha’ ots ) , and 
‘Some doubt may I)e entertained as to this point. 
Un Tselramuk’s family. 
*rrom the character of the carvings we ourselves believe them to be the work of James Green. 
Uohn Brown, Kweeyaihl, was under the impression, evidently wrong, that all the four birds on this pole stood 
for the Cormorant. 
