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its jaw resting on its shoulder blade; Ligi-ralwil, a member of this clan, 
taken away by the Wolf, whose tail he holds in his hands; the Prince-of- 
Bears ( Hlkuwoclksegem-smaih ) split open; his stomach and entrails, fallen 
out of his body, are bitten by the Wolf;^ the Hole-through (Wurnaqaq ), 
with twelve small human-like beings standing around it. 
ORIGIN 
The Grizzly-bear, as we have seen, is the most distinctive crest 
of all the Wolf clans. Here it is adapted to the use of this family and 
appears in a special form, that of the Split-bear whose entrails have fallen 
out of his body. The aetiological explanation of how this first happened 
was not remembered. 
The Hole-through-the-sky is also a familiar emblem, but its owner- 
ship in this special form is circumscribed to a few families, in particular to 
two Wolf clans, those of Hleem-larhse, of Kispayaks, and of Haidzemerhs. 
The small supernatural beings, with their characteristic contortions — 
the postures of their hands, which vary, are interesting — ^undoubtedly 
go back to the same concept as those that appear on the coat-of-arms of 
Weerhse, of the same phratry and village, and of Weegyet, of the Fireweed 
phratry at Gitsegyukla (See pages 106, 115). 
More emphasis is laid upon the Wolf crest, which is termed Wolf-pack- 
migrating. Two myths account for its legitimate possession here.^ 
In the first, it is related that the ancestors of this clan, when they still 
lived together at Wild-rice village, went to their hunting grounds, leaving 
behind them a young woman of the name of Tsenarh’ode. She gave birth 
to a child, in her seclusion. When the child was able to play alone outside 
her hut, it was taken away by a wolf pack, and its body was torn to bits. 
The mother lamented, “I am a Wolf myself,” that is, a Larh-kibu, of the 
Wolf crest; “you are my brothers; it is to your own niece that you have 
done this!” Her brothers, when they returned from the hunt, followed the 
tracks of the wolves, but could not overtake them. One of them killed a 
grizzly on his way. After returning home they declared, “We will take the 
Wolf-pack-migrating for our crest, because the wolves captured Tsenarh- 
'ode’s child while migrating.” This crest was used as a narhnawk in the 
first place, that is, a personal spirit name. It is still dramatized as a 
narhnawk, although it has grown into a family crest as well. 
WTiile the “grandfathers” of this clan lived at River-of-mists (Ksen- 
dehl-isan ), they inhabited a large communal house named Log-house 
(Wilp~qan), Snow fell in the winter until the house was almost buried 
under it. When the inmates woke up one morning the Wolf sat inside, 
near the door. The household chief spoke to him, questioning him, “What 
does this mean? . . . .” His name, therefore, became Questioning- 
within (Ramhi-geedels). He ordered his people to give him food. But 
the Wolf could not eat. “See whether there is anj-lhing wrong with the 
Wolf,” the chief ordered his nephews. They found a bone stuck in his 
throat, which they removed. The Wolf for the signal service became their 
'The tail of the Wolf was pegged on and turned back. It has since fallen off; but the hole for the peg and th e 
groove on the back of the Wolf, where it was inserted, show its former position. 
»These were obtained from Charles Martin, in 1920, who is a member of the Kisgigos branch of this clan (from 
Weeraih’s household). 
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