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Malee, but he and his family migrated to Kispayaks at a later date; they 
are usually called Hagwenuudet— Fugitives. Several crests, which are 
normally the property of Eagle clans, belong to this Wolf clan. This is, 
we take it, an ancient feature, since the Tahltans themselves have only 
two phratries, like many of the neighbouring Tlingit tribes — the Raven 
and the Wolf. And all the crests known to these people fall into the lot 
of these two divisions,^ 
(b) The Gitrhandakhl clan. It is undoubtedly part of the southward 
migratory movements- of the northern Wolves, like the Prairie-clan. But 
its members trace back their origin only to Gitrhandakhl, at the headwaters 
of Kalem river, near the Nass. It consists of three branches on the Skeena: 
two families at Gitsemralem; three, at Kitwanga; and one, at Hagw^elget; 
and at least one on the Nass, that of Nees-yawet, at Gitlarhdamks. Arh- 
teeh, Tcnemgyet, and Hrpeelarhae head this group of Kitw\anga, and Waws, 
their relative, is the head of a family at Hagwelget. 
(c) The Wild-rice clan (GiCanrasrh)} The families that belong to 
this clan originated as subdivisions of the family of Luus, of Qaldo, near 
the headwaters of the Skeena. They are those under the leadership of: 
Amagyet and Ksemqaqhl, of Flispayaks, and presumably Kwawhabaq, of 
Gitenmaks (Flazelton). 
(d) The second Wild-rice clan, that which traces back its origin to 
Gw’ee-ssedzan, of the ancient Git’anrasrh tribe at the headwaters of the 
Skeena. Its members are Hrkwayemtu, formerly of Anlarasemdserh, 
and later of Kisgagas; and Plaidzemerhs, of Gitwinlkul. AnklawTh, of 
Hagw'elget, is also somehow related to this clan, although some of his 
crests link him with the Frog-Raven phratry rather than with the Wolf. 
(e) The FIrain (Kaien) Island"* clan of the seacoast. Its origin un- 
doubtedly goes back to the Tahltans of Larhwiyip, on the plateaux, like 
the other members of the Prairie-clan above. But its explicit traditions 
begin with the sojourn and adventures of the ancestors on Hrain island. 
Weerhse, the head-chief of the Wolves, at Gitwinlkul, and Kyserhu, of 
Gitlarhdamks, on the Nass, are members of this clan. 
Another Wolf family, that of Willits and Thrawawq, of Gitwinlkul, 
cannot be definitely classified. It belongs to the same clan as either Malee 
or Weerhse, and shares in the characteristics of both. This may be due 
to inheritance or to recent convergences due to proximity. 
Eagle Phratry 
Only one clan of this phratry exists among the Gitksan, under the 
leadership of Qawq, at Kitwanga. It may be designated as the Gitanraet* 
clan. It is part of the Na^a clan, which originated at Na’a, among the 
Tlingit, on the Alaskan coast, and migrated south after intratribal feuds 
with the Wolf clans. The Gitanrset sub-clan is a subdivision of the Git- 
*The Eagle phratry existe (Mily in one part of the Tlingit nation. 
>There are also Wild-rice (i.'it'anrasrK) clans in both the Fro^- Raven and Fireweed phratriee. These clans 
originated in the same country, at the headwaters of the Skeena, like the Wild-rico clan of the Wolves. 
*Prince Rupert stands on this island. 
*Gitanr«t on the Skeena is now known under the name of Fiddlers Creek. 
