MEANING OF THE
TOTEM POLE
The following paragraphs are ex
cerpts from “The Origin and Meaning
of the Totem Foies in Southeastern
Alaska," by K. JO. Frobese, formerly
curator of the Sheldon .Jackson Muse
um. These statements apply to l In'
Hytlah tribe, the inventors of the to
tems.
"There are three different kinds of
totem poles. One kind is usually
erected in front of houses showing
different animal figures representing
the totems of a family and their rela
tives and is called the family totem."
Another totem pole Is called the death
totem, a post in which the ashes of
the dead are gathered. The third and
last class of totem poles was erected
by the Uydahs to illustrate any re
markable event that had taken place.”
Exactly like the old Homans, the
Uydahs were dived into three classes.
The rich, the middle class and slaves.
The last were never allowed to erect
•poles in front of their houses. When a
Uydah married it yvas done yvitli much
ceremony. Now the totems of a mar
ried couple are of course different, for
example we will say: the woman has
the lotem^of the raven while the men
has that of the eagle. Should the fam
ily decide to ereel a totem pole in frolll
of their home, which yvas always an
expensive luxury, illustrating the
wealth and rank of the family, the
carving on this posl would be as fol
lows: The uppermost figure, the totem
of the wife, a raven, the second that of
the mail, the image of an eagle, after
that any totems belonging to relatives
of the family may lie represented on
this pole, namely: heaver, bear, frog,
wolf, salmon, whale, seal, shark.”
"In a certain place, sometimes, a
small uninhabited island, a death pole
u is erected with the totems of the de
ceascd carved on the same, and in the
hack of l la' post a cavity had been
cut, in which the remains were depo
sited also tiie belongings of the person
when alive, were buried with his ashes
m the pole. The hole or cavity was
neatly covered with an original slab
i a ken front the small pole."
“We now come to the third class of
totem poles. These illustrate events,
legends and other stories. The carv
ings may be a fit resemblance to the
ancient picture writings of the old
Teutons. The Hydah name for the lat
ter columns is Ce-at-lang-lae-lee, and
the correct translation of this into
English, is story maker. A story mas- j
ter is as much a mystery to the pres
ent native generation as to the white
inhabitant. The carvings of old irtt
practically tin same as those made at
present and can easily be recognized
as to what particular mammal, bird
or fish is meant, by the general out
lines the figures represent; but the
combinations of many of the figures,
as they are represented one above an
other on these long poles, what story
they tell, and why such a pole was
erecti I. will forever remain a mystery,
and was probably only known to the
man or family to which it belonged.
Natives on being asked to tell the
story about such a totem pole will
readily do so, but the same story is
never corrobrrated.'- Verstovian.
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OF MOTOR CARS
The following from a wi ll known
technical journal may contain some
useful information for the owners of
local motor cars:
Whenever blue smoke is coming out
of you: exhaust you are using too
much cylinder oil. This will soot up
your piston rings, accumulate a depo
sit of burned oil on your spark plugs
and cauBe endless ignition troubles.
Dont.' use too much oil.
(To over your ear after every run of
one hundred miles with a monkey
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will save you many a breakdown on
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It racks your car and spoils your
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Don't try to use your spark adjust
ment. for all speeds and all conditions
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inders and loses power on a hill.
(lo over crossing and bumps slowly.
I.earn to use your throttle to work
your car along Instead of the brake.
You save gas and brakebands.
Clean your cylinders of excess car
bon by using some good carbon re
mover once in a while. It saves tak
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You may tie using too much oil for
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Don’t try lo start a cold motor with
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Next to oil and elhow grease plenty
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