8 THE BELLA COOLA INDIANS

the north bank of the Bella Coola,® near the iower slope of the
mountain, and about three miles from the sea. It is probable
that there was a town at this spot very long ago, according
to the statement of one old man, and the numerous reposi-
tories (II, p.8) in the vicinity support this view.

*(11) Sunx?, “Sunny,” or “Fallen Sun’: on the south side
of the Bella Coola opposite the preceding. It was deserted
about 1907. This was a fairly large town, though never as big
as Domgo-ts. The name is derived from Sun, six, and there
are two explanations given for it. One informant states that
the name came from the many revelations of the Sun to the
first people there; another that the first chief, said to have
been named Sta/timx, erected a large totem-pole, decorated
with the figure of a sun. This blew down, in consequence of
which the people called their town Sinx?, “Fallen Sun.”

*(12) Sgomel#: on the south side of the Bella Coola about
three miles from the sea, and a short distance below the end
of the present bridge. The meaning of the name is unknown.

*(13) Tcimoti, ““Where the River Is Sufficiently Deep to
Cover the Stones, but Shallow Enough for Rapids”: the upper
continuation of the last-named. It was deserted during the
smallpox epidemic. The name of the chief who came there
at the beginning of time was given as Tswakilak.

(14) Sno’oniqwilx, “On the Point’: on a curving prom-
ontory on the south bank of the river about four miles from
the sea. It was long ago swept away when the river changed
its course.

(15) Nuwexmdadq, “The Place of Foul Water”: on the north
bank of the Bella Coola a little above the preceding, at a place
where there were a number of stagnant pools between the
river and the mountains. No one knows how long ago this
town was abandoned, but as the names of people living there
figure in stories which are said to be of no great antiquity, it

SThe river frequently changes its course, so that village sites now at a con-
siderable distance from it may once have been on its banks.

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