The principal towns known to have been occupied by large bodies of people in
comparatively recent times, although not always contemporaneously, are the
following, the Kaigani towns being marked with an asterisk:
Chaahl (on Moresby island)
Cumshewa
Dadens
Gahlinskun
Haena
Hlielung
Howkan*
Kaisun
Kasaan*
Kayung
Kiusta
Klinkwan*
Kung
Kweundlas*
Masset
Naikun
Ninstints
Skedans
Skidegate
Sukkwan*
Tigun
Yaku
Yan
Of these only Howkan, Kasaan, Kayung,
Klinkwan, Masset, and Skidegate are now inhabited.
In addition there was formerly an immense number of small towns hardly
distinguishable from camps, places that had been occupied as towns at some
former time, and mythic or semimythic towns. The following is a partial list of
these:
