Nakazdli keyoh at one time was owned by Kwehs children the (Prince) family. Simeon Le Prince had two wives, he was the son of kweh. During the early period between early 1700 and 1840 Kweh and his sons hunted and trapped in many places surrounding the; Stuart River, Sowchea , Beaver lake area and Carp lake area. From Simeons lineage the following families resided on the keyoh designated to them. Many of his relatives had at one time more than one wife so the keyoh was a mixed families. The Julian family are direct descendants of Kweh their keyoh is at utsighe. Another direct descendant of Kweh is Utsoolh from Sowchea that area in early days was under the Bacome Song family. In the same area close to it was, Julie Belisal mother of the late Sarah Prince. The Leon family The late Bernadette Rossetti whom I had the privilege to interview, shared a lot with me about the Prince family, the records of the genealogy corresponded with her words. The Murdock family in Tsabunghun area ascended from Annie Prince son of Simeon Le. Prince. Same with Lino Prince son of Louis Billy and Louisas he married Jessie Felix daughter of Felix Julian ..., DaiYa descendants were Isadore Mattiss who married Josephine Sam daughter of Julie and Sekanie Sam. Like I said there were intermarriages but all descendants of Kweh. My dad Solomon Prince on the Stuart and Nakazlung koh was under Louis Billy Prince son of Simeon Le and dushih. Some of Ulhkun family hunted on the keyoh such as Sam Prince and their half brothers Joseph cho etc. The Tylees are descendants of Kweh too they were in Carrier lake, I forgot the Indian name. My grandfather met with Julian H. Steward and had him document the keyoh along with their clan history. The process can all come together stemming from the years up to registration of trap lines which changed some of the ownerships of the keyoh holders. But still stemmed from Kweh a powerful lhtsumusyoo leader and proud noble. After he died in 1840 the potlatch changed and was forbidden by the priests. We are all one big family one way or the other. In the past when they potlatched for keyoh they had to go by the matrilineal lineage but Simeon Le had too obey the church laws and ended up passing keyoh to the sons of two wives he had.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:03:44 +0000
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