Note 11 — Front matter
Reading edition
The word Kwátaka admits of the following derivation: Kwáhu, eagle; táka, man, = Eagle-man; or, more probably, kwáhu, eagle; tokpela, the cross, symbol of the sky. This cross or four-pointed star appears on many ancient pictures of Kwátaka. (See Smithsonian Report, 1896, pl. xlviii.)