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After the feast they all left the house. Bo'nakwala looked for a good 

 log of cedar wood. He found one and brought it to the beach in front 

 of JSTEinO'guis's house. When the tide had fallen, he burnt its ends and 

 the middle, thus hollowing it out. It was to be the canoe of O'maxt'a/- 

 laLe. As soon as it was completed, he gave it to O'maxt'a'laLe. The 

 latter went at once to Shell Island and clubbed sea otters. He did not 

 club any hair seals. When he came home, Bo'nakwala and ^o'^atsa 

 skinned the sea otters. Then Bo'nakwala spoke : "O, child! O'maxt'- 

 fi'laLe! I will go now. Do not feel aneasy if I should stay away long." 

 O'maxt'a'laLe replied : "Go on, but take good care of yourself." His 

 uncle Bo'nakwala went and came to Ga'yux. At night he bathed in 

 water and rubbed his body with hemlock branches. On the following 

 morning ho went on and heard the sound of an adze close to where he 

 was. He went up to the sound. Then it stopped, and reappeared a 

 long ways oft". Then Bo'nakwala went again, and bathed in the water 

 and rubbed his body with hemlock branches. He went on and again 

 he heard the sound of an adze near by. He went to see what it was, 

 and again the sound stopped and reappeared a long ways off. He 

 went at once to the water and bathed again and rubbed his body with 

 hemlock branches. He went on and heard again the sound of an adze 

 near by. When he went up to the sound it stopped, and reappeared a 

 long ways off. Again he bathed and rubbed his body ^ith hemlock 

 branches. When he had finished, he went on and suddenly he beheld 

 a pretty hunting canoe lying on the ground. He went up to it and 

 pushed it into the water, into the river of Ga'yux. He went in it down 

 the river. In the canoe were two paddles and a harpoon. He rested 

 at the mouth of the river and then paddled home to Wekawayaas. 

 When he arrived at the beach of NEmo'gwis's house, O'maxt'a'laLe came 

 down to meet him. Then Bo'nakwala spoke: "O, child, I obtained a 

 canoe for you." O'maxt'a'laLe made ready at once to go to Shell 

 Island and asked the slave T:o'T:atsa to steer the canoe. They started, 

 and when they arrived at Sliell Island, O'maxt'a'laLe clubbed the sea 

 otters. Then he loaded his canoe, which was full of sea otters. When 

 they were going home, the slave said: "O, master, let me see how you 

 spear a sea otter with your harpoon." Then O'maxt'a'laLe said : '-Steer 

 toward that sea otter and I will spear it." The slave turned the bow 

 of the canoe toward the sea otter and O'niaxt'a'laLe threw and hit it. 

 Then they returned home. When they arrived at the beach, Bo'na- 

 kwala came to meet them. They unloaded the canoe, and Bo'nakwala 

 and T:o'T:atsa skinned the sea otters and stretched the skins. After 

 that they ate. Then O'maxtVi'laLe spoke: "O, father! I will go and 

 see who lives east of us." NEmo'gwis replied: "Child, beware of 

 storms when yon cross the sea. Go, and take qo'iatsa along." Early 

 the next day O'maxt'a'laLe and T:o'^[atsa started. They spread the 

 sea-otter skins over the bottom of their canoe and j^addled straight 

 across to the north end of the island at the mouth of Knight Inlet. 



