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Dragging Along Shore wore his killer-whale garment covered with 

 many horns, and the guests were also covered with seaweeds. 



Therefore Dragging Along Shore proclaimed that his family name 

 would be G'it-na-gun-a'ks, and this name was to continue, from him 

 from generation to generation. 



Holdamia also gave a great feast to all the chiefs around, and he 

 showed them what he. had received from Chief Na-gun-a'ks. He held 

 in his hand a copper paddle, and wore, his sea-apple hat with a living 

 person in the center. The abalone box was filled with thick fog. He 

 also announced Na-gun-a'ks as one of the Eagle Clan. 



Now Dragging Along Shore prospered, for he was suceessfid wher- 

 ever he went hunting, and he could get many animals. His fame 

 spread all over the world, and he was known to all the people round 

 about his village, and he gave a great many feasts to the chiefs. He 

 gave a feast almost every year, for he was a very successful hunter 

 because he had the blessing of Chief Na-gun-a'ks. 



Once upon a time, he went out again, as usual, to hunt, and three 

 other men were with him in his canoe. They did not know his 

 taboos, although Chief Dragging Along Shore told them that they 

 must not touch any fish. He obtained all the animals he wanted. 

 He found almost all the animals already dead, and on the way home 

 dead animals or fish would float on the water in front of the canoe. 

 They took them into the canoe. When evening came, they went 

 ashore to seek a place in which to camp. They made their camp 

 there, and took the animals and fish out of the canoe. 



When the young men who were with the chief carried up the goods 

 from the canoe, they saw a large bullhead aground. They ran there 

 together, and one of the young men took the bullhead and clubbed it; 

 but the other said, "Leave the bullhead alone, we have plenty of 

 good fish ! " But the young man who took it first said, ' 'No, I want to 

 have it, for our chief said that we should take everything that we meet 

 on the way." The two others, however, compelled him to leave it. 

 They took it from him, and laughed at the bullhead. They cut open 

 both sides of its mouth to enlarge, it. The other man, however, was 

 sorry, and went to tell his master what the two other men were 

 doing. Then the chief was angry, and said, "Oh, you two! You 

 have brought us into danger! " He told the young man to go up the 

 hill and look down to the sea before they rounded the next point. 



Then they took their canoe down, put aboard a few things, and 

 paddled away from their camp to round the point; and the young 

 man was sitting on top of a hill, looking down. His eyes were follow- 

 ing the canoe. As soon as they went around the point, the young 

 man who was sitting on top of the hill saw how a great whirlpool 

 opened and how it swallowed the canoe. 



