boas] APPENDIX I — NOOTKA TALES 925 



in the morning an old man came out of his house, and he saw the 

 swan first. He began to pray to the great bird to give him long life. 

 He was saying his prayer aloud, and some of the people heard him. 

 They came out to see what he was praying to; and then they saw 

 the great white swan sitting close inshore. Each took a paddle and 

 went down to a canoe (tc.'a'pats), and they went out to try to catch 

 the bird. The old man called out loudly to them not to try to catch 

 it, for he knew that the swan was something more than a common 

 swan. He told them that he had dreamed of a swan that had a man 

 inside of it, who was going round the world to try to find a pretty 

 young woman for his wife. 



The people of the village heard him saying this; and in a very short 

 time every man and woman of that village came out, and there 

 Ya'lo £ a' saw a veiy pretty woman. He thought at first that he had 

 better let them catch him; but he said, "No, if I don't see any (pretty 

 women) farther on, I can come to this place again and let them catch 

 me, for I am very comfortable here;" and now many canoes came 

 out to try to catch him, but he flew over them and went on westward. 



Now and then he went across the great sea, and then he thought 

 he had better go northward. It was nearly daylight when he came 

 to a village, and he stopped very close to the beach. This village 

 belonged to the Ets!ogwat. There he saw an old woman come out 

 of a house; and the first thing her eye fell on was the great white 

 swan sitting on the salt water, very close inshore. She also cried 

 out to the people to come out of their houses to look at the bird, 

 and very soon all the people came out. In this place he did not see 

 any pretty young women; so, before the people went down to their 

 canoes, he flew away, and kept his course northward. 



It was late in the night when ho came to a village that belonged to 

 the Dzodedet. Again he saw a man come out with a paddle in his 

 hand, and a spear; and as soon as he came out of his house, he 

 stopped when he saw the great white swan sitting very close to where 

 He was standing. Then he called to the people to come out and 

 look at the great white swan sitting on the salt water, and soon all 

 the men and women came out of their houses. Ya/loV did not see 

 any woman pretty enough for him; but all the men had three streaks 

 down their chins and one on each side of their faces, just under their 

 eyes. After they had all come out, he did not see any pretty girl 

 there, and he flew away again. 



Now he came to a strange country; and he kept on flying until 

 just before daylight, when he came to a village that belonged to the 

 Sardines (?)(Amenal). Now, it seemed to him that these people never 

 went to sleep, for ho heard them playing a long while before he came 

 to their village. They are very small, the tallest being only two 

 spans and a half high, and there were many of them; but he did not 

 see any women pretty enough for him. 



