boas] APPENDIX I NOOTKA TALES 927 



Late in the night he came to a double village, or one that looked 

 as if there were two villages; for there was one village on one side 

 of a small bay, and there was another on the other side. Then he 

 sat on the salt water, just in the middle of the bay. Now, one 

 of these villages belonged to the Dog Salmon (Neklawas), and the 

 other belonged to the Humpbacked Fish (Dzabe). As soon as it 

 was daylight, a Dog Salmon man came out of his house; one of 

 the Humpbacked Fish men also came out of his house; and these 

 two men saw the swan at the same time. They began to call to 

 their people to go out in their canoes to try to catch the bird. The 

 Humpbacked Fish went out in their canoes first; then the Dog 

 Salmon people came out after them in their canoes; and that is 

 why the Dog Salmon tribe always come before the Humpbacked 

 Fish to the rivers. Then all the canoes chased him, and all the 

 men and women came out of their houses. All the time they were 

 chasing the swan, he was looking at a very pretty woman standing 

 at the door of a great house. Then he said to himself, "I will let 

 the chief, Fast Swimmer (Htn'k!o"as), catch me." Of course, the 

 chief was allowed by his people to go first, and the bird began to 

 go very slowly. Then the chief caught Mm and brought him to 

 shore. 



The first thing his daughter said was, "Father, now you have 

 caught that pretty white swan, will you give it to me for my 

 pet?" and her father said, "Yes, for I love you. I will give it 

 to you." 



After they had finished talking, they spread on the floor a new 

 mat for the swan to sit on. After it was seated there, everybody 

 went out of the house except the chief, Fast Swimmer; and Ya'lo £ a' 

 said to himself, "Now I will show myself to the chief." Then he 

 put his hands out from the bird's wings, and took hold of its beak 

 and Uf ted it off his head, and said, ' ' Chief Fast Swimmer! I am 

 a man, and I have come to marry your princess." When the chief 

 saw him and heard him speak, he laughed, and said, "That was just 

 what I expected. Now, I will let you marry my princess; and I will 

 call all my people in, and you shall get married to her before them 

 all." But Ya'loV said to the chief, "Could you cure my eye 

 before you call all your people in?" and Chief Fast Swimmer said, 

 "Yes, I will call one of my men, who will set it right." 



He called an old man, and the chief told him what he wanted 

 him to do. The man went out, and it was not long before he came 

 back. He carried a piece of alder (qa'q'mapt) in his hand, and he 

 took four stones and put them into the fire. After that he took 

 the alder wood and cut it into a ball just big enough to fit into Ya'- 

 lo e a"s eye; and after he had finished it, he took a small steaming- 

 box and put a little water into it. Then he took the red-hot stones 



