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house] Gutkwa'-ida/" Gitko'iia married a woman of Those-born-at- 

 Qlfi'dAsg'.o-creek/"-' 



One da}^ he went out to hunt seal on Gwai'ya.^" When he went 

 with his spear for some liair seal that lay on the rocks, outside of 

 the hair seal lay a small killer whale with two dorsal hns and white 

 stripes. It looked pretty. And he speared it. 



And, when the killer whale wriggled away from the spear, it went 

 along the surface of the sea blowing. It went under at Corner-of- 

 mouth."^ They fled at once. When they came abreast of GwI'g.AP" 

 all the broad water was crowded with killer whales. They were 

 jumping over the canoes. He looked southward. The surface of the 

 sea was covered. He looked northward. It was the same. The 

 mats^^ rolled toward him and stopped near l)y. The stringers'^' also 

 stood up on end and fell close to them. Tc!a'g.Ansq!a'gida-i''^' also fell 

 near by. 



After they had lied for some time thc}^ landed at GwI'g.Al. They 

 then turned over the canoe among the driftwood. At that time the 

 killer whales were jumping about upon their tails on the dry land. 

 By and by they (his comrades) said to Gitko'na: " Come, let us tr}^ to 

 do something." Big killer whales laj" in the canoe cove. At that 

 time thev took out tobacco for them. AVhen they laid it down with 

 calcined shells behind it the g.o'tgadugAuiIg.al ^* took it into its mouth. 

 The big creature at once moved seaward. Immediately, all vanished 

 into the ocean. 



When the}^ got home the shamans did not say anything good a])out 

 him. They said he had better not go anywhere on the ocean for four 

 years. He had struck the son of Corner-of -mouth. The shamans 

 told his father and himself that the supernatural beings were talking 

 about him — whether they Avould let him fall from a steep place, or let 

 him fell a tree upon himself, or let him capsize. The shamans said 

 that they would give him up at the end of four years. During all 

 that time he did not go out to sea for anything. During all that time 

 he did not go after anything at all. 



SkilanLi'nda spoke to him as follows: " I see something strange 

 near you, and I will break something you love."^'' One day they 

 made a box for him. He kicked it. The box then burst. Gitko'na 

 at once la}'^ down in bed [for sorrow]. 



While he still lay there a white animal ~'^ swam into Skedans harbor. 

 He at once told his father not to allow anyone to go to it. So his 

 father directed. Then he set out after it with three canoe compan- 

 ions. They pursued it. After he had shot at it in the inside of the 

 harbor for a while it led him out. At the same time a fog enveloped 

 him. They then beat drums for him and they threw skids one against 

 another. After two foggy nights had passed it cleared in the morn- 

 ing. Then some went toward I^akc inlet." Some also went to Kock- 



