swANToN] HAIDA TEXTS AND MYTHH 115 



While ho was walking;- alonji' near the edj^c of the water [he saw] 

 a part of soiik^ creature lookiiio- like a woman sticking out of the 

 water at the mouth of LaloI'mi." He was fascinated by her, made 

 a canoe, and went to her. When he got near she went under the 

 water in front of him. After he had made a canoe of something 

 diti'erent he went to her again. When he got near to her she sank 

 into tlie water. He made one of something still different. Again she 

 sank into the water l)efore him. 



Now, after he had searched about for a while, he opened a wild pea 

 (xo'ya Lu'g.a, "Raven's canoe") with a stick and went out to her in 

 it. When he came near to get her that time she did not go under 

 the water. He came alongside of her and took her in. She wore a 

 dancing skirt and dancing leggings. He then got the canoe ashore, 

 untied her dancing leggings and dancing skii't, and wiped her all over. 

 He ran to the woods, got a tca'Jg.a,** and drew it over her for a 

 blanket. 



He then launched the canoe and put her in it, and they started 

 landward.''' He set her ashore on the west arm of Cumshewa inlet 

 (G.a'oqons) and also took out the house for her, but kept the fish trap 

 in his armpit. He did so because he was going to teach [some one] 

 about it. 



He then went back again. After he had passed along (Seaward land 

 (the mainland) in his canoe for -some time, behold, a person came along 

 bj' canoe. The hair on the top of his head was gathered in a pointed 

 tuft. And he (Raven) held his canoe off at arm's length for a while. 

 The canoe was full of hair seal. Then he (questioned him: "Tell me, 

 where did 3'ou gather the things you have ? " " Wh}^, there are plenty 

 of them" [he replied], and he picked up his hunting spear. After 

 he had looked between the canoes he speared something. He pulled 

 out a hair seal. " Look in" [he said], and he (Raven) looked in. He 

 could see nothing. "I sa}-, 1 am this way (i. e., have bad eyesight) 

 because a clam spit upon me. Since then I have been unable to see 

 anything.'' He then stretched his head over. He stretched it to 

 him. And, having pulled a blood clot out of his eye with his finger 

 nails, he put it back again. He used bad words to him, therefore he 

 did not take it out for good. Now, he (Raven) treated him well. He 

 made many advances to him, but he could not get [what he wanted] 

 and started off. 



After he had gone along for some time, lo. Eagle '* was coming; 

 and he said to him: " Comrade, I have been drinking sea water. You, 

 too, had l)etter drink sea water." And he drank some in his sight. 

 At once he defecated as he went along. Then Eagle, too, drank 

 some. He also defecated as he went, and he said: " Cousin, come, let 

 us build a tire." " Wait, I am looking for the place." Then Eagle 

 pulled a water-tight basket out from under his armpit and drank from 



