148 BMKEAU OF AMKUK^AN ETHNOLOGY [Kri,L.2y 



'"" This was a siiiull ))ir(l wiiicli 1 have not idciitilied. Tho word in ^aid to mean 

 "Swift-rainbow-trout," and it was thoufj;ht to be the fastest of l)irds, just as the 

 marten was supposed to be the fastest animal. 



^- QadadjiVn, the owner of the eulachon, is a mountain on the south side of Nass 

 inlet at its mouth. 



■■^•^A basket with an open weave, in whieli fiish could drain. 



^* A tall, stiff grass growing near the shore of the sea. Not to be confounded with 

 a variety of kelp with large floats which has the same name. 



^^The object to be projected was placed on one end of a flexible stick, wliii'h was 

 then drawn back aTid released. 



^"This word can not be fittingly translated. It is used in speaking to one's very 

 closest relations. 



^'' That is, the food received from the family of the bridegroom when she married. 



^^Sg.d^Ig.o-qo^na was one of the many names of Cape Ball, a prominent bluff on 

 the coast between Skidegate and Rose spit, Graham island. He was called the con- 

 troller of the tides. 



^^ "The-one-who-is-going-to-order-things." 



^^ Said sarcastically. A man's nej^hews, who were also to be his successors, lived on 

 terms of perfect freedom with his wife. 



^^ The men of his adopted father's clan at House-point. 



^'■^ The west coast of Moresby island or part of it. 



^^Qi'ngi is said to mean "Looking-downward," because this mountain, which is in 

 the Ninstints country back of Lyell island, hangs precipitously over the sea. 



^*An exclamation indicating very great wrath and used only by great chiefs. 



^^ One race came from each corner of the house. 



^* "Sitting-around-snuffing-like-a-dog," the woman who lives at the head of Telel 

 creek and owns all the fish that go up it. 



^' " Croaking- raven," the woman at the head of the creek which flows into Skedans 

 bay. 



^* From another man I learned that her name was Sg.a'na djat Lg.Ti^gAu at 

 na^nsg.as, " Supernatural- woman-who-plays-up-and-down-with-her-own-property," 

 referring to the fish, but in the story on pages 71-85 it is given as Suiiernatural-woman- 

 in-whom-is-thunder. 



^■'Meaning by "upon" upon the mountain called Qi^ngi. This is jirobably given 

 as the reason why there are so few mainland animals on the Queen Charlotte 

 islands. 



^^ "A hair-seal canoe" (xot-Lii) is continually referred to as a canoe used by super- 

 natural beings. 



*^ The "you" is here plural, dalA^n, all on the same side being referred to. 



''' See note 24. 



■•'The word used for rainbow here, qwe'stAl, seems to mean "cloud cliff" or "sky 

 cliff." It is not the common word for rainbow, which is taol. 



■•^That is, the carving on it sang. 



*^ Each of these speeches contains a sarcastic reference to the destruction of Qi'iigi's 

 people. 



*^ Probably Platichthys stellatus, Pallas; Haida skA^ndal. 



■" Or Oregon J unco. 



^^ These were feminine genitalia. 



*^ Supernatural beings were unable to bear the odor of urine, the blood of a nK>n- 

 struant woman, or anything associated with these. 



•'"'' The people of the Raven clan, to which Raven's sister neces.«arily belonged, were 

 thought to have better morals than the Eagle people. 



^' I was unable to get my interpreters to tell me what these words w^ere, but they 

 are contained in stories taken down on this coast in previous years. 



