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'■'The word here used, dafiqa-iye'ts.a, was only eiiipluyed by chiefs. 



'•*The supernatural beings had old shells only. 



'*This exclamation indicates the length of time he luul been absent. 



'^That is, all ten canoes were lashed together by means of two long ])oU's i)laced 

 one from bow to bow, another amidships. 



'"The wife of the younger son was so powerful that he could not injure them. 



"They came out alternately from either half of him. 



'*Gada^-i, the word used here, is one often emp)loyeil in addressing a woman of the 

 upper classes. 



'*The Haida supposed that supernatural beings called human beings "human ser- 

 vants" (xa'-idA gFdjats), "human slaves" (xa^-idA XAkUVng.ats), or "conunon 

 surface birds" (xa^-iLa xeti't giMa-i). When he appears upon the ocean clothed in 

 cumulus clouds people may go out fishing because it will then l)e calm. 



■^" Urine was formerlv used for washing. 



■■" I. e., the cradle. 



" My interpreter added the bracketed section to complete the story. Just such a 

 shoal is marked upon the Admiralty charts, and perhaps it is the one here referred to. 



^^ Anciently the planks which formed the front and rear of a house were laid 

 together upon the ground, fastened with twisted cedar limbs and raised all at once; 

 in later times the planks were run into slots cut in the timl)ers above and below. 



'^* Like the shamans. Tlingit shamans were much respected by the Haida. 



■'■^ Haida, Ldjin; see story of Raven traveling, note 9. 



■^"Said to be an ancient form of salutation. 



'■''Small lines running crosswise of the gunwale. 



^* Probably meaning " Who will marry the daughter of Ga^oax?" 



^' In most of the stories containing this episode all of the beasts and all of the birds 

 are supposed to have offered themselves and to have been refused. 



^"He places a post in the proper situation, and, when he removes it, one never- 

 theless remains there. So with the plank. Thus one post, one plank, one stringer, 

 etc., multiply themselves so as to produce the whole house. 



'" The word in brackets is said to be Tsimshian. 



■'•'^NAfi-giii-gaos, "One without ears," is the name given to a heedless fellow con- 

 tinually appearing in stories. He is more especially one who has no regard for the 

 national beliefs. 



*^The fire is the commonest means of communication with supernatural beings. 



^* Tia, the Killer, is the deity who presides over tleath by violence, and he appears 

 or is heard by those about to be killed. When seen he is headless, and from his 

 severed neck blood continually flows. 



