swANToN] HAIDA TP:XTS AND MYTHS 209 



^* Brt'iikin<r the exoganiic law, for they were both Eagles. 



^•'' Tlu' word UHed here for Raven is Wl^jjit. Ever}' fall Wi^git was said to come over 

 to the Queen Charlotte islands from his home in the Tsimshian countr}'. 



^"This youth was apparently appointed to apprehend Upward after he should 

 escape in the form of a cinder. 



"L.v^ndal and lakli^l were "common words" not employed by the upper classes 

 nidess in addressing those beneath them. Compare note 24. 



*'* Klo'djix.u, the word used here, is said to be the same as tc!a'tc!a, ideiititied by 

 one of my informants with the Rusty Song S])arrow, though this identification is 

 somewhat doubtful. 



^^ ulas is the east coast of Graham island. 



■"'" Woman-under-the-fire repeated to the supernatural beings everything that was 

 .<ai(l near it. But, if charcoal were instantly rubbed upon the lips of a person who 

 had saul anything they did not want the supernatural beings to hear, Woman-under- 

 the-fire knew that it was not intended. 



^'Tcli^da is an island on the west coast in front of Kaisuii. 



^- NastiV is the Haida name for Hippa island. 



''^That is the personal form of the spit did so. 



•''*The same who appears in the Raven story. 



■'■'I'l.lgas, the word used here for "chief," is a common name for supernatural 

 beings. It was also one of the names of Cape Ball. 

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