swANTON] HAIDA TEXTS AND MYTHS 239 



he went out he blew it in again. He did not think he had received 

 enough. Then he went awa}-. 



Next day they made the number of his moose skins ten, and he again 

 went there. Again the drum and the beating board went in of them- 

 selves. After he had entered as before he stood up. After he had 

 danced around for a while he pulled his feather out for good. The 

 chiefs child slept. 



He had many uncles. They kept their daughters for him. Among 

 these one was short on one side. That was the 3'oungest's daughter. 

 One time, when they were going on a picnic, he started. And he 

 cha!iged himself into a salm()n-))orry ))usli near the trail and waited 

 there. 



When the lame one came along behind he tangled himself up in 

 her hair. While she was trying to untie it, all left her. Instead, he 

 came and stood near her. Then he said to her: "I will marry j^ou. 

 Go with me." Then she went with him. After he had entered the 

 house with her he spit medicine on her. He stretched her leg out. 

 it became well. He married her. 



Then he threw away the house of branches and built a regular house 

 for himself. He made a bedstead which he and his wife alwa\^s used. 

 One night, while he slept, the house raoA^ed with him, and he awoke. 

 He heard some one talking Avith his mother, ^\'hen day broke he 

 opened his ejes. Something wonderful lay there into which he 

 awoke. The carvings inside of the house winked their e3^es. The 

 carvings on the corner posts of the bedstead moved their tongues at 

 each other. In a rear corner of the house something stood making a 

 noise. That was Greatest Hopper," they say. Master Carpenter' 

 had became his father, they sa} \ 



When he arose [the latter] said: "Come! my child, let me fix you 

 up." Then he went to him. He combed his hair. It hung down 

 broad and gloss}^ even beyond his buttocks. He painted his face. He 

 was very handsome. 



After he had lived a while with his father in that house he set out 

 to marry the daughter of Many-ledges. Then his father told him that 

 he destroyed the sons of the supernatural beings. And he let him 

 take his arrows. "They fly around,"* he said to him. One bore the 

 figure of a weasel. The other bore the figure of a mouse. He also 

 gave him some knots. "In his town driftwood never floats ashore," 

 he said to him. 



He had Greatest Hopper take him over. After he had gone along 

 for a while with him the capes before him were burning. Then he spit 

 medicine upon them, and he hopped quickly over with him. When he 

 got close in front of Ma'g.An'-' he felt extremely sweet. There were 

 very many stick-potatoes there. That made him so, they say. After 



