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lUTRKAF OK AMKUTCAISr EPHNOLCKiY 



Tlie names of tlic iK-nn'S of this story, toiictlier with the Icjcalities in vvliicli the 

 actions are said to liave occurred, niariv if, plainlj' as Tlingit. At the same time it 

 is well known and very popular amony the Haida. I have a Masset version of the 

 story as yet unpublished. I^Ajiuadji^na is a Tlingit name (LA^ki-tcine'); Lg.ana'- 

 'ogana is from tlie name of one of the brothers, ?jg.ana"o, and means "Lg.afia"o's 

 people" or "Lg.afiiVo and iiis brothers." One episode, telling how a gigantic 

 mouse was killed, has been omitted. 



' Cry raised when the first canoe came in from fishing; also on other occasions; 

 see the story of Supernatural-being-who-went-naked, note 2. 



'' In the Masset story these are said to have been red cod spines. 



•' My informant could not remember the names of the remainiiig children. 



•* Forrester island, which lies about 20 miles out to sea from Dall island, and is sai<l 

 to be covered with birds' eggs during the breeding season. 



^ Compare story of Sacred-one-standing-and-moving. 



''Said sometimes when a fish is hooked, in order to strengtlien the line. 



^The word used means that they were bathing in winter. Had it l)een summer a 

 different expression would have been employed. 



"According to otliers they said to him at this time, Wa'nAfi, (jea'ga-i, "A little 

 farther off, brother-in-law," a sarcastic reference to his relations toward their sister. 



''Said sarcastically. 



'"See the story of Raven traveling, note 21. 



" This was The-one-in-the-sea. 



'■^According to another account he said these words to Lg.Anri"o, wlio replied: 

 "Awi't kitgu'tlAlda Ia" (Hasten to tip it over). 



'•^A species of bird which I have not identified. 



" Said sarcastically. 



'■'' Compare the story of the Canoe people who wear headdresses. 



'''These dead falls may have been constructed something like the dead falls used 

 for marten (K!u^x.u sqa'l)aga-i), which were described to me as follows: 





A stake («) was driven into the ground, and a small stick (/<) carrying the bait 

 (c) at one end was fastened to this about midway up. Another stake ((/) was then 

 driven into the ground some distance in front of these and to one side. Over the 

 top of this another stick was laid exten<ling toward the bait. At that end it was 

 held to the stick h by a iioose lying in a notch just back of the l)ait. The bait was 

 also fastened to this noose. The other end of the stick e supported one end of the 

 stick/, which constituted tlie dead fall proper. This was weighted along the end v 



