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down from their necks. They hud two strings of it around their 

 arms. They also had some around their heads. On top of this [small] 

 trees were stuck in. They used to dance with these. | :"Yah6e 

 ahehaiya: | come hither great power."' ^'- They all danced, singing 

 this. 



They came in dancing. Then, when they came in, he looked at 

 them from where he stood in the rear of the house. He looked to 

 see if anyone were sick. If one smiled a little, he said: "Tlie people 

 have untroubled minds."" 



While that was still going on, summer came. When they were 

 going off to the lonely places (i. e., camps) he started to sing another 

 song.^^ This was the song. When he got through singing he stood 

 up, and he said: "People, you are safe. Wherever you go in your 

 canoes, sing this song. You are safe." He came down and helped 

 them. While he (the spirit) was still speaking in him (the man), he 

 died. 



Here is all of this. 



The name Cloud-watcher occurs in one otiier place, in "The story about Him who 

 destroyed his nine nephews." He belonged to the Town-of-DjI^gua people, an 

 important Eagle family at the old town of Kloo. 



' The man appointed to go with him. 



'■' Raven's son; see the story of Raven traveling. 



•^ Said to be Tsimshian words. 



*Haida, T!anu'; but known to the whites as Old Kloo. The "old" is used to 

 distinguish it from a place in Cumshewa inlet, where the Kloo people settled for a 

 while before moving on to Skidegate. 



^See the story of "How Shining-heavens caused himself to be born." 



"At the western end of Louise island. The three towns were Cumshewa, Skedans, 

 and Old Kloo. 



' He was a shaman belonging to the Witch people of Cumshewa. There was much 

 sickness at that time, probably the smallpox, but all who stayed M'ith him were 

 well. "A rival Tlingit shaman once threw a tree on him, but he was uninjured." 



^ See above. 



''Meaning, perhaps, "Rocks." It is an islet north of Hot Spring island. 



^"The word used for "grandchild" applies to descendants generally, and elsewhere 

 this spirit is spoken of as the Moon's son. 



'^ Chief of Skedans. He is talking to the spirit. 



'■^ The words are in Tsimshian. 



'^This song was Tsimshian, but no words accompanied it. 



