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H.vle'la's and Bl^ni's songs are all .said to have been revealed at a place up theSkeena 

 river at the same time and to have spread from there. 



'^ Evidently BAle'la is landing like a white man. 



'" Haida name for the white people. 



"Supposed to resemble the songs or cries of white people. When they sang the 

 shaman made a motion as if waving his hat, and all followed suit. This has very 

 much the appearance of an imitation of a hearty Yankee or British cheer. The 

 llaida themselves assert that it happened before any whites were seen. 



"* A little lodge or tent of canoe sails. 



'" He is now dressed like a white man. 



■-'"Tlie story-teller said, "like a bicycle.' 



-' Tills sentence is ob-scure, referring to an adventure of which I have no clew. 



-"^ One of the shamans spoken of in the last story. 



-^ Wu^ltc!ixaiya, the moon's son, thus seems to have been identified with the 

 Christian deity. 



