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Then, l)v washing- away the front of Tow hill,'" the waves washed 

 dentaliuni shells to the surface. The Inlet | people] dug them. They 

 paddled north '' with them to sell them for slaves. They boug-ht 

 slaves. 



Aftei' that, when they (juarreled with one of Those-born-at-House- 

 point, he would say in answer: ''Well! Inlet people ceased moving 

 their own l)ucket handles because my uncles drowned themselves.'' 

 The Inlet people had plenty of slaves. 



And a man of Those-born-at-House-point made figures of the super- 

 natural l)eings on his house. The ends of the roof poles had images 

 of human t)eings on them face up. This house was washed awa}' tive 

 times. Then he named himself Chief-who-renews-his-property. 



[The following short story, obtained by Professor Bocas from Charlie Edenshaw, chief of thT StA'stas 

 at Masset, is added for purposes of comparison and as containing supplementary material.] 



After the deluge, Naeku'n was the tirst place to emerge from the 

 waters. People were holding a council to determine which way to go. 

 While they were still deliberating a two-faced man came and asked 

 them why they could not make up their minds, and told them which 

 way to go. 



At that time the Raven traveled all over the earth, and one day he 

 found a cockle which was being thrown about bv the waves. He 

 heard a noise inside the shell. He went near to see what it was. 

 He hid near by and discovered many children in the cockleshell. He 

 opened it and found many people. Then he made towns. One of 

 these he called Yaku lanas, another one Kuna lanas, and he gave all 

 the families of the Haida their names. On the beach he made a town, 

 Tas lanas; and in the woods he made one which he called SLeng lanas 

 C rear part of the house ").^^ 



My informant, who is now chief of Those-born-at-House-point, began by saying 

 that when the flood raised by Raven's uncle subsided a woman was sitting upon 

 House-point (i. e., Nekoon or Rose spit). This woman had four teats, each of 

 which was owned by one of the Raven families of House-point, the Eggs of Ski^tg.ao 

 Rear-town people, Point-town people, Those-boru-at-House-point. After her people 

 had begun to increase they pulled grass over themselves, began to twirl one stick upon 

 another to light fires and, since they had no canoes, floated their fishing lines off 

 from the great spit. The story-teller jsrobably intended these particulars to be 

 included as part of his relation. I also have a Masset version of that part of the 

 story which deals with the war at House-point. 



^ A level spot back of the town. 



"^ A hill south of Rose spit. 



^ The present Haida name. 



* Aythya americana, Eyt. Po identified by the story-teller himself in the iimseum 

 at Victoria. Haida, qadji'n-g.Al-g.a^ksLa-i. 



^Inserted ])et\veen the layers of cedar bark to l)e used for roofing. 



•^Of the kind called skia^msm; seethe story of A-slender-one-who-was-given-away, 

 note 1. 



