EXPLANATION OF PLATE Lll. 



Haida Legendary Drawings or Pictographs. 



From illustrations in the West Slnore (August, 1884), nriade by Johnnie Kit-Elswa, a Haida Indian. 



Pig. 281. Represents the legend of the raven and the fisherman as related in Chap- 

 ter VII, page 323. 



Fig. 282. Represents Koong, the moon, and Ecthlinga, the man, and relates to the 

 story of how the man came in the moon. The legend, as related on 

 page 323, seems also to refer to the difference recognized by some be- 

 tween a wet and a dry moon. 



Fig. 283. Represents the raven (Hooyeh) in the belly of the whale (Koone). (See 

 page 323.) 



Fig. 284. Represents Hooyeh, the mischievous raven that possesses the power of 

 changing itself into countless forms, and which has, from the creation 

 of the world, been the benefactor and helper of mankind. (Page 324.) 



Fig. 285. Represents T'kul, the wind spirit, and the cirrus clouds, explaining the 

 Indian belief in the causes of the changes in the weather. (See page 

 324.) 



