[14] The wrestling took place by a rock almost buried in the beach gravel at Gū′łg̣a. Presumably it was this rock into which the strange wrestler was transformed. [↑]
[15] Compare the [preceding story], note [40]. ↑ [a] [b]
[16] Halibut hooks were usually made out of the stumps of limbs which had rotted out of hemlock trees. Into these the monster was transformed. [↑]
[17] See the preceding story. [↑]
[18] Supernatural beings hunt during the night and get home before ravens begin calling. If they are detained in any way so that they hear the raven, they at once fall dead. [↑]
[19] A man who just saved himself from drowning was supposed to be deprived of his senses by land otters and become transformed into a creature called gā′gix̣īt. This being had land otter fur all over its body, an upturned nose, and a face covered with fish spines. It traveled all over the Haida country with the utmost ease. See my memoir in series of Jesup North Pacific Expedition, volume V, part I, pages 26 and 27. It was owing to this transformation that he did not recognize his own blankets when he felt of them. ↑ [a] [b]
[20] This is the probable meaning of the word tcî′sgu. They are not found on the Queen Charlotte islands. [↑]
[21] In reality this was Skidegate channel between Graham and Moresby islands, the two largest of the Queen Charlotte group. [↑]
[22] This was Nᴀñkî′lsʟas, or Raven, the hero of the story of [Raven Traveling]. [↑]
[23] A bowl of water was the ancient Haida looking-glass. [↑]