[24] On the mornings of days that are going to be windy red streaks are seen in the clouds which pass away quickly. This phenomenon is often referred to in the stories, and one or both of the cloud designs here spoken of may represent it. ↑ [a] [b]
[25] One of the two west coast Haida towns, of which it was the older and the greater favorite in the myths. Instead of a “water hole,” a creek named X̣uadō′s is sometimes mentioned. [↑]
[26] An island opposite Kaisun, prominent in story. [↑]
[27] Name given to a slave. “I am without,” because he was worthless. [↑]
[29] People who went to the west coast found the food supply so excellent, owing especially to the presence of black cod, that they were loath to leave, and this expression was applied to them. This is supposed to have been the first time it was heard. [↑]
[30] I understand meshes to be here referred to. [↑]
[31] Everything that is thrown, or that falls, into the sea passes under the floor planks of the house of The-one-in-the-sea, the greatest supernatural being in the ocean. [↑]
[32] He-who-has-spines-for-earrings usually sits near the door of houses of the supernatural beings, and can take away anything unbeknown to the owner. Because he took away this black cod there are now none of these fish on the east coast of the [[226]]Queen Charlotte islands. He is supposed to have stolen the black cod heads from Supernatural-being-who-went-naked, and the latter, aware of this fact, refers to it in the usual indirect way. [↑]
[33] Perhaps some magic is referred to. Otherwise the sentence is obscure. [↑]