[3] The word used here is xᴀ′ñē, “eyes,” the ligaments which hold the shell together being supposed to perform that function. [↑]
[4] Compare name of Cloud-watcher in [story bearing that title]. [↑]
[5] A horizontal or slanting beam of some sort is supposed to stand at the end of an eagle town. The birds sit upon this before starting out for food. [↑]
[6] This bivalve (sqao) is identified by Doctor Newcombe as Glycimeris generosa, Gould. [↑]
[7] Sīs or sī′ga-i means the broad expanse of ocean away from inlets and bays. [↑]
The story of one who saw an eagle town
[Told by Abraham, of Those-born-at-Qꜝā′dᴀsg̣o, to whom it was related by an old man of Ninstints.]
He began gambling. After he had lost for some time he lost all of his property. Then he began to bid the property of his clansmen.[1] When he had lost a great deal of that as well he was ashamed to enter the house.
By and by he went to the end of the town. It occurred to him to go into the woods. Then he did so. Then he thought of climbing a mountain. At once he went thither. Before him eagles wheeled about upon the mountain. Presently he came to a big town.