Then the dogs brought in two whales apiece. He (each) had one laid between his ears and one laid near his tail.
His wife became two-faced (i.e., treacherous) to him. She discovered that the dogs always went out at daybreak. Then she allowed urine and blue hellebore to rot together.
One day, when the dogs were coming in together, she put hot stones into this mixture. And, when it was boiling, she poured it into the ocean. At once the wind raised big waves. There was no place where the dogs could come ashore. The dogs carried some islands out to sea in trying to scramble up them. One is called Sea-eggs, the other G̣agu′n.
Then they swam southward. He watched them from the shore. They tried to climb ashore on the south side of the entrance of Skidegate channel.[4] But they only made marks with their claws on the rocks instead. They could not do it. Then they swam away. On that account they call this place “Where-dogs-tried-to-crawl-up-and-slid-back.” Then they swam together to the channel.[4] They lie in front of Da′x̣ua.[5] They call them “The Dogs.”[6]
He had many whales. He filled up “Whale-creek.” He bent boxes for them, and he put the whale grease into them. By selling these he became a chief.[7]
Compare “[The story of those who were abandoned at Stasqa′os].” [[327]]
[1] And he was a member of the above family, an Eagle family on the west coast. [↑]
[2] In this case “brothers-in-law” is synonymous with the entire family of his wife. [↑]
[3] According to the stories a person who lived entirely upon greasy food came to be afflicted with mental lassitude; see the story of [A-slender-one-who-was-given-away]. [↑]