[6] A stream 2 miles north of Telel. [↑]
[7] Another creek. I do not know the location. [↑]
[8] One of the purificatory war regulations was to drink a great deal of salt water and then take fresh water after it, when the whole would be ejected. The same thing was done at other times. [↑]
[9] That is, they thought that the use of sea water was more in conformity with the regulations. [↑]
[10] The shaman. Each war party was provided with one. [↑]
[11] The war cry raised when rushing upon the enemy, like the Dakota Añhē′. [↑]
[12] Because they had not yet met an enemy or taken a slave, and therefore had no right to break the fast regulations. [↑]
[13] The Haida word for this place, Î′ngilin, looks as though intended for “English.” The principal Hudson Bay Company post of this district was there. [↑]
[14] An Eagle family at Masset. It was formerly regarded as one of low rank, but the head of that family is now chief of Masset. [↑]
[15] So called from the name of their old town on Skidegate inlet. This is not a family name, the members of this expedition belonging to the Gîtî′ns. [↑]