[23] Qadadjâ′n, the owner of the eulachon, is a mountain on the south side of Nass inlet at its mouth. [↑]
[24] A basket with an open weave, in which fish could drain. [↑]
[25] A tall, stiff grass growing near the shore of the sea. Not to be confounded with a variety of kelp with large floats which has the same name. [↑]
[26] The object to be projected was placed on one end of a flexible stick, which was then drawn back and released. [↑]
[27] This word can not be fittingly translated. It is used in speaking to one’s very closest relations. [↑]
[28] That is, the food received from the family of the bridegroom when she married. [↑]
[29] Sg̣ō′łg̣ō-qō′na was one of the many names of Cape Ball, a prominent bluff on the coast between Skidegate and Rose spit, Graham island. He was called the controller of the tides. [↑]
[30] “The-one-who-is-going-to-order-things.” [↑]
[31] Said sarcastically. A man’s nephews, who were also to be his successors, lived on terms of perfect freedom with his wife. [↑]
[32] The men of his adopted father’s clan at House-point. [↑]