[3] Sky blankets are worn by many supernatural beings, but I have no notion what the Haida imagined them to resemble. [↑]
[4] One slave was usually placed over all the others. [↑]
[5] As is often the case in America, the sky is represented as a solid vault, which rises and falls at regular intervals. [↑]
[6] The supernatural being who represents and confers wealth. [↑]
[7] It was thought possible to accomplish certain things by the mere exercise of one’s mind or will. [↑]
[8] See the fifth paragraph of the story. The important fact that this hat had been given to the girl’s father as a bridal present was omitted from the original text. [↑]
[9] This was what is commonly called a Chilkat blanket. The design woven in it is represented as able to speak. It is weary at being obliged to wait so long to be completed. [↑]
[10] See the story of [Raven traveling], notes [12] and [13]. “Canoe Songs” or “Women’s songs.” [↑]
[11] Sea water was warmed and taken into the stomach to clear the system out, both for one’s physical and spiritual welfare. The following paragraph indicates that some of the story has been omitted. The slave either promised at this time to reward Mink-woman for her silence, or met her before and engaged her help. This is why, after he whispered to her, she exclaimed that what she had smelt was the blankets of the ten servants who had accompanied the chief’s daughter. ↑ [a] [b]
[12] The word here used, dañqa-iyē′tg̣a, was only employed by chiefs. [↑]