[23] Anciently the planks which formed the front and rear of a house were laid together upon the ground, fastened with twisted cedar limbs and raised all at once; in later times the planks were run into slots cut in the timbers above and below. [↑]
[24] Like the shamans. Tlingit shamans were much respected by the Haida. [↑]
[25] Haida, ʟdjîñ; see story of [Raven traveling], note [10]. [↑]
[26] Said to be an ancient form of salutation. [↑]
[27] Small lines running crosswise of the gunwale. [↑]
[28] Probably meaning “Who will marry the daughter of Ga′oax?” [↑]
[29] In most of the stories containing this episode all of the beasts and all of the birds are supposed to have offered themselves and to have been refused. [↑]
[30] He places a post in the proper situation, and, when he removes it, one nevertheless remains there. So with the plank. Thus one post, one plank, one stringer, etc., multiply themselves so as to produce the whole house. [↑]
[31] The word in brackets is said to be Tsimshian. [↑]
[32] Nᴀñ-giū-gaos, “One without ears,” is the name given to a heedless fellow continually appearing in stories. He is more especially one who has no regard for the national beliefs. [↑]