Note 2 — Big-tail.

Then he prepared to dance upon the surface of the ocean. He was going out after whales. Then they began to observe the regulations.2 [They did so for] five nights. The old people were afraid to let it become ten nights. If the number of nights were even, they said his supernatural power would be spoiled. For that reason they said they wanted it uneven. When some said there were ten nights, and some, too, said there were nine, the supernatural power came through him.