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Haida texts and myths

Note 14 — STORIES ACCOMPANIED BY TEXTS

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At Gwī′gwᴀnsʟꜝî′ñ,14 near the town of Sqē′na, spring salmon ran into a certain creek at that time. A man of the Food-giving-town people owned the creek, but he gave it to his son. For that reason his sisters began to put dirty things into the creek.15 The supernatural being of the creek then put on his clothing and his black-bear hat.16 He had four dorsal fins. He started seaward along the bed of the creek. And he became a rock close in front of it, and remained there, and the creek was gone. The supernatural being of this creek was named “Supernatural-being-of-the-four-days.”

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