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Haida texts and myths

Note 2 — STORIES ACCOMPANIED BY TEXTS

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After she had stayed there a while she heard them say: “The one hunting for things at North cape2 stays away a long time.” She understood their language plainly. After some time had passed they said: “He is coming. Now he comes along, turning over at intervals.” She went out with them to look at him. “He comes walking,” they said. Still the raven came flying. It turned around as it came. They call it “taking a basket off one’s back.” In that way it communicated news every now and then. It came in and said: “I cut up a whale which had floated ashore at North cape.”

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