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Haida texts and myths

Note 2 — Story of the House-point families

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One time he threw stones at it. After he had done this several times he saw whither it went. Then he chased it. He chased it, chased it a while, and it went into the ocean before him. And he also jumped right in after it. After he had pursued it along upon a trail in the ocean for a while, he chased it out in front of “Upset-canoe”2 and it sat waiting for him on the beach. Then he sat near it. It talked to him there.

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