A salmon was named XwaXwas. Now he swam up in the river to Gwanalalis and he tried to go up the beach at Odzalas and he became a man. He was the oly one on the ground before the deluge. Long ago the deluge came and he went back to his former shape when he was a salmon. Now the flood stoped at the mountain inland at (the place) to which the sea wehtn. The sea went down and he came back to Odzalas. He became a man again. And so, it is said, long ago he built a house at Odzalas, a thick beam. He had for his tool, it is said, this, like this adze. Now he was adzing his beam. Now his beam was finished. IT is said, a large bird, the Thunderbird came and sat on a rock, or a stone that has not the name Thunderbird Place. Then q he spoke to the Thunderbird, "Oh, indeed, supernatural spirit, I have you for a treasure, for this has been worked on by me in vain." Then q replied the Thunderbird. He lifted his Thunderbird mask and spoke. He said, "This is the reason of my coming, to help you. I pity the way you are." Then he soared and lighted on the beam and took it up in his talons from the ground and put it on what was already on the ground. He came down q and took off his Thunderbird dress. Then q he spoke to him, advising him, "You will not often speak,. That will only be the time when you make a noise moving whenever I reach my descendants." Now he made his Thunderbird dress fly away and it returned to where it came from above. ....

Hemanis (p. 65-66) Told by Giqalas, a Gwawaenox(sorry about the left-out accents -RSL) q means "it is said"

Mount Stevens (K!wa) was sent out of the canoe by those among whom he was sitting, the mountains. "Go, you will be Hemanis in your country. You will go and carry this your red cedar bark. Now you will go. Your cedar bark will be the reason why they will not dare to go near you. The poles holding the front boards of your house will be told to go ahead on the ground, whenever you tell your red cedar bark to go out of the house and your rattle will shake(?)."

The child of Hemanis came out of the wookds q. He made a sparrow blanket. He shot sparrows. Was not the sparrow blanket which he made right? q. He tried to get enough for a bed blanket. He arose early in the morning. He went out of his house. He went straight down to the beach holding his bow. The child wiped his eyes. He did not recognize clearly q what was seen by him. Then q a large bird was seen by the child. Then q he went back into the house. He called his father. "Do come, look at this large bird, father." Then q his father went out and looked at it. What sould it be? A bird with spread wings. The tips of the wings q reached the middle of the mountain. Then q Hemanis saw that the bird took off his blanket pin. A man came out of his bird dress and turned his face to his mask and spke, "Now you will go up agin. YOu will not keep on thundering. Only sometimes you will sound when my later generations will go (die). You will speak once at a time when those who will change places with me will go (die). You will not always blink your eyes. Go! Now you will go." The bird mask flew away. ....

Hemanis (p. 66-68) Told by Giqalas, a Gwawaenox (second version?)

[RSL Synthesis: Lord Q!aneqelak is coming, take care of the poles of your housefront when he arrives. A howling noise. Hemanis beats time outside for his walking cedar bark. He tells the poles of his house front to go ahead. His red cedar bark goes out of the house by itself. The big rattle moves by itself, it dance to meet Lord Q!aneqelak. Hemanis makes waves in the sea until Lord Q!aneqelak gives up. They go ashore. Lord Q!aneqelak looks at various places on a river

Origin Story of the Ts!ets!elwalagame (p. 34-35)(sorry about the left-out accents -RSL) q means "it is said"

"....It is said he sent two supernatural ones to go out of the house to the seaside to try to listen to what was expected to be heard when they beat time. Then it is said the supernatural ones came in again and one man spoke and said, "Let us just give up I have not hear anything." Then it is said spoke the one who went along and he said it is said, "I hear very indistinctly" and so it is said day almost came and it is said the wise man worried, the one who took care of the Nimkish. Then he said, they should invite him even without knowing his place wherever it might be. Then he invited his tribe and they all said together, " O, you are coming, supernatural one, all around the world. Four times they sang. Then it came and approached the sound of the Nimkish according to the wasy of calling of the wise man. Now They finished what they were doing in the house. Four times they sang. Then came the sound of wolves. They were many it is said came and brought down the one who had gone astray a long time. Now a large wolf was seen. It was coming up on the beach.It is said the canoes were launched. Four planks wre laid on four canoes tied together. Then they were going to take him. Now the Nimkish went aboard the four canoes which were tied together. They were going to take what was seen by them. Now they were at sea at the place where the large wolf had first been....."