Received letter of February 25. Was away hunting and trapping. On April 26, sent pages 3579-3618. Sending now pages 3619-3632 about "kwākwāk!om of gwetEla q!āp!okw or assembling about all the speeches and secret song that belong to it." Also includes info on different names of winter dancing houses. Sending different names of cedar bark mat braiding and explanation of word "qotExa" as used by the Heiltsuk and Kwaguʼł.
Sending pages 3832-3860 about sesEyoL, who transformed into a squirrel. Story was told by wākās of the G̱usgimukw in 1899 and found the story in an old memorandum book.
Sending pages 3861-3878 about story of the horned owl, bird souls of men, prayer of young mother for her first child after it died, and dog story of the Heiltsuk told by Odzestales.
Sending receipt and 11 pages of dictionary. Anxious to have not received letter since seeing Boas in Victoria. Asks about items Boas mentioned he would send.
Received letter of April 2. Previously sent pages 3924-3945 about Tłatła̱siḵwala fight with the British Man-of-War, info on dog salmon, and a conversation. Sending pages 3946-3961 of conversation between husband and wife. Notes that conversations contain many words not in stories or noyEm. Asks for clarification on what recent questions haven't been answered yet.
