Matlose[1] is a famous hobgoblin of the Nootkas; he is a very Caliban of spirits; his head is like the head of something that might have been man but is not; his uncouth bulk is horrid with black bristles, his monstrous teeth and nails are like the claws of a bear.
Whoever hears his terrible voice falls like one smitten, and his curved claws rend a prey into morsels with a single stroke.
One morning, as the tide went out, the old people came to sit and watch the ocean.
She sat down on a rock at the edge of the water and began to dig.
walked right down to the rock where Octopus sat and began to bother her."