RELIGION 63

Bogs have been heard as recently as 1924 according to
popular belief. In January of that year a number of young
Bella Coola were returning home in a motor-boat from Ocean
Falls. They camped for the night on Burke Channel, and
were alarmed to hear a crashing of bushes and a beating on
tree-trunks. Thoroughly frightened, they directed the beams
of several electric torches in the direction of the sounds without
avail and at last started the engine of their motor-boat, the
noise of which frightened the Jogs away.

An animal somewhat similar to the dogs is the atakwis.
The Bella Coola state that long, long ago, these lived as human
beings near Port John on Evans Arm, King Island. They were
a strange people, with peculiar rites including the worship of
fire. Their neighbours, the Bella Bella, from whom they dif-
fered entirely, determined to destroy the d/akwis. A massacre
took place, and only a few survivors escaped to an island in
one of the lakes in the interior of King Island. Here, in course
of generations, they grew hairy and lost their human character-
istics; it is said that a few paintings made by them are still
visible there. Not many years ago some Bella Coola saw
what may have been the last surviving 47ékwis. Two hairy
creatures were observed fishing from a skin boat on Burke
Channel. As soon as they realized that they were observed
they dashed ashore, broke up the framework of their canoe,
and plunged into the forest carrying its skin covering. Nothing
more seems to be known concerning them, nor do they appear
ever to have granted supernatural assistance to anyone.

Another supernatural creature is the ad.nk*. It somewhat
resembles a cow, although its legs are shorter and its body,
which is white and hairless, is heavier. In spite of its awkward
build, this animal can move so rapidly as to catch birds and
animals with its tongue, which can be shot forth to a tremen-
dous length. Various incidents are related concerning badink’.
One of its characteristics is that it causes gales. The country
where one lives is invariably denuded of underbrush and even
pebbles; everything movable is blown away, leaving only trees