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L i t e r a t u r e • O r i g i n o f t h e K i l l e r W h a l edigging into the cliff. The land there is not very high, so they were soon through, laidskids down, and carried their canoes across. Some people watched them. The killerwhales always used to cross at the place where they laid down these skids, and nowpeople cross there. It is called Killer-whale-crossing place (Kîtgû'nî), but is nowovergrown with trees and underbrush.[This place is said to be on the north arm of Tenakee Bay, where a canal has beenprojected to enable boats to reach Huna more easily.]88