From The Works of
Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume III: The Native Races. Vol. III. Myths and
Languages. San Francisco: AL Bancroft & Company, Publishers, 1883
Thanks to Kyle
Mizokami for finding this story.
Matlose is a famous hob-goblin 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.
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