East arrived in North America, they could discover no trace of the Thirteen Nations of Fairy there. They-and their Treasure Stones-had simply vanished! Where did they go? When? And why? There has come down only a single Native Amer- ican tale describing the eventual disappearance of the “Shining Ones,” an account of the Nootka people of Vancouver Island, British Columbia: “I have this story from my grandfather, and he had it from his grandfather, who heard it as a small child from his father’s father.* “This first grandfather was not a Nootka, nor was he one of the disgraceful Shalish on the mainland over there, who were always eating rotten fish. He was from the place where the Sun is bom, a land east of the Mountains of the Raven, further east even than the Blackfoot’s Sea of Grass. He was very old when he told this story, as old as two grandfathers nowadays. “His name was Yo-Rib, and he said his people were called the Yar-On. ** “Here is how the story goes: ‘In the time before I was born, strange canoes appeared one day on the Big Sea Water. They’re were many of them, coming on the waves like leaves on a stream in the autumn. Some were round as berry bowls and had round sails. Some were flat and long and wide with square sails. Oth- ers were tall, with the heads of snakes in front for a totem and had many paddles. It was a great wonder in those times. Out of those canoes came the Shining Ones. Many of them were smaller than the Yar-Ons, but
