On Songs:
"Frank, do many around here still know these songs?"
"No, not too many." A grimness underlined his abrupt answer.
"Are any younger men being trained today?"
"No, they don't know them. No. Around Hoopa there is, you know. There ain't any down here." II:32

Even For Hokun Eels:
We had to sell our nets to the government for $75. Up home we used to have everything, dried candlefish, dried eels, dried jerky, dried salmon, and one thing another like that... .Yeah. You take Hoopa, they don't need no license, cause that's inside the reservation. I got to have a license. Yeah, sure, you got to have a three dollar license. If you want to go down here and get mussels or whatever you want to catch, you go down there maybe in the slough, and maybe you cast out there for a big trout. Well, you really got to have a license. Even for hokun eels. II:234-235

On Fishing:
Well, about thirteen, fourteen seasons, I guess. And I fished besides at night. I went to bed once in awhile. Sometimes fish all night, when theres fish, then work all day. When I was young. Couldn't stand it now. II:72

On Brush Dance:
You sing at Brush Dance... .You might say its for disease, something like that. To keep away disease. That's why they had them dances. Maybe a baby sick or something... .They1l have dance most any time you know. Well, most of the time, in the summer time. When the weather permits, you know. Different ones come down. Hoopa comes down, meet up with us, you know. II:313

On Salmon:
Yeh, I could cut 2,250 a day on an eight hour shift, could fin and slam 16 salmon in two minutes and forty seconds. Someone else cut off the heads. That was.. .when old man Roberts was bookkeeper there.. ..Yeah. Klamath Packers Association. I cut the fins. Then theyd slam 'em.. .takes a knife and scrapes those scales off. I take the insides out, you see. From there it goes to the cutter, and then to canning. Its all Del Norte Pack. II:62-63