[DallasMike]

Also, of the short stocky people, he noted that the women were in charge of the canoes and would tether them off-shore in the kelp beds and swim back to the shore when they were not in use by the men.

Do you mean when the canoes weren't being used by the men or when the women weren't being used by the men?

[blam]

"Do you mean when the canoes weren't being used by the men or when the women weren't being used by the men?"

When the canoes were not being used by the men. (ahem)