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they went down to the village of G'itslErnga'lon. They arrived at 

 the village in the evening, and went into their enemy's house, where 

 the old chief was all alone. They saw him sitting in the rear of his 

 house; and when they all had entered, the young chief said, "Now 

 kill the old chief to avenge the death of my grandfather's relatives 

 whom he destroyed." Then all his men clubbed him with their war- 

 clubs, and the young chief destroyed all his property, pulled out his 

 eyes, and hung the body on the grave of his uncles who were slain in 

 battle long ago, head downward, feet upward. Then he sent back 

 all his warriors to Nass River, to their own home, together with his 

 third brother. The daughter of Iris captive aunt and two of his own 

 brothers staid with him. He wanted his own sister to come and 

 live with them, and he continued to live in his own native home. 

 When Ids sister came across the mountains, he married a princess, 

 one of his neighbors' daughters; and many chiefs desired to marry 

 his sister, for she was very beautiful; and one of the G'its lala'sEr 

 came and wanted to marry her. The chief agreed to it, and they 

 were married; and they multiplied among all the tribes of the Tsim- 

 shian; and so did her younger sister, whom her grandfather kept 

 among the Haida, and also the daughter of the captive aunt, whom 

 he sent over to Nass River. These three girls were the ancestors of 

 the Eagle family all over the coast, among the Tsimshian. 



40. The Stcky of Asdu-da and Omen 1 



A long time ago there was a village called Dzl'gwa. There lived 

 a chief and his wife. They had two children, a boy and a girl. The 

 boy was called Asdilda, and the girl was named Omen (Dl°ks). 



One day the prince called his three friends, and they went up the 

 river of Dzl'gwa in their canoe to fish for trout, as they used to do 

 every spring. The prince was seated in the bow of the canoe, two of 

 his friends in the middle, and one at the stern. They went up the 

 river until they arrived at their fishing-ground. Then the prince 

 looked down into the clear water, and saw many trout under the 

 canoe. He took his two-pronged fishing-spear. The prince wore 

 his valuable hat. The hat was very expensive, and was called 

 Cormorant Hat. It was covered with costly abalone shells; and 

 nobody was allowed to wear the hat except this prince, as a crest of 

 his family. He speared a good many trout, and at last a large trout 

 came up. He tried to spear it; but before he succeeded, his valuable 

 hat fell down, and the trout was gone. He had missed it. He put 

 his hat on, and looked down again, and saw a large trout come along 

 slowly. He took his spear, and was ready to throw it ; but before he 

 could cast his spear, his valuable hat fell off, and he lost sight of the 



'Notes, p. 832. 



