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marten, and wolverene; and his wife had many kinds of provisions. 

 His own brother, Xbl-ye'lk, still loved him. 



The eldest son of Dzeba'sa's second wife succeeded to Ms uncle's 

 name, Txa-dzi'°kik; and before he went to his own tribe his father 

 the great chief made dances in his honor, but two less than for his 

 eldest son, because the great chief said that he was his second son. 

 Therefore the young man was angry with his father; so he left his 

 father and went to his own tribe, who gladly received him. He 

 invited his own brave men to his house, and he said to them, "I want 

 to let you know what is in my mind. I will slay Nes-balas because 

 ho is highly honored by all the Tsimsluan tribes; and my father the 

 great chief also honors and loves him most. He called me his 

 second son." 



Then all the people were silent; and one of the wise men said, 

 "No, if you slay him, then all the tribes will be against us, and our 

 tribe will be destroyed in war," and all the brave men said the same. 

 Nevertheless this young man was not friendly to his brother. There- 

 fore he made a great feast, to which he invited aU the Tsimshian 

 tribes; and he said to all his guests that he would be the first to be 

 called at every chief's great feast; and he gave away many costly 

 coppers, slaves, canoes, elk skins, and all kinds of property. 



After he had given this great feast in midwinter, his great father 

 made a greater feast, and invited all the tribes, also the neighbors of 

 the Tsimshian; and he gave away much property, expensive coppers, 

 large canoes, slaves, elk skins, a great number of oil-boxes, pairs of 

 abalone ear-ornaments, and a great many horn spoons ; and the great 

 chief announced that his name should be the first to be called in the 

 chief's feasts; and he took one of his expensive coppers, and some 

 one lifted Nes-balas, and they took the copper from him and placed 

 it before him. 



Then his younger brother, Chief Txa-dzl'°kik, ran out during the 

 feast, where all the chiefs of the Tsimshian and of the other tribes 

 were assembled. These were the G"it!ama't, Git-la'°p, and the 

 Bcllabella tribes and others. When they had all received their 

 presents from the great chief Dzeba'sa, every chief of the tribe was 

 glad to have his valuable presents. 



Only one chief, Txa-dzl'°kik, had run out full of wrath. His people 

 took his canoe, and they went back to his own house. Now they 

 were ready to fight with his elder brother. Therefore, when all the 

 tribes were returning to their own homes, Txa-dzl'°kik sent his two 

 canoes full of warriors, and lay in wait at a little bay on the way; 

 and while the other canoes were passing by, these two large canoes 

 lay hiding in the little bay. After all the other canoes had passed, 

 and they had waited for a long time, at last two large canoes loaded 

 with all kinds of property came along slowly. The people were 



