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storm-clouds;" and as she was weeping bitterly, she died of a broken 

 heart, because her three sons had been slain, and her last son's head 

 was in the house of Nes-balas. 



Many years passed, and the two chiefs still hated each other. 

 Many chiefs who had these two names did the same; but I do not 

 want to talk too long. I will make it short. Now, this will be the last 

 dreadful war. 



The new Dzeba'sa had five sons and three daughters. The 

 eldest son was Hats !Eks-n !e'°x ; the second, Wowo'lk; the third, 

 BElha'; the fourth, Xbi-ye'lk; the fifth, Hais. The girls' names were 

 as follows: the eldest was Maxs; the second, Wl-n!e'°x; the third, 

 Pda'lEm ha'yetsk. These princes and princesses were honored by all 

 the tribes of the Tsimshian. 



There were other princes and a princess, the children of Chief 

 Sa^ks 1 and of his wife Ndze°dz-ha'utk, the sister of Ndze°dz-yu-wa- 

 xsa'ntk. She had three sons and one daughter. 'The name of her 

 eldest son was Haimas; the second, Wl-ha'°; the third, Wi-gwina'°t; 

 and the name of her daughter was Dzagam-txa-n!e'°x. They were 

 of the same rank as Dzeba'sa' s children, and Hats!Eks-n!e'°x suc- 

 ceeded to Nes-balas; and Haimas succeeded Txa-dzl'°kik, but he did 

 not take his name, because his head was in the house of another clan. 

 Therefore his father gave him the name Haimas. 



He assembled all the members of the Raven Clan from all the 

 Tsimshian tribes while his father the great chief Sa'°ks was still alive, 

 and they settled on the island Lax-gaya'un, and they gave the name 

 Wuts tena'luk to the new village which was given to him by his 

 father. 



There are many wonderful stories about this chief Haimas, but I 

 will make it short. All the people of Wuts ten-a/luk were very 

 brave — men, women, and children — for their chiefs were very brave 

 men; so they taught their people to be brave, as they themselves 

 were. So it was with Nes-balas and all his brothers. His people 

 were also brave, and they continued to hate one another. Haimas 

 tried to beat Nes-balas in every way and to be above him; but he 

 could not succeed, because Nes-balas was very kind to all the Tsim- 

 shian tribes, and they loved him much. Nes-balas had manyslaves, — 

 men, women, and children, — costly coppers, and elk skins, and all 

 kinds of expensive garments. He had many wives. He had also 

 many brave warriors. 



Haimas was married to a young woman, the elder daughter of 

 Nes-y!aga-ne't, the niece of Nes-balas; and the elder daughter of 

 Maxs, the sister of Nes-balas. Haimas loved this princess, his wife, 

 very much, but he continued to hate his wife's uncle. Haimas had 

 many slaves, — men, women, and children, — expensive. coppers, large 



1 A G-ispawadwE'da. 



