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ne't's warriors came down and thrust their spears into his body. 

 Then they sang as their war-song the mourning-song of their master 

 who had been killed a few days before. These were the words of the 

 song: 



As he was walking along to see the body, he brought his own blood on his own head. 



Then a youth, the son of Chief Ilaimas, ran home and told his 

 father that Haimas's two brothers had been killed by the G*it-dzl'°s. 

 He said, "The G'it-dzl'°s killed your brothers to avenge my grand- 

 father, whom you killed a few days ago." Then he questioned his 

 father, and asked, "Is this the great battle today?" His father 

 replied, "No, not now, my child; but you will see a greater battle 

 than this." Thus spoke the great-hearted man. 



Very early the following morning all the people from up the river 

 went to attack them. There was a great number of war-canoes, 

 and they arrived in front of Haimas's camp. The battle began on 

 the beach, and there was a great battle on that day. The Wuts ten- 

 a/luk fought valiantly, but they were weakening. 



Now the battle became fiercer, and many of the warriors of the 

 WutslEn-a'luk were killed. Again the young child asked, "Father, 

 is this the great battle today?" — "Yes," said he. 



Then the G"i-spa-x-la'°ts rushed against the WutslEn-a'luk, and 

 there was a great battle that day. All the people from up the river 

 went, and they took the village of the Wuts ten-a'luk house by house. 

 Before they took Haimas's house, he escaped with a few of his men, 

 three women, and a few children. The G'i-spa-x-la'°ts burned their 

 houses and destroyed their property; and before midnight the shouts 

 ing of the warriors was heard on the mountains near Red Bluff Gulf 

 (Gwagaba'lga dza'). It was a long shout, ending like the hooting of 

 an owl. The war-cry of the G - i-spa-x-la'°ts was like the hooting of 

 an owl. 



Then the people up the river were glad to have gained the victory 

 over the WutslEn-a'luk. 



Haimas made his escape to the Nass River people, and they saved 

 him. Haimas's few people went back to the Tsimshian and scattered 

 among all the Tsimshian tribes. The Tsimshian would not allow 

 the WutslEn-a'luk to have a town of their own again. Therefore 

 Haimas's people are scattered among all the tribes. Haimas made 

 his home among the Nass River people, together with the three 

 women who escaped with him. They married Nass chiefs. 



After many years, when Haimas was very old, a new Nes-balas 

 and his people heard that he was making his home on Nass River: 

 therefore they took many canoes and went up to the Nass people. 

 Finally they arrived at the place where Haimas was living. The 

 canoes stopped in front of the village, and they wanted Haimas to 

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