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atone for those whom he had slain in his house years ago. Then he 

 made atonement for each of the princes and warriors whom he had 

 killed in his house. 



Then a G - id-wul-ksE-ba'° man said to Haimas, "You shall atone 

 also for my brother whom you have slain;" and the great old chief 

 Haimas said, "Is thy brother's name Wl-ha'° or Wl-gwiiia'°t ? I am 

 not full of fear because I have done this. Come and look into my 

 heart!" Thus said the big-hearted man, stretching out his hands; 

 and as he stretched out his hands, he fell back and died. That was 

 the end of his life. 



There are many things in his life about which I have not written. 

 I have only told about his enmity against Nes-balas and his people. 



(2) WAR BETWEEN THE TSIMSHIAN AND THE TLINGIT 



A long time ago, after the Deluge had covered the whole earth, the 

 people increased in numbers. 



Three or four generations before the white man arrived on this 

 coast there were many wars. The Tlingit gained many victories; 

 and last of all they subdued all the Tsimshian, who fled before them. 

 The Tlingit pursued them everywhere, wherever they went to hide 

 on the mountains. Therefore all the Tsimshian went up Skeena 

 River, so that the Tlingit could not follow them. Nevertheless they 

 kept watch over them. Then the Tsimshian were safe on Skeena 

 River. They remembered that this river had belonged to their 

 ancestors before the Deluge. Therefore they went there, but they 

 did not go up to the place where their ancestors had lived. One 

 tribe lived at G'itslala'sEr; another one, at G - its!Emga'16n; another 

 one, at K-lax-g'ils River; one at KsEcla's; one at KsEm-dzilxs; one 

 at K-xadzuks; one at Kiyaks. One lived on the other side of 

 Skeena River at Ginada'°xs and K-t!ad and Ksdal. These rivers on 

 both sides of Skeena River belong to all the Tsimshian tribes. 



Not one tribe remained at the old town of Metlakahtla or anywhere 

 on the seashore. This whole country was taken away by the Tlingit 

 as far as the mouth of Skeena River. 



At one time war broke out again. There was a great chief of the 

 Eagle Clan, who was married to a princess of the G'ispawadwE'da. 

 They built a strong fort, and named it Beaver Fort. The Eagle Clan 

 assembled there to defend it against their enemies. The fort was 

 built near the mouth of Skeena River, just above K-xadzuks River. 

 When the fort was finished, all the men practiced once a day. These 

 people were the G'id-wul-g'a'dz. 



One time a young man came to them, a relative of the chief's wife, 

 who loved his sister, 1 the only daughter of the chief, very much. It 



1 Meaning his mother's sistir's daughter. It would seem here as though the young man had married 

 a giil of his own clan.— F. B. 



