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Sdi'Ida, 1 one of the Haida chiefs, recognized the tune while he was 

 eating. lie threw his wooden spoon into his dish, spit into the fire, 

 and called one of his two warriors. "Go to my canoe and bring my 

 copper!" They did so, and he said, "Bring the woman that sang 

 the mourning-song from the canoe of Chief Wl-ha'°!" The two men 

 went down, untied the shackles of LEg"e'°x's sister, and Chief Sdi'Ida 

 asked her through an interpreter what her name was and to what 

 clan she belonged. She said, ' ' My name is Wi-n !e'°x and Nes-pdl'°ks. 

 I am the sister of the great chief LEge'°x, and the head wife of the great 

 chief Dzeba'sa. " Then all the people were silent when the great 

 princess had spoken. She said, "This is Dzeba'sa's young son." 



Then Chief Sdi'Ida said, "I want to buy my sister from Wi-ha'°, 

 the great chief;" and two of his men lifted one of his coppers and 

 took two slaves and many valuable things; and Wl-ha'° said, "Leave 

 her son with me!" but Sdi'Ida said, "I do not want my nephew to be 

 captive in another clan's house. I shall return them to my brother 

 LEg - e'°x. I should be ashamed if you should keep the boy in your 

 house. Give him to me!" Therefore Wl-ha'° gave the boy to 

 Sdi'Ida, and also one slave, who accompanied the boy. They then 

 left Dundas Island and went to Queen Charlotte Islands. 



When they reached their home, the great chief Wi-ha'° invited 

 all the Haida chiefs, and spoke to them, saying, "I will go to the 

 tribe of Chief LEg'e'°x and atone for the people whom I have killed; 

 and I will return the people whom we have captured, because I do 

 not want to have war with him, but I want to make war on Sa°ks." 

 Therefore all the Haida chiefs agreed to do so in the following summer. 



One day one of the nephews of the old Haida chief Wl-ha'° wanted 

 to marry Wi-n!e'°x. This prince was to succeed Wl-ha'° when he 

 should die; and the G'ispawadwE'da went to Sdi'Ida and gave him a 

 wedding present. Then Chief Sdi'Ida allowed him to take her, 

 together with many elk skins, sea-otter garments, and many kinds 

 of provisions. 



In the same summer all the relatives of Wl-n!e'°x's husband moved 

 to the north side of Lax-wau (Sandbar?), to a brook that runs down 

 in the middle of the bar. At that time salmon were in the rivers. 

 Many people were camping there, and the young chief loved Wi-n!e'°x 

 very much. All the Haida were scattered away from the village. 



Now let us turn again to those people of L,Eg"e'°x's tribe who had 

 gone to make war against the Haida, and who staid at the point 

 Lax-gulwal. Every morning Anamlk went out and looked at the 

 sky to observe the wind, and looked at the clouds. One day after 

 he had looked at the clouds, he said to the chief, "Arise! There will 

 be good weather today." Then all the warriors were ready; and 



■ Swanton 2, p. 275: Ste'lta, chief of the T!6!k!a Eagles. 



