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into the water against that village. Then the people ashore shouted 

 again. Their chief brought down another copper, broke it, and 

 threw it down on the beach. Then they shouted in the canoes, and 

 another chief broke another copper. The people on shore took 

 up the shout, and their chief came out with the stern-board of a 

 canoe under his arm. He threw it down on the beach, and said, "I 

 am going to buy the copper next summer for the Haida." Then 

 LEg'e /0 x's warriors shouted again. The great chief broke another 

 copper, and now they were silent in the village. 



Therefore Nes-dzakagul's canoe paddled away from the place in 

 front of Las's village, and they sang a mocking song: "O Las ! verily, 

 you are ashamed ! You are named Las ! for you threw away in front 

 of your village a copper stern-board of a canoe." 



Then the war-canoes took up the song one by one and paddled away. 

 The men in one of the last war-canoes sang while throwing the drip- 

 ping water off from each paddle, "You shall be the last one among all 

 the chiefs, because you are not able to throw away coppers as the 

 high chief has done." 



Then all the warriors went away, and passed the town of the 

 Git-dzi'°s. The noise of drums was heard, and some of Nes-y!aga- 

 ne't's men stood on shore to call the great chief LEg - e'°x. He 

 thanked Chief Nes-y!aga-ne't for his kindness; and he added, "Wait 

 until I come down again to accept your invitation. I will come from 

 my own house to your house, and I will stay several days with you." 

 Then the great chief LEg - e'°x took one of his male slaves and pre- 

 sented him to Chief Nes-y!aga-ne't, and so they left there. 



Then they arrived at Ginax'&ng , I'°k, and the noise of drums was 

 heard. Some men came down to the beach to call Chief LEg - e- ,0 x to 

 Chief Sa°ks's house to welcome him because he had come back safe. 

 Then Chief LEg-e'°x thanked Chief Sa°ks for his kindness, and he 

 promised to come down some day to have a good time. 



They went on, and arrived at the village of the G'itlanda', whose 

 chief was Gul-qa'q, LEg - e'°x's own nephew. He sent down his own 

 son to invite the great Chief LEg - e'°x to his own house to welcome 

 him after his safe return. 



Chief LEg'e'°x ordered all his companions to go to his nephew's 

 house, and the warriors went up. After Gul-qa'q's welcome dance two 

 of his men lifted a copper, and said, "These are the feathers, chief; 

 these are the feathers, chief; these are the feathers." Then they laid 

 the copper down before LEg-e'°x to welcome him; and this was the 

 first good meal that the warriors had had since they had left their 

 home; and they drank as much water as they could, for since they 

 had left home they had eaten only a little food twice a day and had 

 taken water only twice a day throughout the. whole time. 



