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All the Tsirnshian and Haida women were busy trading. One of the 

 daughters-in-law of the great chief L.Eg-e'°x was trading with "a 

 Haida woman; and the chief's daughter-in-law said to the woman 

 who was buying her oil, "These pieces are too small. Exchange 

 them for larger pieces. " The Haida woman was angry, and the prin- 

 cess filled her measure again. The Haida woman took another small 

 piece and gave it to the princess; and the princess again said, "I 

 want to exchange it for a larger one." Then the Haida woman 

 snatched the halibut from her hand and threw it in her face. There- 

 upon the chief's daughter-in-law left her fish oil and walked back to 

 her home full of sorrow. Her father-in-law lay sick in the rear of his 

 large house. He saw his daughter-in-law coming in weeping. She 

 went right to her bed. Therefore the great chief said, "What ails 

 you, my daughter-in-law?" She was weeping when she entered the 

 house. He told one of his men, "Go and ask her what has happened." 

 One of the head men went and asked her what ailed her; and she told 

 him that a Haida woman had struck her face with dried halibut. 



Then the man told the chief that one of the Haida women had 

 struck her face with dried halibut. Therefore the great chief said to 

 his head man, "Kun out and tell all the Tsimshian tribes that I want 

 them to shoot the Haida with their guns." So the man ran out 

 and said, "The great chief wants all the Tsimshian tribes to shoot the 

 Haida!" and all the Tsimshian people shot the people in the Haida 

 camp in front of the Hudson Bay Company's fences. The Haida also 

 shot the Tsimshian. Many Haida were killed, and some of the Tsim- 

 shian were wounded. The battle lasted for two days and a half and 

 two whole nights. During the. battle of the last night the Haida dug 

 up the ground in their own camp and piled the bodies of their dead 

 around it; and they all gathered on one side — men, women, and 

 children — to defend themselves. Their bullets and powder were all 

 spent, so they sheltered themselves behind the wall of dead bodies. 

 On the third morning, very early, the shooting of the Tsimshian 

 sounded like the rolling of thunder. They had surrounded the Haida 

 camp. Their canoes were on the water, and their warriors were on 

 the hills on all sides. 



Now we will return to Mr. Kennedy. He said to his wife, "Go and 

 tell your father, bring him my words : tell him that many Haida have 

 been slain, and I want my workmen to bury those who have been 

 slain." Therefore Mrs. Kennedy walked over the sidewalk of the 

 fort and waited. She saw a young man pass by, and said to him, 

 "Go and tell my father that the Haida are almost gone. Many have 

 been killed; and Mr. Kennedy says that they shall be buried before 

 they decay." 



The young man ran to Chief L/Eg-e'°x's house, and said, "O chief ! 

 your daughter is standing on the fort, and she says that nearly all the 



