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and many canoes were left on the way, and a great many were slain 

 in the canoes. 



Chief LEg-e'°x still kept one of the Haida princes and two other 

 men who had followed him. He treated him according to the peace 

 customs. At the end of three months he sent him home with a copper 

 and a large canoe and much property, four slaves, and many boxes 

 of grease. 



When the Haida came home, the woman who had struck the face 

 of the Tsimshian princess was in the last canoe. Then all the Haida 

 came to kill her; but when they were ready to kill her, a great chief, 

 her uncle, arose, and spoke kindly to all those who had lost many of 

 their relatives in that great war. He said, "I will atone for the 

 relatives you have lost as long as I live; and if I should not be able 

 to pay for one of your relatives, then you may kill her and her whole 

 father's (?) house." Therefore the Haida did not touch her. 



On the following day the great chief called all the people to his 

 house, and he gave to each chief a copper. He gave one copper to his 

 nephew; and the woman who had struck the face of Chief LEg"e'°x's 

 daughter-in-law was given to K luna's nephew to be his slave-wife in 

 that family. Then all the relatives of the great chief who atoned for 

 the loss the others had sustained in the war helped him to pay for 

 those who had been slain; and some of the women's sisters were given 

 to each chief with a copper, and the great chief paid for every man. 

 Therefore he became a head chief among the people, but it was not 

 many years before he died. 



This was the last great war between the Tsimshian and Haida. 

 The wars between the Tsimshian and Haida started a long time 

 before the white man came to this coast. Two villages of the Haida 

 were killed off in this great battle at Eose Island. They were all slain 

 in this battle; and so they did not come again, because there were 

 very few. 



