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will lie l)uriod. Trees will grow up in its place." When they con- 

 tinued the tight, he turned his clul), and the whole town disappeared 

 under ground. Trees grew^ in its place. Then he turned his club again 

 and the town reappeared. l)ut the G'itgnnio'x continued to fight. 

 Then In^ turned his clul) once more. The town was l)uried again and 

 all the people died. 



The brothers traveled all over the world, and made war on all the 

 tril>es, and destroyed them by means of their club. The chief in 

 heaven became angry because they abused his gift, and wished that 

 they might forget the club on one of their expeditions. So it hap- 

 pened that they forgot the club when they went out to attack the 

 towui Cxulg'e'u. Therefore the place has l)een called ever since that 

 time Hwil d'ak's-ts'aX, or Where-the-chib-was-forgottcn. Then they 

 went to DEnilaxa'm on Skeena river, wiiere they settled, as they were 

 unable to continue fighting on account of the loss of the supernatural 

 club. Their descendants became the G'isq'aha'st. 



On account of the gifts received in heaven, this clan have the 

 privilege of using head ornaments of abalone shell, such as they 

 received from Hislegiyo'ontk". 



Asi-hwi'l 



[Told liy rhii-f M.>imtainl 



A long time ago the people of Lax-q'al-tsa'pand those of G'itwunk- 

 si'Lk were starving. There were two sisters living in these towns. 

 When the provisions were almost exhausted, the sister living in 

 Lax-q'al-tsa'p thought that she would try to reach her .sister who lived 

 in G"itwunksi'Lk. She started and went up the valley. After some 

 time she saw a woman approaching. When she came near, she recog- 

 nized her sister. She knew at once that the people of G'itwunksi'Lk 

 were starving also. The sisters met and sat down and cried. Since 

 that time this place has been called Hwil-le-nE-hwa'da (\Vhere-they-inet 

 each-other). The sister who had gone up the river had only a few 

 haw berries, and the other had only a small piece of spawn about as 

 long as her finger. They divided and ate. 



In the evening they made a small hut of Inanches and lighted a fire. 

 The sister who had come from G'itwunksi'Lk hatl a daughter whom 

 she had taken along. They laj^ down to sleep. ^Vbout midnight all 

 of a sudden a man appeared and laj' down next the younger sister, 

 who was unmarried. He asked her, "Is it true that all your friends 

 are starving r' She said, ■"There were no provisions in our village, 

 and so I went to see my sister." The man continued, "Stay here. 1 

 will make a fish weir for you." His name was Ho'uX (Good-luck). He 

 was a supernatural being. Early in the uiorning he rose and made a 



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