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Oiu) da^' a certain person entered Gutkvva'-ida and said: ''Some one is 

 walking- al)()ut on Island-that-tunis-about-with-the-tide/'"' She then 

 went out and called toward it: "Who is it on that island, A'wiya 

 kuda'Ua.''' " Then, they launched a canoe quickly, and went over to 

 look. There was nothing- on it to he seen. And when they got 

 back they wept much in Gutkwa'-ida/** She had spoken against the 

 supernatural being. She died. 



This was told by the he^t story-teller in Skidegate, himself a member of that 

 family. It was that division to whicli the town chief of Kloo belonged, and was 

 reputed to be one of the most jiowerfnl Eagle families on the islands. Part of the 

 family lived at Skedans, and, as may be inferred from the story itself, the town 

 chief of that place was generally father of the town chief of Kloo, who therefore 

 lived at Skedans before assuming his position at Kloo itself. 



^It was built upon a steep hillside on Louise island. 



■^ Ki^lsLas, " chief." He was chief of Those-born-at-QiVgials. 



^Literally, "a knife that opens its mouth-" This statement jilaces the date of the 

 story subsequent to white contact. 



* A salmon creek. 



^See the story of Big-tail, note 16. 



"They claimed the sea water as blood money for the deatli of a mendjer of their 

 family, the cause of that death having been suidc in it and it being the home of 

 Pestilence. 



'Again, this was because their chief had been killed in that country and his death 

 might have been due to one of the sujjernatural beings inhal)iting it. 



^ A division of Those-born-at-Skedans of low social rank. 



•' WtVuAg.An being town chief of Flat-slope town. 



" Another name for Those-born-at-Qa^gials, the ruling family of Skedans. 



" A chief of Those-born-at-Skedans. The name means something Wkv " iiroperty 

 sounding." 



'^ Skedans bay. 



'■'That is, they pay blood money for his death instead of surrendering the inlets or 

 salmon creeks so named. G.aJi^ns and (^a^na are the inlets referred to above. 



'*I am not absolutely sure of the correctness of this translation of TIaogwiVg.anat. 



'•'The Eagle family of Cumshewa, a town situated on the north side of Cumshewa 

 inlet, near its mouth. 



"■'Still another time, for the death of their kinswoman. 



''Said to be a Tsimshian word. It was one of the favoritx; names of the chiers of 

 Kloo. 



