100 BUREAU OF AMERICAN P:THN0L0GY [bu].i.J9 



Fight at the Town of Da'x.ua 



[Told by Moses McKay, sole survivor of the Seaward-Sqoa'ladas] 



From Da'x.ua Ya'"'git sent to Masset inlet for a canoe. He belonged 

 to the Seaward-Sqoa'ladas/ He was town chief at Da'x.ua. After 

 some time had passed they brought the canoe to him. Then, although 

 Ya'^git owned it, while it was being l)rought Sg.agA'no ^ bought the 

 canoe, his (Ya'^git's) head slave being then away fishing,'' His (the 

 slave's) name was Yu'Iaii. 



He now came in from fishing. Then they said to him: " Yu'lAfi, 

 Sg.agA'fio has bought the canoe."" He at once became angry because 

 they had taken away the canoe from his master. ' Then he chewed 

 native tobacco. After that he tried to mix calcined shells with it, but 

 he was so angry he shoved it outside [of his mouth] against his cheek.* 



And at night he went to the place where the canoe \ay. He then 

 said: "Are you awake in the canoe?" And the one in the bow and 

 the one in the stern replied, "We are," they said to him. And he 

 further said to them: "It is well that you are. They say that Yu'lan 

 sa3's that he is going to break up this canoe." 



And after he had waited some time longer, and it was midnight, 

 he went there again. And he spoke as before. And again they 

 answered him. He again went away. 



And just before dawn, at the hour when it is always dark, he went 

 thither once more. He again asked: "Are you awake f And they did 

 not answer him. He then struck upon the bow with his stone ax, and 

 one who was with him struck upon the stern. They split the canoe 

 into pieces. They then went away to the house. 



When daylight came and people knew that he had smashed the canoe 

 the}^ all moved at once. They put on their armor to fight one 

 another. After they had put on their gorgets, helmets, and hide coats 

 they went out to fight one another with spears and bows. 



Now, after the}^ had fought for a while, they shot Yu'lAfi in one eye 

 and put it out. He went to the house. And after he had sat in the 

 house for a while news came to him: " Yu'JAfi, we are being worsted.'' 

 At once he again went out to fight. And after he had begun to drive 

 them back they put out his other eye. 



He then crept to the house. While he was creeping along he fell 

 into a deep hole into which they used to defecate. Then he was 

 creeping into [the house] all covered with ordure. And his master's 

 wife said to him: "Yu'Iau, you never used to ask how an affair was 



