364 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bcll.29 



A RAID ON THE TlINGIT 



[Told by Richard of the Middle-gUi'ns] 



Qa'ndawas was going to make a potlatch in Masset. She owned ten 

 slaves. And .she had eight storehouses in the Kaigani country/ She 

 was going to have [her property] brought over from there. 



And she owned a copper plate worth ten slaves. She intended to 

 sell it for that price in the Tsimshian country. They offered her nine 

 slaves and an 8-fathom canoe. Thereupon she said that she would not 

 part with it because there were not ten slaves. They then returned. 

 And they came to Raven creek. ^ 



And, after they had sailed from there to House-point'' with a south 

 wind, a strong land breeze came upon them (i. e., a west wnnd). They 

 were then carried away. And it carried them to the Kaigani countr} ', 

 where some Tlingit were gathering seaweed. Then the Tlingit invited 

 them in. And they got off. After they had given them food they 

 killed them. 



The slaves saw then that they killed those who were on shore, 

 and the live who had remained to take care of the canoe put up the 

 sails. And. after they had sailed along for a while, they ran upon a 

 reef and capsized there. The canoe, tilled with the property, then 

 sank. It was a 10-fathom canoe. 



Thinking of this while we, were growing up, we grew up to war 

 with the Tlingit.* In the very middle of winter we began to drink 

 medicine, and right from Qa-itg.a'og.ao,' where we were tishing for 

 black cod, we went to war in two canoes. We camped for the night 

 at Kwaitg.A'uL.'' On the foUowingnight we camped at La-ut-g. A'nL.as.^ 

 Oil the next day we crossed. 



And, while it was yet daylight, we came in sight of the rocks along- 

 shore. We then waited for night. And, when evening came, we went 

 in to land. At daylight we pulled up the canoes. Then we drank 

 there four buckets of salt water. We were thirsty and ran to the 

 fresh water, and we drank fresh water out of spruce bark sewed 

 together and ran to the sea. ** 



And, keeping a sharp lookout unobserved by them we saw four 

 people going along in a canoe. And, after they were gone, we drew 

 up our canoes agaui. There I smoked, after which I was dving of 

 thirst. They did not think it well to put fresh water on me then," 

 and they put sea water on me. 



After that we Avent to look for people. We knew that people 

 lived there. Then we saw smoke far up the inlet. And when 

 evening came we started thither. Just before da3'break the canoes 



