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The Tlinoit then .shouted at us. The}^ made a noise on the edges of 

 their canoe: "'A'hda a'hila." Upon this Ga'ahi stood up in ours, and 

 he shot the man in the stern, so that he fell into the water. Then we 

 said the same. We, too, said: "A'lala a'lala.'' When they shot me 

 two bullets went through the skin of ni}' head. 



And, when SkA'ngwai's father stood up and aimed at the one next to 

 the stern, who was paddling and moving his head as he did so, and 

 shot him, he also fell upon his face in the bailing place. We then 

 again said the same thing. We rapped on the edges of our canoe, 

 saying at the same time: "A'lala.'' And, when he shot again, another 

 cried out in it. They stood in lines in the middle of the canoe. Others 

 paddled at the sides. They then bade us cease shooting. They 

 motioned us away with their hands. We did then accordingh\ The 

 canoe was so large that the people in it could not be counted. 



Then Gana'-i's canoe went quickly to it. And, when they got close 

 by, a Tlingit in the middle stood up with a gun. He pointed at this 

 one and that one among them. Someone in Gana'-i's canoe speared 

 him with a bone spear that had a short handle. He dropped the gun. 

 The Tlingit then quickl}^ sat down. He pulled out the spear. His 

 intestines came out at the same time. He broke it. And, when he 

 started to shove the spear back into the wound, someone in Gana'-i's 

 canoe jimiped in to him, and the people in the canoe stood up. 



Then our canoe went thither. And I went to the bow and jumped 

 into it. All had long knives. I fell in the stern. And the one I fell 

 near stabbed me. When he struck my slioulder 1 felt my insides 

 come together [with pain]. Nevertheless I struck him in the side, and 

 his insides fell upon me. After that another one came toward me 

 from the bow, I stabbed him also in the side. When I struck him 

 again he died. 



. After that another came at me. When he tried to stab me I dodged 

 him. And when 1 struck him he grew pale. I told Ga'ala, who came 

 behind me, to kill him. A youth having no knife then made with his 

 hands the motion of surrender to me from the bow\ And 1 picked 

 him up, and I threw him into our canoe. When another came at me 

 I struck him. It grazed him. He went at once into our canoe. He 

 let himself be enslaved. I made a cut down his back. He was a 

 brave man. People did not pass in front of his town. The}' were 

 afraid of him. When it was reported that he had let himself be 

 enslaved the Tlingit became boneless [with astonishment]. The}" did 

 not believe it. His name was Yafi. 



After we had fought for a while some one called to me from the 

 middle: "So-and-so's grandfather, they are too much for me.'' I 

 then ran to him. And they had one of our friends in the bottom of 

 the canoe. A Tlingit whose knife had dropped from him was moving 

 it toward himself with his feet when I struck him. 



