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to the Middle-giti'ns (Ya^kii-gitina'-i), a l)rancli of the Pebble-town Giti^ns of the 

 west coast, but, while still a young man, had gone to live with members of his family 

 in Alaska. After that he and his uncle were in the employ of the Hudson Bay C'om- 

 pany for a long time, until he finally came back to Skidegate to live. He was 

 acquainted with some myths, but war stories were his "specialty." 



1 The Haida name means literally " Strait-country." 

 ^See "Story of the House-point families," note 15. 

 ^ See the above story. 



* The Haida sentence conveys the idea that they caused themselves to grow up for 

 no other purpose than to make this war upon the Tlingit. 



^ A camping place a])out halfway between Tcla'at. and Kaisun. 



^ A stream 2 miles north of Telel. 



' Another creek. I do not know the location. 



* One of the purificatory war regulations was to drink a great deal of salt water and 

 then take fresh water after it, when the whole would be ejected. The same thing 

 was done at other times. 



^ That is, they thought that the use of sea water was more in conformity with the 

 regulations. 



^" The shaman. Each war party was provided with one. 



" The war cry raised when rushing upon the enemy, like the Dakota Anhe/. 



'^ Because they had not yet met an enemy or taken a slave, and therefore had no 

 right to break the fast regulations. 



i^The Haida word for this place, I'ngilin, looks as though intended for "English." 

 The principal Hudson Bay Company post of this district was there. 



" An Eagle family at INIasset. It was formerly regarded as one of low rank, but 

 the head of that family is now chief of Masset. 



^° So called from the name of their old town on Skidegate inlet. This is not a 

 family name, the members of this expedition belonging to the Giti^ns. 



'"The people of Skidegate, when they had an opportunity, were wont to intercept 

 West Coast war parties on their return through the channel and take their slaves 

 away from them. 



'' A camping place on Maude island. 



'^See the story of " Sacred-one-standing-and-moving, Stone-ribs, and Upward," 

 note 31. 



