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Some time afterward the Sitka people were coming- to make peace. 

 And they g"ot ready for them. They thought it well to make peace 

 [the}' said]. Then Ceks again called the people together, and they 

 agreed to destroy them. They then talked over how they should pre- 

 serve themselves from injury. 



By and by the Sitka people came in many canoes. After they had 

 danced for a while in front of the town they came ashore, and the 

 dancers entered the house and danced there. Then property was given 

 to them. They gave them four or two slaves apiece as ])lood money. 

 After that they also danced in Ceks's house. When nearly all were 

 in they shut the door, and they killed those outside and thi-ew their 

 bodies over the cliii' in front. 



After they had killed all of those they crowded against each other 

 near the door. They then quietl}' pulled out one after another, stabbed 

 each one, and threw out the bodies. At that time a woman looked in 

 through tlie smoke hole. She held a knife. She made the motion of 

 cutting off heads. She said that the\^ were going to destroy them. 

 Those who were dancing paid no attention to her. After they had 

 killed on for a while they began to discover it for themselves. But 

 still they kept dancing. Although only ten were left they kept dancing. 

 Presently they killed all. Six that they saved the}' let go home. 



Some time afterward they began to visit back and forth. Once a 

 great man}" went to [Sitka], and Qala'x^ paid a great sum to the Rus- 

 sians. Then many canoes came there and, when all the Stikine peo- 

 ple w^ere inside the stockade, Qala'x began to fight them. And they 

 destroyed the Stikine people. 



Some time after that they became good to each other. They began 

 visiting back and forth again. Then ten canoes came to the Stikine, 

 and Yaqoa'n began to kill them. And they destroyed all of them. 

 At that time they stopped visiting each other. 



Some time after that Qala'x's nephew was in love with the daughter 

 of a Russian. For that the Russians killed him. They then killed the 

 Russian's son. They said that the Russians were going to fight them 

 with Qala'x, and they fortified themselves. They built the walls out 

 of big cedars. And they l)uilt the houses inside. They put flat rocks 

 along the fronts and" sides of the houses.* And, after they had lived 

 there for a while, the Iron people'' came in a vessel to destroy them. 

 After they had shot at them ten times they called for Qala'x. When 

 he answered they shot at him still more. 



After they had done this for a while they came ofl* to fight them in 

 three boats. All had guns with l>ayonets. They came on land at once. 

 And, after they had prepared for them in the house, they went out. 

 They then shot at them. While the Russians were shooting ])y com- 

 mand they shot into them. They also threw out their cartridges 

 quickly and shot again. After they had done this for some time they 



