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^•i\('ii us. As soon as some one said that the Town-ot"-Tc!a'ai people 

 had luoken it up the Earth-eaters went thither. The}- told us then 

 tliat we liad better not go out. We all had yuns. They told us not 

 to u'o out. But still we stood together among them. 



Then the Town of-TcIfi'al people stood in lines around the edges of 

 the eaiiO(\ holding their guns ready. After they had quarreled for a 

 \vhil(» XAn-gut-tci'ng.a came out. and a boy of the Town-of-TcIa'al 

 people shot at him. I, too, at onc(^ shot one. They then shot into the 

 Town-of-TcIrral people. The dead l)odies lay far apart on the ground. 

 Some sat up. Some tried to squirm up from their buttocks [having 

 been shot in the legs]. Four dead bodies belonged to the Earth eaters. 

 Two others they wound(>d. 



They at once began again to shoot each other. Man}' more of the 

 Town-of-TcIa'al people were Killed. After they had given us food for 

 a while they took us over to NAn-gut-tci'ng.a\s house. When they got 

 us in the sound of tight! ng ceased. 



After that they also shot into our house. The house had three 

 stockades. Mot a single bullet reached the house. They shot at us 

 from around the house while we ate. Early in the next dav NAfi-gut- 

 tci'ng.a called four families. And while thev ate in the house the 

 Town-of-Tc!a'al people again began to shoot at the house. And after 

 they had done this for a while we went down with our guns into a 

 trench extending toward the beach. And, while the Town-of-Tc!a'ai 

 people were shooting into the house from near by, we in turn shot at 

 them. We killed two. And afterward we ran in through the door- 

 way, one after another. We told of those we had killed. Then the 

 Town-of-TcIa'al people went away. 



And when the}' were done eating, he gave them all coats and good 

 clothing. Early in the next day he called the Earth-eaters. Then 

 they again shot at the house. They did not reach the inside. These 

 also went away. 



After that they began to shoot at our house. After they had shot 

 at our house for four nights NAn-gut-tci'ng.a told us to get up very 

 early. And, after we were done eating, he had us wash our faces. He 

 gave us tallow, and, when we had put it on our faces, ^- we painted 

 them. He then emptied out a big box of clothing. And as soon as we 

 had fitted ourselves we put it on. After that he emptied out l)lack hand- 

 kerchiefs. We tied them around our heads. He was a great chief. 



After that we sang a song. After we had sung four times we went 

 out to tight. ^Ve then began shooting at the four houses of the 

 Town-of-TcIa'al people while the Town-of-TcIfi'ai people drew up 

 around us from the \voods. And. after we had shot at each other 

 for a while, my gun l)ecame hot, and 1 put it into the water. 



MAfi-gut-tci'ng.a stood on the top of his house all of this time. He 

 held a large horn in his hand through which he talked to us. We 



