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we mij^lit ^o with thciii to Laqlala'ni. And wo .said that we would 

 ^\ve them more propert3\ We thought then tliat it was all right, 

 and we went to our canoes. While a part of the provisions lay on 

 shore the Tsimshian took the provisions. We then got into our canoes. 

 I pushed my canoe off with the many which were there. When the 

 canoes got away two remained. I then ran toward the fort at Port 

 Simpson.'' There was j^et a crowd of Skidegate people there. And, 

 while I stood there, two canoes with the dancers^ in them were still 

 there. Then the Tsimshian pursued. They shot into the canoes, 

 pulled themselves close alongside, and in a short time they drifted 

 along empty. Then, when the two that were there started off, 1 ran 

 down from in front of Port Simpson house. 1 jumped into the stern. 

 Then the two dancers' [in their canoes] paddled backward. I took a 

 gun and shot them both. At that time 1 scared them. Those who 

 first went off took their property. A south wind was blowing. 

 Canoes drifted off empty. 



Thev then shot much at us from Laqlala'm. There was no gun in 

 ni}' canoe. After that they again shot at us. We then fled. During 

 all that time the Tsimshian pursued us. That was a great disaster, 

 though the story of it sounds well enough. They pursued us far out 

 to sea. I was in my wife's canoe. 



When thev got far out at sea they returned. They enslaved very 

 many of the Skidegate people. 



Then they (the Skidegate people) landed at iJg.a'odana-i.'* At that 

 time a heavy rain set in. They called it ""The-rain-upon-the-skins-of- 

 dead-bodies." And, when daylight came, I built a big fire. Then the 

 wounded sat around the fire. On the following day, when we started 

 ofJ", a man of Those-born-at-House-point" was angry, because, he said, 

 we went off first. Then he and I were going to shoot each other. 

 The}^ held us apart. And they went away. 



And on the next day they stood crying in front of Lig.a'odana-i. 

 The Pebble-town people did not cry, however, because all of them 

 escaped. Fifty canoe loads were destroyed. The weather was bad. 

 And, while they lay there, the one who had quarreled with me came to 

 me and pulled up his canoe alongside of ours. He then made peace 

 with me. He gave me whisky. And, after we had sent food through 

 the fire to those who had been unable to escape, we spent the night 

 in our canoes. We remained awake. We were afraid. We thought 

 that they might pursue us again. 



And when da}' broke we went away. About noon the}' sailed over 

 to Skidegate. They laid the blame on Bufflehead, who had escaped. 

 They then asked her for property. Her husband was named Lu'g.ot.^" 

 Then the}- began to give away YJi'operty. He was about to make a pot- 

 latch. His house pole lay there for good. He gave the town all of 

 his property. 



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