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" A long island south of Port 8imps(Mi. 



'^ That is, the white i^eople. 



'"These were the Skitg.a'oqao, the Middle-giti^ns, the (Jiti^ns of Ya'gun river, the 

 Inlet-rear-town people (G.ao-SL!an-lnagaM), and tiie I'oint-town people. 



•' In Metlakatla harbor. 



"^ A creek into which very many sockeye salmon run. 



'^ Written by the whites Kasaan, the northernmost Ilaida town, situate on the 

 east coast of Prince of Wales island. 



'^"See "Story of the Food -giving- town people," note 4. 



'■" A narrow passage near the entrance of Nass inlet. 



''^ An important subdivision of the StA^stas family living at this time mainly at 

 GAsa^n. 



^•^The largest Haida town in Alaska, owned by the Town-of-Te!iVaI people. 



^*See the preceding story, note 2. 



'■'^ A Raven family of considerable importance which formerly lived between Ren- 

 nell sound and Hippa island. They afterward moved to Tc!a'al, and from there 

 into Skidegate. 



^^ A Raven family at Masset. Formerly they lived near Hippa island. 



'■^^ One of the chief Haida towns in ancient times. It stood on the north coast of 

 Graham island, opposite North island, and was owned by the StA'stas, an Eagle family 

 of great importance. The name is thought to signify "where the trail comes out." 



'^*The principal town on the west coast of Graham island. It stood just south of 

 Port Lewis and was owned by the West-coast- rear-town people. The name is 

 thought to mean "slaughter village." 



^® An Eagle family that is supposed to be a branch of the Tcets-gitAna^-i. Their 

 town was, as stated, QaiT, which has a beautiful situation and a fine harbor just 

 inside the mouth of Naden harbor. 



^"The circumstances of his death are not related. 



■^' See the story of "A raid on the Tlingit," note 14. 



^■-'See the notes to the above story. 



^^The Masset people did not mention any family under this name, but the Sagui^- 

 gitAua^-i ( Up-inlet-giti'ns) are probably intended. They once had a town at the 

 mouth of Yagun river. 



^*More often "are troubled about" is expressed by the word gutxisg.alA'fig.an, 

 different from that used here, which is uaigu'lgAn. 



^^ The speaker affects not to have known that the town in which he has been fight- 

 ing is that belonging to his father's people. He goes up into the forest by the war 

 trail — that is, fighting — and comes out upon the feather trail — that is, in peace. 



^•^ When peace was made one man from each side was generally taken up and 

 borne around upon the shoulders of his opponents. He was called the "deer." 

 The order seems to have been somewhat different in this case, two men being taken 

 from only one side. It was evidently considered that only that family had a grievance. 



*' A synonym for Ya'gun-gitAna'-i. 



^*The bargaining is broken off at this point by the coming of the Middle-giti'ns, 

 and is resumed later when the Cod-people gave six slaves. 



•'"It will be remembered that the tr()ul)le was started by a man of the Middle- 

 giti'ns shooting one of the Cod-people in the arm. 



^''The (Jiti^ns of Masset, as the name might imply, seems to have been the largest 

 f^agle family. There were two principal divisions of this — the MamAn-river-giti'ns 

 and the River-Scjadji^ns-giti^ns, named from streams flowing into the head of Masset 

 inlet, on which they camped. 



*'()r Eggs-of-Ski^tg.ao. This was the leading Raven family in Masset, and for- 

 merly they owned that town. 



■'''' He and his friends, the Eagles, assigned work to tlic ojiposite clan, the Ravens. 

 A man's opjiosites always took care of his funeral. 



