HAIDA TEXTS AND MYTH8 891 



Waii between the Egos-of-Ski'tc.ao and the Inlet-reak-town 



PEOI'LE 



[Told l)y Kichar.l df [hv Middle-gltl'iis] 



They lived too-other in the town of Masset. In the fall they went 

 up the inlet to dry salmon. They camped then on both side.s of 

 A'-in.' After the}^ had dried salmon for a while some of the Eggs-of- 

 Skt'tg.ao went off in the night to hunt hair seal. 



lie (the leader) remained then during- the night on one side of an 

 islet. There, while he was trying to get a chance to shoot hair seal, a 

 gun sounded from across the point. Then a boy who was in his canoe 

 shouted like one who is shot. " Wa'nani, wa'nani; they shot me.'' 



One who was with him jumped ofi' then. Then he asked: " Who 

 did it^ Who did it?" Instead of answering, they pulled away from 

 him, and he shot toward them in the darkness. He shot the man 

 in the bow, so that he fell into the water. He^ then went home and 

 told his friends. 



Some time after that, during the night, the child came home crying. 

 He told his friends what had happened. The Eggs-of-Ski'tg.ao and 

 the Inlet-rear-town people at once began fighting. They shot at each 

 other through all the fall. Their wives being l)etween the families 

 (i. e., of different families), their sons got dog salmon for them.' 



By and b}- they went away. After the men of both families had 

 got into two canoes they fought in their canoes all the way down. 

 But the women came behind in canoes.* And when they landed they 

 fought each other again on land. They shot at each other there all 

 night. There many of the Inlet-rear-town people were killed. 



On the next morning they fought each other again. And since the 

 Eggs-of-Ski'tg.ao landed at AVhite-slope^ first, the Inlet-rear-town 

 people passed by in front. At that time they began to settle at Yan.^ 

 And they had a fort on an islet there. 



After that they again began to tight each other. Then many were 

 killed on both sides. They fought through the winter and through 

 the sunuuer around it. By and by, after they had settled at Yan, 

 one of the Eggs-of-Ski'tg.ao went over to them. Thereupon they 

 stabbed him in fi'ont of the town.' Then they again went across to 

 fight. They killed four of the Inlet-rear-town people. 



Some time afterward a whale Hoated into the inlet. They went 

 then to get it, and with the Inlet-rear-town people they jointly cut it 

 u}). One of the Inh^t-i'ear-town people was killed tliere with a war 

 spear. The}' started at once to tight again. They then again killed 



