KWA5T0N] HAIDA TEXTS AND MYTHS 393 



Wars with the Niska am) Tsimsiiiax and conflicts between 



Haida families 



[Told l>y Richard of the Middle-giti'iis] 



Olio of the Poiiit-towii people' lived in Nass. Word eame that he 

 had been killed there. Then the Point-town people started to war. 

 After they had drunk sea water for a while thej^ raised their canoes. 

 In the canoes Skihje'xas" and Gia'oHns were the war chiefs. Pres- 

 ently they started. They had their town at House-point.'* 



They then went by way of the Tlingit country. The};' even traveled 

 durino- the da3\ They discovered some dried .salmon at LA'mas.* 

 The}' (the Nass people) thought that the}' did not care about the man 

 who was killed. After they had waited there until evening they went 

 out early in the morning. They killed then many of the Nass people. 

 The}" also took slaves. At that time Qogl's ran after some. He ran 

 quickly to some women who were sitting togethei'. He started to 

 bring out ten ])y the hair. He got only six of them out. 



They got then all the heads of the Niska people. They got sixteen 

 slaves for Gia'oHns, and they got thirteen for Skilqe'xas. Then they 

 occupied a fort at House-point, 



After some time the Niska people came to fight in five canoes. That 

 time they began to fight at House-point. Five of the Point-town peo- 

 ple were killed. And one canoe load of Niska people was destroyed. 

 They then went away. 



And the Point-town people again went to war. That time they 

 fought at Nass village. They enslaved ten for Skilqe'xas. They also 

 enslaved eight for Gia'oHns. They then returned to House-point, 

 singing songs of victory. 



And while they were living at Li'elAii' the Nass people came to 

 House-point to fight. The town of House-point was empty then, and 

 the Nass people burned the town. And the Nass people also .seized 

 the provision house" of Sktlqe'xas ))ehind the town. 



Then the Point-town people again went to Nass to fight. At that 

 time they met four canoes below the town of Lag.A'mklida.' And 

 they destroyed three. They again took some slaves that time. They 

 came away to Li'elAii, singing songs of victory. 



After they had lived there for a while, they thought the Nass peo- 

 ple too powerful for them, and they moved to Masset, After they 

 had lived there some time, the Nass people came to Li'elAil to fight. 

 When the Nass people came upon it very early in the morning they 

 found the town empty, and they burned it. And, when they saw the 



