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killed many of the Nass people. And they killed a town chief named 

 8qiit!i'ii. The Nass people were very sorry on account of him. They 

 wept and scratched their face.s. The others returned singing songs of 

 victory. 



And when they went thither to tight again the town of Lag.A'mklida 

 was empty. The}' then burned the town. They captured many boxes 

 of grease. 



When the}- returned Skilqe'xas summoned the people. He said 

 that he would send feathers to the Niska. Then some of them did not 

 like it. And (iia'ohns also summoned the people. He said the same 

 thing. Then all agreed. And the^' took over feathers to the Tsim- 

 shian. After that they carried them up to the Niska. 



Some time aftei'ward they came in ten canoes. They then carried 

 the dancers into all the houses. At that time they gave them a great 

 deal of blood money. They gave three slaves for the chief they had 

 killed. At that time there was not a single slave left in Masset. 

 They gave them all away as blood mone^'. Then they went joyfully 

 away. Some were dancing; some were singing canoe songs. At that 

 time they also left feathers. The}- wanted the Masset people [to visit 

 them]. 



They then also went over. The}^ gave them a great deal of blood 

 money. They had then a ti'ue peace with each other. The Nass 

 people also told them to come and get boxes of grease, and they went 

 over to get them. They [the Niska] then settled again in the burned 

 town. The Nass people gave them boxes of grease. 



And when they came home the Point-town people again fought with 

 the Up-inlet-giti'ns. Five chiefs of the Point-town people were killed. 

 After they had fought for a while the Point-town people carried over 

 two copper plates to Qlaj'^a'n.* There they threw them into the water. 

 Then those, too, had peace with each other. They gave slaves back 

 and forth as blood money. And they had women on each side marry 

 with the opposites, because they feared that the}^ would be angry 

 again. Now there was peace. 



Afterward, when they had been visiting among the Tsimshian for 

 some time, one of the Rocky-coast-giti'ns^" was killed among the Tsim- 

 shian. When they came to make peace on account of him they were 

 so easy to kill on the coast that they destro3^ed them. Then they 

 brought those [dead bodies] home also. 



At that time some went behind the town of Masset to keep watch. 

 And when the Tsimshian had almost got ashore behind Masset they 

 shot at them. They drove the warriors away. Then the Rocky -coast- 

 giti'ns went to war. They killed many Tsimshian. 



Afterward, when the Tsimshian came to light, they enslaved nine 

 of the Masset people. Then all the families again started to make 



