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And, after the Tsinishian had started oti', they said that they would 

 raise their eaiioes. ' On tlie very next day after tliey had I'aised them 

 they went to figlit. T\^o\ enshived then very many women who were 

 out after berries. At that time they came to the fort sinoing- songs of 

 victory. The}' remained there then on the watch. 



By an t)v the Tsinishian came to tight again. And again many were 

 kiUed on both sides. Some time afterward they settled at KlAga'ni. 



And, after they had lived there for a while, a 3-sail canoe came. The 

 Middle people were going to destroy it then because a man of the 

 Eagle side who lived with them had gone to Masset and had been killed 

 there. One of the Middle-town people then came out to talk to the 

 Middle- born."' 



After it (the canoe) had approached the town for a while, the Middle- 

 born got ready for it. And when the canoe came in front they upset 

 it by shooting. The Middle-town people and the Middle people at 

 once had a pitched ))attle outside. Some of the SalA'ndas^' who were 

 neutral went to look at the canoe. Under it they found the owner of 

 the canoe and his wife. 



After they had fought and killed each other for a while they said that 

 (ii'tg.ax.riina '** was killed. He was kept under some slaves, but still he 

 was killed. Many also were wounded. When they told his grand- 

 father, he said: '" Be careful howyoutellmethatGi'tg.ax.i'linais killed."' 

 Me thought he was too great to be killed. He went then to see him 

 sitting up. Then he turned around (juickly. There was a high cliti' 

 there. He was going to throw himself over, when they seized him. 

 Afterward, as he went crying around the lire, he dashed himself against 

 a [white man's] anvil. 



Oi'tg.ax.T'lina's elder ))rother, I'ldjiwas,'^ was sitting at the time in 

 front of his younger brother. They then stopped shooting one another. 

 And (Ti'tg.ax.iiiiia's parents got ten slaves from the house of the 

 Middle-town people. Then I'ldjiwas asked the Middle-town people to 

 stay awake with [the body of] (xi'tg.ax.i'lina. Although thej^ had 

 just shot at each other, thej" were called for it. 



Then they <;inic in a crowd. They were afraid to enter. By and 

 b\- they came in. They let them stay awake there. They were ten 

 nights in the house. All the tmie they gave them food. And, after 

 they buried him, they gave propertv to the Middle-town people to 

 pa}' for the wake. After that I'ldjiwas started to kill the Middle- 

 town people."^*' Each time much property was given as blood money. 



By and by NAfi-gut-tci'ng.a went ofl' on a vessel. After that, when 

 a vessel came with him and they went out to trade, Gitkudja'os 

 approached I'ldjiwas to kill him. NAfi-gut-tci'ng.a said to him: 

 "Take care, they are coming to kill you." At that time I'ldjiwas 

 shot Gitkudja'os alongside the vessel, so that he fell into the water. 



