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I :Wlyji hi ye he ye: | There i« now duylij^ht (i. e.,the trouble is 

 partly over)." 



" \ :Wayi'a he'e o e: T' 



And after that they occupied Mountain-fort/° Then the women of 

 Those-born-at-Skedans gathered a supernatural medicine. And, after 

 they had collected it, they gave it to One-going-to-be-the-elder-Sqaa'n." 

 They put it then upon a charmed necklace, and the}' also put some 

 upon a looking-glass. One-going-to-be-the-elderSqaa'n then sent the 

 charm over to Wa'nAg.An.*** And she sent over to Tcinxa'da*^ the 

 mirror on which she had put the medicine. 



As soon as they reached Skedans Wa'nAg.An wore the charm and 

 Tcinxfi'da looked at himself in the mirror. They felt [the effects of] 

 the medicine at once. Tcinxfi'da's face, which had been touched by a 

 war spear's point, had not healed. They went from Skedans at once 

 to get w'ives. And a large number went along. 



When they got near Mountain-fort thej^ stood up. And they began 

 to sing: ''One will not even feel where he fell, a'hiya.'""^ Then some- 

 one in the canoe repeated: "That is the way it will happen.'"'^ 



At that time QIayu's got ready for them. He said that they might 

 get off the canoe, but perhaps he would not let them in. When they 

 had gone ashore they entered the house. When [Those-born-at-Skedans] 

 acted in an unfriendly manner, as if the}^ were read}' to do something, 

 all escaped to their canoe. 



And, after the}^ had gone up the inlet some distance, they came to 

 their ))rother-in-law. And he asked: "Say! brothers-in-law, why did 

 you come up here?" And they said to him: '"They almost destroyed 

 us. We escaped by sea.'' Then he said: "Comeback then. I think 

 they did it to you because 1 was away." Then the}' returned with him. 



When they fought at G.a'ogits they had killed his nephew. He called 

 upon his brothers-in-law to go back because his mind was sick on 

 account of it. So, after they landed at the fort, they killed them. 

 They afterward made peace with each other. After that they ceased 

 to treat each other badly. 



The first of these famiUes was the principal family at Skedans; the second, the 

 riding family at Kloo. The one was Raven; the other, Eagle. They were so closely 

 connected by intermarriages that (luarrels seldom arose between them, and the one 

 narrated here seems to have been thought remarkable for that reason. 



^ Selwyn inlet. 



'^ One of Those-born-at-Skedans. 



*The person who acted in this capacity defended the lower part of a warrior's per- 

 son, which was not so well protected by the native armor as the upjier part. He 

 answered somewhat to the Oriental "armor-bearer." 



^See the story of Cloud-watcher, notes. They were always allied with Those- 

 born-at-Skedans. 



* One of the greatest names of the chief of Kloo, 



