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answered. What they reall}^ intended was to call out ten persons who 

 were reckless and brave. 



As soon as they came down the}" beg-an to spear the people of Chief- 

 discovered's town. At the ver}^ beginning Chief-discovered fell. 

 Wada', however, escaped. 



The people of Common-town'* came in front and looked on from 

 their canoes. Onl}^ live canoes [of the Sand-town people] escaped. 

 He destroyed the people of Chief -disco vered's town. After they had 

 pulled the spears out of the slain they (the people of Common-town) 

 brought their canoes in front of the people of Chief-discovered's town 

 and carried in the dead bodies. They did not wish to fight. 



And the women came back. Wada's wife, Avith her children, did 

 not come back. Although the}" hunted for her body the}' could not 

 find it. And the others carried up their dead. They did not, however, 

 take up the l)ody of Chief -discovered. The canoe was rolled about 

 by the waves with his body in it. He floated about in the bilge-water. 

 They treated his body in that way because they had lost so many 

 friends through him. 



These were both Nhistints families of the Raven clan. The former was named 

 from an islet in Skincuttle inlet, which is said to have been the first land to appear 

 above the waters of the flood raised by Raven's nncle; see the story of "Raven trav- 

 eling." From this they claimed to be the oldest Haida family. The Sand-town 

 people have been referred to in "Story of the Food-giving-town people," note 4. 



' Either on the island of Xf/gi, referred to above, or on the mainland opposite. 



■^ See "The story of him through whom LA^gua spoke," note 5. They were con- 

 sidered a part of X:Vgi hVnas. 



^ On a small inlet east of Huston inlet. G.a^-idi is the name of a fish said to resem- 

 ble a smelt somewhat. This town was owned by the Sand-town people. 



* Chief of the Xa^gi-town people. The word was one used when detaching certain 

 bivalves from the rocks. If these were taken by surprise this could be done with 

 ease. 



5 That is, G.aMdi. 



*' Near one end of Xa^gi. 



' The word they coined for the occasion, giving to it this application in order to 

 deceive their enemies. 



** Or "Bad town." It is said to have been owned l)y the Sa'ki qe^g.awa-i; see "The 

 story of him through whom LA'gua spoke," note 1, 



