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•'Town fhief of Skidegate. \\'lu'n 1 was at Skidegatc; the remnants of his grave 

 box and of the Chilkat blanket tliat was wound around his body were still to be 

 seen . 



* An island. 



*See "Story of the Food-giving-town people," note 4. 



®See "Story of him through whom LA^gua spoke," note 1. These families came. 

 out to relieve the Sand-town people. Unlike the latter they are both Eagle. 



'The chief was fasting for property and success, and his fast was called "night- 

 picks-up-the-village. " He probably took internal medicine at the same time. 



* Probably thinking that their chief had been killed. 



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