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Dining all that autumn, until the veiy beginnino- of winter, there 

 were enemies around them. The}^ were never free from them. 



Then the man whose sister had been killed up the inlet from Kloo 

 could not get a canoe. By and by Gin A'ski las'* lent him a 5-fathom 

 canoe without thwarts fastened in it. And he and his younger 

 brother tinished it. After they had finished it he (GinA'skilas) 

 changed his mind [about lending it]. And Alder called out to his 

 younger brother: "KIwi'dAfia-i,'' cut oti' the cedar limbs from the 

 canoe at once. If he says a word against it I will kill him." He then 

 cut them off. The}- took no notice of it. And he could not get a 

 canoe. 



All winter no one took a step anywhere. By and by one of them 

 went out to sea for something, yet came back safely. They saw that 

 spring was alread}^ beginning to come on. Then Alder and Grandson 

 went to Skidegate to war together. 



Those who remained behind felt that the earth was different. The 

 ground shook, and the thunder rolled directly over them, and there 

 were landslides. A woman of Those-born-at-QIa'dAsg.o, AVoman-too- 

 dirty-to-be-touched,'" owned four large clam shells, duck feathers, 

 and duck grease. She laid them (the clam shells) down and put the 

 duck grease into them. She put duck feathers along the edges. She 

 sat talking to them: "Be careful, your duck grease might spill." 

 And it stopped. She believed it was stopped by her actions. ^^ 



The warriors arrived at Skidegate. Then they all (those left 

 behind) got ready to move at the same time. They had their canoes 

 loaded and anchored at the mouth of the creek. Bv and by, all started 

 off together. That day they encamped at Xo'tdjix.oa's.^'' That night 

 they remained awake. Amasa'n and his family acted as sentinels. 



The day after that they went off again. And, after they had moved 

 on for a while, they camped at Sqe'iugits. The two who had gone to 

 fight were also away. And, after having escaped from confinement, 

 thev ate anything, having mussels and things in the woods for pro- 

 visions. 



GinA'skilas then went out to examine a peninsula opposite the camp- 

 ing place. And a woman of Those-born-at-QIa'dAsg.o, West-coast- 

 clouds, and a slave also went out. And, as they went along, they met 

 the [two returning] warriors. Two scalps hung out of the stern of 

 the canoe. And they told her how they killed them. 



" We found Skidegate empty. But still we dicl not go into the 

 houses." Then they came back [to the canoesj. They concealed their 

 canoes at the seaward end of Skidegate. Afterward they went to look 

 at Skidegate. They found there sixty boxes of grease, stowed away. 

 They then broke them open with an ax. And the one whose sister's 

 head had been cut off', while she was still alive, in the same way cut 

 off the heads of four youths who came after devilfishes. 



