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woods ill the inlet above Skidegute, they were discovered. AH of the 

 Skideo-ate people followed them at once. They shot at them. They 

 shot one then in the canoes of the Kloo people. They got oil' on the 

 inner side of Ku'no-a-i.''" 



At that time the Town-of-DjI'gua people took to the woods. \Mion 

 they fled the one who had been wounded sat in the cfyioe. Just before 

 Tfi'-ilgwai got off he called to him: "Ski'lg.atgwAns," he said to him, 

 "try to get otf. Sit at the foot of a tree in the woods. When I get 

 to Cumshewa'*" 1 will borrow a canoe and get you as soon as I can." 

 Then he consented. He said: "All right." 



The Skidegate people then pulled off' their canoes. Not long after 

 that the one they had wounded made a fire for his head. They then 

 went over from Skidegate and cut otf his bead. 



And the Town-of-Dji'gua people went around by the point, camping 

 here and there. They had nothing to eat. And when they camped 

 they were cold. B}' and by the}' found a sea otter floated ashore. 

 They made a tire for it and steamed it in the ground. When it was 

 cooked they set some in front of GinA'skilas. But he said: "You put 

 this in front of me to eat, but I will not eat it. The gravel might see 

 me."" 



The}' then started ofl' and came to Cumshewa. And they attacked 

 Ta'-iigwai, because he did not do as he had promised [to the wounded 

 man]. They then borrowed a canoe at Cumshewa and went to Ske- 

 dans.^" Thev (the Skedans people) took them over to the fort. 



And, after they had remained there for a while and it was again 

 fall, they again went to Tla'ldi. And, after they were through with 

 gather mg food, they again settled at Dog-fish fort. 



And the summer after the succeeding winter some posts fell out of 

 the stockade. Later more fell. Then Gwi'sukilnas called his nephew 

 and said to hmi: "Chief's son, the women can now go an^^where they 

 want to. Fighting lies on its back. War is over." From that time 

 it was ended. 



At this time chief GinA'skilas died. When Qfi'-idjit became chief 

 in his place the}' had a town at Sea-grass.^' 



Here is the end of this stoiy. 



^ Sometimes a made-up word so tickled the fancy of the people that a whole town 

 would take it up and re[)eat it upon all occasions. 



^ Chief of the Skidegate-towii people; see note 17. This episode preludes the main 

 narrative because it was regarded a great thing to kill a chief. 



* Keferring to the chiei's lack of watchiulness. 



* See "Story of Those-born-at-Skedans," note 8. 



* A salmon creek. 



®She taunts them by referring to the Skidegate people whom the me7iil)ers of her 

 own family had killed. 



''Those who had killed the man. 



*See "War Ijetween the iieople nf Kloo aiul the people of Ninstints," note 14. 



