swanton] HAIDA texts AND MYTHS 425 



Wars bktween the towns of Kloo and Kttkatla and between 



THE Kloo families 



[Told by Abraham of T}iose-born-at-Qla'dAsg.o] 



Once South-east ' and the peopU' of lii.s town went trading. He came 

 to I'nuh"^ And, after the}' had given them food for a while, berries 

 were dropped upon the face of South-east, and Alder ^ did not like it. 

 Then they began to tight at the fort. And they destroyed the men 

 and enslaved the women. 



The}' then discovered Axhia'ls swimming from the fort. Some 

 youths pursued him. And, when they got near him, one held a spear 

 over his shoulder ready for him. He said to him: "Spare me brother- 

 in-law," but still he speared him. He broke his back. 



They towed the l)ody of Axlua'ls ashore. Those taken as slaves 

 then sang the same song for his body that had been sung for him when 

 he acted in the secret societies and got power from the sea otter and 

 when he performed sleight-of-hand feats. 



Lawe^-r huwa^+h6+ ho+ la\ve'-fi ia^+ la+we^+ hnyil' uO-l- lawe^-[- hu wa+ 

 6-f- lawe^-f he-{- iyiV+ 5+ 66+ lawe^-f i+ iya^+6-|- 

 6+ lawe''+ ye+ huwii'-f 6+ h6+ lawe'ee+ hehe+ 

 iya^+ 6+ 6+ lavve^+ he he iyii^wa wa+. 



At that time they took forty slaves for South-east. All together, 

 they took seventy at that time. When they came home they started 

 to fortify themselves at Thin-fort.* 



And, after they had been there for a while, Dje'basa'' came with 

 many canoes. They stopped in front of the fort and bought them 

 (the slaves) for grease, hides, and slaves. And, after he had bought 

 all and had started off, a woman whose lip around her labret was 

 l)roken through, the only one left, came out and stood there, and said: 

 ''Dje'basa, chief Dje'basa, are you going to let your property rot at 

 such-and-such a place where it is stowed if'' Are you going to let it 

 rot at such-and-such anothei- place where it is stowed F'** 



Then the canoe was backed toward her, and he gathered the boxes 

 of grease which were in the amoe together and landed them in exchange 

 for her. Then she also g(jt in, and they went away. 



When they first arrived there Dje'basa ate dry fish and grease in the 

 canoe. They saw that his mind was good. And South-east began to 

 speak of Imikling a house with what he had obtained in exchange for 

 the slaves. And they were glad, and the Town-of-Dji'gua people sang 

 a song outside. 



Wai-r aiya'-r aiyiV^^ aiya^-r aiya' uya' |- uya+ aya'+ ayiV+ \va 

 ai'ya ; aiya'ha-;- aiya^ha aiya'ha haiya'haho haiya'hahe, etc. 



