HAIDA TEXTS AND MYTHS 429 



War between the people of Kloo and the Tsimshian 



[Told by Abraliani. of Those-ljorn-at-Q!:V(lAsg.o] 



Tlio people at Chickeii-liawk' town were at Wa'nats' prepared for 

 war ami had done raisiiio- their canoes. They were j^oing to Kitaiiiat.'^ 

 And because the tides heo-an to run too high for them to make the 

 start from Chicken-hawk town, they prepared at jiasu'g-.a-i. When 

 the tide was high they started off. 



Then some Skedans* people met them. And they gave them the 

 following news. Bufflehead had thrown a dry halibut at I'ngilin,' on 

 account of which there was a tight." They heard that a woman of the 

 Town-of-DjT'giia people' had been killed. Then, instead [of keeping 

 onj, they went toward the Tsimshian.** 



They went on and took all the dry salmon a slave was getting in 

 Skidegate creek'' away from him. They took a large number of bun- 

 dles of salmon out of the canoe of one who was coming back from war. 

 After they had left that i)lace the}" took away all the property of some 

 people who were living at Da'x.ua.*" 



They then went seaward and came to the mouth of the Skeena. 

 And they went toward ]\Ietlakatla^' and pulled their canoe up into the 

 woods. Close behind them were very many people in a temporary 

 camp. After some time had elapsed they began to make a noise. 

 They then went to tight. 



When they came out of the woods a Tsimshian shot a Haida. "A," 

 he was glad to have shot him. Then some Tsimshian got into a 

 medium-sized canoe and paddled oti" in fright. And the Kloo people 

 also got into one. The Tsimshian had one paddle, and the fighters 

 also had one. 



And after they had chased them for a while, they chased them 

 ashore and seized them at the edge of the water. Only one escaped to 

 the woods. When the}' seized his wife she cried out, and he turned 

 around (juickly with a knife. Then Djix.ia'al ran toward him. When 

 he got near he shouted! at him. He (the Tsimshian) shook, and he 

 seized him. 



They then got into the two canoes and went over to the place where 

 they had come out. They went over to the war canoes that were there. 

 On an island on which stood one tree, near the place where they came 

 out, sat Ni'swas.'" And the people of his town also sat there. The 

 Kloo people were unaware of it. 



And. when they started oil', one [Tsimshian] who was a good hunter 

 started after something [from the camp of M'swas]. He shot at them. 

 Then they started back. 



