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one, went to the phu-e where th(> child was singino-. 'Iliev were 

 encamped behind the trees, and liad a mat liiinu- up on account of the 

 mosquitoes. He softly pulled it down. He saw those lyin^' behind 

 it. At that time some one said to him *' Nda',nda'.'' He thought it 

 was a dog". And. at't<M' he had also looked on \\w other side, he "svent 

 au'ain to the place wIkm'c tlicv were cani})ini;-. 



He then told them how many there were, and he said that he alone 

 woidd have them. And he went thither. As he went toward the 

 place his oun Avent ofi'. And those who were behind ran up. When 

 they i>-()t near he had come out neai' them on shore. He had cut ofi' a 

 head. His skin was covered with !)lood. Holding- the head hanging 

 fi-om his mouth, he crept down with two knives in his hands. There 

 they enslaved five. 



They told them there that many people were encamped at Xena- 

 point. The Kloo people told that to the Bellabella. They then went 

 to Xena-point. And they ai'rived there, and, after they had gathered 

 together, they lay in lines along the edges of the grass. Presently 

 they went to get them. After they had gone in a line toward them 

 for a while, they said '" Hilk'"' and threw themselves upon them. And 

 there, too, they enslaved many Kloo people. Some, however, escaped 

 into the woods. 



After they had got them into the canoe a north wind was blowing. 

 They then put u\) their sails. Many dead bodies were left behind 

 them. And, when they got far out to sea, they pulled off the head of 

 a man of the C'umshewa-town people'" named Si.ins who sat in the 

 canoe, and threw his body overboard while it was still alive. 



Then those who had escaped into the woods met at Skwa'-ikun 

 island. And they went toward the mainland on rafts. They then 

 made a big smoke toward Ninstints. And they came after them at 

 once and took them over to Ninstints. Afterw^ard, when evening 

 came, they took them over to where they (their own people) were 

 fishing. It was a great piece of bad news. There was no peace for a 

 single family. 



The}' stopped fishing then and went to Sea-grass town. After they 

 had gone along for a while they came to the body of the man whose 

 head they had taken ofi', floating near the shore. They put it into the 

 fire there." And they took along his bones. They reach(Hl Sea-grass 

 town. Hu hn hu hu hu. there was great wailing. They now pre- 

 pared for war. After they had prepared slowly for a while they 

 went ofi. 



At that time they were not acquainted with the mouth of Bellabella 

 strait. 'I'hen. without knowing [where they were], they })ulled up 

 theii" canoes into the woods early in the morning. And, when day 

 dawned, they saw Wawayie'la's fort. The foi't was named 

 Lai'Laiklia-i. 



