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fished thcM'o for a long- time. Thev observed the war taboos there for 

 a lono- time. The}' drank medicine. And, when they had more than 

 enouoh dried halibut, they went away. 



^Vhen they found a good sandy beach they huided. Thence the}' 

 started off to war. IIu iui hu hu hu, the great crowd of them! After 

 they had prepared for a whih^ the}'^ went ott'. WhiU; they were away 

 the women observed tiie rules in two smokehouses. After ten nights 

 had passed, and the bows [of the warriors] canoes were turned about, 

 and they had started home, they turned around their sleeping- places.'' 

 One night after that they came home. The noise of guns was heard. 



Hu hu hu hu hu, there was a great noise of guns. When they got 

 near, the sound of the war songs came rolling along. In Waters's 

 canoe the highest war song was sung.^^ When they landed they 

 brought in many slaves. Among them was the great chief, Ya'koeLas. 



At that time they went up into the inlet. They spent many daj^s 

 in it. And when they smelt smoke some went out to scout. They 

 then saw the house, and before daybreak they set out for the house in 

 a line. 



When they got near a white man's dog barked at them. At that 

 time A'nkustA '■' performed as shaman. He then made a threatening- 

 motion toward the dog. It stopped barking. And it came among 

 them and licked them. 



AMien they got near they shot at them. Hu hu hu hu hu, they 

 finished shooting and ran in. Some went through the doorway and 

 some went in through the sides of the house. They dropped in 

 (piickh' in any way. They seized at once upon those inside. 



By and by one of them seized Ya'koeLas. He threw him from him, 

 and he almost fell on his hands near by. But he did not loosen his 

 hands. Tliose in the house did not know, on account of the confusion, 

 what thej^ were doing. One lay upon some one and called for his 

 family. Others pulled away his arms.-" 



Thev now got all into their hands. At that time they lay upon some 

 slaves owned by Ya'koeLas who had married each other. The woman 

 then said to her husband: "Cut him up among them."" And her hus- 

 band said to her: "Any place where water is drunk is all right." 

 Their minds were not disturbed, because the}' w^ere slaves already. 



Then the chief, Ya'koeLas, refused to leave the place. The Kloo 

 people then seized him, and he threw them off with a jerk. He then 

 moved himself little by little in the place where he had lain. He 

 moved toward an ax that was there. 



After they had struggled with him for a while one of them found a 

 big coil of rope near the door. They tied him then. And they car- 

 ried him to the canoe. At that time he wai put into Waters's canoe. 

 The canoe then moved as if some one shook it. It shook because he 

 was afraid, and thev were afraid of him. 



