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have their fort. They discussed t\w iiu^rits of ii certiiin ishind. B)- 

 and by they all thought Town- fort '-"' was a good one, because it was 

 within easy reach of Tla'kll.'--' whither they went after salmon. 



The men then went to it. After they had been puttino- up house 

 frames for a while, the}'^ also brought cedar planks there. Then they 

 ]Kit them up. Afterward the}' also brought the women there. They 

 worked upon the houses. After they had worked up(jn them for a 

 while they were done. 



After they had lived mere for a while an old Bellal)ella man whom 

 they had taken died. They then dragged his body to a steep i)lace. 

 Just before they threw it over they cut ofi' the head. Then the}' threw 

 him down. And his little grandchild almost pushed one of the Kloo 

 men over. He grasped something at the edge of the clitf. 



After they had lived there for a while they went to Skedans to 

 get a wife for the chief's child, and they stayed there all night. On 

 the next day they came away. And, when they came in sight of the 

 fort, they (the fort people) saw Kudju'i (the woman they had come 

 foi) sitting in the canoe. Their minds feeling good, they sang a pad- 

 dling song. When evening came her father-in-law called the people 

 to give them Indian tobacco. When they had the tobacco in their 

 mouths some said one to another: ""To-night we will fool them." 

 And they went home. 



After we had lain in bed for a while all at once the fort moved. 

 There was a great catching up of weapons. Two Kloo people were 

 shouting behind thin rocks wdiich stood near the fort. They heard at 

 the fort the echo of their voices resounding from the shore. They 

 said that it was the Bellabella. 



They then tied up the slav<>s. And an old man li\ing down toward 

 the shore added lies to it. He said that canoes had come below and 

 gone away from him. By and by a shaman who was there performed. 

 He had a knife in his hand. They sang a song for him there. Some 

 spirits straightway went out of him. He said he could not find any- 

 thing terri})le by striking with his knife. 



A brave chief of the Town-of-Dji'gua people had his house at a dis- 

 tance from them. They shouted to encourage him as he came from 

 it. They made a sound [like a snare drum] in front of the houses: 

 "A-a-a-a-a-a wa-a-a-a-a-a." He came down with a knife to meet any- 

 one [who might be therej. He passed down the ti-ail that leads from 

 the upper inlet and came ([uickly out upon the trail on the side toward 

 the sea. 



At that time some went away from the fort. They carried the news 

 to Skedans. They came (piickly the next day to help them. And they 

 landed there. There they gave them a great deal to eat. 



When fall came they were at Tla'ldl. In the sununer after the fol- 

 lowing winter a slave that they had, whom young men used to watch, 



