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began to defocate in lied so that they were afraid of him. He did this 

 because lie had planned to get away. By and by he escaped with four 

 women. And they launched canoes and looked for him. They could 

 not find him anywhere. He went off with a gun, a cartridge box, and 

 a l)lanket. 



And some Masset chiefs were also there. They had expected to trade 

 [the runaways] for some Kloo people that they had taken. Those also 

 went awa}'. Phey then took two slaves from Qogl's,-* There they 

 also took up weapons against each other. 



Afterward, when the planting was over and the salmon berries were 

 ripe, they started southward. They again fished for halibut. Not 

 the smallest human Ijeing remained behind. And, after they had 

 gone along for a while, they landed at the place where they were 

 always accustomed to fish. They iish(»d there. After the fishing had 

 gone on for a while they stopped and went away. They then landed 

 at a certain long sandy beach. 



And Gitku'n sent some young men after something that they had 

 forgotten at the place where they had fished. A part of them also 

 went after salmon berries, and some hunted. And, while they (the 

 young men) were on the way one discovered mats belonging to the 

 Bellabella spread out to dry at the foot of the trees standing l)ack of 

 the shore. And the two who were sent in search reached the place 

 where those were sleeping from whom they had parted and escaped. 

 They came to know about the enemy. 



He (the head man) went at once toward the place where the}^ had 

 landed. And he discovered enemies about that place. The Town-of- 

 Djl'gua people immediately went thither in two big canoes. And 

 Those-born-at-QIa'dAsg.o followed. And, wdien those who had gone, 

 came into the inlet they saw the enemy unobserved by the latter. 

 They then got ofl' their canoes for them. And liefore they got oppo- 

 site some one shot at them. They then began shooting into them. 



Then they pursued [the Bellabella] who led them along to where 

 there were eight more canoes in the woods. And the Town-of-DjI'gua 

 people began to watch in front of the canoes. At evening Those-born- 

 at-Q!a'dAsg.o also came there. After they had been there for a while, 

 Lda'ogwan ^■'^ called oat from among the Bellabella: "Father, are you 

 in one of those canoes^ I am Lda'ogwan.'' Then Waters asked: 

 " Why is there such a crowd of people?" ""Some want peace; part 

 want war." And he said to his daughter: "People alwaj's use feathers 

 in making peace. They are inviolable." 



After she had talked [to the Bellabella] the}' heard the sound of a 

 canoe in the darkness. Then two persons put feathers on the chiefs. 

 And one of them asked for Gitku'n, but they pointed out to him a 

 different one.^" He then put feathers on him first. But afterward he 

 put feathers on the chiefs. 



