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eLas went and stood outside, ^^'hat ho said when he talked in the 

 foreign tong-ue was: •' l)eUa))elhi; why, Bellabella, do you let your- 

 selves be killed on my account? Come in nearer/' When he ceased 

 talking all picked up their anchors and placed themselves farther in. 

 After some time' had passed, a [secret-society] eagde made a noise 

 behind the town. Those in the canoes became ashamed.''" After they 

 had held their heads down for a while Gunana'otx.a stood up in one 

 canoe. After he had sung a song by himself they began to sing for 

 him. At that time lie jumped up and down as he danced. 



Wa+ 11+ ho ya e waho yo ya ha+ wa yil yi wa wo hilyii^ i ha wii 

 LasaxtVnokwa La suwa o hi ox.iii wa h;V ya e, etc.'" 



At that time they took Ya'koeLas out. They l)rought Lda'og^wan 

 ashore at once. Afterward all came ashore. Then the woukmi carried 

 their thing-s up. The things (guns) might go otf against each other 

 [therefore the men held themselves i-eady]. The Bellabella also held 

 their guns. Thej^ took up their things into the houses into which 

 the}' had invited them. They carried oti' their mats into the woods.^" 



The Bellabella were hungry. "-Come and eat hali])ut after having 

 had a long fast." And that day they wont otf. After the others had 

 left the uncle of a child that [the Haida] had captured gave them a 

 Skidegate man and much property for it. They now became good 

 friends forever. They ceased to tight with the Bellabella people. 

 And the following- day they returned. 



Here is the whole stor}^ about this. 



iKloo. 



^Used in its general sense, this word answers most nearly to the Haida uljifi 

 xii^idAg.a-i, although the latter is even more comprehensive. 



^The word for Eagle jaeople used here is the usual Tsimshian word for the Eagle 

 clan and is given ])y them to the Haida of Kloo, who are for the most part Eagles. 



* Probably a Tlingit word. 



^ Chief of Kloo. 



"The Silver islands. 



'Hot Spring island. 



"^Ramsey island. 



"See "A Raid on the Tlingit," note 11. 



^^See "Wars between the people of Ninstints and the people of Skidegate," note 2. 



"I was told that this was done to enable the soul to go to Taxet's house; see story 

 of the Food-giviug-town perple, note 25. 



^'- Meaning that there was a gjeat palaver. 



'•'See the story of Cloud-watcher, notes. 



'■* One of the leading Bellabella chiefs. 



'^Said to be the native name for the inlet on which these Bellabella lived. 



'"A Tsimshian town, also the Tsimshian part of the population of Porcher and the 

 neighboring islands. They lived always on terms of friendship with the Raven 

 people of Skedans. 



"While the men were at war their wives observed certain i-egulations of a sym- 

 bolic nature, suppo.sed to assist the warriors. Many slept in one house, with their 



