444 BUKEAU OF AMKRI(!AN KTHNOLOGY [bull.29 



War between the people of Kloo and the Giti'sda 



[Told liy Alirahjini, of 'riinse-b<irii-iit-Q!a,'rtAsg.o] 



After they had .spent some time in preparation they .started off — 

 'rho.se-ljorn-at-Skedans,' the Town-of-DjT'u-na peoph%'^ and Those-born- 

 at-QIa'dAso-.o.'' They spent the nio-ht on the open ,sea. When they 

 approached (jitgia'gAs * da}^ dawned for them. They were in eight 

 ('anoe.-5. 



Then four went sailing .southward of them along in front. And 

 then they passed in at Gitgia'gA.s i.sland, which stretched out before 

 them. After a little while the noise of guns arose there. Afterward 

 three persons came along in a canoe, the one in the middle standing 

 up. He was a Kitkatla man, who also called himself an Eagle. '^ 



He asked them then: '• What war is this^ What war is this ^ I am 

 Lawa'y." He then invited us. He invited the chief, Gitku'n, and all. 

 These people were going to hunt sea otter. He gave them a great 

 deal of food.'' And the}' sta^^ed there over night. During the night 

 plenty of salmon' came in. The next day they went away. 



They kept then out at sea. They landed at Point QA'lg.a-i. They 

 now began to keep the war rules there. The next morning they began 

 to drink sea water.** They had three shamans. After they had drunk 

 sea water for a while G.A'ndox's-father" performed. He said then: 

 'AVar people, which will be good? Here is Town-singers; here is 

 I)ays.^" 



B}^ and l)y he told the war people to get their paddles in a hurry. 

 And they got their paddles. And they carried him away on their 

 paddles from where he sat on the sand. He then looked at them. 

 After .some [other power] had gone out of him LA'gua" went in. He 

 told them to put their hands upon his hair. All did so at once. His 

 hair was long. Very many warriors pulled his hair. When they let 

 go he had few hairs left. 



Afterward another performed. After they had sung for him a while 

 he rolled over and over in front of the eight lires which stood in a line. 

 When he came to the last one, he .said "wa" in pain, because they 

 were going to leave one dead. 



On the next day they went away. And they stayed at Dia'g.Al all 

 night. On the day after that they reached the mouth of the inlet. 

 They hunted now for a suitable place to land canoes, because they 

 were cold at night. Then they landed the canoes. At daybreak they 

 brought up two ])uckets of sea water, a small l)ucket and a large 

 bucket. And, while they drank, GA'ndox's-father performed. He 



