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tribe. Tlien the slave said, "I always bring wood down and make a 

 fire in the evenino;, after which my master sends me for water. When 

 you see me going after water, come to the door and wait there for me. 

 As soon as I come in I am going to push over the fire. At the same 

 time I am going- to empty the water into it so as to make a quantity 

 of steam. Then rush in and carry out your wife." 



The man followed these directions and started away with his wife. 

 Then his halibut hook shouted, "This way, my master, this way." 

 So he ran toward the shark people's town, and they pursued him. 

 Now the killer whales attacked the shark people because they said 

 that the sharks had instructed him what to do, and they Icilled many 

 sharks. 



In return the sharks began to make themselves strong. They 

 were going out again to fight the killer whales. They went to some 

 rocks and began sharpening their teeth. Then they began the battle, 

 and whenever the killer whales approached, the sharks would run 

 against their bellies and rip them open, letting out their entrails. 

 The whole bay was full of killer whales and sharks. \\Tiat happened 

 to the woman is not told. 



Wheii the killer- whale tribe start north the seals say, "Here comes 

 another battle. Here come the warriors." They say this because 

 the killer whales are always after seals. Killer whales are of tlifferent 

 kinds, and the one that always swims ahead is the red killer whale, 

 called" killer- whale-spear" (Klt-wusa'ni). It was so named by the 

 man who made these animals because he shaped it long and slender. 

 The Tsague'di, to which this man belonged, are a branch of the Dacj- 

 Llawe'di; therefore the DAqLlawe'di are the only people who make 

 the killer whale their emblem." 



On their way to us the first killer whales came into a bay called 

 KotsIe'Ll, after TsIcl!, the first man who came to that bay. They 

 encamped at its head and the day after began digging into the clift'. 

 The land there is not very high, so they were soon through, laid skids 

 down, and carried their canoes across. Some people watched them. 

 The killer whales always used to cross at the place where they laid 

 down these skids, and now people cross there. It is called Killer- 

 whale-crossing place (Kitgu'ni), but is now overgrown with trees and 

 underbrush. 



[This place is said to be on the north arm of Tenakee bay, where a 

 canal has been projected to enable boats to reach Huna more easily.] 



a The Wu'ekitan must, however, be added. 



