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from this place, but [I know] that it is a fresh- water pond." Pres- 

 ently the tide began to run out from it as they had told him, so he 

 chopped some wood, made a fire and lay by it to wait. After the tide 

 had ebbed they began to fight, destroyed everybody there, and burned 

 the fort down. Close by the site of this fort is a place called Por- 

 poise-belly (Tcitciu'k!). 



The wan'iors thought they were getting much the best of the people 

 up this way, but really only a few were left to look after the forts, 

 most being collected elsewhere. 



After they had destroyed all the peoi)le in four forts they landed 

 on a long sandy beach to cut oil" the scalps. When there was no 

 time to scalp, the heads were carried away until there should be more 

 leisure. Scalps and slaves were what people fought for, and they 

 dried the scalps by rubbuig them on hot stones or holding them near 

 the fii-e. Then they again started north. This raid consumed the 

 whole summer. 



Southward of Huna w^as a fort on a high cliff, called Jealous-man 

 fort (Caositl'yiqa-nuwii') . It was named fi'om the man who encamped 

 there who was so jealous of liis wife that he w^ould let no one else live 

 near him. When the foes all stopj^ed in front of liim, and he could 

 hear them talking, he began to quarrel with them, saying, ''You big 

 round heads, you want to destroy all of the people up this way." 

 While they were talking back at him one of their canoes struck a rock 

 and split in two, and, after the}- had rescued the people in it, they 

 began talking about this circumstance, saying, "If we wait any 

 longer he will quarrel us over as well." So they left Mm and went on 

 north. 



The next fort they attacked is called Huna-people's fort (Hii'na- 

 qaw^u-nuwu'), and it stood just wdiere they w^ere going to turn south 

 again. Here they had the greatest fight of all, and the fort people 

 killed man}' of them. Finally they broke up all the canoes of these 

 people and started south. At this time they were overloaded with the 

 slaves they had taken, but they went in to ever\^ fort they passed near 

 and broke up the canoes belonging to it. The last of these forts was 

 called Fort -that -rapids-run-around (Datx-xatkAnAda'-nu), When 

 they had destroyed all of the canoes there, the}' said, "Will you 

 people bring any more wars upon us ? You will not dare to fight us 

 again." They felt very happy, for they thought that they had 

 destroyed all of the northern people, and that no more raids would be 

 made upon them. 



Most of the northern people, however, were encamped along the 

 coast to the westward, and, when they heard what had happened, they 

 came from Yakutat, Alsek river, and other places to Luca'cak !i-an. 

 They talked together for a long time and finally decided upon a plan. 

 All the men began to sharpen their stone axes, and, when that was 



