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up and down with the current and Yel-xak's body moved up and 

 down along with it. Then the shaman said, "Now you see what my 

 spirit has been singing about. That is the raven moving back and 

 forth. Now you people are going to eat them all up. Don't be 

 frightened any more, for you have them all now that 3'ou have gotten 

 him." At once they began to wade across, while the Chilkat people, 

 when they saw that their head man was tlead, ran past their fort up 

 into the mountains. At that time the L!uk!nAXA'di took the totem 

 pole ankAxwa'i. That is what the Chilkat shaman had meant by 

 the chip flying toward Huna and the tree falling toward it. And 

 this is also why they had so great faith in spirits at that time. 



Cku'wu-yel felt badly for the loss of his totem, so he took the copper 

 raven he had captured from the iJidvInAXA'di before and started 

 toward KA(|!Anuwt:i' to make peace. His wife's father was head 

 chief of the l !uk !nAXA'di. At this time the war had lasted for a long 

 time, perha])s five years. Cku'wu-yel composed and sang a song as 

 he went along, as follows, "Why did you leave the Chilkat river as 

 it flows, you raven? Why didn't you take it all into your mouth?" 

 He meant to say, "If you are so strong, why didn't you make the 

 river go entirely dry?" The iJuklnAXA'di had gathered many fam- 

 ilies against him, but the river was as large as ever. 



Just as Cku'wu-yel came to the iJiiklnAXA'di town, a man ran down 

 toward the canoe, making believe that he was going to kill him, but 

 one of the Ka/gwAiitan caught him and said, "Why do you want to 

 kin that chief? You are not as high as he." He said, "It isn't 

 because I am anxious to kill him, but because I was always so afraid 

 of him when he was warring."" 



Then they seized Cku'wu-yel to make him a deer and took him into 

 Sleep house, the house of his father-m-law. Wlien she saw him 

 going in there, his wife came out of the canoe, carrying the raven hat 

 he had captured. Eagle down was upon it. So they, in turn, 

 brought out the ankAxwa'i with eagle down upon it. The}' also 

 painted the face of the deer and the face on the corner post represent- 

 ing Sleep. This was because they had so much respect for this post. 

 The painting of its face was the end of their troubles. 



It was against the deer's rules to eat devilfish or any kind of fresh 

 fish, but they thought, "If he still feels ])adly toward us, he will 

 refuse to eat it." So he said to them, "Bring that devilfish here. 

 I will eat that devilfish." They did not want him to eat it, but they 

 w^anted to see what he would say. As soon as he asked for it, there- 

 fore, all shouted and put it back from him. They said, "It is so. 

 He has come to make peace." Then they danced for him. 



After this all of the GanAxte'di came over and carried away his 

 father-in-law to be deer on the other side. 



a See p. 71. 



