After they had drunk sea water for six nights they set out to war in ten canoes. And, when they reached the mainland, some stopped at Qꜝadō′.[17] After they had looked for enemies on the opposite side as well, [they saw] two canoes go out from Siwā′łins[18] after salmon.
They then quickly pulled toward them. They shot the man in the stern, so that he fell over into the water, after which they closed with the canoes. When they ran into them to fight they upset them. They then even struck them in the sea. Gî′tg̣ax̣ī′lîña killed three people at that time. The Tsimshian had killed his wife, of whom he was very fond. Four persons were in the canoe. They also destroyed two canoe loads which were farther off.
After they had watched for a while longer [they saw] three more canoes sailing along. They killed all the people in those. They took the heads of them all. After they had watched for some time longer two canoes came with sockeyes. They went out also to those people and killed them. On that day they destroyed seven canoes. On that day they killed twenty-eight people. They enslaved one brave man of the Tsimshian. [[387]]
The Masset people were then happy. They went off singing songs of victory. And they came to Masset singing songs of victory, for they had made accounts even. But the Skidegate people did not come out even.
But Gî′tg̣ax̣ī′lîña’s canoe was unfinished. When he had finished it he brought over to his brothers-in-law at Gᴀsa′n[19] the news that their sister had been killed. His brothers-in-law belonged to the Sand-town people.[20] When he came they, too, raised their canoes. He also went with them. The Sand-town people went in four canoes.
They then began to watch Tcꜝidᴀlqꜝeda′-i.[21] After they had watched for a while four Tsimshian canoes came there. They then shot at them. They made them upset, and they enslaved six women. They killed many men. There Gî′tg̣ax̣ī′lîña got some slaves. He gave them to his brothers-in-law. Afterward they went home happy. They sang songs of victory as they came to Gᴀsa′n.
Three days later news came to Gᴀsa′n that one of the Yä′dᴀs[22] had been killed at Howkan.[23] The Yä′dᴀs then went to Howkan to fight, and killed six people there. And afterward the Town-of-Tcꜝā′ał people also went to fight at Gᴀsa′n. There they also killed many of the Yä′dᴀs. They then began to war upon each other. In all that time many were killed on both sides.
Some time afterward some of the Town-of-Tcꜝā′ał[24] people went to visit one of their friends who had married in Masset. After they had stayed there for a while and were on the way home many of them upset. A chief named Voice-at-evening was drowned. In the winter his nephews went for his grave post. When it was almost finished the Yä′dᴀs came there to fight and killed five of the Town-of-Tcꜝā′ał people. The grave post lay there for good.
They at once began fighting again. Wherever they met they killed one another. They killed each other during many years. They did not make peace with one another. Some are still bad to one another.
Some time afterward news came that one of the Sqoā′ładas[25] had killed one of the Cod-people[26] at Kꜝiū′stᴀ.[27] He was a great chief. He had a house hole at Tꜝī′g̣ᴀn.[28] His nephews then killed a shaman, Tcꜝā′nūt, belonging to the Sa′gua-lā′nas.[29] They shot ten bullets into him. He was town chief. He owned the town of Qᴀñ. After they had shot him and had walked around him for a while one of his bunches of matted hair, which was lying on the ground, rose up and lay over his head. It went on in that way until all came to lie over his head.