[Told by Richard of the Middle-gîtî′ns]
One of the Point-town people[1] lived in Nass. Word came that he had been killed there. Then the Point-town people started to war. After they had drunk sea water for a while they raised their canoes. In the canoes Skîlqē′xas[2] and Gia′ołins were the war chiefs. Presently they started. They had their town at House-point.[3]
They then went by way of the Tlingit country. They even traveled during the day. They discovered some dried salmon at Lᴀ′mas.[4] They (the Nass people) thought that they did not care about the man who was killed. After they had waited there until evening they went out early in the morning. They killed then many of the Nass people. They also took slaves. At that time Qogī′s ran after some. He ran quickly to some women who were sitting together. He started to bring out ten by the hair. He got only six of them out.
They got then all the heads of the Niska people. They got sixteen slaves for Gia′ołins, and they got thirteen for Skîlqē′xas. Then they occupied a fort at House-point.
After some time the Niska people came to fight in five canoes. That time they began to fight at House-point. Five of the Point-town people were killed. And one canoe load of Niska people was destroyed. They then went away.
And the Point-town people again went to war. That time they fought at Nass village. They enslaved ten for Skîlqē′xas. They also enslaved eight for Gia′ołins. They then returned to House-point, singing songs of victory.
And while they were living at Łi′elᴀñ[5] the Nass people came to House-point to fight. The town of House-point was empty then, and the Nass people burned the town. And the Nass people also seized the provision house[6] of Skîlqē′xas behind the town.
Then the Point-town people again went to Nass to fight. At that time they met four canoes below the town of Lag̣ᴀ′mkꜝida.[7] And they destroyed three. They again took some slaves that time. They came away to Łi′elᴀñ, singing songs of victory.
After they had lived there for a while, they thought the Nass people too powerful for them, and they moved to Masset. After they had lived there some time, the Nass people came to Łi′elᴀñ to fight. When the Nass people came upon it very early in the morning they found the town empty, and they burned it. And, when they saw the [[394]]smoke from Masset, the Point-town people went thither to fight. At that time they had a pitched battle. They fought all day. Many were killed on both sides. Four of the Up-inlet-gîtî′ns[8] went to fight with them. Two of them were killed.
And, when they came back, the Up-inlet-gîtî′ns asked the Point-town people to pay something for them. They gave then one slave for the two men. And the Up-inlet-gîtî′ns went away and left the slave. That evening they killed two of the Point-town people. The Up-inlet-gîtî′ns began at once to fight with the Point-town people. Many were killed on each side. After they had fought all winter they talked of peace. They then gave many slaves back and forth as blood compensation. Then there was peace.