And the Skidegate people got off to fight there. The Kloo people also came near from Sqē′ługîts. They came together at once among the woods. Hu hu hu hu, there was a great sound of guns there. A man of the Skidegate-town people[17] and one of Those-born-at-Qꜝā′dᴀsg̣o[18] used to be good friends, and the Skidegate-town man shouted to him: “Property-always-running-about, are you among them?” “Yes.” “Go home. When the Gîtî′ns become angry not even the grizzly bear can stand against them.” “Indeed, I will go home. I was born a grizzly bear from my parents, who are grizzly bears. They had me at the front [in war].”
After they had fought there for a while Amasa′n and a Skidegate man shot at each other over a thin rock at the edge of the woods, and they kept it up. Behind Amasa′n were two persons, one of whom held a spear. He asked for it. They refused to give it to him. He said that he would run over to the Skidegate man soon after he had shot him.[19] They did not give him the war spear.
Then they fought there. After they had fought there for a while, and evening was coming on, Tā′-iłgwai fell. He was wounded. On the other side Gidagā′ñgu also fell. They then called out to each side to stop.[20] They then ceased shooting at each other, and the Skidegate people got into their canoes. And the Town-of-Djī′gua people also got into their canoes when it was very dark.
When they (the women) escaped to land in fright Flood-tide-woman went up among the mountains. When it became dark she went down cautiously toward the place where they had camped. She was within a month of giving birth to a child.
When she came near she heard some people laughing. And she (a woman among them) recognized the voice of Gwai′îs. “Uncle Gwai′îs” [she said]. And he answered: “Ā′waiya, [I thought] they had taken you.” She (Flood-tide-woman) had come to the one with whom he had been in love.[21] [[422]]
And after they had camped there for a while one day, when the sea was smooth, they went away. They looked at an island which lay seaward from them. Half of them refused to use it. The rest wished to use it. The place was good for houses, but there was no water. They remained there all the day.
And they went away from it to Qꜝo′nakoa fort[22] and landed there. All said it was good. It was a good place to keep canoes. Then they built little houses at the fort. When they were finished they began living in them.
Before the stockade and houses were completed one of the Peninsula people[23] who had married a woman of the Common-food-steamers brought over news to his brother-in-law. He brought the news that Î′ldjiwas[24] had his canoe dug out in the rough. He had done that in order to go to war.
Before he brought the news three persons in a canoe were fishing with floats. It was raining in the inlet where they were. And, while they had the canoe turned bottom up over them, the Skidegate people quickly turned over the canoe and killed them.
He (the Peninsula man) stayed all night at Qꜝo′nakoa fort and went off the next day. When evening came his smoke [was seen] rising from an island lying seaward.[25] Then the strongest men went out from the fort to see him. Where he was floating, at Land-point, a big whale was drifting. He raised a smoke for his brothers-in-law on account of that.