They then set out. There, at Gîtā′mat, they took many slaves for him. Two-in-one,[26] however, had three. And, when they returned, they built two large houses at Atā′na.[27] Presently they came to him to ask for blood money. They gave then five slaves. And Those-born-at-Skedans named their island “Sunny-fort.”[28] By selling the slaves that remained Naskiä′ł built a house. There they say he began to potlatch. Now they went from Sea-grass town to get his house timbers. And they built his house at Sea-grass town. This is how they got back to Sea-grass town.
After that time they procured more expensive seats [at the feasts and potlatches].[29] They now ceased to have trouble at Sea-grass town.
Here this ends.
Kitkatla was an important town and tribe belonging to the Tsimshian stock. The town was on Dolphin island. [[429]]
[1] Chief of Sea-grass town. The whites’ name for this place, Kloo, is a corruption of his own name, Xeu. [↑]
[2] A fort of the Kitkatla people. [↑]
[3] The one who appears in “War between the people of Kloo and the people of Ninstints.” [↑]