Note 5 — Raid by the Ninstints Haida on those of the West Coast
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They then went away. Now they sang war songs. And the next day they went to get the heads. They then cut them off and dried them in the sunshine. The shaman who had whipped the souls of his enemies had his hair bunched together.5 He had told them to go back. On the way they (the Ninstints people) saw portents. They heard the sound of drying frames dropping from above. And Tia6 also called near them. He called, and blood spurted out of his neck.