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Note 17 — War between the people of Kloo and the Bellabella

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When they found a good sandy beach they landed. Thence they started off to war. Hu hu hu hu hu, the great crowd of them! After they had prepared for a while they went off. While they were away the women observed the rules in two smokehouses. After ten nights had passed, and the bows [of the warriors’] canoes were turned about, and they had started home, they turned around their sleeping places.17 One night after that they came home. The noise of guns was heard.

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