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all baskets and were valued from 500 to 1000 each. All of there belts and baskets she gave to her husband as a present. The husband then gave fine robes and 8 necklaces from 500 to 1000 each. 8 shu- ta-le-head hands and a cloak made of wood-pecker scalps valued at 50,000 dollars. These presents were never equalled by any tribe after or there never were such presents given before to a husband or a wife. It was said there never were such presents and never will be. The following year this young lady gave birth but was unsuccessful and died soon after - the child was dead also. The elder sister took it so hard she took sick and died soon after. All their valuables were burnt with them. The husbands of these two dead women went together as friends for awhile. The follow-ing year a tribe named Shegua got on the war path and came to this village. A battle was fought in which the two rpinces were killed. They died side by side. The tribe was driven out and into the mountains. 
Dano-xa tribe Johnson's Ranch, Upper Lake, Calif.
Ise de model sisters [[?]] something like goldfinch 1/2 orale
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