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Alaid
[< Tsimshian]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:Ahlied
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1923 quote.
Quotations
1894
[In May, 1862] Mr. Duncan decided on establishing a village to be known as Met-lah-kat-lah, with the following regulations: (1) To give up "Ahlied" or Indian deviltry; (2) to cease calling in conjurers when sick. . . .
1923
There is among the Nishgas a Society called the Alaid, a semi-secret Society, consisting of four degrees of mysteries to be initiated into which is the ambition of every Indian who can afford it.