Alaid Ahlied [< Tsimshian]
n. See 1923 quote.
- 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  (1961)  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.