Bay Company (HBC) staff repelled a siege by the Euclataws (i.e. the Laich-kwil-tach) with cannonades (much earning the appreciation of the beleaguered local Kwantlens). Despite the presence of Fort Langley the Laich-kwil-tach continued to raid other Sto:lo communities farther up the river. Notable Ligwilda'wx people Sonny Assu, interdisciplinary artist Chief Billy Assu References Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch Aldona Jonaitis (Editor) U. Washington Press 1991 (also a publication of the American Museum of Natural History) Bancroft-Hunt, Norman. People of the Totem: The Indians of the Pacific Northwest University of Oklahoma Press, 1988 See also Kwakwaka'wakw mythology Kwakwaka'wakw Kwak'wala Kwakwaka'wakw no:Kwakiutl pl:Kwakwala