. C . ▁fort ▁atmosphere . ▁He ▁briefly ▁appointed ▁L ega ic ▁as ▁const able ▁and ▁assigned ▁the ▁chief ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁T sim sh ian ▁at ▁La x ▁K w ' ala ams ▁and ▁the ▁N ass ▁River ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁convert ▁more ▁First ▁Nations ▁to ▁people ▁to ▁Christian ity . ▁ ▁On ▁one ▁such ▁trip ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 9 , ▁L ega ic ▁died ▁in ▁La x ▁K w ' ala ams . ▁ ▁During ▁her ▁studies ▁of ▁the ▁T sim sh ian ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁the ▁American ▁anth rop ologist ▁Vi ola ▁Gar field ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁that ▁the ▁last ▁fully ▁installed ▁chief ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁House ▁of ▁L ige ex ▁had ▁been ▁Paul ▁L ega ic ▁( d . ▁ 1 8 9 0 ). ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁successor ▁to ▁the ▁L ega ic ▁recorded ▁as ▁converted ▁by ▁Dun can . ▁ ▁Paul ▁L ega ic ▁II ' s ▁sister ▁Mar tha ▁L ega ic ▁succeeded ▁him , ▁dying ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 2 . ▁At ▁that ▁point ▁the ▁mat ernal ▁line ▁had ▁run ▁out ▁of ▁he irs . ▁For ▁lack ▁of ▁a ▁cons ensus ▁among ▁other ▁G isp ax lo ' ots ▁over ▁succession , ▁a ▁council ▁of ▁four ▁leading ▁house - group ▁heads ▁admin ister ed ▁G isp ax lo ' ots ▁affairs ▁for ▁a ▁period . ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁council ▁ultimately ▁assigned ▁the ▁L ige ex ▁ch ie ft ain ship ▁to ▁George ▁Kelly