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for your speech. You say you take the price. Now go, chiefs of the 

 Kwakiutl, aud bring the boxes! They will be 500 blankets' wortli, to 

 be paid in canoes." Then the young men went and l)rought short split 

 sticks. They brought 5 sticks. Ma'Xua took them and spoke: "Ya! 

 tribes! truly, you do not think that your words are hard against ()wa- 

 xa'lag'ilis ? Truly, you get easily Avhat you ask for, chiefs of the Ma'ma- 

 ICdeqala. This canoe counts for a box worth 150 blankets. This canoe 

 counts for a box worth 150 blankets. This canoe counts for a box worth 

 100 blankets. This canoe counts for a box worth 60 blankets. This 

 canoe counts for a box worth 40 blankets, wa, wa! Enough, chiefs of 

 the Ma'malf'leqala. Now take pity on our chief here. That is what I 

 say, Kwakiutl." Then Owaxa'lag-ilis arose and spoke : " Ya, son Wrdas 

 NEnio'gwis, I think your heart is pleased. Now there are 3,700 blan- 

 kets. There are 700 of the fourth thousand. Come, Walas NEmo'gwis, 

 and you, chiefs, arise, that I may adorn you." Then Willas NEmo'gwis 

 arose and spoke: "Come, Ma'Xmawisaqamaye! Come, Lfi'bid ! Come, 

 Kwri'x-ilanokume ! Come, NEmo'kwag-ilis! Come, Hfi'wasalaL! Come, 

 Xua/x'sistala! Come,()]sIwit! Come, G'c'g-ESLEu! Come, Ya/qaLEnlis! 

 Come, Wa'k'asts'e ! Come, HA/misalaL ! Come, Ts'o'xts'ais ! Let him 

 who brought our coi)per look at us ! Come, chiefs of the Ma'maleleqala." 

 Then all the thirteen chiefs stood in a row, and Walas NEmO'gwis spoke : 

 "This, Kwakiutl,is the strength of the Ma'maleleqala. These whom you 

 see here are your rivals. These are the ones who have the great coppers 

 which have names, and therefore it is hard work for you to rival them. 

 Look out ! chiefs of the Ma'maleleqala ! in case they should bring us the 

 copper Ma/xts'olEm, which we now sold, that one of you may take it up 

 at once, or else we must be ashamed. That is what I say, chiefs of the 

 Ma'maleleqala, Wa, wa! Now go on! Chief Owaxa/lag-ilis!" Then 

 Owaxa'lag-ilis arose and spoke: "Yes, Walas NEmo'gwis, and you 

 other good chiefs Avho are standing over there. Now, chiefs of the 

 Kwakiutl, scurry about in my house for something witli which I may 

 adorn the chiefs." Then the young men went. Soon they came back, 

 carrying 200 blankets and two split sticks, on which five straight lines 

 were marked with charcoal. 



Then Ma'Xua arose, took the split sticks, and said: "Thank you, 

 chiefs of the Ma'maleleqala, for the way in which you act. It must be 

 true that you are pleased with the way of our chief here. Now listen, 

 chiefs! Adorn yourselves with this canoe, which is worth 50 blankets, 

 and with this canoe, which is also worth 50 blankets, and with these 

 200 blankets here. Now there are 4,000 blankets in all, Wa, wa! Let 

 me say, it is done ! " 



Immediately Walas NEmo'gwis made a speech, and said: "I take 

 this price, tribes ! Thank you, Chief Owaxa'lag-ilis; thank you. Chief; 

 thank you, Kwakiutl." 



Now Owaxa'lag-ilis arose and spoke : " Ya, Walas NEmo'gwis. Have 

 you taken the price, Chief? " AValas NEmo'gwis replied : " I have taken 



