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that I will show my legend — the lire in the house. If you do not run 

 away from the heat of my lire, you may have my daughter. Now go, 

 masters !'- 



Then the lour men left the house. They went and reported the 

 words of Ya'qaLasame to Ma'Xua, who ijrayed his tribe not to fear 

 the fire. 



As soon as they had left, Ya'qaLasame carved a large mask repre- 

 senting the ''Sea Bear," the mouth of which opened, and attached it 

 to a bearskin which his dancer was to wear. Then lie took a basket 

 and went to the graveyard, where he took seven skulls and other bones, 

 which he carried home in his basket. Then he opened the mouth of the 

 bear mask and put the skulls and the other bones into it. Next he 

 prepared the seats for Ma/Xua and his friends close to the fireplace. 

 He poured several bottles of grease into a wooden box and built uj) a 

 high pyre, on top of which he placed the box containing the grease. 



On the following day Ma/Xua called his tribe, and all prepared to go 

 to Ya'qaLasame's house. When they entered, Ma'Xua said: '-Now be 

 very careful, my tribe! Do not forget how kindly I feel toward all of 

 you. If ever you ask me to help you, I do not spurn you, but I feel 

 l)roud of your kind feeling toward me. Now chiefs! A'wite, and you, 

 NEme'mrdas, and you, Ya'Side, do for me as I have done toward you. 

 I fear he will show his great fire, then let us take care, my tribe ! The 

 first Gua'ts'enox were never afraid; they never fied from anything. 

 Therefore we, our present generation, must not fear anything, wa!" 



Then Y'^iVgide spoke: "Let us stand by our chief, Gua'ts'enox! Let 

 us stand by our chief! The name Ma/Xua comes from the time long 

 before our grandfathers. Now our generation is living. Take care, 

 Ma/Xua, and you, my grandson, jrja/gaxidalaLe, for the people of our 

 tribe have seen your kind heart, wa!" 



Then they loaded four canoes with the blankets, for it is a long way 

 from the village of the Gua'ts'enox to that of the Qd'sqemuX. They 

 paddled, and when they arrived at the village of the Qo'sqemuX, 

 A'wite arose in the canoe and said: "Now, show yourselves, Qo'sqi- 

 muX ! 1 am of the Gua'ts'enoX tribe and come to get He'uEdemis, the 

 daughter of your chief, Ya'qaLasame, as wife for my grandson, x)a'.§axi- 

 dalaLe. Now, XEg-e'tse ami A'wite, count the blankets!" Now they 

 counted the blankets. As soon as there Avere five pairs of blankets, 

 A'wite said: "Ten J am paying for my wife," and when another five 

 pairs were counted, he said so again, and so on until all the blankets 

 were counted. Then Ya'qaLasame went out of the house and said: 

 "Come, Gua'ts'enox, come up from the beach into my house." Then 

 they all went ashore and entered Ya'qaLasame's house. When all were 

 in, Goax-i'lats'e spoke: "Welcome, Gua'ts'enox ! Come, Ma/Xua; come, 

 Ya'gide; come,XEme'malas; come, A'wite; come, Ka'salis. Thank you 

 for coming. Chief L'E'nk-alas. Now take care, Gua'ts'enox, for here is 

 the Q'o'moqoa, a sea monster, who swallows everything, and there in 



