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L'a'xLaqoaXLa the Lau'itsis, wlio, it is said, was a man. He arrived at 

 Se'Iats'e and called Ma'leleqala. He moved on and came to La/L'a- 

 q'uxLa. There he called Ts'E'nXq'aio. He arrived at Ta'yaxqoL and 

 called Lri'laxsEut'aid, Then he went to the town at Q'd'qne'taxsta'yo 

 and called AVu/xap'alaso. Then he went up the bay to A'g-iwa'laa and 

 called Nu'mas. Then he went up the Sound to LiXsI'wae and called 

 Sa'g-iye. He came to XutsEtsa'lis and called YiXa'qEmae. Then he 

 went to the right side of the river of LiXsi'wae and called SE'nLae. 

 Then he paddled to O's'eq and called He'ilik-inakula; then to Xa'lax- 

 Lala near the mouth of TsTi'wate and called Ya/xLEn. 



Meanwhile the child of Xemo'gwis was clubbing- and harpooning 

 seals for his father's feast. His house was already full of sea otter 

 furs, which were used for blankets by the people of old. They were 

 sewed together. Now the tribes gathered. He met his guests and 

 distributed seals among them. He gave them their seats and gave his 

 gifts to the chiefs. Xemo'gwis kept for them the belly part. He gave 

 the hind legs to the chiefs of another tribe. He gave the flippers to 

 the second-class chiefs, and the bodies to the common peo])le. He gave 

 each clan its place. He gave the bellies to the highest chief. He bit 

 off these parts and had messengers to pass them on to his guests. It 

 is said he bit off whatever he gave to his guests. Then he was 

 called Walas Xemo'gwis and he called his successor O'maxt'a'laLe. 

 Then he gave out the blankets to all the clans, giving the law for later 

 generations. Some of the guests stayed with him and became his 

 tribe. 



Xow O'maxt'a'laLc said to his father: "I shall go a little farther this 

 time. Do not expect me; but first I will go bathing." Then 

 O'maxt'a'laLe went in the morning. After he had bathed he heard the 

 sound of adzes. He made up his mind to look where the sound came 

 from, because the sound was near when he first heard it. But it moved 

 away as he followed it and O'maxt'a'laLe came to a pond. He bathed 

 again and the sound came still nearer. Ue followed the sound, which 

 was going before him. He came to another pond and bathed again. 

 Then the sound of adzes came still nearer. He followed it as it went 

 before him. Now he found still another pond. He bathed, and the 

 sound came still nearer. He went toward it and now he saw a canoe. 

 A man was sitting in the canoe working on it with his adze. In the 

 bow of the canoe lay a harpoon shaft and two paddles. O'maxt'a'laLe 

 stood behind the man. He was the grouse. Then O'maxt'a'laLe spoke : 

 "Thank you, that I have found what you are working on." The 

 grouse looked at him and disappeared. Thus O'maxt'a'laLe found the 

 canoe, the harpoon shaft, and the paddle. 



Then he put his nettle line into his canoe. He and his uncle 

 L'o'L'awatsa went out. He went across the Sound trying to reach 

 Noomas Island. Then he saw a canoe coming from YaaiXugiwano. 

 They met at Noomas Island, and held the sides of each other's canoe. 



