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brint^'iiif"' niuiiy olUs, copper plates, ciuioes, slaves, and much food. 

 Then the yroat awkward man invited all tlu; trihes. inteiidiny to 

 give a potlatch. Then he did so. 'I'hen the former husband of 

 She-who-has-a-labret-on-one-side was ashamed })ecause the awkward 

 man was g'oing to give a potlatch. He was no longer awkward, 

 because he had been purified, because She-who-has-a-labret-on-oue- 

 side had washed him. 



Now the tribes came. Then they ate all the food. Th(> day after 

 they finished eating, all the tribes went into his house. The}' put 

 the elks, the copper plates, slaves, and canoes in the middle of the 

 house. Then the great awkward man, the husband of She-who-has-a- 

 labret-on-one-side, came. He wore a blanket made of weasel skins 



1 ha'ts'ik'sEm huX 



once more again 



2 K"'aL-hil'tgum q'e'sEmq. 



On-one- standing- labret. 

 side- 



3 (janL haya'tsk" qanL 



and copper and 



a'd'ik-sk"s K"SEm-huXdza'n, noxs 



came woman evening sky, the 



mother of 



HuX dE-a'd'ik'sk"L wi-he'ldEL i.ia'n 



many elks 



qanL wi-he'ldEm 



and mnch 



she to come 

 caused 



ma I 



<'annes 



qani, 



and 



LiLi ng'it 



slaves 



■i wunji'x 



focid. 



NLk'"e 



Then 



wi-dola-2fa'tgum 



g-at, 



man, 



txane'tk"L 



all 



dzaqL 



was 

 ashamed 



WO OL 



he In- the im- person 



vited great proper 



5 hwil dzaxdzo'q dEm yuk. NLk''e hwilt. NLk'"(5 



tribes for a pot- Then he did Then 



latch. so. 



C Le nak-s K'aL-ha'tguin q'e'sEnK], aL hwil La dEm 3'ukL 



the husband of On-one- standing- labret, bccansc (perf. ) (fut.) gave a 



past side- potlatch 



7 wl-d6la-^g"a'tgum g"at. i.a nig'i huX de-d5la-g'a'tk''t aL hwil 



the im- person man. (Perf.) not more also im- man because 



great proper proper 



8 La 8Em-sa'k'sk"t at hwil la'qsaan.s K''aL-ha'tgum q'e'sEmq. 



(perf.) very hewasclean. because washed him On-one- standing- labret. 



side- 



9 NLk-'e a'd'ik-sk"L hwil dzaxdzo'ci- NLk-'e wi-he'lL g-g'ipdet 



the tribes. Then many they ate it 



Then came 



10 txane'tk"L wunii'x' 



all 



11 huX 



the food. 



k''elL sa, 



one day. 



NLk-'e 



Then 



nLk'^e 



then 



La Le8k"L txa'xk"detg-^. NLk-'e 



they 

 finished 



ts'ElEin-qa'dtL 



into went 



eating. 



txane'tk"L 



all 



Then 



hwil 



12 dzaxdzo'q aL ts'Eiii-hwt'l)) 



the tribes into in llic lioust 



NLk-'et t'Em-d'a'LdeL Lia'n qanL 



Tlien toward thev put elks and 



middle 



13 haya'tsk" qaiiL LiLi'ng-it tiaiiL inmal. NLk-"e La t'Eiu-qa'odEt, 



copper and slaves and canoes. Then when to the they were 



middle gone, 



1-4 nLk-'e ri'd'ik-sk"s vvl-dola-g-a'tgum g-at, nak-s K-'aL-hii'tgum 



then came the iin- person man. 



15 q'e'sKllK). 

 labret. 



the iin- 

 great pruptr 



(iWlS-Illl'lv'SlI. 

 iilunket weasel 



gulll it. 

 he had 



the hus- 

 band of 



Le-hwa'riL 



Olt were 



On-one- standing- 

 side- 



iiEirr la'Et. 



haliotis on it. 



shells 



