cousin 



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txcga'nia iqa'lExal." Ne'k-im: "K-je itci'lkote." " E'Xtka itxa'lkote." -, 



let us play disks." He said: "None my mat." "One only our mat.'' 



"K'je nekct itei'L;alL;al." ALgid'lXam: " lamilEme'ctxa iL;alLjtVl/' ^ 



"None not my disks.'' He said to him : " 1 loan to you disks." 



A'lta ayo'pa. A'lta atci'LoL, atci'LoL, atctE'LxoL ka'iiauwe o 



Kow he went out. Now be won, he won, he won it all 



Ld'ktema, La'XalaitanEma, iLa'L;alLjal atce'LxoL. ALiicXoL;. ^ 



his property, his arrows, his disks he won them. They tiuisbed. 



ALE'k-im Le'Xat wiXt LgoLe'lEXEink. " K; wan qiya'xt x*iaii o'yaqct ^ 



He said one more person. 'Hopeful he is made that hce 



paL go La'yaqtq. Wuxe' nai'ka ntxcga'ma," Kawe/X ne/ktcukte g 



full on his head. To-morrow I we will play." Early it got day 



ka io'c go uya'kjikle tE'kXaqL. ALgixa'JaqLe LgoLe'lEXEmk. y 



and he was at his grandmother her house. He opened the door a person. 



Ilgo'titk aLgio'ktcan: "Tea txcga'ma, cikc," aLgio'lXam. g 



A mat he held : "Come we will play, friend," he said to him 



AtcLo'lXam: "Aya'qaa." Atcio'mEl ilgo'titk. A'lta wiXt atcl'LoL 



He said to him : •Well.' He bought it a mat. Now again tie won over 



lum 



qo'La Le'Xat LgoLe'lEXEiuk. AtctB'LxoL La'xamota ka'uauwe; ^o 



that one person He won it bis property all; 



ka iLa'xauini atce'LxoL. A'lia atci'LoL qo'tac gita'qIatxalEma 



then his canoe he won it. Now he won of those common 11 



them 



te'lx-Eiii. Ala'xti ka a'tElactikc qo'tac tkana'Xiinct. Ala'xti ^2 



people. Next then they next those chiefs. Next 



LEla'itix- atci'LoL. A'lta o'Xuitikc tie'ltge-u atci'LoL. A'lta 2^3 



a slave ho won him. Now many slaves be won them. Now 



ika'iiax ne'xax. Ka'naiiwe qo'tac te'lx-Bm tga'ktema ka atcto'xoL. ^4 



a chief be became. All those people their property then he won it. 



Ka'uauwe Lf^aLa/ma noxo-iLxE'lma-itx te'lx-Em go ta'yaqL. A'lta i^ 



All days they always ate the people in his house. Now 



atcio'lXam e'Xat ia'xk'uii: "Atce'^^ElkEl Lo'nas io'LEina. 



he said to him one bis elder cousin : " He saw it perhaps a sujiernat- ^6 



ural being. 



Antxcga'ma kLia'XEiuatk. Ntexo'L'a ka'nauwe tia'eltke-u. Kjwau ^y 



We will play having batons. I shall win them all his slaves. Hopeful 



qia'xt tia'eltke-u." Acxelgu'Litck: "A, eme'xk'uu tcEmaxo'emoL." 



he is bis slaves.' They told him : "Ah, your elder he wants to play with 18 



made cousin yon." 



"la'xka ia'Xaqamt." A'lta acxE'cgam iil'xk'un Lia/Xamatk 



'He his mind." Now they played his elder cousin batons. 



TcexLx Lpo'LjEma acxE'cgam k;a ia'xk'un. Atcte'xoL tia'eltke u, 



How many nights thej' played and bis elder He won them his slaves, 9^ 



I do not ' ' cousin. •^^ 



know 



atca'exoL uya'Xanim ka'nauwe. E'gon e'Xat wiXt ia'xk'un 



be won them his canoes all. Once more one also his elder 21 



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acxE'cgam; wiXt ka'nauwe atcte'xoL tia'eltke-u; ka tcta'nEmckc 



they played; also all be won them his slaves; then their wives 



atcti'cxoL. Atcio'lXam e'Xat ia'xk'un: "A'nElaxta txcga'ma.'' 



he won them. He said to him one bis elder cousin: " I next we will play.' 



Ateio'lXam: "K;e yamXuwa'lot. E'ka qe a'nqate ama'nax, 24 



He said to him: "No, I pity you. Thus as formerly you did to me, 



amEnXuwalo'ta it, ka wiXt e'ka yamXuwalotii'-eta." Qe'xtce 25 



you pitied me, and also thus I pity you." Intending 



atge'ix Gita'tcxeElc, ka'uauwe atcta'xoL'ax tga'ktema. Atge'ix 



they came the Chehalis, all he won it their property. They came 



Tkwinaiu'LEkc, ate'gElo-ix iqa'lExal. Ka'nauwe atcto'xoL'ax 27 



the Quenaiult, they came to play disks. All he won it 



tga'ktema, tga'eltke-u. Ka'nauwe te'lx-Em atcLauwitxa'uyama qix- 28 



their property, their slaves. All people he made them poor that 



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