MARRIAGE. 

 Ma'nix eXt gita'lEXam tqtex aLkLa'x Lsa/gil go-y- eXt e'lEXam, 



When one i)eople of a town like they do it a woman in one town, 



2 ka atkto'cgam tga/Xamota ka'uauwe La'colal LE'k-ala, ka atge'x 



then they take it their property all his relatives the man, then they go 



3 e'k'it atgia'xomx. AqLo'kux LEuna'yucX. Aqto'tgEx tga'ktema 



buying they do. 'J^hey are sent messengers. They are kept their dentalia 



a wife 



A te'lx'Em; ka nuxo'gux. Nuxo'gux ga'tamEl. A'lta pa'apa atcta'x 



the people; then they go home. They go home they who went Now divide he does it 



to buy. 



g e'tcam qaX oi^o'kuil qo'ta tkamo'ta ka'uauwe go tia'colal. 



her father that woman that property all to his relatives. 



Q A'lta t!aya' akta'x tga'ktema qaX o'kXua o*^o'kuil. A'lta 



Now good she makes them her dentalia that her mother woman. Now 



uoxue'tXuitcgux. A'lta aqo'kT:x go eXt e'lEXam qigo 



' they make themselves ready. Now she is brought to one town where 



„ aqouiEla'lEmx. Nuxuige'qtc !amx. Aqa'ktclamx qaX os^o'kull. 



" she was bought. They bring the bride to the She is brought as bride that woman. 



groom. to the groom 



g WiXt aqaxiktcgo'mamx. Ma'uix lUE'ux-ka qo'ta e'kdt aqta'x, 



Again she is brought to him. When [for] a little only that buying a it is done, 



wife 



..^ wiXt aqLo'kXux LEuna'yacX. WiXt aqagilge'x*iwa-y- o'mEl. 



■'-^ again they are sent messengers. Again it is added to it purchase 



monej'. 



-^^ A'lta wiXt atkto'tx tga'ktema te'lx-Em. A'lta a'yiple. WiXt 



Now again they give their dentalia ' the people. Now it is right. Again 



them away 



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aqto'tx atce'xike tie'ltkeu. A'lta noxoe'la-itx te'lx'Em k"La'xaue. 



tliey are several slaves. Now they stay the people outside, 



given away 



-.o AtuXuLx-a'uakox tga'okkc. A'lta nuxuiwe'yutckux tga'colal qaX 



They put them on their blankets. Now they dance her relatives tliat 



-. . o^o'kuil. Nugo'tcxamx. A'lta nuxo'wax te'lx'Em e'wa qo'tac 



woman. They sing conjurers' Now they run the people thus [to] those 



songs. 



-jK e'natai oxoela'-itx-. Aquguge'Latatcko. La'qLaq aqto'xox ka'uauwe 



on the they aie. They are taken off [their Take off they are done all 



other side blankets]. 



IQ tga'okkc. Lo'ne aquguge'Latatckux, e'XtEmae la'kte 



their blankets. Three times they are taken off, sometimes four times 



^r- aqugugeLatatckux. A'lta ue'Xatk aqa'x. Tkte'ma ue'Xatk 



they are taken off. Now a road it is made. Dentalia a road 



aqta'x. Ue'Xatk aqa'x e'wa x-ix* e'k-ala tia'colal. AqLa'goLjEx 



^^ is made. A road is made thus this the man his relatives. It is finished 



qaX ue'Xatk. A'lta aqo'ctxox qaX o^o'kuil. Aqauk; e'Litcax, 



that road. Now she is carried that woman. A blanket is pulled over 



on back lier head, 



uiikct ci'qocx'I cga'xoct. Aqtotce'naox tlokkc. Lon aqtotce'uaox. 



not it is seen her face. They are laid down blankets. Three are laid down. 



oi E'XtEuiae mokct aqtotce'naox. ALgo'ctxox LCa'gil qaX o^^o'kuil. 



Sometimes two are laid down. She carries her on a woman that woman. 



back 



A'lta aqLgumge'k"tix qo'La qLge'ctxox. Aqta'tElutxax tkte'ma. 



Now she is paid that the one who carried They are paid to her dentalia. 



her on her back. 



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