■CHINOOKl 

 BOAS J 



MARRIAGE. 



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Ala'tewa k"ca'xali aLga'x iLa'ctxnl 



Again up she makes her load, 



lier 



k^ca'xali aLga/x. O'xuit 



lip she makes her. Mmli 



Aqta'tElotx tlokkc. Ala'tewa 



She is giveu blankets. A gam 



tkamo'ta 



property 



TcxI 



JlLSt 



aLgoLa'etamitx 



she puts her down 



go 



aqte'tElotx qo'La , Lge'ctxox. 



is given to her that tlie one who car- 



ried her on her 

 back. 



qo'ta tlokkc, k"caxala'. A'lta aqto'qLx 



those blankets, up. Now they art; car- 



ried to her 



tkte'ma. Atkto'qLx tga'colal qaX oEO'kuil. A'lta k;u'tk;ut aqta'x ^ 



dentalia 



They carry them her relatives 

 to her 



that 



Now 



qix* 



that 



they are 

 done 



e'k-ala 



man 



go LE'k-aqtq. O'qxuqst aqa'lax. AqtikXa'tkoax 



on her head. Her louse is made on her. They are put on his 



head 



tkte'ma. Tia'colal atktikXa/tkoax. O'yaqct aqa'-ilax. A'lta 



dentalia. His relatives they put them on his head. His louse is made on him. Now 



aqto'kniptckax tkle'wulElqL. ALuxupo'nax tga'colal qaX oso'knil. 



it is carried up to her food. They carry it to her her relatives that woman. 



Ta'cka qo'tac oXuige'Xiwax, ta'cka aqta'witx qo'ta tk;e'wulElqL 



They 



qo'La 



that 



those they help, they 



Lga'poua. Pa'apa aqta'x 



it is brought to her. Divide it is done 



they are fed 



qo'La 



that 



that 



food 



Lga'pona. 



what is brought to 

 her. 



A'lta 



Now 



nuxumaya'mitx tga'colal qaX o^o'kuil. 



they return the pur- her relatives that woman, 



chase money 



iiya'wa, ksta'xtkin aLx-mo'yamitx. Ma'nix qoa'nEm iiya'wa iLa'kit, 



her expend- eight they reliiud them. When live her expend- her price 



iture, iture of purchase 



lakt Iiya'wa niLx-md'yamitx. Ma'nix e'xauwit aLuXupO'iiax, 



four 



they refund it. 



^Vhen 



much 



food is brought her. 



her expend 

 iture 



a'lta wiXt e'k'it aqia'wix. WiXt aqta'witx tkamo'ta. A'lta wiXt 



now again buying a is done. Again they are given property. Now again 



wife 



. nuxamaya'yamitx. 



they returu it. 



La'xka Lfi'qokciii, 



Those are relatives of a 

 married couple, 



La'qokcin, kauamo'kctikc ta'nEmckc 



La'xka e'k'it 



they buying wife 



aLge'tElax. Ma'nix 



they did it to them. When 



L«a'kil 



a woman 



married couple's both 



relative, 



aLge'tElax. 



they did it to them. 



Ma'nix aLE'kxtox 



La'qoqcin 



married couple's 

 relatives 



La'xka 



they 



When 



atcLlo'tx 



she gives birth to 

 a child 



he gives him 

 to him 



qaX 



that 



oEo'kuil 



woman 



Lga'cinEma-iL; ma'nix aqLo'mEqt 



their relative married when it dies 



in a foreign village ; 



e'tcam LEla'-etix*. Ma'nix 



her father a slave. When 



La'Xa, 



her child, 



nekct LEla'etix- 



not a slave 



ka 



then 



ikani'm 



a canoe 



atcin'tx. 



he gives it. 



Lka'nix'e 



Paying indemnity 



for the loss of a 



child 



atcLa'x. 



he does him. 



Ma'nix 



When 



aLo'ix 



she goes 



They 



those 



they bought her, 



them 



all 



what she liad 

 gathered. 



aLgauwe'emx. Ka'nauwe Lqita'kema-y- e'ka, ma'nix aLxElk;e'wala- 



she leeds them. All years thus, when she goes to gather roots 



lEiuX qo'La LKa'kil. 



or berries that woman. 



Ma'nix ita'Lelam tpaci'ci-y jq 



W hen ten blankets 



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e'k'it iQ 



buying 

 wife 



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aLxElkje'wulalEmamx aLXgo'mamx, a'lta ka'nauwe aLgio'makux 21 



she goes to gather roots or berries she reaches her now all she gives food in 



house, dishes 



iLa'kjewula. Ta'cka qo'tac tkLumEla'lEmx, ta'cka ka'nauwe 



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