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posts in the rear are large wolves looking upward, and | grizzly 23 

 bears are the paintings of the posts on each side of the door. | 

 I think that is all.|| 



7. Elgiinwe/. Tliese just kept together from the beginning | with 25 

 the numaym Laalax"s^Endayo. And therefore they have no | dif- 

 ferent house, but Wanuk", who believes that he is now a chief, | 

 built a house for himself, but there is nothing in the house. | 



II. qIomoya^ye, the kwexa 



1. Kfikwakiim. They sprung from one source with the Kukwa- 1 

 k!um of the | GwetEla. They also have no painting on the front 

 boards outside of | the house. Their chief YacjoLadze took for 

 his wife 0^masciwa])Elag'ilis, | the princess of Aniawa^yus, chief of 

 the nimiaym || NaEnsx"a. He gave in marriage the house with the 5 

 painting | of the whale on the outside front, and inside there are 

 four I house dishes, one of them a sea-otter house dish, and one | 

 a killerwhale house dish, and one beaver house dish, and | one 

 a whale house dish. Then YaqoLadze married again the princess 

 of II Gwex"sesElasEme^, Ts!Ets!alal, and | Gwex'sesElasEme^ gave to 10 

 his son-in-law in marriage his house. And the painting | on the 

 outside of the front of the house is a grizzly bear of the sea split 



dEdz&leda LeLamasa ogwiwalilaxa ekMEgEmala &wk aLanEma. Wa, 22 

 la nenane k' ladEdza^yaxa LeLamasa ^wax'sotst&lilasa t!EX"tla. Wii, 

 Iax'staax"'me ^wila. 



7. Elgiinwe, yixs a^mae q!ap!aeltsa g'ag'lLEla laxes awauiVye 25 

 LE^wa ^nE^memotasa Laalax's^Eudayo. He^mis lag'ilas k' !eas g'okwa 

 ogu^lii lax Wanukwe ylxs lae oq !us^Em la g'lgama^ya. Wa, la^nie 

 g'okwela qa^s g'okwa. Wii, la k'leas gwex'sdEms g'okwas." 



II. qIomoya^yexa kwexa 



1. Kiikwaklum, yixs ^iiEin-mae g^iiyEwasas LE^wa Kukwakliimasa 1 

 GwetEla. Wa, laEmxae kMeas kMJitEmes tsagEinas L!fisana^yas 

 g'okwas. Wa, la g'igama^yase YaqoLadze gEg'adEx-^ldEs O^mas- 

 qwapElag'Ilis, ylx k'ledelas Amawa^yos, yix g-igama^yasa ^nE^me- 

 motasa NaEiisx'a. Wii, la^me g'dktilxLiilaxa g'okwe k'latamale 5 

 tsIagEmas Llasana^yasexa gwE^yEme. Wii, lii ha^nela mEwexLa 

 toElqwalil lilq, yixs ^iiEinexLaeda qlasa loqwallla LE^wa -'iiEmexLa 

 niax^enox" loqwallla LE^wa ^uEmexLa ts!ii-we loqwallla; wii, he^misa 

 gwE^yEme loqwallla. Wii, lii et!ed gEg'ade YaqoLadziis k'ledelas 

 Gwex'se^sElasEma^ye ylx Ts!Ets!alale. Wa, laEmxae g'okiilxLalaxa 10 

 gokwe Gwex'se^sElasEma^ya hixes uEgumpe. Wii, la^me kMiitEmale 

 tsagEmas Llasana^yas g'okwasexa kwaxsaakwe mines. La^me he 



