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numaym HaanaLenS, got it, and ] the painting on their canoe is the 32 

 double headed serpent. Therefore it is called the double beaded 

 serpent | canoe. I shall not give up to try to learn why | they 

 have the double headed serpent. That is the end.|| 



3. Yaex"agEme. The paintings on the front board outside of 35 

 the house | are killerwhales facing each other, for this is the house 

 given in marriage by the chief | of the numaym Kwek'aaenox", 

 whose name is LEk'Emaxod, which came from | the history of 

 ^nalanokumg'i^lak". It is said that LlaqoLas | married LlalEmaxo- 

 dalayugwa, the princess of LEk'Emaxod. Therefore || he gave in 40 

 marriage the house pamted with the killerwhales facing each 

 other I to his son-in-law LlaqoLas, chief of the numaym | Yaex'a- 

 gEme^, and he obtained at the same time four house dishes with 

 the I house which was given in marriage, one of them is a whale | 

 feasting dish, one a killerwhale feasting dish, one || a bullhead 45 

 feasting dish, and one a Dzonoqiwa feasting dish. | That is all 

 about this. | 



4. Haayalik'awe^. The painting on the front outside of the 

 house is a | whale. The house was given in marriage by Wag'i- 

 des, I chief of the numaym WiwomasgEm of the Maraaleleq5la, 

 whose name was || Wag'ides. The princess of Wag'ides was Gwe- 50 

 k'i^lak", who | was now the wife of Chief HaxwayosEme^, who 



heEm kMatsEmes xwaklttnaseda sisEyuLe lag-ilas LegadEs sisEyultsE- 32 

 mala xwak!unas. Wa, laLaLEn k'les yax'^idEl q!aq!e^staaLEq lag-i- 

 las axnogwatsa sIsEyuLe. Wa, laEm laba. 



3. Yaex'agEme^, ylxs kMatEmalae tsagEmas Llasana^j^as g'okwas 35 

 ylsa k"Emk"Eqogamala max^enoxwa, yixs g^okiilxLayaas g^igama- 

 ^yasa ^nE^memotasa Kwek'aaenox"xa LegadEs LEk"Emax6dexa g'ayS, 

 lax ^nalanokumg'i^lax"xa nuyame. Wa, la^lae gEg'ade LlaqoLatsas 

 L lalEmaxodalayugwa yix kMedelas LEk'Emaxode. Wa, he^mis lag'i- 

 las g'ax g"6kulxLalaxa g'okwe kMatEmalaxa k'Emk'Eqogamala 40 

 miix^enox" laxes nEgumpe LiaqoLas, yix glgama^yasa ^uE^memo- 

 tasa Yaex'agEma^ye. Wa, laEmxae mEwexLa loElqwalila ^uEma- 

 '^nakiila EE^wa g-6kulxLa^ye g'okwa. Wa, he^ma ^uEmexLa gwE^yEm 

 loqwalila LE^wa ^nEmexLa max^enox" ioqwalila; wa, he^mesa ^ue- 

 mexLa k!oma Ioqwalila; wii, he-mesa ^uEmexLa Dzonoqiwa loqwa- 45 

 lila. Wa, laEmxae ^wi^la laxeq. 



*4. Ha&yalik'awe^, ylxs k'!atEmalae tsagEmas L!asana^yas g'okwas 

 yisa gwE^yEm. Wii, laEmxae g'okulxLa^ya g'okwas Wag'idesxa 

 g'lgama^yasa ^nE^memotasa WiwomasgEmasa Mamaleleqillaxa Lega- 

 dEs Wagudes. Wa, he^mes k'!edelts Wag'idese Gwek'i^lak", yix la 50 

 gEUEmsa gigS-ma^ye HilxwayosEma^ye, qaxs he^mae g-igS,mesa 



