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wished to | come to be given instructions, friends." Thus he said. 



20 Then || all the men just hung their heads. Then they lifted their 

 heads, | and an old man spoke, and | said, "What you say is true, 

 friend. We have aU been wishing | for you to come into this house 

 of oiu- chief | Hele^stalisEla here. Now you have obtained it as 



25 supernatural treasure, and this harpoon that is in it, 1| and the four 

 house dislies — one a sea-otter house dish, | one a bullhead house 

 dish, one a stomach-of-the-sea-lion | house dish, and one whale house 

 dish." Thus he said. "Now | your name will be Llaqwag'ila, for 

 tliat is the name of the owner of this | house that you obtained by 



30 good luck. Thus it is said by our friends here. || They wish to advise 

 you not to head them off | when we are sea-hunting, but just keep 

 close behind us, then you wiU obtain much | game. Now you shall 

 sit for four days in the house that you obtained as | supernatural 

 treasure." Thus said the kiUer-whale man. Then | all the men 



35 went out of the house, and went into the water || at the beach, and 

 kiUer-whales were spouting. | HaeLEkiime^ just sat in the rear of the 

 house wliich he had obtained as supernatural treasure, | and his 

 steersman went back to his house at OsEq". | In vain the steersman 

 of HaeLEkiime^ was questioned. Pie just | said, "Don't talk about 



40 him." Thus he said, for he had seen || the many men coming out of 



g'axe qa^s Lexs^alasE^wos, ^ne^nEmok","^nex"^lae. Wii, laEm^'lae aEm 



20 ^naxwa kwekumdileda ^naxwa bEgwiiuEma. Wii, la^lae x"it!ededa 

 ^naxwa. Wii, lil^lae yiiq!Eg'a=}eda qlulyakwe bEgwiinEma. Wa, 

 lii^lae ^nek'a: "Ala^mes waldEmos, qastii, qaxgMiui-x" ala^mek' wiihx- 

 qela qa-s g'iixaos g'axeL liixox g'6kwasg"anu-x" g'Igilmek" hlxg'a 

 Hele^stallsElax'xos LogweLaqos le^wox g-ex'g'aelex laq"xwa miistox 



25 LE^wa niEwexLax loElipvalilaxwa -'nEmexLax q!iisa loqwallla, LE'wa 

 ^nEmexLax k!6ma loqwalila, LE^'wa ^'nEmexLa poxuntsa L!ex^Ene l5- 

 qwalila LE^wa ^nEmexLax gwE^yEm loqwahla," ^nex'^lae. "Wa, 

 la^mets LegadElts L!iiqwag'ila qaxs he^mae LegEms g'ogwadiisa 

 g'okwaqos Logwa'ya. Wit, g^a^meseg'a waldEmg'asg'Ens ^ne^nEnio- 



30 kwak' yixs ^nek'ek' qa^s Lexs^ale laL qa^s k"!esa6s la g'iig'alagEma- 

 XEnu^x" alexwalg'iwa^ye qa^s a^meos lielaxi.e gaxEnu^x" qa^s qlEyo- 

 Laosaxa seyaklwema. Wii, laEniLas moplEUXwa^'s Lo^' klwael laxos 

 Logwa^yaqos g-okwa," ^nex-^laeda miix^enoxwe bebEgwiinEma. Wa, 

 la^lae ^wFla hoquwElseda bebEgwauEme liixa gokwe qa^s lit he^stiila 



35 lixxa LlEma^'ise. Wii, hv'me Lliil-edtichx miix'enox". Wii, aEm-Iiiwise 

 la kiwaele HaeLEkumae laxa ogwiwalllases Logwa^ye g'okwa. Wii, 

 aEm-'lawise la nii^'nakwe k!waxLa^yas iiixes g'okwe liix OsEq". Wii, 

 wiix-Em^lawise wiiLasE^we klwaxLa^yas HaeLEkiime. Wii, aEm^la- 

 wise ^nek'a: "Gwilldztis gwagwex's^alaqe," 'nex'^lae, qaxs doqwa- 



40 la^maeda q leuEme bebEgwiiuEnixs g'iixae hoquwEls qa^s lii hiiyEu- 



