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I. NUMAYMS OF THE GWETELA | 91 



This is the head of the niimayms of the GwetEhi : | 



1. Maamtag'ila. Their head chief is ^maxuyahdze. This is his 

 name | when he is liead chief of his niimaym, the Maamtag'ila, and 

 this II is the name when he invites all the tribes. | 95 



And his man's name is YaqoLas (Place-of-Obtaining-Property) 

 before he | becomes head chief of the Maamtag'ila, for then he gives 

 property to his | tribe the GwetEla. | 



And his young man's name is Llesdaq (White-Goose). And 

 Llesdaq gives away property to the yoimg men || — that is, when the 100 

 young men give to one another paddles and mats, in the way | the 

 first men used to do, for the sake of the greatness of the young man's 

 name, | but in our recent days it is different; for shirts and kerchiefs | 

 are given away by the young men for the sake of the greatness of tlie 

 young man's name, | and nothing is given to old men when the 

 young men || give to one another. | 5 



And his child's name, when he is ten months old, is Wawalk'ine^ | 

 (Fouud-by-Good-Luck) ; that is, when they singe off the (hair of the) 

 head, and | after they are painted with ocher, and when the thunder-* 

 bird straps of | dressed deer-skin are put on. The ocher is for the 

 greatness of the name Wawalk'ine^, || when the whole tribe come to 10 

 paint themselves. | 



I. ^NAL^NE^MEMASA GWETELA 91 



Wa, g'a^mes ^niEkumahxts ^mxPnE^memasasa GwetEla g'ada: — 



1. Maamtag'ila, ytxs Laxumalaax ^maxuyalidze. HeEm LegEm- 

 sexs lae Laxuma^j^ases ^iiE^memota Maamtag'ila. Wa, heEm 

 LegEmsexs lae Lelslaxa ^naxwa lelqwalaLa^ya. 95 



.Wa, he^mis qlwaxEXLayo LegEmse YaqoLas, yixs k'les^mae La- 

 xumdxes ^uE^memota Maamtag'ila, qaxs lae tiEnsela plEsaxes g'oku- 

 lota GwetEla. 



Wa, la hel^axLalax Llesdaq. Wa, laEm gumyadzEXLalax Llesda- 

 qexa hiVyal^axs gumyasaplaasa se^wayowe LE^wa leEpwa^yexa gwe- 100 

 g'ilasa g-ale bEgwauEma qa o^mayoses helaxLiiyowe LegEma. Wa, 

 lox ogux^idxwa alex ^nala, yixs qlESEna^yae LE^wa laElaxwewa-ye 

 la giiniyadzaj^osa ha^yah'a qa 5^mayoses gumyadzEXLayo LcgEma, 

 yixs kleasae lasa q!ulsq!ulyakwe bebEgwauEm laxa hiVyal-agala 

 giimyasap !a. 5 



Wii, he-'mis g'inlExLayo i.egEmsexs lae helogwila yix Wa- 

 walk-jna^ye, yixs lae gwal tslEx'EltsEmtsE^we x'omsas loxs lae 

 gwal gumsaso^sa gugiimyime loxs lae ^wi^la qEX'^aLEle ktinxwe- 

 dEmas eElag'imdza. Wii, he^mis o^mayos LegEmase Wflwalkina^ya 

 giigumyimaxs lae ^nfixwa gwagiimsenaso^ses g'okfllote. lo 



