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Now, the names of the head chiefs of the various numayms do not 

 change; | for the head cliief can not give his || names to the liusband 20 

 of liis princess, | — beginning with the liead chief's and man's name, 

 down to I the young man's name, child's name, sparrow name, and | 

 liamshilmts !es name, fool-dancer's name, and grizzly-bear dancer's 

 name, — to his | sons-in-law; for it was instituted in olden times that 

 the head chiefs || had to keep their names, and that they could give 25 

 them to no other than the eldest among their | children. | 



Now that finishes our talk .about the seven numayms | of the 

 Kwexamot who have the new name GwetEla, and the names | 

 beginning with the time when the child is just born until he becomes || 

 head chief of the numaym. That is all. | 30 



II. NUMAYMS OF THE Q !6M0YA^YE | 1 



I shall first talk about the name of the tribe Q !omoya^ye, for | this 

 is the fu'st name of the tribe Q'.omoya^ye. Then a warrior | killed 

 ^maxwa at Eg'isbalis, and ^maxwa was the || head chief of the great 5 

 head numaym of the GwetEla, the Maamtag'ila. | When ^maxwa 

 was de'ad, the Qlomoya^ye changed their name; and | now the 

 name of the tribe was Kwexa, beginning from the time when they 

 killed the past ^maxwa. | And then the Kwag'ul who have now the 



Wa, hastaEm k'les LlaLlayokule LexEgEmasa LeLaxuma^yasa 18 

 aloguq!Ese ^nal^uE^memota, yixs k^Easae gwex^^idaasa Laxuma^ye 

 la LegEing'ElxLalases Laxuma^ye LCLEgEm lax la^wuiiEmases kMede- 20 

 lexa g'agiLEla lax LegEmas laxes Laxuma^yae LE^wis q IwaxEXLayo 

 i.E^wis helaxLayo LE-wis g'lnlEXLiiyo LE^wis gwedzEXLiiyo LE^wis 

 hamshamtslEs LeLEgEma, LE^wa nolEmala LE^wa nane Ifida laxes 

 naEngumpe, ylxs gwalElamoyolaEl Elg-aaLElodayo laxa LeLaxuma- 

 ^yexa LeLEgEmasqa k'!eses l&sas laxa ogti^la lax ^nolastlEgEma^yases 25 

 sasEine. 



Wa, laEm gwala gwagwex's^ala laxa aLEbosgEmakluse ^nal-nE- 

 ^mematsa Kwexamotexa alEXLaliix GwetEla LE^wis i.eLEgEme er'a- 

 giLEla laqexs g'alae mayoLEmses abEmpe lag'aa laqexs lae Laxumd- 

 xes ^nE^memote. Wa laEm laba. 30 



II. ^nal^ne^memasa qIomoya^ye 1 



HetlaLEii gll gwagwex's^alasLa lEguxLayasa Q!6moya^ye, ylxs 

 he^niae g1l lEgiixLiiyose Qlomaya^ye. Wii, lii k'!elax-^ide baba- 

 klwasex ^maxwa lax Eglsbalise, yixs g'lgama^yae ^maxwa yisa 

 ^niEkuma^yasa ^walase ^nE^memotsa GwetElaxa Maamtag'ila. Wa, H 

 g-iPmese Ie^Ic ^maxwa laa^Iase LlayoxLaxa Q!6moya^ye. Wii, laEm- 

 4ae lEguxLiilax Kwexa, g-agiLElaxs lae kwex^edEx ^'maxwol. Wii, 

 laEm'laxaawisa Kwag'ulexa la lEgiixLalax GwetEJa l layoxLa. Wa, 



