VIII. FAMILY HISTORIES 



Wail of l!al!eqwasila/ a Gwa^sela Woman^ 



1 Halia hanane! Now I come to think of my forefathers | and of 

 my great-grandfathers. Now I wiU tell the story of my house | 

 when we were chiefs in the beginning of this our world. | 

 5 Haha hanane! YaqalE^nala (II 1) went about spouting. || He was 

 my chief in the beginning of the world. He traveled about in his 

 canoe, | a whale; for he was a whale, the ancestor of my people the 

 Gwa^sEla ; | and he went into NEgeL. He saw that there was a good 

 beach, | and he went ashore there; and YaqalE^nala (II 1) built a 



10 house, I and came out of his whale-body. Now, H the whale-canoe 

 of YaqalE'uala (II 1) lay crosswise on the beach. | Then YaqalE'^nlis 

 (II 1) gave a name to the village, and called it GweqElis. | 



Haha hanane ! Then YaqalEulis (II 1) said that he would go and | 

 see the country southward. He went aboard his | traveUng-canoe, 



15 "Whale," and came to Padzo. There || YaqalE^nala (II 1) saw a 

 good beach, and | the whale landed in the middle of the beach of 

 Padzo. I YaqalEnlis (II 1) went ashore out of his traveling-canoe, 



Wail of l!al!eqwasila,' a Gwa^sela Woman 



1 Haha hanane; lak'as-maeg'in g-Ig-aex-^idxEn wlwompk-aswiila 

 LokwasEn gagasElak'asa lak'as-'mesEn nEwelasg'in gwal'alldzEmek- 

 g'lqostales laxo ^na^lax. 



Haha hanane; wit hek'as^maexs lakasae iJaltse^stallsEle YaqalE- 

 5 ^nalaesxEU g-Iqag'iwa-ye gwalesa ^ya^yasElaxes gwE^ylme ^yinasEla 

 qak-asExs gwE^yimaEn awanayax Gwa^sElek". Wa, g'axk'ase g"a- 

 xel^'id lak'asEx NEgeLe. Wa,lak-ase dox^waLEJaxe ex-e a^wlnagwisa. 

 Wa, lak-ase lag-alis laq. Wii, lak-ase g-6kwlla YaqalE^nala laqexs 

 lak'asae laqS, laxe gwE^yime. Wa, iikwas^'mese la gegilisElak-asa 

 10 gwE^yime -\yiVyats!es YaqalE-'nala laxe LlEma^yaese. Wa, lak'as^me 

 YaqalEnlise Lex^'ets GweqElise laxes la g'okwelasa. 



Haha hanane; hek-as-mes la neg'ats YaqalEnlise qa's g-axk'ase 

 doxdEgwesElaxo ^nalenak-alax. Wii, liik-as'me laxs laxes ^ya^yasi- 

 ^litlayowa gwE^ylme. Wii, g"axk"ase laxo Padzawa. Wa, lak-ase 

 15 YiiqalE-nala dox^waLElaqoxs ek'aex ftwlnagwisa. Wii, liik-as^me 

 tsEx-'walTseda gwE^ylme hvk-asEx ^uEgoyalisas Padzawa. Wa, lak'as- 

 4axae la YaqalEnlise hllta laxes ^ya-'yasi^liilayuwa gwE^yime qa^s lit 



1 LlaL'Eqwasila. 



! In the following family traditions the individuals are designated by Roman numerals for each gen- 

 eration; by Arabic numerals for each ii^dividual. This seemed necessary on account of the constant 

 changes of names. 



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