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"Whale," and went | to look at it. He saw that it was a good place 18 

 to build a house. | And now Chief YaqalEiiilis (II 1), my ancestor, 

 built a house ten || steps deep. He closed the mouth of the river 20 

 at I EmxsdElis, and therefore the river is called EmxsdElis (closed- 

 bottom). I Then YaqalEnlis's (II 1) name was changed from Yaqa- 

 lEolis I to TsExtsExulis (stranded-whale); for that is what the whale 

 did when | it went ashore at Padzo. Now, TsExtsExiilis (II 1) 

 fmished || his house. It was ten steps deep. Then a canoe | came 25 

 paddling along, and TsExtsExulis (II 1) went to meet (the travelers), 

 and he | invited them in. A man and his wife | and a pretty young 

 woman came ashore. They sat down. | Then TsExtsExiilis gave 

 them to eat. And after they had eaten, || TsExtsExulis ciuestioned 30 

 his guests: "O brother! | who are you?" Then the man said," I | 

 am SenLe^ (I 1). My village is in the world above, | and this is my 

 princess, SeuLlegas (II 2) ; and this | is my wife, bi-other !" Then 

 SenLle^ (I 1) questioned him also: || "And who are you, brother!" 35 

 Then | TsExtsExulis (II 1) replied, and said, "I am | TsExtsExulis. 

 I come from North-End-of-our-Woiid. | I wish to marry your prin- 

 cess, O brother! so I thatournamesmay be really together." Then || 

 SenLle^ (I 1) asked his princess to sit down by the side of | Tsex- 40 



dox^wIdEq. Wa, lak'as^me dox^waLElaqexs ek"ae lax gokwelase. IS 

 Wa, lak'as^me YaqnlEnlisexEn g'iqag^iwa^ye g'okwelaxe ^iiEqax'^i- 

 daxallle dzoyagEk" g'okwa. Wii, lak'as^ma Emx"Emk"amasax was 20 

 EmxsdElise. Wii, hek"as^mes lag'ilas Legats EuixsdElisa wa. Wii, 

 liik-iis^me L!a^yoxLJi^ye YiiqalEnlise; wii, lak-as^me Legade YiiqalEnli- 

 siisas TsExtsExulise, qak'ase gwex'^idaasasa gwE^ylmaxs lak^asae 

 tsExwalisa gwE^yime lak'asEx Padzawe. Wii, lilk'as-me g-wiilk-ase 

 g-okwila^yas TsExtsfcxulisexa iiEqiix'^idaxalTle dzoyagEk" g'okwa 25 

 g-axk'asaase sexwa. Wii, Iiik\ise TsExtsExulise liilaliiq qak'ats 

 La^li^laleq. Wii, g^ilxk'ase hox^wijsdeseda bEgwaiiEme Lokwases gE- 

 uEme Lokwasa ex'sokwe alostagas ts!Edaqa. Wii, liik'ase k!us^alila. 

 Wa, lilk'ase TsExtsExillise LiExwelaq. Wii, gilk'as^mese gwiil l!e- 

 xwaxs lak-asaeTsExtsExiilise wuLak'asxes LlExwelag'ile: "Wii, ^nEm- 30 

 wEyot; so-'maa Eiigwas." Wa, lak-ase ^nek'aseda bEgwilnEme: 

 "Nogwak-as SenL!a^ya g^okiila liix ek' iadzelisasEns ^niilak'asex. Wii, 

 yokwas-mesEn k' !edelk"asa, yik'asxox SenLlegasex; Lokwasgin gE- 

 uEmk'asEk-, ^iiEmwEyot." Wii, lak^ase SenLla^ye ogwaqak-as 

 wfiLiik'asEq: "Wa, sokwas^maa Engwas, ^nEmwEyot." Wii, liik'ase 35 

 TsExtsExulise na^naxmek-asEq. Wii, liik-ase ^nek'asa: "Nogwak'as 

 TsExtsExtilisa, g'ax'^id lak-asxox gwiibalisasEns ^nalax. Wii, lilk-as- 

 ^mesEn ^nex'k-as qEn giigakMexs k' !edelk-asaqos, ^UEmwEyot, qa- 

 k'asaEns a'ma ''nEmgilqElaxEns LcLEgEmk-asex." Wii, okwas-mese 

 SenL!a^ye ^yalaxsigwllaxes kMedelk-ase qa lak'ases klwiinodzEhla 40 



