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name from the cutting of the blubber of the | whale. Now, Sesaxalas 63 

 (II 1) arrived at Odzalas, | for that is where the houses of the ances- 

 tors of the Nimkish stood, of ll Hex'hak'in (I 2). Then my ancestor 65 

 Chief Sesaxalas (II 1) was invited in. | — | 



Haha hauane ! My great-grandfather was taken care of by the | 

 ancestors of the tribes. | 



Haha hanane ! Therefore I feel proud in my heart. || 

 Haha hanane! Then Sesaxalas (II 1) followed Hex-hak-in (12), | 70 

 and they went into the hcuse with the carved posts. Then | Sesa- 

 xalas (II 1) was told to sit down on the bear-skin spread on the floor. 

 Then they | broke roasted sockeye-salmon, and Sesaxalas (II 1) 

 ate. I Sesaxalas saw the princess of || Hex'hak'in (12) sitting by the 75 

 side of her mother; and | after Sesaxalas (II 1) had eaten, he was 

 questioned by | Hex'hak'in (I 2): "Let me ask you, O brother! 

 who are you?" | Then Sesaxalas said, "I I am Sesaxalas (II 1). I 

 come from the northern part of our world." Thus he said || to him. 80 

 "And who are you?" asked Sesaxalas of Hex'hak'in. | Then he said, 

 "I am Hex'hak'in (I 2). I have alwajs | lived in the village of 

 Odzalas; and this is my princess | Gaaxstalas (II 3), and this is her 

 mother Hek'inedzEmga (I 3), | and these are my slaves, and the 

 speaking-posts of my || house." Thus said Hex'hak'in (I 2) to Sesa- 85 



gwE^yime. Wa, lak'as^Em lag'ae Sesax^ilase iak'asEx Odzalase 63 

 qak'asExs hek'asae g'okiile g'lgama^yasa g'aliisa ^uEmgese, yik'asEx 

 Hex'hak'ine. Wii, lak'ase Lale'lalaso^kwasa yik'asxEn gTqag'iwa'ye 65 

 Sesaxalase. 



Haha, hanane; xa gwalElak'as^mola mayax"ilas6''kwasEn gaga- 

 SElasa g'alil bEgwanEmsa lekjwalaLane. 



Haha hanane ; hek'as^mes okwas=Em LEmgEmsg'in n&qek'asg'In. 



Haha hanane; wa, lak'as-me Scsaxahise liig'ex Hex'hak'ine qa- 70 

 k'ats Ifi hogweL liik'asxe g^okwe k!ex"k!ailzEkwa. Wii, hlk'asMne 

 k!wadzolelEme Sesaxalase lak'asxe LEbele L!a^ya. Wii, lak'ase 

 LEnx^witso^kwasa L!obEkwe niElek'a. Wii, liikas-me L!Exwakase 

 Sesaxalase. Wii, liik'as-me Sesaxalase doqulak'asEx k' !edeias 

 Ilex^hakinaxs k!waelk-asae liik'asEx apsalilases abEmpk'ase. Wii, 75 

 gulk^as-mese gwfdk'as L!Exwe Ses xalasaxs liik-asae wuL!iile Hex'- 

 hak'inax Sesaxalase: "Wiig'ax'En wiiLakasoL, ^uEmwEyot, sokwas- 

 ^maa angwak^ats?" Wii, lak'ase Sesaxalase =nex"k'asEq: "Nogwa- 

 k'as Sesaxalasa g'iix^^idElak'asEx gwiibal'sasEns ^nalax," ^nex'k'as 

 laxaeq. "Wii, angwakast!iis?" 'nex'k'as-laxae Sesaxalasax Hexiia- 80 

 kine. Wii, liik'ase ^nek'a: "Nogwak'as Hexiiak'ina. He'mEnes 

 g'okfdak'as laxox Odzillasex. Wii, yokwas^mesEn k'!edelox Gaiix- 

 stiilaskasex Lokwasox abEinjik'asaxs yik^asxox Hck'incdzEmgax, 

 yokwas^mesEn q!iiq!Ek'ox, LokwnsEii yaeq!Ent!rilax LCLsimsEn 

 g'okwasex," ^nek'ase Hex'hak'inax Sesaxalase. Wii, liik'ase Sesa- 85 



