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away long, |1 when ^walas ^nEmogwis arrived at the village of the 10 

 ^nenelk' !enox", whose chief was | Ma^nakiila. As soon as they 

 arrived at Odzalas, | the slaves also came home bringing fifty | 

 seals. Then Hex'hak'in (I 2) gave these as a wedding-feast to his 

 son-in-law | ^walas ^nEmogwis (II 1), to give them as food to his 

 guests, the ^nenelk' !enox". || Then Hex'hak'in (I 2) gave him as a 15 

 marriage present the name Kwax'ilanokume^ (II 1) | as the feast 

 name of ^walas ^nEmogwis, for | ^wfdas ^nEmogwis (II 1) was to 

 be his potlatch (inviting) name. Then the fifty | seals were placed 

 in the four house-dishes, and | they were placed before the ^nenelk' fe- 

 nox". When || they had finished, they gave away the ten sea- 20 

 otter blankets, | twenty-five marten blankets, twenty | black-bear 

 blankets, to their guests. Tliis was the first | time that property 

 was given away with a feast of seals in house-dislies, and this was the 

 first time that the | Gwa^sEla made a potlatch at the time of a 

 feast. II 



Haha hanane ! Therefore I feel like laughing at what | the lower 25 

 chiefs say wlien they try to claim higher rank than what I have — | 

 I, who had in the beginning an ancestor who was a chief who gave 

 away property at a feast. | 



Haha hanane! Now, Gaaxstalas (II 3) had a child, | a girl. 

 When the child was four days old, || Hex'hak'in (I 2) asked his wife 30 



k'asae sEyogwa^ye ^walas ^uEmogwisaxa ^nenelk'Ienoxwexa g'lgadas 10 

 Ma^nakula. Wa, g'ilk-as^mese g'ax^aLEla lax Odzalase gaxkasaase 

 ogwaqa g'Sx^alisa q !aq lEk'owe malaxa sEk' lasgEmg'ustawe me- 

 gwata. Wa, lak'as^me Ilex'hakine wawalqalas liik'asxes nEgiimp 

 'walas ^nEmogwis qa hfimg ihlts lak'asxes LelEhiena^yaxa ^nenelk'!e- 

 noxwe. Wii, lak'as^me LegEmg'ElxLala Hex'hak'inax Kwax'tlano- 15 

 kuma^ye qa k!weladzEXLayos ^walase ^nEmogwisa qak'asExs LelEla- 

 yoxLiiyae ^wfdase ^nEmogwisa. Wa, lak'as^me lEx"ts!oyowa sEk' las- 

 gEmg'ustawe megwat lak'asxe mEwexLa loElqtihta. Wii, hex'^i- 

 dak'as^mese lak'as k'agEmlT^lEmxe ^nenelk"!enoxwe. Wii, gilk'as- 

 ^mese gwalExs lak'asae yax^wltsa lastowe q!eq!asasgEm ^naEnx^une 20 

 Lokwasa sek'lagala LeLEgEx"sEm ^naEnx^une Lokwasa maltsokwe 

 LleLlEntsEm ^naEnx^une lak'asxes LelElakwe. Wii, hek'as^Em gil 

 yaqwiigElilaxes l6x"ts!Ewakwe megwata. Wii, hek^as-Ein g'iilabEiitsa 

 Gwa^sEla ^max^wid yaqwiigElllak'asxes kiwelekwe. 



Haha hanane; xEn lag'ila okwas^Em dedaleqElas waldEmasEn 25 

 g'igaba^yaxs lak'asae wax'k'as g'ageqaqlaxgin gwalets!e^meg'in 

 giqag'i^wala ^maxwag'iwala kiwelasag'iwala. 



Haha hanane; wii, liik'as^me xiingwadix'^ide Gaiixstalasase ts!a- 

 ts!adagEme. Wa, g'ilk'as'mese moplEneJa g'iniinEmk'asaxs lak'a- 

 sae Hex'hak'ine axk' lalaxes gEUEme HekinedzEmga qa^s walqes^i- 30 



