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great feast, and therefore | they only try to imitate me. They try 

 to imitate the chief, my grandfather, 1| who is the root of my family. | 55 



Haha hanane! And it was not long before ^walas ^iiEinogwis | 

 (11 1) had a son. Then Hex'hak in (I 2) gave | as a marriage gift 

 four sea-otter blankets, ten | marten blankets, and seven black- 

 bear II blankets, thirty-five mink blankets, | and fifty deer-skin 60 

 blankets. Then | ^walas ^nEmogwis (II 1) thanked liis father-in-law. 

 He also | gave him a name. Now ^valas ^nEmogwis (II 1) was 

 going to change his name, for | he was already a real chief, therefore 

 Hex'hak'in (I 2)wishedhim || to change his name; andnowHex'hak-in 65 

 (I 2) gave to his | son-in-law as a marriage gift the name LaleliiJadze 

 (II 1), and a name for | the boy. The name ^maxidag"ilis (III 3) 

 was for the | boy. After this was done, LaleliLladze (II 1) called | 

 the ^nenelk' lenox". When they all came, the chief, || the root of my 70 

 family, gave away property to the ancestors of the ^nenelk" !enox". 

 Therefore none | of the lower chiefs has done as my ancestor did. | 



Haha hanane! Then LaleliLladze (II 1), on his part, gave to | his 

 son the name L!alisk'as^o (III 3); and L!aleliL!adze (II 1) gave him 

 the name | Llalisk'as^o (III 3) because he wanted his children |1 to 75 

 have names from both sides. Therefore he | also gave a name of 



lax'^idEii g'lqag'iwa^ye yEx"sEmek'asExs LelElae. Wa, yokwas^mos 53 

 okwas^Eni la hayig'esokwatsa. Wax"k'asex la ha^ylg'exEn g'lgaa- 

 nayexEn gagasEla. 55 



Haha hanane ; wa, k" lesk'ase galaxs lak'asae ^walase ^iiEmogwise 

 etiedk'as xungwadEx-^'itsa babagume. Wa, hex-idk'as^mese Hex'ha- 

 kine et!cd walqcs^itse mowe q!asasgEm ^naEnx^une^Lokwasa lastowe 

 LCLEgEx^'SEm ^naEnx-une^ Lokwasa aLEbowe LlEiiLlEntsEm ^naEn- 

 x^une^ Lokwasa mam6x"sokulasa sEk" !a matsasgEm ^naEnx^une^ lo- CO 

 kwasa sEk-ax'sokwe tetEk'IotsEm ^naEnxHIna^ye. Wit, lak'as^me 

 mole ^walas ^uEmogwisas waldEmases nEgiimp. Wii, hok-as^mesa 

 LegEine qakasExs lak'as^mae LlayoxLaLe ^walase -nEmogwise qak'a- 

 sExs lak-as^mae ^lak- !ala g-Igama^ya, lag-Ilk-asas ^nek-e Hex'hak-ine 

 qa LlayoxLil^yes. Wii, lilk-as'me Ilex-hak-ine LegEmg-ElxLalax La- 65 

 leliLladze liik'asxes nEgiimpe. Wii, hek'as^mesa LegEme qak'ase 

 biibagume. Wii, hik-as^mese LegEme ^miixillag ilise qak'asa biiba- 

 gume. Wii, g-ilk-as-'mese gwillExs lak-asae LfdeliLladze et!ed lcIe- 

 laxa ^nenelk" lenoxwe. Wii, giixk'as^Emxae -'wi^la plekwa g'iiliisa 

 ^nenelk" !enoxwe liik-asxEn g'lgaamVye, k-!easg-ilk-asas ^nEmiixl- 70 

 sales LokwasEn g'iqag'iwa^ye lak'asxEn g'igabtVyex. 



Haha hanane; wa, hikas^mese LaleliLladze ogwaqa liik-atse Le- 

 gEme hxk-asxes xunokwe L!alisk-as^o. Wii, liik-as-'me Lex^edEs ' 

 L!iilisk'as^6 hik-asEq qak'asExs ^nek'ae LiileliLladze qa gvvalElak'as- 

 ^mese ^uEnix-^ides LeLEgEmk'ase Lokwases gag-adi^liilase; lag'ilk-a- 75 



