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(III 8), the head chief ot the Loyalala^wa, the miniaym of the || 

 400 Kwag'ul; aud ^maxiijag; ills (III 3) has for his wife the princess of 

 Chief I Ts!Ex«ed (11 4) of the Naklwax'da^x". And our | father 

 (II 1) had for his wife the princess of Hex'hak'in (I 2), the head chief 

 of the numaym | G'exsEm of the Nimkish, cur stepmother, (jaax- 

 stalas (II 3). I I say this because you stand at the head of the 

 5 Gwa^sEla. |1 Now look for a wife, O brother! from the region to the | 

 north of us; and if you do so, we shall l)o the only | chiefs of the 

 tribes." Thus said Amaxiilal (111 1) to his younger brother | 

 YaqokhvaJag'ilis (III 6). Immediately the mother of Yaqoklwa- 

 lag'ilis (III 6), that | is, Gaaxstaias (II 3), said "Let us try to get a 



10 wife, Hawilkulal (III 1 ?) || and also your prince, for Yiiqoklwalag'ilis 

 (III 6). I What you say is good, child Hawilkiilal, that all of you may 

 be renowned | chiefs of the first people among the following gene- 

 rations, I O children!" Thus said Chief tainess Gaaxstaias (II 3) to 

 HawLlkillal (III 1 O- | 



15 Hahahanane! Therefore 1 am now at the head || of all these 

 tribes, and therefore I feel proud of my | names which came from the 

 other side of the chief, my ancestor, | when he married all over the 

 world. I 



Hahahanane! Now Hawilkiilal (III 1?) asked Y;iqok!walag'ilis 

 (III 6) I to get ready to go and marry the princess (III 10) of l !aqwa- 



layugwas Liaqwag'ilagEma^ye Laxuma^yasa Loyalala^wa ^nE^memotsa 

 400 Kwag'ule. Wii, lak-ase gEg'ade -maxulag"ilisas kMedelasa g'iga- 

 ma^ye Ts!Ex^edaxa Nak!wax'da^xwe. Wa, lak'ase gEg-adsns 

 ompdiisox k'!edelaxs Hex"hak'inexa Laxuma^yasa ^uE^memotasa 

 G'cxsEmasa ^uEmgese lak'asxox abadzawaciEnux" Gaaxstalasex. 

 Wii, hek^as^mesEn lag'ila ^nek'e lak'as'maaqos LaxumeltsaGwa^'SElax. 

 5 Wiig'a aEm dociwala qa^s gEUEuios, ^uEmwEyot lak'asxo gwii- 

 nak"ahix; wii, qaso hi?} gwex'^JdELe hik'as-mesEus lex'aEm g'lg'E- 

 gameltsa leElqwtilaLa^yax," ^nek'ase Amaxiilalaxes ts!ii^ye Yaqo- 

 k!wiilag"ilise. Wii, liex'^idk'as^mese iibEmpsa Yiiqok!walag"llise 

 yikasEx Gaiixstalase, ^nek'a: "Weg'ax'ins giigak'!a Hfiwllkfdal 



^0 Lokwases LawElgama^yex qak'asox Yiiqok!wiilagiUsex. Ex"k'as^maa- 

 ses waldEmaqos xtinok" Hawilkuhxi qa^s ^nilxwa^meLos tsielwalat 

 g"Ig"Egamesa g'alit bEgwiinEm liik'asxa Tdk'asLa bebEgwabolisaLol 

 sasEm," ^nek'ase o^ma Gailxstalasax Hawllkulale. 



Haha hanane; wa yokwasEm lag-ilk"asaEn k'leas k' !es Liixuma- 



1 5 ^yaas liixwa ^riaxwilx leElqwiilaLa^yaxEn iikwasgllniEii yiihiq !eqElasEn 

 LCLEgEmdzex giiguLEla lak^asxEn qwesbahse gig'iqag'iwexs helaxae 

 lak'asxes gilg'adi^lfilae^na^ye. 



Haha hanane ; wii, lilk'as^me Hawilkiilale ilxk' ifdax Yiiqok' Iwalagi- 

 lise qa xwanal-ldes qa^s liiiag'I gfigak^Iax k" !edelas LJaciwag'ila yi- 



