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the rich-woman dauct-, the attendant of the cannibal, and the frog 

 war-dance, | and also the names of the four dancers. The || name of 10 

 the cannibal-dancer was XdqumoLElag ilisk'as^o Bax"bakwalamix"- 

 siwe^, I and the name of the rich-woman-dancer was G'ilqlESElag'i- 

 lis, I and the name of the attendant of the cannibal-dancer was 

 Helik ilak'as^o, and | the name of the frog-war-dancer was Togilmalis. 

 Now, Helamas (XIII 1) | had a son; and Wigwilba Wak'as (XII 3) 

 named || his grandson, and he gave him the name Q!aed (XIV 1). 15 

 As soon I as Wigwilba Wak'as (XII 3), chief of the ancestors of the | 

 Wiklunx'^da^x" of the BellabcUa, had spoken, Helamas (XIII 1) 

 started in his canoe, | LEyalag'ilayugwa (XIII 2) being placed in the 

 canoe by his father-in-law. Then he went to Qalogwis, for | that is 

 the place where the Kwag'ul lived. As soon as he arrived, || his prince 20 

 Q !aed (XIV 1), and his uncle M§,^nakula, and his | two aunts Hama- 

 lak'ilalEmega and X'lxEmg'ilayugwa, disappeared. \ Now, Helamas 

 gave a winter dance to his tribe, the ancestors of the Kwag'ul. | For 

 four months Q!aed (XIV 1) staid away. Then he was caught. | Then 

 he was given to eat one of the slaves || as he entered the winter-dance 25 

 house; and Helamas (XIII 1) gave away j one hundred dressed elk- 

 skin blankets, three slaves, | and four large canoes, to his tribe, the 

 ancestors of the | Kwag'ul; and he broke his copper Sea-Lion for 



q!§,minagas Lo-laeda k'lnqalaLEla; wa, he^mesa wuqlase olala; § 

 wii, he^mesa LeLEgEmasa moxwidala leleda. Wji, heEm^El lS- 

 gEmsa hanuits!e XoqumcLElag'ilisk'as^o Bax^bakwalanujCsIwe^ 10 

 Wil, hcEm^lawis LegErcsa cjlaminagase Gilq!ESElagIlise. Wii, 

 heEm^lawis LegEmsa kincjalaLEle Helik'ilak'as^a; wa, hEEm^lawis 

 LegEmsa wuq!;ise olale Togiimalise. Vv^a, hiJEm^lawise Helamasaxs 

 lamaa^ xiingwatse babagume. Wii, la^lae Vv'^igwiiba Wiik'ase Leqela 

 qa LegEmses ts!6x"LEma. Wa, la^lae Lex^ets Q!aede. Wii, g'iPEni- 15 

 ^lawise gwale wiildEmas Wigwilba Wiik'ascxa g'lg&ma^yasa g'iilasa 

 Wik!unx'da^xwasa Heldzaqwe g'axa^lase Lex^ede Helamase k!wax- 

 salaso^ses nEgiimpe LEyalag'ilayugwa. Wii, la^lae liix Qalogwise 

 qaxs hemaa^l g'okiilatsa Kwiig'ule. Wii, la^lae lag-aaxs hie hex'^i- 

 daEm x'is'ede LawElgEma^yase QIaede l5 q!ule'ye Ma^nakfda LE^wes 20 

 ma^lokwe eSnese HamalakilalEmega Lo^lae X'ixEmg'ilayugwa 

 Wii laEm^lae yiiwix^Ele Helamase qaes g'okulota g'aliisa Kwag-ula. 

 Wii, lii^lae mdsgEmgilaxa ^niEkula g'iyakile Q!aediixs lae klin^ya- 

 SE^wa. Wa, laEm^lae h&mg'ilayuweda ^nEmokwe q !ak"o lilqexs g'axae 

 laeL liix yawix'Ilats!e g'okwa. Wii, laEm^lae yax^wide Helamasasa 25 

 liik'lEnde eElag'EmsgEme ^uaEnx^iine^ Lo^laeda yfidukwe q!aq!Ek-6; 

 wa, heEm^lawisa motslaqe awS,xwaxwak!una laxes g'okulota g'alasa 

 Kwag-ule. Wii, lii^lae qlEltaxa Llac^wa yl^lax MawakMa qa g'Ig&- 



