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name | Kwax'se^stala; and the name of QleqlEx'Lala (XV 1) was 93 

 changed, and he | now had the name X'ilx^ed (XV 1), when the 

 ancestors of the l !aL lasiqwala lived at Newette, H for now I shall 95 

 stop calling him Q!eq!Ex'Lala (XV 1). Immediately | X'ilx-'ed 

 (XV 1) got ready to go home with his wife K' ledelEme-' (XV 2) | and 

 their child YaqEwid (XVI 1) . Now he was going to his own country, | 

 GweqElis. As soon as they arrived there, he gave away | the fifty 

 mink blankets, one hundred || yellow cedar-bark blanlvets, twenty 100 

 sewed sea-otter | blankets, and the food obtained in the marriage 

 feast, fifty seals. | They put the seals in the four house-dishes; and 

 as soon | as these were put before the ancestors of the Gwa^sEla, he 

 gave aU the | skin blankets to his guests. That is what is called || 

 "giving away during a feast." Now, X'ilx^ed (XV 1) was really a 5 

 chief I among the Gwa^sEla on account of what he had done. Wlien 

 YaqEwid (XVI 1) grew up, | his father X'ilx^'ed (XV 1) wanted him 

 to marry the | princess (XVI 2) of Llaqwadze (XV 3), chief of the 

 numaj'm GexsEm of tlie | Gwa^sEla. He married her at once; and 

 after || the marriage, Llaqwadze (XV 3) gave to his son-in-law 10 

 YaqEwId (XVI 1) | as a marriage gift two slaves, four large canoes, | 

 forty dressed elk-skin blankets, one hundred | deer-skin blankets, 

 forty lynx blankets, | seven marten blankets, and twenty || mink 15 



Kwax'se^stala. Wii, laxae LlayoxLa^ye Q!eq!Ex"Lala. Wa, hiEni 93 

 LegadEs X'ilx'ede lahxxs g'okulae g'alasa L!aL!as:qwala hlx Nfi^wede 

 qaxgin la-'mek' gwal LeqElas Q!eq!Ex-Lala laq. Wa- hex'^idaEm^la- 95 

 wise X'ilx^ede xwanaPid qa^s la na^nakwa le'wis gEUEme K" ledelE- 

 ma^ye LE^wis xunokwe YivcjEwlde; wa, la^me lal laxes awinagwise 

 GweqEhse. Wa, gil^'Em^lawise lag'aaxs laa4 hex'^ida^Em yaqwiigE- 

 lilasa SEk' lax'sokwe matsasgEm ^naEnx^flna^ya LE^wa lak" lEnde do- 

 dEX"sEm k'!ek!obawasa LE-wa maltsokwe q!aci!En6l q!eq!asasgEm lOO 

 ^naEn.x^una^ya LE^wa hannayaaxsa^ye sEkMasgEmg'ustawe megwata. 

 Wa, heEm la axts!§,xa mEwexLa loElquhlxa megwate. Wa, g'il- 

 ^mese k'SgEmlFlEmxa g'aliisa Gwa^sEliixs lae yax^widayoweda ^naxwa 

 ^naEnx'Tuia heyap !omasgEm laxa k!wele. Wii, heEin LegadES 

 yaxsEnie^ya yaqwagililaxa kiwele. Wii, laEm alak'Iala^l gugiima^ye 5 

 Xilx-ediisa Gwa^sEla qaes gwex'^idaase. Wii, la^lae qlwax^ide 

 YiiqEwIde. Wa, lii^lae ompase Xulx^ede ^nek' qa wag"is gEgades 

 kMedelas Llaqwadzexa g^Igama^yasa ^uE^memotasa GexsEmasaGwa- 

 ^SEla. Wa, hex'-idaEnriiiwise qildzel-ldEq. Wa, g-ih'Em^hiwisc gwiila 

 qadzeLExs laa4 wilwalqiile^lae Llaqwadziixes uEgumpe YiiqEwI- 10 

 dasa ma^lokwe q!ilq!Ek'ii. Wii, heEni^lawisa m6ts!aqe iiwa xwa.xwii- 

 kliina LE^wa mox^sokweeElagimsgEm-naEnx^una^ya LE^wa lak'JEnde 

 tetEk' lOtsEni ^naEnx-'iina^ya LE'wa m5x"sokwe ' wiihisx'iisgEm ^naEn- 

 x^Qna^ya LE^wa aLEbowe LeLEgEx"sEm ^iiaEiix^una^ya LE^wa maltso- 



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