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his guests started in the morning. Before || evening they arrived at 55 

 GweqEhs. Then | the l !aL !asiq\vahi wished the four dancers | to 

 disappear at once that evening, for the l !aL lasiqwala were in a 

 hurry. | They wanted to make a short stay at GweqElis. | The four 

 dancers staid away only four nights. Then they were caught. || 

 They danced for them four evenings. Then everything was given 60 

 away | that was given as a marriage gift by Amax'^g'ila (XVI 3) — 

 the sixty sea-otter | blankets; four slaves; six | canoes; forty mink 

 blankets; | one hundred and twenty cedar-bark blankets; and the 

 name of the mamaq !a, || Q !ulad ; and the bird-dance, which had the 65 

 name ^nawalakumeg'ilis; | and the hamshamts!Es, wliich had the 

 name ^nax"q!ESElag'ilis; | and the healing-dance, which had the 

 name Eg'aqlwala. At that time | AtoaxiOal (XVII 2) obtained 

 first the winter dance of the l !aL !asiqwala. As soon as | A^maxulal 

 finished giving awaj', the l !aL !asic[wala went home. Ii A^maxulal 70 

 (XVII 2) and his wife | ^nax'nag'Em (XVII 3) had not been mamed 

 a long time, when they had a son (XVIII 1). Then | A^maxtllal sent 

 his four speakers — Q!ek' !Enala, Hankwasogwi^lak", | Hayaq !EntElat, 

 and YaqlEutEyeg'i^k" — to | teU the chief of the l !aL lasiqwala, 

 Amaxagila (XVI 3), ll that «nax-nag-Em (XVII 3) had a son. 75 

 They | arrived at the village of Amax'ag'ila (XVI 3), and at once | 



^Em^lawise dzaqwaxs laaEl lag'aa lax GweqElise. Wa, hex'^i- 55 

 daEm^lawise ^nek'eda LlaLasiqwala qa x'is^edesa m5kwe sesE- 

 natLEsxa la ganoh'Ida qaxs ahxkMalae halabaleda LlaL lasi- 

 qwala ^nex"^El qa^s ^nEmal'Ide lax GweqElise. Wa, aEm'lawise 

 mo])!Enxwa^s xisaleda mcikwaxs laaEl kimyasE^wa. Wa, la^lae 

 moplEna kwexEJaso-xa dzedzaqwa. Wii, hVlae -wi^la yax-wida- 60 

 yowa wawalqalayas Amax'ag'ilaxa qlELlEx'sokwe q!eq!asasgEra 

 ^naEux^una^ya LE^wa mokwe q!aq!Ek'owa LE^wa q!EL!Ets!aqe 

 xwaxwak!una LE^wa inox"sokwe matsasgEme ^naEnx^iina^ya LE^wa 

 ma^ltsogug'Eyowe k'lobawasa. Wii, la^lae Legadeda mamaq !as 

 ■Qliilade. Wii, lieEm^liiwisa ts!ek!wese LegadEs ^nawalakumegiiise. 65 

 Wii, heEiir'lawisa hamshamts!Ese LegadEs ^niix"q!EsElag-ilise. Wii, 

 he^misLeda hayiilek'ilale LegadEs Eg^aqlwala. Wii, laEin^lae g'aloLe 

 A^maxulalaxa ts!ets!exLEnasa LlaL lasiqwala laxeq. Wii, g'iPmese 

 gwiil yaqwe A^inaxulalaxs lae nii^nakweda LlaLlasiqwiila. 



Wa, la^lae k- !es giila hayasEk"ale A^maxulale LE^wis gEUEme ^nax'- 70 

 nag'Emaxs laaEl xtingwadEx'-Itsa biibagume. Wii, hex"^idaEm^liiwise 

 ^yiilaqe A^miixulalases mokwe ii^yilkwe Q!ek'!Enala Lo^ Hslnkwa- 

 sogwi^lakwe lo^ Ilayaq !EntElal l6^ YaqlEntEyeg'i^lakwe. Wii, laEm- 

 ^lae liil nelalxa g'lgama^yasa LlaLlasiqwale Amiix'ag'iliixs 1e- 

 ^mae xiingwadEX'^ide ^niix'nag'Emasa babagiime. Wii, liix'da^x"- 75 

 lae liig'aa liixa g'okiilasas Amax"&g"ila. Wii, hex'^idaEm^lawise 



