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22 away twenty sea-otter skins to the | chiefs of the Gwa^sEla, and sixty 

 cedar-bark blankets to the | common people, and two large canoes to 

 the chiefs, | and two slaves, since A^maxiilal (XVII 2) had planned || 



25 that he wanted to give one-half of wliat he had received as a marriage 

 gift to the L!aL!asiqwala, and one-half to the Gwa^sEla— | forty sea- 

 otter skins and one hundred and twenty | cedar-bark blankets, four 

 large canoes, and four | slaves, on account of the highness of the 

 name of his prince PEngwid (XVIII 1). | Now night came, and he had 



30 finished giving away. || At dajdight in the morning the l !aL !asiqwala 

 went home. | 



Wlien PEngwid (XVIII 1) grew up, he married | Lax'SElelEmga 

 (XVIII 2), the princess of the chief (XVII 4) of the numaym Tslets!- 

 EmeleqEla of the | Nak Iwax'da^x", who lived in the village Teguxste^. | 

 PEngwid (XVIII 1) and Lax' sElelEmga (XVIII 2) had not been 



35 married long, when |1 they had a son. And as soon as HaqElal 

 (XVII 4) learned that | his princess had a son, he called his tribe, 

 and he | told them that he would give a marriage gift to his son-in- 

 law. He did not tell his j tribe the amount that he wanted to give 

 as a marriage gift, HaqElal (XVII 4) said only | that he wanted his 



40 tribe to go with him. As soon as || he finished his speech, they went 

 out of the house. They got ready, | and early in the morning they 

 loaded their | canoes. When they were loaded, they left, and | in 



22 g&ma^yasa Gwa^sEla LE^wa q!EL!EX*s6kwe k'!ek'!obawasa laxa bebE- 

 giileda^ye LE^wa ma'lts!aqe iiwk xwiixwakluna laxa g"ig"Egama^ye 

 'LE^wa ma^lokwe q!aq!Ek"owa la^lax gwalaasas naqa^yas A^maxQla- 



25 laxs ^nek"ae cja's a^mes naxsaap!eda iJaL!asiqwiila LE-wa Gwa^sEliixa 

 wawalqiilayuwa mox"sokwe q!eq!asa LEHva ma^ltsogiigEyowe k"!e- 

 kMobawasa LE^wa m6ts!aqe awa xwaxwakluna LEHva mokwe q!a- 

 f[ lEk'owa qa 5^may6s LegEmases LawElgama^ye Pfiugwide. Wa, 

 hiEm-lawise ganol-ida laa^las gwal yaqwa. Wa, g'ipEm^lawise ^nax'- 



30 -idxa gaalaxs lae nii-nakweda L!aL!asiciwala. 



Wa, g'll^Eui^lawise qlwax^ede PEugwidaxs laaEl gEg'adEx'ndEs 

 Lax'SElelEmga k'!edelas g'lgama'yasa 'nEnnemotasaTs!ets!EmeleqE- 

 lasa Nilklwax'da'xwe, yixs hiiaEl g'okiile Tegiixsta^ya Nak!wax"da- 

 ^xwe. Wa, k' !es^lat !a giila hayasEk'alaxs PEngwide lo^ Lax'SElelEm- 



35 giixs lae xungwadEx'^itsa babagume. Wil, g'il^Em^lawise q !ale HiiqE- 

 lalaxes kMedclaxs lE-mae xungwada, laaEl Le-lalaxes g^okulote. Wii, 

 la^lae nelaxs wawalqiillLaxes iiEgiimpe. Wa, laEm^lae k' Its nehixes 

 g'okulotas ^waxaasases wawalqiilayoLe, yixs lex'a^mae waklEms Ha- 

 qElales -nek-!ena^ye qa liis^wFlcs g-okidotelaxsEq. Wil, g'tl-'Em^lawise 



40 gwale waldEmasexs lae ^wi^la hoquwEls lax g'okwas qa^s xwanal^ide. 

 Wii, g'il^Em-lawise ^nax'^idxa gaalaxs laaEl moxsaxes yaeyatsIeLe 

 xwaxwakluna. Wa, g'll^Em^lawise ^wilxsa laaEl LEx^eda. Wa, laEm- 



