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65 the numa_>Tn II SisEnL !e^ of the Naklwax'da^x". Now, the wliite 

 men had come to live | at Fort Rupert. That is the reason why ten 

 woolen blankets and | one hundred cedar-bark blankets were given 

 as a marriage gift. | K'imged (XIX 1) and his wife i. !aqwal (XIX 2) 

 had not been married long, when my mother gave birth to twins. | 



70 One was a boy, the other a girl. || As soon as HSyogwis (XVIII 3) 

 knew that his princess had given birth to twins, he | and his numaym, 

 the SlsEUL !e^, made ready to give a marriage gift to his | son-in-law 

 Kimged (XIX 1) at Geg"aqe, for now the Gwa^sEla had left Gwe- 

 qElis. I They launched eight canoes, and | loaded them with twenty 



75 woolen blankets, and forty mountain-goat || blankets, two hundred 

 cedar-bark blankets, and | four slaves; and after they had loaded 

 them, they left | Sagumbala — for that is where the SiSEULle^of the 

 Nak!wax'da^x" lived | — and it was not yet quite evening when they 

 arrived at | Geg'iiqe. Immediately Cliief Hayogwis (X\TII 3) gave 



80 as a marriage gift || twenty woolen blankets, forty mountain-goat | 

 blankets, and two hundred cedar-bark blankets, and the four slaves, | 

 and also the eight canoes, and | a name for K'imged (XIX 1). Now 

 his name was Yax'LEn (XIX 1), | and also K' ladalag'ihs (XX 1) for 



85 the name of his son, and || l !aL lEqwasila (XX 2) for the name of his 

 daugliter, the twin-children. | After Hayogwis (XVIII 3) had 



65 tasa SisEnLla^yasa Nilklwax'da^xwe. Wit, g"ax^ma mamala g'ox- 

 ^wales laxTsaxise. Wii, he^mis lag'ilas lastowa plElxElasgEme LE^wa 

 lak'lEude kMekMobawas qadzeLEma. Wii, k'!est!a gala hayasEk'ale 

 K'imgede LE^wis gEUEme iJaqwiilaxs lae yikwelEn abEmpwiila. Wa, 

 la^me babagume ^nEmokwe. Wa, lii ts!ats!adagEma ^nsmokwe. 



70 Wa, g'il^mese q!ale Hayogwisaxes k'ledelaxs 3ikwilae, lae hex"^idaEm 

 xwanaKda LE^wis ^nE^meniotaxa SisEULla^ye qa^s la wawalqalaxes 

 nEgumpe Kimgede lax (jeg'aqe qaxs lE^mae baweda Gwa^sEliis Gwe- 

 qslise. Wii, lil wi-x"stEndxa ma'lgiiualtslaqe xwiixwiikluua qa-s 

 moxsesa ma'itsokwe p lElxElasgEme LE^wa mox"sokwe ^mfilxLosgEm 



75 ^naEnxH-iua-'ya LE-wa malp!Enyag'e k' !ek' !obawasa. Wii, he^misa 

 mokwe q!aq!Ek"owa. Wii, g'il^mese gwiil moxsElaxs lae alex^wida 

 yixs hiie Siigumbfda g'okiilatsa ^nE^memotasa SIseul la^yasa Na- 

 k!wax"da^xwe. Wii, k'!es-mese Lala qa-s dziiqwexs lae lag'aa lax 

 Geg'iiqe. Wa, hex'ida'mesa gugamii'ye Hayogwise wiiwalqiilasa 



80 nia-ltsokwe plEbcElasgEm LE^wa m6x"sokwe ^mElxLosgEm ^naEnx- 

 ^una^ya LE'wa ma^lplEoyag'e k!ek'!obawasa LE^wa mokwe q!siq!E- 

 k'owa; wii, he-misLeda ma^'lguuahslaqe xwiixwak!una; wii, he^misa 

 LegEme qa LegEms Kimgede. Wa, laEm LegadEs YaxxEne. Wii, 

 he^mis KMadalagllise qa LegEms bEgwauEme xun6x"s. Wii, he^mis 



85 LlaLlEqwiisila qa LegEms tslEdaqe xuno.\"sxa yikwFlEme. Wii, g'il- 

 'mese gwal yaqlEntlale Hfiyogwisaxs lae K'imgede Lelwiiltodxes 



