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16 visitor; and the visitor replied, and said, | "I am ^jak'Ewas, and my 

 tribe are the G"Ig"ilgS,m, and I Hve | in the village Xoqwaes with my 

 tribe ; | and this woman Ts lalalllanaga, the princess of Yax'LEn, is 



20 my wife. |1 Yax'LEn is the chief of tlie Ts!ets!Emeleqala. And this | 

 is my prince Ts!§,lag'ilis, and my princess is | TsIalahlHak"." Thus 

 said ^yak'Ewas. And then ^yak'Ewas asked | the man where he 

 came down from. And then the | man said, "I am Hele^stes. I 



25 go spouting around |1 our world. I am Llaqwag'ila, the prince of the 

 chief I of the Killer- Wli ales, Halxsiwalis, Now, I wish to become a | 

 real man in this place, and I built my house at Bhiuden Harbor." 

 Thus said Hele^stes. j And Llaqwag'ila is my ancestral chief, | the 

 root of the chiefs of the numaym ^walas, and he is my ancestral || 



30 chief. | 



Hana hana he, ahana hana! O Great-One! the great one who 

 came down is | my lord Llaqwag'ila, who took for his wife the prin- 

 cess of I Lord ^yak'Ewas, Ts!alalili^lak". And the lord had a child,] 



3-5 YaqEwe^las, the prince of Lord Llaqwag'ila. || And now Lord 

 ^yak'Ewas gave as a marriage gift six canoes; | for, indeed. Lord 

 ^yak'Ewas had obtained as a supernatural treasure the Grouse, the 

 canoe-maker; | and therefore he, the only first one to give away 



16 bagOnse. Wa, lak'ase na^naxma^yeda bagiinsaq, wa lak'ase ^nek'a: 

 "Nogwak'as^Em ^yak'Ewasa. Wii, lak'ase G'Ig'ilg&mx'LEn g'okulote, 

 yik'asg'in hek'asek' g'okule Xoqwaese LokwasEn g'okiilote. Wa, 

 yokwas^mes k' !edelk'ats Yax'LEnox Ts !alalilanagaxxEn gEUEmkasex, 



20 yikasExs g'igaraa^yae Yax'LEuasa TsetslEmeleqftla. Wa, ySkwas- 

 ^mese LEWElgamayox Ts!alag'ilisex. Wii, lak'asEnk'IedadEsoxTsla- 

 lalilFlakwex," ^nek'ase ^yak'Ewase. Wa, lak'ase ogwaqa wuLe ^ya- 

 k'Ewasaxa bEgwanEme lak'asEX g'ayEmaxaask'asas. Wa, lak'asa 

 bEgwanEme ^nek'asa: "Nogwak'as Hele^stesa Llaltse-stallsElaxwa 



25 awPstaxsEns ^nalax. NogwaEm Llaqwag'ila LEWElgames g'igama- 

 ^yasa max^enoxwe Halxsiwalisa. Wa, hlk'asEn ^nek'as qEn g'axk'ase 

 baxus^id lak'asxEn lalcasex g'okulasaxox Baasex," -'nekase Hele-stes. 

 Wa, okwas-mesEn g'iqag'Iwa^ye Llaqwag'ila yilcasxEn glgaana- 

 ^5^axg'in ^nE^memoteg'asa ^walase, wa, yokwas^msn g'lg'Eqag'i- 



30 wa^yox. 



Hana hana he, ahana hana adzehesa ^walasaxaledzex'deya; wiile 

 ada^ya Llaqwag'iladzeyolaxs layola gEgadEx'^ldEs k'!edehvfllas 

 ada^ya ^yak'Ewase Ts'.alalilFlakwa ada. Wa, lak'ase xQngwadE- 

 x'^ide ada^yas YiiqEwe^lasexa LEwfllga,ma^yas ada^ye Llaqwag'ila. 



35 Wa, lak'as'me ada^ya ^yak'Ewase qotex'^Its q!EL!Ets!aqe xwaxwa- 

 k!una qaLaxs Logwalae ada-ya ^yak'Ewasaxe miig'ag'u Leqaxe xwa- 

 xwS,k!una. Wa, yokwas-mes lag'ilas lex'aEm g'llk'as sak'axodEu 

 g'lqag'Iwa^ye Llaqwag'iliixa xwaxwakluna. Wii, k'!esk'ase alaEm 



