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canoes, | was ray ancestral chief. And it was not | long before Lord 

 YaqEwe^las was grown up. Then ho married || Msnledaas, the 40 

 princess of Lord MElnasEine', chief of the | numaym Q!omk" !ut!ES 

 of the Gwa^sEla. And the lord did not live | long with his wife, 

 when Lord YaqEwe^las had a son; | and Lord MElnasEme^ gave a;s a 

 marriage gift four | large canoes, and four slaves, and six || grizzly- 45 

 bear blankets, and twenty mountain-goat | blankets, and one hun- 

 dred cedar-bark blankets. And he gave to | my pride the name 

 MElnedzas. And he gave in marriage this name | to the prince of 

 Lord YjiqEwe^las. And now | Lord YaqEwe^las gave away the 

 marriage gift of Lord MElnasEme^ || to the ancestors of the Na- 50 

 klwax'da^x" and Gwa^sEla, | who lived in a village inside of NEgeL. | 



Hana hana he! This is my pride, the names of | the root of my 

 family, for all my ancestral chiefs gave away property. | 



Hana hana he, ahana hana ! O Great-One who came down, || my 55 

 lord YiiqEwe^las! my lord MElnedzas | gave away property to the 

 Nak !wax' da^x" and to the Gwa^sEla. And my lord | MElnedzas 

 gave away the four canoes, and | four slaves, six grizzly-bear blan- 

 kets, I twenty mountain-goat blankets, and II one hundred cedar- 60 

 bark blankets, which my lord Mshiedzas | obtained from his f ather-in- 



galaxs lak"asae nEXLaax'^Ide ada^ya YaqEwe^lase, lak'asae gEg'adE- 4C 

 x'^idEs MEnledaasc k' !edelas ada^'ya MElnasEma'ye g'Tgama^yasa 

 ^nE^memotasa Q!omk'!ut!Esasa Gwa^sEla. Wii, kMesk'ase ada^ya 

 gala hayasEk'Slaxs lak"asae ada^ya YaqEwe^lase xungwadEx'^itse 

 babagflme. Wa, lak'ase ada^ya MElnasEma^ye qote.x'^Itsa motslaqe 

 awa xwaxwakliina Lokwasa mokwe q!aq!Ek'owa Lokwasa q!EL!a 45 

 g"ig'ilasgEm ^naEnx^una^ya Lokwasa ma^ltsokwe ^me^mElxLosgEm 

 ^naEnx^iina^ya i^okwasa lak'lEnde kMekiobawasa. Wa, yokwas^me- 

 sEn ^yalaqalayox LegEmox MElnedzas. Wii, lak'as^me LegEmg'ElxLe 

 qak'as LegEmsa LEWElgama^yas ada^ya YaqEwe^lase. Wa, lak'as- 

 ^me ada^ya YaqEwe^lase ^max^widk'atse qotena^yas ada^ya MElna- 50 

 sEma^ye lak'asEx g^alasa Nak!wax-da^xwe Lokwasa Gwa^sElaxs 

 hek'asae g'okiile oxLiilesk'asas NEgeLe. 



Hana hana he, yokwas^meg'tn =yalaqala yiiwox LCLEgEmaxsEn 

 awana^yexa ^naxwak'as-mola ^max^widaxEn g'lg'Eqag'iwa^ya. 



Hana hana he, ahana hana.adzehesa ^walasaxaledzex'deya wale 55 

 ada^ya YaqEwe^Iadzeyola wale ada-ya MElnedzadzeyolaxes layola 

 ^memax^wideaxa Nak!wax'da^x"La^ya l6' Gwa^sEla layole ada^ya MeI- 

 nedzadzeyola ^max^wideasa motslaxdzeyola sesag'ilme Lokwase . 

 mox"dzeyola q!aq!Ek'6 Lokwase qlELla uEnsgEm ^naEnx^ima^ya Lo- 

 kwasa ma^ltsokwe ^me^mElxLosgEm ^naEnx^ftna^ya Lokwasa la- 60 

 k'lEnde kMekMobawasa. Wa, yokwas^Em g'ayanEms ada^ya MElne- 

 dzadzeyola lak"asxes uEgumpdzeyolae ada^ya MElnasEmadzeyolaxs 



