nOAs] FAMILY HISTORIES 889 



Hana hana he ; ahaaa hana ! O Great-One who came down ! my | 85 

 lord Llaqwag'ila, my lord YaqEwe^las, | my lord MElnedzas, and my 

 lord Q!iimx"Elag ilis, they | all gave away much property, and all 

 gave feasts, | and my ancestral chiefs gave dances. |I 



Ha ha hana hana he; ahana hana! Therefore I feel like laughing 90 

 at the I words of the people imder me, on account of my ancestral 

 chiefs, for they stole | the names of my ancestral chiefs, the roots of 

 my nuniaym. Ha a ! for who dares to use | my names, the names 

 left by my ancestors ? | 



Hana hana he; ahana hana! Great-One who came down! my || 

 lord, whose own name was Q!umx' Flag" His, he | married L!a- 95 

 qwag'ilayugwa, princess of | Q lEyokwetElasogwi^lak", my lord the 

 head chief of the great | numaym QaqEwadiliq3la of the DzawadE- 

 enox". I Q !EyokwetElas6gwi^lak", my lord, lived at Gwa^ye. || And 100 

 Q!umx'Elag'ihs and his | wife had not been married long, when they 

 had a son. And immediately | Q!EyokwetElasogwi%k", my lord, 

 got ready to | give his marriage gift to his son-in-law Q !umx"Elag'ilis, 

 my lord. And | he bought the great copper Cause-of-Quarrel for 

 the II mast of his canoe; and for the place of his princess L!aqwa- 5 

 g'ila3rugwa to sit in, | six shovel-nosed canoes, and four slaves | for 

 bailing out the canoes; and the blankets to be worn by his | princess 



Hana hana he; ahana hana, adzehesa ^walasaxaledzex'deya wale 85 

 ada^ya L!aqwag'iladzeyola wale ada^ya YaqEwe^ladzeyola wale 

 ada^ya MElnedzadzeyola wale ada^ya Q!umx-Elag'ilidzey6laxes 

 ^naxwa^mayota ^walasila ^max^wideaxes ^naxwa^mayola k!welasede- 

 axe ylyixsEma^yaenoxEn g'ig"iqag'iwa^ya. 



Ha ha hana hana he; ahana hana agwll^maEn la dedaleqElas wil- 90 

 dEmasEn bebEgwabaletsEn g'iqag'iwa^yaxs wax'k'asae goLa^yax 

 LeLEgEmasEn a^wana^ye g'lg'Eqag'iwa^ya haa qa &ngwak"ases nala- 

 k'asaxg'in LeLEgEmk'asg'lnxg'a LeLEgEmesawesEii wiwompdzeyola. 



Hana hana he; ahana hana adzehesa ^walasaxaledzeya wale 

 ada^yaxa q !ulexLe^yadzey6la Q!umx'Elag"llisa ada^j^axes ladzeyola 95 

 gEg'adEx''idc/yas Llaqwag'ilayugwa lak'asEx kMedelek'asas Q!Eyo- 

 kwetElasogwi^lakwe ada^ya yikasEx xamagEma-ye g'lgamek'atse ^wa- 

 lask'ase ^uE^memotsa QaqEwadiliqalasa DzawadEenoxwe ylk'asExs 

 hek"asae g'okule ada^ya Q!Ej'6kwetElas6gwi^lakwe iida^ye Gwa^ye. 

 Wa, k'!esk'!ase gala ha^yasEk'ale Q!iimx"Elag'ilise ada^ya Lokwases 100 

 gEUEmk'asaxs lak'asae xtingwadEX'^idk^atse babagume. Wa, hex'- 

 ^Idk"as-mese Q!EyokwetElasogwi^lakwe ada^ya xwanal^ideya qak-ats 

 la qotex'axes nEgumpk'ase Q!umx'Elagilise ada^ya. Wa, lak'as^me 

 k'ilx^widk'asxe ^walase Llaqwa lak'asEX T!Ent!alayo qak'ats Lak'E- 

 ya^ya. Wa, hek^as^mes k!waxsalats!es kMedelase L!aqwag"ilayu- 5 

 gwaye q!EL!Ets!aqe t!et!Eguna. Wa, hek'as^mesa mokwe q!aq!Ek'o- 

 wa qak'as tsalElg'Esxe t!et!Egiine. Wa, hek'as^mes ^nEx:^una^yaaxses 



