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Gwex'sesElas, the princess of K Iwamaxalas, and | two hundred and 32 

 fifty goat-hom spoons as an anchor-line for the | eight canoes, and 

 the marriage name | Gw^^yimdze for the name of the prince of 

 K- ladalag'ihs. || 



This is what my ancestral chiefs in the story of my origin | were 35 

 doing when they grew up to be great chiefs. Therefore I do not feel 

 bad, I but I am getting tired telling from beginning to end what was 

 done by those | of whom I have just spoken. | 



Hana hana he hae hae ! |1 



That was the end of the wailing of l !aL laqoL, the female Na- 40 

 klwax'da^x". (This is the same | as to say Nak !wax' da^x" woman.) 



History of the Maamtag'ila* 



The ancestors of the Kwakiutl were living at Qalogwis, and the | 1 

 chief of the Maamtag'ila, whose name was Q!omogwe^ (III 11) = 

 called I his numaym to come into his house. When | they were 

 all in, his speaker, Da'lEwek'Eme^, spoke; || and he told why 5 

 he had been called by the chief Q!o'mogwe^ (III 11), because] 

 he wished to go and marry Qwaesogut (III 12), the princess of 

 Chief I Down-Dancer (II 6) of the Comox. His numaym told him 

 at once | to go ahead, and they got ready | to start on the following 



k!waxsalats!eg"as Gwex'sesElas k'ledelasa g'IgS,ma-ye KIwamaxalase 3] 

 Lokwasa sesax'sok'ala ts!ets!ololaq k'Sk'EtslEnaq mSgwanEwesa 

 ma^lgunalts !aqe g'ig'ala. Wii, hek'as^mesa LegEmg'ElxLa^ye Gwe- 

 ^ylmdze qak'as LegEms LEWElgama^yas K'ladalag'ilise. 



Wa, yokwas^Em gwegwalag'ilTdzatsEn g"Ig'igaana^yaxg'En nQyfim- 35 

 bahsek" gwasx"ala g'igama-'ya'nakula. K^Ieasg'IlEn xEnLlegEnia 

 okwas^meg'In la qEbc'^id lalabaax gwegwalag'Uldzasas gwagusago- 

 daxg'En lax gwal waldEma. 



Hana hana he hae hae. 



Wa, laEm labe lagwalEmas LlaLlaqolxa NaklwaxsEme (^nEma- 40 

 x'ls l6^ ^nek'a Nak!wax"da^x" ts!Edaqa). 



History of the Maamtagila' 



G'okula^ae g'alasa Kwag'ule lax Qalogwise. Wii, la^ae g'iga- 1 

 deda ^iiE^memasa Maamtag'ilasa Legadas Q lomogwa'yexa Letts !o- 

 daxes ^iiE-memote qa g'axes ^wr'laeL lax gokwas. Wii, g-IpEm^lii- 

 wise g"ax ^wllaeLExs laaEl yaqlEg'a^e Elkwiise DalEwek'Ema^ye. 

 Wii, laEm^lae nelas Le^lalilases g'igama^ye Qlomogwa^ye yixs 5 

 'nek'ae qa^s lii gagak'lax QwaesogQte lax kledelasa gTgama^ye 

 Q&mxulale, yisa Q!6mox"se. Wii, la^lae hex'^ida^me 'uE^memotas 

 ^naxwa waxaq qa weg'es. Wii, hex'^idaEm'liiwise xwanal^ida 

 qa^s lalxa laLe 'nax'^idElxa gaala laxa Q!omox"se. Wa, la^ae 



' This genealogy follows out the descendants of one of the women (III 2), mentioned in the genealogy 

 of the DzEndzenx-qlayo See p. 10S5. 



