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10 morning to go to the Comox. In the 1| morning, when daylight came, 

 many of the numaym Maamtag'ila | started, and they arrived at 

 the beach of the village of the ancestors of the | Comox at Puntlatch. 

 Immediately they made the marriage payment out of | the two 

 canoes before going on shore; and after | they had done so, the 



15 Ma&mtag'ila were told to wait in the canoe, for || Qwaesogut was 

 getting ready to carry her things | into the canoe of her husband, 

 Q!omogwe^. It was not | long before the ancestors of the Comox 

 began to beat on the front boards of the house of Down-Dancer, | and 

 there was a thundering noise in the house of Down -Dancer; and aU | 



20 the men of the Comox said, "Hum!" and the sound of || shell rattles 

 was heard when Qwaesogut (III 12) was led by four men | wearing 

 xwexwe masks. The woman was singing her sacred song. | She went 

 straight down the beach into the canoe of Q lomogwe^ (III 1 1 ) | the 

 xwexwe went down to the | shore and went back up the beach into 



25 the house of || Down-Dancer (II 6). Qwaesogut (III 12) stayed and 

 sat down by the side of | Q lomogwe^ (III 11). When all the xwexwe 

 were inside, Down-Dancer (II 6) | came out of his house and invited 

 his son-in-law to | eat in his house with liis crew. Then | Q lomogwe^ 

 (III 11) and his wife Qwaesogut (III 12) went ashore first. They 



30 were followed 11 by their crew. The shell rattles of the xwexwe did 



10 ^nax-^Idxa ■ gaalaxs lae Slex^wideda qlenemoleda Maamtag'ila 

 ^nE^mema. Wa, la^lae lag'alis lax LlEma^isasa g'okulasasa g'alasa 

 Q!6mox"se lax PsuLlatsa, wii, hex--idaEm^lawise qadzel-'idExs kMes- 

 ^mae hox^wulta laxes motslaqe yae^yatsla. Wa, g-il^'Em^lawise 

 gwalExs lae axsE^weda Maamtag"ila, qa^s wag'e esala hanala, qaxs 



15 lE^mae xwanalEle Qwaesogutaxes mEmwalaLe, qa^s g-axlagil laxs- 

 lS. lax ya^yatslases la^wunEme Q'.omogwa^ye. Wa, kMes^latla ga- 

 laxs lae lEmxExseglndeda g'ala Q!6mox"sxa g'okwas Qamxulale. 

 Wa, UVlae kunwatlaleda g-okwas Qamxiilale. Wa, Wine ^naxwa 

 hEmxaleda bebEgwauEmasa Q!omox"se. Wa laEmxae hekMala 



20 xEmsEmeklnasexs g-axae g-alaba'ye Qwaesogiitasa mokwe yaexu- 

 malaxa xwiixwegEmle. Wa, laEm^lae yalaqiileda tslsdaqaxs lae 

 hayInts!esEla laxa LlEma^e qa^s la hexsEla lax ya^yats!as Qlomo- 

 cwa^ye. Wa, laEm^lawisa mokwe xwiixwe lag'aa lax awaxstallsasa 

 dEmsx'axs g'axae xwelaxiisdesa, qa^s la .xwelaqa laeL lax g'okwas 



25 Q&mxulale. Wa, laEmLe x&k!e Qwaesogiite la k!wan5delExsEx 

 Qlomogwa^ye. Wa, gIFmese ^wFlaeLeda xwexwaxs g-axae Qamxu- 

 lale lawEls laxes g-okwe. Wii, la^me Lelwiiltodxes nEgilmpe, qa 

 las LlExwa lax g-6kwas LE^wes leElote. Wa, he-'mis g-alolt§,we 

 Qlomogwa^ye LE^wis gEnEme Qwaesogiite. Wa, IMae lasgEmes5- 



30 ses leElote. Wa, la^me hewaxa qlweHde xEmsEmeklnasa xwexwe 



