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42 again, and said, | "Now let the prince of our chief Yiicjwid come. I 

 mean | Sewid. He shall come and take hold of the magical lasso. | 



45 That is the sou of the chief of the great numaym G'exsEm." || Thus 

 he said. Immediately the one who had been named arose and | took 

 hold of the rope and pulled at it, and he almost ! got it out when he 

 was pulling at it. Then he stopped. He held it in his hands | and 

 stood stiU. Now the father of Sewid | took many cedar-bark blankets 



50 and gave them to the numaym Kukwakliim, || andhegave one to each. 

 When he had finished | giving them away, Yaqwid called his 

 prince to come and sit down; | and after he had sat down, Yox"- 

 yagwas spoke again, | and said, "Have you seen, | shamans, our son, I 



55 mean the prince || of Yaqwid, almost got it out? Thatmakesmeglad, | 

 for I began to feel uneasy, because this | magic lasso was going down 

 into the ground. That is what I say, friends. Now I | will call my 

 prince TsIagEj'os to come and | take hold of the magic lasso." 



60 Then he called || his son TslagEyos to go and take hold of the rope 

 for Y6x"yagwas was still holding | the rope; and when TslagEyos 

 took hold of the | lasso, Yox"j^agwas told him to puU strongly; | 

 "for," he said, "there is nothing that you can not do, my son." 



41 laa^l edzaqwa yaqlEg'a^le Yox"yagwase. Wii, la^lae ^nek'a: "Wii, 

 gelagax'ox LawElgama^yaxsEns g'Tgama^yaqlox Yaqwidax laxox 

 Sewidax, qa gaxesox dak' lindExg'ada ^nawalakiik" x'Imayo dEUEma 

 laxox LawElgama^yas5 g^igama^yaqlos ^walas -'nE^mem G'exsEm," 



45 ^nex'^lae. Wa, hex'^idaEm^awise Lax^ulile LeqElilasE^was, qa^s lii 

 dak- Iindxa dEUEme, qa^s nex-'edeq. Wii, hMsElaEm^lawise k' !es 

 ^wi^loLExs lae nexaqexs laa-1 wala. Wa, aEm^lawise laxat ! dak' !1- 

 nexa dEUEmaxs laa-1' aEm la La^wlla. Wa, la^laxae ompase Sewide 

 Sx^edxa q !enEme k' !obawasa, qa^s yax-wides laxa ^ne^memeda Ku- 



50 kwaklume. Wii, laEm-laxae ^wilxtodEq. Wii, gll^Em^liiwise gwiil 

 yaqwaxs laa^l Le^Iale Yaqwidiixes LawElgama^ye, qa g'fixes k!wa- 

 g'allla. Wii, g'li^Em^liiwise klwag'alllExs Ma^lase edzaqwa yilqlE- 

 g'a^le Yox"yagwase. Wii, hVlae ^nek'a: "Lammas doqulaa ^nax" 

 pepaxal? la^me halsElaEm k'les laLEns xOnox"da^xwe laxox LawEl- 



55 gRmayaqlos YiiqwidiixEn ^nen.ak'ile, yixs lE^mae cx'^IdEu jiaqa^ye, 

 qaEn nola, qaxs a^maex lieniEniilaEm ts!EX"bEtallJEloxda ^nawala- 

 kwex x'imayo dEnEma, qEn ^nek'e ^nax" ^ne^nEmok". Wii, la^me- 

 sEn LelElIlalxEn LilwElgama^yaq !6x TslagEyosax, qa g'iixliig'iltso 

 dak'IindElxgada ^nawalakOk' x'imayo dEnEma." Wii, lii-lae Le^la- 



60 laxes xunokwe TsliigEyose qa liis laqexs he^mae diik'linaye Yox"ya- 

 gwasaxa dsnEme. Wii, g'iPEm^lawise TsIagEyose dakMIndxa x'lma- 

 yowe dEUEmxs liia^lae Yox"yagwase wiixaq, qa iilax'^ides nex'edEq, 

 "qaxs k'le&saaqos waLEma xiinok"," ^nex'^laeq. Wii, lii^lae hex'^i- 



