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Madilbe; and therefore nowadays II the Maamtag'ila say (so) to the 70 

 Madilbe; and therefore I all the privileges of the Maiim tag' ila 

 numaym of the Kwakiutl | and of the MaHmtag'ila of the Madilbe are 

 the same. The [ privileges were obtained by LEnslEndzEm by theft 

 from his master L!aqwag'ila. Therefore 1 this is a disgrace for the 

 Madilbe [from the Maamtag'ila of the Kwakiutl], on account of ll Leus- 75 

 lEndzEm, the youngest of the children of ^maxiiyahdzo. 1 have 

 never | learned from what tribe the wife of LEuslEudzEm came, nor 

 the name of | his wife, by whom he had four children. | Therefore 

 there are four numayms among the Maoilbe. | I shall tr}^ to find 

 this out. That is the end. || 



Marriage with the Comox 



The ancestors of the Comox lived at PEntlatch, and they had for i 

 their chief | HeklutEn (II 1). He married TeseL !a (II 2) , the princess 

 of Ts lananamex" (II). | They had not been married long when TeseL !a 

 (II 2) was with child, | and gave birth to a boy. Hek liitEn (II 1) at 

 once II gave away blankets to his tribe, and he named his child 5 

 NEmuEmEin (III 1). | Then HekliitEn and his father-in-law Ts la- 

 nanamex" (I 1) I wished the child to get married early. They did | 

 not know where to get a wife for NEmnEmEm (III 1) among his tribe, 



bEgwauEma MaSmtagila laxa Madilbe; wa, he^mis lag-ilas ^nEma- 70 

 x'Ise ^naxwa k'!ek'!Eso^sa ^nE^memotasa Maamtag'iliisa Kwag'ule 

 Lo^ ^nE^memotasa Maamtag'ilasa Madilbe. Wa, laEm giloLanEme 

 LEnslEndzEmax k- !ek- !es^'ases g'i^ye Llaqwag'ila. Wa, he-'mis 

 q'.Emasa Madilba^ye laxa Maamtag'ilasa Kwag-ule, qaxs amayinxa- 

 ^yae LEuslEudzEmas sasEmas ^maxuyalidze. Wa, lEn hewaxaEm 75 

 q'.aPaLElax gwaenoxwasas gEUEmas LEnslfindzEme l6^ LegEmas 

 gEUEmas, ylx la g'a^yanEmatsexes mokwe sasEm bEgwanEmx'sa, 

 yix lag'ilas mosgEmakluse ^nal^iiE^memasasa Madilba-'ye. Wa, 

 la^mesEn qlaq'.e^staaLEq. Wa, laEm laba. 



Marriage with the Comox 



G-oktlla^lae g'alasa Qlomox^se lax PEnLlatsa. Wa, la g'lgadEs 1 

 Hek'.utEne. Wa, la gEg-adEx-^idES TeseLla yix k'ledelas Ts!anana- 

 mexwe. Wa, k' lest !a gala hayasEk-alaxs lae bEwex^wlde TeseL !a. • 

 Wa, la mayuPitsa babagume. Wa, hex'^daEm^awise HeklutEue 

 plEs^Idxes g-okulote. Wa, laEm Lex^ets NEmuEmEme laxes xu- 5 

 nokwe. Wa, la^lae Hek!utEne LE^wis nEgiimpe Ts!ananamexwe 

 walaqela, qa wax-^mes gax'^id gEg'adeda g-inanEme. Wa, la^ae 

 k' lelis dogwauEms qa gEnEms NEmnEmEme laxes g'okulota g'a- 

 lasa Q!omox"se. Wa, la^ae yaq!Eg-a4e HeklutEuax Ts!anana- 



