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the I ancestors of the Comox ; and HekliitEn spoke to Tslananii- 



10 mex" II He said to him, "Let us go to the village TslEqiilotEn | of 

 the Legwilda^x", for it is said that YaqoLElas (II 3) has | Calling- 

 Woman (III 2) as his princess, and YiiqoLElas is chief of the Wl- 

 waqe^, ] of the numaym Gig'Ilg&m. HeklutEn and his j father-in- 



15 law Tslananamex" got ready at once, and five of them went || with 

 their wives, and NEmnEniEm (III 1) also went. When they ] arrived, 

 they went into the house of YiiqoLElas (II 3). | There they stayed over 

 night. Then Hek IiitEn paid the marriage money for his son | NE- 

 mnEniEm (III 1) for the princess of YaqoLElas, Calling-Woman (III 2). 

 Immediately ' YaqoLElas (II 3) gave the name YaqalEnala (III 1) 



20 to his son-in-law. jj Then his name was no more NEmnEmEm ; and he 

 also gave him the seat | of his deceased father, whose name had been 

 YaqalEnala (I 2) , which was the third seat from the | head seat among 

 theG'Igilgam. Then YaqalEnala (III 1) gave a potlatch with the j 

 marriage mat of his wife, which consisted of many mountain-goatskins 

 and dressed skins, to the ancestors of thej Wlwiiqe^. Now YaqalEnala 



25 (IIIl) stayed with the Wlwaqe^, || and the double-headed serpent was 

 also given to him in marriage by YaqoLElas (II 3) for the j winter dance, 

 and also thenameof the double-headed serpent dancer; and | the name 

 for the Sparrow Society of the double-headed serpent winter dancer 

 is Ts !aq !wa. Then | Hek IiitEn (II 1) said at once that his son would 



30 give a winter dance in | winter, for Hek IiitEn and his jj father-in-law 



10 mexwe. Wa, la^lae ^nek'Eq: "Widzax'ins laxa g'okiila lax TslEqQ- 

 lotEne lax Legwilda'xwe, qaxs ^nex'sowaa k' ledade YaqoLElasas 

 Laqwayugwa," yixs g'lgXma^yae YiiqoLElasasa Wlwaqa^ye laxa ^ue- 

 ^memotasa G'lgilgftme. Wii, hex'^idaEm^lawise xwanal^lde Heklfl 

 tEne LE^wis nEgumpe Tsiananiimexwe. Wii, laxda^x"^lae sEk'iala 



15 LE^wis gEgEUEme. Wii, heEm^liiwisLa NEmnEmEme. Wii, lax'da- 

 ^x"^lae liig'aa. Wii, hcEm-lawise g'aeLEleg'okwas YiiqoLElase. Wii, 

 g'lpEm^lawise xamaelExs laa^l qadzeleda HeklutEne qaes xiinokwe 

 NEnmEmEme lax k' ledelas YiiqoLElase Laqwayugwa. Wa, hex"^ida- 

 Em'lfiwise YiiqoLElase LegEmg'ElxLiilax YaqalEniila liixes nEgumpe. 



20 Wii, laEm^lae gwiil LegadEs NEmnEmEme. Wii, heEm^hiwisa Laxwa- 

 ^yases ompwidexa Legadolas YaqalEnala, ylxs mama^okwalgoyoe lax 

 Laxiima'j^asa G'igilgame. Wii, laEm^lae plEs^Jde YaqalEniiliisa 

 le^waxsa^yases gEUEme q lenEin ^niElxLo LE^wa Elag'ime liixa g aliisa 

 Wiwiiqa^ye. Wa, laEm^lae xEk' le YaqalEnala laxa Wlwiiqa^ye. 



25 Wii, heEm^laxaiiwis k' les^ogiilxLes YiiqoLElasa sisEyiiLiilale liixa 

 tsietsieqa. Wa, he^mis LegEmsa sisEyiiLiilale SlsEyiJLalale. Wii, 

 he^mis gwedzEXLiiyos sisEyuLalale Tsliiqiwa. Wii, hex'^idaEm^la- 

 wise ^nek'e HeklutEne, qa wag'es yiiwixiles xtinokwaxa liiLe 

 ts !S,wiinx^Ida, qaxs k' iesae doqulaenoxwe HeklutEne LE^wis ue- 



30 gumpe Ts iananamexwaxa tsietsieqa. Wii he^mis lag"ilas hex"^i- 



