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he should marry Ringing-Copper (IV 4), tlie ] princess of Odze^stalis 

 (III 5). Yaqoklwalag'ilis || at once obeyed their wishes. All the 5 

 SenL !Em got ready \ and went to ALEgEinala, because there the | village 

 of the ancestors of the Lawets !es was located. In the morning, when 

 day came, | the numerous numaym of the SenL Ism started; and 

 when I they arrived, they paid the marriage price at once; || and 10 

 after they had paid the marriage price, they were sitting still in their 

 wooing-canoes. | Then Odze^stalis (III 5), the head chief of the | Lawe- 

 ts !es, came out. He belonged to the numaym SesEUL !e^, the first one | 

 of the numayms; and he said, they said, this: | "Welcome, numaym, 

 SeuLlEm, welcome! Come out of your wooing-canoes || and take 15 

 the wife of your chief Yaqoklwalag'ilis (IV 3) aboard your canoe!" | 

 Thus he said. Then the crew went ashore out of the canoe, | those 

 who paid the marriage money for Yaqok!walag"llis, and also himself; 

 and when | they had gone in, Odze^stalis told them to sit down | on a 

 mat that had been spread in the house. When || aU the men of the 20 

 crew were inside, Yaqok iwalag'ilis (IV 3) went in and | sat down in the 

 rear of the house. There he was given food by | his father-in-law, 

 Odze^stalis (III 5); and after they had eaten, | Chief Odze^stalis spoke. 

 He said, | "Now, listen to my speech, son-in-law! She will be 

 your II wife; and her mat are forty dressed skins | and twenty boxes 25 



k"!edelas Odze^stalise. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise nanageg"a^ye Ya- 5 

 qokiwalag'ilisax waldEmas. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise xwanal^ida 

 'wFleda SeuLlEme. Wii, laEm^lae lal lax ALEgEmalaxs haa^l g'o- 

 kule g'aliisa Lawets iese. Wa, g'il^Em^awise ^nax'^ldxa gaalaxs 

 laa^l sllex^wideda ^iiE^memola q !enEma SenL !Eme. Wa, g'il^Em^awise 

 lag'aaxs laa^l hex'^idaEm qadzel^eda. Wa, g'ipEm^lawise gwal qa- 10 

 dzeLiixs hex'sa^maa^l k !udzExsalaLayes gagak'!aats!e xwaxwa- 

 k!una, g'axaalase Odze^stalise, yixa xamagEma^ye g'Igamesa 

 Lawets !ese, wa, la he ^nE^memota SesEULia^ye, yix mEkilma^yas 

 laxes ^naPuEmematsiena^ye. Wa, lieEm^lawise g'll waldEmse: 

 "Wii, gelag'a ^nE^memot SenL!Em, gelag'a lalta laxs gagak'!aa- 15 

 ts!aq6s, qa^s g'axlag'aos dag'aalExsaxg'as gEnEmg'os, g"igame 

 Yaqok iwalag-Ilis," ^nex'^ae. Wa, he^x'^idaEm^lawise la wiloltawe 

 k!wemasa qadzeLe Yaqok Iwalag'ilise Lo^mexs hiie. Wa, g'il^Em- 

 ^'lawise hogwiLExs laa^lae Odze^stalise axkMalaq, qa liis k!us- 

 ^alil laxa la LEpse^stalilkwe g'okwasesa le^wa^ye. Wa, gipEm- 20 

 ^lawise ^wFlaeLeda k!wemaxs laa^las laeLe Yaqok !walagilis, qa^s 

 la^l k!wag'alll lax naqoLewalilasa g'okwe. Wa, la^ae L!ExwilasE- 

 ^wa yises nEgumpe ( )dze^stalise. Wa, g'lPEm^lawise gwal LJExwaxs 

 laa^luse yaq !Eg-a^leda g'lgama^ye Odze^stalise. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: 

 "Weg'a, hoLelaLExgin waidEmLEk' laL, nEgump. LaEmLox laLos 25 

 gEiiEmaqos, g-igSme^. Wa, lox le^wadEsa mox"sokwex alagima. 

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