968 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL, [eth. ann. 35 



55 Aodzag^las (IV 3) did not || wish to marry. Then he asked in mar- 

 riage the I princess of Chief ^maxuyalidze (IV 5), chief of the numaym, 

 WiwomasgEm of the Mamaleleqahi, and there were two seats before 

 that of I chief ^maxuyalidze. He had a ]M-incess Msled (V S). 

 Now I Aodzagalas (IV 3) wooed her for his prince Awllgalas (VI), 



60 that is || Smoke-All-Kound (VI). Then the numajTns | the Maam- 

 tag'ila and GexsEm and Kukwak!um and Seni.!Em | went to pay 

 the marriage money, — and also the Laalax"s^Endayo. | All the 

 Kwag III went to pay the marriage money, because their strength 



65 is the same 1 as that of the \ranialelec[ala; for the || Qlomoya^ye 

 and ^walas Kwag'ul are the first of the Kwag'ul tribes; and also 

 the Q!omk'!ut!Es; | and the Mamaleleqala stand at the head of the 

 Nimkish, Qweq"s6t!eiu)x" | and Lawetsles; and the Mamaleleqala do 

 this I when one of their chiefs goes to marry a princess of the | 

 chiefs of the Kwag^ul. They go and ask the help of the Nimkish 



70 and || Qweq"s6t!cnox" and Lawets'.es; and Aodzagalas did the same ] 

 with the Kwag'ul. Then all went to pay the marriage money, — 

 the five | niimayms of the GwetEla, and also the QJomoya^ye, and 

 the [ ^walas Kwag'ul, and the Q!6mk'!ut!Es. Now, the village of 

 the I Mamaleleqala was Memkumlis, and in the center of the village 



75 was the house of || Chief ^maxuyalidze (IV 5). As soon as the | 

 Kwag'ul arrived in Memkumlis, there was a sham-fight with 



55 k'les ^nex" qa^s gEyole gEg'ada. Wa, la^lae g'ayox^widEx k"!e- 

 delasa g'lgama^ye ^maxuyalidze, yix g'lgSma^yasa ^nE^memaxa Wl- 

 w5masgEmasa Mamaleleqala, ylxs mama^lokwalg'iwalaes k!wa^ye, 

 ylxa g'lgama^ye ^maxiij^alidze, yixs k' ledadaas MElede. Wa, laEm- 

 ^lae Aodzagalase gayalaq qaes LEwulgama^ye Awllgalase, yix 



60 Kwax'se^stala. Wii, la^laxae ^wFla la qadzcLeda ^naPnE'memaxa 

 Maamtag'ila LE^wa G'exsEme LE^wa Kukwakliime LE^wa Sen- 

 Lteme: wii, heEm^lawisa Laalax's^Endayowe, ylxs he^mae lagilas 

 ^wPla la qadzeLeda Kwag'ulaxs ^nEmalasae loq hvena^yasa Kwa- 

 g'ule LE^wa Mamaleleqtila, yixs mEkiima^yaeda Kwag'ulasa Q!o- 



65 moyS,^ye LE^wa ^walase Kwag'ula; wa, he^misa Q!omk'!ut!Ese. 

 Wa, la mEkiima^yeda Mamaleleqaliisa ^nEmgese EE^wa Qweq"- 

 sot!enoxwe LE^wa Lawetslese. Wii, IreEm^laxaiiwise gwex'^idaxa 

 Mamaleleqala, qo qiidzeLanux"lilxe g'lgama^yas lax k' !esk' !Edelas 

 g'lg'Egama^yasa Kwiig'ule, ylxs lii liixe helaxa ^nEmgese LE^wa 



70 Qweq"sot!enoxwe LE^wa Lii wets !ese. Wii, he^mis gwex'^Ide Aodza- 

 galasaxa Kwagule. LaEni^ae -'wFla la qadzeLeda sEk'!iisgEmak!ilse 

 ^naJ-nE^mema, yisa GwetEla. Wii, he'misa Q!6moyii^ye LEHva ^wa- 

 lase Kwiigula LE^wa Q!omk'!ut!Ese. Wii, laEnviae heEni g'okfi- 

 laxa Mamaleleqale Memkumlise. Wa, la^lae nEqetsEma^ye g'o- 



75 kwasa g'lgSma^ye ^maxuyalidziisa g'okida. Wii, giPEm^hiwise 

 lagaeda Kwtikiig'ule la^lax Memkumlisaxs laa^l amaqasosa q!enE 



