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hem, and they told | Msled (V 8) that her father, ^maxuyaUdze 63 

 (IV 5), had died tlie night before. ] Then the father of ^maxwa 

 (V 1), ^maxulagilis (IV 3), when he heard || the report, fainted 65 

 and he also died. | Then ^maxwa (V 1) spoke to his wifeMEled (V 8), 

 and I said, "Oh, my dear! let my father be buried | together with 

 your father. | Now I will stay with the MamaleleqMa." | Thus he 

 said. His wife Msled (V 8) agi-eed with hun, || for ^maxwa (V 1) 70 

 was ashamed of what had happened to his father, and therefore 

 lef t his numaym I the SenLlEm. The Mamaleleqala came home | after 

 biu-ying ^maxiilagilis (IV3). | Then | Msled (V 8) invited the Ma- 

 maleleqala and told her tribe what she thought, [ and that she 

 wished her husband, ^maxwa (V 1), || to take the place of his 75 

 father-in-law, ^maxuyalidze (IV 5). Then the | Mamaleleqala agreed 

 to what she said, for he had been a good chief. | Now ^maxwa 

 (V 1) gave a potlatch to the ancestors of the Mamaleleqala, | and 

 his name was still ^maxwa (V 1). | 



At this time the white people came to build a house at Tsaxis 

 (Fort Rupert) in 1849. Then || ^maxwa (V 1) was leally treated 80 

 as a chief by the ancestors of the Mamaleleqala, for they | 

 wanted to keep him, that he should not go back to the Kwa- 

 g'u}; and he never | went back again, because he was a chief of 

 the numaym WiwomasgEm. | Now Msled (V 8) gave as a marriage 



MElede ts lEk' lalEtsoxs lE^maa nex"sElses 5mpe ^maxuyalidzex'de. 63 

 Wit, glPEm^'lawise ompas ^maxwa, ylx ^maxiilagilise helatox waldE- 

 masa ts!Ek-!alElaxs laa^l heoda. Wii, laEm^laxae lE^la. Wa, he- 65 

 x'^idaEm^awise yaq!Eg"a-le ^maxwiixes gEUEme MElede. Wa, la^lae 

 ^neka: "^ya, ada, yulag'aEmax'ox wfuiEmtEn ompdex qa q!ap!a- 

 laLEla^mesox l6 asda. Wii, la^mesEn yux"saEmi laxda Mamaleleqa- 

 lax," ^nex-^lae. Wa, ala^lat!a heiaLEla lax naqa-yas gEUEmase 

 MElede qaxs Is^mae ^muxwa hamax'tslaxsa b&ses ^nE^memota 70 

 SeuLlEme, qa gwex'^idaasases ompde. Wa, la^lae g-ax na^nakweda 

 Mamaleleqalaxs wfmEmtaax ^maxulag-ilisde. Wa, la-lae Lelts!ode 

 MEledaxa Mamaleleqala. Wa, laEm^lae nelas gwalaasases naqa^ye 

 laxes g'okiilote, yixs lE-'mae ^nex", qa he^mises la^wfmEme ^maxwa 

 Llayostodxes UEgumpde ^maxuyalidzex'de. Wii, la^ae ^naxwa 75 

 ex^aqa Mamaleleqaliix waldEmas, qaxs aiaa4 ex'wul g'Tgama^'ya. 

 Wii, laEm^lae p!Es^Ide ^maxwiixa g-ala Mamaleleqala. Wa, he- 

 xsiiEm^iiwis LegEmse ^miixwa. 



Wa, g-ax^me g-oxwalidzases Tsaxise laxeq 1849. Wa, laEm^ae 

 ala aek-ilasEHve ^maxwii, g-ag-exsilaso^'sag-aliisa Mamaleleqala, qaxs 80 

 dziidzanaaq, qa k' lesesgax aedaaqaliixaKwiig-ule. Wii, ala^mesek' !es 

 la g'ax aedaaqa, qaxs lE^mae g-Igamesa -'uE^memaxa WiwomasgEme. 

 Wsl, laEm^lae MElede Liixwig-ElxLalax Laxwa^yases ompde liixes 



