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28 had said. Theu | one of the chiefs of the Kwag'uJ arose and 

 spoke. 1 He said, "O chiefs of the Mamaleleqala! do not carry too 



30 far II what you are talking about in regard to our chief ^maxwa (VI), 

 for I you are not willing to let him come back to us. Let us | Kwa- 

 g"ul say to them that he shall let some of the children of our 

 chief I ^maxwa (V 1) be treated by us as chiefs." Thus he said. 

 Immediately | ^maxiiyalidze (V 1) (for we no longer call him ^maxwa 



35 [V 1]) II spoke, and said, " What you say is good, chiefs of the | 

 Kwag'ul. Now ^maxwaq lolEla (VI 2) and his younger brother | 

 M&mx'a (VI 3) shall go. ^maxwaq !dlEla (VI 2) shall have the name 

 G'ayosdas (VI 2) of the | SenLlEm, and Mamx'a (VI 3) shall also 

 change his name. His | name shall be Smoke-all-Aromid(Vl3). You 



40 luiow the seats which I had when I was || with you, SeuLlEm. They 

 shall go, because I shall truly stay ] with the Mamaleleqrda." Thus 

 he said. Now aU the | SenLJEm were sorry on account of what he 

 had said. Then he gave away dressed skins | and cedar-bark blank- 

 ets to the invited Kwag"ut. As soon as | he had finished his pot- 



45 latch, the chief of the numaym Maamtag"ila,|| Llaqwadze, arose and 

 spoke. He said, "O | Mamaleleqala! — and you, Kwag'ul! how do 

 you feel about the i white people who have come and built a house 

 at Tsaxis? Let us go and see them! " Thus he said. | Immediately 

 all agreed to what he said. | Then all the Kwag^ul and Mamalele- 



28 g'ayote lax g'lg'igama^yasa Kwakug'ule, qa^s yaqlEg'a^le. Wa, 

 la-'lae -nek-a: " ^ya, g'igEgames Mamaleleqal; !Vma k'!es xEULEla 



30 sabEud laxos waldEmaqos qa^nu^x" gigama^yox ^maxwax, ylxs 

 lE^maaqos yax'stotsox g'ax et!Eqa g^axEnu^x". Wa, het!aLEns 

 waldEmLe Kwakug'ul, qa g'axnokwesa sasEmasEns g'lgama^ye 

 'maxwa tjEns g'flg'exsIlasE^wa," ^nex^^ae. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise 

 ^maxiiyalidze, qaxgins la^mek' gwal LeqElas ^maxwa laq; wii, la^ae 



35 yaq!Ega'la. Wit, h¥lae ^nek"a: " Ex-'maes waklEmos g'IgEgames 

 Kwagul. La^mesox lal laLox ^maxwaq !olElax le^wos ts!a^3'aq!6x 

 Mamxax, qa lalagultsox ^maxwaq lolElax LegadElts G^ayosdase laL 

 SenLlEm. Wa, hiEmxaawiso LlayoxLixLox MEmxax. Wii, laEm- 

 xaawiso LegadElts Kwax^se^stala. Wa, las qlahiEmxEn LaLEXwa- 



40 ^yaqlEn lai. SeniJEm, qa he^meltsox la qaEn laene^me ala xEk!a 

 laxg'a Mamaleleqalak," ^nex'^lae. Wa, hiEm'lawise ^na.\wa-ma 

 SenL!Eme mayatas waldEmas. Wii, laEm^awise yax^wltsa illaglme 

 LE^wa k!oba^wase laxes Lela^lakwa Kwakug'ule. Wa, glPEm^lawise 

 gwal yaqwaxs laa^lase Lax^ulile gigama^yasa ^nE^memasa Maamta- 



45 g'ila, ytx L!aqwadze, qa^s yiiq!Ega^le. Wa, la^lae ^neka: "^ya, 

 Mamaleleqilla lo% Kwagul. Walos nenaqa^yaq !os qaeda gwE^ya 

 mamal^a gfix gokwila lax Tsaxise, qEns la doqwaq ?" ^nex'lae. 

 Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise ^naxwa ex'ak'Ex wiildEmas. Wii, hex'-i- 

 daEm^liiwis gax ^wi^leda Kwagule LE^wa Mamaleleciala LE^wa 



