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15 Then the foiu- numayms came in, || and Yaqostod (VI 2) spoke, 

 and told ] his nuinaym what he thought, that he would take the | 

 seat of his father, ^maxuyalidze (V 1), of his numaym SeuLlEm, 

 which I was the head seat, and he wanted his yoimger brother | 



20 YiiyaqoLlalas (VI 3) to stand next to him. Thus he said, and j| the 

 numaym agreed to what he said. When he finished speaking, | Ya- 

 qostod (VI 2) gave away the ten blankets to the Chiefs of the | four 

 numayms, and he gave the cedar-bark blankets to the | common 

 people. When everything had been given away, they went out. | 

 Yaqostod (VI 2) and his wife K" lamaxalas (VI 7) had not been 



25 married long 1| when she was with child, and she gave birth to a 

 daughter; | and A^walask'inis (V 9) at once gave a marriage present 

 of ten I blankets to his son-in-law Yaqostod (VI 2), and he gave him 

 as marriage gift the | name for the new-born princess of K" !amaxalas 

 (VI 7). 1 He gave away the name Le^lenox" (VII 1) for the name 



30 of the II child of Yaqostod (VI 2) ; and when he had finished his 

 speech ho | gave away ten blankets to the chiefs of the four | num- 

 ayms. After he had given the blankets, the four tribes went out. | 

 When the child of Yaqostod (VI 2) was ten months old, | Yaqostod 



35 (VI 2) wished to have two || wives, but he did not tell | his wife 

 K' lamaxalas (VI 7) what he was thinking about. He did as every- 



Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise g-ax ^wi-la hogwiteda mosgEmakluse ^nal- 



15 ^uE^memasa. Wa, la^lae yaqlEg-a^le Yaqostode. Wa, laEm^lae nek- 

 xes ^uE^memotas gwalaasases naqa^ye, yixs he^meLe LaxwaiaLe La- 

 xwa^yases ompae ^maxiiyalidze laxes ^uE^memotaxa SenLlEme, yixs 

 Laxuma^yae. Wa, la^lae ^nex' qa Lawapla^yeses tsla^ye YayaqoLla- 

 lase laqexs hiie, ^nex'^ae. Wii, aEm^laxaawise ^nsmag-a exake ^ue- 



20 ^memotasex waldEmas. Wa, gih'Em'^lawise ^wi^la gwale ws\ldEmasexs 

 laa^yax^wide Yaqostodasa lastowe plElxElasgEm lax gig'Egama^yasa 

 moso-Emakwe ^uiil^nE-memasa. Wa, la^ae yax^wltsa k' lobawase laxa 

 bebEkwaxa. Wa, g-iPEm^lawise ^wilxtoxs laaH VFla hoqiiwElsa. 

 Wa, k'!es^lat!a giila hayasEk'ale Yaqostode i.E^vis gEUEme K- !a- 



25 maxalasaxs laa^l bEwexHvida. Wa, la-'lae mayuPltsa ts!ats!adagEme. 

 Wa la^lae hex'^ida^me A^walaskinise la wawalqiilasa lastowe p!El- 

 xElasgEme laxes nEgiimpe Yaqostode. Wa, la^laeLegEmgElxLalaxa 

 LegEme qa LegEmsa ts'.atsIadagEme mayoLEmses k" !edele K" liimaxa- 

 lase. Wii, laEm^lae LegEmg'ElxLalax LeHenoxwe qa LegEmsa xuno- 



30 kwas Yaqostode. Wii, gih'Em-hiwise gwaWae waldEmasexs laa-'l 

 yax^wld^asa lastowe plElxElasgEm Lax glg-Egama^yasa mosgEmakwe 

 ^nal^uE^memasa. Wii, g-ih'Em^lilwise gwal yiiqwaxs laa^l hoqiiwElsa 

 ^wi^leda mosgEmakwe. Wii, gil^Em-lilwise la helogwila'lae xiino- 

 kwas Yilqostode laa^ase sEnx-^ide Yaqostode, qa-'s wiig-e ma^lila 



35 lUxes gEgEUEme. Wa, kMets!Em^lawise nelases sEnyastolIltsE^wa 

 laxes gEUEme K" lamaxalase. Wa, laEm^laelax gwex'sdEmas q lenE- 



