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slaves walking on each side. | Then they put down twenty-five 



60 blankets in front of them; || and then YaqoLElasEme^ (V 10) spoke, 

 and I said, "Let yoiirnumaym come, son-in-law, to take your wife, | 

 and let your wife go with her slaves to | work under yoiu- wife; and 

 this is her marriage mat, these twenty-five | blankets." Thus he 



65 said. "O son-in-law! the name of my || grandfather (IV G) will go 

 to you, and yoiu- name shall be Kwax'ilanokimie^ (VI 2), and | the 

 name of your dancer will be Aomol. That is the name of my mother 

 (TV 6) ; and when j you wish to give a winter dance, your dancer will 

 be a cannibal-dancer, and | his name will be AmyaxElaso^, and (your 

 dancer will be a) war-dancer, and | her name will be Amyaxed." 



70 Thus he said. As soon as he stopped speaking, || the numaym 

 SenLlEm arose, took | twenty-five blankets and went out of the 

 . house; and Alak'ilayugwa (VI 8) | was walking among them with 

 her slaves. | 



I forgot the other marriage gift for the name of | Le^lenox" (VII 1). 

 Her name was to be ^maxulayugwa. || 



75 Now they walked together, and they took her to the house of 

 Yaqostod (VI 2) | his wife and her slaves. Immediately Yaqostod 

 (VI 2) I sent out his speakers to stand up outside of his house and | 

 to invite the fom* numayms — the Maamtag'ila, | G'exsEm, Kukwa- 



80 klum, and the Laalax"sEndayo, — on account of his | daughter ^ma- 



Wa, g'ax^lae k'laxalelEma sak'Iagala plElxElasgEma lax Llasalllas. 



60 Wa, heEm^liiwis la yaq!Eg'a^lats YaqoLElasEma^ye. Wa, hViae 

 ^nek'a: "Wii, gelag"ax'os ^ne^memotaqos, nEgump, ax'edg'as gEUEm- 

 g'os, qa lalag'IsEk' laxes g'okwaos. LaEmlga q!akog\vas, qa helo- 

 balts!anes6s gEnEmqlos. Wa, ga^mes le^waxseg'eg'ada sEk' lagalak" 

 p!ElxElasgEma," ^nex'^lae, "Wa, nEgump, laEnv'laLa LegEmasEn 



65 gagEmpe loL. Wa, laEms LegadElts Kwaxilanokuma-ye. Wii, iJiLc 

 LegadLes senatLaosas Aomole, yix LegEmasEn ftbEmpe. Wa, qaso 

 ^nex"lax qa^s ts!ets!eqaos, wa, laLe hamatsIaLes senatLaos. Wa, 

 he^mis LegEmltse AmyaxElasE^we. Wa, he^misa tox^wide. Wa, laLe 

 Legadslts Amyaxede," ^nex'^lae. Wa, gipEm^lawise qlwel'idExs 



70 laa^l ^wFla qlwag'Ilile ^nE^memotasa ScLlEma qa^s lii ax^edxa sE- 

 k" !agala p lElxElasgEma qa^s gaxe hoqiiwElsa qilqElax Alakilayugwa 

 LE^wis qiak'owe. 



HexoLEn LlElewesE^weda ^nEmsgEme LcgEmg'ElxLa^ya qa LegEms 

 Le^lenoxwe. Wa, laEnv'lae LegadElts ^'maxiilayugwa. 



75 Wa, la^lae q!ap!emalaxs laa^l taodaeLas lax g'okwas Yaqostode, 

 ylx gEnEmas LE^wa q!ak'owe. W^a, hex'^idaEm^lawise YaqostSde 

 ^yalaqases a^yllkwe, qa las Lax^iils lax L!asana^yasa gokwe qa^s 

 Le^lalexa mosgEmak'.use ^nal^uE^memasa, yixa Maamtag'ila LE^wa 

 GcxsEme LE^wa Kukwaklume LE^wa Laalax's-Endayowe qaes 



80 xunokwe ^maxulayugwa. Wii, hex^^idaEm^liiwise lax'da^x" hoqflwEl- 



