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numayin the Yaex'agEme^ that he wouhl give as a marriage gift | 

 5 thirty-five blankets to his son-in-law || Kwax'Jlanokurae^ (VI 2), and 

 also the house and his other seat; that is, | the seat of his deceased 

 younger brother, L'.aL'.ElanEm (V 11); "and also a name for | my 

 granddaughter who was born by my princess Alak'ilayugwa (VI 8). | 

 Her name shall be the name of my dead sister ^nEmnasiilayugwa 

 (V 12). I Now, her name will be ^uEmnasalayugwa (VII 2). Now,|| 



10 my numajan Yaex"agEme^, let us see the child borne | by Alak'ila- 

 yugwa." Thus he said, and they put the | thirty-five blankets on 

 the shoulders of young men, and | they went out of the house, and 

 they went into the house | of his son-in-law Kwax'llanokume^ (VI 2). 



15 They sat down inside of the || door of the house, and Chief ] YiiqoLE- 

 lasEme^ (V 10) arose and spoke. He said, "Sit up, 1 son-in-law, and 

 listen to me, what brought here me and my nvunaym, the | Yaex"a- 

 gEme^. We came to see our granddaughter. Now | I give you as a 



20 marriage gift these thiity-five || blankets to wipe off the blood of my 

 granddaughter; | and this name of my deceased sister (V 12) ^iiEm- 

 nasalayugwa shall be hers. | Her name shall be ^nEinnasalaj'ugwa 

 (VII 2). Now, son-in-law, j'ou will be the owner | of my house, and 

 you shall own the seat | of my deceased younger brother lIelIeIS,- 

 nEm (V 11). There are three seats ahead of him below the eagle;" || 



3 laEm^lae nelaxes ^nE^memotaxa Yaex'agEma^yaxs wawalciiillLasa 

 mam5x"sokiilasa sEkMa plElxElasgEm laxes nEgiimpe Kwax'Ila- 

 5 nokunia~ye: wa, he-mises g'okwe LE^wis LUxwa^ye -'uEnia, yi'lax 

 Laxwa^yases tsla^yolae LlaLlslauEme. "Wa, he^misa LegEme qa 

 LegEmsEn ts!ox"LEmagasa yix miij'OLEmasEn k'ledelae Alak'ilayu- 

 gwa. Wa, la^mese LegadElts LegEmasEu wuc{!wolae ^uEmnasalaj'u- 

 gola. Wii, la^mese Legadslts ^nEmnasalayiigwa," ^nex'^lae. "Wa, 



10 weg'axins fuE^memot Yaex'agEme^, qEns lit dox^widEx mayoLE- 

 mas Alakilayugwji," ^nex'^laexs lae k"!Exsayap!Endrdasa sEkMiis 

 mamox"sokulayo p!ElxElasgEma laxa ha^yaPa. Wii, g'iPEm^awise 

 ^wFlaxs g'axae hoqiiwEls liix g'okwas, qa^s lii hogwiL lax g'okwa- 

 ses nEgiimpe Kwax'Ilanokuma^ye, qa^s lii kliis^iilll lax iiwiLElasa 



1.5 tlExiliisa g'okwe.' Wii, xamax'^ida^mesa g'lgama^ye YiiqoLElasE- 

 ma^ye Lax^ulil, qa^s yaq!Eg'a^le. Wit, lii 'nek' a: "KwagEmlilla ue- 

 gump, qa^s h5Lela5sag'in g'tixenek" Lo^giin ^UE^memotEk', yixg'a 

 Yaex'agEmek'. GiixEnu^x" doqwaxEnu^x" ts!6x"LEmagasax. La- 

 ^mesEn wiiwalqiilasg'ada sEk'Iag'as mamox"s5kulayu pIeIxe- 



20 lasgEma, qa^s deg'idanosaxox Elx^una^yaxsEn ts!6x"LEmagasax. 

 Wii, g'a^mese g'ada LegEmg'asEn wiiq!woIae '^nEnmasalayugola. 

 La^meso LegadElts ^uEmnasalayugwa. Wa, la^mets liiLOL uEgump 

 g'ogwadEltsEu g'ox"de. Wii, la^mets lal Laxwe^nox"LEs Litxwa- 

 ^yasEn tsa^yolae LlaLlElanEmola, ylxs yayiidukwalg'iwalae laxa 



1 From here on the history is personally known to the narrator; hence the quotative — ^la— is omitted. 



