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thus he said, for now YaqoLEhasEme^ (V 10) tried to rival | A^wa- 25 

 lask-inls (V 9). Therefore he did so, for | YaqoLElasEme^ (V 10) 

 knew what Kwax'ihxnokume^ (VI 2) had said to his wife | KMilmaxa- 

 Las (VI 7) wlien he first wished to marry Alak'ilayugwa (VI 8) and 

 when she was | told that K- lamaxalas (VI 7) would be the l)ead 

 wife, and that|| Alak-ilayugwa (VI 8) would be the second wife, at 30 

 the time when Kwax'ilanokume^ (VI 2) spoke to 1 K-IiimaxaUxs 

 (VI 7), therefore YaqoLElasEme^ (V 10) had resolved that his | 

 princess Alak'ilayugwa (VI 8) should be head wife. Therefore he 

 did this. I Then Kwaxilanokume^ (VI 2) thanked YiiqoLElasEme^ 

 (V 10) for what he had said, and then | Kwax-ilanokume^ (VI 2) 

 invited his father-in-law to go to the rear || of the house; and now 35 

 Kwax-ilanokume«^ (VI 2) wished ( YiiqoLElasEme^ (V 10) to speak 

 for him when he was going to give away property | to the nmnaym 

 Yaex'agEme^ of YaqoLElasEme^ (V 10)^ Then he | promised to 

 give away thirty-five blankets to the GwetEla. ^walas | Kwag'ul, 

 Qiomk'lut'.Es, on behalf of ^UEmnasalayugwa (VII 2), the child of || 

 YiiqoLElas (VI 2) for now Kwaxilanokume^ (VI 2) | received a 40 

 name from his new nuniaym the Yaex'agEme^. Now he had | two 

 seats, for he still stayed on the side of the numaym, SenLJEm, | and 

 he also had a seat with the numaym Yaex"agEme^ of the Q'.omo- 

 ya^ye. As soon as he stopped speakmg, the speakers of YaqoLEla- 



kwekwe," ^nex'^lae, qaxs lE^mae doqwalaple Y^'aqoLElasEma^ye lo^ 25 

 A^walaskinise. He^mis lagilas he gwex'^'ide, qaxs q !alamae Yaqo- 

 LElasEma^yax waldEmas Kwaxilan5kuma^yaxes gEUEme K' liima- 

 xalase, ylxs g'alae ^nex' qa^s gEg'ades Alak'ilayugwa, ylxs lae 

 ^neka: "SoEm gEk'amaliLEs K- !aniaxalas. Wa, laLe gEUEmqlala- 

 EmLe Alak'ilayugwa," ylxs lae ^nek'e Kwaxilanokuma^yax KMa-30 

 maxalase. Wa, he^mis lag'ilas &la tslasale YaqoLElasEma^ye, qa 

 lies gEkamallles kMedele Alak-ilayugwa, lagilas he gwex'^ide. Wa, 

 lit mo^le Kwaxilanokuma^yas waldEmas YaqoLElasEma^yaq. Wii, 

 la Kwax'llanokuma^ye Le^lalaxes nEgumpe, qa las laxa ogwiwali, 

 lases g-okwe. Wa, la^me ^nek"e Kwaxilanokuma^ye qa^s helaxsta- 35 

 lex YaqoLElasEma^ye, qaxs lE^mae g'ayoqaLe Kwax'ilanokuma^ye 

 laxa ^nE^memotas YaqoLElasEma^yaxa Yaex'agEma^ye. Wa, la^me 

 dzoxwasa sEk' !as maraox"s6kiilayo laxa GwetEla LE^wa ^walase 

 Kwag'ula LE^wa Q!6mk"!ut!Ese qa -nEmnasalayugwax xunokwas 

 YaqoLElase, qaxs la'me LegEmg'ElxLala qa LegEms Kwaxilano- 40 

 kuma^ye laxa ale ^nE^memotsexa Yaex'agEma^ye. Wa, la^me ma- 

 loxsala, qaxs hex'sa^mae las apsotlEna^yaseda ^iiEmemiisa SbulIe- 

 me. Wa, la Lagexa ^nE^memotasa Yaex'agEma^yasa Qlomoya^ye. 

 Wa, g'iPmese qlwel^edExs lae hoquwElse a^yilkwas YaqoLElasE- 



' He belonged to this numaym now. 



