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88 lIeiii, and wait for your wife. She | is getting ready witli her mar- 

 riage mat, so that she may not sit on the floor without a mat in | 

 your house, son-in-law." Thus he said, and went back into the 



90 room where || Ewanux"dze's (V 13) princess, Q!ex'Lala (VI 9) was 

 seated. He did not stay long, then he came back and | stood up. 

 He spoke again, and said, "Now, come, great | numaym SeniJEm, and 

 carry the princess of | my chief Ewanux"dze (V 13) away, for she 

 is heavy." Thus he said, | and went back. Then the numaym 



95 SenL!Em arose || and followed him into the room; and soon they 

 came ] back carrying on their shoulders one hundred blankets | and 

 among them walked Qlexxala (VI 9), the princess of | Ewanux"dze 

 (V 13), among tlie SeuLlEm as the}^ were coming "out of the 

 room. When they reached | the door of the house, Ewaniu\"dze 

 800 (V 13) stood up and spoke. || He said, " Wait a while, great num- 

 aym SenLlEm, ] for the name that will go to my son-in-law 

 YaqoLElas (VI 2). | His name will be GwE^yimdze (VI 2), and 

 the name of his dancer will be | MElned, and these hundred 

 blankets are the marriage mat of | your wife. Now, son-in-law, go 

 5 to your house!" Then he || stopped speaking, and immediately 

 those who had paid the marriage money went out, | among them 

 Qlex'Lala (VI 9) and they went into the house of YaqoLElas 

 (VI 2). I YiiqoLElas (VI 2) told his speakers to clear out | his 

 house; and after they had cleared it, they went out | and stood 



88 la^mek' xwanalElaxg'as le^waxscLEk", aLak' wtiltallL klwastaliL laxes 

 g'okwaos, nEgump," ^nek'Exs lae layakilll lax k!wats!alilasas k!ede- 



90 las Ewanux"dze Qlexxala. Wa, k'!est!e galaxs g'axae aedaaqa, qa^s 

 Lax^ulile, qa^s edzaqwe yaq!Eg'a^la. Wa, la ^nek'a: "Gelaga, ^walas 

 *nE^mem, SeuLlEm, qa^s lalag'aos q!El-wults!alIlax k'ledelasEn g'l- 

 gama^yox Ewanux"dzex, qaxs gwfiguntseliLaqos laqg'a," ^nek'Exs 

 lae edzakillla. Wii, la^me ^wFla q!wagilile ^uE-memotasa SculIe- 



95 me, qa^s la lasgEmeq laxa ots !allle. Wa, k" lest !a galaxs g'axae ^wi^la 

 k'!ek"!exsEyap!alaxa p lElxElasgEme, lak'lEndeda p IslxElasgEme 

 he^yagowa. Wa, g^ax^me qagaye Q!ex'Lalac{ ylx k'edelas Ewanux"- 

 dzaxa SenLlEmaxs g'axae hox^wultslalila. Wa, g'il^mese lag'aa 

 laxa ostalilasa g"6kwaxs lae Ewanux"dze Lax^ulila. qa^s yaq!Eg'a^le, 

 800 1*^^s ^nek'e: "Weg'aEmsL LaLoxbalax ^walas ^uE^mem, yuL Sen- 

 LlEm, qa la^mesg'ada LegEmk', qa^s LegEmos, uEgump YiiqoLElas. 

 LaEms LegadElts GwE^yimdze. Wa, he^mis LegEmltses senatLaose 

 MElnede. Wa, yu^misa lak'lEndex plElxElasgEma ie^waxsesos gE- 

 nEmaqos. Wa, hag-a, nEgump, laxes g'okwaos." Wa, laEm q!we- 

 5 Hd yaqlEntlala laxeq. Wa, hex'^ida^mese gax hoqiiwElseda qa- 

 dzeLax'de qaqElax Q!ex"Lala, qa^s lii hogwiL lax g'okwas YaqoLE- 

 lase. Wa, hex'^ida^mese YaqoLElas axk' !alaxes a-yilkwe, qa ex^wi- 

 desexa g'okwe. Wa, g'll^mese gwal ekwaqexs lae hoquwEls laxa 



