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up outside of the house and called the || Q lomoj'sV}'^?, ^walas 10 

 Kwag-iil, Q!omk-!ut!Es, on behalf of MElned (VII 1), the | child 

 of GwE^yimdze (VI 2). After they had said so, they went in, 

 and it was not long before | the three Kwag'ul tribes came in. 

 Then | Chief GwE^yimdze (VI 2) arose and spoke. He said, | 

 "You have heard my new name. I obtained this in marriage 

 from my father-in-law || Ewanux"dze (V 13), who gave me the 15 

 name GwE^yimdze (VI 2). Now you shall name me GwE^yimdze, '\ 

 and you shall name my princess ^maxulayugwa MElned (VII 1) ." | 

 Then he stopped speaking, and he gave away the | hundred blan- 

 kets; and first he gave to the Q!6moya^ye, | and then to the ^walas 

 Kwag'ul, II and finally he gave blankets to the Q!omk"!ut!£s. j 20 

 Wlien he had given away all, then they went out of the house 

 of I GwE^yimdze (VI 2). GwE^ylmdze and his wife Q!ex"Lala 

 (VI 9) had not been living together for a long time | when they 

 had a son. He was | named Tsaxis because he was born there. || 

 Foiu- days after he had been born, when the navel-string came 25 

 off, I Ewanux"dze (VII 3) gave four boxes of oil and | ten baskets 

 of clover-roots to his son-in-law GwEyimdze (VI 2) as a marriage 

 present, | and also the name Wawalk'ine (VII 3) foi the new-born 

 child of his princess | Qlexxala (VI 9). Then Chief GwE^yimdze 



g'okwe qa^s la qlwag'aEls lax LlasansVyasa g'okwe, qa^s Lelfilexa 

 Qlomoya^ye, ^walase Kwag-ul, Q !6mk' !ut !Ese qa MElnede xuno- 10 

 kwas GwE^yJmdze, ^nekExs g"axae hogwiLa. Wa, k'lestla galaxs 

 g'axae ^wFlaeLeda yudux"sEmakwe Kwakug'ula. Wa, hex'^ida^mese 

 Lax^ulileda g'lgama^ye GwE^ylmdze, qa^s yaqlEga^le. Wii, lii ^nek'a: 

 "LaEms wflLEiaxEn ale Legsma, ylx LegEmg-ElxLa^yasEn nEgiimpe 

 Ewanux^dze g'axEne GwE^yimdze. Wa, la^mets LeqElaLEs Gwe- 15 

 ^yimdze g-axEii. Wa, la^mets LeqElaLEs MElnede laxEn kMedele 

 ^maxulayugwa," ^nek'Exs lae qlwel^eda. Wa, la yax^wlda, yisa 

 laklEude p lElxElasgEma, ylxs hae gil yax^wItsE^weda Qlomoya- 

 ^yasa p!ElxElasgEm. Wa, la makilaso^sa ^walase Kwagula yax^wi- 

 tso^sa p lElxElasgEme. Wa, la alslxsda^ya Q lomk" !ut lEse yax^witso^sa 20 

 p!ElxElasgEme. Wii, giPmese ^wllxtoxs lae hoquwElsa lax g'okwas 

 GwE^'yimdze. Wa, k!est!a gala hayasEkale GwE^ylmdze LE^wis 

 gEUEme Q!ex-Lalaxs lae xungwad^:x'^Itsa babagume. Wa, la^me 

 hex"^idaEm LegadEs Tsaxise, qaxs hae mayoLEme. Wa, hetia la 

 moplEnxwa-'s mayoLaagEmxs lae lawayes tslEyoxLa^ye laase 25 

 Ewanux"dze wawalqalasa mosgEme dedEiigwatsle Lle^na LE^wa 

 UEqasgEme L!aL!Ebat tiEgwatsIe laxes uEgiimpe GwE^yimdze; wa, 

 he^misa EegEme Wawalk'ina^ye qa LegEmsa ale mayoLEmsk- ledelase 

 Qlex-Lalaxa babagume. Wa, hex'^da^mesa g-Igama^ye GwE^ylmdze 



