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side of the feasting-house, | and the Ql6mk"!ut!Es on the left-hand 51 

 side of the feastiug-hoiise. They | sat down there because they 

 had been invited for a feast. When all were in, | the numajon 

 Laalax"s^Endayo came in and sat down | at the right-hand side of 

 the door. Then Ewanux"dze (V 13) arose || and spoke. He said. 55 

 "Look this way, son-in-law | GwE^yimdze (VI 2), and listen to me! 

 Send out your numaym | to get the four house-dishes of my 

 house, so that | my guests may eat out of them! They are the 

 killer-whale, | whale, seal, and double-headed serpent." Thus he 

 said as he sat down. || Immediately GwE^ylmdze (VI 2) arose and 60 

 thanked his father-in-law for what he had said. | Then he turned 

 his face to his numaym, the SenL!Em, and | said, "O numajrm 

 SenLlEm, take the four house-dishes | and bring them! Let us try 

 to have them emptied by our guests!" Thus he said. Then 1 the 

 young men of the numaym SenLlEm went out and carried in|| 

 two ladles which are always given with the four house-dishes. 65 

 It was not I long before the young men came back carrying the 

 four house-dishes | and the two ladles. They came and put them 

 down inside | the door of the feasting-house. Then they took the | 

 cinquefoil-root baskets and placed them by the side of the house- 

 dishes. II They took the roots out of the baskets and put the 70 

 raw I cinquef oil-roots into the house-dishes; and when the house- 



het!a k!tis^allleda Q!6mk'!ut!Esa lax gEmxtsegwile, ylx heg'ilas 51 

 k!usfde, qaxs kMwe^lasae Le^lanEmaq. Wa, giPmese ^wFlaeLExs 

 g-axae hogwlLeda ^uE^memotasa Laalax's^Endayowe. Wa, lit k !us^alll 

 laxa helk' !otstVyasa t!Ex'ila. Wa, he-mis \& Lax^ulFlats Ewanux"- 

 dze, qa^s yaq!Eg"a4e. Wa, la ^neka: "GwasgEmalala, uEgilmp 55 

 GwE^yimdze, qa^s hoLelaos g'axEn. Weg'a ^yalaqaxs ^iiE^memota- 

 qos, qa lasdx ax^edxa niEwexLa loElqulii laxEn gokwa, qa ha^ma- 

 ats!esos Le^lanEmaqos. He^meda max^enoxwa LE^wa gwE^yima, 

 LE^wa megwata, LE^wa sIsEyuLa," ^nek'Exs lae k!wag'alila. Wa, 

 hex'^ida-mese Lax^ullle GwE^yimdze, qa^s monies waidEmases ue- 60 

 giimpe. Wa, lii gwegEmx'^Id laxes ^uE^memotaxa SenLlEme. Wa, la 

 ^neka: "Hag-a ^nE-'memot SenL!Em, ax-edxa niEwexLa loidqullla, 

 qa g'axlag'ises gunx'^itsosEns Le^lanEmex," ^nek'Exs lae hoquwEl- 

 se ha^yal^asa ^uE^memotasa SenLJEme, qa^s la ax^edEq LE^wa 

 ma^EXLa tsexLa, yix 'nami^lalotasa IdElqiillle niEwexi-a. Wa, k" !est !a (35 

 galaxs g'axae aedaaqeda ha^ya-'la dagilqElaxa mEwexLa loElqulila 

 LE^wa ma^lEXLa tsetsexLa, qa^s gaxe mEx^^lIlas lax awiLEliisa t!Ex'i- 

 lasa k!wela^yats!e g"6kwa. Wa, hex'^ida^mese ax^etsE^weda t!et!E- 

 gwats!e L!aL!Ebata, qa^s la heliEnodzElrlEm laxa loElqiilJle. Wa, la 

 lEx'uits!alayo laxa L!aL!Ebata t!Ex"s6se qa-s la lExts!alaya kMUx'e 79 

 t!Ex"sos laxa loElqulile. Wa, g'lFmese -'wi^la qoqut!eda loElqfililaxs 



