boas] family histories 1003 



Makriage with the NakIwax'da^x" 



Now I will talk about the Naklwax'da^x", why they have many | 1 

 names derived from the Awlk' !enox" and Bellacoola and | also the 

 Gwa^sEla and DzawadEenox", and Haxwamis; for | the chief of the 

 numaym ^walas, whoso || name was ^maxwa, got wives among these 5 

 tribes; and he also married among the niuiiaym | TEmltsmiEls of the 

 Mamaleleqala, and the numaym Laalax's^Endayo | of the Kwag'ul, 

 and also the numaym G'exsEmx's^anala of the | Koskimo. That is 

 where ^miixwa, and his children after him, took wives, and also 

 among the | Gwawaenox" from the numaym Kwekwaenox". Wlien 

 emaxwa (II 1) was a || young man, the father of ^maxwa, Amilxiila} 10 

 (II), called his | numaym the ^walas, and | told his numaym that 

 he wished to get a wife for his prince | ^maxwa (II 1) among the 

 princesses of the chiefs of the tribes, to get crests | from them; and 

 he told them that he wished him to marry || l laqwag' ilayugwa (II 2), 15 

 the princess of Llaqwag'ila (I 2). Thus he said. | Immediately 

 his numaym thanked him for liis speech. The | Naklwax'da^x" 

 lived in the village Teguxste^. They started at once | early in the 

 morning, and they went to Wanuk", | wliere the village of the 

 Awlklenox" is located when they catch olachen. || Wlien they arrived 20 

 the speaker of ^maxwa (II 1), whose | name was Gwemalas, stood up 



Marriage with the NakIwax'da^x" 



HeLEn gwagwex's^alasLa Naklwax'da^xwe lax lag^ilas qleuEme 1 

 LeLegEmas g"aya^nakflla laxa AwIkMenoxwe LE^wa BElxula; wa, 

 he^misLeda Gwa^sEla LE^wa DzawadEenoxwe LE^wa Haxwamise, 

 yixs he^mae gag'adi^lalats g"Igama^yasa ^nE^memotasa ^walasexa 

 Legadiis ^maxwa, yixs he^maaxat! la gEg'adaatseda ^UE^memotasa 5 

 TEmltEmlElsasa Mamaleleqala LE^wa ^nE^memotasa Laalax's^Enda- 

 yowasa Kwag'ule; wa, lie^misLeda ^nE^memotasa G"exsEmx's^analasa 

 Gosg'imoxwe, ylx gag'adi^alasas ^maxwa LE^wis sasEm^nakulas laxa- 

 axa Gwawaenoxwe lax ^nE^memotasa Kwekwaenoxwe. Wa, heEm 

 ales alostawe ^maxwa. Wa, laEm^awise Lelts!6de omp^willas ^ma- 10 

 xwaxes ^nE^memota ^walase (xa Legadiis Amaxulale). Wa, la^lae 

 nelaxes ^nE^memotaxs ^nek'ae qa gagak" !e^stalIsEleses LEWulgama^ye 

 ^maxwa lax k' !esk' !edelas g'lg'Egama^yasa lelqwalaLa^ye, qa^s k!a- 

 k'!es^0L!e laq. Wa, laEm^lawise nelaxs lE^mae ^nex" qa^s la gaga- 

 k"!ax Llaqwag'ilayugwa lax kMedelas L!aqwag"ila, ^nex"4ae. Wa, 15 

 hex'^iadEm^lawise ^naxwa mo^le ^nE^memotases waldEmas, yixs hae 

 g-okule^laeda Naklwax'da^xwe Teguxsta^ye. Wa, hex^^idaEm^lawise 

 alex^wid^laxa la ^nax'^Idxa gaala. Wa, laEm^lae lal lax Wanukwe, 

 yixs haa^l g'okiila ^nilxwalama Eawlk" !enoxwe dzaxwilaxa dzaxune. 

 Wa, g'll^Em^lawise lag'aaxs laa^l Lax^ulExse Elkwas ^maxwaxa Le- 20 

 gadiis Gwemalase. Wa, la^lae yaqlEg'a^la. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: 



