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law 'maxwa (III)? Now carry home the box containing the privileges 72 

 and I in it take the four dances that you have seen to-night." Thus 

 spoke iJaqwag'ila (1 2) | to ^maxwa (II 1). Immediately «maxwa 

 (II 1) thanked him for what he had said ; || for this is the first caimibal- 75 

 dancer with whistles that came to the Naklwax'da^x", | and also the 

 fire-dance and the rich-woman dance and the | shaman-dance and 

 the four head-masks, for they had none | before that; and therefore 

 ^maxwa (II 1) was reaUy grateful for what Llaqwag'ila (I 2), his | 

 father-in-law, had said. Early the following morning || «maxwa 80 

 (II 1) and his wife, Llaqwag'ilayu^wa (II 2), and | his crew were 

 ready. They loaded the four canoes; and when | they were loaded, 

 they went aboard. | When they had gone aboard, Llaqwag'ila (I 2) 

 came out of his | house and spoke. He said, "Wait a while, 11 son- 85 

 in-law; for I wiU carry down this box containing the privileges, | 

 and these eight baskets of smoked mountain-goat meat and | these 

 twenty black-bear skin blankets and | forty lynx-skin blankets and 

 forty dressed skins, | so that my prhicess Llaqwag'ilayugwa (II 2) 

 may not be cold." || Thus he said. When he stopped speaking, he 90 

 went into his house; and | it was not long before his numaym came 

 out carrying the before-mentioned | twenty black-bear skin blankets, 

 the forty | lynx-skin blankets, the forty dressed skins, | and the 



nEgQmp, ^max". LaEmslalmalalxa k'!awats!e gildasa, yix g-its!E- 72 

 wasasa mox^widalaos la doxwaLElxwa ganoLex," ^nex'^lae Llaqwa- 

 g'ilax ^maxwa. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise ^maxwa mo^las waldEmas, 

 qaxs he^mae g^alEnxe hamatsla mEdzedzad g'ax laxa Naklwax'- 75 

 da^xwe LE^wa nonltse^stalale ; wa, he^misa q laminagase LE^wa p&- 

 x&lalale; Wa, he^misLeda mowe hehSmsiwa^ya, yixs k'easae g'ala- 

 gawa^ya. Wa, he^mis lag'ilas fi,lak' !ala mo^le ^maxwas waldEmases 

 nEgflmpe Llaqwag'ila. Wa, g'll^EmHawise ^nax'^idxa gaalaxs lae 

 xwanaHda ytx ^maxwa LE^wis gEUEme Llaqwag'ilayugwa LE^wis 80 

 klweme, qa^s moxsexes motslaqe xwaxwak!una. Wa, g'tl^Em^la- 

 wise ^wl'lxse ^mEmwalasexs laa^l ^wi4a hox^walExs laxes yae^yatsle. 

 Wa, g'il^Em^lawise ^wPlxsExs g'axaa^lase Llaqwag'ila g'axawEls laxes 

 g'okwe. Wa, la^ae yaqlEg'a^la. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "EsElalag'a- 

 ^masL, uEgiimp, qEnu^x" lalag'Il taodaxsasg'ada k'!awats!ek' g'ildasa 85 

 Logwada x'ix'llgwatsiek' ^mElxLowa ma%QnaltsEmk' LlaLlabata 

 g'a^mes g'ada ma^ltsoktik' LleLlEntsEm ^naEnx^fina^ya Logwada 

 mox"sokwe -walasx'asgEm ^naEnx^fina^ya Logwada m6x"sokwe ala- 

 g'ima; aLox k" linaesalaxox k' ledelaq lEn, yixox Llaqwag'ilayugwax," 

 ^nex'^lae. Wa, g'ipEm^lawise qlweHdExs laa^l laeL laxes g'okwe. Wa, 90 

 k*!es^lat!a gacLElaxs g'axaalaes ^nE^memote mowElsElaxa la lble- 

 qElasosxa ma^tsokwe LleLlsntsEm ^naEnx^Qna^ya LE^wa mox"so- 

 kwe ^walasx'asgEm ^naEnx^una^ya LE^wa m6x"sokwe &lag'ima. Wa, 



