BOAS] FAMILY HISTORIES 1013 



He also gave 9,way the bear-skin blankets, | the lynx-skin blankets, 17 

 and the dressed skins, at the winter dance | that he was givmg to his 

 tribe the Naklwax'da^x". It was not long before II they had a son. 20 

 Immediately the | father-in-law (I 2) of l laqwag" ila — for I call him 

 no longer ^maxwa (II 1), | because he had already the name l laq- 

 wag' ila (II 1) — the I former l laqwag" Qa (I 2) (that is, the father-in- 

 law of the former ^maxwa (II 1)), gave as a marriage gift the name | 

 Nanagwas (III 1) for the child. Now his name was Nanagwas 

 (III 1), II and it was not long before they had a daughter. | Then her 25 

 name was l laqwag' ilayugwa (III 2). Now | l laqwag' Ha (II 1) had 

 two children. | Nanagwas (III 1) and his sister, l laqwag' ilayugwa 

 (III 2), were not yet grown up | when l laqwag' ila (II 1) wished to 

 marry the princess of Goxolane, (I 3) BElxanaga (II 3) (Hahotis- 

 Woman,) || because he was the head chief of the Nuxak'Em (I mean the 30 

 Bellacoola). | Now l laqwag' ila (II 1) wished to marry the princess of 

 Goxolane, BElxanaga (II 3), only for her property,' | because he 

 wanted to get in marriage many names | and various winter dances; 

 and therefore he told his numaym | the «walas, and he was told by 

 them to go ahead and do it quickly. || Then l laqwag' ila (II 1) got 35 

 ready to start | on the following morning with his numaym the 

 ^walas. I Early in the day they started by canoe. His wife remained 



Wa, laEmxaawise ^wFla yax^witsa LlEnLlEntsEme ^naEnx^una^ya 17 

 LE^wa ^walasx'asgEme ^naEnx^una^ya LE^wa alag'ime laxes yawix'l- 

 laena^ye qaes g'okulota Naklwax'da^xwe. Wa, k'les^atla galaxs 

 lae xtingwadEX'^ida, yisa babagume. Wa, la hex'^idaEm^lae nE- 20 

 gumpas Llaqwag'ila, — qaxg'in la^mek' gwal LeqElas -maxwa laq, 

 qa^s lE^mae LegadEs Llaqwag'ila, yix ^maxwa. — Wii, laEm^lae 

 Llaqwag'ilamotla, yix nEgumps ^maxwamotla LegEmg'ElxLalax Na- 

 nagwase, qaLegEmsa ginanEme. Wa, laEm^lae LegadEs Nanagwase. 

 Wa, k'les^Em^laxaawise galaxs laa^l etled xungwadEX'^Itsa ts lilts la- 25 

 dagEme. Wa, laEm^lae LegadEs Llaqwag'ilayugwa. Wa, laEm^lae 

 ma^lokwe sasEmas Llaqwagila. Wa, k'les^Em^Jawise q Ifllsq liilyax- 

 ^ wide Nanagwase LE^ wis wuqlwe Llaqwag'ilayugwaxs laa^I -'nex'^Iae 

 Llaqwag'ila, qa^s la gagak'lax k'ledelas Goxolane lax BElxanaga, 

 ylxs he^mae xamagEme g'igamesa Nuxak'smxa gWE^yowe BElxula. 30 

 Wa, laEm^e ^nek-e Llaqwag'ila, qa^s a^me xwesax' k'ledelas 

 Goxolane lax BElxanaga, qaxs ^nek'ae, qa^s LaLegEmoL.'ex LegEma 

 Lo^ ogttqala Med laq. Wa, he^mis la ne^lEmsexes ^nE^memota 

 ^walase. Wa, laEm^lae aEm waxaso^ qa^s weg'i aEm hali^lala. Wit, 

 la^lae hex'^ida-me Llaqwag'ila xwanal-'Ida, qa^s wag'Il alex^widEl 35 

 qo ^nax'^idElxa gaalaLa LE^wis ^nE^memota ^walase. Wa, g'IpEm- 

 ^lawise ^nax'^idEx laa^l &lex^wida. Wa, laEm^lae Emlexwe gEnEmas 



iXwesa means a mock marriage performed in order to obtain certain prerogatives. 



