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85 at the mouth of Bellacoola Inlet that evening. || There they took a 

 rest; and when it was nearly | midnight, they started again. At 

 daybreak they came to a place near the | mouth of Rivers Inlet. 

 They went on, | and took a rest at the mouth of the Gwa^sEla Inlet. | 

 Then they felt safe, and thought that they were not being pursued by 



90 the DalwiidEx". Then || the warriors scalped the heads which they 

 had cut off; and after they had done so, | Llaqwag'ila (II 1) spoke, 

 and said, | "Thank you for what you have done. Now we are not 

 ashamed, although we were not | invited in by Goxolane (13). I 

 mean that I have also cut off a head." | While he was saying so, he 



95 lifted up by the hair a head. Then || they asked the woman-slave for 

 the name of the man whose head had been cut off bj' Llaqwag'ila 

 (II 1); I and the slave said, "That is the head of the chief of the | 

 DalwiidEx", and his name was Qamatsa." Then | he opened the 

 large carved box; and first he | saw a neck-ring of red cedar-bark, 

 300 and a head-rmg. He did || not take them out, but he just felt among 

 the red cedar-bark, | and there he felt the whistles of the cannibal- 

 dancer. I He took one and blew it. Then he | uttered the cannibal- 

 cry, because he had obtained it in war. Then | his numaym were 

 glad, because Llaqwag'ila (II 1) himself had cut off the head of the || 



5 owner of the large carved box. Then | he put back the whistles into 



g-ax^Em^lae lax Swaxsta^yas wunaldEmsasa BElxiilaxs lae ganul^rda. 



85 Wa, heEm^lawis la x'osaLa^ye yawas^ida. Wa, g-IPEm^lawise Elaq 

 nEgeg-exs laa^l etled sEpleda. Wa, g-a.x4ae ^nayo laxa uExwala lax 

 awkxsta^yas wunaldEmsasa AwIkMenoxwe. Wii, he^nakQFEm^lawise, 

 qa^s g'axe x"os^id lax awaxsta^yas wunaldEmsasa Gwa^sEla. Wa, 

 laEm^lae helexHd k'les sasE^wasosa DalwiidExwe. Wa, laEm^lae 



90 sabEltsEmdeda babEbaklwaxes qeqag-ikwe. Wa, gil'^Em^lawise 

 gwaia laa^lase yaqlEg'a^le Llaqwag-ila. Wa, la^lae ^nek-a: "Gela- 

 k'as^lax'ins gwex'^idaase qaxg'ins k'lesek' la max'tslaxg-Ins k'lesek- 

 Lel-'wultotsos Goxolane, qaxgin ^ne^nak'ilEk' ogwaqa'^mEn qax'*^- 

 ida," ^nex'^laexs lae dzoxostod nedzEXLexa qagikwe. Wa, la^lae 



95 wttLasE^weda tslEdaqe qlak'owa lax LegEmas qagikwas Llaqwag'ila. 

 Wii, la^lae ^nek^eda q kxk'owaqexs he^mae xamagEme g-Igamex'desa 

 DalwildExwe. Wa, heEm^lawis LegEmse Qamatsa. Wa, la^lae 

 x'ax^wldxa ^willase kMesgEmala g'lldasa. Wa, heEmHawis g1l do- 

 x^waLEltseda qEnxawa^ye LlagEkwa LE-wa qEx'Ema^ye. Wa, la'lae 

 300 k-les ax^vultslodEq. AEm^ae plex^wIdEx awaba^yasa LlslgEkwe. 

 Wa, heEm^lawis la p lex^waLElatsexa msdzesasa hamatsla. Wa, 

 gil^Em^lawise ax^edqexs lae pox^widEq qa hek" lEg'a^es. Wa, la^lae 

 h5.mts!Eg-a^la qaxs lE^mae S,lak'!ala wInanEmaq. Wii, laEmHae 

 moHe ^nE^memotasexs heq lanox"^mae Llaqwag'ila qiix'^IdEx axno- 



6 gwadasa ^walase k' lesgEmala g'ildasa. Wa, laEm^lae xwelaqa 



