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his son-in-law | Nanagwas (III 1 ), wlioso name was now ^niAxtiyalidze 23 

 (III 1). He gave | all the four slaves to the holders of the first seat 

 in each of the numayms. || He gave one slave to the | holder of the 25 

 first seat of the G'exsEm, another one | to the holder of the first seat 

 of the SisinL!e', one slave | to the holder of the fu-st seat of the 

 TsetsEmeleqala, and another | slave to the holder of the first seat of 

 the TEinltEmlEls; and || he gave in addition to the slave a large canoe 30 

 to each, for | he gave the canoe to the same men to whom he had 

 given the slaves. | After he had given away the slaves and canoes | 

 to the holders of the first seats, ^maxuyalidze (III 1) took the eighty | 

 sewed blankets and gave them away to the chiefs of second rank and 

 their children; || and after doing so, he took the | two hundred and 35 

 forty cedar-bark blankets and gave them away to the people of lower 

 rank. | After these had been given away, the guests went out of the 

 house. I This is another kind of great feast, which is called "giving 

 away | at the time of the great feast." This was done by ^maxiiyali- 

 dze (III 1). Very few give this kind || of feast, although they may 40 

 be head chiefs of all the tribes. | 



It was not long before WawalaxElag' i^lak" (III 6) had a | daughter 

 (IV 3) ; and immediately Kwax"ilanokunie^ (II 7) went to | give as a 

 marriage gift fifty blankets and a hundred cedar-bark blankets to | 

 ^maxuyahdze (III 1), and also the name LlalEyig'ilis (IV 3) for the 



Nanagwase yixa la LegadEs ^maxuyalidze. Wa, laEm^lae yax^wld 23 

 ^wFlasa mokwe q!aq!Elf6 lax LCLfixuma^yasa mosgEmakluse ^nal^nE- 

 ^memasa. Wa, laEm^lae ^nal^nEmokwa q!ak"6 la yaq!wemasa 25 

 '^nal^nEmokwe Laxumesa G'exsEme. Wii, la^lae ^uEmox" qiak'owe 

 yaqlwemas Laxuma^yasa SlslnLla^ye. Wa, la-lae ^nEmox" qIak'owe 

 yaq!wemas Laxuma^yasa TsetsEmeleqala. Wa, la^lae ^nEmox" 

 q!akowe yaqiwemasa Laxiima^yasa TEmltEmlElse. Wii, la^lae 

 yaq Iweg'indayuweda ^nEmts !aqe Swa xwak!una laxa qiak'owe, qaxs 30 

 he^maa^laxat ! yaq!watsa xwaxwakliine yagwadEsa q!aq!Ek'owe. 

 Wii, gil^Em^lawise gwal yaqwasa q!aq!Ek"owe LE'wa xwaxwak!unaxs 

 laxa LeLaxuma^yaxs laa^l Sx^edxae ^'maxuyalidziixa ma^giinaltsokwe 

 qIaqlEnol ^naEnx^iina^ya, qa^s yax^wides laxa g'lg'igEle LE^wis sasE- 

 me. Wa, g'ipEm^awise gwal yaqwasexs laa^l ax^edxa hamox"so- 35 

 k'ala k"!ek'!obawasa, qa^s yax^wides laxa bEgullda^ye. Wii, g'il- 

 ^Em^lawise gwal yiiqwaxs laa^l ^wl^la hoqiiwElseda klwelde. Wii, 

 heEm ogfiqala ^walas kiwelase, yLxs he^mae LegadEs yiiqwagllila 

 ^walas kiwelase, gwex'^idaasas ^mflxiiyalidze. Wii, lit holale he gwe- 

 x"^itsa wiix'^me wulgEme g'lgamesa ^naxwiix lelqwalaLa^ya. 40 



Wii, klestia giilaxs laa^l xungwadEx'^ide WiiwalaxElag'i^lakwasa 

 tsIiitsladagEme. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise Kwax'ilanokuma^ya la 

 wawalqiilasa lastowe p!ElxElasgEm LE^wa liikMEnde k'lobawas lax 

 ^maxtiyalidze; wii, he^misa LegEme LlixlEyig'ilise; qa LegEmsa ts!a- 



