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in their canoes. Then he spoke, and said, | "Now, Chief Qlunix'od 53 

 (III 1), look at your wife! | Now she will go to you, son-in-law 

 Q!umx'6d (III 1), and these ten [canoe-mat] || sea-otter skins, and the 55 

 sea-lion house-dish, and the ( sea-otter house-dish to eat out of, 

 and tlie whale house-dish to eat out of, and the | sea-monster house- 

 dish to eat out of in your house, | son-in-law Q!fimx"6d (III 1); and 

 your princess' name ) shall be Doxulkwi^lak" (IV 3) ; and your name 

 shall be || Walalag i^ak" (III 1), son-in-law Q!umx6d (III' 1). Tliat 60 

 is all," I he said. Then he spoke again, and said, | "Now, come and 

 warm yourselves in my house, son-in-law, and your tribe!" | Thus 

 he said. At once the Nak !wax' da^x" went ashore out of | their 

 canoes, and they went into the house of Qwax'ila (II 9). || Immedi- 65 

 ately he gave them to eat; and after they had finished, | Qwax'ila 

 (II 9) spoke, and said, "O son-in-law Q!umxod (III 1), | listen to 

 me! Your wife wants this | house to go to you. Its name is 

 L!exL!exagEm (Aurora-Face). And also what is in it, the | nonlEm 

 and the mosquito-dance will go to you, son-in-law; and || its name, 70 

 G ixg'acjElagilis, and the land-otter dance and | its name IlawalE- 

 lalEine^, and the scattering-dance and | its name X'its!ax ilasogwi- 

 ^lax", and the grizzly bear ) and its name Nandze ; and that is all, 

 son-in-law | Q!umxod (III 1)." Then Q!timx-5d (III 1) reaUy 



laxes yae^yats!e. Wa, LVlae yaq!Eg'a*la. Wa, l<¥lae ^nek'a: "We- 52 

 g"a, doqwalax gugame^ Qliimx'oda laxg'as gEnEmg'os. Wa, laEm- 

 xaak' lal lol, nEgump Q!umx'6da, Logwa lastok" le^waxsesEk" 

 q!asa, Logwa ha^maats!ak" L!exEnk" loqiillla, Logwa q!asak' ha- 55 

 ^maats!ak' locjullla, L5gwa gwE^yimk' ha^maats!ak" loqiiliia, Logwa 

 hanaq!Ets!ak' ha^maats!ak" ioqiilila, qaha^maatsiEl laxes g'oxwaSs, 

 iiEgiimp Q!umx'oda. Wii, he^misa LegEme qa LegEmltses k'!ede- 

 laos. La^me LegadElts Doxulkwi^lakwe. Wa, la^mets LegadElts 

 Walalag'i^akwe, nEgump Q!umx'oda. Wa, laEin ^wFla laxeq," 60 

 ^nex'^lae. Wa, hVlae edzaqwa yaq!Eg-a%. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a:' 

 "Wa, gelag'a tElts!a laxg'in goxwik', nEgump, le^wos g'okwaota- 

 qos," ^nex'^lae. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise -wFla hox^wiiltaweda Na- 

 k!wax^da^xwe laxes yae^yatsie, qa^s la hogwiL lax g'okwas Qwax'iUi. 

 Wa, liex'-'idaEmHawise yinesasE^wa. Wa, giPEm^awise gwala laa^lase 65 

 Qwax'ila yaq!Eg-a^la. Wa, la^lae-nek'a: "^ya, nEgiimp Q!umx'6da, 

 waEutsos hoLela g'axEH. Ax^exsdaox gEnEmaqos, qa laeso g'o- 

 xwex laolxwo Legadiixs L!exL!exagEm. Wa, he^mlso g'aelex laq"xo 

 nonlEmex, la^mosox lal laol, nEgumpxo q!Eq!elElalex; wa, he^mds 

 LegEmltsoxwe GixgaqElag'ilise; he-mes6 hawalElale; wa, he^mos 70 

 LegEmltsoxwe HawalElalEma-ye ; he^meso gwelgwelawate; wit, 

 he^mosa LegEmltsoxwe X-Its!axilasogwi^laxwe; he^meso nanx; wa, 

 iie^mos LegEmltsoxwe Nandze. Wii, lawisLa ^wFla, iiEgump 

 Q!unLX'6dii." Wii, laEm^lae alakMala mo^le Qlilmx'odiis, qaxs 



1 The lollowing speeches are in the Koskimo dialect. 



