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what they would do with the seals and when the feast was to be 

 given. II Wlien all were inside, Q.'umxod (IV 4) spoke, and | said, 70 

 "O numaym ^walas! I called you to think ) about it, when I shall 

 give a feast with these hair-seals." Thus he said to his | numaym 

 ^walas. After he had spoken, | one of the men of the numaym said, 

 "Go on ! II Just send them to get fire-wood to cook the seals, so that | 75 

 our tribe the Naklwax'da^x" may eat." Then | four young men of 

 the numaym ^walas wei'e sent out | to get much fire-wood. The four 

 young men | launched the large canoe to get fire-wood, and || started. 80 

 They went to a place where there was much driftwood; and when 

 they had gone, | QWmx'od (IV 4) asked the harpooneers of his 

 numaym ^walas | to cut up ten large seals, to take off the blubber, | 

 and to cut the blubber off spirally, thus : | for he was going to 



give one of these strips to the chief ^^^^\ of each one of the 

 four nuniayms; that is, of the || other \^^i^ numayms, not the 85 

 ^walas; and he had | ten seals cut into short strips, in 



this way:' | These were to be given to the people of low rank. 

 They give the hmbs | to the cliiefs next to the head chiefs, 

 for the I head chiefs receive the brisket of the seal. This is 

 done iu II lesser seal-feasts. That is not the custom in a 90 

 great | feast of more than a hundred seals, for generally a 



qa^s hawaLllagale qaeda megwate lax k!welasdEmLases. Wii, 70 

 g-Il^mese g'ax ^wPlaeLExs lae yaqlEg'a^e Qlumx'ode. Wa, la 

 ^nek"a: "HedEn Le^laleloL, ^nE^memot ^vvalas, qa^s aaxsilaosaxs 

 nenaqa^yaqos laxEn k IwelasdEmLasoxda megwatex," ^nek'exes 

 ^uE^memota ^walase. Wa, g'il^mese q'.wel^ldExs lae yaqlEg^a- 

 ^leda ^nEmokwe liix ^uE^memotas. Wa, la ^nek'a: "Weg'a, 75 

 asm ^yalaqa qa liis aneqax lEqwa, qa L!opesa megwatex qa alii- 

 sox q'.EsEns g'okiilota Naklwax'da^xwex," ^nek"e. Wa, hex'^ida- 

 ^mese ^yalagEma mokwe ha^yal-a g'ayol lax ^UE^memotasa ^walase, 

 qa las aneqax q !enEma lEqwa. Wii, hex'^ida^mesa mokwe ha^yal'a 

 wi^x"stEndxa ^walase xwakluna, qa^s anegatslex lEqwii. Wa, la^me 80 

 Lex^eda, qa^s la laxa q!eq!adaxa q!exale. Wa, g'iPmese Lex^edExs 

 lae Q'.umx'ode axk'!alaxa esElewinoxwases ^nE^memota ^walase; 

 qa sEsax"sEndesexa nsqasgEme awa megwata qa sapodesex xuse- 

 na^yas, cja^s t lotse^staleq, qa g'ilsg'iltlesa xuse^lakwe, g'a gwalega 

 (fig.) qaxs doqiillLaxa g'lg'igama^yasa mosgEmakliise ^nal-'uE-'memas 85 

 ogirla lax ^uE-memotas Q!umx"6dexa ^walase. Wa, laxae iiEqas- 

 gEma megwate am^amayastowe sakwa^ye g"a gwaieg"a(_^gr.). HeEm 

 lal k'alalxa bEgulida^ye. Wa, laLe yaqule LasLaliis laxa memak'i- 

 laxa xexamagEma^ye gig"igama-ya, yixs k'aak'omalaeda xamagE- 

 ma^ye g'Igigamesa ^nal^nE^memasaxa haq Iwayowasa megwate laxa 90 

 gwasa^ye k!welatsa megwate. Wa, laLe k'les he gwala laxa ^wa- 

 lase kiwelatsa gJxsogiag iyowe megwata, yixs qliinalae sEnala me- 



1 That is, by long parallel cuts crossing at right angles. 



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