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when all had sung, they took the drum and put it down | next to the 62 

 door. Then they took the | four house-dishes, the marriage gift given 

 to the father (III 1) of Qmmx'od (IV 4) by the chief | of the Kos- 

 kimo (II 9) — the sea-otter house-dish, the sea-lion house-dish, the || 

 whale house-dish, and the sea-monster house-dish — and they put them 65 

 down I at the left-hand side of the house. Then they took four 

 other I house-dishes, the marriage gift to Qliimx'od (IV 4), given by 

 the chief of the | Gwawaenox, Lsk'smaxod (III 9) — theDzonoqIwa 

 house-dish, the wolf | house-dish, the beaver house-dish, and the 

 gi'izzly-bear house-dish — and they || put them down at the right- 70 

 hand side, inside the house. The | eight house-dishes had their 

 heads towards the rear of the house; | and when they put them dovra, 

 the speaker of Q'.iimx'od (IV 4), | whose name was Ha^mid, told the 

 chiefs of the | four numayms about the four house-dishes — the sea- 

 otter, li sea-lion, whale and | sea-monster house-dishes — which were 75 

 obtained as a marriage gift by the dead father (III 1) | of Q'.umx'op 

 (IV 4) from Qwax'ila (II 9), the chief of the Koskimo. "And | these 

 were obtained in marriage by my chief Qlumx'od (IV 4) | — the 

 Dz5noq !wa, wolf, beaver, || and grizzly-bear house-dishes — from Chief 80 

 LEk'Emaxod (III 9) | — Now take care, G'esxsEm, SlsEnLle^ and 

 TsetsEineleqala — | and you, TEmltEmlEls — and really eat, for you | 

 see what you will have to eat; for these | dishes have been selected 



xElayasexs lae ax'etsE^weda mEnatsIe, qa^s g"axe hang'alilEm 61 

 laxa max'stalilasa tiExila. Wa, hex'^ida^mese ax^etsE-weda mE- 

 wexLa loElqiilllaxa gEg'adanEmas ompdas Q!umx"6de lax g'Jgama- 

 ^yasa Gosg'imoxwa, q!asa loqiilila, LE^wa L!exEne loqiillla, LE^wa 

 gwE^yime loqiilila, LE-'wa hanagatsia loqiilila, qa^s la mEx^ale^lsm 65 

 laxa gEmxotst&lIlasa g'okwe. Wa, la ax^etsE^weda mEwexLa IoeI- 

 qiilila, yix gEg'adanEmas Qlumx'odaxs hae lax g'igamafyasa Gwa- 

 waenoxwe LEk'Emaxodexa Dzonoqlwa loqulila, LE^wa aLaiiEme 

 loqiilila, LE^wa tslawe loqulila, LE^wa nane loqiilila, qa^s la 

 niEx^ale^lEm lax helklotstalilas SwiLElasa g'okwe; ^naxwa-ma 70 

 ma^gunfilEXLa ioElqulii gwegwegEmala laxa ogwiwalilasa g'okwe. 

 Wa, g'iPmese ^wilg-alilExs lae yaqlEg'a^e Elkwas Q!iimx'odexa 

 LEgadas Ha^mide. Wa, laEm nelaxa gugigama^yasa mosgE- 

 mak!use ^nal^nE^memasa, yisa mEwexLa loElqulilxa q!asa 

 loqulila, LE^wa tlexEne loqulila, LE^a gwE^yime loqulila, LE^wa 75 

 hanagats!a loqulila, ylxs he^mae gEg"adanEms omp^wulasa 

 la Q!umx-oda lax g-igama^yasa Gosg'imoxwe Qwax-ila. "Wa, 

 g-a^mes gEg-adanEmsg-in g-igiimeg-eg-a Q!umx-odEk-, yixg-ada 

 Dzonoq!wak' loqulila, Logwada aLaiiEmk- loqulila, Logwada tslawek" 

 loqiihla, Logwada nanek- loqulila, laxa g-igama^ye LEk-Emaxode. 80 

 Wa, la^mesEn hayaLlolaLol G'exsEm, los SisenLle, los TsetsEmele- 

 qala; wa, so^mets TEmltEmlEls, qa^s alax'^ideLos hJimx-'^idEl, qaxs 

 doqula^maaqos laxg'as hemaatslelg'os, yixs alek' sEnyaax"g-a gwe- 



