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85 from the animals of the woods, and also from the || cliiefs of the 

 animals of the ocean, so that you may eat from them. | Try to eat 

 everything that is in your dishes." Thus said Ha^mld. | Then they 

 took the boiled seal and put them into the | eight house-dishes; and 

 when everything was in, Q!umxod (IV 4) | arose and gave the 



90 Dzonoq !wa dish and the sea-monster dish || to the head numaym, the 

 G' exsEm. The | young men of the numaym ^walas took up the two 

 house-dishes with | blubber and put them in front of the numaym 

 G'exsEm; | and after they had done so, Q!iimx'od spoke again, and 

 said, I ''SlsEULle^, the whale dish and the wolf dish are for you," and 



95 the II young men put the whale dish and the wolf dish | in front of 

 the numaym SisEniJe^. After this was done, | Q!umx"6d (IV 4) 

 spoke again, and said, "This sea-hon dish and grizzly-bear dish are 

 for you, TsetsEmeleqala;" | and the young men went and put the 

 1000 two I house-dishes in front of the numaym TsetsEmeleqala. || And after 

 this had been done, Q!umx'od (IV 4) spoke again, and said, | "This 

 beaver dish and sea-otter dish are for you, TEmltEmlEls." Then | 

 the young men went and put tlie two house-dishes in front of the | 

 numaym TEmltEmlEls. And when the eight | house-dishes with 

 5 blubber had been put down, Qliimx'od (IV 4) sat down. || Then his 

 speaker, Ha^mid, arose, and spoke. He said, | "Now, go ahead, you 



gtix"sdEmg'as g'lg'lgamesa aL!ex g'ilg'aomasa. Wa, laxaak' ^la 

 85 g'Tgigamesa adwak'exg'as leloqulalg'os, qa^s alei-os ha^mapL, qa^s 

 ^wiVwIlgiltslEweLo laxg'as leloqiilalg'os," -nek'e Ha^mJde. Wii, 

 la^me ax'etsE^wa L!ope sakweiax" megwata, qa^s lii axts!alayo laxa 

 ma^igunalExLa l5Elqulila. Wii, giFmese ^wlltsl^xs lae Q!umx"ode 

 Lilx'ullla, qa^s k'ak'!Eg'alesa Dzonoq !wa LE'wa hanag;its!e loElqiilil 

 90 laxa ^mEkumalase ^nE^memotsa GexsEme. Wii, lii iiex''ida'ine 

 ha^yaFiisa ^nE^memotasa ^walase ax^alilaxa ma^lEXLa loElqillll xwe- 

 xiits'.ala, qa^s lii k'ax'dzamolilas laxa ^nE-'memotasa G'exssme. 

 Wii, g'll^mese gwiilExs lae edzaqwe Q!umx'ode ^nek'a: " Loqiilas 

 SlslnL!a^ye gwE^yim LE-'wa aLanEme loqiillla." Wii, ]iex"'idaEmxaa- 

 95 wise ha'yal^a la k'ax'dzamolilasa gwE^yime LE-wa iiLanEmc loqiilil 

 liixa ^nE^memotasa SlsinLla^ye. Wii, giPniese gwalExs lae edzaqwe 

 Qliimx'ode: ^nek"a: "Loqulas TsetsEmeleqiila LlexEn LE^wa nane 

 loqullla." Wii, hex^^idaEmxaiiwiseda ha^yiil^a la ax-'iilllaxa ma^lEXLa 

 loElqiillla, qa^s lii k'ax'dzamoliJas laxa ^uE^memotasa TsetsEmeleqiila. 

 1000 Wii, giPEmxaawise gwalExs lae edzaqwe Q!umx'ode ^nek'a: "Loqu- 

 las TEmltEmlElse tsliVwe LE^wa q !iisa loqullla." Wii.hex-'ida^meseda 

 hfi-yiih'a la iix^iilllaxa ma^ExEa loElqiilila, qa-'slii kaxdzamolilas liixa 

 ^nE^memotasa TEmltEmlElse. Wa, g'll^mese ^wilg'allleda ma^guna- 

 lEXLa xwexiitslala loElqiilila laase k!wiigallle Qlumx^ode. Wii, lii 

 5 Lax^ullle Elkwiise Ha^mlde. Wii, liijaqlEg'a^a. Wii, lii^uek'a: "Wii, 



