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four great niimayms! Now it is well done. | Now eat as well as you 7 

 can, and eat it all." Thus he said | and stopped speaking. Then 

 Helamas, the head chief of the | numaym G' exsEm, arose and spoke. 

 He said, "Don't || sit in this way, Chief Yaqoklwalag'ilis (lie meant 10 

 the chief of the | numaym SisEnLle^); and also HaqElal (the head 

 chief I of the TsetsEmeleqala) ; | and you, Tslsx^ed (he meant the 

 cliief of the | numaym TsmltEmlEls) ! Stand up, and let us | show 

 that we have sweet food to eat!" Thus he said; and when || he 15 

 stopped speaking, the four chiefs arose. | They were naked, and they 

 took hold of a | long strip of blubber and ate it. Then the men of 

 low rank | also arose and took the blubber of the seal | and ate it. 

 They all stood while they were eating it. They do not || eat the skin 20 

 of the seal-blubber at a great | seal-feast. After they had eaten 

 enough, | they sat down. Then the young men of the numaym | 

 ^walas took the house-dishes and carried them out of the house and | 

 put them down outside. Afterwards they gave the || whole raw seals 25 

 to the chiefs, and they cut in two pieces | the seals which they gave 

 to the people of low rank. 'WTien they had | finished, the numaym 

 ^walas assembled in one place in the house, and they sang the new | 

 feasting-songs of Qlumx'od (IV 4), and then | his sister, Qwax'ilal 



wag'illa mosgEmak" ^walas ^nE^mem. La^mo aek'aakwa, qa^s wag'i- 6 

 LOS hamx-^idElqo, aekMaLEs ha^mapLEqo, qa^s ^wFleL5saq"," ^nek'Exs 

 lae qlweWda. Wa, la Lax^iilile Helamasaxa xamagEma^ye g'ig3,mesa 

 ^nE^memotasa G'exsEme, qa-s yaq!Eg"a^le. Wa, la ^nek'a: "Gwailas 

 he gwaeie, g'igame Yaqoklwalag'ilis," yix g'lgama^yasa ^nE^memo- 10 

 tasa SlsinLla^ye gwE^yos; he^mise HaqElal, yix xamagEma^ye g'lga- 

 mesa TsetsEmeleqala, "los gigame TslEx^ed," yix g'Ig3ma-yasa 

 ^nE^memotasa TEmltEmlfilse gwE-yos; "qa^s Lax^ulllaos ^wPla qEns 

 Swiilx'Eyamexgins ex"p!asEweLEk" laxEns ha^maeneLex," ^nek'Exs 

 lae qlweHda. Wa, hex'^ida^mese ^naxwa q!wag'illleda mokwe g'Igi- 15 

 gama^ya laxes xaxEnalaena^ye. Wa, la ^naxwa dax"^idEx oba^yasa 

 g'llsg'iltla xudza, qa^s qlEs^ede. Wa, lii ^naxwa^meda bebEgullda^ye 

 ogwaqa Lax^iililala, qa^s ogwaqe la dolts !ala laxa xiidzasa megwate, 

 qa^s q lEseq laxes ^naxwa^mae Lax'LE^wilExs q !Esae. Wa, la k' !es 

 oqwaqaEm qlEsaxa k!udzeg*a^yasa xudzasa megwate laxa ^walase 20 

 k!we^latsa megwate. Wa, giPmese ^naxwa liePakMEs laqexs lae 

 klus^alila. Wa, hex'^Jda^mesa g"ayole laxa ha''yal^asa ^uE^memotasa 

 ^walase la ax^alllaxa loElqulJle, qa^s la lawElsas laxa g'okwe, qa^s la 

 mEX^Elsas lax L!asana^yas. Wa, g'il^mese gwalExs lae k'ax'^idayo- 

 weda sesEnala kMilx" megwat laxa glg'igama^ye. Wit, lii mema^l- 25 

 ts!aakwa megwate k'ax'^idayoxa bebEgulida^ye. Wa, giPmese gwa- 

 Iexs lae q!ap!eg'ilile ^nE^memotasa ^walase, qa^s dEnx^edesa altsEme 

 k!we4aya4ayo q!EmdEms Q!umx"6de. Wa, he^mis la ylx^widaats 



