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(IV 4'), and therefore your word is good, chief. Let us || meet in the 50 

 daytime and talk witli the Nak!wax"da^x" about the marriage, for 

 I I think there will be a sham-fight for the princess of Chief 

 QlOmx'od (IV 4)." | Thus he said and stopped speaking. His 

 tribe agreed to | what he had said. | 



Now they slept; and in the morning, when day came, || the 55 

 men of the Gwas^Ela dressed themselves. When they had | finished, 

 they started in four large canoes; | and when they arrived at the 

 island in front of Baas, | the four canoes stopped. Then L!asoti- 

 walis (III 11) arose and spoke. | He said, "Now, Chief Sewid, you, 

 chief of the II numaym G'ig'ilgam, now go and ask Chief | Q!umx'od 60 

 (IV 4) for his daughter in marriage; — and you. Chief GwayolE- 

 lasEme^ — you, chief of this numaj^m | SIsEul !e^, — go and ask in mar- 

 riage the daughter of Chief Q!umx'od (IV 4); — | and you, PEngwid, 

 of my numaym Q!omk' !ut!ES, | go and listen behind our chiefs. — 

 Now, you, my ll young men, paddle for these chiefs." Then he 65 

 stopped speaking; and they went | into one canoe, the fastest trav- 

 eling canoe; and | the young men paddled very fast, and arrived at 

 the beach of the | house of Q!umx-6d (IV 4). Then the two chiefs, ] 

 Sewid and GwayolElasEme^, and the speaker of Q lumx'od, || Psngwid, 70 

 went ashore, and went into the house of Chief Q lumx'od (IV 4). | 



nEngalil laxEns w§,}dEmLa LE^wa Naklwax'da^xwax, qaxg'in k'ota- 50 

 ^meg'ins amaqasol qaoxda k' !edelaq lEsa g'lgama^yae Q!iimx'5de," 

 ^nek'Exs lae q !wel^ida. Wa, a^mise ^naxwa ex-^ak'e g'okiilotasex 

 waldEmas. 



Wii, he^mise la mex^ede. Wa, giPmese ^nax-^Idxa gaaliixs lae 

 ^naxwa q !walax'^ideda bebEgwauEmasa Gwa-'sEla. Wa, g-Il^iesc 55 

 gwfdExs lae ^naxwa sEplededa motslaqe awa xwaxwak!una ya^ya- 

 ts!es. Wa, giPmese lag-aa lax ^mEkuma^yas Baasaxs lae msxaLa^ye- 

 da motslaqe ya^yatsles. Wa, lit Lax^iilExse L!as6tlwalise, qa^s yaqlE- 

 g-a^le. Wa, la ^nek'a: "Wagll la g-Igamc. Sewida, g-Igama^yaqos 

 ^nE^mem G-JgilgEm. LaEms lal waLaqag-illlElal laxa g-Igama^yae 60 

 Qlumx-odii, so^mets g-Igame GwayolElasEme, g-igama^yaqos^uE^mem 

 SisinLle' laEms lal waLaqag-illlElal laxa g-Igama^yae Qlumx'oda. 

 Wa, so^mets PEngwida, g-ayolaex laxEn^nE^memota Q!6mk-!ut!Ese, 

 laEms lal hoLcleg-ilxEns g-Iglgama^'yex. Wa, la-'mets laLol nos 

 ha^yal^a sexwalxwa g-Ig-igama^yex," -'nek-Exs lae qlwel^Ida. Wa, la 65 

 hogiixs laxa ^UEmtsIaqe xwaklunaxa ymga-'yas yae^yatslas, qa^s 

 sex^widaeda ha^yah'a yayana. Wii, g-tPmese lag-aa lax LlEma^isas 

 g-okwas Q!umx"odaxs lae hox^wultaweda ma^lokwe gTgama^ya, ylx 

 Sewide l5^ (jwayolElasEma^ye, LE^wa Elkwas Q!iimx'ode, yix Peu- 

 gwide, qa^s la liogwiLEla lax g'okwasa gigama'ye Q!umx-ode, qa^s la 70 



1 She is really his sister. 



