BOAS] FAMILY HISTOKIKS 1053 



After this the three | cluefs went out, singing their sacred songs as 93 

 they went along. They went aboard | the traveUng-canoe. The 

 young men were sitting in the canoe, II waiting for them. Then they 95 

 paddled back to where the other | canoes were left. The three cluefs 

 were stiU standing, | carrying in their arms the blankets, and singing 

 their sacred songs. When | they arrived, the speaker of Q!umx'5d, 

 PEngwid, spoke and | said, "O Chief Llasotiwalis (III 11) ! || you will 100 

 now see these chiefs coming, carrying in their arms the wife of 

 Sesaxalas (IV S). | They are so great, that they obtain what they 

 want, on account of their greatness. | Now, get ready, and let us pay 

 the marriage-money!" Thus he said, and | he stopped speaking, 

 Then L'.asotlwalis (III 11) thanked him for what he had said, and | 

 all the strong young men were put into two canoes || to be ready for a 5 

 sham-fight. After this had been done, | the bows of the canoes were 

 put in line, and they started. Now on each side of the | canoes (2 and 

 3) with the young men, were the canoes used by the 



weaker men and by the | chiefs (1 and 4). ' ^ — Z> When they 

 had nearly arrived at the beach of the house j ,^-- — ^ of | Q liimx'od 

 (IV 4), they did not see a single man || walk- ing about, for 10 



theyhadaUgoneintothehouseof their chief I '*~dZ^ Qlumx'oddV 



4), and they saw a long roof-board stand- ing on end | 



at the bank in front of Baas, in front of the house of 



kwe g'lgigama^ya yiyalagiitaweses yiyalax"LEne, qa^s la hexsEla 93 

 laxes ya^yats!a xwakliina, qaxs kludzExsalax'sa^maeda ha^yal^a 

 esElaq. Wa, la sex^wida, qa^s la aedaaqa lax mExalasases waox"- 95 

 tsIaqEla xwaxwakluna lax LaxLExuxsalax'sa-'maeda yudukwe 

 gegEnalalExsxa ^nal^uEmxsa p IslxElasgEma yiyalaqiila. Wa, g'll- 

 ^mese lag'aaxs lae yaqlEg'a^le Elkwas Q!umx'6de, yix PEngwide. 

 Wa, la ^nek'a: "Weg'a doqwalax g^Igame L!asotiwalis g'a- 

 xEmg-a g-ig-Igamek- gEnalalExsg-as gEnEmlg-as Sesaxalas. Helo- 100 

 laxaeg'a wiyol laxglns g'Ig'Egamek' qaos awawaasex. Wa, 

 weg'il la xwanal^idEx, qEns lalag-i qadzil-'eda," ^nek'Exs lae 

 qlwel^Ida. Wa, la-me mo^le l lasotlwalisas waldEmas. Wa, la^me 

 q!ap!eg-aalExdzEma telakwe ha^yal^a laxa ma^lts!aqe xwaxwakliiua, 

 cja^s gwalale qo amaqasolaxo. Wii, giPmese gwalExs lae -'nEmag'iwa- 5 

 les xwaxwak !unaxs lae sEp!eda. Wa, laEm ^waxsagawa^ye xwaxwa- 

 klunasa hiVyal^a lax ya^yats!a waoyatslala bebEgwaiiEma LE^wis 

 g'lgigiima-ye (Jig.). Wa, glPmese Elaq lag-aa lax LlEma^isas g'okwas 

 Q!umx"odaxs lae dox^waLElaqexs k'leasae ^uEmok" bEgwanEm 

 gigilsEla, qaxs lE^maax5L ^wFlaeLsla lax g'okwases gTgama-ye 10 

 Qlumx'ode. Wa,laxae dox-'waLElaxa ek' .'Ebalise g ilt!a wadzo saokwa 

 lax osgEmdza^yasBaase lax nEqEmalisas g'okwas Q !umxode, g'a gwa- 



