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12 Qlumx'od (IV 4), in this manner: | 

 Its name is Climbing-Board. 

 Not all the Gwa^sEla knew | what 

 it meant, why the roof-board was 



15 put up. Only one among the 11 old 

 men knew what it meant, and then ~ 

 all the Gwa^sEla were forbidden] 

 by that one old man to paddle. 



As soon as | they aU stopped paddling, the old man, whose 

 name was Hayalk'in, spoke, and said, "Now, take care, | young 

 men, of the roof -board that I see standing on end! It is 



20 called || Climbing-Board, for it means a mountain as it is stand- 

 ing on the beach. | TslEndEgEmg'i^ak" (IV 3) will come and sit 

 on top of what represents a mountain, and you, | young men, will 

 be called upon to go up towards her whom we want to get in 

 marriage; | and if one of you j'oung men succeed in going up to 

 the seat of | TslEndEgEmg'i^lak" (IV 3), you must stand by her 



25 side ll and just stand still, and let our chief speak, for | then we shall 

 claim TslEndEgEmg'i^lak" (IV 3). If you | do not reach the seat of 

 the princess (IV 3) of Cliief Qliimx'od (IV 4), | then we can not get 

 her whom we came to get in marriage. I mean that | all of you 

 men must take care." Thus he said, and he stopped speaking. 



30 Immediately 11 they all paddled, and came to the beach in front of the 

 house of I Qliimx'od (IV 4). Now, the bows of the four canoes | 



13 leg'a {fig.). HeEm LegadEs NaxEdzowe. Wa, la^me k" !es ^naxwa q !S,le- 

 leda Gwa^sElax heg'ilas gwaesa saokwe. Wa, het!a q!alanokweda 



15 q!ulsq!ulyakwaq. Wa, la bfilasE^weda ^naxwa Gwa^sEla, qa^s gwal 

 mawisLe sexwa, yisa ^nEmokwe qltilj-ak" bEgwauEma. Wa, g'll- 

 ^mese gwal ^naxwa sexwaxs lae yaq!Eg"a4eda qliilyakwe bEgwauE- 

 ma LegadEs Hayalk'ine. Wa, la ^nek'a: "Weg"a yaL!aLEx ha- 

 ^yal^ qaEn d5gula Laesex g'tldEdzo saokwa. YQEm LegadEs Na- 



20 xEdzowox, yixs uEk'I^lakwaex laxos gwaedzasex. Wa, g"axLe TsIeu- 

 dEgEmgi^lakwa kIwaxtEwIlxwa UEk'Plakwex. Wa, la-'mets Le4a- 

 lasoLoi ^naxwa ha^yal^a, qa^s laos naxa laloLlalxEns qadzeLasoLax. 

 Wa, he^maasexs lag'ustawei,e ^nEm6x"La laL ha^yal-a lax k!walaasas 

 TslEndEgEmg'i^lakwe, qa^s laos Lax^waLEla lax apsaLEliis. Wa, 



25 a^mets sEltlaLEla qa g'asg'ins gigigamek' yaeqiEntlala, qaxglns la- 

 ^mek' laLEx Ts!EndEgEmg'i^lakwc laxeq. Wii, he^maaqaso wig'u- 

 stalaxo lax k'.walaasas k'ledelasa gTgama^ye Q!umx'odc: wit, la- 

 ^mesEns wiyollaxxEns gagak' !asE^wexEn nenakile, qa^s a^maos ^na- 

 xwa yaLl^x'da^xwa yuL iia'yat'a," ^nek'Exs lae q !wel-ida. Wa, hex'^i- 



30 da^mese ^naxwa sex'wida, qa-'s la lag-alls lax LlEma^sas gokwas 

 Q!umx-6de. Wa, la^me ^nEmag'iwalaxa m6ts!aqe xwaxwakluna 



