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were in line on the beach; and first Chief Sewid spoke, | and told tlie 32 

 Naklwax'da^x" to go and get in marriage the princess of | Q'.umx'od 

 (IV 4), TslEndEgEmgi^lak" (IV 3). As soon as he stopped speak- 

 ing, II the other chief, GwayolElasEme^, | spoke also, and said the 35 

 same as the other one had said to the | Naklwax'da^x" about their 

 coming to get in marriage the princess of Q !umx"6d (IV 4) , I Ts lEndE- 

 gEmg'i^lak" (IV 3). Thus he said, and took up a blanket. Then 

 he called | one of his young men to go and stand by his side in the 

 canoe. Then he || counted five pairs of blankets, which he put on 40 

 his shoulders; and after | he had put on the five pairs of blankets, he 

 said, "Now I shall marry you with these five pairs of blankets." | 

 The young man went up the beach and carried them | into the house 

 of Qlumx'od (IV 4), and put them down in the rear of the house of | 

 Q!umx'od (IV 4). | The Nak !wax' da^x" remained in the houses, and 

 not II one of them showed himself outside. Then he counted five 45 

 more pairs of | blankets on the shoulders of another young man, and 

 GwayolElasEme^ | said, "Carry these five blankets." They con- 

 tinued doing this, and did not stop until | two hundred and twenty 

 blankets had been given out of the canoe. | After this had been done 

 he said, "That is all." Then he turned || towards the Gwa^sEla^ 50 

 spoke, and said, "Now, Gwa^sEla, | we have finished. Now let us 

 see what is coming, how they wiU turn | my word into war." Thus 



k'Egesxa LlEma^ise. Wa, he^mis g"ll yaqlEg'a^le g'lgama^ye Sewide. 32 

 Wa, laEm nelaxa Naklwax'da^xwases gagak' laena^yax k'ledelas 

 Q!umx'ode lax Ts!EndEgEmg'i4akwe. Wa, g'iPmese qlweHdExs lae 

 Lax^wulExseda ^uEmokwe gigama^ye GwayolElasEma^ye. Wa, la^me 35 

 yaqlEg'a^l ogwacja. HeEmxat! &Em waldEmses nelena^yaxaaxa 

 Naklwax'da^xwases gagak' laena^yax k' !edelas Qliimx'ode laxTslEn- 

 dEgEmg'i^lakwe, ^nek'Exs lae dax"^Idxa p lElxElasgEme qa^s Le^lalexa 

 g'ayole laxa ha^yal-a qa las Laxwaxdzexa xwakliina. Wa, lii ho- 

 ts lEyap lEiidalasa sEk' !axsa p lElxElasgEm lacj. Wa, g'iPmese sEk' !ax- 40 

 saxs lae ^iiek'a: "La^mEn cpldzeLaseq sEkMaxsa plElxElasgE- 

 mai'." Wa, hex'^ida^meseda hel^a la lasdesas qa^s la gEmxcLas 

 lax g'okwas QIQmx'ode, qa^s la gEmxalilas lax ogwiwalilas g"6kwas 

 Qlumx'ode, yixs hex'sa^mae ^wi^laeLEleda Naklwax'da^xwe; k'!eas 

 ^nEmox" nelEmalag'ilsa. Wa, la et!ed hots!Eyap!Entsa sEk"!axsa45 

 plElxElasgEin laxa ogu^la^maxat! hel^a. Wa, ^nek^e (jwayolElasE- 

 ma^ye dalaxeq sEkMaxsa. Wa, hex'sa^mes la gwek'!ale. Wa, Si- 

 amese gwalExs lae ^wFloltaweda hama^tsok'ala plElxElasgEma. Wa, 

 g'il-mese gwala lae ^nek'a: "Wa, laEm ^wi^la." La gwegEmx"^Id 

 laxa Gwa^sEla, qa^s yaqlEg-a^leq. Wa, la ^nek'a: "Wa, Gwa^sEl, 50 

 la^mEiis gwala. La^mesEns olastogwaalExsL, qa gwebax'^ldaasLas 

 waldEmLasEn wPnede," ^nek'Exs lae kIwag-aalExsa. Wa, giPmese 



