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97 traveling-canoes, and stood at the lower end of the | climbing-board; 

 and the chiefs of the Gwa^sEla stood | seaward from the young men. 

 Then one young man tried to run up, | but he did not reach the top. 

 200 Then they gave him one pair of blankets. || They continued doing 

 this. Now, there was one reall}- skillful | young man, who was told 

 by the chiefs to go last, when all the others had given it up. | He was 

 the only one left to run. Then Chief | Llasotiwalis (III 11) spoke to 

 him, and said, "Now go, child! You are the one who has | never 

 given up. Now go and get tlie name for obtaining the princess of 

 5 Cliief ||Q!umx'od (IV 4)!" Tlius he said, and stopped speaking. 

 Immediately | the young man went. He stepped into the water to 

 wet his feet, and then he | came back and ran up the climbing-board ; 

 and there he stood by the | side of Ts lEndEgEmg' i^lak" (IV 3) ; and 

 wliile he was standing there, | the chiefs of the Gwa^sEla sang their 



10 sacred songs. || Now Chief Qlflmx'od (IV 4) gave five pairs of blan- 

 kets I to the young man. The name of tliis young man was Gwayos- 

 dedzas. | Gwayosdedzas did not stand there long when he came down 

 with TslEndEgEmg'i^lak" (IV 3), | and they went into the house of 

 Q!iinix-od (IV 4). Now Qasnomalas (III 14) told the | Gwa^sEla to 



15 go back into their traveling-canoe for a Uttle while, "for || 5-ou have 

 obtained the princess Ts!EndEgEmg'i4ak" (IV 3) of my chief. | 

 Now listen to what I shall say to you, Chief Sesaxalas (IV 8), to 

 your I prince, Chief Llasotiwalis (III 11)1 Now you will receive the 



97 dzowe saokwa. Wa, la^mesa g'igama^yasa Gwa^sEla qlwaes lax 

 L!asalisasa h&^yal^a. Wa, la wax' dzElx'ustaweda ^uEmokwe liel-a. 

 Wa la^mese wig'ustaxs lae tslasosa ^nEmxsa pIslxElasgEma. Wii, 

 200 la hex'sa^mese gweg'ila. Wa, la ^UEmokwa alak'Iala ex'sdEkMlu 

 hcl^a ^nex'soses g"Ig"lg&ma^ye, qa al^meLEs lal, qo lal -wPlal yax'^ldLes 

 ha^yaPa. Wa, g'IPmese ^uEmox-'um laxs lae yaq'.Eg'a^ieda g'igama^ye 

 L!asotiwalise, Wa, la ^nek'a: "Wegilla xilnok", so^maas k' leas wlyo- 

 LanEma. Ha'g'al la, qa^s Legadaosaso laLEs lax k"!edelasa g'lgS,- 

 5 ma^yae Q!umx'oda," ^nek'Exs lae qlweWda. Wii, hex'^ida^mesa 

 hel-a la taxtia lax dEmsx"e ^wapa, qa^s k!unk!unxsesElexs g'axae 

 aedaaqa. Wa, la dzElx"6sta laxa naxEclzowe, qa^s la Lax^waLEla lax 

 fipsaLElas TslEndEgEmg'i^lakwe. Wa, g'tl^mese la Laxwala laqexs 

 laase ^naxwa yalaqwe g'igigama^yasa Gwa^sElases yeyalax"LEne. Wa, 

 10 la^meda g'lgama^ye Q!umx"ode yax^witsa sEkMaxse plElxElasgEm 

 laxa hel-a. HeEm LegEmsa hel^e Gwayosdedzase. Wa, k* !est !a giila 

 Laxwale Gwayosdedzasaxs g'axae laxa l6^ TslEndEgEmg'i'lakwe, qa^s 

 le laeL lax g'okwas Qliimx'ode. Wa, la^me Qasnomalase axk"!alaxa 

 Gwa^sEla, qa las hox^walExs laxes yae^yats!e yawas4da, "qaxs 1e- 

 15 ^maaxLaqos laLEx k' ledelasglii gigamek" lax TslEudEgEmg'i^lakwe, 

 qa^s hdLelaosaxgin waldEmLEk', loL g'lgSme, Sesaxalas, laxos l&- 

 wfllgSma^yaqos g'igame Llasotiwalis. Wii, laEm laLa mEwexLa 



