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four I house-dishes — the sea-otter house-dish, the sea-Hon house 18 

 dish, the whale | house-dish, and the sea-monster house-dish. These 

 were given in marriage to the || dead father (III 1) of my chief here 20 

 Q!umx-od (IV 4), by Chief Qwax'ila (II 9) of the | Koskimo. Now, 

 Chief Sesaxalas's (IV 8) name wiU be | Kwax" ilanokume^ (IV 8), 

 and the marriage mat of TslEndEgEmg'i^lak" (IV 3) | will be a hun- 

 dred and twenty blankets, — else your wife, ] Chief Sesax&las (IV 8) , 

 would sit down on the bare floor of your house, — and also these ten |1 

 boxes of crabapples and five boxes of | oil to be poured on the 25 

 crabapples, and also the house | which I obtained in marriage, 

 Aurora-Face, from Chief | Qwax'ila (II 9) of the Koskimo, and the 

 name for your dancer when you | give a feast. His name shall be 

 MElned. That is all 1| now. Now, come, Gwa^sEla, and warm your- 30 

 selves in the house of | Qlilmx'od (IV 4)! The fu-e is burning." 

 Thus he said, and he stopped speaking. | Immediately the Gwa^sEla 

 went ashore out of their canoes and | went into the house of Q lumx'od 

 (IV 4). When they had all gone in, | they were given dried salmon 

 to eat; and after eating, || Q lumx'od (IV 4) told his brother-in-law 35 

 Sesaxalas (IV 8) to stop over night at Baas, so that | Ts'.EndE- 

 gEmg'i^lak" (IV 3) might get ready what she was going to take along. 

 Then | Sesaxalas (IV 8) obeyed what his brother-in-law Qlflmx'od 

 (IV 4) had said. | In the morning, when day came, the Gwa^sEla 



loElqtlliiaxa qiasa loqulila LE^wa LlexEne loqiilila LE^wa gwE^yime 18 

 loqulila LE^wa hanagatsle ioqulila. Wa, heEm gEg'adanEms omp- 

 ^wulasg'ln g'lgamek", yixg'a Qlumx'odEk" laxa g-igama^ye Qwax'ilas 20 

 Gosg'imoxwe. Wa, la^mesa g'Igamayox Sesaxalasex LegadElts 

 Kwax'ilanokuma^ye. Wa, lak" le-waxsElag'a TslEndEgEmg'i^la- 

 kwaxa ma-ltsogug"iyowe plElxElasgEma aLak' wultaltLEg'a gEUEm- 

 g'os, g'ig&me Sesaxa.las laxes g'okwaos; g'a^meseg'a nEqasgEmk" 

 tenxstaatsle k' !ik" limyaxLa. Wa, he^misa sEkMasgEme dedEngwa- 25 

 ts!e Lle^na, qa k WngEmaxsesa lEnxe. Wa, he^misa g-okwe. 

 HeEmxaEn gEg'adauEma l !exL lexagEme g'ok" lax g'Tg^ma^yasa 

 Gosg'imoxwe Qwax'ila. Wa, he^misa LegEme qaes senatLaos qaso 

 klwe^las^IdLo. Wa, la^me Legadslts MElnede. Wa, laEm ^wFla 

 laxeq. Wa, gelag'a Gwa^sEl, qa^s g'axaos tEltsIa laxg'a g'ok"gwas 30 

 Qliimx'ode. LaEmk* lEqwelakwa," ^nek'Exs lae qlweHida. Wa, 

 hex'^ida^meseda Gwa^sEla ^naxwa holwillta laxes yae^yats!e qa^s la 

 hogweL lax g'okwas Q!umx-ode. Wa, gIPmese ^wPlaeLExs lae 

 hS,mgIlasosa tslEnkwe xamasa. Wa, gIPmese gwat ha^mapExs lae 

 &xk'!ale Qliimx'odaxes qliilese Sesaxalase qa xa^mase lax Baase, qa 35 

 k'lEswuLes Ts!EndEgEmg"i4akwaxes mEmwalaLe. Wa, la^me nana- 

 geg'a^ye SesaxSlasax waldEmases qlulese Q!umx'5de. Wa, g'JPmese 

 'nax-idxa gaalaxs lae moxsElaxes yae^yatslexa Gwa^sElasa lelEnxsta- 



