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71 about the marriage. I come to pay the marriage-money for your 

 princess, | Chief K' !adalag'ilis (IV 4), for l !aL lElEwedzEmga (IV 3)." 

 After he had said so, he stopped | and sat down. At once Qasnom- 

 alas (III 14), the | uncle of K' ladalag'ilis (IV 4), arose. He took one 



75 pair of blankets, || spoke, and said, "Now you have her, chief. | Now 

 your wife wiU go with you, chiefs. Now come and pay the marriage- 

 money, I chiefs. Now your wife will go with you; namely, what I 

 carry here." | Thus he said, and gave two pairs of blankets to each 

 of the I three chiefs. Then Qasnomalas (III 14) gave two pairs of || 



80 blankets to the chiefs, and said, "This is your wife, | these blankets." 

 Thus he said, and went out. Then | the three chiefs went out, 

 aboard their | canoe, and they paddled back. When they ap- 

 proached I the place where they had left the three canoes, they stood 



85 up, II holding the blankets in their arms and singing their sacred songs. 

 When I they arrived, PlasElal spoke. He said, "Now look at me, 

 Chief I ^maxiilag'ihs (IV 9) ! Now we come, carr3ang on our arms 

 your wife, | l !aL lElEwedzEmga (IV 3). Now we have her, Kwag'ul. 

 We were told to go ahead and pay the marriage money | by Chief 

 K' ladalag'ilis (IV 4)." Thus he said, and stopped speaking. || 



90 Immediately strong young men went aboard one of the canoes, | 

 for it was known that the Nak !wax' da^x" always had a sham-fight 



71 g-axe waLaqiigilila. G'ax^mEn qadzeLa laxos k'!edelaq!os, g"iga- 

 me K" ladalagllis laxox L!aL!ElEwedzEmgax," ^nek'Exs lae q!wel- 

 'ida, qa^s k!wag-allle. Wa, hex-^ida^mese Qasnomalase, yix q!(i- 

 le^yas K' I^dalagilise LaxHllila, dalaxa ^nEmxsa p lElxElasgEma. 



75 Wa, la yaqlEg^a^. Wii, la ^nek'a: "LaEms laLa, gig-EgS,me. 

 La^mesEk" lalg'as gEnEmg'os laxs Lol, g"ig"Egame. Gelag-a qadzeH- 

 dEx, g-ig-Eg&me. Wa, la^mesEk' lalg'as gEUEmg'Qs yLxg'in daa- 

 kflk'," ^nek'Exs lae yax^witsa maemalExs p!ElxElasgEm laxa yudu- 

 kwe g'ig'Egama^ya. He^mise Qasnomalase la tslasa maemalExsa 



80 plElxElasgEm laxa gig-Egama^ye. Wa, la ^nek'a: "YuEms gEnE- 

 moxxwa p!ElxElasgEmex," ^nek'Exs lae aedaaqa. Wa, hex'-ida- 

 ^mese la hoquwElseda yudukwe g'lg'Egama^ya, qa^s la hox^walExs 

 laxa xwaklfina. Wa, g'ilx'me sex^wida. Wa, g'll^mese Elaq lag-aa 

 lax niExalasasa yudux"ts!aqe xwaxwak Ifmaxs lae Laxilmg'aalExsa 



85 gegEnalaxa plElxElasgEme yiyalaqOlases yiyalax"LEne. Wa, g'il- 

 ^mese lag-aaxs lae yaqlEg'a^le PlasElale: "Weg'a doqwalax g'lg&me 

 ^maxQlag'Ilise. G'ax^mEnu^x" gEnalaxgas gEnEmg'os laxg'a lIo-lIe- 

 lEwedzEmgak". La^mEnslaLEq, KwakQg'ul. Wag'ilaEns S,Em qadzel- 

 ^ida,' ' ^nek'eda g-ig^ma^ye K' !adalag'llise, ^nek'Exs lae q Iwel^ida. Wa, 



90 hex'Mda^mese la hoguxseda lelakwe ha^yal^a laxa ^nEmtslaqexwtlklu- 

 na, qaxs qlala^maeda Naklwax'da^xwaxs hemEnala^mae amaqaxs lae 



