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when I any one of another tribe married their princess. After tliis 92 

 had been done, | they put the bows of the marriage canoes in hne | 

 and paddled. When they came to the point of the || island in front 95 

 of Baas, they saw the climbing-board standing up | in front of the 

 house of K" ladalag'iUs (IV 4), and there was nobody | walking about 

 outside of the houses. Then the | four canoes arrived in front of the 

 house of K" !&,dalag' ilis (IV 4). | Then PlasElal arose, and spoke to 

 the Kwag'ui. || He said, "Now I will speak, Chief Nohs, and Kwax'- 400 

 se^stala, | the way our ancestors used to speak when they went 

 wooing." I Thus he said, and turned his face towards the village of the 

 Nak Iwax'da^x"; | and he spoke aloud, and said, "I come, great tribe, | 

 Nak !wax' da^x", I come to woo l !aL '.ElEwedzEmga (IV 3), your || 

 princess. Chief K' ladalag'ilis (IV 4)." Thus he spoke, and took a 5 

 blanket, | and he said, "I get married with this one pair, two pairs, 

 three pairs, | four pairs, ten blankets." Thus he said when there 

 were five pairs of blankets. | And now the son of ^maxillag'ilis (IV 9), 

 ^nEmogwis (VI), carried the | blankets up the beach and put them 

 into the house of K' ladalag'iUs (IV 4) ; || and then PlasElal counted 10 

 another five pairs of blankets and | put them on the shoulder of 

 ^nEmogwis, and he carried them into the house of | K" !adalag'ihs 

 (IV 4) ; and when there were five hundred blankets, | he spoke again 

 while he was carrying the blankets. "Now I | carry these." Thus 



gagak" lasE^wes k* ledelasa ogtixsEmakwe lelqw^laLa^ya. Wa, g"Il^mese 92 

 gwalExs lae ^nEmag'iwale &g'iwa'yas qildzeLatsIas xwaxwak !iina. 

 Wa, la sex^wida. Wa, g'lPmese tex^wld lax S.wi}ba^yasa ^mEkiima- 

 ^yas Baasaxs lae dox^waLElaxa naxEdzowaxs lE-mae ek' lEbahs lax 95 

 Llasana^yas g'okwas K"!adalag'llise. Wa, la kMeas ^uEmok" 

 bEgwauEm g'ig'llsEla lax Llasana^yasa g'okula. Wa, la lag'aliseda 

 motslaqe xwaxwak !una lax nEqEntslesas g'okwas K" !adalagilise. 

 Wa, la Lax^ulExse PlasElaie, qa^s yaq!Eg'a^le laxa Kwakug'ule. Wa, 

 la ^nek'a: "La^mEn yaq!Ent!alal gigame NoUs, Kwax'se^staladze 400 

 lax gwek" lalasasEns q !ulsq !ulyax"da laxwa gagak'Iax waldEma," 

 ^nekExs lae gwegEmx'^d lax g'6x"dEmsasa Nak!wax"da^xwe. Wa, 

 la yaq !Eg'a% hasEla. Wa, la ^nek'a: "G'ax^mEn ^walas lelqwS-laLe, 

 Nak!wax'da^x", g'ax^mEn gagakMaxox LlaLlElEwedzEmgiix laxos 

 k-!edelaq!os, g-igame KMadalag^ilis," ^nek'Exs lae dax'^idxa plEbcE- 5 

 lasgEme. Wa, la ^nek'a: "QadzeLaseq nEmxsa, ma^lExs, yuduxuxs, 

 moxsa last^ai'," ^nek'Exs lae sEkMaxseda plElxElasgEme. La^me- 

 se xunokwas ^maxulag'ilise, yix ^nEmogwise, gEmxusdesaxa plEl- 

 xElasgEme, qa^s la gEmxcLax lax g"6kwas K" ladalag'llise. Wa, 

 laxae et!ede P!asElale hos^idxa sEkMaxsa p lElxElasgEma, qa^s gEm- 10 

 xsEyaplEndes lax ^uEmogwise. Wa, laxae gEmxeLas lax g'okwas 

 K" ladalag'Uise. Wa, g'll^mese sEkMaplEnyag'Exa p lElxElasgEmaxs 

 lae edzaqwa ^nek'a, laEmxaa dalaxa p lElxElasgEme : "La^mEn 



