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15 he said while he was counting another five pairs of blanliets; |1 and 

 when there were another five hundred blankets, then he said, " There | 

 are one thousand blankets!" and he said again, | "Now I carry these 

 blankets. I call her with these blankets." Then he counted | one 

 hundred blankets and put them on the shoulders of ten | young men; 



20 and when they went up the beach, P'.asElal said, II "Now there are 

 eleven hundred blankets." When the | young men came back, 

 PlasElal said again, holding up a blanket, | "Now with these hun- 

 dred blankets I Hft your | princess. Chief K" l^dalag' ilas (IV 4). I 

 wish that | j^our princess come now into my canoe." Thus he said, II 



25 and put five pairs of blankets on the shoulders of each of the ten | 

 young men. They took them into the house of K' ladalag'ihs (IV 4) ; | 

 and when the young men came back, they went aboard their canoes. | 

 Then Qasnomalas (III 14), the uncle of K" ladalag'ihs (IV 4), came 

 and stood | in front of the house. He turned towards the door of the 



30 house of ll K" ladalag'ilis (IV 4), and called out aloud, and said, 

 "Come, now. Chief | K" I&dalag'ilis (IV 4), come out with yom- tribe 

 and I take your princess to her husband, | ^maxttlag' ihs (IV 9)!" 

 Thus he said, and stopped speaking. Then the | Naklwax'da^x" went 



35 out of the house of K' ladalag'ilis (IV 4) and stood in a row |1 in front 

 of the house. Then K' ladalag'ihs (IV 4) followed them with his 



dalaxeq," ^nek'Exs lae hos'^idxa sEk"!axsa p lElxElasgEme. Wa, 



15 g-IPmese sEk' !ap lEnyag'Exa p lEbcElasgEmaxs lae ^nek'a: "LaEm 

 loxsEmx'^ida heyag'owa plElxElasgEme." Wa, la edzaqwa; la 

 ^nek'a dalaxa p lElxElasgEme : "La^mEu Le^lalaseq," laxae hos^Idxa 

 lak'JEnde plElxElasgEma, qa^s k' '.ExsEyap lEudales laxa nEqa,kwe 

 ha^yal^a. Wa, g'IPmese la hox^wiisdeseda ha^yal^axs lae ^nek'e 



20 PlasElale: "La ^UEmx'sogiinwalai'." Wa, g'IPmese g-axeda h&- 

 •yal^a aedaaqaxs lae edzaqwe PlSsElale dalaxa plElxElasgEme. Wa, 

 la ^nek'a: " La^mEn Lag'ililasa lak'lEnde p lElxElasgEme laxs k'!ede- 

 laqlos, g-Ig^me^ K- !adalag-tlis, qaxg'In ^nek'Ek-, qa g-ax^meso 

 g'ax^alExsos k'!edelaq!os, g'igflme, laxg'In ya^yatslek-," ^nek'Exs 



25 lae gEmxsEyap lEndalasa sesEk'laxsa plELxElasgEm laxa uEq&kwe 

 h&^yal^a. Wa, laxae gEmxeLas lax g-okwas K' !&dalag-Ilise. Wa, 

 g"ll^mese g'ax aedaaqeda ha^yal^axs lae hox^walExs laxa xwakluna. 

 Wa, g'axe Qasnomalase, ylx qlflle^yas K' !§.dalagilise Lax^wEls lax 

 Llasan^'yasa g'okwe. Wa, la gwegEmala lax tlEx'lIas g'okwas 



30 K-iadalag-ilise, qa«s lEloxsa hasEla. ' Wa, ^nek-a: "Gela, g-Ig5me 

 K-!adalag-Ilisai'. Gela hoqQwEls LE^was g'oktilotaqlosai', qa^s 

 laLos taodaxsasos k'!edelaq!os laxg-a la^wQnEmg-asox Ifixg'a ^maxil- 

 lag'ilisa," ^nek'Exs lae q!wel-'ida. Wa, g-axe ^wMa hoqiiwElseda 

 Nak'.wax'da^xwe laxa g-6kwas K- !adalag-ilise, qa^s ylpEmg-aElse 



35 lax L!asan§,^yasa g"6kwe. Wa, g'axe K' I^dalag'tlise ElxLalaxes k'!e- 



