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princess | l !aL lElEwedzEinga (IV 3). l !aL lElEwedzEinga (IV 3) 36 

 wore on her head a | hat covered with abalone shells, and she wore a 

 blue blanket covered with abalone shell, | and she carried a copper 

 named Looking-Sideways. They stood | in the middle of the line 

 of their tribe. Then Qasnomalas spoke, II and said, "Look at this, 40 

 chiefs of the Kwag'u}, at this | wife of ^maxQlag'ilis (IV 9) ! This is 

 the dress of my grandfather, | the way l !aL IslEwedzEmga (IV 3) is 

 dressed. Now come, chiefs, to this | wife of your chief, and let her go 

 with her marriage mat, | the copper Looking-Sideways, which is 

 worth fourteen hundred blankets ; jl and her dress has sixty | abalone 45 

 shells, and your name will be Qlexetaso (IV 9), | son-in-law, and the 

 name of your dancer will be | Hemask'as^o Qlomogwa and Hele^stes 

 and P !esp lEdzedzEmga and | Ex' ts lEmalalih^ak" and Hamasi^lak";" 

 for the chief had many children, and ll therefore he received many 50 

 names as a marriage gift. "Now come, and take | your wife, 

 chiefs!" Thus he said, and he stopped speaking. Immediately | 

 the three chiefs — PlasElal and N5lis and Kwax'se^staladze — | went 

 ashore. They went to the place where l !aL lElEwedzEmga (IV 3) was 

 standing; and when | they reached there, K' ladalag'ilis (IV 4) gave 

 two pairs of blankets to || each of the three chiefs, and l !aL IeIewc- 55 

 dzEmga (IV 3) | walked back with them. Then she sat down by the 



dele L !aL lElEwedzEmga. LaEm LEtEmale LlaLlElEwedzEmgaxa ex"- 35 

 tslEmsgEmala LEtEmla. Wa, laxae ^nEx^iinalaxa ex'tsEmala qo- 

 tsEma. Wa, la dalaxa Llfiqwa LegadEs LlEsaxElayuwe. Wa, la 

 q !wag-aEls lax nEq lEgelasases g'okOlote. Wa, la yaq lEg'a^le Qasno- 

 malase. Wa, la ^nek-a: " Weg'a doqwalax g'Ig'EgSmes Kwag'ul laxg-a 40 

 gEnEmg'as5x ^maxxilagilisex. HeEm gwalaatslEn gagEmpe laxg'a 

 lax' gwalaatsg'a L!aL!ElEwedzEmgak'. Wa, gelag"a g'lg'EgSme laxg'a 

 gEUEmg'asa g"Ig&ma^yex, qa lalag'isEk" ^UEmaxsEla Logwas le^waxsek" 

 laxg'a LlEsaxElayok", yixs moplEnyag'an^axwek* ylsa plElxE- 

 lasgEme, Logwas q!waq!(ilax-LEnk-, yixg'a qlELlEsgEmg'ustaklwe- 45 

 mak' ex'tslEma. Wa,he^misaLegEme laEmsLegadElts QlexetasE^we, 

 nEgilmp. Wa, he^misa LegEmLases senatLaos, la^me LegadElts He- 

 mask'as^o Q!6mogwa lo^ Hele^stes lo^ P '.Esp '.EdzedzEmga lo^ Ex'tslE- 

 malalili^lak" l6^ Hamasi^Iakwe," qaxs qlenEmae sasEmasa g"Ig&ma- 

 «yex, lag'ilas q!enEma LegErag'ElxLa^ye. "Wa, gelag'a daxsaxg'as 50 

 gEnEmg'os g'lg'Egame^," ^nek'Exs lae q!weHda. Wa, la hex'^ida^me- 

 da yudukwe g'ig'Egama^ye PlasElale, lo^ Nolise, lo^ Kwax'se^staladze 

 la hox^wGlta,, qa^s la lax Ladzasas L!aL!ElEwedzEmga. Wa, gil^mese 

 lag'aaxs lae K' !adalag"ilise tslEwanaqasa maemalExsa plElxElasgEm 

 laxa yudukwe g"Ig'EgS,ma^ya. Wa, g'axe qaqElax L !aL lEwedzEmgaxs 55 

 g"axae aedaaqa, qa^s g'axe k!wak!flgogwaalEXsas LE^wis la^wQnEme 



