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two children, — Gweno (III 4), the third boy; | and the younger girl, 

 his daughter, l laqwael (III 3). They II were going to stay with their 55 

 mother among the AwiL !edEx. | 



Then ^max'niEwisagEme^ (II 1) went home with his two children, | 

 taking along his privilege-box, every kind of | food, and two expensive 

 coppers, Leta and Sea-Lion, | for these were the names of the two 

 coppers. When II they arrived at Tslade, they were called in by 60 

 their tribe in the evening. | It was nearly winter-time when they 

 arrived. After having eaten, | they aU went out, and then his tribe 

 went to eat with him. | When all had gone out, ^max'mEwisagEme^ 

 (II 1) sent his two | speakers to ask the chiefs of his numaym || 

 DzEndzEnx' q !ayo to come into the house of ^max'niEwisagEme^ to a 65 

 secret meeting; | and when all the men and the women were asleep, | 

 when it was past midnight, the four chiefs | of the DzEndzEnx'q !ayo 

 came in, — HamotElaso^, Qliimlednol, | and Wadze, and also 

 YaqoLas, — and when aU were seated, || they were told by ^max'- 70 

 mEwisagEme^ (II 1) that he was going to give a winter dance in | 

 winter with all the kinds of food that he had brought in his canoe, 

 and I the two coppers; and then his prince | LaLellLla (III 1) was 

 to disappear to be a cannibal-dancer; and his daughter | K'anelk'as 



ma^lokwe laxes sasEme ylx Gwenawexa qlaya^ye babaguma, wii, 53 

 he^misLes amayadza^ye ts!ats!EdagEm xiinokwe L'.aqwaele. Wii, la- 

 ^me hexsaEml lada AwiLledEXwe LE^wis abEmpe. 55 



Wa, g'ax^mesLa ^max^mEwIsagEma^ye le^wIs ma^lokwe sasEm 

 malaxa ,k'!es^6wats!e g'ildasa LE^wa ^naxwa qa^s gwex'sdEma he- 

 maomase LE^wa maltsEme lela^xQla LlaLlEqwa ylx Leta l5 Mawa- 

 k'!a qaxs he^mae LeLEgEmsa ma^ltsEme LlaLlEqwa. Wii, g'fPmese 

 lag'aa lax Tsladax lae hex'^idasm Lale^Iiilasoses g'okillotaxa dza- 60 

 qwases lag'alisdEmexa la Elaq ts !S,wunxa. Wa, gil^mese gwal ha^nia- 

 pExs lae hoqiiwElsa LE^wa g"axe kIwamelEq yix g'okul5taseq. Wa, 

 g'iPmese ^wiPwiilsax lae ^max'mEWlsagEma^ye ^yalaqasa ma^lokwe 

 laxes aytlkwe, qa las awabEnoLEmaxa g'ig'igama^yases ^nE^memoteda 

 DzEudzEnx'q layowe, qa g'axes -wPla lax g'okwas ^max'mEWlsagE- 65 

 ma^ye, qo lal ^wFla mex^idLa ^naxwa bebEgwanEm LE^wis tsledaqe. 

 Wa, g'iPmese la gwal nEgeg'exs g'axae hogwiLeda mokwe g'lg'Ega- 

 ma^yasa DzEndzEnx"q layowe, yix HamotElasE^we lo- Qliimlednole 

 Lo^ Wadze; wa, he^mise YaqoLase. Wa, giPmese ^naxwa k!iis^a- 

 IiIexs lae nele ^max'mEWisagEma^yaxs lE^mae yawix'llalxa ts!a- 70 

 wflnxe ylses maya ^naxwa ogiiqlemas hema5masa. Wa, he^misa 

 ma^ltsEme LlaLlEqwa; wii, he^misexs lE^mae xis^IdLe LtiwElgama- 

 ^yas, ylx LaLellLla, yixs hamatsIeLe; wa, he^misa ts!ats!EdagEme xii- 

 n6x"se K'anelk'asaxs lE^mae xis^idEl Laxes q lamin&wagascLe. Wii, 



