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Lax' LElidzEmga (IV 8) to ^na^nEmplEngilayugwa (IV 8) | because 38 

 her father paid the marriage debt. Now they had a | daughter, who 

 was named by Hamisk'Enis (III 8), ^maxiilayugwa (V 1). || Then 40 

 Doqwayis (IV 6) came to Fort Rupert with his wife, | ^na^nsm- 

 plEug'ilayugwa (IV 8), and their princess, ^maxiilajiigwa (VI). 

 Before | ^maxiilayugwa (V 1) had grown up, Doqwayis (IV 6) 

 became sick; | and the chief did not he down long before he died. | 

 Doqwayis (IV 6) left a copper, the great expensive copper || Lobilila, 45 

 which he had obtained from his father-in-law Hamisk'Enis (III 8) 

 when the latter paid his marriage debt; | and when those who had 

 buried Doqwayis (IV 6) came home, | Awade invited all the men of 

 the GwetEla (that is, the real | Kwag'ui) and the Q!6moy&^ye. He 

 did not invite the ) ^walas Kwag'ui, for the dead chief, Doqw&yis 

 (IV 6) , belonged to them. || And when all had come into the house of 50 

 Awade, he told them | w'hyhe had called them in. He said, "Now 

 we will go and comfort | ^maxiilayugwa (VI), because she was the 

 princess of the past Doqwayis (IV 6) ; for | the girl ^maxulayugwa 

 (V 1) is the only daughter of Doqwayis, | although D6qwa\4s (IV 6) 

 had a younger brother, PEngwed (IV 7) ; but || he could not take the 55 

 place of his elder brother, because Doqwayis (IV 6) had | ^maxula- 

 yugwa (V 1) for his daughter, and she belonged to the elder hne of the 

 head family of | «max' mEwisagEme^ (II 1). The eldest brother and 

 his descendants are always the head family; | and they could not 



g'ilayugwaxs lae qotex'^ides ompe. Wii, la^me xiingwadE- 38 

 x'^itsa ts!ats!EdagEme. Wa, la Lex'ede Hamlsk'Enisas ^maxula- 

 yugwa laq. Wa, g'ax^me Doqwayise lax Tsaxise LE^wis gEUEme 40 

 ^na^nEmp lEngilayugwa LE^wis k' ledele ^maxulayugwa. Wa, k' !es- 

 ^mese laEm exEut!ede ^maxiilayugwaxs lae ts!EX'q!EX"^ide Do- 

 qwayise, wii k"!est!a gael qElgwilExs lae wik' lEx^Ideda g'igama- 

 yola. Wa, la^me Llaqwaelale Doqwayisaxa ^walase laxula Llaqwe 

 Lobilila, ylx g-ayauEmas laxes nEgumpe Htimisk'Enisaxs lae qote- 45 

 xaq. Wa, g'il^mese g-ax niv'nakwa wunEmtax D5qwayisaxs lae 

 Lelts !ode Awadolaxa ^naxwa bebEgwanEmsa GwetElaxa alak' !ala 

 Kwag'ula, LE^wa Q!omcya-'ye. Wa, laEm k'!es Laleltslotk-inaxa 

 ^walase Kwagula, qaxs he^mae g'lxgwalEx Doqw&yisde. Wa, 

 giPmese g'ax ^wFlaeL lax g'okwas Awadaxs lae nelases Legale- 50 

 laxa ^naxwa bEgwanEina. Wa, la^mes ^nek-a qa^s la tstelwaqax 

 'maxiilayugwa lax kMedeias Doqwilyisde, qaxs ^nsmox^mae xQ- 

 nox"dEs Doqwayisdeda tsIatslsdagEme, yix ^maxulayugwa, ytxs 

 wax'^mae tsalyanokwe Doqwayisdiis PEngwede. Wii, la kMeas 

 gwex'^idaas he Lax"st6dxes ^nolaxde, qaxs xflngwadae DoqwS.- 55 

 yisdiis ^miixuLayugwa, ylxs ^nolawiilllae, qaxs kwekwae ^max"- 

 mEwisagEniayole. Wii, hex'sii^mes kwekwa ^nolawiililexa g-a- 

 yawe laq. Wa, laxae k'leas gwex'^idaas liiyowa ^walase L!aqwe 



