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4S he came | paddling. The man rephed to him. Now | the visitor 

 saw that ALe^stahdzEmga was a pretty woman, | and he guessed 

 that she must be the (hiughter of Ts!ag'i-'lak": tlierefore he said, || 



50 "I came to marry your princess, chief. I am ^maxflyahsEme^, | 

 head chief of the numaym Haayahk' awe^, and my father is Haxu- 

 yosEme-." | Thus said the visitor. He did not recognize that this 

 was I his younger brother Tslag'i^lak", from whom he asked a wife. 

 Ts!ag'i4ak" | just said, "Go, son-in-law, to your wife ALe^stah- 



55 dzEmga." || Now she had her uncle forher husband. [ ^maxiiyalisEnie^ 

 and his wife ALe^stalidzEmga had not been married long | when she 

 was with child. Then she gave birth to a boy. | Now ^maxuyalisEme^ 

 was I really glad, because he had a son. | He felt onl}- badly because 



60 he did not know || the name of his father-in-law; for the children 

 never named him anything but | Dada, and Alak'ilayugwa also called 

 her husband Dada, | and ^maxiiyalisEme^ hesitated to ask for the 

 name of his father-in-law. | But Ts!i\g'i4ak" knew already that he 

 was his eldest brother | ^maxiiyalisEme^ when he said that his 



65 father was HiixuyosEme^, head chief of the numaym |! Haayalik' awe-. 

 Then | Ts!ag'i4ak" was glad on account of what his brother had 

 done; for | ^maxiiyalisEme^ had always tormented his youngest 

 brother Ts!ag'i4ak" I — 1. 



47 se^wena^yas. Wa, la^lae nanaxma^yedabEgwanEmaq. Wa, laEm^la- 

 eda lelakume doqfllax ALe^stalidzEmgaxs ex'sokwaes tslfidaq lena^ye. 

 Wa, ItVlae k'otaq xi'm6x''s Ts!ag-i4akwe, lag'ilas ^nek-e: "G.aga- 



50 k'lEnLaxs k"!edelaq5s, gigame-. Wa, nogwaEm ^maxiiyalisEma-j'a 

 ogumesa ^nE^memotasa Haayalik" awayEn ompe HaxuyosEma^ye," 

 ^nex^^laeda lelakume. Wii, la^me kMes malt!iilaqexs he^mae 

 ts!a^yes la g'ayalasa lax Ts!ag"i'lakwe. Wa, aEm'lawise Ts'.agi^la- 

 kwe ^nek'a: "Gelag'a, nEgilmp, laxg'as gEnEmg'os laxg'a ALe^sta- 



55 lidzEmgak'." Wa, la^me lawatses q!ttieye. Wii, k'!est!a giila 

 hayasEk'ale ^maxuyalisEma^ye LE^wis gEUEme ALe^stalidzEmgiixs 

 laaEl bEwex^wida. Wa, la^lae mayui^itsa babagume. Wa, laEm- 

 ^lae Loma ek"e naqa^yas ^maxttyalisEnia^ye qaxs bEgwanEmaes 

 xunokwa. Wit, lex'a^mes ^yagEms naqa-'yasexs k'!es^mae, qlal^aLE- 



60 lax LegEmases nEgumpe, qaxs hewaxa^maes sasEme LeqElas ogu'lax 

 Dada. Wii, laxae Alak'ilayugwa LeqElas Dada laxes la^wiinEme. 

 Wii, la ^milxuyaiisEma-ye hiilala wuLax LegEmases nEgumpe, yixs 

 gwalEla^mae q'.al^aLEle Ts'.ag'i^lakwaqexs he^mae ^nolastlEgEma^ye 

 ^miixuyalisEma^ye, yixs lae niek'Exs oguma^yaes ompasa ^nE^me- 



65 motasa Haiiyalik'awa^ye, yix HaxiiyosEma^ye. Wii, la^me ek'e 

 naqa^yas Tslag'i^lakwe qa gwex'^idaasases ^nola, qaxs he^mae 

 ^miixuyalisEma'ye heniEnahi momayalaxes SmiiyEnxa^j'e Tsliig'i^la- 

 kwe. 



