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to him that she would work dressing skins | in his house, and there- 



30 fore he named lierAlag'imil; || and it was notlong before DzEnx'qla- 

 yugwa was again with child, | and she gave birth to a boy. And 

 then G'exk'Enis | thought up a name for the boy, and he invented 

 the name | Ek' !awig'i4ak" for him. Then the | two children of 



35 G'exk'Enis and of his illegitimate wife || Dzedx' q layugwa grew up. 

 Wlien Alagimil was grown up, | Ts!ag'i4ak" was looking for a wife 

 for his son Ma^nakula [ of the L&xsa of the Qlomoyi^ye. None of 

 the chiefs who had | daughters wanted Ma^aakiila, for it was known 

 that I his father Ts!ag"i4ak" was the youngest of the children of 



40 Chief II HaxiiyosEme^, who was the head chief of the numaym 

 Haayalik'awe^ | and also that Tslag'i^lak" had contracted an ille- 

 gitimate marriage with the slave Alak'ilayugwa: | therefore they 

 were unwilhng. Then | Ts!ag'i4ak" learned that G'exk'Enis had a 

 daughter who was just | grown up, namely, Alag'imil. Then 



45 Ma^nakiila || tried to get Alag'imil for his wife, and G'exk'Enis 

 asked | Ma^nakQla to marry her at once. Now MS,«^nakiila did so, | 

 and Ma^nakiila at once was married. Now | he had Alag'imil for 

 his wife. This was the first time that | those descended from 



50 Tslag'i^lak" bought a wife. They had not been ll married for a long 

 time, when Alag'imil was with child. Then she gave birth to a 

 girl. I And the father of the girl Ma^nakula | thought of the name of 



g'tme lax g'Skwas. Wa, he^mis lag'ilas Lex^edss Alag-imlle laq. 



30 Wa, k'les^lat'.a galaxs lae et!ed bEwex^wida, yix DzEnx-q layugwa. 

 Wa, la^lae mayuHdxat! yisa babagume. Wa, laEm^lae he^me G'ex- 

 k'Enise sEna qa LegEmses babagume xGnSkwa. Wa, la^lae sEna- 

 nEmax Ek" lawig'i^lakwe qa LegEms. Wa, lasm^lawise qlulsqliil- 

 yax^wlde ma^lokwe sasEms G'exk'Enise LE^wis klutExsdote 



35 DzEnx'q layugwa. Wa, laEm^lae exEnte Alag'lmlle. Wa, laEm- 

 ^lawise yala Tslag'i^lakwe ala qa gEnEmses xQnokwe M^^nakula, 

 yixa Laxsasa QlomoyS^^ye. Wa, la^lae k'le&s Sx^exsdEsa sasEmno- 

 kwasa tsledaqe g'Ig'Egamex Mi^nakQla qaxs qlEqlalagalayaaxs 

 &ma^yEnxa^yae ompase Tsl§,g'i^lakwaxs sasEmas g'lg&mayolae Ha- 



40 xQyosEmayola, yix LaxQma^yasa ^nE^memotasa Haayalik'awa^ye. 

 Wa, he^mesexs kliitExsdae Tslag'i^lakwe LE^wa qlak'owe Alak'i- 

 layugwa. Wa, he^mis lag'ilas k'les nanageg'esE^we. Wa, la^lae 

 qlale Tslag'i^lakwe yixs xungwadae G'exk'Enise ylsa he^ma ale 

 exEnte xttnokwase Alag'imile. Wii, g'ax^Em^lae gagEk'le Ma^na- 



45 kiila lax Alag'imile. Wa, aEm^lawise G'exk'Enise axk'lalax MS,^na- 

 kula qa hex'^ida^mese qadzeLa. Wa, heEm^lawise gwex'^ide Ma^na- 

 kula. Wa, la^me hex'^idaEm qadzeLe, Ma^nakula. Wii, la^me 

 gEg'adES Alag'imile. Wa, heEm ales ^nEmplEna qadzeLaxes gE- 

 nEma g'iig'iLEla lax Tslag'i^lakwe. Wa, k" lest la laEm gala h&yasE- 



50 k'alaxs lae bEwex^wide Alag'imile. Wa, la^lae mayul^itsa tslatslE- 

 dagEme. Wa, la^lae ompasa tslatslEdagEme, yix Mfi,^nakiila sEn- 



