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his? father Ts!^g"i^lak", who had died. | Then he cut in two the name 52 

 of Tsiag'ilak", and he named | the girl Tsialalih^lak". Now Alag"i- 

 mll was a LS,xsa woman, || because her husband was M&«nakiila, 55 

 and she turned | to the numaym Lfi,xsa. | 



Here the story-teller said to me that he had forgotten the middle 

 part of the story which he was teUing | me, and he said that he would 

 jump a long way to the latter half of the | story of the ancestors of 

 two numayms L&xsa and H Elgtinwe^. | 60 



Now G'exk'Enis remained head chief, and his | name was always 

 given to the eldest son of G'exk'Enis, whenever the father died. | 

 Now there were many people in the numaym of the | Elgtinwe^, who 

 had for their chief G' exk' Enis, and the || numaym Elgtlnwe^ still 65 

 keeps together witht he La^lax's^Endayo, for they | also had for their 

 chief Llaqwalal, and he did the same; for when a | Llaqwalal dies, 

 then his eldest | son takes the name Llaqwalal; even if the eldest 

 child is a woman, she | takes the place of her father. Although she 

 may have many || younger brothers, they can not even take it away 70 

 from their | eldest sister. | 



Now all the seven numayms had gathered | at Qalo^is. G'exk'E- 

 nis had many children. | The youngest one of his children was a 



g'aaLElax LegEmases ompde Tslag'i^lakwe, ylxs lE^mae lE^la. Wa, 52 

 he^mis la malts '.Endzosxa LegEme Ts!S.g'i^lak". Wa, la^me Lex^edEs 

 Tsiaialili^lakwe laxes ts!ats!EdagEme xtinok". Wa, la^me Laxsaax- 

 sEme Alag'lmlie qaxs lae la^wadEs Ma^nakula. Wa, laEm gwagwa- 55 

 aqa lax ^nE^memotasa Laxsa. 



Wa, laEm ^nek'eda nosa qaEnLaxs lEnoyox^widaaxes noyEme 

 qaEn. Wa, la 'nek'Exs gwasg'illLe dEx"sEq !axa nEgoyS,^yasa noyE- 

 maxs g'llg'alisasa ma^ltsEmak'.use ^nal^nE^mematsa L§,xsa LE^wa 

 Elgiinwa^ye. 60 



LaEm^lae hex^saEm Laxuma'ye G'exk'Enisexa ^Em hayosEla Le- 

 gEm laxa ^nolastlEgEma^yas sasEm^nakulasa G'exk'Enlsaxs lae 1e- 

 ^les ompe. Wa, laEm^lae qleuEm^El la lelqwalaLa^ya ^nE^memotaaa 

 Elgunwa^yexa g'IgadEs G'exk'Enise. Wa, laEm^lae q!ap!ex'saEm- 

 ^laeda ^nE^memotasa Elgiinwa^ye LE^wa Laalax's^Endayoxa hex'sa- 65 

 ^maxat! g'lgama^ye Llaqwalal, yixs ^'maaxat! he gweg'ile g'll^mae 

 lE^le Llaqwalale lae hex'^idaEm Llayo LlaqwalalLe ^nolast lEgEma^yas 

 sasEmsxa bEgwanEme xiin6x"s, wax'e tslEdaqa^nolastlEgEma^ye, la 

 heEm Llayostodxes ompde. Wax-^mae qlenEme bebEgwanEm ts!a- 

 tsla^yas. Wa, la k'leas gwex'^idaas daxLEyaq laxes tslEdaqe ^nola- 70 

 st'.EgEma^ya. 



Wa, laEm^lae ^wi^la la q!ap!ex'^ideda aLEbosgEmak'.iise 'nal^nE- 

 ^memas lax Qalogwise. Wa, laEm'lawise qlenEme sasEmas G'exk'E- 

 nis. Wa, laEm^lawise Loma ex'sok" bEgwanEme &ma^yEnxa^yas 



