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sold that also. Then he invited all the tribes. | Now Wag'ides was 33 

 really proud, | and said that he was not afraid of any one, even notof 

 the true chiefs of I| all the tribes. | 35 



Then Wag'ides sat among all the chiefs of the tribes, | when they 

 were all invited by the Lawets.'es. This is called | the chief's feast. 

 Wag'ides boasted, saying that he was not | afraid of any one; and 

 therefore the chief of the Mamaleleq&la, II whose name was ^walas 40 

 Kwax'ilanokume^, became angry. Then the | chief, ^walas Kwax'i- 

 lanokOme^, became angry. Then the | chief, ^walas Kwax'ilan- 

 okume^, said that he would put him back into the place of | the 

 slaves his forefathers. Thus he said. Then he took | the expensive 

 copper named QlEmtsIaxsde and | broke it, and he asked one man 

 to throw II the copper into the sea outside the village Qalogwis; and 45 

 after | he had finished, TIeqwap arose and sent a man | to get his 

 copper Tslages; and when that man came | carrying Tslages, he 

 gave it to TJeqwap. Then he spoke, | and said to his uncle, ^walas 

 Kwax'ilanokume^, "Now, || chief, you told us to do this to him who 50 

 claims that he is not afraid of any one, | this new man Wag'ides — that 

 little slave who comes from his slave ancestors: | Now I'll try him who 

 claims to be a | true chief." Thus he said, and broke the copper 

 Tslages. He | said, "Chief Wag'ides, now you' wiU be a bullhead 



Wag"id«se laxodEq. Wa, laEmxae Lelalas laxa ^naxwa lelqwSla- 32 

 La^ya. Wa, la^me Max'dEla LEmqe n^qa^yas Wag'idese. LaEm 

 ^nek'Exs k'leasae la k"ilEms laxa wax'^me 41ak"!ala la g'T^amasa 

 ^naxwa lelqwalaLa^ya. 35 



Wa, la^mese Wag'idese kiwagelllxa ^naxwa g'ig'Egamesa lelqwa- 

 laLa^ye, yixs lae ^wFla Lela^lax"sa Lawets'.ese. Wa, hcEm LegadEs 

 g-igelkwa klwele. Wa. la Wag'idese qiayodalag'llil ^nek'Exs k' !ea- 

 sae k'ilEma. Wa, he^mis lag'ilas ^yak'ilile g'lgama^yasa Mamalele- 

 qS,laxa LegadEs ^walas Kwa'xilanokGme. Wa, la^me ^nek'eda g'l- 40 

 gama^ye ^walas Kwaxilanokume qa^s aedaaqes "lax gwex'sdEmases 

 q!aq!akwag'iwa^ya5s yixes g-alEmg-alisaos," ^nex'^laexs lae dax'^Id- 

 xa qiayoxwe L'.aqwaxa LegadEs Q!Emts!axsde. Wa, la^me k"o- 

 qwaq. Wa, la a,xk- '.alaxa ^nsmokwe bEgwanEm qa les tslExstEn- 

 daxa L'.aqwa laxa L'.asakwasa g'okiila lax Qalogwise. Wa, g'il^mese 45 

 gwala lae Lax^iilile TIeqwape qa^s ^yalaqesa ^UEmokwe bEgwanEm 

 qa las ax^edEX Llaqwas yix Tslagese. Wa, g'iPmese g'axeda bEgwa- 

 nEm dalax Tslagese la tslks lax TIeqwape. Wa, la yaq!Eg-a%. 

 Wa, la ^nek'a laxes qWleye ^walas Kwax'ilanokiime: "Laq!amaaq5s 

 ^nek'a, g'lgSme^, qEns he gwex'^idExg'a ^nek"Eq k' !e^s kilEm laxg"a- 50 

 da alak' bEgwanEma, yixwa q!aq!agumex g'ag'ELEla laxes wiwomp- 

 wulasox Wag'idesex. Wa, la^mesEn gflnx'^idolxwa ^nek-ex laEm 

 aiaEm g'lgama^ya," ^nek'Exs lae k'ox^widEx Tslagese. Wa, la 

 ^nek"a: "Wa, g-igSmayai', Wag'idesai', laEms lal kMomasox Qalo- 



