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his name was D6qwS,yis. And ^maxiilayugwa || put his younger SO 

 brother in the numaym Ts lets lelwalag&me^ | of the Nimkish, as 

 chief Qliimx'alag'ilis; for he was the father of | ^na^nEmp Isng' i- 

 layugwa, the mother of ^ma,xula3njgwa. Now | the name of the son 

 of Wag ides was Qlumx'alag'ilis among the Nimkish. | Now ^rnaxu- 

 layugwa herself thought httle of her husband. | 



Story of the lelegede, QIomk' !ut!es, KwAG'ui 



This is the tale of the reason why the double-headed serpent is on 1 

 the I outer front of the house of Lalepialas at QlEg'es, for that is 

 where the I ancestors of the numaym LCLEged live, who have as 

 their chief Lalep !alas. | The young men were talking about a salmon 

 of bright color |! which the}- were trying to spear in the river of 5 

 Q !Eg" es, for their house was on the bank of the river. | They could not 

 hit it when they were trying to spear it, for there were many | steel- 

 head salmon there, and one of them had a very bright color. Then | 

 Chief Lalep !alas said that he would try to spear it, for he was a | 

 good spearsman, because he was a seal-hunter. They || went and 10 

 followed him to the river. Many young men followed | their chief 

 Lalepialas. When they got to what was | referred to by the young 



qiayowe. Wa, la^me LegadEs Doqwayise. Wa, laxae ^maxGlayu- 

 gwa ax^edEx ts!a^yas qa^s las lax ^nE^memotasa Ts !ets lelwalagJlma- §0 

 ^yasa ^nEmgesexa g-Jgamayolae Qlumx'alagilis ylxs he^mae omps 

 ^na^nEmplEng'ilayugwa ylx abEmpas ^maxfllayugwa. Wa, he^mis 

 la LegEms xunokwas Wag'idese Qlumx'alag'ilise laxa ^nEmgese. 

 Wa, lEm qlulex's^me ^maxula3rugwa kMotaxes la^wunEme.' 



Story of the lelegede, Q!6mk'!ut!es, Kwag'ul 



Wa, g-a^mes nuyamsa g'axelas axewa^ya sIsEyuLe lax tsaqEma- i 

 ^yas Llasana^yasa g'okwas Lalepialas lax QlEg'es, ylxs haaEl g-okiile 

 g-alasa ^nE^memotasa LeLEgedexa g-igadas Laleplalase. Wa, laEm- 

 'lawiseda hS,^yal-'a gwagwex's^ala laxes wax'a sEk"as6^ ex'stoklun 

 kMotEla laxa ^was QlEg-ese qaxs he^mae g'okwiigesE^wa ^wa, yixs 5 

 k-lesae qiapaqexs wax'ae sEk-aq, ytxs qlenEmaeda kMotElaxa 

 g'Exwa. Wa, la^lae Loma ex'stokliina ^uEme. Wa, laEm^lawisa 

 g-Igama^ye Laleplalase ^nek' qa^s le gunx-^id SEX'^IdEq qaxs alakMa- 

 lae SEk- lenoxwa qaxs Sle^winoxwaaxa megwate. Wa, lax-da^x"^lae 

 qas^ida ^nagamalaxa ^wa. Wa, laEm^lae lag-a^yeda qlenEme ha^ya- iq 

 l^axes g-IgSma^ye Laleplalase. Wa, g-ipEm^lawise lag'aa lax gwE- 

 *yasa h&^yal^a mag'iltalatsa ex'stok'.iina kMotEla lae axk' lalasE^we 



1 Continued on p. 778, lino 1. 



