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FAMILY HISTORIES 1147 



When he stopped singing, they also stopped | beatmg time in the 60 

 house. Immediately our world became dark, | and tliere was light- 

 ning and loud thunder. | Hail feU, and the hailstones were the size 

 of a head. | When the thunder and the hailstorm had passed, they 

 saw II the canoes all turned into rock ; and these are now the many | 65 

 islands at the east side of the mouth of Hardy Bay, and they are 

 called I Spots-at-Mouth-of-Bay. Now Head-Winter-Dancer | and 

 his crew were dead. | 



Then ^wllEukulag'ihs was feared by his tribe, for they II discovered 70 

 that he had obtained a great treasure; and his tribe just wislied | to 

 be slaves of ^wilEnkfilag'ihs. He was the only | head chief of the 

 numaym LeLEged. He did not do any | work, for his tribe were 

 working for him; that is, they gathered food | of all kinds for him, 

 and brought firewood and water. || If he wanted a canoe of a man, 75 

 he I just asked for it, and it was given to him. This is the end. | 



Later on I shall teU how he disappeared again, and how after that | 

 he became a cannibal. | 



It was when ^wllEnkiilag'ilis had overcome the great supernatural | 1 

 man Head-Winter-Dancer. He had [not] lieen | treated as a chief for a 

 long time by his numaym, the LeLEged. Then he said to his father | 



Wa, g'ipEm^lawise q'.welMd yalaqulaxs lae ogwaqa qlwel^ideda 60 

 LexEdza^ye lax awlLElasa g'okwe. Wa, hex"^idaEm^lawis plEdEx'^i- 

 dEns ^nalax. Wa, la^hie LlEnex^wida. Wa, ladzek'as-lae kiinxwa. 

 Wa, la^lae tsElx'itsa yu-'ma a^wawEus x'omsexa tsElxmese. Wii, 

 gil^Em^lawise hayaqeda kunxwa LE^wa tsEJxaxs laaEl dox^waLE- 

 laxa xwaxwakliinax'daxs lae ^naxwa t!esEmx4daxwa lax cjIenEm 65 

 ^maEmk'ala laxox ^uElk'.odExsta^yaxs GwadzE^j^exa lax LegadEs 

 Dzadzobaltsewe. Wa, laEm^lae 41akMala ^wPwule Ts!aqama^ye 

 LE^wis IcElotde laxeq. 



Wa, laEm^lae kilEme 'wIlEnkulag"ilisases g'okulote, yixs lae 

 q!al^aLElax ^walase LOLEgwa^yas. Wa, laEm^lae g'okulotas ^nex" 70 

 qa^s alag"a^me q!aq!Ek'as ^wIlEnkulagilise. Wa, laEm ^nEm6x"-Em 

 la xa^magEme^ g'ig'ame''sa ^nE^memotasa LeLEgede. Wa, hiEm 

 k' !eas eaxenes qaxs ^naxwa^mae eaxEles g'okulote qae, yixa papE- 

 walaxa ^naxwa qa^s gwex'sdEm hemawala LE^wa lEqwa LE'wa tsaxa 

 ^wape qae. Wiix'e ax'exsdxa xwilk'.unasa ^iiEmokwe bEgwauEma, 75 

 a^mese dak'lalaq. Wa, la hex'^idaEm ts'.Ewe laq. Wa, laEm laba. 



Wa, al^EnilwIsEn gwagwex's^alal laqexs lae xis-ida et!eda. Wa, 

 laEm hamshamtslEsL laxeq. 



Wa, heEm^laexs lae ^yax'^idamase ^wIlEnkiilagilisax ^walase ^nawa- l 

 lak" bEgwauEme Tslaq&mex'de. Wii, k' '.es^Em^lawise alaEm gala 

 la g'ag'exsilaso^ses ^uE^memota LCLEgede. Wii, lii^lae nelaxes ompe 



