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6 And Ts!Ex^ed always | struck his prince, K!wak!wabalas: | there- 

 fore K !wak !wabalas could not endure the way he was treated by his 

 father. I And K !wak !wabalas remained lying down, and did not 

 arise in the morning. | Tiien his father called him, and K !wak Iwabalas 



10 did not || rise. That was the reason why Ts!Ex^ed became angry at 

 his prince, | and Ts!Ex^ed took a pair of tongs and struck his | 

 prince. And after he had been struck by his fatlier, | K !wak Iwabalas 

 rose and went out of the house, and he went | into the woods behind 



15 his father's house. He walked and went || inland. He went to 

 commit suicide in the woods. As soon as | evening came, the tribe 

 of TslEx^ed searched for hini in the woods, and they did | not give 

 up until the next evening. Then the | ancestors of the G'esxEni of 

 tlie Nilklwax'da^x" all came out of the woods. | And in the morning, 



20 when day came, TslEx^ed called his |i tribe into his house; and when 

 they were \ all inside, TslEx^ed arose, and begged his people | not 

 to give up looking for his prince; for K !wak !wabalas was his 

 only son, | therefore he wanted him to be looked for. And | 



2.5 his tribe said that they would eat breakfast quickly. The || wife 

 of TslEx^ed, TslEqala gave breakfast to them. After | they 

 had eaten their breakfast, they went out, and all | the strong young 

 men went into the woods to look for K !wak Iwabalas. | In the even- 



6 TslEx^ede k'lelak'axes Lawulgama-ye Klwaklwabalase. Wa, heEm- 

 ^lawis lag'ilas ^wayats!ol K!wak!wabalasax gweg'altlEqElasases 6m- 

 paq. Wii, laEm^lawise Klwaklwabalase gael, k"!es Lax^wldxa gaala. 

 Wa, la^lae ompas gwex'ndEq. Wii, la-lae Klwaklwabalase k'les 



10 tslEX'^ida. Wii, heEm^lawis tslEngums TslEx^ede laxes Lawulgft- 

 ma^ye, lagulas TslEx^ede diig illlaxa tslesLiila qa^s la kwexas laxes 

 Lawidgama^ye. Wii, g'iPEm^liiwise gwiil kwexaso'ses ompe laa'lase 

 Lax^wide Klwaklwabalase qa^s la lawEls laxa gokwe qa^s la lax 

 aLana^'yas gokwases ompe. Wii, laEm^hiwise qiis-'id qa^s lii laxa 



15 iiLle. Wii, laEm-lae toyag'a lilxa iiLle. Wii, g il'Em^lawise dzii- 

 qwaxs lae ^wi4a g-okiil6tas TslEx^ede la iiliiq lilxa iiLle. Wa, iil^Em- 

 ^lawise yax"^IdExs lae dziiqwa. Wii, g'iix^Em^lae 4Em ^wPla 

 hox'wultlaxa g^iiliisa -nE^memotasa G'exsEmasa Naklwax'da'xwe. 

 Wa, gipEm^lawise ^nax'^Idxa gaiiliixs laaEl Le^lale TslEx^ediixes 



20 g'okiilote qa liis Hvi^laeL lax g'5kwas. Wii, gil-Em-'liiwise g-fix 

 ^wFlaeLExs lae Lax^tilile TslEx-ede qa^s hawaxElexes gokiilote qa 

 k'leses yax'^ld alax Lawulgama^yas qaxs ^nEm6x"^mae xunox"se 

 Klwiiklwabalase liig-ilas ^nex" qa liis aliisE^wa. Wii, aEm^liiwise 

 ^nek'e g'okulotas qa-s luilabale gaaxsttlla. Wa, hcEm^liiwise gEuE- 



25 mas TslEx^ede ytx TslEqiila gaaxstiililmasEq. Wa, g'il-Em-'hiwise 

 gwiila gaaxstalaxs lae ^wPla la hoqiiwElsa. Wii, la^lae ^wlla^ma 

 lelakwe ha-'yal-a aLe^sta laxa aLle qa-s la aliix Klwakwabalase. 

 LaEm^lawise dzaqwaxs g"axae ^wl^la nii^nakwa. Wa, la^me ^nek'eda 



