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ICWEXAG'ILA 



I have not quite found out about Kwexag'ila and from whom he 1 

 escaped, for you | said that he escaped from Q!aneqe^lak". The son 

 of I TslEx^ed, the story-teller of the Newettee, YaqoLas, said that | 

 Kwexag'ila ran away when LlaiJaxwas — || that is, T!esEmg'ite — 5 

 came back when he had gone to | Feather-Mountain, the place where 

 he went to get feathers. At that time Kwexag'ila | was paddling 

 along the place Ogumla. He came from his fort at the east end of | 

 Ogiimla ; and when he came to the end of Ogumla, | he heard the 

 dzonoq !wa-cry "Oh!" at the place GwagEmlis. || The sound "Oh!" 10 

 came nearer, and Kwexag'ila remained | on the water in his self-pad- 

 dhng canoe. He was scared, and he did | not stay there long, when he 

 saw fii-st much eagle-down coming. | Then he saw l !aL !axwas, | who 

 stood in the middle of his self-paddling canoe, shouting "Oh!" |1 He 15 

 was covered with eagle-down, and from the back of his head | rose 

 feathers. His face was blackened. Then | Kwexag'ila knew that 

 it was L!aL!axwas. When | L!aL!axwas caught sight of Kwexag'ila, 

 he shouted "Oh!" and went towards him. | Then Kwexag'ila went 

 ashore at the foot of ^niElayosEm. || Then Kwexag'ila wished that 20 

 L!aL!axwas might know I that he was not a common man. Wlien 



Kwexag'ila 



He^mEn k'!es^Em ala q!a3tasE^we Kwexag'ila, ylx heltsayas, yixs 1 

 ^nek'aaqosaq he heltsayose Q!anec|e'lakwe. Wii, la ^nek'e xiinokwas 

 Ts!Ex^edexa nE-'welenoxwasa L!aL!asiqwala, yix YaqoLase, yixs 

 hae heltsayos Kwexag'i'lakwe, yixs g'axae na-nakwe L!aL!axwasde 

 yix T!esEmg'ite, yixs lilx'de laxes lax-lag'as ts!ats!Elk'!a laxa 5 

 awinagwisa LegadEs TslElkimbe^. Wii, laEm^hiwise Kwexag'ila 

 sex^wiL!ala lax axas Ogumla, g'ax^ed laxes xusEla lax ^nElba^yas 

 Ogumla. Wii, g'lpEm^lawise liig'aa liix gwiiba^yas Ogiimliixs lae 

 wuLax^aLElaxa dzonoq !wa oooxwala lilx aXcls GwiigEmlise. Wii, 

 la-lae ^nExu^nakiileda oooxwahi. Wii, lii^lae Kwexag'ila asm la 10 

 hanwillases sesExwiiqe xwak!uiia. LaEin^lae k'ek'aleciElas. Wii, 

 k'!es^lat!a giiia hiinwiilaxs lae cIox^waLElaxa q!enEme qEinxwa g'iix 

 g'iilag'iwes. Wii, laEm^lae doxwaLEla^lae Kwexag'ihi lax iJ.iiiJ.a- 

 xwasde, yixs Liiwoyayaaxes sesExwiiqe xwiik!una oooxwala. Wii, 

 laEm^lae aEui ^niEgiis qEinxwe L!aL!axwasde. Wa, hVlae Laap!a- 15 

 leda ts!Elts!Elk'e laxes ts!ots!ElEmakwae. Wii, lii-lae qlslla^me 

 Kwexag'ilaqexs lie^mae L!iiL!axwasde. Wii, g'ipEm'lawise dox^wa- 

 LEle L!aL!axwasdiix Kwexag'iliixs lae oooxwa qa^s gwextox^wlde. 

 Wii, hex'^idaEm'lawise Kwexag'ila ilLe/sta liix ox"sidza^yas ^niElayo- 

 sEme. Wii, laEm'lae Kwexag'ila -nex' cja q!al^aLEles L!iiL!a.\wasdii- 20 

 qexs k'!esae aomse bEgwauE-mena^yas. Wa, g'il^Eui-lawise la- 



