boas] famili" histories 1261 



Origin of the Abalone Names of the Awik' !enox" 



I will also answer what you inquire about how the | abalone 1 

 names came. There is really one reason why the Awik' !enox" | 

 have abalone names. And I will only foUow what was told me by 

 my I wife, who told me that story why the Awik' !enox" women ll 

 have the name Abalone- Woman. Now, listen, friend ! I shaU imi- 5 

 tate I the way of all the story-tellers who tell the story to some one. | 

 This is the beginning. | 



LEg' ex, the chief of the H2.1x^aix't!enox" of the | OyalaldEx", hved 

 at YalaLe. Chief LEg" ex had two wives, I| and it is said that LEg' ex 10 

 loved his second wife more; | and Cliief LEg' ex also did not treat 

 carefully his children | by his first wife, but he took very good care 

 of his son | by his second wife. Therefore his first wife was very 

 angry, | and she planned what to do to her husband, |1 whether she 15 

 should kiU him, or whether she should kill his second wife. | Then it 

 occurred to her to do harm to the son of her | husband and his 

 second wife. And after the | head wife of Chief LEg' ex finished 

 planning, she treated the child well, | and she called her stepson, the 

 chUd of her husband || and his second wife, and the head wife would 20 

 sit in the bow | of the canoe of her stepson when she went out pad- 



Origin of THE Abalone Names of the AwikMenox" 



Wa, laEmxaawisEn na^naxmelxes wiiLasE^w5s lax g'axelasox Le- 1 

 gEina ex'ts'.Eme. AlaEm ^nEmx'^idale lag'ilas Legadeda Awik' !eno- 

 xwasa ex'tslEme. Wa, la^mesEn §,Em nEgEldolg"a waldEmg"asg"En 

 gEUEmk', lag'as nosa qaEULas lag'ilas Legadeda tsledaqasa Awik'Ie- 

 noxwas Ex'tslEmga. Wag'a hoLelax, qast, qEn nanaxtslE^wa^mex 5 

 gwek' lalasasa ^naxwa nenotslenox qaes nosag'ile. Wa, la^mes 

 g"alabeseg"a: 



G'okula^lae LEg'ex, yEx gigftma^yasa HS,lx^aix't!enoxwasa Oya- 

 laidEx lax YalaLe. Wa, la^lae ma^lela g'lgama^ye LEg"ex qa^s gE- 

 gEUEma. Wa, la^lae LEg-exe he la laxules allele gEUEma. Wii, 10 

 k' les^Em^laxaawisa gugama^ye LEg'ex la aaxp lEltalaxes sasEme 

 laxes gEk'Emallle. Wa, la^lae Lomax'^Id aek'ilaxes bEgwanEme 

 xiinok" laxes allele gEnEma. Wa, heEm^lawis xEULEla tslEnoms 

 naqa^yas gEk'Emalilas. Wa, la^lae sEna qa^s gwex'^idaasxes fa^wQ- 

 nEiue Lo^ k'lelax-^idEq, lo^ he k' lelax'^ItsE^we a^lel gEUEms. Wa, 15 

 la^lae g'lg'aex^ed qa^s helag'i momas^itsE^wa bEgwanEme xto6x"ses 

 la'wunEme LE^wis allele gEnEma. Wa, gipEm^lawise gwale sEua- 

 ^yasa gEk-Emallle gEUEms LEg'ex, laa^lase hemEnala ek"!eqElaq. 

 Wa, laEm^lae Le^lalaxes xQngwawe, ylx xilnokwases la^wtinEme 

 LE^wes allele gEUEma. Wa, lanaxwa^laeda gEk-Emallle k'.wag-iwa- 20 

 laxes xungwawaxs lae sex^wida hemEnaiaxa ^ne^nala. Wa, la^lae 



