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tribes try to find my II son." Thus he said. Then it was known 90 

 everywliere that | the son of LEg' ex, the chief of the OyalaldEx" | was 

 sitting in the abalone-covered box, and therefore all the tribes 

 searched for it. | 



AhiEkwala lived with his wife and two | daughters in a house back 

 of Awik' lEdza^ye. Il The elder one of the children was grown-up, and 95 

 her younger sister was nearly grown-up. | Then, it is said, they 

 always stayed in bed late in the morning, sleeping. | In vain their 

 mother called them in the morning. They did not | wake up; 

 therefore their mother took the tongs | and struck her children, 

 saying as she struck them, "Don't || sleep, but purify yourselves, 100 

 and try to find what is known by | the tribes, the abalone-covered 

 carved box in which | LEg' ex's son sits." Thus she said. Immedi- 

 ately the two I girls arose crying, and went out of the house. | They 

 went along the long beach, a pretty beach. || Then they went a long 5 

 distance, and the younger one saw something | like the sun floating 

 about. And at once the younger one spoke | and said, "Look at 

 that thing floating about at sea. | It is like the sun really shining on 

 the water out at sea." | Thus she said. But the elder one did not 

 take notice of her. She just walked fast. || Then the younger one went 10 

 after her; for | the younger daughter in vain thought of what their 



Wag'ax'a g'ig'Egama^yaxsa lelqwalaLa^yax LaLogwalaxEn xuno- 

 kwa," ^nex'^lae. Wa, ia^me q'.aqlalagayuweda ex'tslEmsgEma 90 

 g'lldas klwats'.Ewats xunokwas LEg' ex, yix gigama^yasa Oyalai- 

 dEx". Wa. he^mis lag'ilas ^naxwa^me lelcjwalaLa^ye alaq. 



Wii, g'okula^lae AIoEkwala LE^wis gEnsme LE^wis ma^lokwe 

 tsledaq 'sasEm lax awig'a^3'as Awik' !Edza^ye. LaEm^lae exEnteda 

 ^nolastlEgEma^yas sasEmas. Wa, laEm^lawise Elaq exEnteda ts!a- 95 

 ^yas. Wa, laEm^lawise hemEualaEm gex'g'aelExs mexaaxa gaala. 

 Wa, la^lae wax' gwiiso^xa gaaliises abEmpe. Wa, la^lae k'!es 

 tslEX'^Ida. Wii, he^mis lag'ilas dax'^ide abEmpasexa tslesLala 

 qa^s kwexes laxes sasEme ^neg'ElEwexs kwexaaq: "Gwaldza 

 mexax cja^s wawsldzEwaos qleqEla la^sta qaeda q'.aqlalag'ala- 100 

 jksa, lelqw&laLa^ya ex'tslEmsgEmala k'!awats!e g'ildas klwats'.Ewats 

 xunokwas LEg'ex," ^nex'^lae. Wa, hex'^idaEm^Iawisa ma^lokwe 

 ts!edaq sasEms Lax^wida qlwadzEtEwexs lae hoqiiwEls laxa g'6- 

 kwe qa^s la qasaesEJa laxa g'llt'.Edzolise ek" awinagwisa. Wa, 

 laEm^lawise qwesg'ilaxs laeda ts'.a^yasa ^nola dox^waLElaxa haEl 5 

 gwex'sa L'.esEla pEX'ala. Wii, hex'^idaEm^lawisa ts'.a^ya yiiq'.E- 

 g'a^la. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "^ya, dox^widEsxa pEX'alaxa L'.asa- 

 kwexa he gwex'sa L'.esEla, yixs alae qlwaxsEniLa^ya liixa Lliisak"," 

 ^nex'^lae. Wii, k"!ets!Em^lawise ^noliis qliisElaq, tiEm^lae yaya- 

 naxs qasae. Wii, aEm^lawise ts'.a^yas la qaqayaq, qaxs lE^mae 10 

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