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younger sister stood still, | and she heard some one talking inside 

 of the box, and saying, || "Don't be afraid, come, open this box. 35 

 You have found me by good luck." | Thus said what was heard by 

 the younger sister. At once the younger sister | went back and 

 opened the box. She took off | the cover and put it on its edge at 

 the side of the box. Then | the younger sister saw a really handsome 

 young man sitting || inside the box, wearing in his ears abalone 40 

 shells. Then the man spoke | to the younger sister and said, " Now 

 your name shall be | Qwex'agas (Box-Opening- Woman) — in Bella- 

 bella, X'awagas in the way the Kwag'ul speak — | for now you have 

 opened this box, which has the name | Carved-Box. And now I'll 

 marry you, my dear Qwex'agas, for || this is your name now, and also 45 

 Ex'ts.'Eniga (Abalone- Woman) beguming with this day. I am | the 

 son of LEg'ex." Thus said he as he came out of the carved box. | 

 Then the man took the abalone-covered dressed skin and | threw it 

 into the carved box, and he took up the box | and folded it up; and 

 as soon as it had become small, he || tucked it into his armpit. The 50 

 man wore as a blanket the dressed-skin | blanket covered with 

 abalone shells, and he also had a head-ring | of hide. Then the 

 wife of the man, the one who | had now the name Qwex'agas, asked 

 her husband and her elder sister to | go home to their house. They 



lae wuLElaxa yaq!Ent!ala lax otsl^wasa g'ildasexa ^nek'a: "Gwal- 

 las k'ilElax. Gelag'a, x'ox^wIdExg'ada g'ildasEk". LaEms Logwala 35 

 g'axEn," ^nex'^ae wuLElasa ts'.a^ya. Wii, hex'^idaEm^lawisa ts'.ii- 

 ^ya la xwelaqa laq qa^s x'ox^widexa g'ildase. Wa, la^lae axodEx 

 ytkwaya^yas qa^s k' lox^walises lax ona^yasa g'ildase. Wa, laEm- 

 ^laeda ts'.a^ya dox^waLElaxa ala la ex'sok" he}% bEgwauEm k!wa- 

 tsliixa g'ildase x6gEX"sa ex'ts'.Em. Wa, la^lae yaq!Eg'a^leda bEgwa- 40 

 nEme laxa ts'.a^ya. Wii, la^lae ^nek'a: "LaEms lal LegadEs Qwe- 

 x'agas, — laxa Heldza^qwa, la X'awagas laxa Kwag'ide yaq!Endasa, — 

 qaes laena^yos x'ox^widxwa Legadex g'ildasa laxwa Legadaxs k' !a- 

 watsle g'ildasa. Wii, la^mesEn gEg'ados, ada, Qwex'agas, qaxs he- 

 ^maaqosLegEmeLo^Ex'tslEmgag'ag'ELElaxwa ^nalax. Wii, nogwaEm 45 

 xtin6x"s LEg'exa," ^nex'^laexs lae l^lts'.a laxa k'lawats'.e g'ildasa. 

 Wa, la^laeda bEgwanEme dax'^Idxa ex'tslEmsgEmilla ahig'lm qa^s 

 lExts'.odes lilxa k'!iiwats!e g'ildasa. Wa, lil'lae diix'^idxa glldase 

 qa^s k'!oxsEmdeq. Wii, g'ipEm^liiwise la amiisgEmillaxs lae g'lp- 

 tslodEslaxes dEmgwalase lax ^nEx^uniilaeda bEgwiinEmaxa ahlgime 50 

 ^nEx^iine mEgiisgEmxa ex'tslEme. Wii, Ifi^laxae he^Em gwiile qEx'E- 

 ma^yas k lilts !adz6. Wii, laEm^lawisa la gEnEmsa bEgwauEmexa la 

 LegadEs Qwex'agas axk'.alaxes la^wunEme LE^wis ^nola qa^s lala- 

 g'e na^nak" laxes g'okwe. Wii, lax'da^x"^lae qas^ida. Wa, kMes^Em- 



