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55 walked along, and they were not |i far from their house when the 

 father of the two sisters, | AinEkwala, saw his two daughters, and | 

 walking between them a man like the brightness of the sun. Then he | 

 thought that his daughter had found by good luck what was known 

 by aU I the tribes, the son of Leg' ex, who was inside the a])alone- 



60 covered || carved box: therefore AinEkwala went to meet his | 

 children. As soon as he arrived, the younger | daughter spoke, and 

 said, "Now I have a husband, father; | this one who was wished for 

 by mother for my husband." Thus she said to her father. | Then 



C5 AinEkwala was glad of what his daughter said. He II came to his 

 house; and when the married couple, | Qwex'agas and her husband, 

 went in, the husband of | Qwex'agas spoke, and said, "Thank j'ou, 

 father-in-law AinEkwala, | that I come to you. I am Yaniadzalas, 

 the son of my father | LEg'ex. Now we shall have one name, and 



70 all kinds of || privileges. Nowlhave married your younger daughter, | 

 Qwex'agas and Ex"ts!Emga, for she is the only one who | enabled me 

 to get out of the carved box. As | soon as I came out, I gave the 

 name Qwex'agas and Ex'ts.'Emga to my | wife. Now I wiU show 



75 this box, which has the name || Carved-Box." Thus he said, and 

 took the flat thing from under his arms. | Then Yiimadzalas arose 

 and went to the rear of the house of his | father-in-law AhiEkw^ala, 



55 4awise laEm Lala qa^s lag'ae laxes g'okwaxs lae ompasa ts!ats!a- 

 ^yasala yix AinEkwala dox^waLElaxes ma^lokwe tsledaq sasEmxs 

 qaqEsalaaxa he gwex's LlEneqwala LlesEla bEgwanEm. Wii, la^lae 

 k'otaxes ts!edaqe sasEm laEm Logwalaxa q!iiq!alagalayasa ^naxwa 

 lelqwalaLa^ye xilnokwas LEg'exxa k!wats!&wa laxa ex'tslEmsgEmala 



60 kMawats!e gildasa. Wa, he^mis lag'ilas AinEkwala la qfiqayalaxes 

 sasEme. Wii, g'il^Em^lawise lilg'aa laqexs lae yaq!Eg'a^leda ama^- 

 yinxa^ye ts'.Edaq xun6x"s. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "La^mEn hVwada, dats, 

 yisg'a walagElg'as ada qEn la^wunEma," ^nex'^laexes ompe. Wa, 

 laEm^lawise mola AlnEkwalas watdEmases xunokwe. Wa, la^lae 



65 lag'aa laxes g^okwe. Wa, g'ipEm^lawiselaeLeda la ha^yasEk-ala, yrx 

 Qwex'agas LE^wis laHvunEm, wa, la^lae yaqlEg'a^le la^wtinEmas 

 Qwex'agas. Wii, laHae ^nek'a: "Gelak'as^la, nEgump, AinEkwala, 

 qaEn soena^ye g'axats. NogwaEm Yamadzalasa, xunox"sEn ompae 

 LiEgex. Wa, gax^mesEn qa ^nEmx'^idesEns LegEm le^wehs ^naxwa 



70 k'lek'lEs^a. Wa, g'ax^mesEn gEg'adEsg'a ama^yinxeg'ases sasEma- 

 qos laxg'a Qwex'agas laxg'a Ex'tslEmga yixg'ada ^nEm6x"^Emk' 

 lal5L!a g'axEn, qEn g'axe lalts!a laxa k'!awats!e g'ildasa. Wa, g'il- 

 ^mesEn lalts'.a laq liig'En Lex^edEs Qwex'agas l6^ Ex'tslEmga laxg'En 

 gEHEmk'. Wa, la^mesEk' nePedEtg'ada LegadEk' g'ildasaxg'a k'!a- 



75 wats'.e g'ildas," ^nex'^laexs lae ax^edxa pExsEme laxes dEmgElase. 

 Wii, la^lae Lax^iilile Yamadzalas qa^s lii lax ogwiwalilasa g'okwases 

 nEgumpe AinEkwala, dalaxa pExsEme. Wa, la^lae ax^alilaq. Wa, 



