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holding in liis hand the flat object. Tlien he put it down; | and as 78 

 soon as he had put it down, the thing that he had put down became 

 again the large carved | box. Then he spread the dressed skin 

 covered with abalone shell over it. || And Yamadzalas spoke, and 80 

 said, "Now | look at it, father-in-law, at this my privilege, this carved 

 box. I Now we shall hold on to it, for there is nothing that is not in 

 this I carved box — all the winter dances." Thus he said. | Then 

 Yamadzalas sat down by the side of his wife, || and his father-in-law 85 

 AhiElcwala thanked him for what he had said. | And these are now 

 the names of the wife of Yamadzalas, Qwex'agas and Exts!Emga. | 

 And Yamadzalas stayed at Rivers Inlet | and that is the beginning of 

 the names Ex'tslEmga and Qwex'agas. That is | all. | 



Origin of the Abalone Names of the Gwa^sela 



XwelageLas Hved at Tag'os — a man of the | numaym Q!omk" !u- 1 

 tiEs of the Gwa^sEla. XwelageLas was not a noble | man, for he 

 was only a hunter and a | salmon-fisher; therefore he was said not 

 to be a chief, for || he was a common man; but the chief of the 5 

 numaym Q!omk' !ut!Es was | Hayalk'En. They say that Xwe- 

 lageLas paddled | inside of Lake, and he was just going in through 

 the place Tloxse | when he saw (water) squirting upward. And at 



g'il^Em^lawise ax^alile ax^alilEmas laase ^walas^ideda kMawats!e gil- 78 

 dasa. Wii, la^ine LEpsEmliLxa alag ime mEgEsgEmalaxa ex'tslEme. 

 Wii, hVlae Yamadzalas yaqlEg'a^la. Wa, la4ae ^nek-a: "Weg-a, 80 

 doqwalaxiiEgump laxg'En k' !es^6k", laxg'ada k"!fiwats!ek" gildasa. 

 La'mesEns dadauEwelqEk', yixs k'!ei\sae k"!es g'ax g'itslaxg'ada 

 k"!awats!ek" g"lldasa laxwa ^naxwax ts'.etslexLEn k'!ek"!Es^a," ^nex"- 

 ^lae. Wii, g'ax^lae Yamadzalas k '.wanodzElIlaxes gEnEme. Wa, 

 la^lae niola^lae nEgiimpas, yix AlnEkwala yis waklEmas. Wa, 85 

 he^mis la LCLEgEms gEnEmas Yamadzalase Qwex'agas lo^ Ex'tslEm- 

 ga. Wa, laEm^lae xlk'Ia^me Yamadzalas lax AwIkMenox". Wii, 

 he^mis g'iig'ELElatsa LegEme Ex'ts'.Emga lo^ Qwex'agas. Wii, laEm 

 laba. 



Origin of the Abalone Names of the Gwa^sela 



G'okula^lae XwelageLase hix Tag'osxa bEgwanEme g'aySl lax 1 

 'UE^memotasa Q'.omkMutlEse, yisa Gwa^sEla, yixs k' !esae naxsala 

 bEgwanEme XwelageLase, qaxs a^mae hauLlenoxwa. Wa, Laxae 

 LiiLawayox^sila. He^mis lag'ilas ^nex'so^ k"!es g'lgSma^ya, ytxs 

 iVmae bEgwanEmq!alama, yixs hiie g'Igamesa ^nE^memotasa Q!om- 5 

 k'lut'.Ese Hayalk'En. Wii, laEm^Iawise XwelageLas sex^wld qa^s la 

 liitsla lax DzE^lal. Wa, heEm^lawis ales lax'sala lax axas Tloxse 

 laa^lase dox^waLElaxa tslEtx'Eg'ostawa ^wapa. Wa, hex'^idaEm^la- 



