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Shell-Maker was seated. Then Chief | Hayalk'Eii spoke, and said, 

 "Let me ll look at your pearl shell and your abalone shell." Thus he 20 

 said. I At once Pearl-Shell-Maker arose and took them out of | the 

 box in which thej^ were. Then he put them down in the place'where 

 Chief I Hayalk'En was seated. He was sittmg at the left-hand side 

 of I Chief Hayalk'En. Then Chief Hayalk'En looked at the || pearl 25 

 shells; and after he had looked at the pearl shell, he looked at the | 

 really beautiful blue, large abalone shells; and after he had looked | 

 at them, he spoke, and said, "Now let me buy them | all." Thus he 

 said. Then Pearl-Shell -Maker turned his head and | laughed, and 

 at that moment Hayalk'En struck him with his club on the back of 

 the head ll — with a round yew-wood club which he had hidden. 30 

 Then Pearl-Shell-Maker was dead, | and Ha^^alk'En took aU the 

 abalonesheUs and | pearl shells. WHienhe had almost come out of the 

 door of the house, | Abalone-Shell-of-the-World came in, the son of 

 Pearl-SheU-Maker. | Then Hayalk'En clubbed liim also, and he also 

 was dead. |i Then Hayalk'En had obtained by killing the abalone 35 

 shells and the pearl shells | and the name Pearl-Shell-of-the-World for 

 the name of a man; | but a woman would have the name Abalone- 

 Woman (Ex'tslEmga) and Abalone-in-House (Ex' ts lEmll) ; | and 

 Hayalk'En also had the name Pearl-Shell-Maker; | and for a 

 woman he had the name Pearl-SheU-Maker- Woman (K'ogwesi- 



k'Eii lax klwaelasas K-ogwesila. Wii, laEm^lawisa g'lgama^ye Ha- 18 

 yalk'En, heEm g'il yaq'.Eg'a-la. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: " Wag'adzax'En 

 dox^waxElaxos k'ogwesax le^wos ex'ls'.Emax," ^nex'^lae. Wa, 20 

 hex'^idaEm^lawise K'ogwesila Lax^ulil qa^s la ax'wuits !6dEq laxes 

 g-its!Ewase g-ildasa. Wii, giix-lae ax'alilas lax kiwaelasasa g'lga- 

 ma^ye Hayalk'En. Wii, la^lae k'.wag'alil liix gEmxagawalilasa g'lga- 

 ma^ye Hayalk'Ene. Wa, laEm^lawisa g'lgama^ye Hayalk'En doqwaxa 

 k'ogwese. Wii, gil^Em^lilwise gwiil doqwaxa kogwese lae doqwaxa 25 

 ala la ex'sto dzasa awa ex'ts'.Ema. Wii, g'lI^Em'lilwise gwal doqwa- 

 qexs lae yaq!Eg"a^ia. Wii, lii^lae ^nek"a: " Wag'adzax'En k"Elxwa 

 ^wFlaq"," ^nex'^lae. Wii, aEm^lawise K'ogwesila lox^wida qa^s 

 daWde. Wii, he^mis la kwex'edaats Hayalk'Enasa q!iilaLEkwas 

 lex'En LlEmqIa lax awapla^yas. Wii, laEm^lae lE-le K'ogwesi- 30 

 lax'de. Wii, aEm^lawise Hayalk'En ^wi'la ax-'edxa ex'tslEm LE^wa 

 k'ogwese. Wa, heEm^lawis illes Elaq lag'aa laxa tiEX'ilasa g'okwe 

 g'axaas g'axeLEle Ex'ts'.Emalag'ilis, ylx xijnox"das K'ogwesilax'de. 

 Wa, laEmxaa Hayalk'En kwex^edEcj. Wii, laEmxae lE^la. Wii, 

 la^me Hayalk'En kwexi"inEmaxa ex'tslEin LE-'wa k'ogwese; wa, 35 

 he^misa LeLEgEme ExtslEmalag'llis. Wa, laEm LegEmsa bEgwa- 

 uEm. Wii, g'il'mese ts!Ediiqa lae LegadEs Ex'ts!Emga l5^ Ex'stlE- 

 mll. Wii, lilEinxaawise LegadEs K'ogwesila, ylx Hayalk'Ene. Wa, 

 g'il^mese ts'.Edaqa lae LegadEs K'ogwesilajrugwa. Wa, laEm;k'!e§,s 



