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40 layiigwa). And notliiiio; 1! was said against him by all the men, 

 because he had clubl>cd Pearl-Shell-Maker, | because he was a com- 

 mon man. | 



Then the chief, of the numaym, Ts lets !EmelEqala of the | Na- 

 k!wax'da^x^, whose name was Kwax'ilanokume, who had many 

 younger brothers | nine of them, all men — learned about this. 



45 Immediately Cliief || Kwax'ilanokiime asked his younger brothers 

 to paddle with him, | and at once they launched the large canoe of the 

 cliief. I Then he requested his yoimger brothers to take along their 

 weapons, | and his younger brothers did so. The brothers were 

 living at | the place G6x"gula. Then the nine brothers went aboard 



50 their 1| war canoe, and the cliief was asked by his younger brothers | 

 where they were going. Then the cliief said, "We will go | and see 

 Chief Hayalk'Eu at Tag'os." Thus he said. Then | they paddled, 

 and it was not nearly evening when they | hauled up their canoe out- 



55 side of the point of Tag'os. Immediately II two of the younger 

 brothers of the chief went, being sent by the chief | their eldest 

 brother to go scouting to the house of Cliief | Hayalk'En. They 

 started, and it was not long before | the scouts returned, and they 

 said that there were only two, | and they named Hayalk'En and 



60 his wife. Then they said that 1| thej' would go right away, for it 



40 waldEmsa ^naxwa bEgwanEmx Hayalk'Enaxs lae kwex'IdEx K'ogwe- 

 sllax'de, qaxs bEgwanEmq!rdamae. 



Wa, la^lae q!aledag"Igama^yasa ^nE^memotasa Ts!ets!EmelEqalasa. 

 Nak!wax'da^x"xa LegadEs Kwaxilanokiime.yixa q!cnEmas ts!ats!a- 

 ^yaxa ^na^nEmok'.wabEgwanEmx'sii. Wa,hex'^idaEm^lawisa gigama- 



45 ^ye Kwaxilanokunie axk'!alaxes tslats'.a^ya qa^s la sex^wid LE^we. 

 Wii, liex'^daEm^lawise wlx-stanowe ^walas xwaklunasa g'lgama^ye 

 Wa, la^lae axk' !alaxcs ts !ats !a'ya qa daxsElesexes dadaak !wema. Wa, 

 he^Em^lawise gwex'^ide ts!ats!a^yas lax hena^yas g'okuleda ^nE^meme 

 axas Gox"gula. Wa, la^lae hoguxseda ^na^nEmok'.wa ^UE^mema laxes 



50 winatsle xwakluna. Wa, hx^lae wuLasE^weda g'lgama^yases ts!ats!a- 

 ^ya laxes gwegEmLa^yaasLa. Wa, la^lae ^nek'eda gig3,ma^ye. "La- 

 LEns doqwalxa gigama^yae Hayalk'Ena lax Tag'os," ^nex^^lae. Wa, 

 la^lae sex^wida. Wii, k'!es^Em^la wise Lala qa^s dzaqwexs lae leI- 

 x'^ida laxLlasadza^yas awllba^yas Tag'os. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise la 



55 qas^ideda ma^lokwe lax ts!ats!a^yasa g'lgama^yexa ^yahigEmases 

 g'lgama^ye ^nolastlEgEma^ya qa las dasdoqwax g'okwasa g'lgama- 

 ^yae Hayalk'En. Wii, lax'da^x"'lae q.as^ida. Wii, k'!es^]at!a galaxs 

 g'axae aedaaqeda diisdoqwa. Wii, laEm^lae ^ek'Exs ma^lokltis- 

 ^maeda Lex-'etsE^was Kayalk'Enases gEUEme. Wii, lii^lae ^nek' qa^s 



60 lalag'i ^Em ^wFla qas^ida qa^she eg'ase ha^li^lala k'!elax'^idEq. Wa, 



