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the chief of the subjects, | chiefs of the tribes ! Is he going to give a 

 potlatch? Howe! | 



3. Is he going to give a great potlatch, our chief? Is he the one || 

 who is going to give a great potlatch, the great tall chief, your 40 

 inviter, chief? | I am the fii'st of the tribes, the only one of the 

 tribes, | I am the great one who invited at the beginning the tribes aU 

 around, | I am the only one among the tribes. | The chiefs of the tribes 

 are only their own chiefs. I am the only one among the tribes. || I 45 

 search for one who equals my highness among the | chiefs who are 

 invited among all the chiefs of the tribes. Evidently there is no | 

 chief among the guests, among all the chiefs of the tribes. | The chiefs 

 of the tribes never return (feasts). | They are added to the speakei-s 

 of this great liouse of the one who is ah-eady || chief of the speakers, the 50 

 orphans, the poor people, chiefs of the tribes ! | for they disgrace them- 

 selves, and you rise as head chief over those | who have disgraced them- 

 selves, tribes ! I am the one who is giving these sea-otters to the | 

 chiefs, the guests, the chiefs of the tribes, | I am the one who is giving 

 coppers to the chiefs, the guests, || all the chiefs of the tribes, I am 55 

 the one who is giving canoes | to the chiefs, the guests, the chiefs of the 

 tribes. Does he hear the chief under our chief , | tribes? Go on, chief, 

 let him be behind you, | chief of the tribes ! Goon, cliief, || giveaway 60 



le'lqwalaLai. TslE'l^walahag'IlEu gi'gilma^yasa g'l'gedasEus gi'- 37 

 gama^yas le'lqwalaLai'. La'^maxat!6 ^niE'mx'owa, howe'. 



3. La'^maxat!ox ^mE'mx'o hetsleLEus g'i'game^ He'^maxatlox 

 ^mE'mx'owa ^uE'mtsIagedze g'l'gama^ya Le'^lalEwaox"g-aos g'i'ga- 40 

 ma^ya. No'gwaEmxa lEqwe'tEmai ^UE'msgEmg'itEmesa le'lqwa- 

 laLai'. No'gwaEmxa ga'g'alaq !ayadze Le'lElalxa he'yistalisa lelqwa- 

 laLai'; ^nE'msgEmg'itEmai^EmxEn le'lqwalaLai'; a'Emxaa o'x"wasila 

 g'l'g'Egama-'yas le'lqwalaLai'; ^nE'msgEmg'itEmes le'lqwalaLai, ya'- 

 laegln d6'q!uqa'ya qEn g'i'g'aqoleswut lax g'i'g'Egama^yas Le'^lalE- 45 

 wax"naxwa'^yasEn g'i'gayama.^yex, le'^lqwalaLai'. K" lea'sxEnt^ya 

 g'i'gamaesa Le'^lalEwax"naxwa'^yasa g'i'gama^yex, le'lqwalaLai'. 

 A'^meg'as hEklwa^na'kulag'a g'i'g^Egamex'das le'lqwalaLai' 

 g'l'n^wayaxa E'lkullhiaxwa'^yasg'a g"5'x"dzeyasg"a gwa'lesdze 

 E'lgwedea xa'medeya qia'medeya g'lgama^yas le'lqwS,laLai. e'u- 50 

 ^ya^wesLai q!a'mq!amg'ilai he'l6ts!ac|6lise g-i'g^Eqag'Iweg'as 

 qla'medeyag'os, le'lqwalaLai'. No'gwaEmxa q !a'q lEsagEmaxa 

 g'i'g'Egama^yas Le'^lalEwax"naxwa^yasEns g'i'gama^yex le'lqwala- 

 Lai'. No'gwaEmxa L!a'L!EqwagEmax g'i'g'Egama^yas Le'-'IalEwax"- 

 naxwa^yasEns g'i'g'Egama^yex le'lqwalaLai'. No'gwaEmxa sa'k'a- 55 

 xElax gl'g'Egama^yas Le'^lalEwax"naxwa^yasEns g'i'gama^yex, le'l- 

 qwalaLai'. WuLEla'mai ha'yaxwe^mesas g'i'gabowa^yaxEns g'i'ga- 

 ma^yex, lelqwalaLai'. We'g'ax'os g'i'gama^ya e'x'aeLa a'lag^- 

 wa'ye g'i'gama^yasLC, le'lqwalaLai'. We'g"ax'5s g'i'gama^ya 

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