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of a dead person and that | i. letsaplifanaga is the soul oi" a dead :i2 

 woman. Many Indians say | that Tlie-One-Sitting-on- the- Fire is a 

 man and t, letsaphlanaga is a woman, | and the shamans say that 

 The-One-Sitting-on-the-Fire is a soul II and that Lletsaplilanaga, the 35 

 heat of the (ire, is also a soul. | 



No numayra of the tribes owns them. ! That is all. I 



Tribute to the Chief (to p. 776) 



This was also asked by you about the early Indians. Indeed, | 1 

 they work for the head chiefs of the nnmaym. I When the hunter 

 goes out hunting, and he gets many | seals, the hunter takes one of 

 the seals || and gives the seals as a present to the | head chief of his 5 

 numaym; for he can not give one-half of them (to the chief), — even 

 it the hunter has obtained many | seals, — and give a feast with the 

 other half left from what he had given to the chief. | Therefore, the 

 hunter takes | one seal for food for his children and his wife. ll The 10 

 hunter, who does so, is treated well ])y the chief. ! If a stingy hunter 

 gives half of his seals to the | chief because he prefers the price offered 

 by another | chief of another numaym, then the chief of | the hunter's 

 numaym tries to kill the hunter, and often !! the chief strikes the 1.5 

 hunter so that he dies, if | the chief is a bad man; and, therefore, 



lE^le ts'.Edaqe Lletsaplllanaga. Wa, het'.a q'.enEmabaklumxa ^nek'a- 32 

 qexs bEgwanEmae kIwax'Lala, wa, la4ae tslEdaqe Lletsaplllanaga. 

 Wa, laLa ^nek'eda paxalaqexs bEx^una^yae k'.wax'Lalasa lEgwIle. 

 Wa, Ifdaxae bExHlna^ye Lletsaplllanaga yisa L!es^alasa lEgwile. 35 



Wa, laEm k'leas axnogwadEs laxa ^iiE^memotasa lelqwalaLa^ye. 

 Wa, laEm laba. 



Tribute to the Chief 



HeEmxaas wuLasE^waos gweg'ilasasa g'ale bEgwanEmxs ala^mae 1 

 eaxEla qaes xamagEma^ye g'Igame laxes ^nal^nEmemasae. Wii, 

 he^maaxs hanaLlaeda haiiLlenoxwe. Wa, g'il^mese q!EyoLxa me- 

 gwate, wa, ^^misa hanL'.enoxwe ax^edxa ^iiEmsgEme megwata. Wa, 

 la ^wi4a L!F/wEntasa megwate laxes xamagEma^ye g'Igame laxes 5 

 ^jiE'memote, qaxs kMeasae gwex'^idaa iiExs^Eiidxa wax"^me. qleiiEm 

 megwatsa hanL'.enoxwe qa^s kiwelasesa apsEX'sasa la laxa glgSma- 

 ^yas. Wit, he^niis lag'ilas ^nal^iiEmp '.Ena ttx^ededa h5nL!enoxwaxa 

 ^HEmsgEme megwat qa hamases sasEme LE^wis gEnEme. Wii, heEm 

 aek'ilaso^sa g'lgama^ya hanLlenoxwe he gweg'ile. Wa, g'il^mese 10 

 ^yilx'tslEqeda hilnLlenoxwases megwate qa nExs^esa la hlxa g'lga- 

 ma^ye yixs Islweqalaas kilomasa 6gu4a g'igiiniesa oguxsEinakwe 

 ^nE^memota lae sEnx'^ideda g"igama^yas ^iiE^memotasa haiiLlenoxwe 

 qa g'a^yalatsa hanLlenoxwe. Wii, la he q!iiniilatsex kMelax'^ida- 

 ^maeda gugama^yaxes hanL!enox"de qa te^les, yixs ^yiix'sE^mae 15 



