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chief sends his speaker to call the diffei'ent|numayms to come and 29 

 roll up the four cedar trees. || When thev are all in front of the chief's "^^ 

 house, the I chief's speaker tells the common men to roll up the | four 

 cedar trees. Then the chiefs just sit down outside, (watching the 

 trihe who are working hard, rolling up the foiu'l cedar trees. The 

 carver shows them where to place the||four cedar trees, on the ground. 35 

 When the four cedars are all up on the beach, | the speaker of the chief 

 tells all the men to sit down, | and wlien they are seated, the young 

 men of the chief's numaym|go into the chief's house and come out 

 carrying I blankets which they put down at the place where the chief's 

 speaker is standing, || and he gives one pair to each | chief of the various 40 

 numayms, and to each group of two | common men one pair of blankets. 

 This is called by the I Indians, "obtained by rolling up the cedar tree." 

 After the speaker has given away the| blankets, the chief's speaker 

 asks the carver to || carve the four cedars for posts of the chief's house, | 45 

 and he promises to pay fifty blankets | for each post: that is, two 

 liundred blankets I for the four posts, and the carver thanks him for | 

 what he has said. Then the carver carves the four posts, || and when 50 

 he has finished them, the chief asks his speaker to go and invite | the 



g'lgama^ye ^yalaqases a^yilkwe qa las Lex'LElsa ^wilaxa alogfiq lEse 28 

 ^iial^nEmemasa qa g"axes ^wi^la lex'-usdesaxa mots!aqe wilkwa. Wa, 

 g'il^mese g'ax ^wi'la lax l lasana^yas g'okwasa g"igama^ye laeda e1- 30 

 kwiisa g"Igama^ye axkMalaxa bebEgwanEmq !alame qa lex'^usdesexa 

 motslaqe wilkwa. Wa, lax"da^xwa g'ig'Egama^yas aEm k'.utslEs 

 x'lts lax'ilaxes g'okulotaxs lae laxiimala lex'^usdesElaxa m5ts!aqe 

 wilkwa. Wa, la he^ma g'it!enoxwe tsIats'.Emx'sIla qa k'atk"Et!atsa 

 motslaqe wilkwa. Wa, g'il^mese ^wi^losdesa motslticje wilkwa laeda 35 

 Elkwiisa g'igama^ye axkMalaxa ^naxwa bebsgwanEm qa kliis^Elses. 

 Wa, g'il^mese -wi^la klus^Elsa laeda ha^yal^as ^nE^memotasa g'lga- 

 ma^ye hogwiLa lax g'okwases g'lgama^ye, qa^s g'axe ^mowElsaxa 

 p lElxElasgEme, qa^s g'axe ^mogwaElsaq lax Ladzasasa slkwasa g'i- 

 gama^ye. Wa, la yax^witsa ^nal^nEraxsa laxa ^nal^nEmokwe g'lg'E- 40 

 gamesa aloguqlEse ^nal^nE^memasa. Wa, la maema^lokwa bebEgwa- 

 nEmq !alaEm laxa ^nSl^nEmxsa p lElxElasgEma. Wa, hcEm gwE^yosa 

 baklimie lex'^usdedzanEmxa wilkwe. Wa, g'il^mese gwal yaqwasa 

 p '.ElxElasgEme laeda Elkwiisa g^igama^ye helaxa gitlenoxwe qa 

 k' !ex"^Idesexa mots !aqe wilkwa qa LeLamLEs g'6x"Lasa g'lgama^ye. 45 

 Wa, la gwalElaEm halaq lEg'a^ltsa sesEk"!ax"s5kwe plElxElasgEm 

 laxa ^nal^uEmts !aqe Lama. Wa, la^me ma^lplEnyag'E plElxElasgEm 

 laxa motslaqe Lexama. Wa, fi,^miseda g"it!enoxwe mo^las MaldE- 

 mas. Wii, la^meda g'itlenoxwe k'lcx'^Idxa motslaqe LeLilma. Wa, 

 g'il^mesese gwala laeda g'Tgama^ye axklalaxes Elkwe qa las i.ex'LEl- 50 



