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52 various nunui^-ms to come and sit down outside | of the house. When 

 they have all come, the chief tells | his speaker that he will pay two 

 hundred blankets to the carver, | and after he has done so, the chief asks 



55 the speaker to ||give to each man one blanket. | This is paid to them 

 by the chief for coniintx to watch him, as he pays the | carver. If the 

 chief should not pay the carver well, | then the chief would bring dis- 

 grace upon himself: for it is a disgrace] to him and Ivis children and 



60 their childien, if ho should || not pay much to the carver and to the 

 painter I of the frcnt of his house and of the posts: for the | carver and 

 the painter are different men; [and the board maker is also another 

 man. ^\11 this is paid for | by the chief with Tiiany blankets. That is 

 the end. || 



1 The ways of the various nuraayms, when | the chief desires to give 

 a potlatch tc the tribes, are different. This is called by the Indians | 

 " to give property into the house of the chief." When ! the cliief of a 



5 numaym says that he intends to invite the tribes, and if II the chief 

 has five hundred blankets in his house, then the chief | sends his two 

 speakers to go and call his numaym \ to come into the house of the 

 chief; and when 1 the speakers go, they enter the doors of the houses 



51 saxa Slogiiq '.Ese -'nal^Enemasa qa g'axes ^wPla k !fis^Elsa lax l lasaml,- 

 ^yases g'okwe. Wa, g"Il=mese g'ax ^wPla laeda gugama^ye axk" !a- 

 laxes Elkwa qa haiaqases ma4p!Enyag'a plElxElasgEm laxL g'itle- 

 noxwe. Wii, g'il^mese gwala laeda g-Igama-'ye axk-!alaxes Elkwa qa 



55 yax^witsexa ^naxwa bebEgwanEmsa 'nal'nEme p lElxElasgEma. Wii, 

 laEm halagEmsa gigama^ye qaxs g'axae doqwalaqexs lae halaqaxa 

 g-it!enoxwe. Wii he^maa qo k' leslaxa g'igjxma^ye aek'ila hSliiqaxa 

 g'it'.enoxwe lalaxe qlulex's-'Emlaxa g'lgfima^ye qlEmiigila qa's 

 q!Ema LE^wis sasEme Lo^ sasemLas qaxs ^walasae qlEmasa g'Tg^ma- 



60 ^yaxs kMesae q'.enEme halagEmasexa g'it!enoxwe LE^wa kMat!eno- 

 xwaxa tsaqEma^yasa g'okwe LE^wa LeLsime yixs ogfl^la-'mae bEgwa- 

 iiEma g'it lenoxwe. Wii, laxae ogu^laEm bEgwanEma k'!at!enoxwe. 

 Wii, laxae ogil^laEm bEgwtinEmx latlaenoxwe. Wii, he^staEm halii- 

 qaso-sa g-Igiima^yasa q'.eqlEUEme plElxElasgEma. Wii, laEm liiba. 



Wii, la ogiiqilla-me gweg'ilasasa aloguqlEse ^nE^memota, yixs 

 plEts'.exsdaes g-Igiima-'yaxa lelqwalaEa^ye, yix gwE^yjxsa biik!iime 

 p'.EdzeLases dadiik'ase laxes g'igiima^ye. Wii, hennaaxs lae ^nek'eda 

 g'Igama-'yasa ^nE^mema qa^s Letelexa lelqwalaLa-'ye, yixs lixelaeda 

 g'igiima^yaxa sEk- !ap !Enyag'e p lEbcElasgEma. Wii, liida g-Igiima^j-e 

 ^yii'laqascs ma^okwe a^'yilk" qa liis Lex'LElsa ^wPlaxes ^nE'^memote qa 

 g-axes ^wi^la g-axeL lax g'okwases g'igama^ye. Wii, g-Il«mese la 



