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of those who are being called. ,' They stand in tlie door of the house 9 

 and say: || 



"Wo call for our chief, that we may come and listen to what he lo 

 will say | to lis, numaym, wa, wo, wo. Come quickly, we are going 

 to call I only once." Thus they say and go cut again. | 



Then all the men guess that the chief is going | to ask to he helped 

 by liis numaym in his potlatch. Therefore, they get ready and || all 15 

 the men and their wives talk together before | they go into the 

 chief's house. When what is to be contributed to the potlatcli is 

 ready | they go into the chief's house. They do net j take their 

 blankets which are ready in the houses to be given to the chief, j 

 Then they all enter the house. When all the men are in the house, ll 

 the chief, himself, speaks and | saj'^s: | 20 



"Thank you, numaym, that 3^ou have conae to this our ! house 

 here, great numaym. Indeed, this is the way of my | mind, great 

 numaym. I depend on it that yon will stand behind me || in every- 25 

 thing, when I contend with the chiefs of the tribes, i Now, great 

 numaym, 1 will tell you about what I have in [ mind. I want to 

 give a potlatch to the tribes. I have five hundred ] blankets in my 

 house. Now you will | see whether that is enough to in.'ite the 

 tribes with. !l You will think that five hundred blankets are not 30 



qas^ideda a^yilk" lae laeL lax tlEX'ilasa g'okwases Lex"LElsasE^we. 8 

 Wa, la qhvastolila Lix awlLEliisa tlEx'ilasa g'okwe. Wa, la ^nek'a: 



"Lex'LElsanu^x" qaEns gigama^yex qEns la hoi.elaxox waldE- 10 

 mexsdaxs g'axEus, ^nE^memot. Wa, w5, wo. HalagUll la ^uEmp'.e- 

 nats!axstaEmLEnu^x"" ^nek'Exs lae hoqiiwElsa. 



Wa, gwiilEla^mesa ^naxwa bebEgwaiaEm k'otaxes g'igama^j^e laEm 

 plEdzeLlalalxes ^nE^memote. Wa, he^mis lag'ilas gwalElaEm q!e- 

 qlEyodeda ^naxwa bebEgwanEm LE^wis gEgEUEmaxs kMes-'mae la 15 

 hogwiLa lax g'okwases g'lgama^ye. Wa, gIPmese gwat-'alile p!E- 

 dzeLEmLas lae hogwiLa lax g'okwases g'lgama^ye. Wa, la^me k" !es 

 dalaxa p !ElxElasgEmexes la gwalila qa^s plEdzeLEma laxes g'lgama- 

 fyaxs lae ^wFla hogwiLalax g'okwe. Wa, g'll^mese ^wPlaeLeda bkgwa- 

 nEmx'sa laase q'.iiledzaqwa yaqlEg'a^leda g'iga.ma^ye. Wa, la ^ne- 20 

 k"a: 



"Gelag'a, ^nE^memot, gelag'axs g'axaex g'axeL laxwa g'okwex, 

 laxEns g'okwex, ^walas ^nE^memot. QaLag'a gwaiaasg'asg'En na- 

 qek' qa^s, ^walas ^iiE^memot, yixg'In heleqEleg'hiLos Laweg'e g'axEn 

 qa ^naxwa Loxgunyaloklwag'alek' Lo^g'ig'Egama^yasalelqwalaLa^ye. 25 

 Wa, la^mesEn nelaLoL, ^walas ^nE^memot, yisg'a gweg'aledzasg'asg'En 

 naqek', yixg'in p!Ets!exsdeg'axa lelqwalaLa^ye. We, lax sEk'Ia- 

 p lEnyag'oxda p '.ElxElasgEmex gael laxEn g'okwex. Wa, la^mets do- 

 qwalaLEq hel^ala^maox lax Lela^Iayoxa lelqwalaLa^ye. Wa, o-Jl- 

 ^Emlwits k'lotaLExa sEk'laplEnyag'ex plElxElasgEma la^mets wag'il 30 



