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31 enouj^h, | and you will treat mc as your chief, and you will give me 

 your property for the potlatch, | great numaym, for it will not be in 

 my name. It will be in your name, | and you will become famous 

 among the tribes, when it is said that you have given your property 

 for a potlatch, | that I may invite the tri]:)e3. Now look at your 1| 



35 minds." Thus he says, and sits down. I 



lie waits in the house to hear what will bo replied to his speech by 

 the mimayra. | All the men of his numaym only keep silent. | They 

 all wait for the chief to speak who is next in rank under the head 



40 chief | who is going to invite the tribes. The one || next to the chief 

 should begin to contribute property for the potlatch: for they begin 

 at the head of the numaym, ] according to rank [the seats] down to 

 the one lowest in rank [last seat]. Therefore, they wait j for the 

 one next to the chief to speak. When he arises [ from his seat, he 

 speaks and says; | 



45 "Now rise, numaym, let us open our || boxes to give property for 

 the potlatch to our chief; j for will it be in our chief's name what we 

 shall do? It will be in our | name what we shall do. Now, chief, 

 just I spread out a mat that we may pile on it what we are going to 

 give you for the potlatch." Thus he says, I and they all come out 

 of the house cf their chief. || 



50 Tlie man who is next to the chief goes out first. When j all tlie 

 men are out, the\' ] ask the man who is next to the chief how many ] 



31 g'ag'exsilal g'axEn qa^s wag"iL5s pIsdzeLases dadak'asos g'axEn, 

 ^walas ^nE^memot, qaxs k"!eseLa nosL LegEml, yixs hos^meLa LegEml 

 qaso lal ts'.elwalal laxwa lelqwalaLa^yax ^nex'sol p!EdzeLases dada- 

 k'asos qEn Lela^layoxa lelqwalaLa^yax. Wa, laEms doqwalalxes 



35 nenaqa^yos," ^nek'Exs lae k!wag"allla. 



Wa, la^me olastolil hawaLelaax na^naxma^yayoLas ^nE'memotasex 

 waldEmas. Wa, a^mise la ^naxwa tsEmStaleda ^nE^memotas. Wii, 

 la^me ^naxwa olala qa yaqlEg'a^lesa g"igaba^yaxa glgama^yexa Lela- 

 ^laLaxa lelqwalaLa^ye, qaxs hets!emasae g'alabEud p'.EdzeLeda ma- 



40 k'llaxa g'igama^ye qaxs g'agEmdalaeda ^nE^mema laxes LaLExwa-'ye 

 gwSyol laxa mak' '.Exsda^ye Laxwa^ya. Wa, he^mis lag'itas he olala- 

 sE^weda mak'ilaxa g'lgama^ye qa yaq!Eg"a^les. Wa, g'lPmese Lax- 

 ^walii laxes k!waelase lae yaq'.Eg'a^a. Wa, la ^nek'a: 



"Wag'illa ^wi^la q !wag*ileLOL, ^UE^memot, qEns lii x'awaxEns gil- 



45 g'ildasa qEns g'axlag'i pIsdzeLasEns dadak'asa laxEns g'lgama^yex. 

 HESLaeLexEns g'igama^yex LegEmLEns gwex'^idaasLex, nosmel- 

 g'lnsax LegEmLXEns gwex'^idaasLCX. Wag'illa gugame^ asm La- 

 p!alltas le^wa^ya qa ^modzodalasltsEnu^x" p'.EdzeLEmLaol," ^nek'Exs 

 lae ^wPla hoquwElsa laxa g"okwases g'igama^ye. 



50 Wa, hiEm g'alaba^ya bEgwanEmxa mak'ilaxa g'lgama'ye. Wa, g'il- 

 -mese ^wi^la haqiiwElseda bebEgwanEme lae «naxwa'meda bebEgwa- 

 UEme la wuLaxa bEgwanEmexa mak'ilaxa g'igama^ye lax ^waxaas- 



