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of liis blankets he is going to give to the chief for the pothxtcli: and 53 

 when I that man is angry, he says: || 



"I am annoyed by our chief, because he aslvs us too often for 55 

 property I for his potlatch. I shall try to make him ashamed. 

 Therefore, | 1 shall give him one hundred blankets, that we I may 

 bury his name under our property. I wish that you | give for the 

 potlatch fifty, or forty, or ten pairs of blankets; || and from those who 60 

 arc poor, shall come five pairs of blankets." | Thus says the man next 

 to the chief. 



After he had finished his speech, they all carry on their shoulders 

 the blankets, | and the blankets owned by each man are piled up. | 

 Wl^en the blankets have all been brought in, || the men sit down 65 

 alongside of the blankets which they are going to contribute for the 

 potlatch: | only the one who is next to the chief stands next | to the 

 one hundred blankets wiiich he is going to give for the potlatch. He 

 speaks, and says: | 



"Now come, you nuniayra, let us treat our chief as a I chief." 

 And then he turns to the chief and says to him, || " Now look tliis way, 70 

 chief, and listen to what we | came here for to yoiu- house, chief. We 

 came here with good hearts | to you, chief. We give to you this 

 property for your potlatch, | that we may help you with what you 

 are doing all the time in behalf of my | name, for I am the bodv of 



i,asa plElxElasgEme p'.EdzeLEmLasexa g'lgama^ye. Wa, gil^mese 53 

 hlwiseda bEgwanEme lae ^uek'a: 



" WaneqadzEnLasEns g"igama^yaxs xEjiLElae ^nEnxwaakula p'.E- 55 

 dzeLEla g'axEns. Wa, la^mesEn hamax"ts!alaLEq. Wa, he^mis 

 lag'ilasox lak'lEnde p lElxElasgEniEn plEdzeLEmLaqo, qEns wiig-i 

 dzEmasox LegEmaxs ylsEns dadak'asex. Wa, lEn ^nex" qa^s ^na- 

 xwa^meLos p!EdzeLas sEk'!ax'sok" l6^ mox'sok" l6^ nEqaxsa; wa 

 laLe sEkMaxsa jj lElxElasgEme g'ag'UeLa plEdzeLEmsa wa-yamala," 60 

 ^nek'eda bEgwanEmexa makiliixa g"igama^ye. 



Wa, g'll^mese gwale waldEmas lae ^wFla gEmxcLElaxa p !ElxElas- 

 gEme. Wii, la^me al^owlia p lElxElasgEme, yix axasa ^nal^uEmokwe 

 bEgwanEma. Wa, g'll^mese ^wFlaeLeda p !ElxElasgEme lae ^naxwa- 

 ^meda bEgwanEme k'.udzEnwalilxesp'.EdzeLEmep'.ElxElasgEma. Wa, 65 

 lex"a^mese La^wileda makiliixa gigama^ye LE^wEnwalilxes plsdze- 

 LEme lakMEnde p lElxElasgEma. Wa, la yaq'.Eg'a^. Wa, la^nek'a: 



"Gelag"a, gelag'a yoL ^nE^memot qEns g'axe g'ag'exsilaxEns g'i- 

 gama^yex." Wa, la gwegEmx'^Id laxa gigama^ye. Wa, la ^nek'Eq: 

 " Wag'illagwasgEmx'^IdLOL, gig^me^ qa^s hoLelaosaxg'anu^x" g'axe- 70 

 nek' g'axeL laxos g"6kwaqos, gigame^. G'axEnu^xwasg'ada ek'Ek' 

 naqa^ya iTiL, gig^une' g'axEnu=x" p!EdzeLasg'ada dadak'asEk' Uxl gi- 

 game^ qEnu^x" g'ox^widaoL laxos hemEnala^maqos gweg'ilasa qEn 

 i.egEmxg'In ogwida^yeg'ases ^nE^memotos, g'igame^" laxes dalaaxa 



