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80 the beginning of the family history, AwaxSJag ilis, — to him who might 

 marry | his princess; for this is the beginning of the name among the 

 Maamtag"ila; and | also the name l !aqwag' ila ; and also the carved 

 house posts of the house | whose name is ^nEmsgEmsElaLElas. 

 Now Awaxalag'ihs gave all his | privileges and his names to his 



85 prince L!aqwag"ila, 1| after this, and AwaxSlag'ihs was now a com- 

 mon man, or, — as it is called | by the Indians, — Awax3,lag'ilis was the 

 speaker of the house of Llaqwag'ila; for he was now | chief; for the 

 chief position was put into Llaqwag'ila b}- his father Awaxalag'ihs. | 

 Now, after this, l laqwag'ila, liimself, was a prince on the | one side. || 



90 Then Llaqwag'ila married HamEntsag'ilayugwa, the | princess of 

 K' !ade, for K' !ade was head chief of the numaym | LelEwag'Ua of 

 the DzawadEenox". Llaqwagda had not long been married | with 

 his wife, HamEntsag'ilayugwa, when they had a | son, and then 



95 Llaqwag'ila gave his own child's || name, Wawalk'ine, to his child, 

 and when the | length of time that l laqwag'ila had his child Wawalk'i- 

 ne was four winters, | then his father-in-law, K' !ade, paid the mar- 

 riage debt, and the canoe mast was the | copper which has the name 

 "whale bod}'," and the privileges given in marriage were the 

 LEWElaxa I masks: the Q!omogwa mask, and the war dance, and 

 100 four chieftain || dance masks which are all women's faces, the Do- 

 gwedEno mask, | and also the names. Now Llaqwag'ila changed his 



81 k'ledelas qaxs gwalElae LEgEmsa g'alg'alisasa Ma&mtag'ila lo^ 

 Llaqwag'ila. Wa, he^mesa k'lexkMadzEkwas LcLamesa g'okwaxa 

 LegadEs ^nEmsgEmsElaLE^las. Wa, la^me ^wi^la la Awaxalag'llisases 

 'naxwa k' lek" Ies^o le'wjs LeLEgEme laxes LSwElg&mae Llaqwag'ila 



85 laxeq. Wa, a^mese la bEgwanEmq lala^me Awaxalagilisexa gwE- 

 ^yasa g'ale baklum Elgwile Awaxalag'lhsas Llaqiwag'ila, ylxs hae la 

 g'lgama^ya qaxs lae g'iqodzEk" la Llaqwag'Uases ompe Awax&- 

 lag'Ilise. Wa, la^me qlulex's'Em la LJlwElgade Llaqwag'ilases apso- 

 tlEna^ye laxeq. 



90 Wa, la gEg'adEX'^ide Llaqwag'ila yls HamEntsag'ilayugwa yix 

 k" ledelas K' lade, yixs xamagSma'yae g'lgS-ma^ye K" ladasa ^nE^me- 

 motasa LelEwag'iliisa DzawadEenox". Wa, la k' !es gala hSyasEk'ale 

 Llaqwag'ila LE^wis gEnEme HamEntsag'ilayugwa, wa la xOngwa- 

 dEX'^itsa babagurae. Wa, la^me Llaqwag'ila Lex'etses g'inlEXLayo 



95 LEgEme Wawalk'ina^ye laxes xunokwe. Wa, g'il^mese moxiinxe 

 tslkwOnxas la ^wa^wasdEms la xungwade Llaqwag'ilas Wawalk'ina- 

 ^ye lae qotex'aso^ses nEgilmpe K'lade. Wa, laEm Lak'Eya^ya Lla- 

 qwaxa LegadEs GwE^yimk'En. Wa, la k" !es^ogulxi.alaxa LEWElaxa 

 yaxLEiiaxa q lomogwegEmle LE^wa hawlnalai LE^wa o^malalalEmle mo 

 100 ^yaexumltsa tsledaqas goguma^ye LE^wa dogwedEnolEmle. Wa, 

 he^mese LeLEgEmas. Wa, la^me Llaqwag'ila etied LlayoxLaxes 



