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8 kills even | a common man belonging to another numaym, then after 

 a short time, | they have a meeting. || 



10 Let me say, for example, that there was YiiqoLElasEm, chief of 

 the ! numaym G'exsEm of the Q!omoya^ye. Msled killed him \ and 

 Mfiled belonged to the numa3'm Yaex'agEme^ of the | Q.'omoya^ye. 

 YaqoLElasEm had for his mother, Gwek'i^lak". | Nobody knew 



15 where MEled had gone. Then || it occurred to Gwek"i*lak" to invite 

 the G'exsEm, the numaym of her \ dead son, and as soon as the whole 

 numaym G'exsEm had come in, j Gwek'i^lak" spoke and said, 

 "Come j numaym, G"exsEm, you who have no chief, for • your head 



20 has been taken ofT, G'exsEm, and your numaym is disgraced || by the 

 numaym Yaex'agEme*, and the disgrace will not be ended j for the 

 coming generations of the G'exsEm. Now, is it well in your minds [ 

 that you do not kill in return, that the other one may die who killed | 

 your chief?" Thus she said to the numaym G'exsEm. Then | 

 Chief GwE3^Emdze, — for he was the second chief after YaqoLElasEm || 



25 in the numaym G'exsEm, — spoke and said: | "Listen to the word of 

 my aunt, about what has been done to our head chief | YaqoLE- 

 lasEm. Now we are disgraced, for we have disgraced | the future 

 generations of the numaym G'exsEm. Now all of j'ou act, [ you, 

 numaym G'exsEm. I mean all you warriors and young men. || You 



8 asm bEgwanEmqlalaEmsa ogu^ladzas ^nE^memota, wa la yawas^id 

 k!wax"^ideda. 



10 Weg'ax'ln ^nex'dEmanux"s YaqoLalasEmaoIaxa g'lgSma^yasa 

 ^UE^memotasa G'exsEmasaQ'.omoya^ye, wa, la kMelax'^ide Msledola, 

 ylxs ^nE^memodadae MEledolasa ^nE^memotasa Yaex'agEma^yasa 

 Qlomoya^ye. Wa, la abayade YaqoLElasEmaolas Gwek'i^akwole. 

 Wa, laEm k"!eas q'.aLElax gwagwaagasas MEledole. Wa, la^me 



15 Gwek-i4akwole g-ig-ax^ed qa^s Le4alexa G'exsEm, ylx ^nE^memotases 

 xunox"de. Wa, g'il^mese g'ax ^wPlacLe ^nE^memotasa G'exsEm lae 

 he^me Gwek'i^lakwole yaqlEg'a^la. Wa, la ^nek'a: "Wa, gelag-a 

 ^nE^memot G'exsEm, yoLaxs laex q!Ek"oma qaes ogumex'daos la^me 

 lawiiyes x'omsdaos G'exsEm. LaEms q!a.ma4axes ^uE^memaenaos 



20 laxa ^uE^memotasa Yaex'agEma-'yexa k' !esLa labaenoxL q Iftmases e1- 

 ^nakijlaLaos ^UE^memots G'exsEm. Wa, lE^mae ek' laxes ne«n§,- 

 qayos, la^mas k'les kwakwexalaLa qa ogwaqes lE^la kwex^idaxes 

 g'lgSmex'daos," ^nek'exa ^nE^memotasa G'exsEm. Wa, la yaqlEg'a- 

 ^leda g'Igamaolae G'WEyimdzeole, qaxs he^mae mak'ilax YaqoLE- 



25 lasEmaola laxa ^uE^memotasa G'exsEm. Wa, la ^nek'a: "Weg'a 

 boLelax waldEmasEns Snese qa gwex'^idaasaxEus ogumex'dae Ya- 

 qSLElasEmex'da. La^mEns q!amag-ilas6^ qEns qlftma^ya LE^wa 

 El^nakulaLa ^uE^memotsa G'exsEm. Wa, wag'Il la ^naxwa Emlqe, yuL, 

 ^nE^memots G'exsEm, ^naxwa^mEn ^nek'OL babakwa LE^wQns ealos- 



