1362 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL iKiii. ass. :ir, 



52 the numaym [ Yaex"agEme^, and it is a disgrace | to the name of the 

 numaym G'exsEm, after that. | 



55 Now if Mfiled had paid a copper, or if he had paid his || daughter 



to marry the elder brother of the one whom he had shot, then the | 



numaym YaexagEme^ would have been disgraced, because he 



paid in order ] not to be killed in return and so as not to die also. | 



Therefore, when a man | kills his fellowman, he does not often pay 



60 for it, for he thinks that when he gets a child, || the child wiU be dis- 

 graced, if he had paid off in order not to be killed, | and only those 

 pay ofT who are weak minded. | 



If another man of the | numaym G'exsEm had kiUed MEled, then 

 there would be no | disgrace to the numaym G'exsEm, and all the 



65 men would have stopped talking || about it, because only MEled | of 

 the numaym Yaex'agEme^ would have died. ] 



MEled was a common man, and YiiqoLElasEm was the head chief | 

 of the numaym G'exsEm, and they paid | a slave to Gwa^wina for 



70 shooting Msled: so ll there were two, YaqoLElasEin and a slave out 

 of the numaym | G'exsEm, antl therefore the numaym ] G'exsEm 

 was disgraced. I 



52 motasa G'exsEme lax ^nE^memotasa YaexagEma^ye. Wit, la^me 

 q !a,mes LegEmas ^nE^memotasa G'exsEm laxeq. 



Wa, he^maa qo xunkwa MEledSlasa L'.aqwa loxs xunkwaases 



55 tslEdaqe xiinok" qa las la^wadEs ^noliises hanl^etsE^we, lalaxa ^nE- 

 ^memotasa Yaex-agEma^ye helax q!ama^lalax qaxs lae xunkwa qa^s 

 k" !ese kwakwexalaso^ qa^s lE^le ogwaqa. 



Wa, he^mis lag'ilas k"!es qlunala xiinkweda bEgwanEmaxs k" !e- 

 lax'^Idaaxes bExute qaxs g'Ig'aeqElae qo xuugwadEx'^idlaxo lalaxe 



60 q'.amrdalaxe xiinokwasexs xtinkwae qa^s kMese k" lelax'^ItsE^wa. Wii, 

 lex'a^mes xunkweda wiiLlEmasas naqa^ye. 



Wa, he^maa qo wax'^Em laxsdeda 5gu^la bEgwansm g'a^yol laxa 

 ^nE^memotasa G'exsEm k' lelax'^idEx MElede lalaxsde k'leas q la- 

 mesa ^nE^memotasa G'exsEm. Wa, laEm aEmlaxsd qlwel^ida^yo 



65 laxeq ylsa ^naxwa bEgwanEma, qaxs ^nEmox"^mae lE^e MEledole 

 laxa ^nE^memotasa Yaex'agEma^ye. 



Wa, laxae bEgwauEmq lalEme MEledole, wa, la xamagEme g'i- 

 gamae Yaq5EElasEmaolases ^nE^memota G'exsEm. Wa, la xiingu- 

 ma qlak'6 lax Gwa^wina qaxs lae hunl^IdEx MEledole. Wa, laEm 



70 ma^lokwe YaqoLElasEmaole LE-wa q!ak'o g'iig'ilil laxa ^nE^memo- 

 tasa G'exsEm. Wii, he^mise lag'ilas heEm qlfimaleda ^laE^memotasa 

 G'exsEm. Wa, laEm laba. 



