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23 nothing bad | in my heart. It is for you to say what we shall do 

 with him." | Thus he said, and sat down. || 



25 Then NEqap!Enk'Em arose and spoke. [ He said: "Now hstcn to 

 me, tribe. If really my younger brother has | done this to that 

 chief, I wish this Chief | G'exk'Enis to accept my good word. I will 

 buy him off | with my war canoe which I will give to j-ou, Chief. I 



30 paid sixty blankets || for it; and also forty blankets | besides the 

 canoe." Thus he said, and sat dowTi. | 



Then all the chiefs were grateful [for his words, j that he | bought 

 him off, and that his younger brother should not be shot, for they had 

 seen that | G"exk'Enis was hiding a pistol. Now, after this, the 



35 matter was straightened out || for Ts!agay5s, who would have been 

 shot by G'exk'Enis, if | the wise NEqaplEnk'Em had not bought off 

 Ts'.agayos, so that he should not be shot. | Then all the men were 

 happy and | went out of the feasting house. Now | G'exk'Enis and 

 Ts!agayos had one heart after this. || 



40 Now another man married Llaqwax'sa. | His name was Le^lenox" 

 of the numaym DzEndzEnx'q'.ayo of the ^walas | Kwag'ul. He 

 was the husband of iJaqwax'sa. After | the warriors had been 

 in Fort Rupert for four days, beginning from the time | when they 



23 lax En naqa-'ye lax gwE^yoLasoxs qEnu^x" gwex'^idaas le^wox." 

 ^nek'e. Wa, la klwag'ahla. 



25 Wa, he^mise NEqap!Enk'Em5le Lax^walila qa^s yaq!Eg"a^le. Wa, 

 la ^nek'a: "Weg'a hoLelax g'okul5t qo alaEm laxEn tsla^ya he 

 gwex'^idxwa g'lgama^yex, wa, IfiLEn aEm wataqelaxwa gigamaox 

 G'exk'Enisex dadalaxg'in ekik- waklEma. Wa, la^mesEn xunkwas- 

 g'ln wi«nats!ek' xwakliina laL, g'lgame, yixs q !el lEx'sokwae plslxE- 



30 lasgEmaxEn k'ilomaq. Wa, he^raisa m6x"s6kwe p '.ElxElasgEma 

 ogu4a laxa xwak'.una," ^uek'Exs lae kiwag'alila. 



Wa, la^me ^naxwa^ma g'Ig'Eg3,ma^ye mo^las waldEmas ylxs lae 

 xiinkwa qa k" !eses hanl^itsE^wes tsliVya qaxs dogul'mae G'exk'E- 

 nisolas q IwahxLElaaxa a])s5dEgEkwe. Wa, la^me naqe^sta waldEmas 



35 laxeq qaxs lE^mae hanl^etso laxsde TslagE^yos yls G'exk'Enis qo 

 k"!es naqEmale NEqap'.Eiik'Emole xiinkwa qa k'leses hani'etsE^we 

 TsIagEyosole. Wa, a^mise la ekMeqEleda ^naxwa bebEgwanEmxs 

 lae hoquwEls laxa k!we^la«yats!ex"de g'okwa. Wa, la^me ^nEmx'-'ide 

 naqa^yas G'exk'Enis Lo^ Ts'.agE^yos laxeq. 



40 Wa, la, ogMa^mese la bEgwauEme qadzeLax l laqwax'saxa Le- 

 gada Le^enox" g'a^yol laxa ^nE^memotasa DzEndzEnx'q layosa ^walas 

 Kwag'ul, ylx laHvfinEmas Llaqwax'sa. Wa, gil^me e moplEnxwa^se 

 ^nfiliisa wina g'aes laxg'a TsaxisEk' g'ag'lLEla laxes g'llx'dEme g'ax 

 na^nakwaxs wmex'de, lii ^yalagEmeda mokwe ha^yal^a sasEmsa 



