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62 corner in the house of his | grandson NEngEmahs, whose wife gave 

 to eat to the visitors. | After she had given food to the visitors, the 

 woman sat down and | NEngEmaUs sat down where his wife was 



65 seated and | lay on his back hy the knees of his wife. || Then ^maxwa 

 spoke and said, " Now let us | look at our guns for they are all wet. | 

 We will start in the morning when it gets daylight." Thus he said. | 

 He rose and took the three guns and gave | one to QasElas and one 



70 to L!aqwag"idEk". Then ^maxwa sat down || and they untied the 

 strips around the locks of the | guns and when they had untied them, 

 they were | ready. Then QasElas spoke and said, "Now I | wiU tell 

 you the news, Chief. My prince died | to-day and you will go with 



75 him." Thus he said, and shot at || Hankwaso^g^vi^lak'', and L!aq- 

 wag'idEk" shot at his | wife and ^maxwa shot at NEngEmalis, and 

 NEngEmahs was killed, for the ball went through the back of | 

 NEngEmahs and through the left side of his wife, | but she was not 



80 dead. Then the woman rose and sang her sacred song, || and the 

 wife of Hankwaso^gwi^ak" did the same. | Then Hankwaso^gwi^lak" 

 jumped through the corner of the house | and hid in the woods. He 

 and his wife were missed by those who shot at them. | They did not 

 shoot the son of | NEngEmalis. The name of his child was ^nEm5- 



61 NEngEmalis. Wii, la^me hamg"ile gEUEmasexa bagunse. Wa, g'tl- 

 ^mese gwal hamg'ilaxa bagunsaxs lae klwag'alileda tslEdaqe. Wa, 

 le NEngEmalise la k!wag"alil lax kiwaelasases ^EnEme qa t!ek"ale 

 lax 6kwax"a^yases gEUEme. 



65 Wa, la yaq!Eg'a4e ^maxwa; wa, la ^nek'a: Walag'ax'Ens doqwa- 

 xEns hanhanLEmk'asax lak'as^maaxsono klflnx^eda qak'asanso lex- 

 ^edk'asLax gilkaseLaso nanos^idLax gaalaLa," ^nek'EXs lae Lax^iilTl 

 qa^s lii ax^edxa yudux^sEme hanhanLEm qa^s ts!Ewanaqesa ^ual- 

 ^UEme lax QasElas l6^ Llaqwag'idEk". Wa, la k'.wag'alile ^maxwa. 



70 Wii, la ^nEmx'^klExs lae qwetalax yiLEmas sEX'sakwasa hanhan- 

 LEm. Wii, g'il^mese ^wFla qwelkwa, wii, la^me ^naxwa la gwalala. 

 Wa, la yaqlEg'ale Qasalas; wa, lii ^nek'a: "Walag'ax'En ts'.EkMa- 

 l^Idk'asol g'Igama. Wek" laqak'asxaEn La,wElgamax"dax6 ^niilak'a- 

 sex. Wa, lak'asLaxaas laqene," ^nek'Exs lae hanl^Ida wax'Ex 



75 HSnkwaso^gwi^lak". Wii, la l laqwag'idEk" wax' hanl-'idEx 

 gEnEmas. Wa, la ^miixwa hanl^IdEX NsngEmahsde. Wa, la^me 

 hebaye NEngEmalisde. Wii leda lE^lgila hex'sala lax awig'a^yas 

 NEngEmahsde qa^s la hex'sala lax gEmxanoda^yas gEnEmas. Wa, 

 lakMeslE^a. Wa, leda ts'.Edaqe Lax^ulil qa^s yiilaqweses yalax"- 



80 LEne. Wii, htJEmxaawise gwex'^ide gEUEmas Hankwaso-gwi^lak" 

 ylxs laaLal dEX"sawe Hankwaso^gwi^akwe laxa onegwilasa g"okwe 

 qa^s la ^wiina laxa aL !e. Wii, lasm Leqwasosa hanl-idiiq LE^wis gE- 

 HEme. Wa, la kMes h&nl^etsE^weda babagume xunokwas NsngE- 

 malisdexa Legadeda g'inanEmas ^nEmokwata^ye. Wa, g'tl^mese 



