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mon man), | and she is still the princess of her father the chief. I 
just wanted to talk | about the common men. | 
Now when the princess is married to a chief, then she is || called a 
modzit, when she first goes into the house of her husband. | Now I 
am talking about the chief of the numaym Maimtag‘ila, | ‘maxt- 
yalidzé, whose princess is K’ !edété‘lak". Not | long after she has 
been married to her husband, her father pays the marriage debt; and 
she has for her canoe mast | an expensive copper. And he gives as a 
marriage-gift a name to the husband || of his princess and much food 
with it, and also canoes. | This is what is called ““paying-the-marriage- 
debt, sitting-in-the-canoe-of-the-princess;” for generally there are 
twenty | who sit in the canoes of the princess of a real chief, | when 
they put down the copper | bracelets and small coppers and many 
dishes and the || anchor-line of many spoons; when all this has been 
put | down Chief ‘maxiiyalidzé s: ys, “Now I will go and | call my 
princess that you may see her come.”’ Thus he says, and g 
his house. And before long he comes back walking ahead of | his 
princess, and the chief stands outside of his || house, and his princess 
comes and stands by his side. She wears | a blanket covered with 
abalone shells, and entirely covered with abalone shells | is her hat. 
Her abalone-covered blanket | is called ‘ the-heavy-abalone-covered 
late k:ledéltsirmsés gigima‘yé Ompa. Aemen ‘néx- qEn gwigwex:- 
spexidé laxa bEgv “inemq ‘alameé. one 
Wa, la‘me lawadéda k-'éd@lasa g'igimatyé, wa, li héx-‘idanm 
Légades modzilé, yixs g:alaé laé lax gOkwasés litwtinemé, laxen 
hééna® ye gwagwex's‘alasé gigima‘yasa ‘ne‘mémotasa Maimtag‘ila 
lax ‘maxttyalidzé, yixs k- Fabibeees K- ledele‘lakwe. Wii, k- lest la 
giila lacwatsés la‘wtinemé laé qotéx'a Ompas. Wai, li Lak-Eyalaxa 
q!pyoxwé Liaqwa. Wa Légemg‘rlxnala qa Legems la‘wtinEmawa- 
sés k-!edélé Lefwa q!énemé ha‘miyaaxses Lo‘ma xwaxwik!iinaxa 
gweE‘yasa qotéx‘a k! ori sa k ledélé, yixs q!iinalaé malisem- 
gustiwa k!waxsalats!@ xwaxwik!iinas k-!édélsa Alak- lala go 1gE- 
ma‘ya. Wi, g‘ilfmése Se eax Axteldzemaxa L!an!laqwak:!iné 
kloktila Le‘wa L!atlaxsemé; wa, hé‘misa q!énemé léloq!wa Letwa 
mogwana‘ya q!énemé kak‘ats!enaqa. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witla Ax- 
‘elsa laéda gigimatyé ‘maxtiyalidzé ‘nék'a: ‘“‘Lafmen lal Léla- 
laixen klédéta qa‘s g‘Axlag‘ads ddx'wanlaqé@,” ‘nék-exs laé lace 
laxés gokwée. Wa, k-lést!a giilaxs g‘axaé aédaaqa g-alag?i- 
wesés ie fedéte. Wa, la‘mé Lax‘tilséda gigima‘yé lax L!asandfyasés 
wokwe. Wa, gaxé k !édélas Lawtinoddzelsaq. Wi, la‘me nex‘t- 
alan meEgEsgemalixa éx'ts!emé. Was, lixaé ‘nixwarm éx‘ts!eEmé 
osgema* yas LEtemlas. Wii, héem Légadé éx‘ts!eEmsgEmé ‘nEx‘ti- 
nésés éx‘ts!Emala Omax‘demk’!en nex‘tine. Wai, la Legade LEtemtas 
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