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blanket,” and her hat is called | “the-heavy-abalone-covered hat.” 
Then the chief, || the father of K’ !edélé‘lak" speaks, and says, 
“Come and look at this | weight which originates with our family 
history, when the chieftainess carried the copper. Now stand up, | 
son-in-law, I will dress you.’’ Thus says the chief, and takes | the 
abalone-covered blanket of the chieftainess and her abalone-covered 
hat and | promises to give them to his son-in-law, and ‘he takes his 
copper and gives || it also to his son-in-law. Then he calls his son-in- 
law to come and | take them. The son-in-law comes and stands in 
front of his | father-in-law and of his wife, the chieftainess. Then 
the | abalone-covered blanket is put on to him and the abalone- 
covered hat is put on to him, | and he is given the copper. Then the 
chief says to his || son-in-law, “O son-in-law! now I have changed 
your chief’s dress, | son-in-law. Now go! Itis finished. You have my 
chieftainess for your wife.’ Thus he says, | and takes off the large 
ear-ornaments of abalone shell on each ear of the chieftainess and 
the | nose-ornament of abalone shell and attaches the ear-ornaments 
to his son-in-law, and | he also puts the nose-ornament of abalone 
on to him. Then his son-in-law || goes back and stands where his 
numaym is standing, and he | speaks, and says, ‘Look at me, 
numaym! | Now my whole chief’s dress has been changed by my 
father-in-law. | Now the chieftainess my wife, has no dress.” Thus 
he says as he walks along | and goes into his house, and the property 
yis 6x‘ts!emala 6mageml Leteml. Wii, la‘mé yaq !eg-a‘léda gigima‘ye 
omps K-léedélélakwe. Wii, li ‘néka: ‘‘Wég'a, doqwalaxg-ada no- 
yimbalisek 6*ma lax dalaéda O'miixa Llaqwa. Wa, Lax‘iils lag-a 
negimp, qen q!walax*‘idadn,” ‘nékéda g‘igimatyaxs laé &ixddEx 
éx'ts!emala ‘nex‘tinésa 6Sma LESwes éx‘ts!emala Letemt. Wi, latmé 
lak'!pg'atlts laxés negtimpe. Wa, li axtédxa L!aqwa qa‘s sip!edés 
laxaaxés negtimpé. Wii, li Lélalaxés negtimpé qa hé'més gax 
ixtédeq. Wa, g'axé negtmpas Lax‘tls lax neqremialasasés nE- 
gimpe LESwis genemas O'ma. Wii, la‘mé ‘nex‘tinyowa éx’ts!E- 
mala ‘nex‘tiné liq. Wii, laxaé Letemdayuwaéx‘ts!emala Letemt! laq. 
Wi, li ts!aya L!aqwa laq. Wa, li ‘nék-éda gigima‘tyaxés neE- 
giimpe: “Wa, negtimp, la‘men L!ayewitlilaxds géxdemk:!inaqis, 
negimp. Wa, haga, lamms gwal geg'adrsg-en Ofmak-,’’ ‘nék-rxs 
lac ixodex iwiwe xdgum éx'ts!em ‘wax'sddatpwésa 6'ma LEfwa 
kédzetbafyas éx‘ts!ema, qa‘s t!ég'atodalés lixés negiimpé. Wii, 
laxaé k-édzelbentsa é6x'ts!eme laq. Wa, lawisLa nrgtimpas la 
qis‘ida qa‘s lii Laxttils lax Lax*wedzisas ‘nE‘mémotas. Wé, laf‘mé 
yaq!egatta. Wi, la ‘nék'a; “ Wiig'a, dox‘wid g'axen, nds ‘ne‘mé- 
mot. Larmg‘a L!ayEwi‘liilaso‘gtin gé@xdemk:!eng‘a yisen nEegimpé. 
La‘meé dem la xanalalelséda 0‘maxen genEmé,”’ ‘nek‘exs laé qas‘ida 
