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with which the marriage debt has been paid is carried || into his 50 
house. When everything has been carried in, it is given away to 
all | the tribes, when day comes. That is all about this. 
When the father (of a princess) dies, then her brother has her for 
his princess. Then he is no longer her brother, for | she is now the 
princess of her brother who is now her father. | Only the eldest one 
of the brothers has his youngest sister for his princess. || As soon as 55 
she gets married, she is mddzi# of her husband; | and her elder 
brother pays the marriage-debt to the husband of his princess, his 
sister, | because they never stop calling the daughter of a chief 
princess, | unless she becomes a chieftainess. When she: is chief- 
tainess, she is no more | princess, and she gives the name princess to 
“her daughter; || but the name médzi# is different, for she has only the 60 
name modzit | when she has for her husband a chief. If she should 
separate from her husband, | then she is no longer called médzit of 
her husband; but if | she takes another husband who is a real chief, 
then she is again | médzil of her husband. That is all. || 
Chieftainess.'—It hurt (maxtilayigwa’s) heart that she was never! 1 
called the modzil of (Wag’idis) ; for thus they call the wife of a | real 
chief as soon as a chief marries a princess of | another chief (it is 
well for me toname the other || chief,so that you knowhow they call the 5 
qa‘s li laén laxés gokwe. Wa, la‘mé mewéLelayowa qoténayowé 
lax gokwas. Wa, gilfmésé@ ‘witlaéta laé yax‘widayo lixa ‘nixwa 50 
lélqwalatafyaxa la nax“ida. Wa, lazm laba Jaxéq. 
Gilfem tele omps laé begwanrm weq!was héla k'!édadrs. Wai, 
lafmé weq !wanux’s qaxs la‘mé k: !edéltsés weq !waxés la Ompa, yixs lé- 
x‘a‘maéda ‘nolast!pgrmafyasa ‘nEsméma la k!edadeEsés ts!afya ts!B- 
daqa. Wai, gilfmésé tawada yisa gigima‘yé laé modzittsés iswiineme. 55 
Wii, hémisé noliis la qotéx'ax tatwitnemasés k:!édélés weq!wa 
laqéxs héwiixaé gwat Legadrs k-!edé@la ts!mdaiqé xtindx"sa gigi- 
ma‘yé lag'aa laqexs laé ofma. Wa, gilfmésé la o‘maxs laé gwat 
k!édéta. Wii, lafmé Jfsasés k-!edelé Légem laxés xiinokwé ts!n- 
daqa. Wii, li dgwaqaléda modzélé yixs léx'a‘maé Légadaatsés mo- 60 
dzilé, yix lifwadaasa gigima‘tyé. Wix-é k-!asi Leéwés litwtinemé 
laé héx‘idarm gwal Légadrs modzilasés litwiinemé. Wiixé ta- 
‘wadex“itsa dgtéla Alak‘!ala g‘igima‘fya laé ét!éd la Légades mo- 
dzitasés lifwtineEmé. Wii, larm |aba. : 
Chieftainess.\—Wa, hérm ts!ex‘ila lax naqafyas (‘maxtilayfigwa) 1 
yixs hé wiixaé Léqalasos modzilas (Wag‘idis) lax gwék ‘alasaxa gEnE- 
masa flak: !ala g'igimatya, yixs gil‘maé qadzéLasréwa k- ledélasa g'igi- 
ma‘yé, yisa dgiifla gigimafyaé—éx’EMLENLO Léx°édeEx LégEmas 
‘nemokwa gigimafya qa‘s q!aladsax gwék !alasax alé genrms,—yix 5 
1 Continued from p. 1117, line 284. 
