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Llaqwag ilayugwa | would be called a princess whom her father, the 
chief, does not love. That is | the end. | 
The Eagles.—This was your question, how the eagles | were 
obtained by the ancestor of the numaym Maimtag’ila; namely, 
Llaqwag ila, the prince | of ‘maxtiyalidzé. He was the one who was 
the first chief of all the | tribes, although first among them was 
Otmaxt !alaié* and all || the first ancestor of the different numayms., | 
Only ‘maxtiyalidzé was the first to make a potlatch; and therefore | 
he thought that he was the only one who was the first to make a 
potlatch. And | it occurred to him that the eagle was the only head 
chief and leader who was feared by all the | birds, and that therefore 
he would be the eagle, because he was the first one || to give a pot- 
latch; and therefore the head chief, the Eagle, began to be feared | 
by all the tribes. It is the same as the eagle who is the first | to eat 
of any carrion and of what he catches; and afterwards come | the 
different kinds of birds each of which eats on the beach what is left 
over by the eagle. | And ‘maxiiyalidzé tried to imitate this. There- 
fore he is now the head | eagle of all the numayms of the Kwakiutl. | 
And the Dzrendzenx'q!ayu, the numaym of the Walas Kwakiutl, 
say | that Doqwiyis first got the eagle, and the | numaym Maimta- 
gila say that they had the first | eagle, and the name L!aqwag ila is 
still the first among all the eagles || of all the tribes. That isall. | 
qwagilayugwiis wémée k:'!édéltses gigimatyé O6mpa. Wa, larm 
laba. ; ; 
The Eagles.—Hé‘maés wiitLasr‘wa kwékwé, yix lagilas kwekweé 
gwalaxiisa ‘nE‘mémotasa Maimtagila yix Llaqwagilixs LewElgr- 
ma‘yaas ‘maxtiyalidzéxa ‘nemox“mé gil galés gigimésa ‘naxwa 
lélqwittatatya, yixs wax‘‘maé g‘ilagilax O'maxt!alaatyé Lf ‘naixwe 
gailemg'alisé gig'egimésa alogwaq !tisé ‘nalne*mémasa. Wii, 
léx‘arm‘lawisé gil p!estidé ‘maxtiyalidzé. Wii, hé‘mis  lag-ilas 
ejoaéxsédexs ‘nemox"*maé giilgiléndx"sa lax plisap!la. Wii, li 
gigaéx‘idxa kwékwaxs ‘nEmaé 6gtime Lf g-ailabé k‘ilamsa ‘naxwiix 
tslélts!ek!wa. Wii, hé‘mis lagilas ‘nék: qa‘s kwekwa qaés gvilaba- 
fyaé plesa. Wii, hé'mis lagilas gwalelarm ogiimé kilem g‘igr- 
ma‘fya kwex"sa ‘naxwa lélqwilatatya hé gwéx’sa kwékwaxs g’fl 
q!elsaé laxés lémensé Letwes xabinemé. Wai, al‘mésé g-axeda 
alogifla ts!élts!ek!wa himg'rlis lax hémaxta‘tyasa kwék". Wii, 
hé‘mis la nanaxts!n*wasos ‘maxtiyalidze; hé‘més lag‘itas la Ogiimésa 
kwekwékwasa ‘naxwa nalnEsméemasasa Kwaktigcule. 
Wii, la ‘nék’éda Dzendzenx'q!ayoxa ‘nr‘mémotasa ‘walas Kwa- 
ceulaxs hié gil ixndgwatsa kwék", yix Doqwiyisé. Wi, la ‘néké 
nesméemotasa Maimtagcilixs hé‘maé gil kwékweé laxés laéna‘tyé 
kwekwa. Wai, héxsii‘mésé L!aqwag'ila galaxasa ‘naxwa kwekwe- 
kwasa ‘naxwa lélqwilatafya. Wii, larm laba. 
