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tag'ila. | The dull-white Seagulls were the ancestors of | Chief 
‘maxtiyalidzé. It was he who was named Matmatela; namely, || 
45 the dull-white Seagull. He is now called Matag’ila. | Now Matag'ila 
had many men who are now named Maimtag‘ila; for that | is the 
numaym of his children, when there came to be many of them. | That 
is what is said about the first one, the head of the | numayms, the | 
50 Maimtag’ila. Now you know what I say. || That is all. | 
1 Names.—Now I will talk about what I have been asked by you in re- 
gard to | the family names of the chiefs. I will talk about the chief | 
of the numaym Kiikwak !um of the Kwéxa, Yaqoradzé. | He continu- 
ally changed wives, and with each one a name was given to him by 
5 his father-in-law, really || great names. He used these names given 
in marriage for a short time | when he gave a potlatch with the 
blankets which he obtained as a marriage-gift from (each of) his 
fathers-in-law; | and when he gave an oil feast with his marriage- 
gift, then he used the name given in marriage as a feast-name. | 
They desire to keep the feast-names obtained | from the father-in-law, 
10 for the feast-name is like the || winter-name. When the Kwakiutl 
first begin to perform the winter ceremonial, they all change their 
names |—men and women. Thus it is also with the | guests of a 
chief who gives a feast with oil, a great oil feast. | As soon as all the 
ces go into the house in which the oil feast is to be given, | the 
43 tagilaxwa wex’ ne ‘melsgem tslék!wa, yix gvilg-alisasa 
gigimatye ‘maxtiyalidze; hérm ‘LegadEs Matmatrlaxa wéx'dox- 
45 sbmé ‘merlsgem ts!ék!wa. Wa, hémis la Légades Matagvila. Wa, 
la q!éx“id begwanemé Matag: ‘la, li yex‘édes Maimtag‘ila laxés 
‘ne*memote, yixs hé‘maé la ‘nE*mémotsés siseEmé laé q!éx‘fida la 
begwanrm. Wai, yirm gwilaats gilg‘alisasa ‘mEkuma‘yé ‘nEe‘mé- 
motsa Maimtagila. Wa, lakmxaas q!alaxg‘in lax: waldema. Wai, 
509 larm laba. 
Names.— Wi, la‘mésrn gwagwex’s‘alat laxés WELasEWOsxa LEXLE- 
gemelany gigimatye. Wa, heren gwagwex's‘alastéda g‘igima- 
éyas ‘ne‘méemotasa Ktikwak!umasa Kwexa, yix Yaqoradzé, yixs gE- 
gadrlkwae. Wi, li q!watxdrm Légrmg'rlxialé negiimpas, yisa ali 
iwi LéLegema. Wi, d°mese yawas‘id Légadrsa Léegemg’ElxLa‘yaxs 
laé plxs‘itsa p!rlxrlasgeme wawalqilaydsés nrgtimpaq; wiix’é 
Liéna wawalqilayo. Wa, li Légemg'Elxtalaxa k!wéladzexiiyo 
véegema. Wa, hénm falaxtilaaso’ Legema k!weladzexuiiyo Lége- 
masa negiimpa, yixs hie gwex’sa k!wéladzexniiyo Légemasa ts!é- 
ts!éqa yixs gilfmaé ts!éts!ex‘idéda Kwag-ulaxs laé ‘witla Llayu- 
xiida bebegwanemé LE‘wis tslédagé. Wa, hé‘misé gwéx'sa 
Lélanpmasa g‘igima‘yaxs k!wélasaasa L!é‘naxa ‘walasé L!e‘nag‘ila. 
Wi, la gilfmése ‘wiflaévéda Lée‘linemé laixa L!e‘nag‘i‘lats!é g-okwa 
laé Lax‘tlilé elkwiisa gigima‘yé qa‘s yaq!eg'a‘le. Wa, la‘mé LéLeqr- 
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