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��the division b' ', of the sept B, or of the line Bb f, which is up to this time associated with Bb. At a former time this line was described to me as descended from the younger brother of the ancestor of Bb. The daughter of I A a i and IBb2, whom we may call IIBb'$ married the fifth son (IlCdn) of the chief (ICdio) of the division d of the sept C, whom we may call IlCdio. Their daughter (IUCd'i^) married her father's eldest brother HCd\\, without letting him know of her descent. Therefore her descendants were not accepted by her husband's division Cd, but assigned to Cd f. The elder son (IUCd'i^) of this couple married the daughter (IIIBb'S) of the couple who had established the line Bb', and their children also belong to the line Cd'. Their descendants are the division Cd', which is up to this day associated with the line Cd. These relations

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��FIG. 3. (P. 1094.) i. LloLlotsa, slave of walas Kwax'ilanokume*; named NenologEme* by Lalax's 6 Endayo with whom he lived after his marriage to No. 2.

2. Tsele, slave of Lalax's* Endayo; named Lalax's 6 aq !anak u by Lalax's' Endayo.

3. L !esp !egaak u (name given by Lalax's* Endayo) ; gives to himself the name G'exk'Enis and goes to live with DzEnx'qlayo. Numaym: Elgunwe 6. 4. BawEle (name given by Lalax's* Endayo). Numaym: Elgunwe 6. 5. Alak'ilayugwa (name given by Lalax's 6 - Endayo). Numaym: Elgunwe'. 6. DzEnx'qlayo; Hayalk'EngEme e. 7. EzEnx'q!- ayugwa. 8. Alag'trml. Numaym: Elgunwe'. 9. Ek' !awig'i' e lak u Numaym: El- gunwe*. 10. HaxuyosEme 6 Numaym: Haayalik'awe 6 ; Tribe: Qlomoya'ye. n. Ts!ag'i*lak u Numaym: Haayalik' awe* ; Tribe: Q!omoya e ye. 12. Ma'nakula Numaym: Laxsa. 13. Ale'stalidzEmga Numaym: Laxsa. 14. e maxuyalisEme' Numaym: Haa- yalik'awe 4 ; Tribe: Q!omoya e ye. 15. e maxuyalisEme e Numaym: Laxsa.

are illustrated by the following diagram (fig. 3). This is an example of the intricate mythological interrelations between the divisions that belong to a single tribe.

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