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Only take care, dear brothers, that no harm may befall us." They 

 went on and soon they met the grizzly bear. They fought with him 

 and he almost killed them, but finally they overcame the bear and 

 killed him. The brothers went ou. At night they slept. In the morn^ 

 ing Yfi'qois awakened his brothers. They went on for a long time; 

 then Ta'wix-amaye said: "My dear brothers, do you see that smoke 

 over there? That is what our father meant when he spoke of the 

 bloody smoke of the house of BaxbakualanuXsi'wae. Let us go 

 there!" They walked on and came to the door of the house. It was 

 open aud the brothers entered. As soon as they came in, a woman 

 called them. Ta'wix*amaye stepped up to her and the woman said : 

 "I am rooted to the floor. I will help you. This house into which you 

 came belongs to BaxbakualanuXsi'wae. Kow do as I tell you and 

 take notice of what you will see. Dig a deep hole in that corner of 

 this house. Then put stones into the fire, and when they are red-hot 

 put them into the hole." When the brothers had done so, she con- 

 tinued: "Now cover the hole with boards. As soon as Baxbakua- 

 lanuXsi'wae comes home he will dance, wearing his mask on his 

 forehead." As soon as the brothers had finished their work a whis- 

 tling sound was heard. Then the woman said : "!N"ow sit down. I will 

 say that 1 found food, that he may not see what we have planned." 

 BaxbakualanuXsi'wae entered crying "hap." Then the ho'Xhok" 

 and QoaxqoaxualanuXsi'wae began to shout. BaxbakualanuXsi'wae 

 lay ou his back. His body was covered all over with mouths. Then 

 he arose. He became excited and went four times around the house 

 crying "hap." Then he went into his bedroom (ma'wiL). As soon 

 as BaxbakualanuXsI wae had gone in there, the raven with feathers 

 on his head which reached down to his waist came out and danced, 

 going around the fire. The raven went back into the bedroom. Then 

 QoaxqoaxurilanuXsI'wae came out crying "hap, hai), go'u, go'u!" and 

 danced around the fire. Then he went back into the bedroom and out 

 came BaxbakualanuXsi'wae crying, "hap." He danced around the 

 fire and went back into his bedroom. Then came the ho'Xhok" crying 

 " Hap, hap, ho, ho." He danced around the fire and went back into his 

 bedroom. IsTow BaxbakualanuXsrwae and his four k-i'nqalaLala, and 

 the four q'o'minoqa came out. " Hap, hap," said BaxbakualanuXsrwae. 

 The k-i'nqalaLala sang and said "hoip," and sometimes the q'o'minoqa 

 sang "hai, hai, hai, hai." BaxbakualanuXsi'wae danced. As soon as 

 he came to the hole which the men had dug, Ta'wix-amaye pulled away 

 the boards with which it was covered. BaxbakualanuXsi'wae was 

 looking upward while he was dancing. Then he fell into the hole 

 upon the red-hot stones. Then they covered the hole up. Now he was 

 dead. As soon as he died all the k'i'n<ialaLala and q'o'minoqa died 

 also. The singers also fainted. While they were unable to see, 

 Ta'wix-amaye took off all their ornaments of red cedar bark. He took 

 the masks and the ha'mats'a pole and the whistles. The old woman 

 told him what to do. She taught him the song of BaxbakualanuXsi'wae. 



