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front of the house of Pestilence with si bone ckib. Afterward he 

 went in and got his sister. For that reason there was much sickness. 



Then Wu'ltclixai^'a had mercy on Sea-j^rass town and went down 

 there ah)ng" with DilAgia'.'' When many people were dying he (DiIa- 

 gia') went in to dance before Pestilence. He held a long cane the sur- 

 face of which was painted red. He stuck it n\) slantwise, stood upon 

 it, and danced. Then he made him feel good, and the sickness ceased. 

 He spoke through GA'ndox's father. Then he told him these things. 

 SAqaiyfi'J stopped speaking through him. 



After he had spoken through him for a while, he wanted some tur- 

 nips, and all in the town gave him some. Through these he became 

 more of a chief in the country of the supernatural beings. When his 

 (DilAgia'\s) voice lirst struck him, he sang in all the houses of the 

 town for himself. After that he went into his own house. He was also 

 always dancing there. " Ya a a ya a'ai3'a nagun da a hai i 3'a Dilagia 

 ahai i ya.'''" This is what the}^ sang when he danced. It is a spirit 

 song. 



After that one of the Pebble-town people '^ came to invite them. 

 Then one through whom Propert3'-woman '"' spoke came by himself in 

 a canoe. At that time DiUgia' told him he had stretched some bad 

 thing (or spirit) over the town. Then he danced before him.'' And 

 he made him feel good, 



Some time after this, after they had gone to the mainland, a differ- 

 ent one spoke through him. His name was BAle'la.'* Then they 

 returned to Sea-grass town with him. Then they sang for GA'ndox's- 

 father in the canoe. He danced as they came. And when the}' landed 

 he asked for a plank in the Tsimshian language. Then the}' had one 

 rest on the edges of the canoe. He came down upon it to the shore.''' 



And, when he got into the house, the house cover only was open 

 (i. e., it was crowded with people). He danced the way Wu'ltclixaiya 

 used to. When he began to dance he was proud, and he had himself 

 pulled upright. Aftei' that was done he began to dance. 



After he had danced for a while he would say: ''Stop and throw 

 away the cedar-bark rooting. Destroy also the indoor latrine. Use 

 cedar planks for your houses. When you go to bed leave your smoke 

 holes open. Boxes of property will soon fall upon you. Iron people" 

 will come among you." He said that. He said there would be plenty 

 of property for them. 



Then all in the town danced very much again. The Kitkatla people 

 also brought over Bi'ni's '* songs to Skedans. They sang his also \'ery 

 nuich as they danced. At this time a schooner was wrecked fin Cum- 

 shewa inlet]. Then blankets were gradually distributed in quantities. 

 This went on for a long time. Then, according to his word, they used 

 cedar planks for house roofs. They also stopped using indoor latrines. 



