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THE SOUL AND THE SHAMANS. 



["bureau of 

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qo'La tqe'wam kLkex. A'lta atgixk;a'x qix- e'Lau qtga/qewama. 



that sending disease who did liira. Xow they pull at that rope the shamans. 



both ends 



AqLo'lXamk LgoLe'lEXEmk : "Ai'aq Lqju'pLqjup e'txa." ALo'tXuitx 



He is told a person: "Quick cut doit." He stands 



nekct giLa/Xawok, aLgo'cgamx a'qoa-iL oqewe/qxe. Lq; up aLgi'ax 



not having a guardian he takes it a large knife. Cut he does it 



spirit 



go iioxo-ia'yak tga'kcia qo'tac te'lx-am. Nakct e'kta Lq;up nexa'x. 



at between them their hands those people. Not anything cut he does. 



Ma'nix L^a'gil loc, iLa'Xawok, aLgo'cgamx itcano'kctX oqewe'qxe, 



When a woman there is, her guardian she takes it its smallness knife, 



spirit, 



cka goye' aLgia'x iioxo-ia'yak tga'kcia qtga'qewama. ALgige'Lq^aox 



and thus she does it between them their hands the shamans'. She jiierces it 



qix* e'Lan. Wax aLxa'x Lsa'owilqt. Tca'2xe aLgigeLqiaox. Kopa'2t 



that rope. Pour out it does blood. Several times she pierces it. At an end 



wax aLxa X qo'La Lf^a'owilqt, A'lta oqo-iwe'qxe aqaLgE'lltcimxax 



jiour out it does that blood. Now knife he is hit 



qo'La tqe'wam kLkLax LgoLe'lEXEmk. Ma'nix okulai'taiiEma 



that sending disease who did it the person. If arrows 



itca'k-ilx'tco aqa-ilga'maltEmx qix- e'Lan ka-y okulai'tanEma 



their heads it is struck often that rope then arrows 



aqaLgE'lltcimx. Itca'mac aqe'tElax qigo aqLa'was^ox. 



it is hit. Shooting him he is done as he is killed. 



25. Ma'nix tgE'Lqta tga'Lan aqta'wix qo'ta ttcla'ma ka 



25. When long their ropes are made those diseases and 



io'Lqte nikct e'LatcIa nixa'tElax, qo'La tqe'wam aqLa'x. 



long time not his sickness comes to be on that sending dis- is done to 



him, ease him. 



Ma'nix tgE'tskjta tga'Lan aqta'wix 



If short their ropes are made 



Tcx'i-y- 



Then 



e'Latc !a 



his sickness 



qo'ta 



those 



ana' 



At 



e'Latc !a nixa'tElax, 



his sickness comes to be on him, 



nixa'tElax 



comes to be on 

 him. 



ttcla'ma, qoii'nEmi aLfi'-o-ix ka 



diseases, five times sleeps and 



txa'me aLa'-o-ix. 



sometimes six times sleeps. 



26. Ma'nix aLo'mEqtx Lka'iiax La'Xa, a'lta aLkLo'gux La/qewam. 



26. When it is dead a chief his child, now he is sent for a shaman. 



Go Le'Xat Lka'nax La'Xa tqe'wam aqLa'x. Lkato'me aLkLa'x 



chief his child sending dis it is done, 



ease 



La'Xa. Pa'nic aLkLa'x 



his child. Secretly he is done 

 paying 



aLEla'xo-ix'itx La'XatakoX wiXt 



they know it his mind again 



Le'Xat LkakjEina'na 



one chief 



Taking revenge 

 on his relatives 



La'qewam. 



the shaman. 



aqLE'nk; emEuakox. 



it is taken revenge on him. 



it is done 



Ma'nix 



When 



La'wuX 



His younger 

 brother 



tqe'wam 



sending dis- 



aqLa'x 



it is done 



■qo'La 



that 



Lka'nax. 



chief. 



Ma'nix 



When 



atEla'xo-ix'itx 



they know him 



qo'La 



that 



Le'Xat Lka'nax, ana' aqLa'wai:6x qo'La qLa'qewam 



one chief, some- he is killed that shaman, 



times 



aqLa'wa^ox La'icX qo'La Lka'nax. A'lta-y- 



he is killed his relative that chief 's. Now 



Qia'x iqage'niak ayo'Xuix, tcx-i-y- nxo'tlaya 



If paying blood they make eacli then at peace 



fine other, 



aqtote'nax, tcx-i-y- uxo'tlaya noxo'x. 



they are killed, then at peace they become. 



27. Ma'nix acxte'nax nikct giLa'Xawok k;a 



27. When they are angry not having guardian and 



against each other spirits 



E'XtEma-e-y- 



Sometimes 



ukuma'La-it naxa'x. 



a family feud it becomes. 



noxo'x. Atca'2xikc 



they become. Several 



qLa'qewam 



sliaman 



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then 



