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have brought mo. This is the reason why I spoke. | I sliall not use 

 this great dance. It shall go to my II prince Sewid (XVII 2). He 80 

 shall have the name Hamdzid." | Thus spoke LlaqwasgEm (XVI 1) 

 to his tribe, the Gwa-sEla, and to the Nak Iwax'da^x", [ and also to the 

 Awik' !enox", and they all agreed to | what he said. As soon as he 

 had spoken, he gave away the | four slaves to the chiefs of the 

 Nak!wax'da^\" and || Awlk' !enox", and four large canoes | M'eut to 85 

 the chiefs of the two tribes, ) and he gave away the one himdred 

 deer-skin blankets to the | two tribes. After this the two tribes | 

 went out. They unloaded their canoes, || and night came. Then 90 

 Llaqwag'ila (XV 4) spoke | to his tribe, and told them to sing four 

 times the | LEWElaxa songs for Sewid (XVIT 2), the prince of 

 iJaqwasgEm (XVI 1), who | was to be a helikilal in the LEwslaxa 

 dance. Then Llaqwag'ila (XV 4) taught the | song of the hehk'ilal 

 to Sewid (XVII 1) late at night. And || Llaqwag'ila (XV 4) asked 95 

 his painters to put up the | sacred room with the moon on it and a toad 

 inside the moon. | At once two painters took four | roof-boards, 

 rubbed them with old cedar-bark mats to remove | the soot, and, 

 wlieu all the soot was off, || they put them down in the rear of the 100 

 house of LlaqwasgEm in the night. | Before dajdight they finished. 



k'lesel nogwa aaxsilalxwa ^walasex lada, yixs lE^niaex lal iaxEu 

 LEWElgama^yox Sewidex. Wii, la^mesox LegadElts Hamdzide," SO 

 ^nex'^lae LlaqwasgEmaxes g-okulota Gwa^ssla LE^wa Nak!waxda- 

 ^xwe, wii, he^misa AwlkMenoxwe. Wa, la^lae ^iiaxwaEm ex'^ag-aye 

 waklEmas. Wa, gll^Em^lawise gwal y&q!Ent!alaxs laasi yax-'witsa 

 mokwe q!aq!Ek-owa lax g-ig-igania^yasa Naklwax'da^xwe LE^wa 

 Awlk-!enoxwe. Wii, heEm^lawisa m6ls!aqe &wa xw5xwak!fliia. 85 

 HeEiuxaa la laxa g'ig'Egama-'yasa ma^tsEmakwe leiqwalaLa^'ya. 

 Wa, la^lae yax^witsa lak'lEnde tetEk'IotsEm ^naEnx^una^ya laxa 

 ma^tsEmakwe lelqwalaLa^ya. Wa, laEm^lae gwala laa^'lase hoqil- 

 wElseda ma^ltsEmakwe lelqwalaLa^ya. Wit, laEm^Iae moltalaxes 

 mEmwala. Wa, la^lae ganuHda. Wa, la^lae Llaqwag'Da yaq!E- 90 

 g'a^lxes g'okiilote. LaEm^lae nelaqexs moplEncLe kwexEla qaeda 

 LEWElaxa qa Sewide, yi^lax LEWElgama^yas LlaqwasgEmaxs lE-'maaEl 

 helik-UalL laxa LEWElaxa. Wa, la^me Llaqwag'ila qlaq'oLlamatsa 

 yiilaxLEnases helik'ilale lax Sewidaxa la gala ganoLa. Wii. laxae 

 Llaqwagila axk!alaxes k'!ak-!Et!enoxwe qa k-!ox-walIlcsexa 95 

 ^niEkuladzala mawila. Wa, la^lae wilqlasa ots!&wasa ^niEkQla. 

 Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawisa ma^lokwe k-!ak-!Et!enox" ax^edxa moxsa 

 saokwa qa^s yiltsEldzaycsa klakMobane laxa scsaokwo qa lawiiyesa 

 q!walobEse laq. Wa, gipEin^lawise ^wl^l&wa q!walobEsaxs laaEl 

 ax^alllas laxa naqoLEwalilasa gokwa LlaqwasgEmexa ganoLe. 100 

 Wa, k!es^Em^lawise 'nax'-idExs lae gwala. Wa, laEm-lae tslEl- 



