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2 At once it was a cause of surprise, | when it was seen by the uuiuiti- 

 ated of the Naklwax'da^x" | and Gwa^sEla, and also by the other 

 Awlk" !enox". As soon as it was | daylight, in the morning, l !aqwag'i- 

 5 la (XV 4) asked LlaqwasgEm (XVI 1) ll to call in the Nakhvax'da^x" 

 and Awlk' !enox" and all the | Gwa^sEla to eat breakfast in the 

 dancing-house for tlie | LEWElaxa. Then the chief of the Awik' !e- 

 nox", L!aqwag'ila (XV 4), said | that he would show to Sewid 

 (XVII 2) liow to dance the LEWElaxa and the great | dance helik'ilal. 



10 Wlien the || three tribes came in, Llaqwag'ila (XV 4) arose, and | 

 said, "I have already told that the LEWElaxa was a marriage gift | 

 from Chief HSmdzid (XIV 4) of the OyalaidEx", and that | Q lomogwa 

 is the supernatural property of the helik'ilal, and that the name of the 

 helik'ilal is | Yemask'as^o Qloniogwa. And now we shall sing for 



15 four days for || the helik'ilal. We shall begin now, so that you may 

 see the | way of dancing of the hehk'ilal. This is the sacred room of 

 the helik'ilai, | what 5-0U see standing there, M'Mch I obtained in 

 marriage from the cliief of the | OyalaidEx" of the Bellabella. I am 

 speaking about it emphatically, | because it is always asked of the 



20 chiefs of the tribes || to say where they obtained the LEWElaxa by 

 those who do not know | what is iu the box of real chiefs. This is 

 the I reason for my saying so — that you, Nak!wax'da^x" and Gwa- 

 ^sEla, I shall not speak against Yemask'as^o Q lomogwa (XVII 2), 

 which is the name of the helik'ilal, Sewid (XVII 2), for | now in the 



2 g'lmxs lae dox^waLEltsa g-Ig'exseg-a^yexa Naklwax'da^xwe 

 LE^wa Gwa^sEla Lo^ma waokwe laxa AwTkMenoxwe qaxs g'il^ma- 

 asl ^na.x-^idxa gaalaxs laa^lae Llaqwag'ila axklalax LlaqwasgEme 

 5 qa Lelalesexa Nak!wax'da'xwe LE^wa Awik-!enoxwe l6^ -'wi-leda 

 Gwa-'sEla qa g'axese gaaxstala laxa la lobEkwa g'okwe cjaeda 

 LEWElaxa. Wii, la^me ^nek-e g'lgamu^yasa Awlk' !enoxwe Llaqwag'ila 

 qa^s alak'lalc nelasexs lE^mae aU\k-!ala lusa LEWElaxa LE^wa ^walase 

 liideda helik'ilale lax Sewide. Wa, g'ipEm^lawise ^wHaeLeda yu- 



10 dux"sEmakwe leElqwalaLexs laa^lase La^xulile Llaqwag'ila qa'^s 

 uEgElta^yexEn laEmx'de waldEma yixs alak- Irdae gEg'adiinEmaxa 

 LEWElaxa lax g'igS,ma^yasa OyalaidExwe Hamdzide. Wa, he^misexs 

 Qlomogwayae Logwa^yasa helik'ilale, wit, he^mis LegEmsa helik'ilale 

 Yemask'as'o Q lomogwa. "Wii, la-'mesEns moplEnxwa^sL kwexalal- 



15 xwa helikllalex. Wii, la^mesEns g'tdabEudElxwa giinoLex qEns 

 doqwalexox yixwiilaene^Laxsa helik'llalex. Wii, yuEm milwlltsa he- 

 lik'lhilos liiqos dogiil k'logwllaxEn gEgadauEmex lax g'igama^yasa 

 OjalaidExwasa Heldza-qwe. HedEn liig'ilaEn EpElk'liila gwagwex'- 

 s^rda hlq" qaxs he/niEuiila^mae waLapleda 'niixwa g'Ig'Egamasa lel- 



20 qwiilaLa^ye, xa nek'e widzEsdzEwdaoxda LEWElaxaxa k'lese qleqliilax 

 g'lyimtslawiix g'llgUdasasa alak'liiia g'lg'Egama^ya. Wa, hc-nicsEn 

 Mie-nak'ile, laEms kleasL Ifd wfddEniLos, Naklwax'da-x" los Gwa^sEl, 

 qaox Yemask'as^o Ql5mogwaxox helik'llalEXLayoxs Sewide, yixs 



