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try to secure him, together with L.'aqwagihi, so that he may | come 68 

 and dance." Immediately the Awik' !enox" sang, | and LlaqwasgEm 

 went back into the room. Before long || the helik'ila! came, wearing 70 

 the grizzly-bear skin blanket, and around his neck a | thick cedar- 

 bark ring. He wore on his head the head-mask with ermines, | and 

 he wore a dancing-apron around his waist. He was | shaking his 

 rattle with one hand as he was dancing. | He danced around the fire 

 in the middle of the house. Then Llaqwag'ila Hand LlaqwasgEm 75 

 were his attendants. Four songs | were sung by the Awlk' !enox". 

 Then they finished. As soon | as they had finished, the helik ilaJ 

 went back to his sacred room; and | LlaqwasgEm gave away one 

 hundred mountain-goat blankets to the | Nak!waxdr/x" and to the 

 Awik' lenox"; and as soon as he finished || giving away the mountain- 80 

 goat blankets, the chief of the | Awik!enox", Llaqwag'ila said to the 

 Naklwax'da^x" and Gwa^sEla | that they should come back into the 

 LEWElaxa house the next | evening. Thus he said. | 



As soon as he stopped speaking, the Nak!wax'da^x" || and the 85 

 Awik' lenox" and the Gwa^sEla went out. And when it was evening | 

 on the following day, the four speakers went again to call them, | 

 and they said the same as they had said when they called them the 

 first time to the dance. | Now they were dancing, and they did the 

 same that night | as the}' had done before. And as soon as the 



g'axeso yix^wida." Wa, hex'^idaEm'lawiseda Awik'Ienoxwe dEn- 68 

 x^eda. Wa, hVlae LlaqwasgEuie layakilila. Wa, k-es"iat!a galaxs 

 g'axaasa hehk'ilale ^nEx^iinalaxa g'llasgEme ''iiEX^una^ya qEuxalaxa 70 

 LEkwe LlagEkwa. Wa, laEm^lae ybcwiwalaxa g'ig'ilE^makwe yixwi- 

 wa^ya. Wii, laEm^lae tsabEx"sa yixuxsdeg'a^ye tsiipa. Wii, la'la- 

 xae k!uxEtk'!olts!anaxa kliixEdEuaxs lae yixwa. Wa, lasm^lae 

 ylxse^stalilElaxa laqawalllasa g'okwe. Wii, laEm^Uxe Llaqwag'ila 

 Lo^lae L!aqwasgEme LaxwemelEci- Wa, mosgEm^latla qlEmqiEm- 75 

 dEme dEnx^edayuwasa Awlk'lenoxwaxs lae gwala. Wa, giFEm^la- 

 wise gwalExs lae layak'lllleda helik'ilale laxes mawlle. Wii, lii^lae 

 L'.aqwasgEme yax^witsa hxk'lEnde =me^mElxLosgEm ^naEiix'^une hlxa 

 Naklwax'da^xwe LE^wa Awik' lenoxwe. Wii, g-il^Em-'lilwise gwiila 

 yaqwasa ^me^niElxLosgEme ^naEnx^unexs lae nele g'lgama^yasa 80 

 Awik'!enoxwe Lliiqwag'ilaxa Niiklwax'da^xwe LE^wa Gwa^sElaxs 

 etiedel g'iixL ^wllal hogweL Laxa LEWElaxaatsIe g'ox"xa etIedELa 

 ganol^idEl, ^nex'^lae. 



Wii, g'il^Em^lawise q !wel=edExs lae ^wi% hoquw£lsedaNiik!wax-da- 

 ^xwe LE^wa Awik' lenoxwe Lo-ma Gwa-sEla. Wa, g'll^Em^liiwise dzii- 85 

 qwaxa lEiisaxs laaEl et!ed cjiis^ideda m5kwe a-yilkwa. Wa, laEmxae 

 aEm nEgEltEwexes g'alc wiildEinaxs g'iilae qiisa qaeda g'ale kwe- 

 xEla. Wa, laEmxae kwexEla. Wii, heEmxaiiwise gweg'ilaxa gano- 

 Les g'ale gweg'ilasa. Wa, g-ll^mese gwiil ylx^wieda helik'ilalasa mos- 



