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was the first to hear it, | aud he said to LlaqwasgEm they would go 12 

 at once | to look at it. Tliey just put into the sacred room what they 

 had found, | and went out. Before long Llaqwag'ila came back || 

 and stood in the doorway of the | house, and said, "0 dancers! now 15 

 I have discovered | our dancer, and he has been transformed. He 

 has become | Q lomogwa, and he is going to be well now. Now I will 

 bring him in." | Thus he said, and he went out again. Before long || 

 he came back, walking backward, with l laqwasgEm walking in front 20 

 of him. I He was wearing the mask of Q lomogwa. Then l !aqwag'ila 

 told the Awik' !enox" | to go ahead and sing; and as soon as they 

 began to sing, | the mask of Q lomogwa began to dance. And as soon 

 as they came to the rear of the house, he went in | behind the front 

 of the sacred room. This is ended. || 



Then LlaqwasgEm gave away fifty lynx | blankets, ten marten 25 

 blankets, | thirty marmot blankets, to the Naklwax'da^x" | and 

 Awik' lenox". That is aU about this. This was | the first LEWElaxa 

 in the southern country. || Therefore I am the only one who is first 30 

 called to be the attendant of the LEWElaxa, for | my ancestors were 

 the first to obtain the dance. Now I have finished talkmg | about 

 Llaqwag'ila (XV 4), who brought the LEWElaxa to LlaqwasgEm 

 (XVI 1). I 



x^aLElaq. Wa, la^Iae axk'lalax LlaqwasgEme qa-s lax'da^xwe 12 

 dox^wklEq. Wa, aEm^lawise la iixtslalilases qleqia laxa mawlle. 

 Wii, la^lae hoqiiwElsa. Wit, k'les-hitla galaxs g"iixae aedaacje 

 Llacjwag'ila. Wa, heEm'lawise Lax^iilile awlLEliisa tiEX'ilasa 15 

 g"6kwe. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "^ya tsletsleqo; lanogwa maltleg'aa- 

 LElaxg'ins yixwagins lag'asg'a la ogux'Idaela. Wa, laeg'as la qlo- 

 mogwe^stalila. Wii, lag'a heh'nakiila. Wa, lanogwa g'iixeLamasLE- 

 g'aq"," ^nex'^laexs lae xwelaqa lawElsa. Wa, k'les^latla g'alaxs 

 g'axae g'axeLEla k'laneLEla lo^ LlaqwasgEme k^amesgEmexa yixu- 20 

 malaxa qlomokumle. Wa, la'lae Llaqwag'ila wiixaxa Awik"lenoxwe 

 qa dEnx^edes. Wa, g'ipEm^lawise denx^edExs lae ylx^wideda qlo- 

 mokumle. Wii, g'll^Em-liiwise lag'aa laxa ogwiwalllaxs lac latslalii 

 laxa aLadza^yasa miiwile. Wa, la^me gwal laxeq. 



Wa, la^lae LlaqwasgEme etied yax^witsa SEk" lax'sokwe ^walasx iis- 25 

 gEm ^naEiLx^una^ya LE^wa lastowe LeLEgEx"'sEme ^naEiix^una^'ya 

 LE^wa yudux''sokwe kwekux"dEsgEm ^naEnx^iina-ya laxa Naklwax- 

 da^xwe LE^wa Awik'lenoxwe. Wii, laEin gwal liixeq. Wa, hcEm 

 g'il g'ax LEWElaxa liixwa ^nalenak'alax awlnakala. Wa, he^misEu 

 liig'ila lex'aEm gil Le'lrdaso- qa lii Laxwemel hlx LEWElaxa qaxs 30 

 he^maEn g'ale g'axatsa LEWElaxa. Wa, laEm gwrdsns gwagwex-s^a- 

 laena^ye lax Lliiqwag'iliixs g'iixaasa LEwElaxa lax l liiqwasgEme. 



