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not stop I sounding behind the curtain in the rear end of the house. | 31 

 Then Q lomogwe^ (III 11) and his wife sat down in the rear end of the | 

 house, outside of the curtain in front of the xwexwe. They | ate 

 steamed camas. This was tlie first time that the || ancestors of the 35 

 Kwakiutl tasted camas. After they had eaten, | Down-Dancer 

 spoke to his tribe, the ancestors of the Comox. | He wanted them to 

 pacify the xwexwe. The [ ancestors of the Comox assembled at once. 

 Then | Down-Dancer (II 6) told liis son-in-law to watch the move- 

 ments of the xwexwe dancers while they were singing for them, || for 40 

 he was going to give it as a marriage gift to his son-in-law. After | 

 he had spoken, the song-leader of the ancestors of the Comox, whose 

 name was | NEmnEmEm, arose and shouted, "Wooo!" Then the 

 ancestors of the Comox shouted "Wooo!" | while they were beating 

 on boxes which were turned upside down. | Then four naked dancers 

 came out, || their bodies painted with ochre, and wearing the xwexwe 45 

 masks on their faces. Four | songs were sung for them; and when 

 tlielast song | was ended, then the four dancers walked with quick | 

 steps and all the men of the Comox beat time quickly. Then | 

 the speaker of Down-Dancer, named LEnolalal, arose and || spoke; 50 

 and he said, "Look at this, Chief Down-Dancer! | and bring some- 

 thing to drive the supernatural ones into their room." Thus he 

 said. I Then they cut goat-skins into strips | and put them down; 



xEm^yala lax aLadzelllasa yawapEmllle lax ogwiwalilasa g'okwe. 31 

 Wa, la kiiis^allle Q!6mogwa^ye LE^wis gEUEme lax ogwiwalllasa 

 g-okwe lax Llasadzelllasa yawapEmalllasa xwexwe. Wa, la^me l!e- 

 xwelag'iLxa mot!Exsde uEgikwa. Wa, hcEm g1l p!Ex^aLElatsa g'a- 

 lasa Kwag'ulaxa mot!Exsde laxeq. Wa, gil^mese gwat LiExwa, wa, 35 

 la^lae yaq!Eg'a^le Qamxulalaxes g'olg'Ekulotaxa g'filasa Q!omox"sa. 

 Wa, laEm^lae ^nex' qa yalasolag'esa xwexwe. Wa, hex'^idaEm^la- 

 wise q!ap!egilileda g-alasaQ!omox"se. Wa, laEm^lae ^nek'e Qamxii- 

 lale qa doqwaleses uEgtimpax gwayi^lalasasexs lae q!Emtaxa xwe- 

 xwe, "qaxsla^meg'as lal laLUEgtimp," ^nex'^laeq. Wa, giPEm^lawise 40 

 q!wel^IdExs laaEl Lax-ulila nagadasa g'ala Q!6mox"sxa Legadalas 

 NEnmEmEm. Wa, la^lae woooxa. Wa, la^lae ^nEmadzaqwa wooo- 

 xeda g'ala Q!omox"s, lalaxes t iEmtsEmayaena^yaxa qoxqEgwile 

 xexEtsEma. Wit, heEm^lawis g"ax^wult!alilElatsa mokwe xaxEnala 

 gwegums^idEkwe yaexumala xwexwaxs laaEl q!Emtasosa mosgEme 45 

 q!Emq!EmdEma. Wa, g'U-Emlawise q!ulbeda alElxsda^ye q!Em- 

 dEmexs laaEl tsEx"sesededa xwexwe laxes m6k!wena^ye. Wa, 

 la^lae t!Emsaleda ^naxwa bEgwanEmsa Q!6mox"se. Wa, la^lae 

 Lax-'iillle Elkwtis Qamxulalexa LegadEs LEnolaiale, qa^s yaq!E- 

 g-a4eEl. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "Weg-a doqwatax, g'lgame"' Q&mxii- 50 

 lal, g'ax lag'ax'e k'Imex'sag"anoLa6saxg'as ^nawalax"g'6s," ^nex'- 

 -lae. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise la ax^etsE^weda xwexut!fi.^ye ^mElx- 



