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appeared that || night. Then many winter-dance whistles sounded; 60 

 and I as soon as those who had been seated had gone out, | Potlatch- 

 Dancer cleared out his house. After they had cleared it out, | they 

 built a fire in the middle; and when the fire in the middle began to 

 burn, I the four speakers of Potlatch-Dancer — who were named | 65 

 Bawiile in the secular season, and in winter Wawanagadzo^; | and 

 another one, ^UEmogwesEme^ in the secular season, | and Wren in 

 winter; and one who was called l !esp legaak" | in the secular season, 

 and Goose in winter; and | also G'exk'Enis in the secular season, 

 and TslaqlExsdo in |1 winter — had red cedar-bark on their heads 70 

 and I red cedar-bark around their necks. They took tallow of 

 mountain-goat | and rubbed it on their faces; and after doing so, | 

 they took charcoal and blackened their faces. | After doing so, they 

 took eagle-down and || put it on their heads; and when this was done, 75 

 they I took cedar-bark rope and cut off part for a belt. | Then they 

 took their Sparrow Society canes | and when they had done so, they 

 started. They went to call all the | men, and the women and cliil- 

 dren, to come quickly || into the house of ^widzeq !walas6^ (IV 19), for 80 

 now 1 Potlatch-Dancer had ah'eady his winter-dance name ^widze- 

 q'.walaso^. One of the speakers, said while | they were going and 



ganuLe. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise hek" lEk- laleda q lenEme lblex-exsexs 60 

 g'alae ^wFla la hoqiiwElseda kiwalax'de. Wa, la^lae hex'^idaEm 

 ex^witsE^wa g'okwas P!asElale. Wa, g'iPEm^lawise gwate^l ekiilila- 

 soxs laaH laqolilasE-'wa. Wa, g'il'Enr'lawise x'lqostawa laqawall- 

 laxs laa^ qlwalax'^ideda mokwe S,yElx"s PlasElalexa Legadiis 

 Bawule laxa baxuse; wii, la^lae Wawanagadzawex'La laxa ts!e- 65 

 tsleqa. Wa, hcEm^lawise ^uEmogwesEma^ye la^axa baxuse; wa, 

 la^lae Xwatlaxxa laxa ts!ets!eqa. Wa, heEm-lawise l !esp legaakwe 

 laxa baxuse; wa, la^lae NExaxLa la^laxa ts!ets!eqa. Wa, heEm^a- 

 wise G'exk'Euise laxa baxuse; wil, la^lae Ts!aq!Exsdox"La laxa 

 ts!ets!eqa. Wa, laEm^lae qeq^Ex'imalaxa L'.agEkwe. Wa, la^laxaa 70 

 qeqEnxala LlagEkwe. Wa, la^lae ^x^edxa yasEkwasa ^mElxLowe 

 qa^s yasEkwodes laxes gegoguma^ye. Wa, g-il^Em^lawise gwalExs 

 laaEl ax^edxa tslolna, qa^s ts!6ts!ElEmdes laxes gegoguma^ye. 

 Wa, g'iPEm^lawise gwalExs laaEl ax^edxa qEmxwasa kwekwe, qa^s 

 qEmx^wides laxes xlx'omse. Wa, g-ipEm^lawise gwalExs laa^l 75 

 S.x^edxa dEnsEne dsnEma, qa^s tlosode laq qa^las wlwiiseg'anowe. 

 Wa, g'lPmese gwalExs lae fix^edxes gwegwespleqe. Wii, giPEm- 

 ^lawise gwalsxs laa^l qas^ida. Wii, lasm^lae lal Le^liilaLxa ^naxwa 

 bebEgwauEm LE^wa ts!edaqe Lo^ma glng'tnanEm qa g'iixes halaei. 

 lax g'okwas ^widzeq!wiilasF/we, qaxs lE^mae ts!agEXLiile Plassla- SO 

 lax ^widzeqlwalasE^we. Wii, g'aEm^l Willtsa ^nEmokwe laxa iiyEl- 

 kwaxs lae qaseg-a la^laxs laa-1 laeL lax t'.et'.EX'ilasa ^naxwa 



