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83 stepping into tlie doors of all the | houses (ft)r that is as far as they 

 went), I "We call you, memhers of the Sparrow Society, and the Spar- 



85 row Society women, and the Sparrow Society chDdren, 1| to go into the 

 house of ^widzeq Iwalaso^." | Tliis was said by Wawanagadzo'; and 

 after he had stopped | speaking. Wren spoke and said, | "The super- 

 natural power will come into the house of our chief ^wldzeq Iwalaso^ 



90 (IV 19);" I and after Wren had spoken, II Goose also spoke, and said, j 

 " Now let us go, shamans, to see what the supernatural power | will 

 do with the children of our chief ^widzeq Iwillaso^ (IV 19), | for they 

 have l)een taken by the supernatural power." Thus he said; and 

 after he had ended his words, j then TsIaqlExsdo also spoke and 



95 said: jj "Be quick, shamans, go on, and be quick, and come quickly 

 into the house!" | and after he had ended his words, | they went out; 

 and they went into the other houses, stood in j the doorway, and 

 they said as they had done before when | they were calling. When 

 200 they came to the end of the village Qalogwis, || they went back into 

 all the houses; and | the four speakers did not go out of the house 

 until the men, | their wives and children, all came out. Then they 

 all I went into the house with the four speakers. This | is called by 

 5 the ancestors of the Kwakiutl "single call," for in this way jj the first 

 appearance of the supernatural power of the winter dance is treated 



83 g'ig'okwa, yHaxs he^mae qlwastalila awiLElasa tIetlEx'lla: "G"ax- 

 ^mEnu^x" qasoLai', gwegiidzai' los gwegutsIaxsEmai' i.o^s gwagiigwe- 



85 dzEmai', qa^s laos ^wFltsIa lax g^okwas ^widzeqlwalasowai'." Wa, 

 heEm^l waldEms Wawanagadzawa^ye. Wii, g'IPmese qliilba waldE- 

 masexs lae ogwaqa yaqlEg'a^le Xwatla. Wii, la^lae ^nek'a: 

 "G'axeLeda ^nawalakwex laxox g'okwaxsEns g^igama^yex, laxa 

 ^widzeqlwalasE^wex," ^nex'^lae Xwatla. Wa, gil-Em^lawise q!ulbe 



90 waldEmasexs laa^l ogwaqa yaqlEg^a^e NExaqe. Wii, lae ^neka: 

 "La^niEns lal, pepExalai', nanaxbaal lax wiildEmas ^nawalakwa, qa 

 gwex'^idaasas sasEmasEns g'igama^yai' ^wldzeq IwalasE^waxs ^wFlo- 

 LanEmaasa ^nawalakwa," ^nex'^lae. Wii, g'lpEm^liiwise q Iiilbe willdE- 

 masexs lae ogwaqa yiiqlEg'a'le Ts!iiq!Exsd6. Wii, la^lae ^nek'a: 



95 " Halag'iliLEsai' pepExalai'. Wii, wii, wa Lax-wit, qa-'s laos hiila- 

 eLa," ^nex"4ae. Wa, gipEm^lawise qliilbe waldEmasexs lae 

 hSqfiwElsa, qa^s lii^laxat! laxa ftpsalase g"6kwa, qa^s liixat! q!wa- 

 stolilax tlEX'iliis. Wii, aEm^laxaawise nEg'Eltodxes gllx'de gwe- 

 k" lalasa. Wa, g^iPEm^awise labElsaxa g'ox"dEmse liix Qiilogwisaxs 

 200 gaxaa'l aedaaqa lalaeLla laxa ^naxwa g'Igokwa. Wii, laEnr'lae 

 al^Em hoquwElseda mokwe ayilkwiixs laa^ '^wi'lg'JlIla bebEgwiinEme 

 LE^wis gEgEnEme le^wIs sasEme. Wii, g'lpEm^laxaawise ^wilxtol- 

 saxa g'ig'okwaxs laa'l hogwiLeda mokwe a^yllkwa. Wa, hcEm^l 

 gwE^yosa g'iile Kwiig'ul ^nEmp!Engilts!axste, yixs hiia^l gwegula- 

 5 g'lla ^nawalakwaxs g-fdae laeL liix g'okwasa g'ale yawix'ilasa g'alii 



