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60 although I know that all the men || and their wives have gone to 

 sleep. This is the winter dance that I am now | speaking about. 

 -:Vnd let Q!ex'sesElas (V 4) also come and try what she is to do." | 

 Thus she said. Even her husband did not know what was m | the 

 basket, and YaqEyalisEm (V 6) did not wish to ask | his wife about it. 



65 He just went out of his house and || went to wake up those to whom 

 she referred, the head chiefs of each numaym of his | tribe. Then he went 

 to the head chief of the numaym | Maamtag' ila, Q lomogwe^. Now he 

 had called one of them. | Then he also went to the head chief of the 

 G'exsEm, Yiiqwid; and also | the head chief of the Kukwakliim, 



70 TsEx^wid; and also the head 1| chief of the SenLlEm, ^uEmogwis; 

 and also the head chief of the | Layalala^we, Ts lEx^ed ; and the 

 Layalala^we are mixed with the | Maamtag' ila and the G'e.xsEm; and 

 also the head chief of the Elgfinwe^ | Amax" ag' da, and these are 

 mixed with the Laalax's^Endayo. | And when YaqEyalisEm (V 6) had 



75 hardly gone into the house, the chiefs 1| entered after him. Now 

 Head-Princess | led aU of them to their seats at the right-hand side 

 of the rear | of the house, so that they could see plainly the hole that 

 had been dug; and when | they were aU in, Qlex'sesElas (V 4) came 

 in, and Ilead-Princess (V 7) | led her and made her sit down in the 



80 rear of the house, at the |1 end of the hole that had been dug, so that 

 she could see distinctly what was to be done by | Head-Princess, .who 



60 gwanEma LE^was gEgEUEmax. Wa, yu^mes ts!ats!exsTlax'LEns lax 

 waldEma. Wa, he'mise Qlex^sesElasa, qa g'axlag'Iltse niEnelal," 

 ^nex'^lae. Wa, laEm^lae hewiixa^me la^wfuiEmas qlal^aLElax g"its!a- 

 waxa Llilbate. Wii, etslEm^lawise YaqEyallsEma ^nex', qa^s gitlale 

 wuLaxes gEUEme. Wii, laEm^lae asm lawEls laxes gokwe, qa^s la 



65 gwaxes gwE^yo, qa g^axes ^nal^nEm5kiima^yas ^nal^nE^memats !ena- 

 ^yases g'olg'iikidote. Wa, g^ipEni^lawise ^wllx'todxa oguma-yasa ^nE- 

 ^memeda Maamtag'ile Q!omogwa^ye; wa, lasm^lae ^uEmokoLEq. 

 Wa, heEm^lawise Qguma^yasa G'exsEme Yaqwide; wa, heEm^lawise 

 oguma-yasa Kukwak!ume TsEx^wIde; wa, heEm^lawise oguma- 



70 ^yasa SeuLlEme ^nEmogwise; wa, heEm^lawise oguma-yasa La- 

 yalalawe TslEx^ede, yixs hae lEng'Ilga^ya Layalalawaxa MaS,m- 

 tag"ila LE^wa G'exsEme. Wii, lieEm4iiwise 5guma^yasa Elgtin- 

 wa^ye Amax"ag'ila, ylxs lEngilga^yae la.xa Liialaxs^Endayowe. 

 Wa, lialsElaEm^lawise g^alagewa^ye YilqEyalisEmasa glg'Ega- 



75 ma^yaxs g'axaa^l hogwiLa. Wii, laEm^iae K' ledelEma^ye 

 q !ax'sidz(?q, qa hix'da^xwes k!us^SlIl liix helk" !otewali- 

 lasa g'okwe, qa help !altalisexa la ^abEgwelkwa. Wii, g'iHEm^lawise 

 ^wI^laeLEXs g'axaa^lase Qlex'sesElase g'iixeLa. Wii, la^ae KMedelE- 

 ma^ye q'.iixsldzeq, qa liis k!wiigalil laxa niiqoLewalllasa g-okwe liix 



80 oba^yasa ^labEgwelkwe, qa help !altales doqulaxa ^naxwa gwayi^liilats 

 K. '.edelEma^ye, qo liil niE^nelal qae. Wfi, gil^Em^liiwise 'wFla sElt!ali- 



