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and the other ghost-dancers arc the last; and hxst | of all follow the 25 

 Sparrow Society and the Sparrow women. They go right | to the 

 place where they hear the cry " Hamamamama ! " of the ghosts. | 

 Then they pretend to brhig back Qlex'sesElas; and when the | can- 

 nibal-dancers approach her, they wiU fall down like dead; and the || 

 war-dancers and the frog-dancers wiU go to see why they do so ; | there- 30 

 fore they go to look; and when they come up to them, | there will be 

 again the cry, "Hamamamama!" of the ghosts. They | all drop 

 down like dead, and also the | Sparrow Society men and women drop 

 down. Only the ghost-dancers do not drop down. |1 Then they go to 35 

 get urine, and sprinkle it | over the cannibal-dancers and the war- and 

 frog-dancers, and finally they | sprinkle the urine over the Sparrow 

 men and women and | also the Sparrow Society children. When 

 they have aU been sprinkled with urine, | they come to life again, 

 and they all foUow the || cannibal-dancers and go back into the 40 

 winter-dance house; for, as soon as 1 they drop down like dead, when 

 the cannibal-dancers, | the war-dancers, the frog-dancers, and aU the 

 others, are struck by the ghost, then the ghost-dancers | catch 

 Qlex'sesElas and brmg her in before any of the others get back | 

 into the winter-dance house, who were lying there like dead. || She 45 

 is put into her secret room in the rear of the middle of the house. | 

 Then the cannibal-dancers come in, sounding their whistles, and go 



ts!a. Wa, laL5s lelElolalalaqlos eIxleles. Wa, he^mis lal ElxLaya- 25 

 asltsa gwegwatslEma LE^wa gwegiitsIaxsEme. Wa, la^me he^naku- 

 laEml laxes wuLElasLaxa hamamamaxaasLasa leslanenoxwa, qo 

 g'axbotal taodg'ostodElxox Q!ex'sesElasex. Wa, gllEmtwise ex'a- 

 g'aaLElaLa haamatsia laqexs leLa yaqiimg'aElsLE. Wa, lal ^naxwa. 

 EmLa eolala LE^wa wiwEq !ese awelElqElax heg'ilas gwex'^Ide. 30 

 Wii, he^mis lag'ilas la ^wFla dox^wIdEq. Wa, giPmese lag'aa laqexs 

 laa^l edzaqwa hamamamaxeda leslalenoxwe. Wa, hex'^idaEmlwise 

 ^naxwa yaqumg^aElsa. Wa, la*me ^naxwa yaqOmg^aElseda gwegwa- 

 tslEm LE'wa gwegiitslaxsEme. Wii, la^me ^naxwa k"!es yaqumg'a- 

 Elseda lelElolalale. Wa, he^me lal Sx^edElxa kwats !e, qa^s la xosElg'es 35 

 laxa haamatsia LE^wa eolala LE^wa wiwEqlese. Wa,la alxLalaxs liiLe 

 xosElgEntsa kwats !e laxa gwegwiits lEme LE^wa gweguts !axsEme LOLa 

 gwagiigwedzEme. Wii, g'IPEmlwise ^wJlxtodEl xEwex"sa kwats !e, 

 qo lal ^naxwaEml q luliix'^IdEl, wii, a^mis la ^wi^la la ElxLesa haama- 

 tslaxs lae aedaaqa, qa^s la hogwiL liixa l5bEkwe, qaxs g'lPmex^de 40 

 ^naxwa yaqiimg'aEls lae lelEwalkwa -niixwa haamats!a LE^wa eolala 

 LE^wa wTwEq !ese l6^ ^naxwes waokwe, liiLasa waokwe lelElolRlal 

 kimyalxox Q!ex"sesElasex, qa^s g'iixel g'ag"alagEmal g'iixeltsox 

 laxwa lobEkwaxs k'leas'meLe qliilax'^IdEltsa la yaxyEqIflsa. Wa, 

 g'il^mese laeL laxes lEme^lats !e laxwa naqoLewalilex g'iixaas xwexwa- 45 

 gweLEleda haSmatsIa, qa^s leLal haeLEla laxes lEme^latsIe laxg'ada 



