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As soon as he ended his speech, then | the chief of the Maamtag'ila, 

 Q!omogwe^, spoke, and said, "Take || care, friends, for we have 70 

 never done in this naanner in our | ghost-dance. It is done differ- 

 ently by the l !aL !asiqwahx. Now we | obtained in marriage these 

 privileges. Therefore | I am glad of your speech, Head-Princess 

 (V 7). It is really different from | our way of doing it. I have been 

 trying to understand the different privileges || which I have now, 75 

 although I am a Kwakiutl, for I never made a mistake in it. j 

 Now, do not let us just sleep, chiefs, for my heart is | happy on 

 account of the treasure which we obtained from the great chief 

 K- lade (IV 21). | That is what I say, HoLelid (V 6)." Thus he said, 

 and ended his speech. | 



Now it was dayhght, and at once Qlomogwe^ — || oh, I forgot, 80 

 his name is now changed, for he used his winter name, and | liis 

 name was Yoxuyagwas, — stood up and asked his friends, | the chiefs 

 ut the numayms. He said to them, "Don't | sit there idty! Let us 

 arise and dress ourselves and | let us ourselves wake up our tribe to 

 go into II tlhs winter-dance house of our friend HoLelid (V 6), for | 85 

 Head-Princess (V 7) knows that we shall really try to handle rightly j 

 the privileges given in marriage to our friend HoLelid (V 6). Now 

 take I red cedar-bark to put around our heads and for our neck- 



Wa, g'il^Em^awise qltilbe waldEmasexs laa^l yaqlEg'a^le gugama- 68 

 ^yasa Maamtag'ila, yix Qlomogwa^ye. Wa, la'lae ^nek'a: "Wag'a 

 aEml ^nfixwa yaLlaLEx ^ue^nEmok" heenoxwawesEns gvveg'ila qaEns 70 

 lelElolalalex, yixox gwayi^lalasaxsaxsa LlLalasiqwala. Wa, la^niEns 

 gEg'adanEmaq''xwa ^walasex k"!ek'!Es^^. Wa, he^mesEn lag'ila mo- 

 lasox waldsmaqos, KMedelEme. Wa, la^mox alak'!:lla oguqala 

 laxEn nose dalaeneq". Wii, yu^mEns alitsowa oguqalax kMek-lEs'a, 

 qEn laloL lasoxgun Kwag'ule, yixgin kMeasek' lEutsIasE^wa. Wa 75 

 gwalElasEns wupEm mex^eda, g'ig'Egame. LaEm Loma la ex'qlE- 

 SElagin naqek", qaEus Logwa^ye laxa ^walasa g'lgama^ye K'!S.de. 

 Wa, qEn ^nek-e, HoLelida," ^nex'^laexs lae qlweHda. 



Wa, laEm^lae ^nax'^ida. Wa, liex^idaEm^lawise Qlomogwa^ye, — 

 waq!unex"La, laEm LlayoxLa qaxs lE-mae ts!etsagEXLala. Wa, SO 

 laEm LegadElas YiJx"yagwase, — Lax^tillla, qa^s axk'lalexes ^ne^nEmo- 

 kwa g-Ig'Egama^ytvsa^nal^nE^memase. Wii, la^lae ^nek'Eq : "Gwallas 

 klwalax'^da^xoL. Weg'a Lax^widEx qEns wag'e q!walax'^Ida, qEns 

 xami^lalame la gwaxEns g"o}g"ukiil6tax, qa g'axlag'iltso ^wPlaeL 

 laxox lobEkwaxsEirs -nEmokwox HoLelidex, qa q !al-aLEles6x K- !ede- S5 

 lEma^yaxg'ins alak" laliLEk' aek IlalxEns g'iixeneLe aaxsilalxox k'!e- 

 k" lEs^ogtilxLa^yaxs laxEn ^nEmokwox HoLelidex. Wa, weg'a ax^edEX 

 LlagEkwa, qsnu^x" qeqEX'Ema^ya, lo^ qEnu^x" qeqEnxawa^ya, 

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