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rings, I and tallow to put on our faces, and rope to be used for belts, |1 

 90 and also our Sparrow Society canes!" Thus he said. | 



Immediately all those things that he named wei'e brought, | and 

 they were put down next to Head-Princess (V 7). Now she also 

 changed her name, and she | used her winter-dance name which she 

 used among the LlaiJasiqwala. Now she | told her winter-dance 

 95 name to the chiefs. It was Chiton (V 7). || She said, "That is my 

 name which I obtamed from my father." Thus she said. Then | 

 all the chiefs dressed up; and after they had done so. Chiton (V 7) was 

 asked | by Y6x"yagwas, '"What shall we say when we | go about to 

 call the people?" Thus he said. Then Chiton (V 7) said, | "Your 

 word is good, for we must use the way of speaking of the LlaiJasi- 

 500 qwala in this winter-dance of HoLelid. || These will be your words: 

 'Now we walk to invite you, shamans, to | wash your eyes in the 

 house of our friend HoLehd (V 6),'" she said. | "And after him, the 

 others will also say, 'Now, arise, | and wash j-our eyes, so that the 

 secular season may come off from your eyes, for | our season has 

 5 changed, and you will see the winter-dance || season.'" Thus said 

 Chiton (V 7), giving instructions to them. "And that is | all that 

 you will say," said she to them. Then she called | Yox"yagwas, and 

 whispered to him, saying, "Please ask | the song-leaders not to come 

 into the house, for I will | go and teach them the songs of the ghost- 

 10 dancers at the |1 supernatural place when all the tribes are in the 



l5^ yasEkwa, qEnu^x" yasEkiimde, l5^ dEUEma, qEnu^x" wiiseg'a- 

 90 nowa; wa, he^mesEnu^x" gwegwesp!eqLa," ^nex'^lae. 



Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise ^wFla ax^etsE^we LeLEqElasE^was qa-s g^axe 



glg-alllEma yis KMedelEma^ye. LaEm^xae LlayoxLa. Wa, laEm^ae 



hexLalaxes tsIagEXLayo laxes L!a,L!aseq!wena^ye. Wa, laEm^lae 



^nelases ts!agEXLayo LegEm laxa g'lg'Egama^ye Q!anase. "Wa, 



95 he^mEn LegEme laxEn ompa," 'nex'^lae. Wa, laEm^lae qlwalax'^Id 



^naxweda g'ig'EgS.ma^ye. Wa, g-iPsm^lawise gwalExs laa^l wiiLa- 



sE^we Q!anase yls Y6x"yagwase: " Wek' !alaLEnu^x" laxEnu^x" 



qats!axstalaeneLa?" ^nex'^lae. Wa, la^lae ^nek-e Q!auase: "La^mox 



ek'os waldEmaqos, qaxs L!aL!Eseq!waIa6x ts !aq !ena^yaxs HoLelide. 



500 Wa, g'aEms waldEmlg'a: 'La^mEnu^x" qasaai' pepExalai', qa^s laos 



ts'.oxstod lax g'okwasEns ^uEmokwe HoLelide'," ^uex'^ae. "Wa, 



la^lae «neg-ap!a^ya waOkwaseq. Wa, la^lae ^nek-a: 'Wa, Lax^wid, 



qa's laos ^wrla ts!ox"st6da qa lawayesos babaxusta^yaq !6s, qaxs 



Ir/maex ogux^IdEns ^nalax, qa^s dox^waLElaosaxa ts!agEdz6x 



5 ^nala,'" ^nex'^ae QIanasaxs laa^l Lexs^^ilaq. "Wa, heEm waxax'^I- 



dalaLes waldEmLaos," ^nex'^laeq. Wa, hcEm^lawis la Le^lalilatsex 



Yox"yagwase, qa-s opaleq. Wa, la^lae ^iiek'Eq: "Wax las axkMa- 



laxa nen^gada qa kMesese g-ax ogwaqa hogweLa, qEn laLEn 



q!aq!oL!amatsa qlEmqlsmdEmaxsa lElolalala lax'da^xQqwe laxa 



10 ^nawalak!iidzasa, yixs g^axeLase ^wi^laeLos g'6lg'ilkQl6taq!6s,"^iiex'- 



