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house." Thus she said | to him. Then the chiefs went out of tlie 11 

 house I who were going to call for HoLehd (V 6); and they followed 

 the I instructions given by Chiton (V 7), and they spoke at the doors 

 of all the houses. | Then Yox^yagwas whispered to the song-leaders, 

 teUing them what || Cliitou (V 7) had said to him. As soon as the 15 

 chiefs had gone four times | inviting, all the members of the Sparrow 

 Society — men, women, | and children — came in, but none of the 

 song-leaders came. | Then Chiton (V 7) went out of the rear door of 

 her I house to the Supernatural Place, for there all the song-leaders 

 were || sitting down. Then Chiton (V 7) spoke | and said, "Thank 20 

 you, friends, for it is just now given | to you to keep these songs. I 

 mean I will divulge | the songs of my father which I was given when 

 I was his ghost-dancer. | Now, listen! for I will smg them now." 

 Thus she said, and || took a cedar-stick, which she used as a baton. 25 

 First she sang | with fast beatmg of time the foUowmg song of the 

 ghost-dancer: | 



1. Yamamaa xamama yamamaha xamamamamame yamamaha | 



xamahamae hamamama! I was carried down by the ghost- 

 woman, I yamamaha xamama yamamaha xamamamamame !|| 



2. Yamamaa xamama yamamaha xamamamamame yamamaha 30 



xamahamae hamamama ! I was made to walk down by the ghost- 

 woman, yamamaha xamama yamamaha xamamamamamae ! I 



'laeq. Wa, hex'^Ida^Em^lawise lax'da^x" hSquwElseda g'lg'igama- n 

 ^yexa qasElgisas HoLelide. Wa, &x"da^x"^Em^lawise la nEgEltEwex 

 Lexs^alayas QIanase, qagwek'!alats lax t!Exilasa 'naxwa g"igokwa. 

 Wa, laEm laLa Yox"yagwase aolEnoLEmaxa nenagade nelas waklE- 

 mas QIanase laq. Wa, g'U^Em^Iawise moplEne^steda g"Ig'Egama^ye ^5 

 qatse^staxsg'axae'wFlaeLa ^naxwa gwegwats!Ema LE^'wa gwegiits.'ax- 

 sEme LE-wa gwagugwedzEme. Wii, laEm'Iae k'!eas g-axsa nenS,- 

 gade. Wa, he-'Em4awis la aLEX'SE^wats Qlanasa t!EnxLa^yasa 

 g'okwe, qa^s lii laxa ^nawalak!udzase, qaxs he-mae la ^wFla k!uts!E- 

 dzatsa nenagade. Wii, hex'^idaEm^lawise yaqlEg'a^le Q!anase. Wii, 90 

 la^lae ^nek'a: " Gelak'as la ^ne^uEmok" al^maweso ts!Ewe lax'da- 

 ^xoLxwa daliixwa q!Emq!EmdEme; ^ne^'nak-ile qaxg'ln a^mcLEk- 

 etiilt lEndElg'in q!Emq!EmdEmk' hixEn ompaxgin laolEk' lEloliilai 

 laq. Wa, la^mets hoLelalqEk', qEn dEnx^idesEk','' ^ex-^Iaexs lae 

 ax^edxa klwa^xLilwe, qa^'s tlEmyay^. Wii, hcEm-liiwis gil dEnx^rda- 95 

 yoseda tsaxala qlEmdEmsa lElolalale. Wii, g'a^meseg^a: 



1. Yamamaa xamama yamamalia xamamamamame yamamaha 

 xamahamae hamamama lelaxaiisElayox"d6xs le]Ewalana<^a- 

 x"de, yamamaha xamama yamamaha xamamamamame. 

 2.' — t6waxaesElayox"doxs lelEwalanagax^de 



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