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67 the cry "Hamamamama!" was uttered again on the other side of the 

 point, and | they all staggered about and fell down on the rocks. 



70 Then the Sparrow Society men, | women, and children ran up || to 

 them to see what caused them to fall down; and when | they came 

 up to them, the cry "Hamamamama!" was uttered again on the 

 other side | of the point from the place where they were walking, and 

 all of them staggered about | and fell down on the rocks. Now only 

 the many ghost-dancers were alive. | Then some ghost-dancers took 



75 Qlex'sesElas (V 4) 1| and led her into the winter-dancing house and 

 put her into the sacred room in the | rear of the dancing-house, at 

 the place where they had dug the hole. Then | other ghost-dancers 

 sprinkled with urine those who were lying on the rocks, struck by the 

 ghosts; I and after they had sprinkled the people struck by the 

 ghosts, I they uttered the cannibal cry, became excited, and ran 



gQ away from the rocks. They went into their || dancing-house, into 

 their sacred room at the left-hand side in the rear of the dancing- 

 house. I When they were in, the men, | women, and cMldren of the 

 Sparrow Society also went in and sat down | at both sides of the 

 ghost-dancers who were sitting in the center of the rear of the | 

 dancing-house, because they did not want any of the Sparrow Society 



§5 people to come near the hole that they had dug, || for they did not 

 want anyone to see it. | When they were all inside, HoLehd (V 6) 

 asked the song-leaders to | sing the song of the ghost-dancer. Im- 



qwa hamamamaxe apsadzE^yasa Jlwllba^ye. Wa, hex'^idaEm^laxaa- 



67 wise pepeLEla, qa^s yaqumg'aale. Wit, laEm^awisa gwegwatslEme 

 LE^wa gweguts!axsEmc LE-\va gwagugwedzEme -naxwa dzEJx^wIda, 

 qa^s la dox^widEx lagulas ^naxwa ^Em la yaxyEq !we. Wa, g"iPEm^la- 



y^ wise lag'aa laqexs laa^laxaase edzaqwa hamamamamaxeda apsadza- 

 ^yasa ftwllba^yas g'iyEmgllalasas. Wii, la^'lae ^naxwaEm pepeLEla 

 qa^s yaqiimg'aale. Wa, lex'aEm^lawise la q!weq!uleda qleuEme 

 lelElolalala. Wa, laEm^laeda waokwe lelElolalal ax^edEx Qlex'sesE- 

 lase, qa-s la laeLas laxa lobEkwe, qa^s lii laeLas laxa lEme^lats!e lax 



75 naqoLewalilasa lobEkwe laq!alaEmxa ^labEgwelkwe. Wa, la^lae 

 xos^ideda waokwe lelElolalaltsa kwats!e laxa lelEWElkwe la yaxyE- 

 q!wa, qaxs gilnaxwa^maa^l xos^itsE^weda lEWElkwaxs lanaxwae 

 hex^^idaEm hamts!Eg"a^la, qa^s lii xwak" dzElxula, qa^s la laeL laxa 

 lobEkwe, qa^s la lacL laxa lEme^lats!e lax gEmxotewalllasa lobEkwe. 



80 Wii, g'iPEm-liiwise ^wi'laeLExs haa^l ogwaqa hogwiLa gwegwatslEme 

 LE^wa gweguts!axsEmc LE^wa gwagiigwedzEme, qa-'s liiEl k!us^all 

 laxa ^wax"sbalilasa lelElolalalaxs he^maaLal kludzela naqoLewalilasa- 

 lobEkwe, cjaxs k"!esae helq!alaq nExwabalasa ^LabEgwelkwasa gwe- 

 gwatslEme, qaxs k'!esae ^nex' qa dox'waLEleses ^uEmokwa laq. 



85 ^^' g'il^mese ^wFlaeLExs liia^lase HoLelide axkMalaxa nenagade, qa 

 dEnx^edeses qlEmdEmasa lElolalale. Wii, hex"'idaEm^lawise sEk"5- 



