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went out of the dancing-house to the north end | of the village; and 32 

 when they came to the north end of the | houses, they went in, stood 

 in the doorway, and | Yox"yagwas followed the instructions of 

 Chiton (V 7) as to what he was to say, || and also the others; and when 35 

 all had said their words, | they went out, and they went to the houses 

 of the south side and | went into those too; and they did the same 

 as before when they spoke. | They went into all the houses, and then 

 they I went into the winter-dancing house. There they took a rest. 

 They did not stay there long, |1 then they went back. Some of the 40 

 Sparrow Society people were coming in already; | for those who went 

 inviting said, whenever they went into the | houses, "Now we come 

 back to call you," and they spoke together. | Thus they went into all 

 the houses of the village. Then they entered the dancing-house | 

 and took a short rest there; but before they had || been sitting there 45 

 a long time, they went out again to call; and what they said | when 

 they went the third time was when they first entered the | doors of 

 the houses of the village, "Now we come back again | to call. Get 

 up, get up!" they said. And when | they reached the end of the 

 houses of the village, they went back into the dancing-house and || 

 took a rest; but they did not sit down there long before they arose 50 

 and I went out again a fourth time. Now they reaUy | tried to get 

 all those who were sitting in their houses. Starting at the | north end 



sa^latlexa g'6x"dEmse. Wa, g'U^Em^lawise labElsa laxa gunxa^ye 32 

 goktixs laa^l hogweLa, qa^s la qlwastolllax tiExilas. Wa, la^lae 

 Yox"yagwase &Em UEgEltodEx Lexs^alay&s QIanase, qa gwek'!alats 

 LE^vis waokwe. Wa, g iPEm^awise ^wilg-alile waldEmx'da-xwas 35 

 laa^l hoqiiWElsa, qa^s laxat! laxa ^nalalase g-okwa, qa^s laxat! 

 hogwiL laq. Wa, ax"da^x"^Em-laxaawise UEgEltodxes g'ilx'de 

 gwek'lalasa. Wa, gib'Em^lawise ^wilxtolsaxa g'igokulaxs laa^l 

 hogwiL laxa lobskwe, qa^s la x'os^id laq. Wa, kMes^latla gaelExs 

 laa^l qatse^sta. Wa, g'ax^Em^lawiseda waokwe gwegiidza hSg^wI- 40 

 LEla, ylxs he^niae waldEmsa qasElg'isaxs lanaxwae hogwiL laxa 

 g-okula: "La^mEnu-'x" qatse^stai' laxes ^nEmadzaqwaena^ye." 

 Wa, gipEmxaawise ^wllxtolsaxa g'okulaxs lae hogwiL laxa lobE- 

 kwe, qa^s liixat! yawas^Id x'osalll laq. Wii, k' les^'Em^laxaawise 

 gael k!udzll laqexs laa^l edElts!axsta qatse^sta. Wit, hcEiu waldEm- 45 

 sexs lae yuchix^plEiie^sta, yixs ^nek'aaxs g'fdae hogwiLa lax t!et!E- 

 xiliisa g-okiila g'a^mes waldEmseg'a: "La^mEnu-x" edElts.'axsta 

 qatse^stai'. Wa, wa, wa, LaLai-ax-'wId," ^nex-^lae. Wa, giPmese 

 labElsaxa g"ox"dEmsaxs lae et!ed hogwiL laxa lobEkwe, qa^s laxat! 

 x'os^Id laq. Wa, k'!es^lat!a gael kJiidzelExs laa^l qlwagalil, qa^s 50 

 la hoquwElsa. Wa, laEm-lae mop!Ene^sta. Wa, laEm^lae alax'^idEl 

 wa-wIgElIlaixa k!udzela laxes gig'okwe. Wa, heEm^laxaawise 



