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of the numaym SeiiL !eiu, ] and liis father did the same. He also gave 

 away to the Layalala^we. | Then HoLehd (V6) spoke again, and called 1| 

 an uninitiated poor man of the Kukwak !um to take hold of the lasso, ] 20 

 and his father also gave away property to the | G'exsEm; and when 

 that was done,the chief | of the Maamtag'ila, Yox"yagwas, stood up 

 and spoke, and | said, "O friends! it does not seem to be good that 

 only II HoLelid takes charge of the magical lasso. Come j and sit 25 

 down ! Let me go and take charge of the magical lasso, j for I truly 

 passed through the magical power of the ghost-dance." Thus he 

 said I as he went and took hold of the rope. NowHoLelid (V 6) sat 

 down, I and Y6x"yagwas called the prince of the chief of the numaym 

 Layalala^we, || whose name was Tstex^edin the secular season, while 30 

 his I u-inter name was Hanag'atsle. He was called by Yox"- 

 yagwas, | the prince of Lalep !alas — for he had never been initiated, — | 

 to go and take hold of the lasso. Lalep !alas at once went | to take 

 hold of the lasso, and || puUed at it. The rope nearly came out; and 35 

 when it j stopped coming towards him, he stopped puUing. Then | 

 Lalep !alas stood up, holding the lasso; and | his father, Hanag'a- 

 ts !e, gave away many cedar-bark blankets to the numaym SenL !Em; j 

 and after he had given them away, he called his son || Lalep !alas to 40 

 come and sit down; and when he had sat down, | Yox"yagwas spoke- 



Wa, heEm^laxaawise gwex"4de 5mpas, yax^widaEm'laxaexa La 18 

 yalalawa. Wa, laHae edzaqwe HoLelide. Wa, laEm^lae LeqElilax 

 baxtitslEdza^yas wiwosElagasa Kukwak!ume, qa las dak'lEndxa x'i- 20 

 mayowe dEUEma. Wa, laEm^lawise ogwaqa yax^wide ompasexa 

 G'exsEme. Wa, giPEm^laxaawise gwalExs laa^lase Lax^ullle g-Ig&ma- 

 ^yasa MaSmtag-ile Yox"yagwase. Wa,la-'lae yaq!Ega%. Wa, la^lae 

 ^nek'a: "-ya, ^ne^nEmok" k' !est!aakwae ek^'e xEULElaena^yas lex'ame 

 HoLelide aaxsilaxwa ^nawalakwex x'imayo dEUEma. Wa, gelag'a 25 

 k!wag'alIlEx, qEn lalag'amaw'SLe aaxsilaxwa ^nawalakwex ximayo 

 dEUEma, qaxgin alegin lax's^ ^nawjilak" laxwa lElolalalex," ^nex- 

 ^aexslaa^l dax'^idxa dEUEme. Wa, laEmlaLa k!wag'allle HoLelide. 

 Wa, la^Iae LelElilax LEWElgfima^yas g'lg&ma^yasa ^nE^memaxa Laya- 

 lalawaxa Legadeda g'igama^yas TslEx^ede laxa baxuse. Wa, la 3U 

 tsIagEXLalax Hanag'ats Wa, heEm^lawis la LeqElelEms Yox"ya- 

 gwase LawElgama^yase Lalep !alase, ylxs he-mae baxiidzEXLayos, qa 

 las dakMindxa x-imayowe dEnEma. Wii, hex'^daEm^lawise la^ae 

 Lalep !alase Laxnilila, qa^s la^l dak' lEndxa x'imayowe dEnEma, qa^s 

 nex^ede. Wa, k!way6lqas^lat!a laxa dEiiEme. Wa, g-iPEm^lawise 35 

 wala tslEnkweda dEnEmaxs laa^l gwai nexaq. Wa, a'mese la Lawlle 

 Lalep lalase dak' llnalllxa x'Imayowe dEUEma. Wa, la^me yax^wide 

 ompase Hanagatslasa q!enEme k' !5bawase laxa ^nE-memeda SenLlE- 

 me. Wa, gipEm^lawise gwill yaqwaxs laa4 Le^lalaxes xunokwe 

 Lalep lalase, qa g-axes kiwagallla. Wa, gil^Em^lawise kIwagalllExs 40 



