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rattles; and when each has sung his sacred song, | then the cannibal- 6 

 dancer will get excited. They will go ahead of the twelve | dancers 

 who are singing their sacred songs; and we, members of the Sparrow 

 Society, shall run after them | to the place where those whom we are 

 going to catch will utter their songs. That is all, " | said she. "Now I 

 shall sing the songs this 1| night with our friends the song-leaders." 10 

 Thus she said. Then | Yox"yagwas thanked her for what she had 

 said. "Indeed, I have obtained this by marriage | from the great 

 supernatural tribe l !aL lasiqwala. | Therefore your speech, Chiton 

 (V 7), is good. Why should I not try | to do everything as it is done 

 by the l !aL lasiqwala ? Shall I not H foUow the words of Chiton 15 

 (V 7) ?" Thus he said. Wlien they finished their speeches, | it was 

 late in the evening. Then Cliiton (V 7) took the batons | and gave 

 one to each of the song-leaders. | Then Yox^yagwas spoke, and said, 

 "0 Cliiton (V 7) ! | do not let us sing in tliis house, else we shall be 

 heard by the tribe. Let us || go to Supernatural Place this night!" 20 

 Thus he said. Then | Chiton (V 7) was glad. "Only I did not tell 

 you quickly, | for that is the way it is done by my tribe the l !aL la- 

 siqwala." Thus she said. | Then they all arose and went out of the 

 dancing-house, and felt their way | going into the woods to Super- 

 natural Place. There || they all sat down. Now, Chiton (V 7) | sat 25 



he^mis lal xwaxusEwasltsa haamatsia qa^s lal g'alabiltsa ma^lOgug-I- 6 

 yowe ylyalaq'.wenoxwa. Wii, aEmlwIsRus lal q lumx'SEmllgin gwe- 

 gwatslEmek- lal lax hek' lalasLasa k-im^yasoLaEns. Wa, yu-'moq," 

 %ex-4ae. "Wa, la^mesEn etIedEl dEuxElaltsa q!Emq!EmdEmaxwa 

 ganuLex LE^wiins ^ne^nEmokwa nenagadex," ^nex'^lae. Wii, aEm- 10 

 4awise mola^lae Yox"yagwasas waJdEmas: "QaLaxgins gEg-adauE- 

 meg'aq" laxa ^walase ^nawalak" lelqwalaLa^ya LlaL lasiqwala. Wii, 

 he^mis liigiltsox ek'os waldEmaqos Q!anas. MasEU laLa wawax- 

 tslEwal lax gwayi^liilasas LlaLlasiqwalaq". Es^maeLEns aEm wiigil 

 laxox waldEmi^laliixs Q!anas," ^nex'Mae. Wa, gil'mese gwale wal- 15 

 dEmasexa la giila ganuLa. Wii, laEm^liiwise Qliinase Sx^edxa t!Em- 

 yayowe, qa^s la tslEwanaqasa ^naPiiEmtsIaqe laxa nenagade. Wii, 

 la4ae yaqlEg'a^le Yox"yagwase. Wii, lii'lae ^nelca: "^ya, Qliinas, 

 gwalax'ins yo dEnxEloxda g'okwex, aLEns wGLEltsa g'okulax, qEns 

 la^me laxa ^nawalak'.udzasaxwa giinuLex," ^nex'^lae. Wii, ala-lat!a 20 

 uEqa lax naqayalas Q!anase: "EsaeLEU &.Em halala ^nexMa^xoL, 

 qaxs he^mae gwayayaelatsEn g-oktilota L!aL lasiqwala,"^ nex'Haexs 

 laa'l ^wPla qlwagillla, qa^s lii hoquwElsa laxa lobskwe, qa^s lii playa- 

 k'Elaxs Laa^l hoxsakila qa^s lii liixa ^nawalak!udzasa. Wii, lax-da- 

 ^x"^lae ^wi^la klus^Elsa. Wii, laEm^lae UEqlEgelase kiwadzasas Q!ana- 25 



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