BOAS] FAMILY HISTORIES 935 



5. Oh, take out your magic power from those who lie there dead ! | 33 

 Oh, take it out! Aha lie ya aha ! || 

 As soon as all the song-leaders could sing it, | she sang the song 35 

 of the frog-dancer. This it is: — | 



1. Put to rest your great magic power, that the | magic power of 



your winter dance may keep quiet, eya | eya eye eye aheya ! || 



2. Gather up your great magic power that they wish to take from 40 



you, I else your great magic power will be scattered every- 

 where, I ya eya eya eya eya eya eye aheya! | 



As soon as all the song-leaders could sing these songs, Chiton (V 7) 

 stopped singing, and she gave instructions to the || Whale Society 45 

 and to the song-leaders to do the same | as they had done when they 

 caught the ghost-dancer, when they were going to catch the cannibal- 

 dancer, 1 the thi'owing-dancer, and the frog-dancer. Thus she said. 

 And after she finished speaking, | they felt their way back, when they 

 came out of the woods before daylight. | The whole number of them 

 did not go to sleep. When daylight came, || Yox"yagwas and his 50 

 friends, the Whale Society, dressed up; | and while they were still 

 dressing, the sound of the sacred songs of the | throwing-dancer and of 

 the frog-war-dancer were hoard at the place where those who had 

 disappeared and the cannibal-dancers showed themselves. | It was 



5. Wa, heg"a dahamodalahalxos giJnx'giink'ag'ilahaqos ^nawahala- 33 

 kwii hii yaahii. Wa, heg'a dahamodala. Ahil he ya aha. 



Wa, g'il^Eni^axaawise ^naxwa q!asosa nenagadaxs. Laa^l edza- 35 

 qwa dEnx^Its qlEmdEmasa wEqIese. Wa, g'a^meseg"a: 



1. Omatala lag'axs ^nawalax"dzeyahaqos yeha, qa ex'^meltso oma- 



t!aLElaaheLos ^nawahalax"dzeyahaq6s ts!ahaets!agalldeeya eya 

 eya eye eye aheya. 



2. Wii, q!ap!egilisaxs ^nawahalax"dzeyahaha dahamaxElagilis lax 40 



Slox gwelElis lax getslohowaxElagilisaxoxs ^nawahalax"dze- 

 yahaqos ya eya eya eya eya eya eye aheya. 



Wa, gil^Ein^'lawise Hvi^la la q !aleda nenagadaxa q !Emq lEmdEmaxs 

 laa4 gwal dEnxsle Q!anase. Wa, aEm-iawise la Lexs^rdaxa gwegu- 

 yime LE^wa nenagade qa k^me heEmlxat! gwegwalag-illLes'gwegwa- 45 

 lag illlasaxs lao kimyaxa lEloialale, qo Ifd k'Imyalxa hamatslaLE^wa 

 mamaq !a LE^wa wEq !ese, ^nex'^lae. Wa, gipEm^awise q !wel=IdExs g'a- 

 xae p!alt!alaxs g^axae h6x^wiilt!axak'!es^Em^nrix'^ida. Wa, laEm^lae 

 hewaxa mex-eda laxes ^waxaase. Wa, giPEra^lfiwise^nax'^IdExslaa- 

 ^lae Y6x"yagwase hex"^ida q !walax"^Id LE^wis ^ne^nEmokwa gwegii- 50 

 yime. Wii, hcEm^iiwis ales q!walax'axs g'axaa^lase yiilaq !vvaleda ma- 

 maq !a LE^wa wEqIese olala laxa ne^lasasa xix'Esala LE^wa hamats!a. 

 Wii, g'll^Em^lawise wuLax^aLEleda ^nEmokwe bEgwauEm gwegfidzaq 



