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heard by one of the men of the Sparrow Society. [ Then he ran and 



55 told HoLehd. Immediately || Yox"yagwas sent for him to go with 

 his friends to call all | the Sparrow people to come quickly into the 

 dancing-house. Then they ] only went once to call. When aU had 

 come in, | they followed the instructions of Chiton (V 7) as to what 

 they were to do. | After the singers of the secret songs had sung their 



60 songs, all the || cannibal-dancers became excited and ran out, and | 

 the Sparrow people followed them. Now the cannibal-dancers tried 

 to catch the cannibal-dancer, | and the thrower-dancers caught the 

 thrower-dancer, and the ] frog-war-dancers caught the frog-war- 

 dancer. Then the song-leaders ] and the Whale Society sang the 



65 songs, and the whole number || drove back the many members of the 

 Sparrow Society. They drove them | into the dancing-house. Then 

 they put the dancers into the sacred room in the left-hand corner of 

 the I dancing-house. Then they sang for those whom they had 

 caught; and | when all had danced with the songs, they were put 

 back into the sacred room | friuii which they had come one at a time. 



70 After this had been done, || the Sparrow people went out, and then 

 the I Whale people slept for a while until the evening. Wlien | 

 evening came, the Whale people and the song-leaders were called, 

 and I they came and sat down in the dancing-house. Wlien it got 

 dark, 1 the Whale people dressed themselves; and after they had || 



laa^l dzElx^wIda, qa^s W\ nelax HSLelide. Wa, hex'^id gliomas ^yala- 



55 qas Yox^yagwase qa las qas^Id LE^wis ^ne^nEmSkwe Le^lahixa -'na.xwa 

 CTwecucrtidza, na gaxes ^wl-la halaeL laxa lobEkwe. Wa, lasm^lae 

 ^nEiiip lEugildzaxstalaxs laa-l qas^'ida. Wit, gil-Em^lawise -wMaeLExs 

 laa^ a.Em nEgsltEwex Lexs^alayox"das QIanase qa gwegilats. Wa, 

 gil^Em^lawise gwal yiyalaqOleda yiyiilaq Iwenoxwaxs laa^l ^naxwa 



60 xwaxusoweda haamats!a, qa^s la hoqflwElsa. Wa, laEm^Iae ElxLaleda 

 ^naxwa gwegugudza. Wa, laEm^lae k'imylda haamatslaxa hamatsla. 

 Wa, liVlae k-imylda mamamaq !axa mamaq !a. Wa, la^lae kimyalaeda 

 wa5q!wese eolalaxa WEC(!ese olala. Wit, hVlaLeda nendgade LE^wa 

 gwegiiyime dsnxElas q lEmq lEmdEmas. Wit, adzek'as^Em^awisEk' 



65 la kimyaxsdeg'ada qleuEmk' gwegiigiidza. Wit, la^me kimyaeLEm 

 lilxa lobEkwe, qa^s la lacLEm laxa lEme^lats!e lax gEmxotewalilasa 

 lobEkwe. Wii, laEm^lae q!Emt!etsE^weda kikimyanEme. Wa, gil- 

 ^Em^Lawise ^wi^la q!Emt!etsoxs laa^l aLe^stale^lEm lilxes lEme^latsIe 

 Laxes ^nal-'nEm6k!umkaena^ye. Wit, g'lh'Em^lawise gwalExs liia^l 



70 ^wl^la hoqiiwElseda ^naxwa gwegtigiidza. Wit, la^me yawas^Id mex^e- 

 deda gweguyime Laxeq lala^l liixa hxLa giinul^IdEl. Wii, gil^Em-lil- 

 wise dzaqwaxs liia^l gwex"^itsE^weda gweguyime LE^wa nenagade, qa^s 

 o-axda^xwe k!us'iihl liixa lobEkwe. Wii, g'll-'Enriiiwise plEdEx^^i- 

 dE.xs liia^l q!\valax''ideda gweguyime. Wii, gipEm^htwise gwal 



