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and sat, down in the river. Tlien he | sprinlded himself with water 96 

 on each side of the neck; and | when he had sprinkled himself four 

 times, he heard again the voice: "Wip, wip, wip!" | it said. Then 

 he desired to go to try to see it. | He came out of the water, and put 

 on his bear-skin || blanket. Then he walked up the river. And he 100 

 did I not go there before lie became warm. He sat down | and put 

 down his bear-skin blanket. Then he arose and went | to sit down 

 in the water, and he sprinkled both sides of his neck with water. | 

 As soon as he hnd sprinkled himself four times, he heard again the 

 voice, II "Wip, wip, wip!" at a place near where he was. Now it 5 

 was evening. Then \ he really rubbed his bod^^ with his hands, and 

 threw water upon himself. | As soon as he had finished, he came out 

 of the water, and | sat down on the ground where he had left his 

 bear-skin blanket. He had not j been sitting there long before he 

 started, and he had not been going there long along the river || when 10 

 he took oS again his bear-skin blanket, and put it down. | Then he 

 sat in the water, and threw water on both sides of his neck. | As soon 

 as he had sprinkled himself four times, the sound, " Wip, wip, wip !" 

 was I heard liy him, while he turned liis back to the upper end of the 

 river. Then Llaqwag'ila | turned around to look for (the sound). 

 What should he see! There was a great house with painted || front 15 

 with a copper on each side of the door. | Then a hamshamtslES ran 



xosasa ^wape laxes ^wax'sanolxawa^ye. Wa, g'tl^Em^laxaawise 96 

 moplEna xos^idExs laa^lase edzaqwa wuLElas wip wip wip, 

 ^nex'^El. Wa, laem^Iae iiwulx^idEq qa^s lalagi dadox^waLElaaq. 

 Wa, la^lae la^sta laxa ^wape qa^s ^nEx^iindeses L!EntsEme 

 ^nEx^una^ya. Wii, liVlae qas^wiista laxa ^wa. Wa, la^lae 100 

 kMes qwesg"ilaxs lae ts!Elx^wida. Wa, la^lae k!wag'aElsa 

 qa^s x'ElxElsexes L!EntsEme ^nExiina^ya. Wa, la^ae Lax^uls qa^s lii 

 k!wa^sta laxa -wa. Wii, la xos^etsa ^wape laxes ^wax'sanolxawa^ye. 

 Wa, g'il'Em^lilwise mop!Ena xos^edExs laa edzaqwa wuLElnaxwas 

 wip wip wip laxa ^nExwala lax axasasxa laEm dzaqwa. Wa, laEm- 5 

 ^lae alax^^id giisases e^eyasowe laxes 6k!wina^ye laxes xosaena^yasa 

 ^wape. Wii, g'ilEm^lawise gwiila lae la^sta laxa ^wiipe qa^s lii klwil- 

 g'aEls lax x'ilq isdzasases L!EntsEme ^nEx^una^ya. Wa, k'les^latla 

 ge^s k!wiisa lae qiis^ida. Wii, k'!es^lat!a qwesg'ila qayamiilaxa ^wiixs 

 lae et!ed xEux'^idxes L!EntsEme ^nEx^iina^ya qa^s x'ElxElseq. Wa, 10 

 la^lae k!wa^sta liixa ^wape qa^s xo^sldexes ^wax'sanolxawa^ye. Wii, 

 g'ipEm^iiwise mop !Ena xos^kIexs liiaEl edzaqwa wip wip wipxe wii- 

 LElas liix gwek'alaasas lax -'uEldziisa ^wa. Wii, la^lae ^mEls^ide Lla- 

 qwag'ila qa^s dox^wideq. ^miisLelawis, ^wiilasa g'ok" kMatEmales tsii- 

 qEma^yaxa L!aqwa ^nfd^nEmsgEm liix^wax'sotsta^yasa t!Ex'ila. Wa, 15 

 heEm^lawis ^yalag'ildzatsa hamshamts !Ese l !iisana^yas. Wa, la^lae 



