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17 about outsicle of the house. ' Then the hamshamts!Es went back 

 behind tlie iiouse, starting from the j right side of the house. As 

 soon as he had gone back, Llacjwag'ila | went out of the water, and 



20 sat down where he had left his || bear-skin blanket. And it was not 

 long since he had sat down, when four | men came wearing red 

 cedar-bark around their necks, and red cedar-bark around their 

 heads; | and all carried round poles as ! sparrow-canes. They came 

 to the place where i.Iaqwag'ila was seated: and j one of them spoke, 



25 and said, "We are sent by || our friend TsiEk' lExsde to come and 

 call you to | watch us taming Hamsbe^." Thus they said. Immedi- 

 ately I Llaqwag'ila arose, put on his bear-skin blanket, | and followed 

 the four Sparrows. They went into the house, | and Llaqwag'ila sat 



30 down at the left hand side inside of the || door of the house. And as 

 soon as he had sat down, a man, | who was standing in the rear of the 

 house, spoke, and | said, "Now, take care, shamans! when we tame 

 our ] friend Harasbe^, for our friend Llaqwag'ila has | come, ana he 

 sits down by our side in order to see the gift that he is going to get." 



35 Thus he said. II Then tlie hfirashamtslEs came in, and cried, "Wi]i, 

 wip, wipl" I And then immediately the song-leaders beat fast time, 

 and I they sang a song of the hiimsh2,mts !es with fast beating. And 

 when it was I at an end, they sang a song with slow time beating. 



17 aLe^steda hamshamtslEse lax aLand^yasa g'okwe, g'ayag'E lax hel- 

 k" lodEnwa^yasa g'okwe. Wii, gipEm^lawise la^yag'Exs lae Llaqwa- 

 g'ila hVsta laxa ^wape qa^s la k!wag"aEls lax x'ilqlEdzasases lIeu- 



20 tsEme ^uEx^iina^ya. Wii, k"!es^lat!a ge^s kiwasa g'axaasa mokwe 

 bebEgwauEm qEqEnxalaxa L!agEkwe. Wa, laxae qeqEx'Emalaxa 

 LlagEk". Wii, la ^naxwaEm sesek' lak'Elaxa leElx'Ene dzomeg'alaxa 

 gwespleqe. G'axda^x" lax kiwadzasas Llaqwag'ila. Wa, LVlae 

 yaqlEg'a^leda ^nEmokwe laq. Wa, la^lae ^uek'a: " ^yalag'Emnu^x" 



25 yisEns ^nEmokwe TslEk'lExsde qEnu^x" g'axe Le^lalol qa^s layos 

 x'itslaxilaxa yalaLax Ha,msba-ye," ^nex'^lae. Wa, hex'^idaEm^la- 

 wise Llaqwag'ila Lax'uisa qa^s ^nEx^undeses LlEntsEme ^nEx^una^ya 

 qa^s lii lag'ixa mokwe gwe^gudza. Wa, la^lae hogwiL laxa g'okwe. 

 Wa, he^latla k!wag'allle Llaqwag'ila laxa gEmxotstalllas awiLElasa 



30 t'.EX'Uiisa g'okwe. Wa, g'll^Em^lawise klwag'alila laa^lase yaqlEg'a- 

 ^leda La-wile bEgwauEm laxa ogwiwa^lllasa g'5kwe. Wa, la^lae 

 ^nek'a: "Wag'il la ^yaLlaLEx pepaxal laxEns yalaeneLaxEns 

 ^uEmokwae Hamsba^ya qaEns ^uEmokwex Llaqwag'ilax, yixs 

 g'axaex kiwanalil g'axEns qa^s d5qwalex6s LogwiLex, ^nex'^laexs 



35 g'axaase g'axeLeda hamshamts!Ese wip wip wipxElaxs g'axae g'axe- 

 La. Wii, hex'^ida^Em^lawise ^uEmax'^Id Lexdzodeda nenagade qa^s 

 dEnx^edesa tsaxala qlEmdEmsa hamshamtslEse. Wii, g'iPEmOiiwise 

 qliilba lae dEnx^etsa nEqaxslas tlsmyas qlEmdsma. Wii, la^lae 



