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Llaqwag'ila awoke and he went again j into the water for he wished 83 

 to get what the old man had talked about. | And for a long time he 

 remained sitting in the water; and || after he had sprinkled himself 85 

 with water, he sat down again on the | ground where he had left his 

 bear-skin blanket. And as soon as evening | came, he arose again 

 and sat down in the water, and sprinkled his body. | And as soon as 

 he had done so, he went to where he had left his bear-skin | blanket, 

 and sat down on the ground. And he had just put on his || bear- 90 

 skin blanket when he saw the great | winter-dance house standing 

 on the ground. Then he saw all the old | men and the other men 

 walking about in it. Then | the speaker of the house, the old man of 

 whom he had dreamed, spoke, j and said, "Now, take care, sha- 

 mans! II let us tame our friend Hamsbe^." Thus he said, and 95 

 turned | to Llaqwag'ila, and he said, "You have done well, friend | 

 L!ac[wag"ila, that you did not just go home to your house when i 

 the great winter-dance house disappeared, when we first came to 

 tame our | great friend Hamsbe^. Now wait until the end of four || 

 nights. When these are finished, your supernatural treasure will go 2OO 

 to the village of | your father." Thus he said. As soon as he 

 finished his speech, there was the s.ound of "Wip, wip, | wip!" 

 inside of the sacred room. Immediately the song-leaders | began to 

 sing the song with fast time beating; and as soon as the fast time 



tslEX'^ide Llaqwag'ila. Wii, hex'^idaEm^lawise la et!ede Llaqwag'ila 82 

 la^sta laxa ^wape qaxs lE^mae awulx^idEx waldEmasa qlulyakwe 

 bEgwanEmq. Wa, laEm^lae galaxs lae klwa^stEls laxa ^wape. Wa, 

 g'll^Em^lawise gwal xositasa ^wapaxs lae xwelaqa la kIwag'aEls lax 85 

 x"Elq!Edzasases LlEntsEme ^uEx'una^ya. Wii, g'iPEm^lawise dzaxsto- 

 ^nakidaxs lae et!ed Lax^flls qa^s la klwa^sta laxa ^wape qa^s xosetle- 

 des. Wii, g'il'Em^liiwise gwalExs lae lax x'ElqlEdzasases LlEntsfime 

 ^nEx^una^ya qa^s k!wag'aElse. Wii, heEm^lawis ales gwal ^uEx^untses 

 LlEntsEme ^nEx^una^ya laa^lase dSx^waLElaxs k!waelae laxa ^walase 90 

 tslagatsle g'okwa. Wii, laEm^lae ^naxwaEm d5qulaxa q!iilyakwe bE- 

 gwanEm LE^wa al^ogu^la bebEgwanEm giyimgililEla liicj. Wii, lii^lae 

 yaqlEg'a^leda yayaqlEntemele qlulyak" bEgwanEma, ylx mexax'das 

 Llaqwag'ila. Wii, la^lae ^nek"a: "Wii, weg'il la yiiL!aLEx pepExal 

 qEns weg'i yalalxEn ^uEmokwae Hamsba^ya," ^nex'^laexs lae gwe- 95 

 gEmx'^id lax Llaqwag'ila. Wa, lii^lae ^nek'a: "LaEnis helaxa, qast 

 Llaqwag'il, yixs k'lesaaqos aEni la na^uakwa laxes g'okwaos, yixs 

 laex x'lsElseda ^walasex tsliigatsle g'okwaxEns g'ilx'dEme yalaxEns 

 ^nEmox"dze, yox Hiimsba^yex. Wii, laEms lalabaalxwa moxsax 

 giigEnoLa. Wa, gwiil la^mesox laLa Logwa^yaqos lax g'okiilasas 200 

 asa," ^nex'^lae. Wii, g il^Em^lawise qliilbe waldsmas laasa wip wip 

 wipxa lax otslalilasa lEme^latsle. Wa, hex'^idam^liiwiseda nenagade 

 dEnx^edasa tsaxala qlEmdEms. Wii, g'il^Em^awise ciliilbeda tsaxala 



