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Ts lananamex" (I 1) had never seen a winter dance, and therefore he | 32 

 told him to go ahead. Then YaqoLElas (II 3) asked his carver | to go 

 into the woods to make a double-headed serpent, in this way when it is 

 spread | open^, and in this way when it is folded. Immediately | 

 the carver went into the woods and carved the mask of the double- 

 headed serpent; II but Hek liitEn (II 1) and his son did not know that he 35 

 was working at the double-headed serpent mask for him. When | 

 winter came, YaqalEnala (III 1) disappeared, and he | stayed away for 

 a long time. Then the ancestors of the Wiwaqe^ caught YaqalEnala, 

 and I he was told what to do. They took him into the dancing- 

 house; II and when night came, they pacified the double-headed 40 

 serpent dancer, | for that was his name now. Now he wore on his 

 head the | mask of the double-headed serpent wliile he was dancing. 

 After he had danced, | Hek !utEn (II 1), liis father, stood up and spoke, 

 and said, | "0 Wiwaqe^! now my prince wiU always stay here; but 

 I shall go home || with the double-headed serpent mask to my 45 

 country, that it may be seen | by my tribe the Comox." Thus he said. 

 Immediately | YaqoLElas (II 3) sent him to go home with the double- 

 headed serpent mask. | This was the first winter dance of the Comox, 

 which came from the | Wiwaqe^ of the numaym Gig'ilgam of the 

 Legwilda^x". Then || Hek liltEU (II 1) left his prince YaqalEnala(III 1). 50 

 Now, his son had not | been left there a long time when his wife, CaUing- 



daEm waxa. Wa, hex"4daEm^lawise YaqoLElase axk"!alaxa g'itle- 31 

 noxwe, qa liis laxa aL!e, qa^s sIsEyuLEmlllexag'a gwalega' ylxs dala- 

 lae; wa, g'iPmese k"!oxwalaxs lae g'a gwaleg-a.' Wa, hex'^idaEm- 

 ^awise la ate^steda g'itlenoxwe, qa^s gitledexa sisEyuLEmle. Wa, 

 laEm hewaxa g'ayan&le HeklutEne LE^wis xiinokwe YaqalEnalilxa 35 

 la eaxElaso^ laxa aLlaxa sIsEyuLEmIe qae. Wa, gil^Em^lawise 

 ts !&wunx^edExs laa^las x"ls*ide YaqalEnala. Wa, galaEm^lawise 

 xlsalaxs laa^lasa g"alasa Wiwaqe k'Imyax YaqalEnala. Wa, laEm'lae 

 aEm Lexs^alaso^, qa^s gweg-ilasa. Wii, laEm^lae laeLEm laxa lobE- 

 kwe. Wa, giPEm^Iawise ganuPidExs laaH nan§,k-amasE^we SisEyu- 40 

 Lalale, qaxs he^mae la LegEuise. Wa, laEm^lae axEmalaxes sisEyu- 

 LEmlaxsl ae yixwa. Wa, gil^Em^lawise gwai ylxwaxs, laa^las Lax^iilile 

 ompase HekWtEne, qa^s yaqlEg'a^le. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "^ya, Wi- 

 waqe^ la^mox yux"saEm lEn Lawulg<^ma^ye, qEn lalagiLal na^nak" 

 LE^woxda sIsEyuLalalex laxEn S,wlnagwisa, qa lalaglltsox x'its!ax-''I- 45 

 tso^ltsEn gokiilotaeda Q!omox"sa," ^nex'^lae. Wa, hex'^idaEm^la- 

 wise YaqoLElase ^yalaqas, qa lalag-es na^nakwa LE^wa sisEyuLEmle. 

 Wa, heEm^l g^il la ts!ets!exLEn laxa Q!omox"se gax-^id laxa Wi- 

 waqa^ye lax ^UE^memasa G'lgilgEmasa Legwllda^xwe. Wa, lasm- 

 -lae lowaLe HekWtEnaxes Lawuig&ma^ye YaqalEnala. Wa, kMes-'- 50 

 Em^lawise gala iowaLases xunokwaxs laa^l bEwex^wide gEUEmase La- 



1 See figures in Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. Vol. V, Plate 49; fig. 4; and Report 

 of the U. 8. National Museum, 1895, p. 514, 515. 



