ROASJ FAMII,Y HISTORIES 1007 



law ^maxwa;||and your name will be K'anEweso in the winter dance, 85 

 son-in-law." Thus he said. | Then he turned liis face toward his tribe, 

 the Awlk' !enox", spoke, | and said, "Now give food to my son-in- 

 law I and to his crew!" Immediately they gave food to them; | and 

 after they had eaten, the cannibal-dancer uttered his cry || behind the 90 

 front of the sacred room at the left-hand side, inside the door | of the 

 house. Tlien they toolc their batons and | narrow roof-boards to beat 

 time on, put them down flat outside of the sacred room, | and the 

 song-leaders sat down close to the sacred room. | When the batons 

 had been distributed, || L!aqwag'ila stood up. He spoke, and said, 95 

 "Now I watch us, son-in-law — and you, tribe — to see our ways, ) 

 for I wish you to learn the way to handle these | four winter dances 

 that I have given to you." Thus he said; | and after he had spoken, 

 the cannibal-dancer uttered his sound. i| Immediately the song- 100 

 leaders beat time and began to sing. | Then the cannibal-dancer 

 came out of his sacred room. He was | squatting as he was dancing 

 about inside the house. When the first song was ended | wliich was 

 sung by the song-leaders, the cannibal-dancer ran about with his | 

 attendants. They ran around the fire in the middle of the house; 

 and after he had run || around four times, he went back into his 5 

 sacred room. Wlien he was | going in, the snapping of the mouths of 

 the four head-masks was heard. | 



Wa, la^mets LegadEi K"anEwes6, yuL nEgump laxa ts!ets!eqa," ^nex"- 85 

 ^lae. Wii, la^lae gwegEmx'^ld laxes g"6kiilota Eawik' lenoxwe qa^s ya- 

 qlEg'a^eq. Wa, la^lae^nek'Eq: "Weg'aEmasL LlExwilaxEn nEgumpex 

 LE^wos kiwemex," ^nex"^lae. Wa, liex'^idaEm^lawise LlExwIlag'ila. 

 Wa, g'lHEm^lawise gwala LlExwaxs laa^lase hamadzElaqweda ha- 

 matslii lax aLadzelllasa mawile lax gEmxotstae^las awlLElasa tlExi- 90 

 lasagokwe. Wii, hex'^daEm^lawise ax^etsE^weda t!Emyayowe LE^wa 

 ts!eq!adzowe saok" tiEmedzo, qa^s la pax^alelEm lax Llasalilasa ma- 

 wile. Wii, liL^lae k'.udzExseg'allleda nenagadiix mag'idz^^yasa ma- 

 wile. Wii, g'il^Em^liiwise ^wFla la yilx^witsosa t!et!Emyayowaxs laa^l 

 Lax^'wiillle Llaqwagila, qa^s yiiq!Eg-a-'le. Wii, UViae ^nek'a: "Weg'illa 95 

 doqwalaLEx iiEgump le^wos g'okulotaqos laxEn ^naxwaLa gwayi^Ia- 

 lasL, qaxg'in la^mek' ^nex' qa^s gwillElamaos qIaqloLlaxes gweg'i- 

 lasLaosaxg'ada moxwidiilak' leled lilyowEn liiL," ^nex'^lae. Wii, 

 gipEm^hawise qlwel^IdExs liia^lase hamadzElaqweda hiimatsla. Wii, 

 hex'^idaEm^lawise LexEdzodeda nenagade, qa^s dEnx^ide. Wii, g'ax- 100 

 ^Em^lae lalts!alileda hamats!a laxes mawile. Wa, laEm^lae k!wii- 

 g'ililElaxs yixwae la^stalllsla liixa gokwe. Wii, giPEm^lawise labe 

 g-ale dEnx^idayasa nemigadiixs laa^l alt !EqElileda hamats!a le^wIs 

 helik'a, dzElx"se^stalIlElaxa laqawalJlasa g'5kwe. Wii, he^latla la 

 mop lEne^stalllExs lae lats!alll laxes lEme'latsIe. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise 6 

 latslalilExs lae c[Emk!ug'a4ecla mowe hehamsiwa^ya. 



