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front of the cannibal-dancer, who was eating of the corpse, and helped 

 him eat it. || At that time the woman-shaman dancer stood behind 30 

 the I camiibal-dancer singing her sacred song, and she did not stop 

 singing until | the corpse had been eaten by the cannibal-dancer and 

 the rich-woman dancer. Wlien | it had been eaten entirely, the 

 shaman-dancer took a basket and gathered up | the bones that had 

 not been eaten and put them into a basket, || and gave them to one 35 

 of the attendants of the cannibal-dancer. | The attendant at once 

 went out of the house with the basket containing the bones. Then | 

 the one who had taken out the bones came back and went | up to the 

 cannibal-dancer. He took hold of his hair over the forehead, | 

 dragged him out, and dragged him down to the bank of the river || 

 Wanuk". Then they walked into the water; and when they were in 40 

 waist deep, | the attendant of the cannibal-dancer, who held him 

 by the hair, ducked the head of the cannibal-dancer | and turned 

 round toward the right; and when he arose, | he faced the same way 

 as he had been standing before he ducked him, toward the east. 

 Then he lifted | the head of the cannibal-dancer; and when his 

 mouth appeared out of the water, II the cannibal-dancer uttered the 45 

 cannibal cry. Then | ^maxwa was asked to go out of the house to 

 see how | the cannibal-dancer was beuig purified after eating the 

 corpse. I They ducked him four times in the river; and after he had 

 been ducked | four times, they came back into the dancing-house, || 



kIwagEmlllaxa hamatsia lollala, qa^s ha^mek' !aleq. Wa, heEm^la- 

 wis la laatsa, pS,x8,lalale ts'.Edaqa, qa^s la Lawil lax S,wig'alilasa 30 

 hamatsia, qa^s yalaqule. Wa, al^mese gwal yalaqOlaxs lae ^wl-la- 

 sE-weda lalenoxwasa hamatsia LE^wa q !&minS,gase. Wa, g'iPEm- 

 -iawise ^wrlaxs laa^l &x^ededa p&xalalalaxa lExa^ye, qa^s q!ap!e- 

 g'Uilexa xaqe haSmota, qa^s Sxtslales laxa lExa^ye, qa^s 

 tslEwes laxa g'ayole laxa helik"asa hamatsia. Wa, hex'^idaEm- 35 

 ^lawise la laweldzEmeda xaqesawayaats le lExa^ya. Wa, g'U^Em^la- 

 wise gax aedaaqeda lax'de lawElsasa xaqesawayaats le lExaxs laa^l 

 he^nakiila laxa hamats la, qa^s nesEyodex sE^yas ogwiwa^yas x'omsas, 

 qa^s la nesEwslsaq, qa^s la nesEnts lesElaq laxa awaxstalisasa was 

 Wanukwe. Wa, la taxtla laxa wa. Wa, g-lPmese tlfiboyoweda 40 

 helik'asa hamatslaxa nesewayaq laa^l habEnsas x^omsasa hamatsia, 

 qa^s xilplede helk' lEwe^stala. Wa, gipEm^lawise lag-aa laxes gwe- 

 gEmalaase gale tex^widaatsa LlesElaxa gaalaxs lae x'ltost^masEx 

 x"6msasa hamatsia. Wa, g'll^Em^lawise qlax^wuxstax'^Ideda ha- 

 matslaxs laa4 hex'^idaEm hamtslEg'a^la. W^a, laEm^lae Sxsowe 45 

 -'maxwa, qa^s la lawEls laxa gokwe, qa^s la doqwalax gweg-ila- 

 saxa hSpasE^weda hamatslaxs lae gwal loUatxa lalenoxwe. Wa, 

 moplEna^lae hSbEndzEme x'omsas laxa wa. Wa, g'll^Em^lawise mo- 

 plEna habEndzEme x"5msasexs g'axae xwelagcLa laxa lobEkwe. 

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