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57 side of her husband | ^maxulag'ihs. They did not run up tlie chinb- 

 ing-board, which was | just standing there. When l !aL lElEwedzEmga 

 (IV 3) was seated, | Qasnomalas spoke, and said, "Now wait a 



60 while, ll Kwag'ul, for the privilege-box of j-our wife, | ^maxOlag' i- 

 lis (IV 9) !" Thus he said, and ran into the house of K' ladahig'ihs 

 (IV 4). I And when he went in, the cannibal whistle and the | 

 q !aminag&s whistle sounded, and the frog wliistle of the frog war- 

 dancer and the whistle of the | fire-dancer, and it was not long before 



65 they stopped sounding. ll Then Qasnomalas came out of the house, 

 swinging the i rattle of the assistant of the cannibal; and he told his 

 tribe | the Nak !wax" da^x" to beat time fast; and when they were 

 beating time, he caught in his hand the | supernatural power of the 

 winter dance and tlorew it upon the Kwag'ul. | Immediately l !aL !e1e- 



70 wedzEmga (IV 3) told her husband's son, || Yagwis (V 1), to get 

 excited, and then Yagwis (V 1) uttered the cannibal cry. | He was 

 excited, went ashore, and ran into the house. | Then Qasnomalas 

 (III 14) spoke, and said, "Now I | invite you in, friends, on behalf of 

 my son-m-law ^maxiilag'ilis (IV 9), that we | may pacify Yagwis 



75 (V 1)." Then he stopped speaking, and the II Kwag'ul went ashore 

 and went into the house of K' ladalag ihs (IV 4). | When they were all 

 in the house, ^maxulag'ilis (IV 9) and his wife | l !aL lElEwedzEmga 

 (IV 3) went in and sat down in the rear of the house; | and wlien 

 they were seated, Qasnomalas (III 14) spoke, and said, | "Now, 



57 ^maxtilag'lhse. Wa, la^me hewaxa la nax^idaasa naxEdzowe. Wul- 

 ^Em la Laesa. Wa, g'iPmese k!wag'aalExse L!aL!ElawedzEmgaxs 

 lae Qasnomalase yaqlEg-a^a. Wa, la ^nek'a: " Weg-aEmasL esElax, 



60 Kwakug'ul, qa lasg'a k"!es^Ewats!ek' g'ildatsos gEUEmaqos, ^maxu- 

 lagilis," ^nek'Exs lae dzElwiLa lax g'okwas K' !adalagilise. Wa, 

 g'il^mese laeLExs laase hek'lEg'a^e niEdzesasa hamats!a LE^wa 

 q!aminagase, LE^wa xwak!walasa tox^wide wuqiesa, LE^wa nonltse- 

 ^stalale mEdzesas hek-!ala. Wa, k'!est!a gala hek" !alaxs lae q !wel- 



65 ^ida. Wa, g'axe Qiisnomalase g'axawEls laxa g'okwe yatElaxa 

 yadEnasox helik'asa hamatsla. Wa, lit waxaxes g'okulota Na- 

 k!wax'da^xwe qa t!Emsales. Wa, giPmese t!Ems^IdExs lae dasgEmd- 

 xa ^nawalakwasa ts.!ets!eqa, qa^s mEqEntsIeses hlxa Kwag-ule. Wa, 

 hex^^ida^mese LlaLJElEwedzEmga axk'lalax xiinokwases la^wunEme 



70 Yagwise, qa xwases. Wa, hex'^ida^mese Yagwise hamadzElaqwa. 

 Wa, la^me xwasa, qa^s loltawe, qa^s lil laLlESEla laxa gokula. Wa, 

 hex'^ida^mese Qasnomalase yaqlEg'a^la. Wa, la ^nek"a: "La^mEn 

 Le^laloLai' ^nE^uEmokwai' qaEn nEgiimpox ^maxuhig'ilisex, qEns 

 yalex Yagwise," ^nek"Exs lae q!wel'ida. Wii, la hex'^ida^ma Kwa- 



75 kOg'ule hox^wiilta, qa^s la hogwiL lax g'okwas K- !adalag-Ihse. Wa, 

 g'il-mese ^wFlaeLExs lae hogwiLe ^maxQlag'ilise LE-wis gEUEme L!a- 

 LlElEwedzEmga, qa^s la klQs^alil laxa ogwiwalilasa g^okwe. Wit, 

 g-ll^mese klus^alllExs lae yaqlEg'a^le Qasnomalase. Wa, la ^nek"a 



