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and went aboard his canoe. II Lalep !alas knew that he had gone 35 

 aboard the canoe. | He heard those say in the hut where he had 

 lain, when he was taken | by the man, "Oh! He is dead!" Thus 

 they said, and ] all the women began to wail. They had not been 

 paddhng long when they arrived at | many houses. There were 

 really many people. Then 11 they all went ashore out of the canoe, 40 

 and went into the great | house. Then Lalep !alas was asked to sit 

 down ! near the door of the large house on the right-hand side. | 

 Then Lalep !alas looked at the great raven which was sitting in the | 

 middle of the doorway. Its legs were spread apart, and the doorway 

 was between the || legs, and a double-headed serpent was on top of 45 

 the front outside j of the house, and a wolf was standing on the head 

 of the man in the middle of the \ double-headed serpent. Then he 

 remembered this. Lalep !alas just sat down. | Then a handsome 

 man spoke \ and said, "Stand up, spirits, and let us be happy and || 

 dance on account of the game of our friend Dadoxkwene^." He | 50 

 meant the salmon speared by Lalep !alas, for the bright sahnon was a 

 double-headed serpent. | Then the spirits arose, and immediately | 

 a man came to where Lalep !alas was sitting | and said, "O friend 

 Lalep !alas! run away, else you might || stay away. Just look at 55 

 this house and imitate it." \ Thus he said. Then Lalep !alas was glad 



laEm^lae q!§,LEla^me Lalep !alas ylxs lae laxs laxa xwak!flna. Wa, 35 

 la^lae wiiLalaxa ^nek'a lax hose qElk!wadzats ylxs g"alae Sx^etsE^wa 

 yisa bEgwanEme : " A , lE^mox wek' lEx^ida, ' ' ^nex"4aexs lae q !waq !usa- 

 weda ^naxwa ts!edaqa. Wa, k-!es'lat!a gala sexwaxs lae lag'aa laxa 

 q!enEme g'okulaxa Loma q!enEm lelqw^laLa^ya. Wa, laEm^lawise 

 ^wPla hox^wiilta laxes y<¥yats!e xwak!iina qa^s la hogwiL laxa ^walase 40 

 g"okwa. Wa, la^me axsEwe Lalep !alase qa^s he^me k!wag"alile 

 max'stalilasa t!EX"ilasa ^walase g'okwa lax helk' !6tst§,lilas. Wa, 

 laEm^ae Lalep !alas doqiilaxa ^walase gwa^wLna k!wael lax nExst^- 

 ^yasa t!Ex'Ile. Wa, la^lae gaxala he^me la tlEX'ile awagawa^yas 

 g'og'ugwa^yis. Wa, he'misa sisEyuLe geg'iwesa tsagEmas LlasanS,- 45 

 ^yasa g'okwe. Wa, la gilaleda aLansme lax x'omsas bak'awa^yasa 

 sIsEyuLe. Wa, laEm^lae g"Ig"aeqElaq. Wa, heEm^lawis ales k!wa- 

 g-alile Lalep !alas laa^lase yaq lEg'a^leda ex'sokwe bEgwanEm. Wa, 

 la^lae ^neka: " Wag'il la q!wag'iliLEx haEyalilagas qEns eek-!eq!ale 

 yLxwa qaox yanEmaxsEns ^uEmokwae Dadoxkwena^ya," heEm gwE- 50 

 ^yaseda k'!otEla SEg'Ekwas Lalep !ala3 yixs sisEyuLaexa ex'stok iune 

 k'lotEla. Wa, la^lae q!wag'ilileda haEyalilagase. Wa,hex'^idaEm- 

 ^lawisa ^nEmokwe bEgwanEm g^ax lax klwaelasas Lalep !alas. Wa, 

 hVlae ^nek-a : "^ya, qast, Lalep !alas. Hag'a k"!exwax aLas g'axlax 

 XEk'la laq". A^ma doqwalaxoxda g'okwex qa^s nanaxts!EweLo- 55 

 saq"," ^nex"^lae. Wa, ala^lat!a Lalep ialase molas waldEmas qaxs 



