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1 man. I ahviiys give advice to those who come | the way you have 

 come." And after Workman had said so, he disappeared. | — | 

 Xaxosenaso^ just stood there as though he were out of his | mind 

 5 on account of the actions of the one who had spoken. || Then 

 it occurred to him to walk again towards the soiirce of the river. \ 

 He went, and continued going a long distance up the | river. Then 

 he saw a large round thing on the rock, which looked like a stone, | 

 a little distance away from the place whence he came. It seemed 

 strange to him. | He went to it to examine it. Then he saw that || 



10 it was the great head of a man staring at Xaxosen&so^ as he stood on 

 the rock. | The large head looked angry. It hud no body. | Then 

 Xaxosenaso^ was angry, and stared at it. \ Then Xfixoscnaso^ 

 remembered that his father had talked about \ something like tliis, 

 what he was seeing, and that he had caUed it Head-without-Body. 



15 Thus il Xaxosenaso^ was just watching the Head-without-Body, as 

 it was changmg | the expression of its face. Four times it clninged 

 its face, as though it were | tr\-ing to frighten Xaxosenaso^ There- 

 fore it did so. And the great tiling | opened its mouth, and the 

 head of a man appeared | in the mouth of the Head-without-Body. 



20 It kept its mouth opened, || and uttered the cannibal-cry, like the 

 cannibal-cry of the hamshamtsles of the ancestors of the Kwakintl. | 

 Then a pair of hands appeared in the mouth of the \ Head-without- 



1 qos gwalag'ildzasa. Wa, he^meq," ^nex-%exs lae xis^Ida, yix 

 Es'ak'ilElsa. 



Wa, aEm-lawise Xaxosenaso^ la Lasa he gwex's nEnolox"^wides na- 

 qa^ye, qa gwex'^idaassases yaeqlEnt'.alodaxs lae kMeas la doqiilaqe. 

 5 Wit, la^lae ^nenk'lex^ed qa^s lalag'i et!ed qas-ida lax ^uEldzasa ^wa. 

 Wa, laEm^lawise qasa. Wii, laEm^lawise ^nElg^ila lax -uEldziisa 

 ^waxs lae dox^waLElaxa ^walase ^niEk'.wa he gwex's l5xsEm t'.esEm 

 Ifixa qwaqwesala lax giiyolElasas. Wa, laEm^lae amlq!ESEci. Wii, 

 h'l'lae qas-ida qa-'s la ^uExwax'^Id lilq. Wii, laEm^lae awulp laltocjexs 



10 ^wiilasae x'omtsa bEgwanEme doqwalax XaxosenasS^xs Lawae. 

 Wii, laEm-lae lawisEmaleda ^^wfdase x'omsa, ylxs k"!easae bux"sos. 

 Wii, aEm^liiwise Xiixosenaso^ ogwaqa liiwisEmala dodoxsEudEq. 

 Wa, laEm^lae Xaxosenaso^ g"ig"aex^edxes ompaxs gwilgwex's-Tdae 

 laxa he gwexse la doqwalaso-sxa Legadiis X'osalole. Wii, laEm^lae 



15 aEm la Lawa doc[wale Xaxosenasoxa X'osalole, ylxs lae Lliiyi^lales 

 goguma^ye. Wa, la^lae moplEna Llayi^lale gogiima^yas he gvi'ex's 

 kak"alEmax Xtixosenaso^, ISg'ilas he g^veg'ile. Wii, ladzek'as-lae 

 aqKlse sEmsas. Wa, heEm'lawis g'ax nelEmx"^idaatsa bEgwiiuEme 

 awiL'.EXwawa^yas X'osalole. Wa, hlEm^lae tsokwale sEmsas. Wa, 



20 la-lae hamts'.alasa hiimtslalaena^yasa hamshamtslEsasa g'iila Kwii- 

 wula. Wii, tr'ax'lae e^eyasas nel'id lax wax'sanodzExsta^vas sEmsas 

 X'osalole xwexillequla. Wii, g'ax^lae klwa^nakulaxs g'ax aeg'iix^- 



