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that evening. He resolved | to go home. Then he heard the singmg 8 

 of a sacred song downstream. | Immediately Xaxosenaso^ sat down 

 on the rock and went into || the river; and he repeated the sacred 10 

 song, which sounded like that of a woman. ; After Xaxosensiso^ had 

 been in the water, a small \ man came to the place where Xaxosen&s5^ 

 was seated ; and as soon as | he came to the place where Xaxosenaso^ 

 was seated, the | small man spoke, and said, "O friend Xaxosenaso^! || 

 I have been sent by our friend TKwiig'in to call you to | witness her 15 

 dance. Come!" Thus said the j small man to Xaxosenaso^ 

 Xaxosenaso^ immediately \ arose from the place where he was 

 seated, and followed the one who had invited him, and it was not | 

 long before they were inside of a large house. || When they reached 20 

 the door, it opened, and | Xaxosenaso^ and the one who had invited 

 him went in. Then \ Xaxosen^so^ was asked to sit dowii at the 

 left side of the door of the | large house, so that he should be able to 

 witness well what was being done there, | and the speaker of the 

 great winter-dance house spoke to him. Then || Xaxosen&so^ 25 

 listened to the sacred song of the woman j behind the large winter- 

 dance house, and he secretly repeated her song. | When Xaxo- 

 sen&so^ had sat down, ] the speaker of the large winter-dance house 

 spoke, and said, "Now, | take good care, friend Xaxosenaso^! You 



kwa laxes g'okwaxa dzacjwa. Wii, laEm^lawise Ele^sta naqa^yas 7 

 qa^s lalag'i na^nakwa, laa^lase wtiLax^aLElaxa yalaqlwala laxes gwa- 

 laa. Wii, hex'-idaEm^lawise Xaxosenaso^ k!wag'aala qa^s la^ste 

 laxa ^wa. Wa, la^lae dEnxIg'ex yalaqii'layasa tslEdaqlExsda. Wii, 10 

 heEm^lawis ales gwale Xaxosenaso^ la-staxs g'axaasa ^miisgEmala 

 bEgwanEm gwiisolEla lax k!waaasas Xiixosenaso^. Wa, gil^Em^lii- 

 wise g'iix-aLEla lax k!waaasas Xaxosenaso^ lae yaq'.Eg'a-leda amiis- 

 gEmiila bEgwanEma. Wii, lii^lae ^nek'a: "Yul qast Xaxosenaso', 

 ^yiilagEmEnLasEns ^uEmokwe TEwiig'in qEn g'ilxe Le^laloL qa^s layos 15 

 x"ils!ax"ilaqexs kwexElasE^weLc. Wa, gelag'a," ^nex'^laeda amiis- 

 gEmala bEgwamEmx Xaxosenaso^. Wa, hex'^idaEm^hiwise Xaxo- 

 senaso^ Lax^ula laxes kiwaaase qa^s lii liig'ixa Le^liilaq. Wa, kMes- 

 ^lat'.a qwesg'ilaxs lae lag'aa lax Llasana^yasa ^walase g'okwa. Wii, 

 g'll^Em^wise lag'aa lax tiExiliis laa^lase axstoda. Wii, ItVlae 20 

 hogwiLe Xaxosenaso^ LE^wa i.e^lalElguse. Wii, laEm^hawise Xil- 

 xosenaso^we axkMalaso' qa^s he k!wag-alile gEmxotstalilas tiExiliisa 

 ^walase g'okwa "qa wagihsox help!altalalxEns gwegwiilag'ilPlasLa," 

 ^nex'^lae yiiyaqlEntEmelasa ^willase ts!iigats!e g'okwa. Wii, laEm- 

 ^lae Xilxoseuasowe hemEnalaEm wuLElaxa yalaq!wiilti ts!Ediiq liixa 25 

 aLliisa ^walase ts'.iigatsle g'okwa. Wa, hVlae wunala dEnxeg'eq. 

 Wii, gil^Em^lawise klwilg'allle Xaxosenasowe liia^lase yii^qlEg'a^leda 

 yayaqlEntEmelasa ^walase ts!agats!e g'okwa. Wa, la^Iae ^nek'a: 

 "Weg'a yaL'.EwilLol, qast, Xaxosenaso^, g'ax^Ems g'axeL laxwa ^wiila- 



