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and sat down at the place where he had heen seated before. | Then 96 

 the body began to move. It rolled, and went rolling towards 

 where ] the head lay on the floor, and the head stuck on the body; | 

 and the body rolled to where the two legs lay, | and the}' stuck on; 

 and the body roUed to || where the arms lay, and they stuck on the 300 

 body. I Then the great supernatural one arose and sang her sacred 

 song; I and after she had iinislied her sacred song, she told the men 

 to beat time on the boards rapidly. | Immediately they beat time; 

 and ^vilEPkiilag'ilis | caught her supernatural power in her hands 

 and threw it down on the floor of the || great winter-dance house, 5 

 and the floor of the house began to be flooded. | The fire in the 

 middle of the great | winter-dance house went out, and therefore it 

 was dark inside. Then | the speaker of the great winter-dance 

 house spoke, | and said, "O friend XaxosenSso^! you obtained as your 

 treasure the two things || that you have seen — the hamshamts!E; 10 

 and his dress, and the name j One-Man-Eater and his sacred rooms 

 and also this great magic power, | the war-dance; and what you did 

 to her when you cut off her [ limbs; ana the flooding of your house; 

 and also the dress, ] and the name ^wilEukulag'ihs. And this I teU 

 you; II do not be afraid to have your limbs cut off when you are 15 

 asked | to play by the great supernatural one, Head-Winter-Dancer; 

 for she has given to you the | magic power of being cut to pieces. You 



laa^lase qlwenalElile bEX"sas. Wa, la^lae loxulil qa^s la lax ^mEgwe- 96 

 ^lasases x"omse. Wa, la^lae k!ut!aLElaxa x'omse laxes bEX"sawe. 

 Wii, la^lae loxulileda bEx"sS,we qa^s la lax k'atk'Ede^lasasa ma^le 

 g'og'Egiiya. Wa, laxae k!utEmg'aaLEla. Wii, LVlae lex'ElIlEla qa^s 

 le lax k'atk^Ede^lasases e^'eyasowe. Wa, lalaxae kliitEmg'aaLEla. 300 

 Wa, la^lae Lax^ulileda ^walase ^nawalakwa qa^s yalaqwe. Wa, 

 gipEm'lawise qlOlbe yalax"LEnas lae waxa qa LexEdzodesa ^naxwa 

 bEgwanEma. Wa, hex'^ida^m^lawise LexEdzoda. Wa, la^lae ^wIIeu- 

 kulag'ilise dasgEmdxa ^nawalakwe qa^s mEx^aliles lax awlnagwilasa 

 'walase ts!agats!e g'okwa. Wa, la^lae paol^ideda ^wape lax &wlna- 5 

 gwilasa g'okwe. Wii, laEm^lae k'lElx^ideda laqawalasa ^walase 

 ts!agats!e g'okwa. Wii, la^me plEdEg'ila. Wii, hcEm^Lawis la 

 yaqlEg'a^latsa yayaq lEntEmelasa ^walase ts!agats!e g^okwa. Wa, 

 la^lae ^nek'a: "Wa, qast, Xaxosenaso^ laEms Logwalaxes mal^edalos 

 dox^waLEtaxa hamshamtslEse LE^wis gwelgwiila LE^wis LegEme 10 

 Nanogwise LE^wis mawile. Wa, he^misa ^wiilase ^nawalakwa 

 tox^wide LE^wis layos gwex'^idaasEq, yixs laaqos tlosEmwiilax 

 LasLalas LE^wa paolaxes g'okwaos. Wa, he^misa yiilax"LEne. Wa, 

 he^misa LegEme, ylx ^wilEnkulag'ilise. Wa, ga^mesEu waldEmoL 

 qa^s k" !esaos k'llEla t !6sEmwalay5s LasLalaqos, qaso g'ax aEmlqlE- 15 

 wasosa ^walasa ^nawalakwe Ts !aqS,ma^ya, qaxs lE^maa^lasa ^nawala- 

 kwases t'.otlEtsIalasE^waos l^L. Wa, aEml^wits he gwayi^liilaLe 



