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Dancer, if he should come. When | Xaxosenaso^ had been in his 83 

 house for four days, in | the evening they saw a canoe coming, being 

 moved by paddles. !1 They came, and told Chief Waxap !alas6^. 85 

 Immediately ] Xaxosenaso^ asked Waxap !alaso^ to clear the 1 

 floor of his house, " for this is my friend Head-Wmter-Dancer | who 

 has been seen coming." Thus said Xaxosenaso^ to his father 

 Waxap !alas5«. | Immediately Waxap lalaso^ asked his tribe to || . 

 clear the floor of his house, and the people \ cleared the floor of his 90 

 liouse. Then | Waxap !a]as6^ and his tribe were very glad; for 

 indeed they guessed that | Xaxosenaso-" had found a treasure, for 

 otherwise he would not have asked his father to clear { his house. 

 As soon as the house had been cleared, there were people talking || 

 standing in the canoe in front of the village; and (one of them) 95 

 said, I "I only come to notify you, great tribe, that | our great 

 friend the powerful Head-Winter-Dancer has arrived. I have 

 come I to ask you to take care. Go and purify yourselves ciuickly ! | 

 When you have done so, I shall go and paddle for them, and ask 

 them to come to-day; || for the traveling-canoes of our tribe are 400 

 at anchor | on the other side of the point Burnt-Point." Thus he 

 said. I 



Immediately the ancestors of the numaym LeLE^cd were asked 

 by I Waxap lalaso^ to go into the water at the mouth of the river 



moplEiixwa^se Xaxosenaso^we mexa laxes g'okwe, wa, laEm^lawise 33 

 dzaqwaxs lae dox^waLEla gwasx'tila sio^nakula xwak!una. Wa, 

 g'ax^lae nelasE^wa g'lgama^ye Waxap lalaso^ Wa, hex-idaEnrla- §5 

 wise Xaxosenaso^we axk'lalax Waxap !alaso-'we qa exHvItsE^wes awi- 

 nagwilasa g'okwe, " qaxs yu^meg'in ^UEmokwa, yix Ts'.aqama^ya 

 g axax dogula," ^nex'^lae Xaxosenaso-'waxes ompe Waxap lalaso^we. 

 Wa, hex'-idaEm^awise Waxap '.alaso^we axk-'.alaxes g'okiilote qa 

 g'axes ekwax awlnagwilases g'okwe. Wa, hex'^daEin^lawise g'ax 90 

 ^wi^le g'okiilotas ekwaxa awinagwilasa g'okwe. Wii, laEm^ae ek'e 

 naqa-yas Waxap !alaso-'we LE-"wis g'okulote, qaLaxs Is-'mae k'otax 

 Xaxosenaso^we laEm Logwala, lalaxs axk' lalaxes ompe qa ekwa- 

 SE^wesa g'okwe. Wa, g'ilEm^lawise gwal ckwaxs laa^lasa yaq'.Entlala 

 Laxiixs hixa xwakluna hangEmalisxa g'okula. Wa, la%e ^nek'a: 95 

 " A^niEn g'ax hanalg'iwa^ya, ^walas lelciwtilaLe^, ylsa ^walasa Logwa- 

 laxEns ^uEmokwadzae Tslaqftma^ya. Wii, la^mesEn g'ax q^n q!a- 

 q!aq!EmlaoL qa^s ^naxwa^maos g'lg'iltalax'^Ida halabala. Wa, 

 qaso gwaLO la^mesEn lal sex"bEndElqe qa g'axlag'iltsexwa ^nalax 

 qaxs he^maa mExale yae'yats!asEnu-x" g'okulotaeda awilba^j'exa 400 

 ijEgEgwIlbala lax qwesodilba^yas," 'nex'^lae. 



Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawisa g'alasa^iiE^memotasa LCLEgede axk'Ialaso^s 

 Waxap lalaso^we qa^s HvFle la la-'sta laxa ox"siwa^yas -wiis Ts lElgwade. 



