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natural man Ex'ag'id — for that | was the name of the shaman who 27 

 had come and was standing in the door of the house — said, | ''Now, 

 keep silent, tribe! that I may speak about what the supernatural 

 power says | to me about our friend ^vvilEnkulag'ihs, who |l has great 30 

 magic power, and whom you call Xaxosenaso^, tribe ! ! 1 shall be 

 liis attendant. Thus said my supernatural power, because I am 

 a cruel | man. Just don't move, tribe! 1 am | told by this super- 

 natural power that | Head-Winter-Dancer will first use his super- 

 natural power, and we shall just look on. Wlien they haye finished, || 

 then our great friend ^wilEnkulag'ilis will change places with him, 35 

 and you | will use well your batons." Thus he said. When his 

 speech was at an end, | all sat down by the side of ^wIlEnkulag"ilis, 

 and they wluspered together. | Then they were all happy — Chief 

 Waxap !alaso^ | and his tribe. The supernatural man || and Ex'ag'id, 40 

 and ^wllEnkfdag'ilis had not been sitting together for a long time — 

 for now I stop caUing him | Xaxosenaso^ — when ^wllEnku lag' ills 1 

 arose and went out of the house. He went back into the woods; 

 and I Ex'ag'id alone sat down at the place where they had been 

 sitting, and | he gaye instructions to his tribe to take care of all 

 the 11 ways, of what they would do with the great supernatural man, 45 

 Head-Winter-Dancer. | Thus he said. Wlien he had just stopped 

 speakmg, a man \ came in, reporting that many j canoes were 



LegEmsa paxalaxa g'axe Eax''stalil laxa t!Ex"ilasa g'okwexa ^nek'e: 27 

 " Weg'aEmasL tsEmotalax g'okulot qEn yaq!Ent!alesg'a waldEmg'as 

 ^nawalakwa g'iixEn qaEns ^nEm6x"dzex laxox ^wilEnkulagilisexxwa 

 ^walasex ^nawalakwaxos gwE^yaqos Xaxosen&so^wa g-Qkulot. Wii, 30 

 nogwaEm^El uExwalaLEci", ^nek^e ^nawalakwa yin, yixgin wayadek' 

 bEgwanEma. Wit, aEmlwits k' !eas yawinalaLos g"6ku]ot. Wa, Ieu 

 -nex'so^s ^nawalakwa qa he^misg'ali^lalaxa ^walasa ^nawalakwe Ts!a- 

 qama^ya. Wa, laLEns ^Eml x'its!ax'llalqe wiix'i gwalallL. Wii, 

 laLEns ^nEmox"dzex L!ayogulilxox ^wIlEnkulagilisex. Wii, la^mets 35 

 aEmt aek" !aLExs t!Emyayaq6s," ^nex'^lae. Wii, g'il^Em^lawise q!iilbe 

 wiildEmasexs lae k!wanodzElilax ^wilEnkuIagihse qa^s awilpale. 

 Wa, laEm^lae 'naxwa ek'!ex^ededa g'lgama^ye Waxap!alaso^we 

 LE^wis g'dkiilote. Wii, k' !es^lat !a gael k!iidzeleda ^nawalakwe bEgwa- 

 UEme Ex'ag'ide lo^ ^wIlEukuhig'iiise (qaxg'in la^mek' gwal LeqElas 40 

 Xaxosenaso^we laq). Wii, hVlae Lax^filile ^wIlEnkiilagilise qa^s lii 

 lawElsa laxa g'okwe qa^s la aLe^sta laxa aL!e. Wii, aEm^layyise la 

 lex'ael-'Em la k!waele Ex-agide liixes k!wae^lase. Wii, laEm^kxe 

 Lexs^iilaxes g'okulote qa a^mes 'naxwa yaL!a laxes ^naxwaLa qa^s 

 gwegwalagilllasL LE^wa ^walasa ^nawalak" bEgwanEme Ts!iiqama^y6, 45 

 'nex"^lae. Wii, hcEm^lawis ales qlwei^ed yaq!Ent!rdaxs g'iixaasa 

 g'axeLe bEgwauEm ts!EkMalElaxs g'ax^mae g"axawIlEleda qietsiax- 



