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batons among his tribe. ] Then at once they beat rapid time; and | 71 

 Head-Winter-Dancer got his supernatural power, and tlirew it. on 

 the floor of the house. | At once water welled up from the floor of 

 tlio I house and flooded it. || Tlien the fire in the middle of the house 75 

 was extinguished, and the water receded, | and the floor of the house 

 became dry. | Waxaplalaso^ and his tribe never moved, ,' although 

 they were up to the waist in water, and when | the floor of the house 

 was dry again, they re-arranged the fire in the middle of the hotise, || 

 and it blazed up. Then the great supernatural man, ] Head- 80 

 Winter-Dancer, told them to cut off his head; and immediately | 

 one of the tribe of Head-Winter-Dancer — his name is not known — | 

 arose, took his shell knife, and went to the place where Head-Winter- 

 Dancer was standmg | and cut off his head. As soon as it was off, || 

 the man went around the fire, carrying the head ; | and after he had 85 

 gone around four times, he put it on | where it had been before, and 

 Head-Wintcr-Dancer arose as a whole man. | Then he sat down, for 

 he had fhiished. Then | the man who had cut off his head spoke, 

 and said, || "O friends of my side! I want these our friends to see | 90 

 this great supernatm'al Head-Winter-Daiicer.'' Tlius ) he said. 

 And at that time a sacred song was sung in the house of Waxap !a- 

 laso^. I 



lote. Wa, hex''idaEm^lawise ^nEmax'^id LexEdzoda. Wa, la^lae 71 

 Ts'.aqama^ye dasgEmdxa ^nawalakwe qa^s mEx^alile laxa g'okwe. 

 Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise q!olEmg"ustaweda ^wape lax awinagwilasa 

 g'okwe. Wa, la^me paolElileda ^wape lax awlnagwilas. Wa, 

 g'il^Eui^lawise ^wi^la kMllx^ideda laqawalll laa^lase xutlEx'^ideda 75 

 ^wape. Wii, la^me xwelaqa lEmxwallle awinagwilasa gokwe. Wa, 

 hewaxaEm^lawise yawixihle Waxap !alaso^we i.E^wis g'okiilote wax'- 

 ^mae la t'.et'.Ebo^yolIlxa ^wape. Wa, gil^Em^lawise lEmxwallle ftwl- 

 nagwllasa g'okwaxs lae x"ax'eq!Ex'itsE-we laqawalllasa g"okwe. 

 Wii, g'll^Em^lawise x'iqostaxs laeda 'walase ^nawalak" bEgwauEme 80 

 Tslaqama^ye ^nex" qa^s qax'itsE^we. Wa, hex'^daEm^lawise i.ax^u- 

 llleda g'ayole lax g'okiilotas Tsliiqama^ye (la^me kMescjIale LegE- 

 mas,) dalaxa qlEltslEme qa's le lax LawFlases TsUkiama^ye. Wa, 

 la^lae qax'^idcjexs La^wllae. Wii, g'il^Em^lawise lawii x"omsas lae 

 qiis^ideda bEgwiinEme diilaxa xEweqwe lii^stalilElaxa laqawalile. 85 

 Wa, he^lat!a la mop lene^stalilExs lae xwelaqa ax^aLElots liixes 

 axalaase. Wa, la^me xwelaqa la sEualax'^id bEgwanEme Ts!aqa- 

 ma^ye laxeq. Wii, laEm-'lae k!wiig"alila qaxs lE^mae gwiila. Wa, 

 la^lae yiiqlEg'a^leda bEgwanEme, yixa qak'aq. Wii, la^lae ^nek"a: 

 "Wa, nos, ^ne^nE^mok", qaLaxg'ins a^mek' ^nex' qa dox^waLElesEns 90 

 ^ne^nEmokwaxg'ada ^wiilasEk' ^nawalakwa laxg'a Tsliiqamek"," ^nex"- 

 -laexs laa^lasa yalaq'.iig'a^la liixa iiLana^yas g'okwas Wilxap !alaso^. 



