BOAS] FAMILY HISTORIES 1149 



before night came. Then | he went into the water of the river, and 27 

 he took four henolock-branches and | rubbed his body on the right- 

 hand side with one hemlock branch, and | he imitated what he had 

 first done with the four hemlock-branches. || As soon as he had 30 

 finished, he lay down in the shelter of a cedar-tree | which stood on 

 the bank of the river. As soon as dayhght came in the morning, he 

 washed again | in the river; and after he had done so, he again 

 walked up the | river. Now it was past noon when he came to the | 

 lake of the river ^wag'Ela. Immediately, it is said, he built a house 

 of hemlock-branches || on the shore of the lake. He always | went 35 

 into the water on the shore of the lake every morning and ever}- 

 evening. | Now it was almost four months since he had disappeared. 

 Then he dreamed | that he saw the Head-without-Body. Then it 

 opened its mouth and the | hamshamts.'Es came out of the mouth. 

 Then he cried, "Wip, wip, wip!" || And in his dream he saw how he 40 

 went right up to ^wilEnkQlagHis, and | bit his left hand; and after 

 the piece bitten by him had come off, | he went back into the mouth 

 of the Head-without-Body. Then the Head-without-Body disap- 

 peared. I Then ^wilEnkulag'His awoke, and ) he saw that it was 

 da3'light. || He arose at once and went into the water on the shore of 45 

 the lake; and | after he had been in the water, he went down, fol- 

 lowmg the river, while he was walking down river. | Wlien evening 



^lawise la^sta laxa 'wa, yixs dalaaxa q!waxe moxLa. Wa, he^mis la 27 

 g'tnx^wedEins laxes helk' lotlEna^ya ^nEmxLa q!waxa. Wil, laEm-'lae 

 aEm naqEingiltawi^lalaxes g^ale gweg-ilasa, ylsa moxLa q!waxa. 

 Wa, g'll^Em^lawise gwalExs lae kiilxLElsaxa t lEnyaga^yasa welkwe 30 

 Lag'itgexa ^wa. Wa, gil^Em^lawise ^na^nakiilaxa gaalaxs lae et!ed 

 la^sta laxa ^wa. Wa, g'il^Em'lawise gwalaxs lae et!ed qas^ustalaxa 

 ^wa. Wa, laEm^lawise gwak' lodExLalesa LlesEliixs lae lag-aa laxa 

 dzE^lalas ^wiis ^wtig'Ela. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise g'okwelaxa q!wax- 

 sEme gokwa lax ogwiiga^yasa dzE^lale. LaEm^Jae hcniEnalaEni 35 

 la^sta laxa ogwaga^yasa dzE^lalaxa gegaala LE^wa dzadzEqwa. Wa, 

 laEm^lawise Elaq mosgEmg-ilaxa ^mEkula x'isalaxs laaEl mexElaxs 

 doqulaaxa x'osalole. Wa, laEm^awise aqElaxs g'axae g'ax-'wEJseda 

 hamshamtslEse lax sEmsas. LaEm^lae hamts!ala, ^wip ^wip ^wip- 

 xaEl. Wil, la-'lae lie^nakulaEiig'a lax ^wllEnkiilagilise qa^s qlEX'^I- 40 

 dex gEmxoltslana^yas. Wa, gipEm^lawise lawamasxes qlEx^^I- 

 tsE^we laaEl xwetagli lax sEmsas X'osaloie. Wii, la^Iae xis^ede 

 X'osalole. Wa, hex'-'idaEm^lawise ts!Ex-ide ^wilEnkiilagiiise. Wa, 

 laEin^lae dox^waLElaqexs lE^maaEl ^uax'^ida. Wii, hex'^idaEin^lawise 

 Lax^wida qa^s la^ste laxa ogwaga^yasa dzE^lale. Wii, g'ih'Em^lawise 45 

 gwal la^staxs g'axae nagilmalaxa ^wiixs g'axae qasatosElaq. Wii 

 laEm wiitos lax ox"siwa^yasa ^waxs lae dziiqwa. Wii, la^lae aEm 



