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the Kwakiutl also call it | Ceremonial-House. I just want to talk | 68 

 about this). || 



As soon as the members of the Sparrow Society were all in, | 70 

 Waxap !alaso^ told them to try to surround him that night, and | 

 Waxap lalaso^ also told them that he would call his tribe in the | 

 afternoon. "Now we all wiU sit down at the place where you wish 

 that I we sit down, that you may learn aU the four songs, || the 75 

 songs of Nanogwis; that is, ^wllEnkulag' ihs ; | for indeed we shall 

 just now see all the supernatural treasures of my | prince, when he 

 comes out of the woods." Thus said Waxap !alas6^ to the Sparrow 

 Society. | "He has sung his four songs | to me: therefore 1 know the 

 songs II of the great supernatural one who is a hamshamtslEs." 80 

 Thus said Waxap lalaso^ | to the Sparrow Society. As soon as 

 day came in the morning, | all the members of the Sparrow Society 

 went home to their houses. They were very | glad on account of 

 the words of Waxap !alaso^. | 



As soon as evening came, a man who was sent by Waxap !alas6^ 

 went II to whisper an invitation to aU the men to go to the sitting- 85 

 place.' I (Some men say that the sittmg-place has the name | 

 Song-Leader-Place. Now aU the men are never invited twice | for 

 the meeting; for the men immediately ai-ise | when they are first 



ylsox ts'.ets'.egats'.e g'okwa. Wii, a^mEn ^nex" qEn gwagwex's^ale 68 

 laq). 



Wa, g"iFEm^lawise g^ax ^wFla liogweLeda gwegwatslsme, laa^lase 70 

 Waxap !alaso^we nelaxs lE^mae kikilnalalxa ganoLe. Wa, laEm- 

 xaawis nele Waxap lalaso^waxs lE^mae Lelts'.odElxes g'okiilotaxalaLa 

 gwal nEqalal: "Wa, la^mesEns lal ^wi^la k!walal laxes gwE^yoLaos 

 qEns k'.walaasL qa^s q!aq!oL!aos ^naxwaxa mosgEme q!Emq!Em- 

 dEma, yix cjlEmdEnax'sii^yas Nanogwise lax ^wilEnkulag'iHse; 7) 

 qaLaxgins he^mek' aleLEns ^wi^la dox^waLElaLEx Logwa^yasEn lX- 

 wulgama^ya qo g'ax^wultlaLo," ^nex'^lae Waxap !alaso^waxa gwegwa- 

 tslEme. "Wa, la ^naxwaEm dEnx^elsa mosgEme cilEmqiEmdEins 

 qaEn. Wa, he^mesEn lag'ila ^naxwa qliiLElax q'.EmqlEmdEniLas 

 yisa ''walasa Logwalaxes laena^ya hamshamts'.Esa," ^nex'^lae Waxa- 80 

 plalaso^waxa gwegwats'.Eme. Wii, giPEin^lawise ^nax'^Idxa gaalaxs 

 lae ^wPla na^nakweda ^naxwa gwegwatslEm laxes g'ig'okwe alak'lala 

 ek'es nenaqa^ye qa waldEmas Waxap lalaso^we. 



Wii, g-ipEm-iawise dzax"bEndExs lae ^yalagEmas Wiixaplalaso^we 

 qa^s le Qpala Le^lalaxa ^naxwa bebEgwaiiEm qa liis liixa k'.walaase. 85 

 (Wii, la ^nek'eda waokwe bEgwaiiEmaqexs Legadaexa kiwalaasas 

 naq'.iise. Wii, la k'!es ^nEmp'.Ena malp!ene^sta Le^liilasE^weda 

 ^naxwa bebEgwaiiEm qaeda k'.wala, yixs a^mae hex'^idaEm Lax^Hli- 



1 A place in the woods where the songs are secretly taught. See Report of the LI. S. National Museum, 

 1895, Plate 43. 



