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q !adas." Thus he said. "And when he is an old man, | he shall be 53 

 chief of the Sparrow Society." Thus he said.) | 



As soon as the men took up the red cedar-bark, he || spoke, 55 

 and said, "0 friends! this, our master, | the red cedar-bark, 

 has come. Now I shall go and put it away into my box, | that 

 it may help in my purification, until next winter." Thus he said, 

 as he I went away to hide the red cedar-bark, and put it into 

 his box in his | house. As soon as he had gone away, the 

 chief of the Sparrow Society spoke, || and said, "Now we have 60 

 acted correctly on behalf of our friend; | for he has taken our 

 master, the red cedar-bark, to make us happy | next winter." Thus 

 he said. "Now let us talk about | our attempt to surround the^ 

 novice this night. Now these are the ones who will wipe the floor 

 of the house ^ | the fool dancers, the grizzlj^-bear dancers, and the 

 hamaa — and those next || who are brought back (after their initia- 65 

 ation), each in his way. And when | they come in, then our beloved 

 ones (the princesses) shall come in, each according to her way. | 

 And then the ghost dancer will come — the supernatural one — 

 when dayhght comes in the morning." ' | Thus he said. | 



When he had spoken, they all went out of the woods, and staid || 

 for a short time in their houses. Then they ate quickly, for | it was 70 

 evening. As soon as it was getting dark, four men were called | 



laLEs Q!Emtq!adase laq," ^nex'^lae. Wa, g'iPmese la nomas bE- 52 

 gwaiiEina lae gwesEina^ya, ^nex'^lae.) 



Wa, g'il^Emlawise dax"^ideda bEgwanEmaxa LlagEkwe laa^lase 

 yaq!Eg"a%. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "Wa, ^ne^uEmok", g'ax^Emg'a ada- 55 

 g'aEnsg'ada LlagEkuk' qa lalag'iltsEk' g"Ig'aalts!al laxEn g'lldasa 

 qEn q!eqElalag"i Lok" qaoxda apsEnx^IdLex," ^nex'^laexs lae 

 qas^ida q'.ulaLElaxa L!agEkwe qa^s la g'ets!6ts laxes g'ildase laxes 

 g'okwe. Wa, g'il^Ein^lawise la qas-ida laa^lase yaq!Eg"a^leda gwesE- 

 ma^ye. Wa, la^lae ^nek"a: "LaEmLEns helaxamasa qasns ^nEmo- 60 

 kwa qaxs lE^mae dax'^IdxEiis adaxa LlagEkwa qa^s ek" !eqElamasL 

 g'axEusaxsqwesyEnxLa," ^nex'^lae. "Wa, la^mesEns gwagwex's^alai 

 laxEus kik'UnSlaeneneLaxwa ganoLex. Wa, he^mEns deg'ilelEmLeda 

 noEnlEmala LE^wa nenane LE^wa hamaa. Wa, he^mis makilaLa 

 kwekwexElakwe laxes gwegiix'sdEme. Wa, g'il^Emlwise ^wi^IaeL qo 65 

 g'axxEns laElwena^ya ex"^Eml g'ayaxElal laxes gwegux'sdEm. Wa, 

 laLe l&LelaLa LElol&lalaxa ^nawalakwe, liiLas ^na^nakulaLEx gaa- 

 laLa," ^nex'^lae. 



Wa, g'U^mese gwale waklEmas lae ^wPla hoxwultia qa^s la yawa- 

 s^Id laxes g'ig'okwe. Wa, la*me halEmq'.ES^ed hSmx'^ida qaxs 70 

 lE^maaEl dzaqwa. Wa, gil^Em^lawise p'.EdExsto^nakiilaxs lae Le^la- 



i That is to say, the ghost dancer will finally succeed in bringing back the novices. 



