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went into the houses, | and for a short time they went again 

 into the winter-dance house. II Wlien they went back to call, they 95 

 said, "Now we really go back to call;" | for the first two times they 

 go to caU, they only say, | "We go to call." And after they have 

 finished their speeches, they say, | "Now we really go back to call. 

 'Wo, wo, wo! get ready, | be ready, when we come to haul you 

 away. Sparrows, || and you. Sparrow women.' " Thus the}' said to 200 

 them. Then they all staid | thus in all the houses. When they 

 went into all the | houses, they did not go into the winter-dance 

 house. I Then they just went back to the east end of the village, 

 and went into the | house and said, "We have come. Now we 

 really come to call, |1 'Wa, wa, wa, arise, arise!'" And at once | the 5 

 Sparrows and their wives arose, and went into the house in which 

 the novice was to be surrounded. | They went into all the houses, 

 and then they went | into the dance-house. They did not stay long. 

 Then the | four heralds said, "Now we shall go to look for a 

 face." II Thus they said, and went out of the winter dance-house, and 10 

 they went straight | to the east end of the village, and went into a 

 house. I Then they said, "We come to try to see a face;" and when 

 they found a | man sitting in the house, they asked him to go. They 

 do not ask the | uninitiated to go too. And they use the same 



mokwe qasElg'lsa. Wa, g'il^Em^laxaawise ^wilxtolsaxa g'oku- 93 

 laxs lae et!ed yawas^id hogweL laxa yawix"ilats!e g'okwa. 

 Wa, la^lae qatse^sta. La^me ^nek'a: "La^mEnu^x" alax'^id qatse- 95 

 ^stai'," yixs ^-mae ^nek'Exs g"alae qasa malp !Ene^sta : "La^mE- 

 nu^x" qasai'." Wa, gUnaxwaEm q!ulbe ^nek" !ena^yas : "La^mE- 

 nu^x" alax'^Id qatse^stai'. Wo, wo, wo, xwanaHd qa^s 

 gwalalads qEiiu^xo g'axLe alak" nanexElilax'da^xoL gwe- 

 gudza Lo^s gwegutslaxsEma," ^nek'Eq. Wa, laEm^lae ^naxwa he 2OO 

 gwek'!ala laxa ^niixwa g"ig'okwa. Wa, g"ll^Em^lawise 'wilxtolsaxa 

 g'okulaxs lae k"!es la hSgwlL laxa yawix'i^latsie g"okwa. LaEm^lae 

 S,Em xwelaqa laxa ^nElbalasasa g'ox"dEmse qa^s le hogwiL laxa 

 g'okwe, qa^s ^nek-e: "G^ax^mEnu^x"; la^mEnu-x" alax^^Id qatse^stai'. 

 Wa, wa, wa, Lax^wid, Lax^wld." Wa, ala^mese hex'^idaEm q!wag'E- 5 

 llleda gwegudza LE^wis gEgEnsme, qa^s la hoxts!a laxa k-ikihiE^latsie 

 g'okwa. Wa, g'il^Emxaawise ^wilxtolsaxa g'ig^okwaxs lae hogwiL 

 laxa yawix-i^lats!e g'okwa. Wa, k' iestia geg'ilil^Id laqexs lae ^nek'eda 

 mokwe qasElgis bebEgwauEma: "La^niEnu^x" lal dadoqumai," 

 £nex'%exs lae hoquwEls laxa yawix-Platsle g'okwa. Wa, la-lae he- 10 

 ^nakula laxa ^nElbalasasa g'5x"dEmse qa^s le hogwiL laxa g'okwe. 

 Wa, la ^nek'a: "G'ax^mEnu^x" dadoqilmai." Wa, g'il^mese q!axa 

 k!waele ^uEmokwa lae axkMalaq qa las. Wa, la k'ies ixkialaxa 

 baxuse qa las ogwaqa. Wa, la^lae hex'saEm waldEms yixs laeLae 



