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15 speech as they enter || the houses. After they have been to all the 

 houses, they enter | the winter dance-house. Then they tell tiiem that 

 all have come in | whom they have invited. Immediately the speaker 

 of the I winter dance-house arises. He belongs to the old men, 

 the I head of the chief of the Eaters, for this is their Sparrow name. 



20 He speaks || and says, "Now come, shamans, come in. Now I shall 

 call I the unitiated to come and witness what we are doing." Thus 

 he says, and | goes out of the door of the dance-house, and he | 

 stands outside. Then he shouts aloud, "Come, uninitiated, | come 

 and witness what we are doing. Look from the door into the house 



25 and sit by the door while we are || trying to surround the novice." 

 Thus he says. Then he comes back into the house, and | stands 

 outside of the place where the vSparrows who will sing are seated in 

 the rear of the house | in which the novices are to be surrounded. 

 Then the uninitiated come in | and sit down at the left-hand side 

 inside of the door of the winter dance- | house. Then the Sparrow 



30 Society and the uninitiated are inside, || only the hftmshSmts !es, 

 grizzly-bears, | fool-dancers, wasp-dancers, cruel-dancers have not 

 come in. | Then the speaker of the dance-house speaks again, | and 

 says, " O friends ! You are not yet all inside. | Come, now, friends, 



35 and go to our friends the great dancers, II that they may come and 

 keep watch over what we are going to do here." Thus he says. | 



15 laxa g'ig'okwe. Wii, gil^mese ^wllxtolsaxa g"ig'5kwaxs lae hogwlL 

 laxayawix'14ats!e g'okwa. Wa, laEm^lae nelaqexs lE-mae ^wI^laeLes 

 qasasE^we. Wa, hex'^idaEm'lawise Lax-ulil6 yayaq '.EntEmelasa yawi- 

 x'Hatsle g'okwa, g'a^yol laxa q!ulsq!ulyakwe bebEgJvanEmxa Laxu- 

 ma^yasa HemElk", yixs he-'mae gwedzEXLayose qa-'s yaqlEg'a^'le. 



20 Wii, la^nek'a: " Wa, gelag'a, pepaxal,g'ax^Ems HvMaeLa. La^mesEn 

 lal Le^lalalxa baxusa qa g-axese x-Its!ax-ila g-axEns," ^nex-^laexs lae 

 qas^ida qa^s la lawEls laxa tlEX'lliisa yawix'i^lats'.e g"okwa qa^s le 

 Lax^uls lax Llasana'yas. Wii, la hasEla ^nek-a: "Wii, gelag-a, baxu- 

 sai', gelag'a x'lts'.axilax qa^s g'iixaos ^mx-nElgEmlll k!iistaill laxg-ada 



25 k'lk-ihiEliik'," ^nex'^lae. Wii, g'ax^lae xwelaqa, laeLa qa-'s lii Liix- 

 =ulit liixa LUisalllas k!tidze4asasa dEnxElaLe gwegddza liix nEqewa- 

 lllasa k'ikilna-iatsle g'okwa. Wii, g'ax^lae hogwcLEleda bebaxuse 

 qa^s lii k'.iis^alil liixa gEmxotstalilas ^wiLEliisa tlEX'ilasayiiwix'i^latsle 

 g'okwa. Wii, laEm^lae ^wPlaeLeda gwegutslEme LE^wa bebaxuse. 



30 Wa, lex'a^me k'les^Em g"ax g'axeLeda hamshamtslEse LE^wa neniine 

 LE^wa noEnlEmala LE^wa hamasElale LE^wa hawiiyadalale. Wii, 

 la^lae edzaqwa yiiq!Eg"a4e yiiyaq!Entemelasa yiiwixiHatsle g'okwa. 

 Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "^'ya, ^ne^nEmok", k" les-meg'tns ^wi^laeLa. Wii, 

 gelag'a, ^iie^nEmok" qa^s laos laxEns ''ne^nEm6x"dziixa lelaenenokwa 



35 qa g'axlag'ise q'.iiqIaliilaxEns gwegwiilaglli^lasLa," ^nex"^Iae. Hesm 



