BOAS] FAMILY HISTORIES 1159 



Then the four heralds are sent out. The j four heralds go out at 37 

 once, and it is not long before they come back | each singing his own 

 sacred song; and when | they all come into the door, they stand in 

 a row. And as soon as || they have all finished their sacred songs, 40 

 the chief of the Sparrow heralds | speaks and tells the Sparrows that 

 those who have been invited are coming, | and also that the song- 

 keepers shall watch their songs | and their batons so as not to make 

 a mistake, and also the | children that they shall not cry. Thus they 

 say, and they walk together || to the rear of the winter dance-house 45 

 As soon as | they arrive in the rear of the house, the hamsh&mts !es 

 come in | and sit down in the rear of the house in the middle. | 

 After them come the grizzly-bears and sit down at the right-hand 

 side of the | hamsh&mts !es. Then come the fool-dancers and sit 

 down at the || left-hand side of the hSmshSmts !es. Next come | the 50 

 cruel-dancers and sit down next to the fool-dancers. Then the | 

 thunder-bird dancers come and sit down next to the grizzly-bears. 

 Next come the | hox"hok" and sit down next to the thunder-birds. | 

 Next come the war-dancers and sit next to the cruel-dancers. When || 

 all the dancei-s are in — those who are now named the Seals — | the 55 

 chief of the Sparrow Society arises and tells all the Sparrows that | 

 now aU the dancers have come in and also the Sparrows. | "Now, 

 shamans, we will do what we came here for, into this winter dance- | 



^yalagEseda mokwe qeqasElg'Es. Wa, hex'HdaEm^lawise la hoqii- 36 

 wElseda mokwe qeqasElg'Esa. Wa, k'!es-'lat!a galaxs g'axae aeda- 

 aqa ^naxwa yeyalaqulases yeyalax^LEne. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise g"ax 

 ^wiMaeL lax SwlLElasa tlEX'ilaxs lae ylpEmg'alila. Wa, g-il^Em^lawise 

 ^naxwa qliilbe yalaqulayas lae yaqlEg'a^le gwesEma^yasa qeqasEl- 40 

 g-Ese. Wa, laEm^lae nelaxa gwegudzaqexs g'ax^maes lax'de Le^ala- 

 SE^wa. "Wa, he^mis qa yaLlawisa ^naxwa nenagade laxes dEnxE- 

 layo LE^wis tiEmyayowe qa k'leses Lelaqobala. Wa, he-'misa g"in- 

 g-inanEme qa k-!e§,ses q!wag'a%," ^nex'^laexs lae ^nEmagilil la 

 qas^ida qa^s la laxa ogwiwalllasa ts!agats!e g-okwa. Wa, g'il^Em- 45 

 ^lawise lag-aa laxa 5gwiwalilaxs g-axae g-axeLa hehamshanits!Ese 

 qa^s la k!us^alll laxa ogwiwalllasa g-okwe lax nEqewalilas. Wa, 

 g-ax^lae makileda nenane qa-'s la klus^alil lax helk' lodnoLE^malllasa 

 hehamshamts'.Ese. Wit, g^ax^laeda noEnlEmala qa^'s la k!us-'alll lax 

 gEmxanoLEma-'liiasa hchamshamts!Ese. Wii, g'ax^lae makileda ha- 50 

 wayadalale qa^s lii kiwabalilaxa noEnlEmala. Wa, g'ax^laeda kwe- 

 kiikunxiilale qa^s la k!wabalilaxa nenane. Wa, g'ax^lae mak'tleda 

 hehox"hokwe qa^s la kiwabalilaxa kwekukiinxiilale. Wa, g'ax^lae 

 mak-ileda hawlnalal qa^s la kiwabalilaxa hawayadalale. Wa, g'tl- 

 ^mese ^wFlaeLeda ^naxwa lelaenokwaxa la LeqElaso^s meEmgwat lae 55 

 Lax^ulileda gwesEma^ye. Wa, la^mes nelaxa ^naxwa gwegudzaqexs 

 lE^mae ^wi^laeLeda -'naxwa lelaenokwa LE^wa gwegudza. "Wa, la- 

 ^mesEns qlagEmg'aliL, pepaxal, laxEns g'axela ^wFlaeLEla laxwa ts!a- 



