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house." Thus he says. Then the fool-dancer cries, "WEe!" and || 

 60 at once the song-dancers begin the song of the fool-dancer. As 

 soon I as the song is at an end, he becomes cjuiet. Then the | fool- 

 dancers become excited, one after another, and each one has a song; | 

 and this is called by the men of olden times " Wiping-the-Floor-of- 

 the-Dance House;" namely, | the fool-dancers and the grizzly-bear 

 65 dancers. Therefore the fool-dancers go first, || for they belong to 

 the kwexElak", which is called by the people of olden times | "half- 

 initiated-winter-dancers," who only sit in the house when they disap- 

 pear in the kwexElak" house, | for they are not taken away by the 

 spirits when they come to take them | into the woods. This is called 

 by the people of olden times "driving away." Those who are 

 caught in the | bay of Fort Rupert are the hftmshamts !es, q laminagas, 

 tox^wid, II grizzly-bear, thunder-bird dancer, and the others. This j 

 has the name " Dri\'ing-away ; " and these really disappear in the 

 woods. And this | is called the "fuUy-initiated-winter-dance." 

 And those who have the name "half-initiated-winter-dancers," | 

 the kwexElak", they are the ones who wipe the floor — the fool- 

 dancers and the grizzh'-dancer and the | floor-cleaning-woman — for 

 75 when all the fool-dancers come in, they are not || dressed with the red 

 cedar-bark like the hamatsia, qlaminSgas, tox^wid, and the others | 

 in the half-initiated-winter-dance, for they all belong to the Sparrow 

 Society. As soon as | the fool-dancers come in, the kwexElak" | 



gats'.ex g'okwa," ^nex'^lae, laa^lase wEexada nolEmala. Wa, hex'- 



60 ^idaEm%wisa nenSgade dEnx^its q!EmdEmasa nolEmala. Wa, gil- 

 ^mese q!ulbe qlEmdEmas lae yalHda. Wii, laEm ^nal-'nEmok!umk'a 

 xwaseda nolEmala. Wa, laxae ^nal-nEmsgEme qlEnidEmas. Wa, 

 heEm g'WE-'yasa g'ale bEgwanEm deg-ilelEmxa ts!agats!e g'okwaxa no- 

 EnlEmala LE^wa nEnq'.olEla. Hed lag-ilashe g'alag'iwa^ya noEnlEma- 



65 la ylxs hiie ^xnogwatsexa kwexElakwexa gwE^yasa g'ale bEgwanEm 

 wix'sas ts!ets!eqaxa aEm itwag'ililEla xisala laxa kwexalats!e g-okwa, 

 yixs k' !esae ax^etso^sa hayalilagase qa^s lit layo laxa haEj-alilagasasa 

 aL'.exa gwE^'yasa g'ale bEgwanEm xElkwaxa la k'Emyaso-' laxa 

 oxLalisas Tsaxisexa hamats'.a LE^wa q laminagas LE^wa tox-'wide 



70 (LE^wa) nane LE-wa kiikunxulale LE-'wis waokwe. Wa, heEm 

 LegadEs xElkwe, hii^staEm alak'Iala la x'lsala laxa aL!e. Wa, heEm 

 LegadES lax'sase ts'.ets'.eqa. Wa, la i.egadEs wix'sas ts!ets!eqaxa 

 kwexElakwexa la deg'ilelEmaxa noEnlEmala LE-wa nEnq!6lEla, LE^wa 

 ekulelEmxa ts'edaqaxs lae ^wHaeLeda nolEmala, yLxs k'leasae q!wa- 



75 lEnx"sa hamatsia LE^wa q laminagas LF/wa tox^wide LE^va waokwe 

 laxa wix'sase ts!ets!eqa qaxs iVmae la ^naxwa gwegudza. Wa, g'il- 

 'mese ^wi^laeLeda noEnlEmala laas Llayo 5'lx^wideda kwexslakwe 



