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women dance in their turn, the nanaqawalil hamatsia, and the 

 hS.yalik"Elal. | The words of the song of the II nanaqawalil hamatsia 80 

 and of the h&yalik'Elal are different from the words of the full- 

 initiated-winter-dance, | for the women who disappear only stay in 

 the rear of the kwexElak" house. | As soon as the fioor-cleaning- 

 woman comes in, the speaker | of the ceremonial of the surroundmg 

 of the novice — the head speaker, who is Uke HoLelid — speaks (that 

 is I what you have seen at Fort Rupert), and says, "Now, |1 those 85 

 who wipe the floor have come in, and those who clean the floor. 

 Now let us go to the end, friends. | Now I shall speak as a herald- 

 Come now!" Thus he says, and | caUs two Head-Sparrows. As 

 soon as the two | Sparrow men come, the speaker of the winter 

 dance-house says, | "Ccme to our friend HamasEwid. Did she not 

 sprinkle herself to || come and dance at her dancing-place here?'' 90 

 Thus he says, and sends the two | old Sparrow men to swing the 

 rattles inside of the door of the | house for surrounding the novice; 

 and when the | two Sparrow men go out, two old men — the two 

 door-keepers — | each holds a round rattle, and || stands on the inside 95 

 of the door; and it is not | long before the two Sparrow men come 

 in. They stand | inside of the door; and one of them speaks^ and | 

 says, "The good one, our friend, is coming." Thus they say, and go 

 to I stand in the rear of the house. Then the two men with the 



tsledaqaxa nanaqawalile haniats!a LE^wa hayalik'Elal. Wa, la 78 

 5guqala^me qaqE^yasas qlEmdEmas lax qaqE^yasas q!EmdEmasa 

 nanaqawalile hamatsia LE^wa hayalik'Elalasa lax'sise ts!ets!eqa 80 

 qaxs a^mae awag'tlllEla x'isala laxa kwexE-'latsIe g-okwa tslEdaqe. 

 Wa, giPmese ^wi^IaeLeda ekQlelEme ts!edaqa laas yaqlEg-a-le yaya- 

 q'.Entemelasa k-lk-ihialaxa gwesEma^yexa he gwex's HoLelide (xes 

 doguiSs laxg-a TsaxesEk'). Wa, la ^nek'a: " La^me ^wFlaeLEns de- 

 g'ilelEma LE^wa ekulelEma. Wa, la^mesEns nExbag'aliLai', ^ne^uE- 85 

 mokwai'. Wa, la^mesEn qag-aL. Wa, gelag-a," ^nek'Exs lae Lex- 

 ^edxa ma^lokwe gwegwatslEma. Wa, g'il^mese g-axeda ma^lokwe 

 gwegwats'.Ema. Wil, la 'nek-e yayaqlEntEmelasa ts!agats!e g'okwa: 

 "Hag'a laxEns ^uEmokwa HamasEwida. K'lesae xos^idEkwa qa 

 g-axese yix^wida laxg'as yi-'we^IasEk"," ^nek'Exs lae ^yalaxsa ma^Io- 90 

 kwe qlulsqIuPyak" gwegudza qa yayatemll lax awlLElas tlExilasa 

 kik'ilna^latsle g'okwa. Wa, g-il^mese la hdquwElseda ma^lokwe gwe- 

 gwatslEm laas qas-ideda ma^'lokwe t latlEx-ilax^sela ma^lok" q!u]sq!ul- 

 yak" gwegudza q!walxEwunkiilaxa loElxsEme yeyadEna qa^s la 

 q!wag-alil lax ^wax'sanexstdlilasa &wiLElasa tlEx-ila. Wa, k-!est!a 95 

 galaxs g'axae hog^viLeda ma^lokwe gwats!Em. Wa, la q!wag-alll 

 lax awiLElasa t'.Exila. Wa, la yaq!Eg-a^leda ^nEmokwe. Wa, la 

 'nek-a: "G-axk-as^oEmg-lns ^nEmokflk'," ^nek-Exs lae qas^ida qa^s 

 la q!wag-alil laxa ogwiwalilasa g-okwe. Wa, la yatlededa ma^lokwe 



