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the cry, "Wip, wnp, | wip!" at the door of the house. And the 22 

 two men with the rattles at once rattled at the same time, | and at 

 ■once the song-leaders heat time on the | beating-board. Then the 

 hamsbamsts !es came with fast steps and went to the ll dancing- 25 

 place in the rear of the house. Four songs were sung | by the song- 

 leaders on behalf of Q !ayaxstalas ; and as soon as the last song was at 

 an end, | QIayaxstalas stood still; and the speaker of the house 

 spoke, I and said, "O friends! Look | at your minds! Nobody 

 can overcome our great friend. || Now I shall look for a shaman who is 30 

 really a full-initiate to go and listen | for the one for whom we are 

 dancing." Then he called a shaman to be Listener, | for that is the 

 name of the one who had been called ; and as soon as the speaker of 

 the house ended his | speech, the shaman went out of the house. | He 

 spoke, and said, "I am Quick-Spark," || (for he pretended to be 35 

 Mouse- Woman in the story). "Now I will go around | our world, 

 looking for what we came in this winter dance-house." | Thus he 

 said, and turned around to the right in the rear of the house | and 

 went to the door, and there he turned again to the right; and | then 

 he went out of the door. Now Q !ayaxstalas was dancing || standing 40 

 in the dancing-place in the rear of the house. It was not long | 

 before the Listener came in and stood inside of the door \ and said, 

 " Keep stiU, keep still, shamans, and listen | to me ! I have been 



^wlpxalaxa tJEX'ila. Wa, hex'^ida^mese ^nEmax'de yat!ededa ma^lo- 22 

 kwe yayatEmll. Wa, la hex'^ida^meda nenagade Lexdz5daxa 

 t!Emedz6. Wii, g'axaasa h&mshamts!Ese tsaxala qa^s la laxa yi^we- 

 ^lase laxa ogwiwalile. Wa, lada mosgEm qlEmqiEmdEme dEnx^ida- 25 

 yasa nenagade qa QIayaxstalase. Wa, giPmese qlulbeda ElxLa^ye 

 qlEmdEins lae QIayaxstalase Lax^ullla. Wa, la yaq!Eg'a^le yaya- 

 qlEntEmelasa g'okwe. Wa, la ^nek'a: "^ya, ^ne^nEmok", weg'a do- 

 qwalaxes nenaqayos qaxs kMeasae la hayaqaxgins ^nEm6x"dzek". 

 Wa, la^mesEn dox^widLEx ^lak" !ala lax"sa pExala qa lalag'iltse hoLe- 30 

 laxEns sesEnatElag'ilila." Wa, la Le^lalaxa pExala qa^s HoLaqJEsa 

 qaxs he^mae LegEmsa la LelwultlalelEms. Wii, g'il^mese q!ulbe 

 waldEmasa yayaq!Entemil g'axaas g"ax^wult!alileda pExala. Wii, la 

 yaq!Eg"a^ia. Wii, lii ^nek'a: "NogwaEm Heltsiax slnobex^ide" 

 (qaxs hebolae Hiilamaiaga liixa niiyame). "Wa, la^mesEn lal lii^sta- 35 

 IisElalxEiis ^nalax aliix laasasEns g'axela laxwa ts!iigats!ex g'okwa," 

 ^nek'Exs lae xilpled helk'lEwe^sta laxa ogwiwalile. Wii, la qas^ida 

 qa^s la laxa tiEx'ila qa^s etlede x"Ilp!ed helk'lEwe^sta. Wii, la 

 lawEls liixa tlEX'tla. Wa, ax'sa^mesa ylxwax'de yix Qliiyaxstalase 

 La^wll laxes yE^we^lasa ogwiwalllasa g'okwe. Wii, k'!est!a galaxs 40 

 g'axae g'axcLe HoLaqlEse qa^s Liix^ullle lax awiLEliisa tiEX'lla. 

 Wa, lii ^nek"a: " Wii, ts!Emot!ed tslEmot !ed, pepExal, qa^s hoLelaos 

 g'axEn. LaEmx'dEn lii^stalesxEns ^niilax. La^mesEn sabEnatoxa 



