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But all the fool-dancers went out and the grizzly-bear dancers | 65 

 together with the Sparrow Society, for they are not allowed to see 

 the I painters who paint the sacred room — the Head-without-Body — 

 and those who prepare the | supernatural treasure of the t5x^wid. 

 Therefore they all went out together with the | fool-dancers, the 

 nanaqawalil, and the nolEme^sta, and also the || grizzly-bear dancer, — 70 

 for all these belonged with the half-initiates, the kwexElak". Then | 

 the sacred room was quickly painted before dayUght came in the 

 morning, | and it was put up; and as soon as it was finished, they 

 waited for | dayUght; and when it was broad dayhght in the morning, | 

 four members of the Sparrow Society were called; and when they 

 came in, || they quickly painted their faces with charcoal and after 75 

 this had been done, they | put eagle-down on to them; and they 

 always had belts around their waists. | And they kept together 

 always with their Sparrow canes. | As soon as this was done, thej'^ 

 went out of the door of the winter dance- | house. They entered 

 all the houses and called || all the h&msh5mts !es, grizzly-bears, 80 

 tox^wid, I hawinalal, and thunder-bird dancers, and also the 

 hamaa; | for they all had gone out for a while to eat in their | houses. 

 Then the heralds said, "We are walking | to capture the super- 

 natural power." Thus they said when they named the various 1| 

 dancers of those who owned dances, and also the members of the 85 



he^misLal la ^wFla hoqtiwElseda noEnlEmala LE^wa nEnqlolEla 65 

 ^nEmax'^id LE^wa gwegudza, qaxs k'lesae helqlolEm doqfllaxa 

 k"!ak'!Et!enoxwaxs lae k"!ataxa mawilexa xEqwalole LE^wa g'ltiixa 

 Logwa^yasa tox^wide, yLss he^mae la hoquwEls nEmax'^id LE^wa 

 noEnlEmalaxa nanaqawalile LE^wa nolEme^sta; wa, he^misLeda 

 nEnq'.olEla, qaxs hii^sta^mae g'a^yol laxa wix^saxa kwexElakwe. Wa, 70 

 laEm ha^nakwela k' !atasE^weda mawilaxs k" !es-mae ^nax"4daxa gaala 

 qa^s ax^alelEme. Wa, giPmese gwala lae ^Em ^naxwa esEla qa 

 ^nax"^ides. Wa, giPmese q'.ulala ^nax'^idxa gaaliixs lae et'.ed Le- 

 ^lalasE^weda mokwe gwegwatslEma. Wa, g'iPmese g'ax hogwiLa lae 

 hanax^wid tsIotslElEmtsa ts!6lna. Wa, g-il^mese gwala lae qEmx- 75 

 ^witsa qEmxwiisa kwekwe laxes hemEnala^mae wiiseg'Ekwases wu- 

 seg'ano. Wa, la hemEnalaEm q !ap !ex"sa LE^wis gwegwesp !eqe. Wa, 

 gtPmese gwala lae qas^ida qa^s lii hoquwEls laxa tiEx'Ilasa ts'.agats'.e 

 gokwa. Wa, la^me laLlESEla laxa ^naxwa g'ig'okwa qa^s Le^lalexa 

 ^naxwa hamsh&mtslEsa LE^wa nenane LE^wa tox^wid LE^wa 80 

 hawinalal LE^wa kwekukunxidale ; wa, he^misLeda hamaa 

 qaxs lE^mae yawas^Id ^wFla hoquwEls qa^s lii hamx'^id laxes 

 g'ig'okwe. Wa, la^me ^nek'eda qeqasElg'ise: "La^mEnu^x" qasai' 

 qaEns kimyaeneLaxa ^nawalakwe," ^nek'Exs lae LeLEqElax al^ogQla 

 leladEsa lelaenenukwe LE^wa gwegiidza. "Wa, la^niets lal LexExse- 85 



