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86 Sparrow Society. "Now you will go and beat | the house-boards, 

 you half-initiates, for those who will be met with dances are our people 

 who are going to be caught, the supernatural ones." | Thus said 

 one of the heralds. As soon as the speech was at an end, | the 

 three others said together, "Arise quickly!" | They entered 

 first the house at the lower end of the village, and they came 



90 toward the II upper end of the village, going toward the winter 

 dance-house. | Immediately all the Sparrows and those who own 

 dances came in, j and entered the winter dance-house. When | they 

 had all come in, the members of the Sparrow Society, of the half- 

 initiates, I the fool-dancers, the bear-dancers, and the nanaqawalll, 



95 and the nolEme^sta came in, || and sat down at the right-hand side 

 inside of the door of the winter-dance | house. As soon as all those 

 who owned dances — the half-initiates and the Sparrow Society — were 

 in, I the speaker of the winter-dance house spoke, and | said to 

 the full-initiates, "Now, shamans, put eagle-down on yourselves, | 

 you full-initiates, for we will go to catch our great friend." Thus he 

 400 said. ll "Now, you full-initiates, Sparrow women, you will meet him 

 dancing. You | half-initiates. Sparrows and Sparrow women, you 

 shall beat the house-boards," \ thus he said, and all the Sparrows, 

 and all the dance owners | arose and went out of the door of the danc- 

 ing-house. I 

 5 (They never did as modern people are doing. || The tox^wid and 

 the thunder-bird dancers each sing one at a time their sacred songs |, 



86 g'lLol, wewix'sa qa yaya^walaLaxEns k'imyasoLaxa ^nawalakwe," 

 ^nek'eda ^nEmokwe laxa qasElgise. Wa, gil^mese qlfilbe waldEmas 

 lae ^nEmadzaqwa, -nek'eda yudukwe wa6x"s: "HalagiliLEsai'," yJxs 

 hae g'il laeLa gwabalasasa g"ox"dEmse. Wa, la gwasolfila laxa 



90 ^nElbalasasa g"ox"dEmse lalaa laxa ts'.agatsle g-okwa. Wa, la^lae 

 aEm hex-'idaEm ^wFla g'axeda gwegiidza LE^wa ^naxwa lelaenok" 

 qa^s g'axe -wi'la hogweLa laxa ts'.agatsle g'okwa. Wii, gil^Em'la- 

 wise g"ax ^wPlaeLa g-axaas hSgwcLeda gwegiidzasa wlx'sa LE^wa 

 noEnlEmala LE^wa nEnq!o}Ela LE^wa nanaqawalUe LE^wa nolEme'sta 



95 qa^s la k!us-alil laxa helk" lotstalitasa awlLEliisa t'.Ex-ilasa ts!agats!e 

 g'okwa. Wa, g'il^mese ^wi^laeLe lelaenokwasa wix'sa LE^wis gwe- 

 giidza laa^lase yaq'.Eg-a^le yayaqlEntemilasa ts!agats!e g-okwa. Wa, 

 la-'lae -neka laxa lax'sa: "LaEms kimx-'widLol, pepExal, j'ULaxs 

 lax'saex qEns lalag'il kimyalxEns ^nEmox"dza," ^nex'^lae. "Wa, 

 400 la^mesLEs yaya^walaLol, lelax'sa, gAvegugiits'.axsEm. Wa, laLES 

 LexExseg'eLol, wewLx^sa gwegiidza le-'w6s gwegiigfltsIaxsEmx," 

 ^nex'^laexs lae ^wi^la qlwagilileda gwegiidza LE^wa ^naxwa lelaene- 

 ' nokwa qa^s la hoquwEls laxa t'.Ex'ilasa tsliigats'.e. 



(Wa, la^me hewaxa he gweg-ilox lax gwegilatsa alex bEgwanEmxs 

 5 Enal-nEmok'.Gmk'ae yeyalaqwaxa tox^wide LE^wa k'ik'inqalaLEla 



