BOAS] FAMILY HISTORIES 1167 



before all the Sparrows go out of the house, when they are about to 6 

 catch I those who have disappeared. The}" did so only lately when 

 they became mixed with the | Awlk' !enox", for they do that way 

 when they catch those who have disappeared — the hamats !a, | 

 and his k'inqElaLEla, and q!aminagas, and the nontse^stalal, and ll 

 grizzly bear of the door of the house of Cannibal-at-North-End-of- 10 

 World, for at first | they all sing their sacred songs at the same time, 

 those whom the Awik" !enox" call | olala, and who are called by the 

 Kwag'ul tSx^wid, and the shaman dancers and | the k'inqElaLEla. 

 As soon as all have sung each his sacred song, the | Awik" !enox" all 15 

 come out of the winter dance-house to catch || those who have 

 disappeared.) | 



As soon as all have gone out, they shout at the same time, and say, 

 "Oh, I you shall be made poor by the supernatural power! Wo, 

 wo, wo." They say so four times. | Then they walk together to the 

 place where the supernatural power is caught, | at the mouth of the 20 

 river Ts lElgwad for that is where the hamshamts !es shows himself. Il 

 As soon as those who are to catch him arrive at the mouth of the | 

 river, the hamshamts !es comes out of the woods, and takes hold of | 

 one of the Sparrows, and bites a piece out of his left arm; | and as 

 soon as the piece that he has bitten comes off, he takes another one 

 of the I Sparrows and bites him; and he bites another one; and || 

 still another one, the last one; and as soon as the last one has been 25 



ytxs k"!es^mae hoquwElseda ^naxwa gwegudza, yixs k'imyeLaxa 6 

 x"Ix"isala yixs al-maex he gweg'ihixs lae q !uq lulgox^wid LE^wa 

 Awik" lenoxwe, yixs hile gweg'ilaxs k^imyaaxes x'ix'Esalaxa hamats!a 

 LE^wis kinqalaLEla LE^wa qlaminagas LE^wa nonltse^stalal LE^wa 

 nEiistalllas tlExllas g'okwas Bax"bakwillauux"siwe«, yixs a^mawis- 10 

 Lae ^naxwa ^nJii^nEmok'.Qmk'a yalaqulaxa gwE^yasa Awik' lenoxwe 

 5lala, yix gwE^yasa Kwag-ule tox^wida LE^wa paxalalale LE^wa 

 k'ik'inqalaLEla. Wa, g'il^mese ^wi^la yalaqwaxs lae hoqilwElseda 

 Awik'Ienoxwe laxa ts!agats!e g'okwa qa^s la laxes kimyaasLaxes 

 x'ix'Esala.) 15 



Wa, g-ipEm^lawise ^wi^lawElsa lae ^nEmadzaqwa ^nek'a: "Sas wfin- 

 g'il mEweLas ^nawalakwa. Wo, wo, wo, wo." Wa, mop lEndzaqwaxs 

 lae ^nek-a. Wa, la^lae loxmalaxs lae qas^da qa^s la laxa k'imyaase 

 ox"siwa^yasa -'was Ts lElgwade, qaxs he^mae nex-ne^latsa h&msham- 

 tslEse. Wa, g-iPEm^awise lag-aa, yixa k'imya laxa ox"siwa^yasa 20 

 ^wa, g-axaalasa hamshamts'.Ese g-ax-'wult!a laxa aLle qa^s dax-^idexa 

 ^nEmokwe laxa gwegudza qa^s q!Ex-^idex gEmxolts!ana^yas. Wa, 

 g'il-'mese lawamasxes q!Ek"oy6 lae etled dax-'idxa ^nEmokwe gwe- 

 giidza qa^s qlEX'^ideq. Wa, la etiedxa ^nEmok" qlEx-^idEq, Wa, 

 la etled qlEx'^idxa la ElxLa^ya. Wa, he^misa la ElxLe q!Ex-ms6«s 25 



