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sit down I on each side of the rear part of the sides of the house. 46 

 Then the | half-initiates come in and sit down at each side of the 

 door. I As soon as they are all in, those who caught the novice come 

 in, and they stand | in the rear of the house; and when they have aU 

 come in, the || hSmshamts !es comes into the door and cries, " Wip 50 

 wip, wip !" I and the four whom he has bitten are still near him. At 

 once j the song-leaders sing songs with fast time-beating ; and as 

 soon as the songs with the fast time-beating are at an end, | the song 

 leaders sing again with slow time-beating. | There are three songs 

 with slow time-beating, || besides the one with fast time-beating. 55 

 Now all the | fidl-initiate Sparrow women dance near the hams- 

 hfimts !es when he is dancing ; | and when the last song of the song- 

 leaders is at an end, the | song-leaders beat fast time on the boards. 

 Then the hamshamtslEs runs about quickly, | going around the fire 

 in the middle of the house. As soon as he goes toward his || sacred 60 

 room, the Head-without-Body, the mouth of the Head-without- 

 Body, opens, and | the hamshamtslEs goes into the mouth. The | 

 four companions of the hamshamts !es have no time to go in also 

 before the mouth of the | sacred room with Head-without-Body 

 shuts. Immediately all the | members of the Sparrow Society and 

 all the Sparrow women go out, and go home to their || houses. Only 65 

 the owners of dances are still sitting in the | winter dance-house. 

 When evening comes Waxap !alaso« calls his | four heralds, members 



laxa ^wax'sanegwilasa ^nElk' '.odoyalilasa g"okwe. Wa, g'axe g'axe- 40 

 Leda wewix'sa qa^s lii klus'alil laxa ^wax'sotstalilasa tiEX'iia. Wa, 

 gil^mese ^wFlaeLa g'axaas hogwiLEleda k'imyax"de qa^s la qlwag'a- 

 lil laxa Sgwiwahlasa g'okwe. Wa, g'il^mese^wi^lacLag'axaasa hams- 

 hamtslEse g'axeLa laxa tlex'ila. Wii, la^me ^wip ^wip ^wipxa. Wa, 50 

 la^me hex'sa^ma mokwe q!eq!Eg'Ex"s nExwalaLElaq. Wa, hex'^ida- 

 ^mesa nenagade dEnx^Its tsaxala q!EmdEms. Wa, giPmese qlulba 

 tsaxala q !EmdEms lae et !ed dEnx^ideda nenagadasa nEqaxElas t !Em- 

 yas q'.EmdEms. Wa, yixs yudux"sEmae nEqaxEla qlEmqlEmdEms 

 5gu^la laxa ^uEmsgEme tsaxala q lEmdEms. Wa, la^me ^naxwa yLxwe- 55 

 mela lelax'sawe gwegiits!axsEmxa hS,mshamts!Esaxs lae yixwa. 

 Wa, g'll-mese qlulbeda ElxLa^ye dEnxElayasa nenagadaxs lae lbxe- 

 dzodeda nenagadaxes t!Emedzo. Wa, la alt'.EqElecla hamshamts !e- 

 saxs lae la^stalilElaxa laqawalile. Wa, gil^mese la guyolEla faxes 

 mawila x'osalole, lae aqElile sEmsasa x'osalole. Wa, la laeLeda qq 

 hamshamts !Ese lax sEmsas. Wii, la^me wisomala la ogwaqa laeLeda 

 mokwe salaLElaxa hamshamts '.Esaxs lae qEmx^wIdeda sEmsasa 

 x'osalole mawila. Wa, la^me hex'^idaEm ^wPla hoquwElseda ^naxwa 

 gwegudza LE^wa ^naxwa gweguts!axsEma qa^s la na^nak" laxes 

 g'ig'okwe. Wa, a^mesLa hex'saEm k!iidzeleda lelaenenokwa laxa 55 

 tsa!gats!e g-okwa. Wii, gil^mese dzaqwaxslae Le^lale Waxaplalaso- 

 ^waxa mokwe cjeqasElgis gwegudza. Wa, giPmese g'ax hogwiLa 

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