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FAMILY HISTORIES 1171 



four times, I going back, all the members of the Sparrow Society and 

 the II Sparrow women and the Span-ow children come into the house. 90 

 At once the | four who had been bitten by the hamshamts !es in the 

 morning, who are | now his assistants, stand on each side of the 

 sacred room with the Head-without-Body. | The assistants do not 

 stand there a long time before the mouth of the sacred room with the 

 Head-without-Body opens; | and immediately Nanogwis, for that is 

 the name of the hamshamts !es, || shouts, "Wip, wip, wip!" inside of 95 

 the sacred room with the \ Head-without-Body, and at once the 

 song-leaders sing with fast beating of time. | Then Nanogwis comes 

 out wearing on his head the | cannibal-mask with revolving top. 

 He goes around the fire in the middle of the house | dancing; and as 

 soon as he has gone around the fire in the middle of the house, il 

 the mouth of the Head-without-Body opens, and Nanogwis goes into 500 

 the mouth of the | Head-without-Body. As soon as he has gone in, 

 the mouth shuts, | and the four assistant members of the Sparrow 

 Society have no time to go in also. | Two of them stand on each 

 side I of the mouth of the Head-without-Body of the sacred room. 

 Then the song with fast beating is at an end, |1 and the mouth of the 5 

 Head-without-Body opens again. | Nanogwis cries "Wip, wip, wip!" 

 inside of the | mouth, and immediately the song-leaders sing a song 

 with slow beating of time. | Then Nanogwis comes out of the mouth 

 and I dances. He dances around the fire in the middle of the house; 



xwa qatse^staxs g'axae ^wPlaeteda ^naxwa gwegudza LE^wa gwegtt- 

 ts!axsEme LE^wa gwagugwedzEme. Wa, lasm aEm hex'^idaEm la 90 

 qlwag^allleda mokwe q!eq!Eg'Ex"sa hamshamts !Esaxa gafdaxa la 

 salaLElaq lax ^wax"sanoLEina^yasa miiwile x'osalQla. Wa, k'!es^lat!a 

 gael qlwaela salaLElaxs laa^lase aqElile sEmsasa xosalole mawila. 

 Wa, la^lae hex-'ida^me Nanogwis, qaxs he^mae LegEmsa htimsham- 

 tslEse hamts'.Eg'a^la. ^wip ^wip ^wipxa lax awlL'.Exawa^yasa sEinsasa 95 

 x^osalole mawila. Wa, IMae hex'^ida^ma nenagade dEnx^idEs tsa- 

 xala q!EmdEms. Wa, g'ax^Ein^lae Nanogwise axEmalaxes x'ilplE- 

 gEXLiila hamsEmla. Wa, la^lae la^stalilElax laqawalllasa g'okwaxs 

 ylxwae. Wa, g'iPEm^lawise la^stalitxa laqawalilaxs lae aqElTle 

 SEmsasa x'osalole. Wii, la^lae haeLEla^me Nanogwise lax sEmsasa 500 

 x'osalole. Wa, gipEin^lawise laeLExs lae qEmk'.ug'a^leda sEmse. 

 Wa, laEm^xae wisomala ogwaqa laeLeda mokwe gwegudza sala- 

 LElas. Wa, aEm^lawise la qlwaeleda maema^lokwe lax ^wax'sano- 

 dzExsta^yas sEinsasa x'osalole mawila. Wa, laEin^lae q!ulbe 

 tsaxala qlEmdEms. Wa, la^lae et!ed aqElile sEmsasa x'osalole. 5 

 Wa, la^lae ^wip ^wip ^wipxa Nanogwise lax awlL lExawa-'yasa 

 SEmse. Wa, la hex'Hda^ma nenagade dEnx^idEs iiEqaxEla qlEm- 

 dEms. Wii, g'ax^Em^lae Nanogwise g'ax^wiilts'.a laxa sEms qa^s 

 ylx^wlde. Wa, laEm^lae yExse^stalaxa laqawalllasa g'okwe. Wa, 



