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speaks, and says, "Now, keep stiU, song-leaders, | that the attend- 32 

 ants may place (the white cedar-bark) upon our | great friend here, 

 that they may burn over his face with the white cedar-bark napkin 

 of our young women, for probably some of them are menstruating. | 

 We will really try to secure him, that our great friend may be tamed. Il 

 Now come, K !wak Iwaxsdala, and perform your office." Thus he 35 

 says. I Then the speaker of the house sits down, and the attendants 

 assemble | and sit around the hamatsla at the left-hand side in the 

 rear of the winter dance- | house. Then K !wak Iwaxsdala comes 

 carrying long tongs | with white cedar-bark tied to the end. This is 

 called "face burner of the || newly returned hamatsla." The name 40 

 of this one is "hamatslayadzEwal," | if his ancestors come from the 

 Awlk' lenox" ; and if his ancestors come from the | Bellabella he is 

 called "burner of the newly returned hamatsla." Then | K!wa- 

 k Iwaxsdala, who is burner of the newly returned liamats !a, | for that 

 is his name, arises. He speaks, and says, || "I have come, friends, 45 

 to do what you wish me to do. It is a | difficult matter. Now here 

 are also the white cedar-bark napkins of our four | beloved ones (the 

 princesses) with which I shall burn the face of this great supernatural 

 one. Now, | song-leaders, beat fast time for me." Thus he says 

 and puts white cedar-bark | tied to the tongs of the fire in the 

 middle of the winter dance-house. 1| As soon as the white cedar-bark 50 

 catches fire, he looks at the hamats !a, and | he goes to him with fast 



yaqlEg'a^ia. Wa, la ^nek'a: "Wag'aEmllas sEltledLEx nenagad 31 

 qa wag'iLtsa helik'a haxsEmhlaxgins ^nEm6x"dzek" qEns wag^il 

 uEwequmdqEk' yis edEmasEns ealostagasex kleasg'anEmael exEnta- 

 sox qaxglns la^mek" alak"!ala lal6L!a qa yal^Idesgins ^nEmox^dzek'. 

 Wa, la^mets g'axLol, K!wak!waxsdal laxg^as k"!es-6gw6s," ^nex^^lae. 35 

 Wii, la^me kiwag'alileda yayaqlEntemlle. Wa, iVmese la loxsEinlT- 

 leda helik'a klutse^stalaxa hamatsla laxa gEmxQtewalilasa ts!agats!e 

 g'okwa. Wa, g'ax^me K'.wak Iwaxsdala dalaxa g"ilt!a tsIesLala. 

 Wit, la k"!tlx"balaxa k'adzEkwe. Wii, hcEm LegadEs uEwegwayoxa 

 alwultlala hamatsla. Wii, g'a^mes LegEmsa hamats layiidzEwalexa 40 

 g'ilyolas g'ilg'ahse laxa Awlk" lenoxwe loxs hiie g'iiyole g'ilg'alise 

 laxa Heldza^qwe nEweqidgisaxa iilwiiltliila hiimatsla. Wii, lit 

 ulx^ulile Klwaklwaxsdalaxa nEwequlgisaxa iiiwultliila hamatsla, 

 qaxs he^mae LegEmse. Wa, la yiiqlEg'a^la; wii, lii ^nek'a: 

 "G'ax^mEn ^ne^uEinok" laxg'as gwE^yogwos qEii eaxena^yaxg'ada 45 

 laxwiilak". Wii, g"iix^Emxaiiwisg'ada eedEmg'asEns mokwex 

 hiElwina'yEns, qEn nEwequlaxwa ^walasex Logwala. Wii, la^mets 

 nensigad LexLexaLol qaEn," ^nek'Exs laexs lae axLEntsa k'iidzEkwe 

 kulbesa tslesLala liixa laqiiwalllasa tslagatsle g"okwa. Wii, g'il- 

 ^mese x'lx'EqEleda IcadzEkwaxs lae doqwalaxa hamats laxs lae 50 

 tsaxala. Wii, lii hex'^ida^ma nenagade LexEdzodxes tlEmedzo. 



