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olala, I for not one of the hamatsia of the Awik' !enox" and of the || 

 95 Bellabella does not become olala after lie has gone to the end of four 

 winters being hamatsla. | 



But the Kwag'ul do differently with their hamshamts !es, | and 

 with the hamatsla who has whistles, for thej' perform only once in 

 winter; | for they wish to give up the hamatsla quickly, and they at 

 once become | members of the Sparrow Society, those who can not 

 stand being away from their wives for a long time. However, when 

 600 the mind of a hamats !a is strong, || then he remains a hamats !a for a 

 long time; that is, those who are really of | noble descent. And this 

 is different among the Kwag'ul, when they have | brought back to 

 his senses the recently returned hamatsla in the evening. Then | 

 all the members of the Sparrow Society go out of the house, and also 

 the Sparrow women and | Sparrow children. Only those who own 

 5 the office of || purifying the newly returned liamatsla remain sitting 

 inside, for | toward daylight he will be purified, j 



And this is also different from the way of the Awik" !enox" and 

 Bellabella, | when they wash the newly returned hamatsla four 

 days I after he comes out of the woods. He dances four nights || 

 10 until the time when he is to be washed. The new dancer does not 

 take off I his red cedar-bark ring for four years, and also he does not | 

 do any work for four years; and it is never forgotten | b}' all the men 



93 lae gwal hamatsla. Wa, la^me olalaxs lae gwal hamatsla, ylxs 

 k"!easae k' Ics oltilax'^Itsa hamatslasa Awlk'lenoxwe LE^wa Heklza- 



95 ^qwaxs lae labEndxa moxiinxe tslawunxe hamatsla. 



Wa, laLa oguqala gweg'ilasasa Kwag'ule laxes hamshamstslEse 

 L5^ma niEdzedzade hamatsla, yixs a^mae ^uEmxEnxela^xa ts'awun- 

 xexa ^neke qa^'s hfilabale gwal hamatsla. Wa, a^nise hex'-'idaEm 

 gwetse^steda wayatslala gwelala le^wIs gEnEme; wax'i laklwemase 

 600 naqa^yasasa hamatsla, wa, gala^mese hamatsla, yixa alak' lala nax- 

 sala bEgwanEma. Wa, g'a'mcs ogiiqalayosa Kwag'ulaxs g^ll^mae 

 gwala nanaqamaxa al^wiiltlala hamats laxa ganoLe lae hex'^idaEm 

 ^wFla hoquwElseda ^naxwa gwegfidza LE^wa gwegtitslaxsEme LE^wa 

 srwao-uorwcdzEme. Wa, lex'a^mese la kludzeleda k' les^onokwasa 

 5 kwasaEaxa al^wiiltlala hamatsla qaxs hex'^ida^mae kwasasE^waxa 

 la gweme lax ^nax''ida. 



Wii, la oguqala gweg'ilasasa Awlk'lenoxwe LE^wa Ileldza^qwe, 

 yixs al^mae kwiisaxa al^wiiltlala hamats laxs lae mop lEnxwa^ses 

 ^nala g'ax^vultla. Wii, la hemEnala yixwaxa moxsa gagEnoEa, 



10 lalaa laxa kwasax'dEmaq. Wa, laEm dzelElax"sa lalaa laxa mo- 

 xiinxe ts lawtinxa k" les lawaenoxwes l ISl lEgEkula. Wa, laxae k' letis 

 eaxena^yaxa moxiinxe tslawilnxa. Wii, Laxae k'les LlEleweso^ la 



