BOAS] FAMILY HISTORIES 1179 



the curtain, | and all the masks show themselves. Four times || the 55 

 curtain is hauled up, and four times they are seen by the | specta- 

 tors. This is called "many masks lying on the box in the liouso," 

 when they are | gathered together and shown with the boating of 

 boards. Wlien this is finished, all | the members of the Sparrow 

 Society and all the danco owners go out and | go home to their 

 houses. Then the winter dance is finished after this. || And now they 60 

 all have secular names when day comes, and they sing | secular 

 songs when they give a feast. Now I have finished talking | about 

 tlie winter dance. | 



(The Awlk' !enox" invite after the return of the hamatsia as | 

 follows: — ) II 



"I come to ask you, I come to ask you, winter dancers. We will 65 

 tame the damdamxala, | olala, you who look out for danger (the 

 Sparrow Society) who obtain as a supernatural treasure tlie name 

 Four-Man-eater, the good | cannibal." | 



Legend of the G'exsem, NakIwax^da^x" 



The ancestors of the numaym G' esxEm of the Nak Iwax'dax" lived | ] 

 at Wawale; and their chief was named Ts!Ex^ed, and he had for liis | 

 prince K !wak Iwabalas. Ts !Ex^ed was really a bad | man, and there- 

 fore his tribe did not like him, || therefore he was hated by his tribe. 5 



Wa, la^me ^naxwa nel^ededa yaexumle laxeq. Wa, lii moplicna ne- 

 xostoyEwe yawapEmalllas. Wa, la^me moplEna dox^waLEllsa xl- ,'5,5 

 tslax'ila. Wa, heEni LegadEs hax"sEmlIlaxa q!enEme yaexumi yixs 

 q!ap!alae nel^id Ifixa kwexElakwe. Wa, g'iPmese gwala lae ^wrta 

 hoqiiwElseda ^naxwa gwegudza LE^wa ^naxwa lelaenokwa (ja^s lii 

 nii^nak" laxes g'ig"6kwe. Wii, la^me gwal ts!ets!eqa laxeq qaxs 1k- 

 ^mae ^naxwa bebaxiidzExLalaxa la ^nax'^ida. LaEm dEiixEJasa 60 

 baxuyala q'.EmdEmxs kiwelae. Wii, la^wesLEn gwal gwagwex's^iila 

 laxa ts!ets!cqa laxeq. 



(The Awlk'lenox" invito after the return of the hiimalsia as 

 follows : — ) 



"Oklula, ok'.fllanoguLau ts'.dts'.eqau helik'aLEns damihimxalau (55 

 owalalau ek"!agamaxstiiel hek'aLEnsEx Logwalayax Moda^na tiinis- 

 k-as^o." 



Legend of the G'exsem, Nak'.waxda^x" 



G'okula^lae g'aliisa ^nE^memotasa G'exsEinasa Nak!wax"da^xwe 1 

 lax Wawale. Wii, lii^lae g'IgadEsa LegadEs TslEx^ede. Wii, hVlae 

 Lil-wfllgadEs K!wak!wabalase. Wii, laEm^Iiiwise fda ^yax'SEm 

 bEgwanEme TslEx^ede, hig'ilas k'leiis aek'ilas g'okiilotaseq. Wii, 

 he^mis lag'ilas LledzEltses g'okiilote. Wii, lii^laeJhemEnalaEm^liiwise 5 



