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96 for I can now liartUy notice on you the smell of human beings. | And do 

 not leave the place where you are now, for there is no | greater super- 

 natural power an3rwhere, except the house of Cannibal-at-North-End- 

 of-World. That is it, | friend." Thus said he, and he disappeared. 

 Immediately | K !wak Iwabalas awoke, and washed himself in the 

 100 lake; and || after he had done so, day came, and he just went and ate | 

 berries. He only came Lack when it was nearly | evening. He had 

 not been lying there long in his house, when evening came. | TJien he 

 washed himself in the lake; and after he had done so, | he went into 

 5 his house of hemlock-branches and lay down. He || went to sleep at 

 once; and he had not been sleeping long, when in his dream | he saw 

 a short man coming, who stood in the house. And the | short man 

 spoke, and said, "O friend! why did you come | to this supernatural 

 place?" Thus he said. Immediately | K!wak!wabalas rephed, and 



10 said, "O friend! I || came to this supernatural place of which I knew, 

 because I wanted to get supernatural power | from it." Thus he 

 said to him. After K!wak!wabalas had spoken, | the short man 

 spoke, I and said, " O friend ! I am Ts !EqomeLElsa^na. | Take care 



1 5 that you may obtain what you may want to get here. I || know about 

 you, for our friends have talked about you; and | they say that you 

 wiU obtain a great treasure from us. Take care ! Keep on | washing 

 in the supernatural lake !" Thus he said and disappeared. | Immedi- 



06 Wa, he^misa qa^s k"!esaos b^sos axasaqos qaxs k'leasae ^nawalakwa- 

 gawesox ogu^la lax g'okwas Bax"bakwalanux"siwa^ya. Wit, he^meq, 

 qast," ^nex'^laexs lae x'ls^ida. Wa, hex'^daEm^lawise ts!Ex"^Ide 

 K!wak!wabalase qa^s lil la^stEx^^id laxa dzE^ale. Wa, gil^Em^awise 

 100 gwalExs lae ^nax'^ida. Wa, ^Em^lawise la qas^ida qa^s la ha^maaxso 

 laxa L!5L!Ep!emase. Wa, ill^Em^lawise g"ax aedaaqaxs lae Elaq 

 dzaqwa. Wil, k'!es-lat!a ges t!ek"!Es laxes g'okwaxs lae dzaqwa. 

 Wa, la^lae la^stEX'^Ida laxa dzE^lale. Wa, g'tpEm^lawise gwala lae 

 laeL laxes q!waxsEme g'okwa qa^s t!ex'^Else. Wa, hex'^idaEin^lawise 

 5 mex^eda. Wa, k' !es-Em^lawise ges mexaxs lae mexElasa ts!E- 

 k!ilxsde bEgwauEm g'ax LiVwila. Wii, la^lae yaq!Eg"a^leda tslE- 

 k!iixsde bEgwanEma. Wii, la^lae ^nek"a: "'ya, qast, ^mases g"axe- 

 laos laxwa ^nawalakwex awlnak!usa," ^nex'^lae. Wa, hex'^idaEm 

 K!wak!wabalase na^naxmeq. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "^y&, qast, hedEn 



10 g'axela laxwa q!alaqEn ^nawalak" awlnak!usxg"in LaLogwas- 

 dEyek' laq"," ^nex'^laeq. Wa, g'll^Em^lawise gwal yaq!Ent!ale 

 K!wak!wabalase laa^as yaqlEg^a^leda ts!Ek!iixsde bEgwanEma. Wii, 

 lil^lae ^nek'a: "^ya, qiist, nogwaEm Ts!EqomeLElsa^na. Wiigil la 

 aEm ya-LiaLEx qa^s laLCLosaxes gwE^yaos qa^s laloLios. Wii, laLEn 



15 qlalaEmxs lE^maaqos gwagwex's^alatsEns ^ne^nEmokwe, yixs ^wala- 

 saes LogwiLaos. Wiigil la &Em yiiL!aLEx MagaEm heniEnalaEm 

 la^sta laxwa ^nawalakwex dzE^lala," ^nex'^laexs lae x'is^'ida. Wii, 



