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ately K !wak Iwabalas arose and washed himself in the lake, | and he 

 only came out of the water at dayUght. Then || he went and ate 20 

 berries, and he | did not come back until the evening. Then he 

 went right into the lake | and washed himself; and after doing so, 

 he went into his | house and lay on his back. When he fell asleep, | 

 a woman came in laughing. She came into the house of hemlock- 

 branches, II laughed, and spoke. She said, " O friend ! I am | 25 

 DalElsa^naga. I have been sent by our friends to call you to come | 

 into the great winter-dance house. And now let us go." | Immedi- 

 ately K !wak Iwabalas went and followed her. They had not | gone 

 far, before the woman hfted the edge of the moss; |1 and they went 30 

 under it into a great house; and | K !wak Iwabalas was told to sit, 

 down at the right-hand side of the | house. As soon as he sat down- 

 an old man arose | and spoke to his tribe. He said, | "O super- 

 natural ones I let us ask our friend why he has come || to our super- 35 

 natural place here, whether for good or bad, or to make us secular, | 

 for he is the only one who came to our winter dancing-place. | Now, 

 tell us why you came." Thus he said. | Then it occurred to Klwa- 

 k Iwabalas that he would say that he had come to obtain the | win- 

 ter dance and the great winter-dance house. And at once || another 40 

 man spoke in the rear of the dance-house, | and said, "This is. 



hex'^idaEm^lawise KIwaklwabalase Lax^wida qa^s la la^sta laxa dzE- 18 

 «lale. Wa, al^Em^lawise g-ax^wustaxs lae ^nax'^ida. Wii, aEm^'lawise 

 la qas^ida cja^s la ha^maaxso laxa LloLlEpIemase. Wa, al^Em^lawise 20 

 g-ax aedaaqaxs lE^mae dzaqwa. Wa, fi.Em^lawise he^stala laxa dzE- 

 ^lale qa^s la^stEx'^ide. Wa, g'tl^Em^lSwise gwalExs lae lacL laxes 

 g"6kwe qa^s tIex'Else. Wii, laEm^lawise mamexEmalaxs g'axaasa 

 dalala tslEdaqa. Wa, gax^lae gaxeLa laxa qlwaxsEme g'okwa dalE- 

 tEwexs lae yaqlEg'a^a. Wii, IMae ^nek'a: "^ya, qast, nogwaEm 25 

 DalElsa^nagag'ax ^yillagEmsEns ^ne^uEmokwe qEn g'ilxe Le^laloL qa^s 

 laos laxwa ^walasex tsliigatsle g-okwa. Wii, gelag'a qEns lalag'i." 

 Wa,hex'^idaEm^liiwise KIwiiklwabalase la lasgEmeq. Wii, k' les-latla 

 qwesg"ila qasaxs laeda tslEdiiqe LlElg^ustodEx awunxa^yasa p lElEmse 

 qa^s la hogwabodEq. Wii, la hogwiL laxa ^walase g'okwa. Wa, lii 30 

 ^nex'SE^we KIwaklwabalase qa^s he klwax'^ide helkModo-'yalllasa 

 g'okwe. Wa, g'il^Em^lilwise kIwag'alilExs lae Liix^ulileda qlulyakwe 

 bEgwanEma qa^s yaqlEg'a^lexes g'oktilote. Wa, la-'lae ^nek'a: "Wa, 

 g'il la^x'ins ^na^nawalak" wuLaLExg'his ^nEmox"dzek'lax g'iixelasox 

 laxEns ^nawalaklwasex lo^ ek'e l6^ ^yax'SEme lo^ g'iix bEbaxiiyila 35 

 g-axEns, qaxs he^maex ale ^uEmok" g^ax liixEns tsIaxdEmesex. 

 Wa, wagil la qa^s yaqlEg'a^ltsos g'ax^ena^yex," ^nex^^lae. Wa, 

 la^lae ^nenk' leqEla^lae KIwaklwabalasaxs he^mae liiloLlasose tslaqle- 

 na^yas LE^wa ^walase ts lets legats le g'okwa. Wa, hex"^idaEm^lawise 

 yaqlEg'a^eda ogMama bEgwanEm liLxa ogwiwalllasa ts lets legats le 

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