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his song was ended, he came and | stood where he had stood first, 62 

 at the riglit-liand side of the door of the house. | His name was 

 X'imsElilEla. He had not been standing there long | swinging his 

 rattle, while those in the rear of the house were beating time, || when 65 

 he danced with fast steps to the rear of the house, and stood | out- 

 side the sacred room of hemlock-branches: and he shouted with a 

 loud voice, and said, | "Come, friend, HoxhoxiilsEla ! " As soon as 

 the one who had been called had said, "Hoho!" | X'imsEliiEla said, 

 laughing, "Our | friend has come," and he went to stand where he 

 had stood before. As soon as || HSxhoxulsEla had cried "Hoho!" 70 

 the song-leaders in the rear of the house began to sing | the same 

 song they had sung before, for there is only one song for j the whole 

 number. And when the song was at an end, HoxhoxulsEla arose | 

 near the place where X'imsElilEla was standing, only | HoxhoxiilsEla 

 was nearer to the door. || 



And X'imsElllEla swung his rattle again. At once | the song- 75 

 leaders beat time; and X'imsElilEla danced back with quick steps, 

 and I shouted, calling Ts lEqomeLElsa^na. As soon as he named 

 him, I Ts lEqomeLElsa^na shouted, "Hoho!" Then X'imsElilEla 

 laughed | aloud, and told all the men that the one who had been 

 called was coming. 1| At once the song-leaders began to sing the song 80 

 tliey had first sung, | and now TslEqomeLElsa^na came dancing with 

 a mask; and X'imsElilEla was still | standing where he was always 



Lax^ulll laxes g'llx'de La^wi^lasa lax helk' lotstalilas t!EX ilasa g'okwe. 62 

 Wii, heEm EegadEs X'imsElilEla. Wa, k'!es-iat!a gael uVwIIexs lae 

 yatleda yises yadEne. Wa, la^lae LexEdzodeda kiudzlle laxa ogwi. 

 wa=lile. Wa, lae tsaxEyolilEle X'imsElilEla qa^s la Lax^ulll lax L!a- 65 

 salilasa qiwaxsEme lE^me^atsia qa^s -'laqule hasEla. Wa, la ^nek'a: 

 "Gelag'a qastai' HoxhoxulsElai'." Wii, gipEm^lawise hohoxwe lc- 

 ^lalasE^waxs g'axae ^neg'Etaye XimsElllEla dalEta^ya: "G'ax^mEns 

 ^nEmokwe," qa^s la Lax^iilii laxes gilx'de La^wi^lasa. Wii, gipEmx'de 

 hohoxwe HoxhoxiilsElaxs lae dEnx-'ededa nenagade laxa ogwiwalile, 70 

 yises g'ilxde dEnx^edayowa qaxs ^uEmsgEmaes qlEmdEme laxes 

 ^waxaase. Wii, g'iPmese qlulbe q!EmdEmasexs lae Lax^iilile Hox- 

 hoxOlsEla laxa ^nExwala lax La^wi'iasas XimsElilEla. AEuiLal he 

 iiExwale HoxhoxiilsEla laxa tJEx'ila. 



Wii, lii etiede X'imsElilEla yat!etses yadEne. Wii, hex'^ida-'mese 75 

 LexEdzodeda nenagade. Wii, la^me et!ed tsaxale XimsElilEla qa^s 

 la hiisEla Le^lalax TslEqomeLElsa^na. Wii, g il^Em^liiwise Lex^edqexs 

 laaEl hohoxwe TslEqomeLElsa-'na. Wii, g'ax^lae XimsslilEla datelaxs 

 lae hiisEla nelaxa ^niixwa bEgwiiuEuixs g'ax^maes Le'lalasE^we. Wii, 

 hex'^idaEm^liiwise dEnx^ededa nem\gadiises g ale dEnxElaya. Wa, 80 

 g'ax^me yix^wideda yixumale TslEqomeLElsa^na. Wii, hexsii^'mese 

 La^wlle XimsElilEles LaxHllI^lasnaxwa. Wii, gil'mese qiillbe dEuxE- 



