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one song. When | the song was ended, Hamase^na stood at the 

 left-hand side 1| of DalElsa^naga. They stood close together, and | 5 

 X'imsElilEla was also still standing there where he first had taken 

 his place. | . 



Then X'imsElilEla swung his rattle again and danced with quick 

 steps, I while the song-leaders were beating time. As soon as he 

 arrived outside of the | sacred room of hemlock-branches, he said 

 aloud, "I call you, friend || Yaxwaxanowil (Dancer-of-the-House) !" 10 

 And when his speech was ended, | Yaxwaxanowil shouted, "Hoho !" 

 And at once X'imsElilEla went and | told those who were sitting in 

 the house that the one who had been called, Yaxwaxanowil, was 

 coming. And | Yaxwaxanowil came out of the | sacred room of 

 hemlock-branches, and the song-leaders sang. And when || their 15 

 song was at an end, Yaxwaxanowil took his place at the left of | 

 Hamase^n^.* | 



. . . "I call you, friend Gwa^wayela^na | (Raven-of-the- 

 Woods)!" 



. . . "I call you, friend G'ilg'Eldokwila (Long-Life-Maker) !" ^ 

 . . . The I song-leaders sang, and G'ilg'Eldokwila danced, || and 20 

 they all wore different kinds of masks. | 



. . . "I call you, friend l letsaplela^naga (Heat-of-House- 

 Woman), to come and dance!" | 



^mese qlulbe q!EmdEmas lae Lax^iilile Flamase^na lax gEmxaga- 

 walilas DalElsa^naga laxes niEmk'alae^na^ye. Wa, laxaa hex'sasm 5 

 Lax^iilile X'imsElilEles g'ilxde Lax^uli^asa. 



Wa, la et'.ed yatlede X'imsElilElases yadsne gflyolEla tsaxalaxs 

 lae LexEdzodeda nenagade. Wa, g'iPmese liig'aa lax Llasalilasa 

 qlwaxsEme lE^me4ats!exs lae hasEla ^nek'a: " Le^lalEiiLol, qflstai, 

 Yaxwaxanowil. Wa, g'il'Em-lawise q!ulbe waldEmas laa^lase ho- 10 

 hoxwe Yaxwaxanowil. Wii, hex' ^idaEm^la wise XinisElilEla g'lix nen- 

 tfilaxa k!iidzilaxs g'ax^maes Le^lalasE^we Yaxwaxanowile. Wa, g"a- 

 xaalas ylxiita^ye Yaxwaxanowilaxs g'axae g'ax^wults!alil laxa q!wax- 

 sEme lE^me«lats!exs lae dEiixEleda nenagade. Wa, g'il^mese q!ul- 

 beda q!EmdEmaxs lae Lax^Qliie Yaxwaxanowile lax gEmxagawali- 1,5 

 las Hamase^na.' 



. "Le^lalEnLol qastai Gwa^wayela^na" 



. . . "Le-'lalEnLol qastai Gilg'Eldokwilai." . . . Wa, la^lae 

 dEnx^ededa nenagade. Wa, laEmxae yixwe G'ilg'Eldokwila laxes 

 ^naxwaenEme yixumala laxes gwegux"sdEme. 20 



. . . "Le^lalEnLol qastai Lletsaplela^nagaqa^sg'axaosyix^wida." 



' The following calls are the same as the preceding. For this reason only the 

 names and characteristic remarks are given. 

 2 The lark. 



