BOAS] FAMILY HISTOEIBS 1191 



. . . "I call you, friend, MamayoLEiiialaga (Woman-giving- 42 

 Birth), to come and dance!" | ... And MamayoLEmalaga came 

 dancing out of the | sacred room of hemlock-branches; and she had 

 not yet come half way to the || left of the house, when she sat down, 45 

 and (pretended to) give birth to a child. | Then MamayoLEmalaga 

 arose; and her child arose from the floor | wearing a mask, and 

 danced; and MamayoLEmalaga sat down again on the floor, | and 

 there came out of the sacred room with hemlock-branches | a woman 

 wearing a mask. She was named Mamayoltsilagas (Midwife) ; li and 50 

 she went straight to MamayoLEmalaga, and danced around her, | 

 shaking her hands. She had not done so long, before MamayoLEma- 

 laga arose; | and her child that was just born arose and danced; | 

 and when the song was at an end, MamayoLEmalaga stood | to the 

 left of QIaminagas, and her first child || stood to her left; and the 55 

 second child stood to the | left of her brother, for the second child of 

 MamayoLEmalaga was a girl, | and Mamayoltsilagas stood at | the 

 left of the younger child. | 



. . . "I call you, friend Golalegas (Salmo n-Berry- Woman) , to 

 come and dance!" . . . || And Golalegas came dancing out of the 60 

 sacred room of hemlock-branches, | a woman wearing a mask. | 



. . . "I call you, friend Gwedzagas (Sparrow), to come and 

 dance!" | 



. . . "LeMalEnLol qastai MamayoLEmalaga qa^s g^axaos yix- 42 

 ^wida." . . . Wii, g'ax^lae y}x^wults!alIlEla laxa qlwaxsEme lE^me- 

 ^lats!e MamayoLEmalaga. Wii, k' !es-'Em^lawise nEgoyolilaxa gEm- 

 xodoyalilasa g^okwaxs lae k!wag'alila qa^s mayol^idesa babagume. 45 

 Wa, g'lPEm'lawise Lax^iilile MamayoLEmalagaxs lae Lax^ulile xuno- 

 kwas yixumala qa^s yix^wlde. Wa, aEm^lawise et!ed k!wag-alile 

 MamayoLEmalagiixs; wa, g"axae g"ax^wults!alila laxa q!waxsEme 

 lE^me^lats!e yixumala tslEdaqa. HeEm LegadEs Maraayoltsilagase. 

 Wa, he^nakiilaEm^lawise lax MamayoLEmalagase qa^s ytx"se^stale 50 

 xwexuleqiila. Wa, k'!es^lat!a gegilllExs lae Lax^ullle Mamayo- 

 LEmalaga. Wa, la-lae Lax^iillle file mayoLEms qa^s yix^wlde. Wii, 

 g-Il^Em4iiwise q!ulbe q!EmdEmas lae Lfix^ulile MamayoLEmalaga 

 lax gEmxagawalilas Q!aminagase. Wa, lii^lae g'ale mayoLEms Lil- 

 x^idii lax gKmxagawalilas. Wii, hvlae iile mayoLEms Liix^ulii liix 55 

 gEmxagawalllases wuq!wa qaxs ls!Edfiqae ale mayoLEms Mamayo- 

 LEmalaga. Wii, la^lae Mamayoltsllagase Lfix^fllil lax gEmxaga- 

 walilasa alElxsda-ye mayoLEma. 



. . . "Le^lalEULol qastai Golalegasai qa^s g'iixaos ylx^wida." . . . 

 Wa, g'ax^lae yix^wults!!ililEla G5lalegas laxa q!waxsEme lE^me*lats!e 60 

 yixumala ts!Ediiqa. 



. . . "Le^lalEULol qastai Gwedzagasai qa^s g'axaos ylx^wida." 



