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As soon as this was at an end, the song-lcadcrs began to sing the | 



90 first song, the one song for the whole number; || and all of them 



danced at the same time, wearing their masks, | and dancing around 



the fire in the middle of the great dancing-house. | And when the 



song sung by the song-leaders was at an end, they all | turned their 



faces from the fire in the middle of the great dancing-house, and the 



whole number shouted at the same time | "Hoho!" The song-lead- 



95 ers began to sing with slow beating || of time, and the whole number 



continued to cry "Hoho!" | Then they turned toward the fire, and 



danced around | it; and when the song with the slow beating was at 



an end, | they turned their faces away from the fire, and shouted 



"Hoho!" I And the song-leaders began to sing again a song with 



300 slower time-beating, || and they all at the same time turned their 



faces toward the fire and shouted | at the same time "Hoho !" while 



they were dancing around the fire in the middle of the house. | And 



when the song was at an end, they turned away from the fire and | 



shouted "Hoho!" at the sanxe time. Then the song-leaders sang 



again with | very slow beating of time, and they all shouted 



5 "H5ho!" II and turned their faces to the fire in the middle of the 



house and danced around | it. | 



Now X'imsElilEla stood in the door of the sacred room of hemlock- 

 branches; I and while they were dancing along, the one who had 



88 Wa, g-tl^Em^lawise qlwel^edExs laaEl dEnx^ededa nenagade ylses 

 g'ilx'de dEnxElayaxa ^nEmsgEme qlsmdEms laxes ^waxaase. Wii, 



90 ladzek'as-Em'^lae ^nEmag'illlEla yixwa laxes ^naxwaenenne yaexuma- 

 laxs lae yix"se-stalIlElax laciawalilasa ^walase ts!agats!e g'okwa. Wii, 

 gipEm^lawise q!ulbe dEnxElayasa nenagadiixs laaEl ^nEmax'^Id lox- 

 ^witsa laqawalilasa ^walase ts!agats!e g'okwa ladzek'as-lae ^uEma- 

 dzaqwa hohoxwa. Wa, la^lae dEnx'ideda nenagadiisa nEqaxElas 



95 tiEmyase qlEradsma. Wa, la^laxae ^nEmadzaqwa hohoxwaxs ladze- 

 k"asae ^nEmax'^Id LJasgEmx'^id laxa laqawalile qa^s yix^se'stalllElexa 

 laqawallle. Wa, g'iPEmxaawise qlulbe nEqaxsla q!EmdEms ladze- 

 k'asae lox^wltsa laqawalile qa^s ^nEmadzaqwe hohoxwa. Wa, la^lae 

 edzaqwa dEnx^ededa nenagadiisa awiik'Eliis tlEmj'as qlEmdEma. 

 300 Wii, ladzekas'lae ^nEmiix'-id LliisgEmx'^Id liixa laqawalile qa^s ^nE- 

 miidzaqwe hohoxwaxs laaEl yix"se^stalTlElaxa laqawalile. Wii, g"il- 

 ^Enrliiwise q!fllbe q!EmdEmas liidzek'asaase lox^wltsa laqawalile qa-'s 

 ^nEmadzaqwe hohoxwa. Wii, hVlae edzaqwa dEnx^'Ideda nemigadiisa 

 alaEl la awak'Elas tlEmyase. Wii, liidzek'as^lae ^nEmax'^id hoho- 

 5 xwaxs lae ^nEmax'^id L!asgEmx*^id liixa laqawalile qa's }ix"se^sta- 

 lIlEleq. 



Wa, la^me X'imsElilEla Liix^Qlll liix tlEX'iliisa qlwaxsEme lE^me- 

 ^latsle. Wii, he^mis g'il la yo^nakula qa^s lii lats!a laxa qlwaxsEme 



