BOAS] FAMILY HISTORIES 1195 



come first dancing out of the sacred room | was the first to go back 

 into it; and when all had gone into || the sacred room of hemlock- 10 

 branches, X'imsElilEla was the last to go in; | and as soon as all were 

 inside, a woman came out of | the sacred room of hemlock-branches 

 singing her sacred song; and immediately the song-leaders began to, 

 sing the | song for rapid steps, which was first sung for all the masks, 

 when they were dancing. | And when this was at an end, the song- 

 leaders sang again the ll song with slow beating; and when this was 15 

 at an end, the | song-leaders sang the song with slower beating; and | 

 finally the song-leaders sang the song with the very slow | beating, 

 and the woman continued dancing around the fire | of the great 

 dancing-house. When the song was nearly at an end, || she went 20 

 back into the sacred room of hemlock-branches. | Her name was 

 ALotEnidalag'ils (Walking-behind-the-Mountains). | 



Now I shall talk about the head-ring of the woman and her | neck- 

 ring, the armlets and anklets, | for she was naked. Her head-ring 

 was of hemlock and || balsam and red-cedar and salal branches 25 

 woven together, and | also moss. This was her head-ring, and on 

 top of the head stood | a bunch of fern cut off from the root. Her | 

 neck-ring was made in the same way, of hemlock, | balsam, cedar- 

 branches, and salal-branches, and moss plaited together. 1| This was 30 

 her neck-ring. And around her waist she wore | hemlock, balsam, 



lE^me%ts!axa gilx'de g"ax^wults!alaq. Wa, g'il^mese ^wFla la lats!§, 

 laxa qlwaxsEine lE^me'lalslcxs lae X'imsElIlEla eIxlc latsla. Wa, 10 

 g'il^mese lats'.axs g'iixae yiilaquleda ts'.Edaqe g-ayolts!alllEla laxa 

 q'.waxsEme lE^nie%ts!a. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawisa nenagade dEnx^itsa 

 tsaxala g'il dEnxElayos qaeda ^naxwa yaexumalaxa g ilx'de yixwa. 

 Wa, giPEin^lawise qlulbaxs lae edzaqweda nenagade dEnx^Itsa nE- 

 qaxElas tlEinyase. Wii, g'ipEm^lawise q!ulbaxs lae edzaqweda ne- 15 

 nagade dEnx^etsa awak"Elas tiEmyase q'.EmdEma. Wii, gipEm^la- 

 wise q!ulbaxs lae edzaqweda nenagade dEux^etsa alak"!ale awak'Eliis 

 tiEmyase lax hemEnala^mae yix^se^stalilEleda tslEdaqaxa laqawa- 

 Ijlasa ^walase ts!agats!e g'okwa. Wii, g'ipEm^lawise Eliiq qliilbe 

 qlEmdEmaxs lae latsla la.xa q!waxsErae lE^me^lats !a. Wii, heEm 20 

 LegEmsa yi.xwa tslEthlqc ALotEmdalag'ils. 



Wa, la^mesEii gwagwex's^iilal lax qEx'Ema^yasa tslfidaqe LE^wis 

 qEnxawa^ye LE^wis qeqEx'tsliina^ye LE^wis qeqEx'sIdza^ye laxes 

 xaniilae. Wii, ho^mae qEx'Ema^yas ylxs miilaqElaxa q!waxe LE^wa 

 m6mox"de LE^wa ts!ap!axe LE^wa lEnEmx'de la qIaq'.ElEwakwa. Wii, 25 

 he^misa p'.ElEmse. Wii, hcEin qEX'Emese. Wa, hiJ^mis la LiixLiiseda 

 salaedana ^nEmxLa aEm t!6soyEwe L!op!Ek'as. Wa, he^mlse gwiile 

 qEnxawa^yase gwiilaasas qEX'Ema^yas yixa q!waxe LE^wa momox"de 

 LE^wa ts!ap!axe LE^wa lEnEmx'de LE^waplElsmse la q !iiq !ElEwakwa. 

 Wii, hcEm la qEiixawese. Wii, la qEnoyalaxa qlalEuakwe malaqE- 30 



