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32 cedar, and salal, and moss, woven together; | and the various kinds 

 of plants were hanging from I them in the same way as the kinds of 

 plants which I have named | that were attached to her belt. It 



35 looked hke a petticoat. || And the same kinds of plants plaited 

 together were her | armlets and her anklets. That is the dress of | 

 ALaqlEm, for that is the name of the great dance. It belongs to 

 the I woman who came out dancing last after the forty masked 

 dancers who had for their chief | X'imsEhlEla. This was her dress 



40 when she first came out of the woods. The || forty mask-wearers 

 were also dressed in the same way; for they | wore around their 

 necks hemlock, balsam, | cedar, salal-berries, and moss mixed, and | 

 armlets and anklets of the same kind; | and fern was hanging down 

 from (the rings) . || 



45 Now I shall talk about it — how | the woman, ALotEmdalag'ils, 

 began to sing again her sacred song in the sacred room of hemlock- 

 branches. I When her sacred song was at an end, the song-leaders 

 sang I the same song that they had sung with fast beating of time; 

 and I AL5tEmdalag'ils came dancing out of the sacred room of 



50 hemlock-branches, || and went around the fire in the middle of the 

 house. And when she came to the I front of the sacred room of 



31 laxa q!waxe LE^wa momox"de LE^wa ts!ap!axe LE^wa lEnEmx'de 

 LE^wa plElEmse. Wa, he^misa ogiiq!emase q!wasq!flxEla. Wa, la 

 tetEx^una^ya he^maaxat! gwex'SEn la LexeqElaso^ oguqiemase q!was- 

 qluxEla lax qEnoya^yas. Wa, hela gwex's la saxsdalaq. Wa, 



35 heEmxaawise ^waxax'^idala q !wasq !iixEla q !aq!ElEwakwe qeqEX'- 

 ts!ana^yas LE-wis qeqEx"sIdza^yas. Wii, hcEm gwelaatsa aLa- 

 qlEm qaxs he-mae LegEmsa ^walase leda. We, hcEm Logwisa 

 ale g'ax ylxwa ts!Edaqa mosgEmg'ustawe yaexumalaxa g'lgadas 

 X"ImsElIlEla. Wa, heEm gwalaatsExs g'aloltialae. Wa, la hcEm- 



40 xat! gwaleda mosgEmg'ustawe yaexumala, ylxs ^naxwa^mae qe- 

 qEnxalaxa malaqEla qlaqlElEwak" qlwiix LE^wa m6mox"de LE^wa 

 ts!ap!axe LE^wa lEnEmx'de LE^wa plElEmse. Wa, la hcEmxat! 

 gwex'se qeqEX'tslana^yas LE^wis qeqEx'sIdza^ye. Wii, la tekwe- 

 dEX"sa salaedana. 



45 Wa, la^mesEn gwagwex's^alal laqexs lae edzaqwa yalaqweda tslE- 

 daqe, ylx ALotEmdalagils lax otslawasa qlwaxsEme lE^me^latsla. 

 Wa, g'lpEm^lawise q!ulbe yalaqiilaena^yaxs lae dEnx^ededa nenaga- 

 dases g'ilx-de dEnxElaya tsaxalas tiEmyase. Wa, g'ax^lae ALotEm- 

 dalagilse ylx^wtilts lalllEla laxa qlwaxsEme lE^me^lats!a qa^s le 



50 he^stalilElaxa laqawallle. Wa, gil^mese lag'aa laxa Llasalllasa 

 qlwaxsEme lE^me^lats!exs lae hex'siiEm la yfxwe. Wii, g'il-'Em^la- 



