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hemlock-branches, she continued to dance; and when | her song was 52 

 at an end, she remained standing there. Then the | song-leaders 

 began to sing the song with slow beating of time,, and | ALotEmda- 

 lag'ils danced around the fire in the middle of the hofise; and || when 55 

 she came to the outside of the sacred room of hemlock-branches, | 

 she continued to dance there; and when the song was at an end, she 

 stood still, and | the song-leaders began to sing again the song with 

 slow time-beating, | and ALotEiudalag'ils danced again around the 

 fire in the middle of the house; | and when she came to the place out- 

 side of the sacred room of hemlock-branches, || she stiH danced there. 60 

 When the song was at an end, | she remained standing; and the 

 song-leaders began to sing the song with | very slow time-beating, 

 and AiotEmdalag'ils | danced around the fire in the middle of the 

 house. When she came to the | place outside of the sacred room of 

 hemlock-branches, she danced for a httle while there. II Then she 65 

 went back into the sacred room of hemlock-branches. Then that 

 was the end of this. | 



As soon as the song of the song-leaders was at an end, a | handsome 

 man came out of the sacred room of hemlock-branches, | and 

 K!wak!wabalas recognized X'imsElilEla. | He carried a head-ring of 

 red cedar-bark, and a neck-ring of red cedar-bark; for || these were 70 

 the cedar-bark head-ring and neck-ring of AiotEmdalag'ils, when 

 she I came to dance the last time; and her armlets and anklets | 

 were of red cedar-bark, and what stood on the head-ring of AxotEmda- 



wise qlulbe qlEmdEmaxs lae Lax^iilila. Wa, la^lae edzaqwa dEn- 52 

 x^ededa nenagadasa nEqaxElas t!Emyas qlEmdsms. Wa, laEm- 

 ^laxae AxotEmdalag'ilse yix"se^stalilElaxa laqawalile. Wa, g^ipEm- 

 ^lawise lag'aa lax Llasalllasa q!waxsEme lE^me^lats !exs lae heEm 55 

 la yixwe. Wa, gil^Em^lawise q!ulbe qlEmdEmaxs lae Lax^ulll. Wa, 

 la^lae edzaqwa dEnx^ededa nenagadasa awak'Elas tiEmyas qlEm- 

 dEnis. Wa, la^lae etiede ALotEmdalag'ilse yix"se^stalilElaxa laqawa- 

 lile. Wa, gil^Em^lawise lag'aa lax Llasalilasa qlwaxsEme lE^me^la- 

 tslexs lae hex'saEm ylxwe. Wa, gipEm^lawise q!iilbe qlEmdsmas 60 

 lae S,Em Lax^ulila. Wa, la^lae edzaqwa dEnx^ededa nenS,gadasa 

 alak'!ala awakfilas tlEmyase qlEmdEms. Wa, la^lae AxotEmdala- 

 g'ilse yix"se^stalilElaxa laqawalile. Wa, g-il^Em''lawise lag-aa lax 

 Llasalilasa qlwaxsEme lE^me-lats lexs lae yawas^id yix^wld laqexs 

 lae latslalil laxa qlwaxsEme lE^me^latsla. Wa, lasm gwal laxeq. 65 



Wa, g-U^Em'lawise qlulbe dEiixElayasa nenagadaxs g'axae g'ax- 

 ^wiilts latilEla laxa qlwaxsEme lE^me^latsla ex'sok" bEgwanEma. 

 Wa, la^me Klwaklwabalase maltlalaq he^me XimsElilEla. Wa, 

 la^me dalaxa LlagEkume^ye LE^wa qEnxawa^ye LlagEkwa ylxs he- 

 ^mae LlagEkumes ALotEmdalag'lls LE^wa qEnxawa^ye LlagEkiixs 70 

 g-axae al yixwa LE^wa qeqEX'tslana^ye LlagEkwa LE^wa qeqEx^sI- 

 dza^ye LlagEkwa, he^misa Lax"La^yas ALotEmdalag'ilse LlagEkwa. 



