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Gwedzagas, work for him! | — and you, friend Ax^xttne, you shall 38 

 help our friend | Gwedzagas in her work." Thus he said. Immedi- 

 ately II these four arose and went to the place where Gwaexsdaas was 40 

 sitting; | and at once Yaxwaxanowil, and his friend Qlimin^as, | 

 became supernatural, and threw disease into Gwaexsdaas, so that | 

 he was dead. And as soon as Gwaexsdaas was dead, Gwedzagas | 

 and his friend Ax^axtine examined his body, || and pecked out the 45 

 secular spots that they saw on his body; | and after they had done 

 so, Yaxwaxanowil, and his friend | Ql&minagas, threw into his 

 stomach their shamanistic power; | and after they had done so, 

 Gwaexsdaas sang his sacred song. Now he was | a great shaman; 

 and as soon as the four had finished, they came II and sat down in 50 

 their places. Gwaexsdaas kept on singing his | sacred song in the 

 place where he was sitting on the magical mat. | 



Then X'imsElilEla spoke again, and said, | "Now, come, friend 

 MemEyoxwa^na ! and purify the whole body of our | friend, Gwaexs- 

 daas." Thus he said. Immediately || MemEyoxwa^na arose and 55 

 went to Gwaexsdaas who was sitting on the | magical mat, and Me- 

 mEyoxwa^na took off the | slime from his skin and put it on the body 

 of Gwaexsdaas. | After he had done so, he sat down in his seat. | 



Wa, so^mets, qast Ax^axune. LaEms lal g-iwalalxEns ^nEmokwe 38 

 Gwedzagas laxes eaxena^yos LE^we," ^nex'^lae. Wa, hex'^idaEm^la- 

 wise q'.wag'llileda mokwe qa^s lii k'.utse^stalilax Gwaexsdase. Wa, 40 

 hex'^idaEm^lawise Yaxwaxanowile LE^wis ^uEmokwe Qlaminagase 

 ^nawalaguMa. Wa, la^me mEx^edEx Gwaexsdaase. Wa, la^me 

 lE^la. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise lE^le Gwaexsdaase laa4ase Gwedzagase 

 LE^wis ^nEmokwe Ax^axQne doqwetlidEX oklwina^yas Gwaexsdaase 

 qa^s LEnlHdexes dox^waLEle baxus topslaLEla lax ok!wina-yas. 46 

 Wa, g'il^Em^lawise gwalExs lae Yaxwaxanowile LE^wis ^nEmokwe 

 Q'.amin&g&se mEx^alisases pepExalaena^ye lax tEk'Ias Gwaexsdaase. 

 Wa, g'iPEm^awise gwalExs laaEl yalaqwe Gwaexsdaase. Wa, la*me 

 ^walas paxala. Wa, g'll^Em^lawise gwaleda mokwe g'axaalase 

 k'.us^allla laxes g-ale kliidze^lasa. Wa, la^me aEm la hayolilEla 50 

 yalaqQle Gwaexsdaase laxes klwadzali^lasa ^nawalagildzowe le^wa-ya. 

 Wa, la^lae edzaqwa, yaq'.Eg'a^le XimsElilila. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: 

 "Wa, gelag'a qast, yuL MemEyoxwa^na qa^s laos lax'sax'^idamasxEns 

 ^nEmox"dze Gwaexsdaase;" ^nex'^lae. Wa, hex'HdaEm*lawise Lax- 

 ^lilile MemEyoxwa^na qa^s la lax k'.wadz&li^asas Gwaexsdaasaxa 55 

 ^nawalagudzowe le^wa^ya. Wa, la^lae MemEyoxwa^na ftxalax'^idxes 

 tsox^una^ye qa^s le Sxetlets lax ok!wina=yas Gwaexsdaase. Wa, 

 g"Il-Em'lawise gwalExs g'axae k'.wag'alila laxes kiwaelase. 

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