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go to sleep, so that the tribes may be surprised." | Thus he said. [ 



Then they rested for four days, and || late at night X'imsElilEla told 85 

 the spirits that they would now | move the great dancing-house to 

 the place above K" !etet. | Gwaexsdaas did not know that the great 

 dancing-house was already standing | where he wanted it to stand 

 on the ground. Now, Gwaexsdaas | kept his death-bringing baton. || 



Now, the ancestors of the JLwIk" !enox" saw the great | dancing- 90 

 house, and the sparks coming through the roof, and there was sound 

 of singing; | and they called "H5ho!" as the | forty spirits were 

 being called by X"imsElilEla. Then the | ancestors of the Awik' !e- 

 nox" were afraid to go and look at it. | And the song-leaders of the 

 ancestors of the Awik' !enox" |1 sat down outside of the house of their 95 

 chief Ewiiltlala, and they | repeated the song that they heard sung 

 in the great dancing-house. | Now, X'imsElilEla wished that the 

 song-leaders | of the Awik' !enox" would learn the songs, for they 

 heard them distinctly | while they were singing. And X'imsElilEla 

 did II as he had been doing that night when Gwaexsdaas first 50 

 entered the great | dancing-house. And when the forty masked | 

 spirits had finished, then Gwaexsdaas danced, | wearing the cedar- 

 bark rings mixed with white. And after he had danced with the | 



*meLa mex^ede g'okulota ^nEmsEns ^nEmox^dzex, qEns q!ayax6lE- 82 

 meltsa lelqwalata^yax," ^nex'^lae. 



Wa, g"ll^Em^lawise mop'.Enxwa^s la x'osala. Wa, laEm^lawise 

 gagala ganoLa laa^lase X'imsElilEla nelaxa haS,yalilagasaxs lE^mae 85 

 LequlsLaxa ^walase ts!agats!e g'okwa lax apsStas K' !etete. Wa, la^me 

 k' !es qlaLEle Gwaexsdaasaxs g'ax^maaxoL g'ox^illseda ^walase ts!aga- 

 ts'.e g'ok" lax walagElas qa g'ox^iildzats. Wa, laEm^lae Gwaexs- 

 daase q!ap!ex'sa LE^wa halay5 tiEmyaya. 



Wa, gwalElaEm^lawisa g'alasa Awik'lenoxwe doqQlaxa 'walase 90 

 ts'.agatsle g'okuxs anobexsalaes ogwase; wa, he^mesexs lae dEnx- 

 k"!aia, wa, he^misexs lae hohoxwe Lelwult lalilayas XimsElilElaxa 

 mosgEmg'ustawe haayalilagasa. Wa, laEm^lae kilEla la doqwaqxa 

 g'alasa Awik" lenoxwaq. Wa, la^lae nenagadasa g'alii Awik'Ienox" 

 klfls^Els lax Llasana^yas g'okwasa g'igSma^ye EwQltlala qa^s dEnxe- 95 

 g'a^yexa dEnxElayasa dsnxk'Iala laxa ^walase ts!agats!e g'okwa. 

 Wii, laEm^lae hESEx X'imsElilEla niqa^ya laena^yas q!aq!oL!e nentt- 

 gadasa Awik'!enoxwaxa qlEmq'.EmdEme qaxs qlulaxsdalae wuLEla- 

 qexs dEnxElae. Wa, laEm^lae X'imsElilEla asm iiEqEmg'lltEwexes 

 gweg'ilasaxa ganoLe yixs g'alae laeLe Gwaexsdaase laxa ^walase 500 

 ts!agats!e g'okwa. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise gwala mosgEmg'ustawe yae- 

 xumala ha&yalilagasa laa^lase yLx^wide Gwaexsdaase. Wii, la^me 

 qeqEX'l%x"sa mEhnaqEla L'.agEkwa. Wa, g'il^mese gwal yixwasa 

 mosgEme qlEmqiEmdEma lae X'imsElilEla, le yaq'Eg'a^la. Wa, la^lae 



