BOAS] FAMILY HISTORIES 1205 



Then TslEx^ed, thefather of ALotEmdalag'ils, visited j the Awlk' !e- 27 

 nox" with his wife Ts Isqaia. And | Ts lEx^ed, and his wife Ts lEqala, 

 were seated among the Awik' !enox" as they all went 11 into the house 30 

 of their chief Ewtilt.'ala, talking about the | great house at one side 

 of the village; and the song-leaders were | talking about the songs, 

 which were very different from | the winter-dance songs of the 

 Awik" !enox", which they obtained from NEnwaqawe^ through the | 

 wife of Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World, for the song-leaders were 

 secretly singing || what they had heard sung in the night by the 35 

 men in the great | house — for there is only one tune, aye hahoyaxae — 

 thus the song-leaders said, | as they were secretly singing to- 

 gether. Then some | of the Awik" !enox" guessed that they were 

 ghost-dancers. And TslEx^ed spoke, | and said, "O chiefs! hsten 

 to what I am going to say ! || It occurs to me that this is my son 40 

 K !wak Iwabalas who went to commit suicide. | It may be this is what 

 we talked about, what you say is hke a different kind of song, j Only 

 take care, chiefs ! It might be he." Thus said he. | 



Then aU the Awik' !enox" discovered that it was he; j and all the 

 Awik' !enox" said that they would come and sit down outside || when 45 

 night would come, so that they might learn the songs weU. | And when 

 night came, they heard the sound of the names being called out of the 

 sacred room, J and cries of "Hoho!" And then they would sing the 



Wa, la^lae TslEx^ede, yix ompas AxotEmdalag'Ilse baguna LE^wis 27 

 gEiiEme TslEqala laxa Awik' lenoxwe. Wa, laEm^lawis klwagelile 

 TslE.x^ede LE^wis gEUEme TslEqalaxa Awik" !enoxwaxs lae ^wi^lae- 

 LEla lax g'okwases g'igama^ye Ewiiltlala gwagwex"s^ala laxa ^wa- 30 

 lase g'okwa lax apsotases g'okfllase. Wa, he^mlsa nenS,gadaxs 

 lae gwagwex's^ala lax q .'Emq !EmdEmasexs xEnLElae 6guq!ala laxa 

 ts!aq!alasa AwikMenox", yix g'ayanEmas NEnwaqawe lax gEnE- 

 mas Bax"bakwalanux"si^wa^ye, yi^laxs laewunala dEiix^ideda nenaga- 

 dases wuLElaxa ganoLe dEnxElayasa bebEgwanEma laxa ^walase 35 

 g'okwa, ytxs ^uEmaes " kje hahoyaxae," ^nex'^laeda nen^gadaxs 

 lae ^UEmadzaqwa wunwiinosa dEnxEla. Wa, la^lae k'oteda wao- 

 kwe Awik!enoxwaq lEloMala. Wa, la^lae yaqlEg'a^le TslEx^ede. 

 Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "^ya, g'ig'Egame, waEntsos hoLelaxg'in waldEm- 

 LEk'. HedEn g'ig'aega^yEn xuno^kwae K!wak!wabalasaxs to^yag'aa 40 

 q5 heEmlaxEns gwagwex's^alasaxes gwE^yos oguqialas q!Emq!Em- 

 dEm. Wag'illa asm yaL!S,LEx g'ig'Egame^ qo hcEmlaxo," ^nex'^lae. 



Wa, la^me q!al^aLEla ^naxweda Awik' !enoxwaq he^ma. Wa, 

 la^me 'nek'eda ^naxwa Awik'lenoxwe qa^s ^wi-'lalag'i lal kliisElsxa 

 lata ganoHdEl qa^s alax'^ide q!aq!oL!ax qlEmqlsmdEmas. Wa, 45 

 g'il^mese ganoHdExs laase Lel^wGlt lalilfilak' lalasE^wa LeLEqElasE^wes 

 LeLEgEme. Wa, lanaxwe hohoxwaxs lae dEnx^ets qlEmdEmas. 



