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and he may have | obtained as a treasure the great house seen by us, 

 and what is heard by us. || I mean, let us take care ! " Thus he said. | 70 



Now, Ewiilt !ala was speaking loud on purpose that he might | be 

 heard by those who were sitting in the great house; and he was 

 really | heard by X'imsElilEla, for that was the wish of X'imsElilEla, 

 that I Ewtilt !ala might say this while the Awik' !enox" were sitting || 

 outside of the house of EwQltlala, and that the song-leaders might 75 

 learn the | songs, and that they might know the ways of the dance. | 

 As soon as Ewilltlala had spoken, the | song-leaders of the great 

 dancing-house began to beat fast time; and when the fast beating of 

 the song-leaders stopped, | then some one said, "I call you, || Hox- 80 

 hoxiilsEla, to come and dance." And when the | speech of X'imsE- 

 hlEla was at an end, then some one shouted, "Hoho !" | And X'imsE- 

 lilEla came, speaking as he walked and telling the spectators, "Now, | 

 HoxhoxulsEla, who has been called by me, is coming." Then the song- 

 leaders sang. I And now the song-leaders of the Awik' lenox" || heard 85 

 really the manner in which X'imsEhlEla called the forty names; | 

 and when all the forty who had been called by X'imsEUlEla had 

 danced, | then ALotEmdalag'ils sang his sacred song | inside the 

 sacred room of hemlock-branches; and then TslEx^ed, | and his 

 wife Ts lEqala, recognized their son by his voice. || And the song- 90 



LogwalaxEns dogille ^walas g'okwa le^weus la wuLEla. Wa, he- 

 ^mesEn ^nenak'ile qa^s a^maos ^naxwa yaL!S,," ^nex'^lae. 70 



Wa, la^me hasEla yaqlEntlale Ewiiltlala he^nomaEm qa^s ogwaqe 

 wuLEla ylsa kliidzela laxa ^walase g'okwa. Wa, ilaEm^lawise 

 w&LEla yls X'imsElilEla yixs hEs'maax naqa^ye X'imsElilEla qa 

 ^nek'es Ewultlala LE^wa ^naxwa Awik' !enoxwaxs lae k!iits!ES laxa 

 Llasana^yas g'okwas Ewultlala LE^wa nenagadaxs lae q!aq!oL!axa 75 

 qlEmqlEmdEme qa gwalEla^mes ^wi^la qialax gwayi^alasas. Wa, 

 g'il^Em^lawise qlulbe waldEmas Ewultlalaxs laa^lase Lexdzode 

 nenagadasa ^walase ts'.agatsle g'okwa. Wa, la^lae qlwel^ededa 

 Lexdza^ya nenagade laa^lasa ^nek'a: "Le^lalEULol qastai Hox- 

 hoxulsEla qa^s g'axaos yix^wida." Wa, g'U^Em^lawise qlulbe 80 

 waldEmas X'imsElilEla laa^lasa hohoxwae Le^lalasE^was. Wa, g'ax- 

 ^lae ^nek'Iale X'imsElilsla nenlfilaxa x'itslax'ila: "G'ax^Emg'in 

 Le^lalasE^we HoxhoxiilsEla." Wa, laEm^lawise dEnx^ededa nenagade. 

 Wa, laEm^lae alak'Iala q'.ulaatala wiiLEleda nenagadasa Awik'!eno- 

 xwax Le^lalaena^yas X'imsElilElaxa mosgEmg'ustawe LeLEgEm Le^la- 85 

 laso^s. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise ^wi^la yix^wideda mosgEmg'ustawe Le^la- 

 UEms X'imsElilEla, wa, la^lae yalaq'.Qg'a^le ALotEmdalag'ilse lax 

 ots'.awasa q'.waxsEme lE-me^lats!a. Wa, lawisLalae TslEx^ede 

 LE^wis ^EBEme TslEqala malt'.exsdEndxes xunokwe laxeq. Wa, 

 laEm^lae dsnx^ededa nena.gadasa mos^Eme q'.EmqiEmdEms Axo- 90 



