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to do when they are dancing; and when to call out 'Hai, | hai, 

 hai!' and also when QlaminagSs takes off the 11 scalp of her head, 15 

 and just shows her skuU, | not leaving a single hair on; and how 

 she carries the scalp | while she is dancing, with the blood running 

 down each side of her neck. J This is what they obtain from our 

 friend here, that they may also J pull off their scalps. || 



"And this, our friend here, l letsaplela^naga, whose | seat is here 20 

 under the fire here in the middle of my house" — thus said | X'imsE- 

 lilfila — "those who disappear and go to her become | nonltse^stalal. 

 And then l letsaplelanaga treats them so that they can sit | on the fire 

 without being burned. No whistles belong to our || nonltse^stalal. | 25 



"And also our friend MemEyoxwa'na, for those | who disappear 

 and go to him become salmon-dancers. She also | shows them how 

 to act in their dance. And these are different from the dancers of 

 my I friend Cannibal-at-North-End-of- World ; for all his dances have 

 whistles, II and there are no whistles in our dances." Thus said 30 

 X'lmsEhlEla I to ALotEmdalag'ils. | 



"Now your tribe shall come when day comes, and they shall take 

 care of you, | for we have finished." Thus said X'imsEliMa and 

 he disappeared | with his friends. || 



^alaq qa gweg'ilatsexs lae yixwa LE^wis babagulakulaena^ye hai 13 

 hai hai; wa, he^misexs lae Q!aminagase qudzEltsEmd q!ulex"s^Enix 

 LletsEma^yases x'omse. Wa, a^mes la ^naxwa la nelale.xaqas x'omsas 15 

 k"!eas la §,Lada ^nemts'.aq SE^ya ^xala. Wa, la^me dalaxa L!etsEma- 

 'yases x'omsaxs lae yixwa ^wamaxElaxa slkwa lax ewanolxawa^yas. 

 Wa, he^mis laLanEmse layfi,sEns ^nEmokwex laqexs lae ogwaqa 

 qusodEx L letsEma^yases x"omse. 



"Wa, yu^mesEn ^nEmokwex, ytxox Lletsaplela^nagax, yuEmLal 20 

 alagilil laxox awabalisaxsox laqawalilaxsEn g"6kwa ^nEma," ^nex'- 

 ^lae X'imsElilEla, "yixs g"axasaaxsa x'is^ede lax'da^xoL qa^s nonl- 

 tse^stalale. Wa, lox L'.etsaplela^nax pEspataq qa wax'^mes k'.wagi- 

 Lala laxa lEgwIle qa k" lease lEgiiles. Wa, laEm k"!e§,s mEdzetsa 

 nonltse^stalale g'ayol g"axEnu^x". 25 



"Wa, yu^mesEns ^uEmokwex, yixox MemEyoxwa^nax, yixs g'axa- 

 saaxsa xis^ede lax'da^xoLxa hameyalaLe. Wa, laEmxaox q!aq!oL!a- 

 matses yixwalaena^ye laq. Wa, yuEm ogu^qala lax leladasEn ^ue- 

 mokwae Bax"bakwalanux"siwa^yaxa ^naxwa^ma mEdzedzades lelade. 

 Wa, la k' !eas mEdzetsEn nosaqEnu^x" lelade," ^nex'^lae X'lmsElilE- 30 

 lax ALotEmdalag'ilse. 



"Wa, la^me g'axxEs g'okulotaos qo ^nax'^idLo qa^s aaxsilaLol 

 qaxg'anu^x" la^meq gwala," ^nex'^lae X'imsElilElaxs lae ^wPla xis^eda 

 LE^wis ^ne^uEmokwe. 



