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be wise while wearing the mask." Thus he said. | Then PlasKlal 2 

 spoke, and said, "Come, | chiefs! and let us go to our tribe to get 

 the I twenty-four strong young men to come and try the masks; || 

 and let some one go across to get sixteen strong young women, | and 5 

 one boy and one girl." | Thus he said. | 



Immediately the chiefs went out of | the sacred room, and they 

 sat down silently among the tribe. || Then Llaqwag'ila told them in a 10 

 whisper that he wanted twenty-four | strong young men and sixteen 

 strong I young women, and also one boy and | one girl. Then they 

 sent four men | to go to get the women and the two children from their || 

 houses in K* !etet. And when he stopped speaking, J four men went 15 

 out and went aboard the canoe, and they ) crossed the river. And 

 the twenty-four young men arose | and followed the four chiefs, and 

 they went back into the | sacred room of hemlock-branches and sat 

 down there. Then || ALotEmdalag'ils told them, "This is the chief 20 

 of the masks, | the mask of X'imsElilEla, which hes at the right-hand 

 side of the sacred room." | And he stood in the front of the room, 

 and he | named the forty masks to his tribe. | And they were put 

 down in the sacred room as they were to stand when they were 



g'a^mesa ts!ats!adagEmexa naqEliifila lax ylxumala," ^nex'^lae. Wa, 1 

 la%e PlasElale yaqlEg'a^la. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "Wa, gelag'a ^wFlax 

 g'ig'EgS,me qEns lalag'I laxg"ins g"6kul6tg"aEns qEns weg'i 2,x^edEx 

 ha^mok'ala lelak" ealosta qa g"axes mEnsasoxda yaexumlex. Wa, 

 he^mis qa lase lawile dax q'.EL'.agflg'Eyowa lelak" al6st§,gas tsledaqa 5 

 LE^wa ^nEmox"La babagumt LE^wa ^nEmox"La ts!ats!adagEml," 

 'nex'^lae. 



Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawisa g'ig'Egama^ye ^wFla g"ax hox^wults!4 laxa 

 lE^me^lats!e qa^s la Em^EmsgEmxs lae k!wagElIlaxes g'okiilote. Wa, 

 laEm^lawise Llaqwag'ila opalaxs lae nenlElaxs ax^exsdaax ha^mo- 10 

 k'ala lelak" alosta bebEgwanEma LE^wa qlEL'.agug'Eyowe ielak" 

 alost^gas tsledaqa. Wa, he^mesa ^nEmokwe babagiima LE^wa 

 nEmokwe ts!ats!adagEma. Wa, la^lae ^yalaqasa mokwe bebEgwa- 

 nEm qa les daxa tsledaqe LE^wa ma^lokwe g'Ing"lnanEm laxes 

 g"6kwe lax K"!etete. Wa, gil^Em^lawise qlwel^IdExs lae hoquwEl- 15 

 seda m5kwe bebEgwanEm qa^s la hogiixs laxa dslalase qa^s le 

 lawila laxa ^wa. Wa, la^lae asm q!wag"ilileda ha^mok'S.la ha^yal^a 

 qa^s le lasgEmexes mokwe g'lg'Egamexs lae xwelaqa iacL laxa 

 qlwaxsEme teme^latsla qa^s klus^allle ^wFla laq. Wa, hex'^idaEm- 

 ^lawise ALotEmdalagilse nelaxs he^mae g'igamesa yaexumle, yix 20 

 yixumlas X'ImsElilElaxwa gwebalilex laxwa helk" !6doyalilasa lE^me- 

 ^lats'.ex; wa, he^mesox La^wil laxg"a LlasadzelilEk". Wa, la^lae ^wFla 

 LeLEqElax LeLEgEmasa mosgEmg'ustawe yaexumla qaes g"okfll5te, 

 ylxs he^mae gwael laxa lE^me^lats!es gwagawa^yaasaxs lae Le^lalasos 



