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of his song he stood where | X'imsElilEla had been standing, at the 48 

 right-hand side of the house. | He had not been standing there long, 

 when he swung his rattle, and at the same time || the song-leaders 50 

 beat fast time. Then X'imsElIlEla danced with quick steps | to the 

 sacred room of henolock-branches. He stood there | in front of the 

 sacred room of hemlock-branches and | said aloud, "I call you, friend 

 HoxhoxulsEla, to come and dance." | And as soon as X'imsElilEla had 

 ended his speech, then there was the cry || "Hoho !" inside the sacred 55 

 room of hemlock-branches; and X'imsElilEla | told the men who were 

 sitting in the house, "Now he is coming, the one who has been called, | 

 HoxhoxulsEla." And when hereached his place, the song-leaders | sang, 

 and HoxhoxulsEla came dancing | out of the sacred room of hemlock- 

 branches; and they did the same to the others, || down to the last one. 60 

 He never made a mistake, as the 1 forty masks of the spirits and Alo- 

 tEmdalag'ils were dancing. ] Daylight came when they finished, and 

 they danced for ALotEmdalag'ils for | four nights with the ] forty masks ; 

 and after they had danced for him four times, ll ALotEmdalag'ils 65 

 began to feel sick at heart against his parents. The | reason why 

 ALotEmdalag'ils felt thus against his father and his | mother was that 

 his father Ts lEx^ed was angry with him; therefore he showed his great 

 treasure [ to the Awik' lenox" ; and therefore he did not show it to 

 the Nak !wax" da^x", | who were living at Tegiixste that winter; and 



hemEnalaEm La^wHats X'imsElIlElaxa helk' !odoy41ilasa g'okwe. 48 

 Wa, k-!es%t!a gael La^welExs lae yat'.etses yadEne ^uEmax'^Id LE^wa 

 nenagadaxs lae Lexdzoda. Wa, hVlae XimsElilEla tsaxalaxs lae 50 

 lalaa laxa qlwaxsEme lE^me^latsIa. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise lag'aa lax 

 L'.asalllasa q'.waxsEme lE^me^lats'.a. Wa, la^lae Lax^ulil laqexs lae 

 hasEla ^nek'a : "Le^lalEULol, qastai HoxhoxulsEla qa^s gaxads ylx- 

 ^wida." Wa, g'ipEm^lawise qlulbe waldEmas X"imsElilElaxs lae 

 hohoxwe ots!awasa q!waxsEme lE^me^latsla. Wa, g'ax^lae X'lmsE- 55 

 lilEla nenlElaxa k'.udziie bebEgwanEmxs g'ax^maes Le^lalasE^we 

 HoxhoxQlsEla. Wa, giPEnv'lawise lag-aa laxes La^wPlase laa^lase 

 dEnx^ededa nenagade. Wa, g'ax^lae yix^wults!§,lilEle HoxhoxulsEla 

 laxa qlwaxsEme lEme^latsIa. Wa, ax'siiEm^lawise la he gwe^naktila 

 labEndala. Hewaxa LexLequlilaxs lae ^wFla yix^wededa mosgEm- 60 

 g'ustawe yaexumltsa haS,yalilagase lo^ ALotEmdalag'ilse. Wa, 

 laEm^lawise ^na^nakiilaxa gaalaxs lae gwala. Wa, la^lae moplsn- 

 xwa^se ganoLas kwexElasE^we ALotEmdalag'ilse LE^wa mosgEm- 

 g'ustawe yaexumla. Wa, he^lat'.a la moplEna kwexElasoxs lae 

 ts'.E^nakOle nS,qa^yas ALotEmdalag'ilse qaes g'lg'aolnokwe. HceI 65 

 heg'Ilts gwex'^Ide naqa^yas ALotEmdalag'ilse qaes ompe LE^wis 

 abEmpaxs ts'.Enkwaalaes ompase Ts!Ex^edax hae nel-etses ^walase 

 Logwa^ya Awik' lenoxwe, walilaLa he g'ax nel^ededa Naklwax'da- 



