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17 dalag'ils. | And when the speaker of Llaqwag'ila ciuled his speech, 

 then j ALotEmdahigils spoke, and said, "Thank you, () tribe! | that 



20 you were ready to beat fast time when I entered this house || of our 

 chief. You have done well with this. You | and our women here 

 shall do this when you continue to call me to practice. I am really a 

 great | shaman. Now, let me express thanks for the words of my 

 chief, L!aci[wag'ila, | for the two slaves, and for my wife Alag'imll. | — 



25 Take care, Alag'imll, and don't let your mind become bad! || for I 

 can not lie with you for four years — thus said the | supernatural 

 power to me — else misfortune would happen to us. Now, none of 

 you shall dare to ] woo my wife, tribe ! And for four winters | 

 you shall dance my great dance aLaq!Eni; and | after the four 



30 winters, 1 shall burn the II forty masks, and they will go home to their 

 owners." Thus he said. | After he had ended his speech, he was 

 taken, with his wife Alag'imil | and the two slaves, to his great 

 dancing-house | by four noblemen; and when | ALotEmdalag'ils 



35 went into his house, he asked his wife, Alag'imi}, to || sleep at the 

 right-hand side of the door of the house; and he wanted | the room 

 of the two slaves to be on the left-hand side of the door of the | house. 

 ALotEmdalag'ils was always asked to | go and cure the sick among 

 the Awik' ienox", and they paid him j nuich for it: therefore he 



17 g-U^Em^lawis qlulbe waldsmasa Elkwas Llaqwag'ilaxs laa^lase yaqlE- 

 g'a^le ALotEmdalag'ilse. Wii, laHae ^nek'a: "Gelak'as% g'okvilot- 

 yixs gwalilaaqos rja^s Lexdzodaos g'alegin g'axeLa lax5x g'okwax- 



20 sEns g'Igama^}'ex. Wii, laEms helaxa laxeq. HeEuiLEs gwegilaL 

 LE^wuns ts!edaciex qaso hanaL ha-yalek" !fli g'axEn. Ala^mEn ^walas 

 pE^ ala. Wii, la^mesEu molas wahlEmasEns g'lgama^j'ox L!a(|wag-i- 

 lax.. nu lokwe q!aq!Ek'owa. Wii, yu^mesEn gEUEmaxox Alag'iml- 

 lex. Weg'a, aEm yaL!aLEx, Alag'imll, qa^s k"!esaos ^yak'amasxes 



25 n^cja^yos qaxgiiis mox-'wiinxeleLEk' k' !es kidx'kidknl, ^nek'eda ^na- 

 walakwe g'axEn, aLEus a^melanox"lax. Wa, laEms k' leas nalal qa^s 

 g'ayalaos laxgin gEUEmk', g'okiilot laxeq. Wa, he^mesa mox^tin- 

 xelaLEs kwexElal g'axEn laxEn ^walase lededa aLaq!Em. Wii, g'il- 

 ^Emlwise gwilLa mox^ilnxe, wa, IjIleu lEcpvelax'-idElxa mos- 



30 gEmg-ustawe yax"LEna qa liis na^nak" lax exnogwadas," ^nex'^ae. 

 Wii, g'iPmese qlfdbe wiildEnias lae taodayo LE^wis gEiiEme Aliigi- 

 mile LE^wa ma^lokwc qliiqlEkowa Itixes ^wtllase ts!iigats!e g'okwa 

 yisa mokwe nenaxsiila bebEgwfuiEma. Wa, g'll^Em^lawise laeL laxes 

 g'okM^e ALotEmdalagilse lae axk'!rdaxes gEiiEme Alag'imlle qa hiis 



35 kQ-lila helk' lotstidllas t lEX'iliises g'okwe. Wii, he-'lat!a gwE^yos 

 qa kMe^latsa ma^lokwe qlaqlEk'owa gEmxotstalilas tlExiliises 

 g'okwe. Wii, heniEufdaEm^lawise g'ax ha^yalek'!asE^we ALotEm- 

 dalag'ilse qa^s le helik'axa ts!ets!EX'q!iisa Awik-!enoxwe. Wii, la^lae 

 (|!eq!Enr,me avaq, lag'ilas hijniEnala pJEsaxes g'okfilote. Wii, la^me 



