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always gave away property to his tribe. And II he danced four times 40 

 each winter, each time four | nights, with his masks; and after four) 

 winters, after they had danced for three nights, and when | the 

 Awik" !enox" went in the fourth night, then | ALotEmdahig'ils and 

 his forty masks danced; || and after they had done so, when it was 45 

 nearly daylight, | ALotEindalag ils came out of his sacred room of 

 hemlock-branches. He spoke, | and said, "Now, song-leaders, beat 

 time fast for a long time, so that | I maj' put into the fire my masks ! " 

 Thus he said. Then the song-leaders beat fast time; | and immedi- 

 ately the men and the women and || the two children came out, each ,50 

 wearing his or her mask, | and they put them on the fire in the middle 

 of the great dancing-house. And | when they were all on the fire, 

 they took down the hemlock of the sacred room, and | put it on the 

 fire in the middle of the house; and when everything was burned 

 up, I the fire went out, which had never gone out in the middle of 

 the great dancing- || house during the four winters. And as soon as 55 

 the fire in the middle of the house had gone out, | and when dajdight 

 appeared in the morning, ALotEindalag' ils | and his wife Alag'imit, 

 came together and he always lay down with her. | 



That is why the Awik" !enox" always burn up the 1 forty masks 

 after they have used them four times for || four winters. And when 60 

 they finish the last dance | the last night, they put them on the fire 



q'.walxoEm moplEiia ylxwaxa ^nEmx^Enxe ts'.awunxaxa m5xsa 40 

 gagEiioLa ^wi^la ylxwes yaexiimle. Wa, g'ipEm^lawise mox^iinxe 

 tslawiinxas lae yudux^p lEnxwa^sa ganoLe yixwax'dEins. Wa, la^lae 

 gaacLa Awik' !euoxwaxa ganoLasa in6x"sote ganoLa. Wa, la^lae 

 ^wi^la yix^wlde AxotEmdalag'tlse LE^wis mosgEmg'ustawe yaexfimla; 

 wa, g'il^Em^hiwise gwalaxa la Elacj ^nax'^ida, g'axaas laltslalile Alo- 45 

 tEmdalag'Use laxa cjIwaxsEine lE^ine^lats!a. Wii, la^lae yacilEg'a^la. 

 Wa, la%e ^nek'a: "Weg'a Lexdzodsx nensigadas g'ildesa qa lax'- 

 Lalalag'Isg'in yax''LEnk'," ^nex'^lae. Wa, la^lae Lexdzodeda nena- 

 gade. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawisa bebEgwanEme LE^wa ts!edaqe LE^wa 

 ma^l5kwe g'lng'JnanEm g'ax q '.walxo^nakulaxes exEmex'de yixuml 50 

 qa^s axLales laxa lacjawalilasa ^walase tsliigafs'.e g'okwa. Wa, g"il- 

 ^Ein^lawise ^wIlx'Lalaxs lae ax^alilaxa q!waxsEme }E^me^lats!e cja^s 

 axLEiides laxa laqawalile. Wii, g'll^Em^Iawise ^wFla qlulx'^idExs lae 

 k'!ilx^ededa k'lesde k'lilx^enox" laciawallltsa ^walase ts!agats!e 

 g"6.\"xa moxnlnxe tslawiinxa. Wii, g'ipEm-'lawise k- lilx^'ededa laqa- 55 

 walilaxs lae -'nax'^idaxa gaala. Wa, la q!ap!eg'allle AL5tEmdala- 

 g'ilse LE^wis gEUEme Alag'imlle, lawisi.a kfdxkillk'a le^wc. 



Wil, he^mis lagilasa Awlk' !enoxwe heniEuala lEciwelax'-idxa mos- 

 gEmg'ustawe yaexiimlExs lae mox^unxes tsIawOnxe maemop'.Ena 

 yixyE-xwaxa ^nEmx^Enxe tslawiinxa. Wa, g'ih'mese gwal yix-'wida 60 

 ElxLa^ye ganoLS,xs lae ^wl^la lEx'LEnts la.xa lac^awalilasa ts!agats!e 



