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yourselves and him. It will stand up as a gi-eat | mountain between 58 

 you and him. And do the same with the piece of cedar-wood and 

 the I hair-oil." Then Wak'as, the youngest || of the brothers, spoke, 60 

 and said, "Now, come, go with us | to where we are going!" Thus 

 said Wak'as to the woman. Then the | woman said, "I wish I 

 could ; but I can not move, because I am | rooted to the floor.' Just 

 go, children!" said | the one rooted to the floor to the three brothers. 

 Then they || went on ; and they had not gone far, before they saw the 65 

 rainliow-colored | smoke; and immediately Powedzid, the eldest | 

 of the brothers, spoke, and said, " O Brothers ! | let us go thcye ! for we 

 have been looking for the one who killed our tribesmen." | Thus he 

 said. Wslk'as and his || brother Aek' !oqa were iniwiUing, but 70 

 Powedzid did not give in | to them. Then they went on, and saw 

 the house | at the foot of a great mountain, and Powedzid, | the 

 eldest brother, always went, ahead as they were going into the house. | 

 Then they saw their sister Qux'Elal sitting there, and || next to her 75 

 sat her son; and the boy cried, | pointing his finger to the knee of 

 Walv'as, for Wak'as had hurt his knee, | and the blood was running 

 tlown from it. Tlierefore tlie little boj^ cried, | for he was greedy for it. 

 And QQx'Elal asked her brother | Wak'as to scrape off some of the 



t!esEmex faxes awagawayos LE^we. Wit, laLe k'!ok'!ak'odLa ^walas 57 

 ^uEg'a loL LE^we. Wa, ;Vmets he gweg'ilasa k!waxLa^wex LE^wa 

 LladE^mex," ^nex'^lae. Wa, la^lae yaq!Eg'a^}e Wak'asexa ama^yin- 

 xa^5^asa ^ns-mema. Wa, hVlae ^nek'a: "Gelag'a cjEns laEns qas'id 60 

 laxEus laasLa," 'nex'^lae Wak'asaxa ts!Edacie. Wa, la=lae ^nek'eda 

 ts!Edaqe. "WexEUL, ixEmx'st!En k' !eas gwex'^idaasa qaxg'in L!6p!- 

 Ek'!ExsdEliiek-," -'nex''lae. " Wii, haga aEmx sasEni," ^nex'^laeda 

 ■L!op!Ek'!ExsdElile' laxa yudukwe ^uE^mema. Wa, lax'-da-x"lae 

 qas-ida. Wii, ^wiloxdze^lae c[wesg'ilaxs lae dox^waLElaxa wagalo- 65 

 stas kwax'ila. Wa, hex'idaEm^lawise Powedzidexa -nolast !EgEma- 

 ^yasa -uE^mema yaci!Eg'a'la. Wii, laMae^nek'a: "^ya, ^nal^nEmwii- 

 yot; wex'ins hlq qaxg'ins he^mek' alasE^we la ielE^lamasxEns g'oku- 

 lotdiiEns," ^nex''lae. Wii, wax'^Eni^liiwise q!Emse Wak-ase le'wcs 

 ^nsmwiiyote Aek' !oqa. Wii, k'!es''lat!a yiix'-'ide Powedzide qa-'s le 70 

 Ifiq. Wii, lax'da^x"^lae c[as^ida. Wii, la^me dox^waLElaxa g'okwaxs 

 g'6x"sidzayaaxa ^wiilase nEg-ii. Wii, liex'siiEnr'lae Powedzidexa 

 ^nolast !EgEma-'ye g-alag'iwa^yaxs lae hogwiLa laxa g'okwe. Wii, 

 la^me dox^waLElaxes wiiq!wax'da^xwe Qux'Elalaxs k!waelae. Wii, 

 le k!wanodzelIle(la babagumaq. Wii, liVlae q!wiig'aleda babagume 75 

 IsiEmalax op!ega^yas Wtlk'ase c[axs yilxp!eg'ae Wak'ase. Wii, 

 la^lae waxEleda Elkwa lax opleg'a^yas. Wii, he^mis q!wasag'iltsa 

 biibagilmaxs niEsElaaq. Wii, hV'lae Qiix'E'fde iixk' !alaxes wuqlwe 

 Wakase qa k'exodes liixa Elkwa. Wii, Iti^lae Wiik'ase ax^edxa 



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