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helped their father; and when they had finished, they went into the | 

 house and harred the door; and after they had barred i| the doin- of 4.5 

 the house, the youngest of the children, Wak'as, | reported to his 

 father that they had seen their sister, Qux'Elal, sitting in that house | 

 with her son, in the house of him who was named by Qux'Elal | 

 Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World. "Then the child of Qux'Elal 

 cried for the | blood on my knee; and when I gave him the blood, 

 which I scraped off, || he stopped crying and licked it off ; and | then 50 

 we saw the bodies of our tribesmen drying right over | the fire of the 

 house." Wlien Wak'as had said this, | Cannibal-at-North-End-of- 

 World came to the roof of the | house of NEUwarjawa, uttering the 

 cannibal-cry. He opened the roof and showed his || head. Then 55 

 NEnwaciawa spoke, and said, | "0 son-in-law, Cannibal-at-North- 

 End-of- World, don't be in a hurry! | Come in the morning with your 

 wife and my grandson, and | to-morrow morning you shall eat my 

 three sons. Now go for a while!" | Thus he said. Immediately 

 Cannibal-at-North-End-of- World uttered the cannibal-cry, and || 

 wont home to his house. Immediately NEnwaqawa | asked his wife 60 

 K'anelk'as to give something to eat to their | three sons, "so that I 

 may sit down in the corner and devise | what to do, for I have 

 invited Cannibal-at-North-End-of- World to a feast." Thus he said | 

 as he went and sat down in the corner of the house. He had not || 



g'ox^widxes ompe. Wii, g^iPEm^lawise gwalExs lae hogwiL laxes 43 

 g'okwe c[a^s L!Enex'^Ideq. Wa, g'ipEm^lawise gwal LJEnek'axes 

 t!EX'Ilases g'okwaxs lae ama^yinxa^yas sasEmase Wak'ase ts!Ek'!a-45 

 lElaxes ompaxs dox^waLElaaxes wuq!we Qux'Elalaxs k!waclae 

 LE^wis babagiime xiinSk" lax g-okwas gwE-'yas Qiix'Elale Bax"ba- 

 kwalanux"slwa^ya. "Wii, la q!wase xunokwas Qux-Elale ([aEn eLx"- 

 p!eg"a^ye. Wii, gil^mesEn ts!asEn k'exoyowe Elkwa laqexs lae 

 LiEx^ed liixes q!wats!ena^ye qa^s k'Elx^edexa Elkwa. Wii, he-'mesE- 50 

 nu^x"^ dox^waLEla yixEns g'okiilotdiixs lae x'ilElaLEla lax nEqosto- 

 wasa lEgwIlasa g'okwe." Wii, heEm^liiwise -'wala wiildEmas Wiik'a- 

 saxs g'iixaase Bax"bakwiilanux"siwa^ye hiimadzElaqwa lax ogwiisasa 

 g'okwas NEnwaqawa^ye. Wii, la^lae ax^ex'nda qa^s x'ExsE^weses 

 x'omse. Wii, h¥lae yaq!Eg'a^}c NEnwaqawa^yaq. Wii, lii-lae 'nek'a: 55 

 "^ya, nEgiimp, yul Bax"bakwiilanux"siwe^ Gwala albalax, laEms 

 g'axLEx gaalaLa LE^wis gEUEmaos le^weu ts!ox"LEmji qa^s g'iix- 

 lag'iLos gaiixstalalxgin yudukwEk' siisEma. Wii, liag'aEmasL," 

 ^nex-^lae. Wii, hVlae hiiraadzElaqwe Bax"bakwiilanux"slwa^ye qa^s 

 la na^nak" laxes g'okwe. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise NEuwaqawa^ye 60 

 axk'iillaxes gEUEme K'anelk'ase, qa halabales ax'ed qa ha^miises 

 yudukwe siisEma, "qEn la k!wanegwii laxa g'okwe qEu SE^ne^xEns 

 gwex'^idaasLaxEn Le^lalasE^wae Bax"bakwalanux"siwa^ya," ^nex'- 

 'laexs lae qas^ida qa^s lii k!wanegwlla liixes g'okwe. Wii, kMes- 



