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your backs at the right-hand side of the | door, and each of you must 87 

 have on his stomach the dog-intestines." | Thus he said to his sons; 

 and Wak'as took | three short boards, and put them down at the 

 right-hand side of the || door for him and his elder brothers to he on 90 

 when they pretended to be dead. | In the morning Nsnwaqawa put 

 ilown the | broad short boards, and covered up the fire in the hole 

 on the floor, | and he put the settee down outside of it (that is, nearer 

 to the fire). Then he spread two | new mats in it. Then he asked his 

 three sons to ll lie down on the three short boards. They went down 95 

 and I lay down on their backs. Nenwaqawa | took the intestines 

 of the dogs and spread them over the stomachs ] of his sons; and he 

 told his sons not to show any | sign of breathing. (He continued), "so 

 that Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World may really believe that you 

 are II dead." And after NEnwacjawa had given advice to his | chil- 200 

 dren, the cannibal-cry of Cannibal-at-North-End-of-Workl was 

 heard | back of the house, and he came to the house; and | first 

 Cannibal-at-Nortli-End-of-World came in, and next came his son, | 

 and last his wife, Qux"Elal. As soon as || Cannibal-at-North-End- 5 

 of-World came in, he saw the three naked | sons of NEnwaqawa 

 lying down on the short boards, | and he wanted to go at once to eat 

 them; | but NEnwaqawa spoke, and said, "Don't, | son-in-law! We 



t'.Exila. Wa, laLEs q!walxoEml hvElxsEindzElilxa yax'yEgllasa -wao- 87 

 ts'.Exda," ^nex'^laexes sasEme. Wil, liVlae fix^ede Wak-asaxa yu- 

 duxiixsa ts!ats!EX"sEma qa^s la paqEmg'alllas laxa helk'lotstalllasa 

 t'.Exila qa^s iienELEdzEweso LE^wis ^no-UEla cjS lal lelE^lbohiLo. 90 

 Wa, g il-Em^lawise ^ntlx'^idxa gaaliixs lae NEnwacpiwa^ye. pagEx- 

 stEntsa ^wadzowe ts!ats!Ex"sEma laxa lEq'.iixLallle kwa^wila. Wil, 

 la^lae ax-alllasa k!wats!E^wase lax L'.asalllas qa^s LEptsIodesa ma^le 

 ts'.ets'.EX'as leEl^we laq. Wii, la'lae axk" lalaxes yQdukwe siisEm cja 

 lalag'Is nenELEdzolilaxa yuduxuxsa ts!ats!Ex"sEma. Wa, lax'da^x"- 95 

 ^lae nenELEdzalllxa ^nal^uEiiixsa ts!ats!Ex"sEma. Wa, la^lae Neu- 

 waqawa'ye ax^edxa yaxylg^Ilasa ^waotsle qa^s la lExsEmdzEndalas 

 laxes sasEme. Wa, la^lae axk' '.alaxes sasEme qa k'lesk'ases awiil- 

 x'Es hasdExila qa alak'!ales oqliise Bax^bakwalanux^slwa^yaq ala- 

 Em lelE'la. Wii, gil^Em-lawise gwale NEnwaqawa^ye Lexs-illax(?s 200 

 silSEmaxs g'axaase hamadzElaqwe Bax"bakwiilanux''slwa^ye lax 

 ilLana^yasa g'okwas. Wii, gTix^lae g'axeLa liixa g^okwe. Wa, laEni- 

 -lae galaexe Bax"bakwiilanux"slwa^ye. Wii, la^ae mtikile xuno- 

 kwaseq. Wa, la^lae ElxLa^ye gEUEmase Qiix'Elale. Wii, gil^Em- 

 ^lae g"iixeLe Bax"bakwiilanux"slwa^yaxs lae dox^waLElaxa xaxEniila 5 

 yiiduk" sasEms NEnwaqawa^yaxs nenELEdza^yaaxa ts!fits!Ex"sE- 

 miixs lae ^nex' qa^s hex'^ida^me la gwii^sta Laq qa^s hamx'^Ideq. Wit, 

 hVlae yiiqlEg'a^le NEiiwaqawa^yaq. Wii, hVlae ^nek'a: "Gwiila, ue- 



