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cry and | whistling, and for a long time his sound did not stop; but | 31 

 his wife, Qiix'Elal, did not wake up until her husband, | Cannibal-at- 

 North-End-of-World, and her child, were dead. And when | Can- 

 nibal-at-No4"th-End-of-World stopped crying, then Nenwaqawa || 

 asked his three sons to take off the short boards that | were covering 35 

 the dead Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World, whom he had kiUed. 

 They | took them off and put them down. Then Nenwaqawa took 

 his I spruce-root hat and waved it inside the hole, | and then the 

 ashes of Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World turned into mosquitoes. || 

 And NEnwaqawa said, "You shall be mosquitoes and | eat men in 40 

 later generations." Thus he said. Then they really turned into | 

 mosquitoes, what had been the ashes of Cannibal-at-North-End-of- 

 World. I 



After this had been done, Qux'Elal awoke, and in vain | she asked 

 NEnwaqawa which way her husband had gone; || and Nsnwaqawa 45 

 did not deceive her about what he had done, | he told her at once 

 what he had done; and Qiix'Elal got reaUy | angry on account of 

 what NEnwaqawa and his three | sons had done. And Qux'Elal said 

 to her father NEnwaqawa, | " You made a great mistake on account 

 of what you have done to my husband, for || he wished to pay you the 50 

 marriage price for me by giving to you many dressed skins, | and also 

 the great cannibal-dance, and his great name Cannibal-at-North- 

 End-of-World. I These would have gone to you if you had not done 



mEdzese k'les^El gEy5l qlweHda. Wii, laEm^lae hewaxa ts!Ex'^ide 31 

 gEnEmx'dase Qiix'Elalaxs lE^mae lE^les la^wiinEmx'de Bax"bakwa- 

 lanux"siwax'de LE^wis xunox"de. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise q!wePld ha- 

 ^madzElaqiile Bax"bakwalanux"siwax'de laa^lae NEnwaqawa^ye &x- 

 k' lalaxes yudukwe sasEma qa axodesexa ts!Ex"sEme saokwa, ylx 35 

 pagExsta^yas g'a^yalasas Bax"bakwalanux"siwax'de. Wa, lax'da^x"- 

 ^lae axodEq qa^s pax^aliles. Wa, la^lae NEuwaqawa^ye ax^edxes 

 LlojilEx'SEme LEtEmla qa^s yax^wides lax 6ts!awasa kwa^wlle. Wa, 

 la^lae qlEx^wultslawe qlwalobsas Bax"bakwalanux"slwax'de. Wa, 

 laEm^lawise ^nek'e NEnwaqawa^ye : "Wa, laEms LesLEnaL5l qa^s 40 

 bEx"bakweLos laxa alLa bEkumel," ^nex'^lae. Wii, laEm^lae alaEm 

 la LesLE^nax'^Ideda q'.walobEsdiis Bax''bakwalanux"siwax'de. 



Wii, g'il^Em^lawise gwal^alllExs lae ts!Ex"^Ide Qiix'Elale. Wul- 

 ^Em^lawise hex'^idaEm wiiEax NEnwaqawa^ye lax gwii^staasases la- 

 ^wunEma. Wa, k"!es^lat!a NEnwaqawa^ye ha^yamases gwex'^idaase. 45 

 AEm^lae hex'^idaEm nelases gwex'^idaasaq. Wa, la^ae alak'!ala 

 ts'.Enkwe Qux'Elalas gwex'^idaasas NEnwaqawa^ye LE^wis yudukwe 

 sasEma. Wii, la^lae ^nek'e Qux'Elalaxes ompe NEnwaqawa^ye: 

 " LaEms ^walas odzaxa qaes gwex'^idaasos laxEn la^wfmEmx'da qaxs 

 la^mex'dii ^nex" qa^s qadzeLe g'axEn laL yisa q!enEme iilag'im; wii, 50 

 he^misa ^wiilase liidesxa hamatsle LE^wis ^walase LegEme Bax"ba- 

 kwalanux"siwa^ye. He^staEm g'axlaxsde qaso k"!eshe gwex'^idEq. 

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