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Then the wife of NEnwaqawa, K' an elk' as, spoke, || and said, "0 75 

 my child, Qux'Elal ! don't | feel badly in vain on account of what has 

 been done by your father to your husband, | for he did this because 

 he was afraid of what he would do to your | brothers! Look at 

 your brothers! They almost did not escape when they were | 

 hunted by your husband. I mean this, what was found just out- 

 side of the place || where your husband was seated." Thus she said, 80 

 and showed | Qux'Elal what she had found. Wlien Qux'Elal saw 

 what she was | holding in her hand, she said, "That is one of the 

 whistles of my husband." | Thus she said, and went to her father, 

 NEnwaqawa; and | Qux'Elal said to him, "Hide it, for who should 

 own it II except you? Now, let us go in the morning to our | house 85 

 to carry out everything that is in it, and also | all the masks of my 

 husband and his brothers — for | they are all in their sacred rooms." 

 Thus she said. Then | NEnwaqawa also spoke, and said, "Thank 

 you II for what you have said, child ! Let us go in the morning, so 90 

 that I my treasure may come to me ! " Thus he said. And after they 

 had spoken, | Qux'Elal did not get dowialiearted in the evening, and 

 she did not | talk any more about her husband and her child. This | 

 made her father, NEnwaqawa, and his wife || and his three sons very 95 

 glad. In the evening, when it was dark, | they went to bed; and 



Wii, la^lae gEUEmas NEnwaqawa-ye, yix K'anelk'ase yaqlEg'a^la, 

 Wa, la=iae ^nek'a: "Yul, xunok" Qiix'Elal, gwalaxu wul^Em xEn- 75 

 LEla ts!Ex'iles naqa^yos qa gwex-'idaasaxsox &saxes hVwunEmx'daos. 

 Henax'^Idaweso qaxs a^maex k'ek'altsela laxos gwex'^idaasex l6^ 

 wiwuq!wa. Dax wiwuq!waxs halsEla'mae heldEk'axs g'axae qaqa- 

 ^yasoses la^wunEnmx'daos. ^ne^nak'ilg'ada g'aelEk" lax L!as-alilas 

 k!wae^lasdases la^wiiuEmx'daos," ^nex'^laexs lae doqwamatses q!a 80 

 lax Qiix'Elale. Wa, gil^Em^awise Qux"Elale dox^waLElax daa- 

 kwas laaEl ^nek"a: "YuEm g'ayol lax mEdzesasEn la^wiinEmx'- 

 daox," ^nex'^laexs lae ts!as laxes ompe NEnwaqawa^ye. Wa, hVlae 

 ^nek'a yLx Qux'Elale: "Weg'a q!ulal^IdEq", qa angwes .tx^edaq" 

 ogu^la laL. Wa, la^mesEn ^nex' qEus lalag'ix gaalaLa laxEnu^x" 85 

 g'ox"da, qaEus g"axlag'I mott!alaxa ^naxwa g"ex'g'ael laq Lo^ma 

 ^naxwa yax"LEnsEn la^wunEmx'da le^wis ^nal^nEmwEyotdii, qaxs 

 ^wi-'la^maa g'ex^g'ael laxes }elE^me^lats!ex'de," ^nex'^lae. Wii, la^lae 

 ogwaqa yaqlEg^a^le NEnwaqawa^ye. Wii, la^lae ^nek'a: "Gelak'as- 

 ^lax'os waklEmaqos, xiinok". Es^maeLEns laLEx gaiilaLa qa g'iixla- 90 

 g'IsEn L5gweLa," ^nex'^lae. Wii, gil^Em^Lawise gwiile waldEmas lae 

 hewiixa^mo Qux'Elale xiils^idaxa dziiqwa. Wa, hewiixa^lae gwa- 

 gwex'sEx'^Id laxes lii^wunEmx"de LE^wis xun5x"de. Wii, heEm^la- 

 wis xEULEla la eg"Ems nenaqa^yas NEnwaqawa^ye LE^wis gEUEme 

 LE^wis yudukwe bebEgwanEm siisEma. Wii, g'iPm^iiwisiJ p!EdEx'- 95 

 stowldxa dzaqwaxs lae ^wPla kulx'^ida. Wii, g'il^Emliiwise nli^na- 



