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her father, and said, "Now sprinkle | the. water of life over our tribes- 21 

 men!" Immediately | NEnwaqawa sprinkled the dried l)odies with 

 the water of life; | and when the water of life touched the dried 

 bodies, they sat up, | and rubbed their eyes with their hands, saying 

 that they had been asleep for a long time. Now, || the wliole tribe 25 

 of NEnwaqawa had come back to life. | NEnwaqawa felt glad after 

 this. Now, he took all the | masks and the red cedar-bark that were 

 in the various sacred rooms, | eleven of them; for each one had a 

 sacred room | except Rich-Woman, who had a sacred room together 

 with Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World. || Now, NEnwaqawa observed 30 

 everything in the | various sacred rooms; and NEnwaqawa asked 

 his I tribesmen whom he had brought back to life to carry on their 

 backs the dressed elk-skins, | the masks, and the large amount of 

 dried goat-meat; | and they all went home, and Qux'Elal led || her 35 

 father and his tribe. It was not yet | night when they came to the 

 house. Immediately | Qiix'Elal told her father, NEnwaqawa, to 

 give a winter dance, and that | her three elder brothers should dis- 

 appear. Powedzid was to be Cannibal; and | his younger brother, 

 Aek' !oqa, was to be Grizzly-Bear-of-the-Door; and the youngest 

 son, II Wak'as, was to be Fire-Dancer; "and I shall be | Rich- 40 

 Woman; and you shall take the Healer-Dance | and the One-Who- 

 Presses-Down, for the place of those I named is always with the 



qlida^stak' laxEns g'okulotex," ^nex'^lae. Wii, hex'^idaEm'lawise 21 

 Nenwaqawa^ye klungELEyintsa qlula^sta laxa bakwasde. Wii, 

 g'll^maaEl lag'aaLElaxa q!ula^sta lax bakwasdaxs laaEl k'.wag'allla 

 qa^s dzEdzEx'stoweses a^yaso ^nek'Exs g'aelae mexa. Wii, laEm^lae 

 ^wPla qlulax'^ida, yixa g'okQlotas Nenwaqawa^ye. Wa, la^me 25 

 ex'^ide n§,qa^yas NEnwaqawa^ye laxeq. Wa, la^me ax-ed ^wPlaxa 

 yax"LEne i.E^wa L'.eLlagEkwe g'ex'g'ael laxa ^naxwa ogu^(|rda lelE- 

 ^me^lats'.esa ^nEmogug'uwax ^naxwa^mae lelE^me^lats!enokwa ogu^la 

 lax Q'.aminagasaxs ^nEmaes lE^me^lats'.e l6^ BaJCbakwalanux^si- 

 wa^ye. Wii, la^me NEnwaqawa^ye doqwalax gwex' gwaelasasa 30 

 oguqala lelE^me^lats!ii. Wii, la^mesLa axk"!ale NEnwaqawa^yaxes la 

 q!ulax"^idamatsE^wes g'okulote qa ^naxwa^mese oxLalaxa alaglme 

 LE^wa yax"LEne Lo^dzek"asa q!enEmex"ilk" ^mEl^mElq'.Ega^ya. Wa, 

 g'iixdzek'as^Em^lae ^wFla nii^nakwa. Wii, laEm^xae lieEm g-alag'i- 

 wa^ye Qilx'Elalases ompe LE^wis g'okttlote. Wa, k" !es=Em^lawise 35 

 giinoHdExs g'axae laxes g'okwe. Wii, hex'^idaEm^lawise ^nek'e 

 Qux'Elalaxes 5mpe NEnwaqawa^ye qa yawix'iles qa x'is^edes 

 ^nolast'.EgEma^yas yix Powedzide qa wag'es hamatsla; wa, he^mise 

 ts'.ii^yase Aek'!oqa qa weg'es NEnstalila; wa, he^mise iimil^yinxa^yas 

 siisEmase Wak^ase qa wiig-es Nonltse^stiilala. "Wa, nogwa^mes qEn 40 

 wag"i QIaminagasa. Wa, he^mises laLaos ax^etsol qa Hayalik'ilal 

 LE^wa Lalaxwela qaxs he^mae ^nami'lalotsa hamats'.En lax LeLEqE- 



