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carried in her arms a body, leading | the Cannibal. And the Tamer 6G 

 went on the right-hand side of the Cannibal, | and the Onc-Who- 

 Presses-Down went on the left-hand side of the Cannibal, | following 

 the Rich-Woman, who was carrying the body in her arms; and the 

 same | was done by the Fire-Dancer and the Grizzly-Bear-of-the- 

 Door, who were following the Rich-Woman, || for each of these four 70 

 eats part of the corpse, — that is, the Cannibal and the Rich-Woman | 

 and the Fire-Dancer and the Grizzly-Bear-of-the-Door. But | the. 

 Tamer and the One-Wlio-Presses-Down do not eat of the corpse, they 

 sing their | sacred songs. And the Rich- Woman first comes into the 

 house; and she is | followed by the Cannibal and the two healers and 

 the II One-Who-Presses-Down; then follows the Grizzly-Bear-of-the- 75 

 Door, and, last of all, the Fire-Dancer. | Then the Rich-Woman takes 

 off the head of the corpse and gives it | to the Cannibal; and the 

 Rich-Woman takes off the limbs of the corpse, | and gives one leg 

 each to the Grizzly-Bear-of-the-Door and the Fire-Dancer, | and she 

 takes off one arm and eats it. || The Cannibal eats the whole head. 80 

 Then she takes the tnmk of the | corpse with one arm on it, and (the 

 Cannibal) eats this. And | while they are eating, their songs are 

 sung; I and when all their songs have been sung, | they go each into 

 his sacred room. Only the Rich-Woman || keeps with the Camiibal- 85 

 Dancer in the rear of the house. I The whole number danced for four 



wesa hamatsla. Wa, la^laeda Hayallk'ila helk'Iotagodalaxa hama- 66 

 ts'.a. Wa, la^lae Lalaxwila gEraxagodalaxa hamatslaxs lalasgE- 

 ma^yaax Qlaminag^saxs qlslElaaxa lalenoxwe. Wa, heEm^lawise 

 gweg'ileda Nonltse^staUile LE^wa NEnstallle lalasgEmexa Q!aniina- 

 gase qaxs ^naxwa^mae loUala mokwe, yixa hamatsla LE^wa Q!ami- 70 

 nfi,gase LE^wa Nfinstalile LE^wa NSnltse^stalale. Wa, la kMes lollale 

 Hayallk"ila lo^ Lalaxwila, yixs a^mae heniEndzaqula yiyiilaqulases 

 yiyalax"LEne. Wa, he^mise Q'.aminagase g'alaeL laxa g'okwe. Wa, 

 la lasgEma^ya hamats'.aq LE^wa ma^lokwe ylx Hayalik'ila lo^ Lala- 

 xwila. Wa, lii laeLe NEnstalile. Wa, la ElxLa^ya NSnhse^stalale. 75 

 Wa, la^me Q!aminaga,se axodEx xEweqwasa lalenoxwe qa^s ts!Ewes 

 laxa hamatsla. Wa, la a.xMa QIaminagasaxa LasLalasa l§,lenoxwe 

 qa^s tslawanaqexa NEnstalile LE^wa Nonltse^stalalasa g'og'Eguyowe. 

 Wa, la^lae ax5dxa apsoltsEyap !a^ye qa^s hamx^^ideq. Wa, la^lae 

 'wi^leda; hamatslaxa xEweqwaxs lae et'.ed ax^edxa bux"sasa \tle- 80 

 noxwe axalaatsa aps5}ts!ana^ye qa^s hS-mx-^ideq. Wa, gilEm^hiwise 

 ^wi^lax"da^x"xes ha^ma^yaxs lae q'.EmL'.edayowe q!Emq!EmdEmas. 

 Wa, g'iUEm^awise ^wi^la qlEmtledayowe qlEmq'.EmdEmas laaEl 

 hox"ts!a laxes alogiigele lelE^me^latsIa. Lex'a^me Q!aminagase 

 qlap'.ael LE^wa hamats!a laxa nEqewalilasa g'okwe. Wa, la^me 85 

 moxsa ganoLe ytx"dEmas laxes ^waxaaae. Wa, g"il^mese yudux"- 



