BOAS] FAMILY HISTORIES 1243 



fire in the middle of the house. And after this has been done, the 51 

 Fire-Dancer | cries again, "Wai wai wai!" inside the sacred room, 

 and I the song-leaders sing his song. Now he comes dancing | out 

 of his sacred room, standing upright, and wearing a black-bear skin; 

 and after || they have sung his four songs, he goes into his | sacred 55 

 room. Then the Tamer sings his sacred song | inside of the sacred 

 room back of the middle of the house, on the left-hand side; | and 

 immediately the song-leaders sing her songs. Then she comes | 

 dancing out of her sacred room. She dances around the || fire in the 60 

 middle of the house. Her neck-ring is of red cedar-bark, of medium 

 size; | and her head-ring is of broad and thin red cedar-bark. After 

 her I two songs have been sung, she goes back into her sacred room. | 

 Then the One-Wlio-Presses-Down sings her sacred song in her sacred 

 room, which is back from the middle of the door, | on the right-hand 

 side of the house. Immediately the song-leaders sing || her sacred 65 

 song, and she comes out. Her | left hand is held flat over her eyes, 

 and with her right hand she feels of the | floor of the house. Now she 

 dances around the fire in the middle of the house, | and continues 

 singing aloud her sacred song as she is dancing. After | they have 

 sung her two songs, she goes back into her sacred room. || Her red 70 

 cedar-bark head-ring and | neck-ring are very thin. | 



tsE^weda laqawallle. Wa, g-tl^mese gwalExs lae Nonltse^stalale 51 

 edzaqwa waiwaiwaixa lax ots!awases lE^mc^lats!e. Wti, lii dEnx- 

 ^ededa nonagadiis q!EmdEmas. Wil, la^me Lax^walaxs g'axae yix- 

 ^wultslalllEla laxes lE^me^lats!e ^nEx^iinalaxa Llaye. Wa, g"il^mese 

 ^wFla dEnx^edayowe mosgEme qlEmqiEmdEms lae la'slallt laxes 55 

 lE^me^lats!e. Wii, la^me yalaqwe liayalik'dases yalax"LEne lax 

 ots'.awases lE^me^lats'.e laxa nslk' lodoyalilasa gEmxotewalllasa go- 

 kwe. Wii, hex'^lda^mesa nenagade dEnx^Its qlEmdEmas. Wa, g'axe 

 yIx^wults!alrlEla laxes lE^me^lats!e. Wa, la^me yix"so^stalilElaxa laqa- 

 wallle. Wii, laEm helag'ite qEnxilwa^yas LliigEkwa. Wil, la ^wadzo 60 

 pEldzowe qEx'Ema^ya LlagEkwa. Wii, giPmcse ^wFla dEnx^Idayowe 

 ma^ltsEme qlEnujlEmdEms lae xwelaqa lats!axes h'/me^lats!e. Wii, 

 lii yillaqwe Lalaxwilaliixots!awases iE^me%ts!elaxnElk'!6doyalilasa 

 helk' !otewalilasa g-5kwe. Wa, hex'^ida^mesa nenagade dEnx^its 

 yiilaqfllayas Lalaxwila. Wii, g'axe LoxstEwexes gegEyagEsases gEm- 65 

 xolts'.iina^ye a^yaso. Wii, lii p'.exwases helk" lolts '.iina^ye liixa k^wl- 

 nagwllasa g"6kwe. Wii, la^me yix"se^stiilIlElaxa laqawalllasa g"6kwe 

 laxes hemEnala^mae hasEla yalaqiilaxs ylxwae. Wii, giPmese 

 ^wl-la dEnx^edayoweda ma^ltsEme q!Emq!EmdEms lae latsliixes 

 lE^nie^latsIe. Wii, laEm Lomax'^Id wile qEnxawa^yas iJiigEkwa 70 

 LE^wis qEx'Ema^ye LliigEkwa. 



