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(thus he said) "and that they may be ready || to carry the breath- 85 

 receptacle kelp." Thus he said, and sent out Hamdzid. | H^mdzid 

 did not stay away long when the | wives of the warriors and the 

 wives of the crew of those who were going to war came in. | As soon 

 as the women came in, Q!omogwa said: | "Do not laugh. Just keep 

 in mind the breath of your husbands, || when they cut off the heads 90 

 of the men whom they get in war." Thus he said. | In this way the 

 women came into the house in which they were talking about the 

 war. I They sat down at the right-hand side and | the men were 

 seated in the rear end. Not one | of the women laughed as they came 

 into the house, and while they were sitting down. || Each carried in 95 

 one hand a dried kelp stem. | As soon as all were sitting down. 

 Chief I Q!5mogwa spoke again and said: "Thank you, warrior 

 women. | You have done well to come at once, for this is the custom 

 followed in war that | nobody is called twice. Come, now, and give 

 the kelp stems to your || husbands, that they may blow into them." lOO 

 Thus he said, and sat down. | 



Then all the warrior women arose and gave each | her stem of 

 kelp to her husband, and when their husbands had taken | the kelp 

 stems, they went back again and sat down at the place where they 

 had been sitting. | Then, at the same time, all the men blew into the 

 kelp stems, || and when they stopped blowing, the stems were really 5 



la^mese dalaxa hasayaatsle ^wa^wada," ^uek'Exs lae ^yalaqas Ham- §5 

 dzidole. Wii, k'lest'.a gala Htlmdzidolaxs g"axae hogwek'Elaxa 

 gEgEUEmasa bababak!wa lo^ gEgEUEniasa k!wemLasa winaLe. Wa, 

 g"il^mese g'ax hogweLEleda ts'.edaqe lae Qlomogwaole ^nek'a: 

 "Gwa^no dal^ednokw5; a^ma g'lg'aeqElax }awits!eneLases lela^wu- 

 nEmos qo lal qEk'alxes wFniinEmLa bEgwauEml," ^nek'e. Wii, 90 

 he^mise gwiileda tsledaqaxs g'axae hogwiLEla laxa wawinxa^lats !e 

 g"okwa, qa^s k'.was^alilEle laxa helk' lodEnegwitas qaxs hiiaLai 

 kludzeleda bebEgwauEma ogwiwa^llte. Wii, la^me kMeas ^uEniok" 

 dill^itsa tsledaqaxs g'iixae hogwiLEla loxs lae klus^iilila. Wii, 

 la^me ^naxwaEm dak" !6talaxa ^niil^uEme lE^mok" ^wa^wadii. Wii 95 

 g'iPmese ^wFla k!us^<aliia laase edzaqwa yiiq!Eg'a^leda g'lgiimaolae 

 Q!omogwaole. Wii, lii ^nek'a: "Gelak'as^la wPwinaxsEm. Wii, 

 laEins helaxaxs heg"alilaex g'ilxa qaxs yu^mae aek'ilasosa wina qa 

 kMeses ma^lp!Ena Le^alasE^wa. Wii,gelag'a, tslasa ^wii^wadexliixos 

 lelii^wunEmaqos qa pox"ts!odesoxwaq"," ^nek'Exs lae klwag'allla. loO 



Wii, lii Lax^ulil ^nijxweda wPwInaxsEme qa^s lii ts!&sa ^nal^nEme 

 ^wa^wade lilxes lela^wunEme. Wii, gll^mese diix'^ide lelii^wilnE- 

 masexa ^wii^wadiixs g'iixae et!ed klus^iilll liixes g'llx'de kliidze^lasa. 

 Wii, la^me ^uEmiig-ilHeda bebEgwanEme pox"ts!alaxa -'wii-'wade. 

 Wa, al^mese gwal pox^ts lalaqexs lae alak'Iala la ELlEk'a. Wa, la 5 



