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38 one end of the | mast and they let it down, and therefore the sail was 

 spread | over those who were lying under it. Then the warriors sat 



40 down on || the sail, and stabbed through it those whom they were 

 killing. Then they took off | the sail cover, and GwaxwaLEylg ills 

 saw that the | girl was alive and unhurt. He took her as a slave. | 

 Then he cut off the heads of two who had been killed by him. As 

 soon as he had cut off the heads, | he cried "Go go go." He became 



4.5 excited in his raven dance. ll Then Yag'is cut off the heads of two 

 whom he had killed, and as soon as he had | cut off their heads, he 

 shouted "Web," for his dance was the fool dance. Then Hox"hox"- 

 dze I cut off the head of one who had been killed by him, and after 

 he had cut off the head, | he cried like the hox"hok", for his dance was 

 the hox"hok". Then LliixElag'ihs | cut off the head of one whom he 



50 had killed, and as soon as he cut off the head, || he shouted "Hap hap 

 hap," for his dance was the cannibal dance, and K'ilEm cut off | the 

 head of one who was killed by him. And as soon as he had cut off 

 the head, | he cried "Wohe," for his dance was the grizzly bear 

 dance; and after all had | cut off the heads, they heard the sound of a 

 gun fired. Then G'exk'Enis was shot in the shoulder, | and it was 



5.5 not known who had fired the shot. Some of the || warriors said that 

 the sound of the firing came from one of the warriors' canoes. | 

 G'exk'Enis did not feel a pain in the wound. Now | the crew of the 

 warriors carried aboard their canoes the propert}^ of those whom they 



37 laEm^lae diix"^ideda ^nal^nEmokwe g'ayol laxa winiix ^wax"sba^yasa 

 yfuvap'.eqe cja^s k'atlElseq. Wii, he'mis lag'ilas la LEpsEmdeda ya- 

 wabEmax kfi^labalasaq. Wa, aEm^lawisa bababak'.wa la klwadzE- 



40 dzodxa yawabEme qa^s ts !Ex"salexes k' '.elak'asE^we. Wii, la^me let !e- 

 tsE^weda yawabEm. Wa, la^me doxHvaEEle GwaxwaLEyig'Uisaxa 

 ts!ats!adagEme q!ula, k"!eas yilkwes. Wii, la^me q!iik"OLiinEmaci. 

 Wii, lii qax-^idxa ma^okwe k" !elag"Ex''s. Gil^mese gwal qak'axs lae 

 gogogoxa, hiEm xwilsa laxes gwiigwaxwalalae GwaxwaEEyigilis. 



4.5 Wii, la Yiig'is k"ax"^idxa ma^okwe k" !elag'Ex"s. Wii, gih'mese gwill 

 qak'Exs lae wEexa qaxs liidEnokwaasa nolEmala. Wa, la H6x"h6x"- 

 dze qax'^idxa ^nEmokwe k' !elag"Ex"s. Wii, g'iPmese gwal qiik'Exs 

 lae h6x"hok"xa qaxs liitlEnokwaasa hox^iok". Wii, lii Lliix'alag'alis 

 qax'^idxa ^nEmokwe k" !elag'ix"s. Wii, g'iPmese gwal qak"Exs lae 



50 hiiphaphapxa qaxs liidanokwaasa hamats'.a. Wa, la K'ilEm qax'- 

 ^idxa ^nEmokwe k" !elag"Ex"s. Wii, g'Jl^mese gwal qiik'Exs lae 

 wohexa qaxs liidanokwaasa niine. Wii, g'il^mese gwal ^wi^a qa- 

 k'axs laasa hauL lEg'a^la. Wa, la^me h^nltsayaplaakwe G'exk'Enis- 

 wiila. Wii, la^me k' !es q !iileda hanl^idii. WiV, la ^nek"eda waokwe 



55 bababak'.waqexs he^mae g'iik'lEg'a^la hanLlEga^laes wi^nats'.e xwil- 

 k!i1na. Wii, lakMes gEtEle G'exk'Eniswulaxes hanLa^ye. Wii, la- 

 ^meda kiwemasa bababaklwa ^moxsElax mEm^walax'diisa la k'lela- 



