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pray to the spirits | of those behind us that they have mercy on me 
and my || wife here! Pray to the Long-Life-Maker that he may | 
come and take away the sickness of my child here! Take pity on me, 
and | ask the supernatural one to come! Wa!” Thus says the 
father to Sittimg-on-Fire. | Then that is finished. | 
Then the shaman is asked to think of this while he is asleep, 
when || the parents finish putting into the fire the clothes of the one 
who is lying sick abed and the four different kinds | of food. And 
immediately the shaman goes into the woods, | trying to meet what 
made him supernatural. | Then the one who is sick abed is asked also 
to bear in mind, while he is asleep | at night, what the spirits of 
those behind us and || Sitting-on-Fire would say. Then the parents 
also bear it in mind | while they sleep during the night; for they all, 
the parents | and the one sick abed, are just the same as the great 
shaman, because | the clothes and the food were put into the fire. | 
Then they go to sleep. Then something is taken that belongs to 
the || one sick abed, and it is kept. And as soon as he goes to his 
bed, | he hangs it up over the head of his bed. And as soon as the 
shaman | comes back, he lies down in his bed. | The owner of what 
is hanging up over the bed thinks of it continually. | And as soon as 
the one lying sick abed dreams, laughing while he is asleep, || then he 
knows that he is not going to die. And when he dreams that | his 
sasEns &’Lagawa‘ya qa wa’giltse waxL wa aduenue X" Login gE- 
ne’/mk:. W ai, lar’ms hawa’ xElaLEx q!we’q!ilag ili qa g-ax- 
la’giltsé waxt hé’lek‘atexgin xtno’kwik. Wag ri la wa‘x lal 
ha’yalék !aneq ‘na’walakwa. Wa,” ‘né’k-eda o’mpé 1a’xa k!wax’- 
La‘la. Wi, la gwa’la. 
Wii, la axk-!a’lasp‘wéda p&’xala qa‘s q!a’p!altoliléxs la’é gwa/lé 
g'i’g-adInukwé laxLa/lasa gwélgwii’lisa qn/lgwilé Le‘wa md’x‘wi- 
dala hé/matya. Wa, hé’x‘‘ida‘mésa p’xala ib qa’s‘ida la’xa a/L!e. 
Wa, lan’m‘laé lat ba’bak-E‘wal Le‘wa ‘na’walakwamasaq. Wii, la 
ixsEéwe’da qu’lgwilé qa 6’gwaqés q!a’p!altolitexs la’é mé’x‘édxa 
ga’nuLte qa wa’ldeEmLasa ae Pup ausTbas a‘Lagawatya LOo‘ma 
Seay xLila. Wi, la 6’gwaqa‘mé g'i’g‘adinukwas q!a’p!altolitexs 
la’é mé’x‘édxa la ga’nulida qaxs In‘ma’é ‘na’xwatma g'i’g‘adInu- 
kwa Le‘wa qe/lgwile ‘nema’x‘issem LE‘wa ‘wa’lasé pi’xala, qaxs 
hé’*maé 1a’x"Lalasa gwélgwii’la LE‘wa hé’‘ma‘yé ]a’xa Ingewi'Ie. 
Wa, lafmé mé’x‘éda. Wa, lar’mx'dé 4x‘é’ts°wéda g'ii’yolé la’xa 
qr’lgwilé qa liis a’xé‘lax"s. Wa, gi’l‘mésé 1a la’xés ki‘lé’lasé la’é 
té’x‘walilaq lai’xés Oxta‘lilaisés kt‘lé’lase. Wa, gi’l'mésé g-ax niéi’- 
‘nakweéda pai'xala, wi, lé ki/Ix-‘id la’xés ki‘lé’/lasé. Wi, hé’mn- 
nala‘mésé gi’g'aéqalaxa &xn6’gwadisa la gé’wit lax kii‘lé’lasas. 
Wa, gi/l'mésé mé’xelaxa qzr’lgwilé da‘te’la, yixs mé’xaé; wii, laz’/m 
q!a’Lelagéxs k:!e’séré wii’lat. Wa, g‘i’l‘mésé mé ‘xplaq W/lix-n- 
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