noas] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS delet 
Now her brother Mamentiayé‘, to whom Yayaxtiyéga | referred 
as her lover, was asleep all the time. He was depressed; | and his 
father Yaqal‘rnala went up to the roof of his house, | and he called 
Mamentayé* to go up and help him. || Immediately Mamentayayé 
went up to the roof of his house; | and when he just reached the place 
where his father Yaqalenala was, his foot slipped, | and he fell 
through the roof of the house, and he was | killed. Then Yayaxtiyéga 
said that his soul had | gone home long ago. Not long after this 
Yayaxtiyéga || also died. This was all what the | one said who 
spoke openly about those born from the Salmon. | 
I forgot one thing. When I asked the Salmon woman Yayaxi- 
yéga | what the soul of man was, whether it is large | or small, she 
said, “Den’t you see your shadow on the || ground when the sun is 
shining? That is just like the soul. When | the soul wishes to sit 
where it is always seated, | on our head, then it is small. In the 
day time it is small, | but when we are asleep, it is big, when it trav- 
els about where it is going.’’ | 
And Yayaxityéga said also this to her mother Laétas. || There were 
three elder sisters of Yayaxityéga. She called her | mother to come 
and sit down on her bed, and she said to her, | ‘You and your hus- 
band are very bad, for you do not know how | to take care of us. 
Wi, laem 4*mé weq!wise Mamentaya‘yé, yix gwre‘yds Yayaxi- 
yeg'a watala dem hémenalaem méxa. Wai, laem xtilsé naqa‘yas. 
Wai, li Ompas, yix Yaqal‘pnala lag'is lax Ogwisasés gokwé. Wa, 
la Lé‘lalax Mamentaya‘yé qa lis lag-ust& qa giwaliséq. Wi, héx’- 
fidafmése Mamentaya‘yé la lag-usta laixa siliisés gokwe. Wi, 
hé:mis alés lag'aa lax Axasasés Ompé Yaqal*enala laasé tsax'PLEle 
gwdgtityis. Wi, latmé téxsi laxa siiliisés gokwe. Latmé 
hébatya. Wa, a*mésé ‘nek’é Yayaxttyég'a q!nyolidé Ja nii‘na- 
kwé bex‘tinatyasox. Wa, k-lést!a qwéségatye Yayaxtiyéga 
laaxat! Ogwaqa wik-!exséda. Wa, lamm ‘wile waldemi‘lilasa 
nEmOox"meée g'ax q!wéq ilk !alasa ‘Naxwa LaL!ayadzatya. 
G-axoLen L!Eléwesogwa, yixg’in lak: wtitaxa L!aL!ayadzatyé Yaya- 
xiiyéga lax g-wéx'sdemasa bex‘tina‘yasa begwanrmé LO® ‘walas 
Lof mma. Wa, li ‘nék'a: ‘“Esas doqtilaxés g'dg-omasés laxa Awi- 
nak!tisaxs L!ésrlaé. Wa, hérm gwéx’sa bex‘tinatyé. Wiis, g'ilfmésé 
‘nék-éda bex‘iima‘yé qa‘s lii k!wala laxés hémenalatméx k!walaasens 
OxLiifyex li Amabido® la. Wa, hépm i&miax~‘idextrmséxs ‘nalaé. 
’ Wii, g'ilfmésrens méxa laé ‘walas‘ida yixs laé q!ené‘sta laxés lililasé.” 
Wa, hé*misé waldemas Yayaxtiyéga laxés abempé Laézasé, 
yixs yudukwaé ts!édaqé ‘no‘nelas Yayaxttyéga. Wa, la Lé‘lalaxés 
ibempé qa g'axés k!wag'alit lax qrlgwitlasas. Wa, la ‘nék'eq: 
“Tomas ‘yaéx’sEma LE‘wos la*wiinrmaqés, yixs ‘yig'ilwataaqos lax 
aékila g’axenu'x’. Wa, latmésen lan ni‘nak® qenLo ‘wildLxox 
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