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Now I shall go home, and take the | souls of my elder sisters.’’ 
110 Thus she said. It was only three || days since the time when Yayaxt- 
yéga had said so to her mother when she died; | and it was not one 
winter when her | three elder sisters died, and their parents soon 
followed them. | That is all to be said about this. | 
1 Now TI shall talk about what is said by the shaman, about the | 
soul of man, by the great shaman Qasnomalas. That is | his name as 
a shaman, asa chief of the numaym Sisent !é of the Nak !wax’ dafx" 
5 his name is G’éx'sé‘stalisemé*. || When Lanax’tanag’ ek", the princess 
of Ts !agryos, was very sick, | her grave-box had already been made, 
and they were about to wrap up her body. I was with the | Nak !wax’- 
dafx", having been invited. When night came, the | shaman Qas- 
nomalas was asked to go and feel for the sickness. | He went and sat 
10 down on the floor towards the fire from the woman. || First he felt of 
the top of her head, and he had not felt for a long time, | when the 
shaman said, “She has no soul, it flew away long ago. | Go on, clear 
your house that my tribe the Nak !wax'da‘x" may come, | and I shall 
try to get back her soul. Now get | four kinds of sweet food, and 
15 also four pretty dishes, || and put the sweet food into them, and also 
some clothing of this | sick one; and none of the young women shall 
bébrx‘tima‘yaxsen ‘non‘Elax’,’” néx~‘laé. Wi, itmésé yidux"p!en- 
110 xwafs ‘nalé ‘néx'demas Yayaxttyéga laxés ibempdiixs laé wik: !ex- 
fida. Wa, k !ést!a ‘nemxenxé ts!iwenx laé ‘wifwela wik’!px‘idés 
yudukwé ‘no‘nela. Wi, a*mésé hétrwig'ayé gig adInokwaséq. Wai, 
lakm laba waldemas laxéq. 
1 Wi, la‘mésen gwaigwéx's‘alal lax wildemasa pixiila qaéda brex*it- 
nafyasa begwanremé, yixa ‘walasdi pixilé Qasnomalas. Wa, héem 
Légems laxés pexéna‘tyé. Wa, li regades Géxsé‘stilisema‘tyé laxés 
gigema‘yaasa nE‘mémotasa Sisen!e* laxa Nak!wax'da‘xwé. Wa, 
5 lai alak: lala ts!exq!é Lanax‘lanag'ekwe k-ledélas Ts!igryosé, yixs 
lesmaé gwalale dng'ats!e Le*wes q!anébemié. Wi, la‘mésen g'igéxa 
Nak!wax'datxwe yixs Léetelakwac. Wa, gvil*mésé ginol‘ida laé ax- 
k lalase*weda pixilé Qasnomalasé qa‘s lii p!éx*widxa ts!ex'qa. Wii, 
la‘mésé qa‘s li k!wag'alil lax L!asalifasa ts!ex'q!a ts!edaiqa. Wi, 
10 hé‘mis gil p!@x*wits0‘sé OxLityas. Wa, k lést!é gég-ilit p!exwaqéxs 
laé ‘nék-éda pixila: “K'lease brx‘iimatyasox; geydlidé la p!ntida. ° 
Wiig'a éx‘widexs gOkwaqds qa g'axlagisen gokilotaxa Nak!wax’- 
da‘xwa qrén wiig'i lailot!ax bex‘tinatyasox. Wi, larms laloL!arex 
moxwidali éx*p!aéma hitmafya; hé*misé mowéxxii ések’ ha‘maats!a 
15 qa géts!ewatsa éxp!aéma hismatya. Wii, hé‘misé gwélgwiilasoxda 
ts!ex'q!ax. Wa, lat k!efs g-axltsa éalostagasé ts!édaqa qo éxenta- 
