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come, because they might be menstruating,” | said the shaman. 
Now I heard what he said, | for I went with him, because he is the 
uncle of my wife. Now we | went out of the house, and then the 
house was cleared out; and || after the house had been cleared 
out, they walked and called all the grown-up | men of the Gosg'i- 
mux", and the Nak!wax'da‘x", and also | the grown-up women. 
But Qasnomalas did not want the young | men and the young women 
to come as spectators, because they are | careless, being lovers or 
menstruating, for their exhalation would make the sick woman 
worse, || according to the saying of the Indians, who say that the 
sick one gets at once worse | when a menstruating woman comes near 
a sick person. That | is called by the Indians “to steam the sick 
one,’ when a menstruating woman goes to see her | sick relatives; 
and therefore the relatives of the | sick one do not want the sick one 
to be seen. And also they do not allow young people || who are just 
married to see the sick one, because they | believe that they are 
always in bed together, and that is the same as | menstruation. 
Their exhalation is bad for the sick one. | And if the sick one dies, | 
the Indians say that he has been affected by the exhalation. If a 
young woman goes || to see him, or a young man goes to see the sick 
one, they | often find a recently used napkin of a menstruating woman 
behind the | taboo house of the sick woman. | 
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laxd,” ‘nékéda pixdla. Wai, la‘men ‘witlambm witiLelax waldemas 
qaxg'in la‘mék liig-éq qaxs q!tléyaasg’in genrmk:. Wa, la‘menu‘x" 
hoqtiwels laxa gdkwe. Wi, lé ékwase‘weda g-okwé. Wa, gvil*mésé 
ewal ékwixa gokweé, laasé qas‘idéda la Le‘lilaxa é@dlak'!rné 
bébrgwanrmasa Gosg’imuxwé LEfwa Nak!wax'da‘x’. Wa, hé‘misa 
alak'!ené ts!édaqs qaxs k-!ésaé Qasnomalasé hétq!alaq lida éalo- 
stawé hityala Lefwa ealostigasé ts!édaq la x‘its!ax‘ila qaxs k !ésaeé 
qléq lag ilatéda wewarala Le‘wa éxenta qo lalax k-lalidxa ts!pxq!a 
ts !edaqa lax waldemasa bak!umé, yixs ‘nékaaqéxs héx'‘ida‘maé xEnl- 2 
sidéda ts!ex'q!iixs laé nexwax‘‘idéda éxenta ts!edaqxa ts!ex'q!a, 
Hérm gwe‘ydisa bak!umé k‘!altidxa ts!ex-q!a, yixa éxentaxs laé 
ddqwaxés LéLeLalax ts!ex'qaé. Wa, hémis lag‘ilasa LéLEalisa 
tslex'q!a k és hélq!alaq la ddqwasr‘wés ts!ex‘q!a. Wa, hézmxat! 
k'és hélq!olem la doqwaxa ts!px'q!laxa g'Egilgowé Elostaé hatya- 
sek‘dla qaxs k‘ddetaé k-!és gwat nexwala laxés g’aélasé, yixs ‘nema- 
xissmaéda ‘nexwila LE‘wa éxenta ‘yax'srm qaéda ts!ex'qa yixs k*!al- 
sédaaq. Wi, hé*maaséxs laé wik'!ex‘idéda ts!ex'q!ax'dé li héx:- 
‘idarm ‘nék-éda bak!umaqéxs k:!a‘lkwaé yisa aldstigas ts!edaq la 
doqwaq LOoxs alostiéda begwanrmé la doqwaxa ts!ex-q!a, yixs 
q{iinalaé q!ase‘wéda alomasé édemsa éxenta dzems lax aLand‘tyasa 
hosé ts!px'q!aats!ésa ts!mx'q!a ts!edaq. 
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