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sick woman sit up. | As soon as she sat up, the great shaman swung 
his | rattle, and all the time-beaters beat time. Then the shaman | 
went towards her, opened his left hand, and the soul was sitting on 
it. || He rattled with his right hand; and as soon as he came | to the 
sick woman, he gave his rattle to his friend the shaman, | who was 
holding up the sick woman. And he made the soul sit | on her head. 
For a long time he blew on the top of her head; | and when he finished 
blowing on it, he pressed the top of the head of the sick woman. || 
Then he finished. He arose and spoke. He | said, ‘ Now let our 
sisters dance.’’ Thus he said to the four | women who were to 
dance merrily, because he had recovered the soul of the one who had 
come back to life, | the one who had been walking with the spirits. 
Thus he said. Then he sang with | slow time-beating, and the time- 
beaters began to sing. || Now the four women danced and the | great 
shaman also danced. As soon as the song ended, they finished. | 
Then they were paid by him with one hundred blankets, and one 
hundred | blankets were given to the time-beaters of the shaman. 
Then the woman came back to life | after this. That is all about 
this. || 
Now I saw Qasnomalas, who was sitting on the ground | not far - 
from the other end of the village of the Gosg’ imux" at the | north end. 
He called me to come the day following, | after he had caught the 
soul of Lanax'tanag’ ek". I went | and sat down near where he was 
daqa. Wa, gilfmésée k!wagralila laas yat!édéda ‘walasé pixilasés 
yadene. Wai, li naxwa Léxedzodéda Laléxemilé. Wa, la‘mé gwa- 
yolaléda pixila dalatés gemxolts!anatyé la k!wadzewéda brx‘tina- 
yaq. Wi, li yatelasés hétk !otts!anacyé. Wii, giltmésé lag-aa 
laxa ts!mx'q!a ts!edaqa laé ts!asés yadené laxés ‘nemodkwa paxi- 
laxa la dalaxa ts!ex'q!a ts!edaqa. Wa, li k!waxtilabrentsa brx‘t- 
nafyé lax OxLi‘yas x‘Omsas. Wa, li gég'ilil poxwax Oxuiifyas. Wai, 
gilfmésé gwal poxwaxs laé Laxwax OxLityasa ts!ex‘q!a ts!edaqa. 
Wa, lame gwala. Wa, li Lax‘tilila qats yaq!rgadé. Wai, la 
neéka: “Weégax'ins yex'weda wiweEq!wa,’’ ‘nék'éxa modkwé ts!é- 
daqa qa‘ns éék: !éxséle yexwaxs laé l4tex bex‘tina‘fyasa la q!tlax-<i- 
déda larmx'dé gig ilgéxa hayatilagasé, ‘nék'exs laé hémm daqilasa 
nEqaxalis t!emyasé. Wi, latme denxidé raléxémiligq. Wa, 
latmé yextwidéda mokwé ts!édaqa. Wa, li ogwaqa yExwéda 
ewalasé paxila. Wa, gilfmese q!ilbé q!emdmmas laé gwala. Wai, 
latmé afyaso‘sa lak'!endé p!elxelasgema; wii, hé:misa lak !endé 
plelxelasgem halagemxa Léxemilaxa pixila. Wa, la‘mé q!iiléda 
ts!edaqé laxéq. Wa, larm laba laxéq. 
Wa, la‘mésen doqitilax Qasnomalas, yixs ‘nemdk!wasaé k!wis 
laxa k !ésé qwésala lax Apsbalasasa g'Ox"demsasa Gosgimuxwé laxa 
gwibalasé. Wa, li véelaila gaxen qen li liq laxa la ‘nax-idEs 
lax'demas l4LeEx bex‘tinafyas Lanax'lanag'ekwe. Wai, latmésen 
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