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sitting on the ground, and he spoke first, || and said, ““O son-in-law! 
What do you think about what we | were doing here last night?” 
Thus he said. I just listened to him, and I | replied to him. I said 
to him, “It was a great thing that you did, for | you broke the coffin 
of the one who would have been | not a little sick.”’ Thus I said to 
him. Then he laughed and said, || “That is not my wish, son-in-law. 
It is the supernatural power which told me to do | so, and the soul 
of the sick woman which I | saw flying about inside of the house. | 
Therefore I did so, and broke the coffin.’ Thus said the great | 
shaman. || f 
Then I asked him about the soul, whether the soul is large or | 
small. He said, “O son-in-law! Did you not see | the soul last 
night, which came and sat on my hand? | It is the size of our thumb, 
when it shrinks and | becomes small; then I put the soul on top of 
our || head, and it grows so that it is of the same size as our body, for | 
the body is the house of the soul, for the souls have no houses. | They 
just fly about day and night. | And the owner of the soul is their 
resting-place, and our body is their house. | Those who say that souls 
have houses || in this world lie. They have no houses. They just | 
fly about our world. In the morning when it is nearly daylight, | 
k!wag'akls laxa mak‘alarm lax k!wadzasas. Wi, hé:mis g’il yaq!£- 
gatta. Wi, la ‘nék'a: ‘“‘ya, negitmp, wilds naqatyaqos qaEns gwe- 
gwilagililasax ganoxé,” ‘nék’é. Wa, len dem horélaq. Wa, len 
nasnaxmeq. Wa, len ‘nék'rq: “LoOmatmaasas gwex‘idaasds, yixs 
laaqds ‘nek’ qats tsotsox"sendadsaxa drg‘ats!é laxsdiisa k*!ésé 4am 
gwase ts!ex'q!a,”’ ‘nék'entag. Wii, li daltida. Wa, li ‘nék‘a: 
“Waltlilawésen, negiimp, hémaasé ‘nawalakwa ‘nék’ qen hé gwe- 
xidé. Wii, hé'misé bex‘tinatyasa ts!ex’q!a ts!edaiqxg in latmegin 
doqiilaqéxs gaxtmaé p!axi‘lila lax AwiLeliisa gokwé. Wa, hémé- 
sen lagita hé gwex’‘id tsotsOx"sEndxa drg‘ats!é,”” nék-éda ‘walasé 
pixila. 
Wa, la‘mésen witraq laixa bex‘tinatyé wix’se ‘walas‘maé LO‘ 
Ema‘tya bex‘tinatyé. Wa, la ‘nék-a: “ya, negtiimp, ésas doqtilaxa 
bex‘tinatyax ganoLéxa g axe k!wadzox"ts!anend g*axen, yixs 
yiemaé ‘walasens qomax'ts!anatyéx, yixs laé k-!ehwiittsenda qa‘s 
aimix‘idé lig'in ligaatelots lax bekwinokwas lax Oxuiifyaxsens 
x'dmséx laé q!wax‘ida qa‘s li yirm la ‘walasens ok!wina‘yéx qaxs 
yusmaé gox"sa bex‘tinatyens Ok!winatyéx, qaxs k!efsaé g*dx"sa 
bex‘tinatye yixs ffmaé p!eLEmé@‘stalaxox ‘nalax Le‘wa ganoce. 
Wi, li héem x‘dyatsés bex‘tinayédé qaxg'ins nogwamék’ g'dx"s 
yixens 6k!winatyex. Wai, lii velk!waéda nék'eq gogwadéda bex‘ti- 
nafyé laxa iwinak!tsé, yixs k'l!efsaé gokwa. La fem hémenalarm 
p!eLemé‘stala Jaxens ‘nalax. Wai, gilfmésé rliq ‘nax-fidxa gaaliixs 
