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they come home to the owners of the souls. And then they tell | 
where they have been, and what they have seen where they have been 
all around our | world, and that is what we call dreams, the news that 
are told by the souls || when they come back to us.’’ Sometimes the 
souls come back the wrong way, | when they return to the owner of 
the soul, and then the soul is hurt,—| when it comes quickly and goes 
in crosswise, or upside down, into the | body of the owner of the soul. 
Then the soul is not strong enough | to come out where it is held, and 
the man at once looks sick. || He is not strong. He does not die 
quickly, | but he asks a enon to cure him, and to feel for his | 
sickness. Then the sides of the head | and the back of the head are 
first felt of by the shaman, and last he feels of the top of the | head. 
Then he knows that something is wrong about the soul. || And the 
shaman tells him that his soul is in the wrong way. Then the 
man | asks the shaman to put the soul right when | night comes. 
Thus he says. And the shaman only says that he will | do so. Then 
the shaman goes out of the house | into the woods and breaks off the 
tops of hemlock-branches, || and he makes a ring out of them, 
through which he makes the man go. | When the ring is done, he 
hangs it up under the shelter of a thick | tree. Then he leaves 
it. As soon as night comes, a man goes to | call a number of 
g@axaé ‘witla ni‘nak" laxes bex‘tinayédé. Wai, hé:mis la ts!ek: !atn- 
Tze laliilasé Lewes dodegilé laxés lalilase laxox aAwi'stiixsens 
‘nalax. Wa, hé*mésens gwe‘yO méxa‘yé ts!ek:!alemasens bex‘tina- 
eyaxs g'axaé lalaqa gaxens. Wa, lii q!tinala 6dzmgaarnleda brxt- 
nafyaxs gaxaé lalaqaxés bex‘tnayéde. Wa, héem yilgwatsa 
bex‘tinafyaxs yix'ak’rnaé, yixs gayalaé Loxs ék‘!laxsdalaé lax 
ok!wina‘yasés bex‘tinayédé. Wa, la k-leas lixwésa bex‘tinatyé qass 
gax*wEqiwé laxés la xek'!layaasa. Wii, héx'‘ida‘mésé ts!ex'q !ema- 
lax“idéda begwanemé. K°lés la laloqwala. Wii, la k'!és gryol! 
fe‘la. Wa, hétmis la hayalik!aatséxa pixila qa lis p!éx*widex 
ts!px'q!dlemas. Wa, li héem gil p!éx‘witsd‘sa pixilé @wanodLE- 
mafyas LE*wis i eae Wa, la Elxnala p!éx‘widex Oxxii‘yas 
x‘Omsas. Wa, la‘mé q!aatElaqéxs odzasaé bex‘tinatyas. Wai, 
léda piaixala nélaqéxs ddzasaé bex‘tnatyas. Wa, latméséda brgwa- 
nemé hawaxelaxa paxila qa wigés helidtex bex‘iinatyas qo 
ganolidxo, ‘neké. Wa, a*méseda paxila nék'exs le‘maé wiig'it hé 
gwex‘idELé. Wii, la‘mésé lawelséda pixila laxa gokwé qa‘s li 
aLesta laxa aL!é qa‘s Ll!ex¢widéxa ‘nenwalagwata‘yasa q!waxé. 
Wi, latmé qenayogwilaq qa‘s qex'Eléxa begwankemé. Wa, gil- 
‘mésé gwala qrnayowé laé téx‘tilsaq laxa t!enyag‘atyasa Lekwé 
Laisa. Wa, gax'mé bas. Wa, gil‘mésé ganolidexs laé qas‘idéda la 
Lélalaxa edlak:!ené bébkgwanrem qa liis Léxémilxa pixilaxs héle- 
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