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it, | when you say that the shamans have spies who look out for |j 
the sick among all the men. There are no | spies such as you refer 
to, who tell them about sick people, and about the place} where to 
feel for sickness of the body. | 
And this is also a mistake, what you say, when you say | that the 
shaman names the price to be paid by the sick person |} whom he 
cures. | 
And this is also a mistake, when you say that the | shaman bites 
his tongue and swallows the blood, and yomits it, when | some one 
passes behind him when he is eating. | 
And this is also a mistake, when you say that the shaman sucks} 
at the place of the sickness and bites it to make a blue mark appear. | 
And this is also a mistake, what you say | about the soul being 
represented by dried berries; for there was a mischievous man, 
K’ !éso‘yak ‘ilis, | whose soul was restored by a female shaman of the 
Nimkish, whose | name was Hélagolsrla. KK’ !@so‘yak‘ilis said that 
it was made of dried berries, || what the shaman placed on her hand; 
and what she called his soul; but nobody | believed what K’ !éso- 
yak ilis said to all the people, | that it was dried berries, for K- !éso- 
‘yak’ jlis was an expert in making fun of | all the strange things that 
one sees done by the shamans. I have never | spoken with the 
shaman of the Nimkish, Hélagolsrla, and I do not || know whether 
it is true that these were dried berries or not, as was said by K’éso- 
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hé*méda pépixala Lex‘éd qa ‘waxaats ayiisa ts!px'q!iqéxs lae 
hélik-aaq. 
Wi, larmxaé Léqwa, wi, hé*meséxs ‘nék‘aaqdsaq q!ax“‘idéda 
pixilixes k-lilemé qa‘s neqwéxa Elkwa qa‘s hoqwalaxs laé qaya- 
p!entsoxs ha‘mapaé. 
Wi, larmxaé Léqwa, wii, hé*méséxs ‘nék‘aaqdsaqéxs k*!ex*we- 
5 daéda pixiliixa ixisasa ts!px'q!olem qa‘s q!ex‘idéq qa t!ex‘widés. 
Wii, lammxaas Léqwa yixés waldemos, wi, hé‘misa waldemos 
qaéda bex‘tina‘yéxa t!eqa, yixs Ailetaé begwankmé K°!ésotyak‘ilisxa 
la &x*itelodaydos brx‘tiné, yisa ts!mdaqé pixilasa ‘nemgésxa Léga- 
diis Hélagolsrla. Wii, la ‘nék-@ K:!ésotyak‘ilisagéxs t!eqaé axts!a- 
nafya®x afyasisa pixila, yix gwe‘yas bex‘tinatya. Wii, la k leds 
dq !isex K-!ésofyak‘ilisaxs laé ts!ek !atelaxa ‘naxwa béebrgwanrm 
‘néxqéxs t!eqaé, yixs égilwataé K-!ésotyakilisé lax armtlaliisa 
‘naxwa Emia dogtilts gwégilatsa pépixila. Wii, len héwiixa 
yatq!pg-att Leewa pixiliisa ‘nemgésé Hélagolsela. Wii, len k!és 
q!atelaq Lo® Alarm t!eqa 10° k:!és yix waldemas K-!éso‘yak-ilis 
