BOAS] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 738 
shaman knows that he will lie in bed fora long time. || And when the 
place which he has been sucking really turns blue (?), | the shaman 
knows that he will get well quickly. | That is all I know about the 
matter that I am talking about. | 
K- !AEMODELANAGA 
The Nak!wax'da‘x" were living at Tégtixstéi. | Their chief was 
Qilidé. He was giving a winter dance that winter. | 
Then the sister of Q!idé, Q!walanénega, disappeared. She had 
not | disappeared long, when Q!walanénega became sick at the place || 
where the Nak!wax'da‘x" stay when they disappear, a mountain on 
the ground back of | Tégtixsté*. She had not been there long, when 
she became really sick. | Then her brother Q!idé became uneasy, 
because he saw that | fe sister could not recover; and Q!idé called 
the | chiefs of his tribe, the Nak !wax'da‘x", and the head shamans, 
into his house || after midnight. And when they were all inside, | 
Q!adé told them that his sister Q!walanénega was dying. | Then the 
great shaman Lébid spoke, and | said, “Look into your hearts, 
chiefs! for evidently the | supernatural powers of the woods are not 
near the place where our sister is staying ||in her house, and the 
young woman who has disappeared was menstruating. | This 
frightened away the spirits of the woods which were coming to help 
_ our sister. | Now, I wish that she come out of the woods, and that 
Llax'wida, wii, li qlaléda paxalaqéxs ga‘yililal qrlgwetra ts !Ex- qia 
begwanrma. Wi, giilfmésé Alak lala t!éx‘widé k-!ax"motas, wii, 
lafmé q!aieléda paixiliqéxs halililere éx-‘idia ts!éxtq!a brgwa- 
nema. Wa, héem waxen q!alé laxen la gwagwax's‘alasa. 
K- !AEMODELANAGA 
G-okilaéda Nak!wax'da‘xwé lax Tégiixsta‘yé. Wa, la‘laé gigi- 
ma‘yasé Q!idé yiwix'Elaxa la ts!4wtinxa. 
Wa, lanm‘laé xis‘édé wiiq!wiis Q!idés Q!walanénega. Wai, k-!és- 
‘latla giila x‘isalas laapl ts!ex'q!ex‘ida yix Q!walanénega lax laasas 
xix'ksaliisa Nak!wax-da‘xwa raap!afyasa nek‘!esé lax artis 
Tégiixstatyé. Wa, la‘laé gagilaxs liarl dlax‘id ts!mxq!la. Was, 
larm‘laé nolé witiq!wiise Qlidé qaxs Iemaarl doqtilagéxs k:!eAsaé 
ewex“idaas la éx<idés wtiq!wa. Wii, latlaé Qlidé eélts!odxa 
wig pgimatyases g ce oktlota Nak!wax'da‘xwé LE‘wa pépEXEema‘yasxa 
la gwat nkgeg’éxa ganuLé. Wai, gil‘em‘lawise ‘wi‘laétexs laé nele 
Qladasés wtiq!we Q!walanénegixs Ip‘maé wawék:!nq!a. Wa, 
héx“idafem‘lawis ‘yaq !pg-a‘léda ‘walasé pixilé Léebidé. Wai, larm‘laé 
‘nék’a: ‘‘Wég-a dodqwalaxs nendqa‘yaqos gig bgameé* qaxs k'!eAsaa- 
xent nexwalasa ‘nax“niwalak!tisa lax ixdsasens wiiq!wa Jaxés gi- 
gok!wala. Wi, laxpnte éxentanodkwa éalq!asa x‘isalotsé. Wa, 
hée‘mis kilemsa haiyalilagasasa aL!é gax hélelsaxens wtq!wi. 
Wii, la‘mésen ‘nénk-léqrla qa g'axlag‘isé lolt!a qa gaxésé qrlgwil 
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