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18 she go to bed | in this winter-dance house, so that she may be cured 
by the supernatural powers of the | winter-dance house.” Thus he 
20 said, and immediately all the chiefs || agreed to what the great 
shaman had said. And as soon as he | finished his speech, they 
went out. | 
When all the Nak!wax’da‘x" had gone to sleep, | four strong men 
were asked to go to the place where those who disappear assemble. | 
They carried with them a large mat on which Q!walanénega was to 
25 lie || when they brought her out of the woods. It was nearly day- 
light | when they came back, and they put down Q!walanénega | 
behind a board put on its edge at the right-hand side of the | dance 
house.’ As soon as she lay there, she was just | like dead, and they 
thought that she had died. She never || moved from morning, when 
daylight came, until the evening. Then | they called the great 
shaman of the Nak!wax’da‘x", whose name was Fool, | to feel of her, 
for Q!adé thought that his sister had died. | As soon as Fool finished 
feeling of her, | the great head shaman of the shamans, Fool, laughed, 
35 and said, || “O dear Q!idé! clean the bedroom of our child here, | 
and clear out everything in this room. When you have | done so, 
take a new mat without black stripes, and | spread it under your 
sister, and also her bedding, for | everything must be made new; 
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18 fires a lobekwéx qa wiigtilaxsé ‘eawalgerammaees ‘nax*nawalagwi- 
faxsa lobekwéx,”’ ‘nex’ eas. Wa, héx*‘idapm‘lawisa gig'rgimatyeé 
20 ‘naxwa éx‘ak‘ex waldemasa ‘walase pixdila. Wi, gil'em‘lawise 
ewalé wildemaseéxs laarl hoqtwelsa. 
' Wa, giilfem‘lawisé ‘naxwa méx‘édéda Nak!wax'da‘xwaxs laé 
ixk !alase‘weda mokwe 1elak" bebrgwanrma qa lis laxa q!ap!rya- 
sasa x'ix'Esala dagilqrlaxa ‘walasé le°watya qa qrlgtidzEwéso‘s 
25 Q!walanénega qo g’axn lalt!anoto. Wa, laém‘lawisé elaq ‘nax"‘i- 
drexs eaxad aédaaqa. Wa, la‘mée qrlxtwalélemé Q!walanénega lax 
aradzélilasa k*!6gwilé ‘wadzo ts!ex"sem sadk" lax hétk:!otéwalilasa 
lobekwe. Wai, gilem‘lawisé qelxwalilemxs laé Alakl la ‘nemax-is 
Le‘wa 1a tp‘la. Larm‘laé k'dtaso® laem wik'!mx‘ida. Wi, héwixa- 
‘lat!a q!wenalidxa la ‘nax*fidxa giala. Wa, la‘laé dzaqwaxs laé 
Le‘lalase*weda ‘walasé pixiliisa Nak!wax'da‘xwéxa Legadiis Nenodlo 
qa lis p!ex‘wid qaxs le*maé ‘néek'é Qliidiiq larm wik:!px‘idés wti- 
qiwax'dé. Wi, gilfem‘lawisé Nendlowé gwal p!éxwaqéxs laarl 
daltidéda ‘walasé pexemésa pépixila Nendlowé. Wa, la‘laé ‘nék-a: 
35 ‘“fya, adi, yan Qlidé. Wég'a xektlélaxox qrlgwélasaxsens xiino- 
kwex qa‘s flads ékwaxwa ‘naxwax g’éx'gaéla. Wi, g-ilfemtwits 
ewal, wii lanes ix*édLex ts!ex'asa k'!és dzadzéqrlak® lefwatya qa‘s 
LEbaboliladsas laxox wiiq!wiqens. Wi, yi®mesdx mimaxs qa 
‘naxwa‘mésox ts!ex'asa. Wa, g'il’emlwéts gw atalita laaqos: ix‘edxa 
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