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62 and restore our sister so that she will live. | You will only bring bad 
luck to our sister if you | attempt to go to see her before four days 
have passed. That is all,| Chief Q!idé.”’ Thus said Fool, the great 
65 shaman. || As soon as he stopped speaking, he went out. | 
Immediately Q!idé did the work that he was told to do by the | 
great shaman in the way he was to make the bedroom for Q!wala- 
nenega. When | it was finished, Q!iidé left. Now, the | heart of 
Qtiidé was really sick on account of his sister, for he saw that his 
sister || was really dead; for he distrusted the words of | the great 
shaman, for Qi!d@ always opposed the shamans. | Therefore he 
was really crying as he was walking along. Ql!idé thought | he 
would obey the advice given by the great shaman, | and Q!idé 
never went near the place where his sister was lying down. | 
75 Now, two nights had passed since the dead | Q!walanénega had 
been comand nail red cedar-bark. When night came, she was 
heard | talking with the one who is called Helemil. And | Q!wila- 
nénega said that she had no sacred song; and Q!walanénega said 
again, | “Go on, now, Hélemit, supernatural one! bring me back to 
80 life, so that I || may be named Q!ilents!@semaga.” For a while | 
Qliilents !ésemaga was silent, as she was speaking with Hélemil, | 
and then Q lilents léspmaga sang this sacred song: | 
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62 sox. Wi, demralts next qa‘s afmélamaséLos laxens wiiq!wax 
qaso g'axL dox‘wideElqox gwas‘afyasa mop!Enxwa‘sé ‘nila. Wii, yu- 
emoq, gigime’, adii Q\idi;’? ‘néx‘laé Nendlowexa ‘walasé pixila. 
65 Wi, gilfem‘lawisé q!wéel‘idexs yaq!ent!alaaxs laé lawelsa. 
Wi, héx“idarm‘lawisa gigima‘ye Qliide eax*eda lax gwe‘yasa 
‘walasé paxila qa LSM ATS qrlgwilasas Q!wilanénega. Wii, g‘il- 
‘em‘lawise gwiilaxs g"axaé Qlide bas. Wi, larm‘laé fla ts!exflé 
naigafyas Q\idé qaés wiiq!wa, qaxs lefmaé doqiilaxés wtiq!wiixs 
_70 lefmaé Alak-!ala tela qaxs wioq!ustsokwalaé Q!idix alé waldemi- 
‘liilasa ‘walasé paixila qaés lélak!walaéna‘yé Qliidiixa pépixila. 
Wii, hé‘mis lagitas ala q!waq!tits!eqrla. Wii, lalana ‘nénk: !éqn- 
lafme Q!idé qa‘s ninagég’émeéx Léxs‘alaydsa ‘wilasé pixilag. Wa, 
la‘mé héwixa Q!idé la ‘nexwabalax qrlgwi'lasasés wtiq!wa. 
75 Wa, hé‘lat!a la ma‘texse ganoras la Llat!egekilakwa 1a te‘lé 
Q!walanenegiixs laazl ét!ed gano_exs laarl wiLax‘aLelexs laé 
yaéq!ent!ila Lewes gwrtya Heélemil. Wii, larm‘laé ‘nek Q!wa- 
lanénegiixs k-lefsaé yiila'x"Lena. Wii, latlaé et!ed nék@ Q!wala- 
nénega: “ Wiigilla Hetemilts ‘nawalak q!tilaxidamasol g:axen qEn 
80 wiig'iten Légadelts Qttilents!@semaga.”’ Wi, gagilaem‘lawisé 1!r- 
k: lala Qitilents semaga laxés laénatyé yaéq!int!ala 16° Hétemil. 
Wii, la‘laé yiilaqwe Qliitlents !ésemaga yisg'a: 
