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house to sing for the three who had stayed in the woods. | As soon as 
they were all in, the great shaman, | Fool, arose and spoke, and said, 
“© friends! | take your batons and beat quick time on your boards 
for a long time. | And as soon as you stop beating, then make no 
sound for a long time. || Then you will again beat fast time on your 
boards. You will do so | four times, for I am thinking of our great 
friend | Q!walanénega. Therefore I wish that you should beat four 
times on your | boards, for we shall try to be successful, for she may 
come into this | winter dance-house this night; and also these shall 
hear her sing her sacred song.’ || Thus said Fool. They never 
heard | her singing her sacred song, and they only sang the songs of 
the | three—the war-dancer, the tamer-dancer, and the fire-dancer. | 
And after they had finished, they went out. For two | nights they 
went in vain to the dance-house, and || four times they beat the 
boards in vain. Then the Nak!wax'da‘x" went out | to sleep. And 
they had not been asleep long, when the sound of the | sacred song 
came from the rear of the dance-house; and as soon as the sacred 
song was ended, | they heard the cannibal cry. There were no 
whistles. | This is what the Nak !wax da*x" call himdzrdzewé, || and 
it is called by the Kwakiutl onéqwa. | It is partly a great shaman, 
lobrekwé qa‘s g'axé q!emta qa yixwésa yadukwé gigiyak'Elax de. 
Wai, gilfem‘lawisé gax ‘witlaéia laa‘las Lax‘tliléda Swalasé pixila 
Nendlowé qa‘s yaq!pg‘a‘lé. Wai, la‘laé ‘néka: “ ‘ya, ‘né‘nEmokwai’. 
Wig'a dixtendexs t!emyayiqés qa‘s ‘witlads gildés LéxedzodExs 
tlemédzaqds. Wa, gilfemiwits q!wélidel laces gagilal tsemotala- 
LoL. Wa, lates ét!édel Léxedzodexs t!emédziqés. Wi, mop!r- 
nates hél gwéx‘‘idpré qaxgin gig'aéqelé gaxens ‘nEmOx"dzaé 
Q'walanénega. Héden lagita ‘néx: qa‘s modp!enads Léxedzodexs 
tlemédziqds qarns wawtildzewaéna‘yé qa g’axés@ gaxén laxa 
lobekwaxwa ganoLéx. Wai, hé‘mis qrens wiiLax‘aLelégé yilaq !wa- 
lasés yilaqilaya,’’ ‘néx~‘laé Nendlowé. Wa, la‘mé héwiixa wita- 
xfaLElaqé yilaqitla. Wa, dem‘lawisé denx‘its q!emq!emdrmasa 
yudukwéxa dlala Le‘wa hayalik‘ilalé Le‘wa nonitsé‘stalalé. Wa, 
gilfem‘lawise gwalexs laé hoqtiwelsa. Wa, ma‘tp!enxwa‘s laé 
ganotas wikrm lanaxwa ‘wi‘laévela laxa lobekwé qa‘s wiil*mé 
mop!Ena LexLéxa. Wa, laem‘lawisé ‘wi‘la hoqiwelséda Nak !wax'da- 
‘xwé qa‘s li méx‘éda. Wii, k-!és‘em‘lawisé gila méxax g-axaasa 
yilaq!wila laxa @rtana‘yasa lobekwé. Wa, gilfemlawisé q!iilbé 
yilaqtilaéna‘yaséxs laé himts!eg‘a‘la. Wa, larm k-!eas medzéses 
gwex'sdemas. Hérm gwe‘ydsa Nak!wax'da‘xweé himdzEdzEwe- 
sE'we gwex'sdemas. Wii, hé‘mis gwe‘ydsa Kwagule oneqwaxa 
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