Boas] BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 745 
sitting | behind his head, and many wolves walking around him. || 
Gilalalit was the name of the great wolf | behind whose head the 
man was sitting. Then they recognized | that the man was Q!égéd, 
who was singing a sacred song. Then the old people | told all the 
men and women to purify themselves at once. | Then all the men 
and || women broke off hemlock branches back of the | houses, and 7 
went into the water in front of the houses, and | all washed them- 
selves with hemlock branches. The great wolf | G'ilalalit was stand- 
ing still as though he was watching the | many wolves, what they 
were doing. After the people had finished purifing themselves || 
and had gone out of the river, they sat down in front of | the house 7 
of Q!égéd. They were watching what was going to happen. | They 
cleared the house of Q!égéd. | When Q!égéd saw the men sitting on 
the ground, he got off from the neck | of Gilalalit, and stood on the 
beach. Then || Gilalaht and the many wolves went back into the 
woods. Q!égéd stood on the beach | singing his sacred song, and all 
the men made ready | to catch him. When the men | went towards 
Q!égéd, who was standing on the beach, he pointed with the | thing 
that he held, which was like a baton, towards the mountain on the 
other side of the river. || And immediately the mountain caught fire. 
Laatilaxa begwanrmé. Wé, hérm‘liwisa q!enkmé GaLaneEm gi 
lesstalaq. Wi, héem Légaders Gilalalitéxa ‘walasé Gtankmxa k!wax- 
Laatalixa brgwaneme. Wa, lanm‘laé ‘malt!legaareléda ber- 
ewankmeé, hé*mée Qlégedéda yilaqtla. Wa, lazm‘laéda q !iilsq!tl- 
yakwé ‘nex qa afmés héx‘idarm ‘wila q!éqrlax‘idéda ‘naixwa bé- 
brgwinrm LE‘wis ts!édaqé. Wi, héx-‘idarm‘lawisa ‘naxwa bébr- 
gwankm LE‘wis ts!édaqé la L!ex‘wid laxa q!waxé lax aLandfyasés 
gig okwé, qa‘s li hoxsta laxa ‘wa nEqEmalisasés gigokwe. Wai, 
lapm‘laé ‘nixwa q!wax‘eta. Wi, dem‘laiwisa ‘walasé aLankmxa 
Gilalalité @ilés hé gwéx's xits!laxilax gwéewiilagilidzasas Lefwa 
q!énEmé GaLanEma. Wa, gilfem‘lawisé gwala q!éqplax~<idé laa‘lasé 
hox‘wtsta laxa ‘wa. Wi, lax'dafx"laé k!ts‘rlsa lax L!asand‘yas 
gdkwas Qlegedé. Wa, lazm‘laé doqwalaxés gwatyililasta. Wi, 
héx‘idarmia @xéwetsE’we gokwas Qlégéedé, wii, lanm‘laé doqi- 
lafma kiiits!esé bébegwanrm lax Q!égédiixs laé lixa lax 6xLaata- 
eyasa Gilalalité. Wi, dem‘liwisé la Latwés laalatasé gilfyagiida 
Gilalalité Le*wa q!énEmé GatanEma. Wi, larm‘laé Q!égédé Lafwis 
yilaqtila. Wa, larm‘laéda ‘naxwa bébrgwankm xwanalela qa‘s la- 
lage daq. Wa, gilfem‘lawisé ‘wifla qas‘idéda bébregwinrEm gwe- 
‘yolrla lax Latwidzasas Q!égédé laaflase Qlegéde noxéwitsés daa- 
kwé hé gwex's t!emyayo laxa neg‘ii lax Apsdtasa ‘wa. Wa, hé- 
xidarmlawisé ‘naxwa xixedé dgtima‘yasa neg’. Wi, la‘laé 
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