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and immediately they sing his | feast-song. When the guests stop 
singing, | he calls a speaker from his own numaym, | who can speak 
well; and as soon as the speaker arrives, the one who came late tells 
the one whom he called | to promise a feast, and to say that he will || 
sell a canoe for it; for generally they say that they will sell a canoe, 
and this is the way they do in summer. | It is somewhat different 
during the winter-dancing season, when the messengers go back to 
look for those who have | not come in yet before the cannibal dancers 
and the Seal Society come in; and if | they do not find the one whom 
they want, and particularly a (chief's) beloved daughter, | if she 
stays away too long and does not come home, then they give up 
waiting, || and they just go and call the cannibal dancer and the Seal 
Society. | As soon as they come in and sit down in the rear of the 
house where the cakes of currants | are to be eaten, after making a 
speech in praise of them, (the messengers) | go out of the house. 
Then he sees the one for whom they went, | and who has arrived on 
the beach after having paddled. Then they go back into the house, 
and || tell the host that the one whom they could not find has arrived. | 
Then at once she is called in by the two | messengers; and when they 
come to the one whom they are calling, the two | messengers say, 
“Only you have been awaited! Come! We have been | sent for 
you by the host to bring you in.” Thus they say || to her. Then 
she puts on a good blanket, and, | after doing so, she walks among 
k!wélayalayis q!#mdema. Wa, gilfmésé q!welidéda k!wélaliixs 
laé Lélalaxa ég-ilwate lax yaiq!mntlilaxa elkwé gayol lax ‘ne‘mé- 
motas. Wa, gil‘mésé g-ixa laéda geneté laxés é‘lalasp‘wé, qa‘s 
ixk:lalaq, qa qasowés himiixasa xwak!tina, qaxs hé'maé q!tinala 
Léx*étso‘sa qasowé. Wi, hérm gwégilasxa héenxé. Wa, g’il‘mésé 
tsléts!éqaxs laé adgtifqéla, yixs laé dadoqittméda étsésta, yixs 
k !éstmaé g-ax hogwita haimats!a Le‘wa mérmgwaté. Wai, gil- 
‘mése k-!és q!axa telwegemé fafwené ts!edaqa, yixs laasnokwaé. 
Wa, gilfmésé xentela giila k'!és g’ix ni‘naktixs laé prx‘idaya. 
Wi, A‘misé la étséstasp‘wéda haimats!a LEfwa méEmgwaté. Wi, 
gil'mésé g'ax hogwiraxs laé klis‘alila laxa neqéwalilasa q !ésq!a- 
dzats!éraxa q!édzedzowé t!mqa. Wi, gil‘mésé gwala ts!elwaqiiqés 
laas lawrlsé laxa g'dkwé. Wi, li dox‘warrlaxa yalé é@tsestasd°xs 
gaxaé gax‘alisax séx‘widex'dé. Wii, li édéna laxa gokwé qa‘s 
li néntzlaxa k!wélasaxs gaix‘maé nii‘nakwa la ‘yagils étsé‘sta- 
sE‘'wa. Wi, héx*‘ida‘mésé la étsé@‘stasO‘sa GetséstkElgisé ma‘lokwa. 
Wii, gilfmésé lag-aa laxés étsé‘stase‘waxs laé ‘néx'da‘xwéda ma‘lo- 
kwé éetsé@‘stelg‘isa: “Arms la éts!éltse‘wa. Gélag‘a, g'ax‘mEnu‘x" 
‘nEenqbma ‘yalagemsa k!wélasé, qmnu‘x" gaxé Etséston,” ‘néx'daf- 
xweq. Wi, héx-‘idatmésé la ix‘édxés ék-é nex‘iini‘ya qa‘’s nex‘tin- 
dés. Wa, gil’mésé gwalmxs laé qigéxa 6@tsé‘stanrmaq. Wa, 
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