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the greatest feast given to many tribes. Next to the | viburnum- 
berry feast is the seal feast, which is given to many tribes. || These are 
put into house-dishes, the killer-whale | dish, hair-seal dish, whale 
dish, sea-lion dish, | beaver dish, grizzly-bear dish, wolf dish, and | 
Dzo’noq!wa dish, and also into the double-headed | serpent dish. 
These which I name are the dishes out of which they eat at great 
feasts, || and belong to the various numayms of the different tribes. 
When they have a winter dance in winter, they come together to 
have a great dance, | all the tribes. They are invited by the one who 
is going | to give a viburnum-berry feast. When they go the first 
time to invite, | they put down all the berry-boxes on the left-hand 
side of the door of the || feasting-house inside, and also oil-boxes. 
Generally | there are two boxes full of oil to be poured into ten 
boxes | of viburnum-berries, when these are given at a feast. There 
are also the various kinds of house-dishes. | There are always four 
kinds. These are | left outside the feasting-house. The || small 
long dishes for feasting are placed behind the boxes containing the 
berries and the | oil-boxes, and the spoon-baskets are also | put 
where the small dishes are. Mats are then spread all round the 
house | for the guests who are to eat the viburnum-berries to sit 
down on when they come. When | those who are to eat the 
viburnum-berries have come in, after having been called four times, || 
lasaé k!wéladzema laixa q!énemé lélqwilatafya. Wii, hé‘mé gwiisa 
t!rlsa mégwatélixa mégwataxs sakwélag‘ilaéda q!enemé lélqwila- 
tafya. Wii, hiifstaem tex"ts!oyo laxa leloqililéxa max‘énoxwé 
loqitilila Letwa mégwaté, LE‘wa gwe‘yimé, LE‘wa L!éxEné loqilil 
LEwa ts!awé loqilila, Le‘wa nané, LE‘wa aLanEmé loqilila, LE‘wa 
dendexiigése*we dzdnoq!wa foqtilila; wi, hé‘misLeda ‘waxsgemlilé 
siskyOLa. Wi, hi‘staem ha‘maats!éxen 1a LéLEqrlase‘wa lixa 
ixndgwadis laxa ‘nal*ne’mémasasa odgiixseEmakwé lélqwilara‘ya. 
Wa, hé*maaxs laé tsléts!éqa la ts!iwtinxa, laé ts!ets!iquwéda 
Léeleliixa ‘naxwa lélqwilatafya. Wii, li é‘lilasm‘wa yisa t!rlséla- 
taxa t!elsé. Wi, gilfmésé la giiléda g-alé‘sta Lé‘lalaxs g-axaé 
meEx‘alitelayewa t!ét!elyats!¢ laxa gemxotstaliflas t!ex‘iliisa t!els- 
tlayats!@Lé gokwa; wi, hé'misa dédengwats!é L!éniixs q!i- 
nilaé ma‘itsema dédengwats!é L!ée‘nixs k!tingemaxsésa nEqasgemé 
tlet'!nlyats!éyé k!wéladzemasa begwanrmé. Wi, hé‘misa foqili- 
faxs hémenilaé mowéxia laxés gwegwex’sdemé. Wi, hérem 
mEXEsa Llasand‘yasa t!elstlayats!ene gokwa. Wi, hé*mista ‘wi- 
‘la mpxolita lélogiima atalilasa tlet!elyats!é Le‘wa dedengwats!é 
Liéna; wi, hé*misa k‘ék-ayats!@ gax hix'hinéla lax mémeExdli‘- 
lasasa lélogtimé, yixs le‘maaxat! Lepsé‘stalékwa g’dkwasa téElwa‘yé 
qa kliidzedzewiltsdltsa tlelst!lastaxa tlelse. Wi, g-ilfmésé ‘wit- 
laéLéda t!elst!astaxs laé mop!Ené‘sta é@tsé‘stasE‘wa, lii héxtidarm 
