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47 viburnum-berries in the house-dishes. | He calls the young men of 
his numaym to carry the | house-dishes and to put them down in 
front of the tribe first in rank of those who are to eat the berries. 
50 Then | the young men arise and take off their || blankets, for they 
do not want to have them in the way if they should get twisted 
around their feet | when they lift the house-dishes. As soon as the 
blankets are off, | one of them, the oldest one, speaks, and tells | the 
young men to take hold of each end | of the house-dishes; and 
they all go and take hold of each end, and others take hold of the 
55 sides. Then || the eldest one shouts while he is standing in the house, 
“Wooyé!” | and the young men also cry all at the same time, 
“Wooyé!” | After they have done so four times, they lift the house- 
dish and | put it down in front of the tribe highest in rank among 
the tribes. These are the Mamaléleqila; | that is, if the Kwag-ul 
60 give the viburnum-berry feast. || Then the oldest one of the young 
men follows them; and as soon as they put the dish down in front 
of the guests, he says, | ‘This dish is for you, Mamaléleqila, for two 
of you, also for the Qwéq"sdt!énox".” | Then they shout as they did 
before, ‘‘Wooyé!”’ for the dish which they give to the Nimkish | and 
Lawéts !és. There are again two (tribes), and they receive one house- 
dish. Then they go to the | other house-dish and they cry ‘“ Wooyé!” 
65 and they put it down before the Maimtag‘ila || and Gwawaénox’. 
46 latafya, qa‘s gtnx‘idél ‘watwilaatxa tlelse g*éts!ixa lonlqitlile. 
Wi, li Lé‘lalaxa ha‘yaliisés ‘nmSmémoté, qa lalagis k‘ax'dzamotsa 
fornlqtlilé lixa mekwétemafyasa t!nlst!astaxa t!else. Wa, hé*mis 
la q!wag‘ililatsa hatyalfa. Wai, lanm ‘naxwa xanpmeg‘alilplaxés 
50 ‘naEnx‘ii‘natyé, qaxs gwaq!rlaé addzek'!alaq qo x‘ilpséslax laqéxs 
laé wig'rlilaxa tonlqtlite. Wiéa, gil'mésé ‘naxwa la xaxendlaxs 
laé yaq !mg'a‘téda ‘nemokwe lax q!tlyak!tigatyas. Wiis, lafmé wixaxa 
hifyat’a qa wégis dadebendxa loqilite. Wa, li ‘naxwa dadr- 
bendéda ha‘yal‘iiq. Wii, laxaé dédag‘iiga‘yéda wadkwaq. Wi, hé- 
55 ‘mis la ‘nég-atsa q!ilyak!iig'ayaséx &fmaé Lawila: “Wooyé!”’ Wai, 
li ‘nixwa ‘nég'abafya hityala ‘Snemadzaqwa: “Wooyé!”’. Wiis, 
hét!ala mop!endzaqwa wooyéxaxs laé wégililaxa loqtlilé qa‘s li 
hinx'dzamolilas laxa mpktima‘yasa lélqwilatat‘yexa Mamaléleqila, 
yixs Kwiag'ulaéda t!elst!afyasaxa t!elsé. Wii, li lasgemé q!tlya- 
60 kltigafyasa h&tyalfa, wii, gil'mésé hinx-dzamdlilema laé ‘nék-a: 
“Boqtilas Mamaléleqila ma‘itaces LO* Qwéq'sot!énoxwée”’. Wii, lii 
ét!éd héem gwék:!alaxs wooyéxaé, qa loqiliis ‘nemgésé LO° Lawe- 
tslésaxs ma‘itaé Lefwe lixa ‘neméxra loqilila. Wi, li étlétsa 
‘neméxta loqtilila wooyéxaxs laé k-ax'dzamdlilas lax Maiimtag-ila 
65 LO§ Gwawaénoxwe. Wiis, li é@t!étsa elxiatyé wooyéxaxs laé kax- 
