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86 to him, | which he is now paying back with his own crabapples 
that he has in the boxes; | for thus it is made clear, who was 
the one who had given a crabapple feast before. | Then the one who 
gives out the dishes says, as he | puts down the box with crabapples 
90 in front of the chief: “This dish is for you, Létegrmlila. || It is 
difficult for me to take this from you, chief.”’ [I just use | this name, 
Lélegemlila, for his name, in order to show plainly what they say | 
when they give out the house-dishes and the crabapple-boxes]. As 
soon as all | have been put down, they take the small dishes and put 
them | in front of the common people of the chiefs; and when they 
95 all have them, || then they eat with their spoons. They eat the 
crabapples. | The young men build up the fire with the dead cedar- 
wood to make the guests feel uneasy; | and when the fire in the middle 
of the feasting-house burns up well, | the speaker stands up and calls 
100 his | numaym together to assemble close to the door of the || feast- 
house. ‘Then he tells them to go ahead and | sing the new feasting- 
songs, for they have new songs made for a | crabapple feast the same 
way as they do for an oil feast or a viburnum-berry feast. | They all 
stand together in a circle. | Only the near relatives of the host and || 
5 the host’s daughter do not go there, because she | will dance. Now 
they sing the new feasting-song, | and immediately the daughter 
86 ma‘yasa alogtixsemakwé lélqwilata‘yaxa wax‘*mé k’!és q !éq !ets!ixa 
tsElx"sta, yixs hé‘maé Awelx‘isilase‘wéda tsétsElx"stag’ilaénoxwe 1a 
iélogwatsa tsétsElx"staats!é. Wii, g'a‘més waldemsa kak: !alelg‘isaxs 
léa hingemlilema tselx"staats !é laxa gigima*ye: “‘Loqilareés Létegpm- 
90 lila. Yafmen taxtimx‘itsewol lin gigimé*.’’? (La‘men fem Lék*Ane- 
max Lélegemlilasé qens Léqrlase‘wa, qa iwelg‘iltsiléx gwék !alasasa 
kak: lalelg-isé téloqilile, Letwa tsétsElx"staats!é.) Wii, gilfmése ‘wil- 
galitexs, laé ix‘étsE*wéda tsétsElx"stats lila lonlgtima, qa‘slik-ax’dza- 
molitelayo laxa brgtilida‘yasa g‘ig-Egima‘ye. Wii, g'il'mésé ‘wilxtoxs 
95 laé ‘yos‘itsés k-ak‘Ets!enaqé. Wii, la‘mé tsetselx"staagix*‘ida. Wai, 
la‘mé Alax‘‘id Inqwélax“‘idéda hi‘yal‘iisa L !edzekwé leqwa, qa ddzElqr- 
lésa tsEtsElx’staagwixa tsElx’sta. Wa, g‘il‘mésé flax‘id la x ix‘é- 
déda k!wélasdrma legwilexs Jaé Lax‘tlitéda Elkwé, qa‘s Lélaléxés 
‘ne‘memoté, qa g'axés q!ap!ég‘ilit laxa max‘stilitas Aiwiveliisa tsE- 
100 tsElx"stag*aats!@ gOkwa. Wai, la‘mé wiixaq qa wég'is k!wamilala 
denx‘étsa altsemé k!wéla‘yala q!emdema, qaxs q!emdadng‘itaéda 
tsElx"stiixs k!wéladzemae hé gwex'sa Liénag‘ila Le‘wa t!elstag‘ilixa 
tlelsé. Wi, la‘mésé ‘witla q !wagalita laxés k‘ilx-alaéna‘yé. Wi, la‘mé 
léx‘ramrm k'!és li max'mng‘ilé LéLerilasa tsElx"stag‘iliixa tsplx"sta. 
5 Wii, hé‘misé ts!mdaqgé xtindx"sa tsElx"stag'iliixa tsElx"sta, qaxs hé*maé 
yixwaé. Wi, la‘mé denx‘itsa k!wamilalayowe altsem q!smdrma. 
Wii, héx-fida‘mésé 1a lolt!aléléda ts!edaqé xiindx"s, qa‘s yix*widé. 
