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done. Now all the members of the numaym are dressed; || and after 
this, they send out four men to go and call again, | for the first 
valling of the tribes has been given the night before. | As soon as the 
messengers come back, they take a paddle and | stir with it the 
soaked salal-berries; and as soon as all the water | has been soaked 
into the salal-berries, they are mushy. Then the four men take || 
Jong-handled ladles and dip them | into the crabapples, and pour 
these on the soaked salal-berries. | They do not stop until all the 
crabapples have been put on the salal-berries. Then | they take the 
house-dishes and put them down heading | towards the rear of the 
house, and they stir the || salal-berries mixed with crabapples. When 
they are mixed, they | dip them out with their ladles from their 
small canoe into the house-dishes. Then they put them into the | 
house-dishes. When these are half full, there is enough in them; | 
and after they have done so, they take small dishes and put them 
down at | one side of the door. After doing so, they go again calling 
(the guests) ; || and when the people come who have been called, the 
speaker of the host stands up | and calls out to those who are coming 
in, and assigns to them their seats. Then he | says, ‘“ Walk 
on, chief, to your seat that belongs to your position!” | Every 
man knows his seat, | and they go right to it and sit down. As 
soon as |jall are in, they give the drum to the head tribe, | the 
Wa, gil'mésée gwalalila laas ‘yalagemeda mokwé, qa‘s li étsé‘sta, 
qa laéné‘matas vételk!tisase‘weda lélqwilanafyaxa ganuLé. Wai, 
gil'mésé gix aédaaqéda étséstiixs laé Ax‘édxa s@wayowé, qa 
xwéthga‘yés lixa péq!ignlité t!laqa, yixs laé ‘witwelaqéda ‘wapé 
laxa tleqa. Wi, hé*mis ligilas la genké. Wi, li ax‘édéda 
tsétsatséxsélelg-isé mok® bébrgwankrmaxés tséts@xLa, qa‘s ts@x‘I- 
dés laixa tsklx"sta, qa‘s li gtiq!eqas laxa pégrkwé t!eqa. Wii, 
al‘mésé gwatexs laé ‘witwelagéda tsElx"sta laxa tleqa. Wi, laxaé 
aixfédxa léloqililé, qa‘s gaxé mex‘alilplas. Wi, la‘mé gwégwe- 
emlit laxa ogwiwalilasa gOkwé. Wii, lax'da‘xwé xwételgendxa 
malaqEla t!eqa Lefwa tsElx'sta. Wa, gilfmese Inlgoxs laé tsé- 
xitsés tsétséxLa xwixtixwagtimé loqilila, qa‘s la tsEydselas laxa 
feloqulite. Wi, gilfmésé narngoyoxsdalaxs laé hi‘yaélats!4. Wai, 
gilfmésé gwalpxs laé ixsédxa felogiimé, qa g’axés meExél laxa 
ipsdstalilasa t!ex‘ila. Wii, gilf'mésé gwalexs lae eét!éed étsé‘sta. 
Wai, gilf‘mésé gaixé étséstinemas laé Lax‘ilita Elkwiisa k!wélasé, 
qa‘s q!ax'sidza‘yéx hogwitelaéna‘yasa bebregwanEmeé. Wa, hérm 
‘nég'atse: “Qasak'as giigima‘yi laxs g‘igilasads k!wa‘ya gigi- 
ma‘ya.’ Wii, li ‘naxwa‘ma bébregwanrmé q!alaxés k!watyé. 
Wi, lafmé hé‘nakiilazm laq, qa‘s li k!wag-alil lag. Wii, g:ilfmeésé 
‘witlaétexs laé héx‘idaem xeEmsasdsa meEnats!é lixa mektima‘ya 
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