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on their shoulders the empty | ladles. They dance on each side of 
the woman while || she is dancing, two on each side of her. | The 5 
four men do not dance long before | they go back to where the oil- 
boxes have been put down. All four of them | dip into the oil with 
their ladles until they overflow. Then | they go, so that the oil 
drips out, and they give it to the chiefs, || and the chiefs stand up. 10 
They take hold of each end of the | overflowing ladle; and then the 
men who handled the ladles say to each of them, | ‘‘ Now, chief, draw 
this in with your breath,” mentioning his | name. Then they really 
drink all the oil; and | if some of the chiefs can not drink it, they 
just || put their lips to the ladle and pour it | into the feast-dish. 15 
They continue doing this, although they have now | stopped singing 
their feasting-song. When the | oil-ladle reaches the rival of the host 
who gives the salal-berry and | crabapple feast, the ladle is filled 
entirely with oil; and || they treat it roughly when they go to the 99 
place where (the rival) is sitting, so that the oil drips out, | and the 
young man who brings it pretends not to see him in his seat, and 
thus he lets | the oil drip on the chief who is sitting down. Then 
he stands up | and speaks, and sends out some men of his | numaym 
to bring a hundred blankets, or even two hundred. || Then some men of 25 
hox‘tlt!alilatsa mokwe bebrgwanrkm wiwix'sEyap !alaxa lopemts!4- 3 
we tsétséxLa, qa‘s yix‘wide. lax ‘wax’sagawalilasa ts!edaqaxs 
yixwaé. Wii, la‘mé maéma‘lokwa bébregwankrmé lax ‘wax’sagawa- 5 
lilas. Wa, k-lést!@ géoilit yixwéda médkwé bébregwanrmxs laé 
aLé‘sta lax hix‘hdni‘lasasa dédgngwats!é, qa‘s li ‘naxwaxs mokwaé 
tséstasés tsétséxita laxa Llé‘na. Wa, la Alak'!ala tsétsextlaxs laé 
qas‘ideda ts!éts!aoqtilxnalaxa Llenixs laé tséqrlilax gig ngima‘yé, 
Wai, héx‘ida‘mésé Laxtimg ililéda gigngima‘yé, qa‘s dadebEndéxa 10 
tsétsawek ‘iliixa L!éna tséx~a. Wa, hé*mis la ‘nég-atsa tsatséxsilElg-isé 
begwangrma: ‘Wa, gigimatyi, lanm xumt!édLonai’,” Léxedex Lé- 
gemas. Wai, la‘mé alax‘‘id nax‘idéda nénaq !enoxwaxa L!éna. Wii, 
gilfmésé wayats!ala naqéda wadkwé gig ngimatya laé 4em him- 
gviigendxa tsétsawék‘ilaxa Li!éna tséx~a, qa‘s li giiqryints 15 
laxés Joqtila. Wa, la‘mé héx’siizm gwégilaxs wax‘maé laral 
q!welidéda k!wame‘lala denxrla. Wa, g‘il’mése lag‘aa tseq !éna- 
fyasésa Liéna laxa haiyotasa k!wélasasa malaqrla t!eqa Letwa 
tselx"stiixs laé Alax‘‘id la q6t!amasxa tséxuiisa L!éna. Wa, Ja 
éattsilaxs laé gttydlela lax k!waé‘lasas, qa tsawék-ilésa L!éna. 20 
Wii, li ésbola doqtilaqéxs k!waélaé. Wai, hétmis 1a tsawéx-‘aip- 
latsa Liéna lixa gigima‘yaxs k!waélaé. Wi, hé‘mis la Lax‘tili 
‘latsé, qa‘s yiq!ng'a‘le. Wa, la‘mé ‘yalaqasa g'ayolé lax ‘netmé- 
motas, qa liis gemxaxa lik:!endé p!Elxelasgema Loxs ma‘lp!rnya- 
eae. Wi, li héx‘ida‘mésé la hoqtiwelsé ‘nE‘mémotas. Wé, lanm 
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