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burned. And this is the most real attempt at | putting out the fire 
of a feast that I have seen. The feastgiver of the Lawéts!és had 
two hundred | blankets and five canoes, | and also small coppers. 
This is the | worst thing that chiefs do when they really get angry, 
and || at such a time the house-dishes are scorched by the fire. | 
When all this is done, they go out. Then | the floor of the house 
is soaked with oil. | The numaym of the host go out and carry the 
house-dishes and the small | canoe that served as a feast-dish to those 
to whom they belong; and as soon as they have been carried out, it is 
finished. || That is all about this. | 
Feast oF QOr!XoLé 
Now, when the winter comes, the owner of the qot!xolé | intends 
to give a feast to his people of berries mixed with oil. | Then he sends 
out the young men belonging to his numaym to | call his guests; and 
as soon as they go, his wife takes the || dishes and puts them down 
next to her place, and also her spoons, | and shredded cedar-bark to 
Wipe out the dishes | and spoons. Now she wipes them out while 
her | husband is clearing out the house. He also spreads down | 
mats for his guests to sit on; and he takes out the || box containing 
the berries and oil, which is put down at the left-hand side of the | 
door of the house. As soon as the young men have called four 
xElasgemasa khwélasé Lawéts!ésa; wi, hé‘misa sek‘!ats!aq® xwa- 
xwikliina; wi hé*misnéda Llinlagimé. Wi, hémm lak lala 
‘yax'sEm gwegilatsa gig pgimatyé, yixs flak: !alaé larlwis‘ida. Wa, 
hé‘mis la ‘nixwarm la k!wek!imelx‘‘idaatsa létoqtlilé. 
Wa, gil‘mésé gwalexs laé hoqtwelsa. Wii, la‘mé ‘naixwarm 
la Leqé iwinagwilasa g‘Okwasa L!éna. Wii, Afmise la ‘wi‘la la 
kaddalé ‘ne‘mémotasa k!wélasaxa leloqililé Lecwa téloqrla xwa- 
xtixwagtim lax kikik-rlaq. Wa, gil*mésé ‘witlaweElsexs laé gwala. 
Wa, la‘me gwal laxéq. : 
Feast or Qor!xoLé 
Wi, la‘més ts!aiwtnx‘idexs laé ‘nénk'!éx‘idéda qodadiisa qot!- 
xolé, qa‘s wiig’é qotqwatamasxés g‘dktloté lixa Liikwé qot!xola. 
Wi, la‘mésé ‘yalaqasa hi‘yalfa geaydl laxés ‘ne‘mémoté, qa liis 
Lé‘lila. Wa, gilfmésé laxs laé héx‘‘ida‘mé g'enEmas ix‘édxés 1oEl- 
qiwé, qa‘s gaxé mex‘alitelaq lixés k!waélasé Le‘wis kak-Ets!n- 
naqé LE‘wa qloyaakwé k‘adzekwa qa‘s dédng‘igandxés lorlq!we 
LE‘wa kak-ets!enagé. Wa, la‘me dédrgigas liq, yixs laaLés la- 
‘winkmé ékwaxa Awi'stalitlasés e-okwée. Wai, laxaé Lep!alitelaxa 
lerlfwa‘yé, qa k!wadzEwésolts Lé‘lanemias. Wi, hé*misa L!lagwa- 
ts!@ qot!xolé Lawatsixs gixaé hinstolilas lax gmmxotsalilas t!Ex‘t 
lis gdkwas. Wi, gilfmésé modp!ené‘stéda hatyalfa la étsé‘staxs 
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