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four days | to his wife, then all the men say, ‘‘Go on, let us | see the 
chieftainess of our chief ‘maxtiyalidzé,” | and they all go into the 
door of the house. Then the || leader says, “‘We come to see the 
back of the chieftainess of | ‘maxttyalidzé.” If she is a good chief- 
tainess, she arises and | takes her belt. She lifts her blanket so that 
it is | just below her knees. Then she puts on her belt; | and after 
doing so,she quickly spreads mats on the floor || for those to sit on who 
come to see her back. Then she | gets food for those who come to 
see the back of the chieftainess of ‘maxtiyalidzé. | 
This is called by the Indians ‘‘a good chieftainess of the chief,’ 
who does | this, and they call her mdédzit (=lifting-blanket-in-the 
house), because she lifts her | blanket, and puts on her belt. She is 
a bad || chieftainess of the chief if she just sits down when those come 
in who come to see her back. | She just asks her husband’s young 
men to | take care of the food that she is going to give. After those 
have eaten who come to see her back, | they go out. Often the 
chief | tells his chieftainess to go away, and to go to her house, 
because the chief is ashamed || if the chieftainess does not lead his 
tribe to their places when they | come into his house. That is all 
about this. | 
smaxtiyalidzé. Wii, gilfmésé mop!enxwa‘s qadzéLayag'ulé ‘maxt- 
yalidzixés genmmé laé ‘naxwatma bébregwanrmeé ‘nék'a: “ Wedza- 
x‘ins dogwig'alilaxdx modzilaxsens giigimatyax laxox ‘maxityali- 
dziix.” Wii, laxdafxwé hogwira lixa t!ex‘iliisa gokwe. Wii, la 
‘néké galagiwatyas: “G-aixenux" dogwigwalilax modziléxs ‘ma- 
xuyalidzé,” néke. Wa, giilfmésé ék'a modzilé laé héx-idarm 
Lax‘tlitla qafs dax*idéxés wiiség'and. Wa, li mds‘idxés ‘nex‘t- 
nafyé qa halspla‘més benigawés Okwiix'afyas laé wiiség-ofyotsés 
witség'anowé. Wai, g'ilfmésé gwala laé hanakwila Lep!alitelasa 
lénlwatyé qa k!wadzililtsosa dogwig'alitiiq. Wi, lafmé la ax‘édxa 
ha‘miitasa dogwig'alilix modzilas ‘maxtiyalidze. 
Wii, héem gwe‘ydsa bak!umé 6x: méodziltsa giigimatya hé 
gwex'se. Wa, hérem lagiilas Légades modzil, yixs laé mds‘idxés 
énpxtinatyé qass witség'ofyodésés witiség'ano. Wiax'éda ‘yax'sEmé 
modziltsa gig’imafyé 4mésé k!waélexs gaxaé hogwiLréda dogwi- 
galiliiq. Wa, &tmés la ixk !alé li¢wtnemaséxa hi‘yalfa qa hé'més 
fiaxsilax himgvilayOLaséq. Wa, gilfmésé gwal hit*mapéda dogwi- 
gvalitiiq, laé hoqtiwelsa. Wi, li q!imala 4em hex‘fidafma gigima‘yé-— 
qayawelsaxés modzil ga lis nii‘nak" lixés g-dkwe, qaxs max’ts!aéda 
gigima‘yaxs k'lésaé q!ax‘sidzatyés modzilaxés goktilotaxs g'axaé 
hogwit lax gokwas. Wa, lawésta laba. 
