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once ok ike deaik ok Kis eneinv, and goes io ike place io wkick Ke Kas iold ike pain io rsinrn, ligkis a 6rs, talks io ike pain and io ike spirits wko are Kis guardians, ieks ike pain io de good and noi io tr^ io Karin kirn, and iksn snddenlv seizes it in Kis kands. Ike pnis ii carsknii^ inio a knnck ok keaiksrs wkick are worn ai dances, known as da/tsawi, and, ikns proiecied, Ke kidss ii securely nnder sorns large sions or in a Kollo w log ai a considerakie disiance krorn ike village. ^Vksn a skarnan Kas one ok iksss pains witk kirn, Ke rnnsi noi srnell an)i rneai, or kai, or cooking, nor rnnsi Ke sai rneai or kat. He rnnsi travel eniirelv alone, and carnp alone io ike windward ok ike kre. Ike pain and also ike spirii, koik call ike skarnan "kaiker." dikese pains are odiainsd or rnads dv ike skarnans kar np in ike rnonniains, akier rnnck lasting, prating, and talking io ike spiriis. Onl^ ike great skarnans conld knd or get ikern. Lrnallsr skarnans, wko kad onl)^ one or iwo weak spiriis, conld noi kave ikern, as ikeir spiriis were noi strong enongk. ^.ll ike great skarnans kave rnan^ spiriis, sorns ok wkorn are anirnals; and oikers, again, are snck as live in rocks, lakes, sic. d^ke skarnan rnnsi always do exactly wkat ike spiriis isll kirn, oikerwise Ke will Ke killed d^ ikern. ^Vken ike skarnans dance in ike dance-konss, and sing ikeir songs, or wken dancing and singing io cnre a paiisni, ike spirii wkoss song ike;r sing is supposed io corns io ike srnoks-kols, and iksrs rnaks iis ckaracierisiic noises. skarnan will sornsiirnes sing several songs, and ikns call several snck spiriis. In speaking io ike spiriis, iks skarnans nse words ikai are noi nsed in everv-dag spesck. d^ksse words are kepi vsrv secretly, and ii Kas keen possikle io secnre kni a vsr^ ksw. Nan^ siories are iold ok ike pnniskineni overtaking ikose wko do noi deKevs in wkai ike spiriis sa/, or wko do noi deKevs ike^ really corns io ike dance-konse wken iks skarnan sings. Once a kali-dreed rnan krorn iks kooi-kills, wko was visiting in tks rnonntains, resolved to iest tke rnattsr. Us took witk kirn, io a ineeiing wkere ike skarnan was io ialk io ike spiriis, a piick siick. tVs nsnal, ike ligkis were all pni oni, and ike 6re covered; and in ike dark iks ksllow ksard iks