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Then La'bid arose and spoke: "Say this jigain, my chief! Now look 

 out, chiefs of the Kwakiutl, this is Se/xitg-ila Ma'xts'olEm.' This I will 

 bring to yon." 



Then he stepped toward the Kwakintl, and put the copper on the lioor 

 where they were sitting. Now Owaxil/lag-ilis arose, took the copper, and 

 spoke: "Thank you, Walas NEinO'gwis. Come now, sahuon, for which 

 our forefathers have been watching. This is Ma/xts'OlEm. I will buy 

 this Mfi/xts'olEm. Now pay me, Kwakiutl, what I loaned to you, that 

 I may buy it qui(;kly, in order to keep our name as high as it is now. 

 Don't let us be afraid of the price of Ma'xts'olEm, my tribe, wa, wa! 

 Now put down the dishes, that our tribe may eat." 



Owaxfi'lag-ilis sat down, the young man distributed the dishes, and 

 all the tribes ate. Now Ma'Xua stepped up again and spoke kindly to 

 the eating people. "Go on," he said, "eat, Walas NEmo'gwis; eat, 

 He'Lamas; eat, NEg-e'; eat you, Ma'maleleqala; eat, La'qoLas; eat, 

 G*'ote, you NB'mqic; eat, Se/wit'e; eat, E'wanuX; eat you, Lau'itsis; 

 eat, Wa'k-as; eat, Pd'tLide, you, Ma/t'ilpe; eat, Wats'e; eat, He'was,you 

 T'Ena'xtax. Eat, all you tribes. Now it is done. I have already told 

 you of my grandfather. This food here is the good will of our fore- 

 father. It is all given away. Now, look out, Kwakiutl! our chief 

 here is going to buy this copper, and let us help him, wa, wa!" Then 

 spoke Ha'raEsk'inis and said: "Your words are true. Chief ! how true are 

 your words. I know how to buy coppers ; I always pay high prices for 

 coppers. Now take care, Kwakiutl, my tribe, else you will be laughed 

 at. Thus I say, O'ts'estalis; thus I say, Wa'nuk"; thus 1 say, young 

 chiefsof the Kwakiutl; thus I say, Tso'palis; thusi say, O'gwila; thus 

 I say, O'mx-'it, young chiefs of the Q'o'moyue ; thus I say, Qoe/malasts'e ; 

 thus Isay,Yeqawit, chiefs of the Q'o'mk-utis; thus I say, Qoayo'Llas; 

 thus I say, Wa/kldis, young chiefs of the Wtllas Kwakiutl. This is 

 my speech for our children, Ma/Xuag-ila, that they may take care, 

 wa, wa!" Then QoayO'Llas stood up again and said: "Thank you; 

 did you hear, Lfibid? Ho, ho, ho, ho, no, no, no. [The "ho'' means the 

 lifting of the heavy copper from the ground; the "no" is the cry of the 

 Ts'd'noqoa.p Now let me invite them, Ma'maleleqala; I believe they 

 want to buy my copj^er. Now I will invite them." Then his tribe said : 

 "Do it, do it," and he continued : " Now, Gue'tEla, behold the dance of 

 La'qoag-Ilayukoa, the daughter of Wiilas NEmd'gwis, Now, Q'o'moyue, 

 see the dance of AomdLa, the daughter of Walas NEmo'gwis. Now, 

 Q'd'mk-utis, see the dance of Ma'mx-oyukoa, the daughter of Wrdas 

 NEmo'gwis. Now, Wrdas Kwa'kiutl, see the dance of Ma'Xualag-ilis, 

 the son ot Walas NEmo'gwis. These are my words, wa, wa!'' 



Then all the guests went out. Later on Owaxn'lag-ilis invited all 

 the Kwakiutl, Ma'malOleqala, NE'mqic, Lau'itsis, T'Ena'xtax, and 

 Ma'tilpe, because he intended to buy the copper Ma'xts'olEm that 



' The one who makes thirsty and of whom all are ashamed. 

 «See page 372. 



