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disli/' Tlieu be called up No'Lq'auLEhi, the lather of NEino'gwis. 

 " Speak yourself regarding your own dishes." N^o'Lq'auLEla called up 

 his mother, Mo'sqEniXLala. He asked her to give to his son some of 

 her father's dishes. Then she pointed out a bear dish and a dish repre- 

 senting the sea lion's stomach. He continued, asking her for some of 

 her mother's dishes. Then she pointed to a killer whale dish and to a 

 wolf dish. He spoke: "Friends, my mother has some more carvings, 

 but I do not want to give them to my son as yet. First I want to give 

 another feast; then I shall give them to my successor. That is all." 



Then HO'LElitil spoke again: "Did you hear what my chief said? 

 He said that he wants to use the dishes before giving them to his son. 

 That means he is going to give another feast. Hu, hu, hu, hu, hu," 

 and all the people repeated this cry. The fool dancers and bear dancers 

 took the dishes and carried them to the guests. Hd'LElite called: 

 "This is the dish of the troublesome ones.^ This is the dish of Ts'e- 

 qolag-ilis.2 This is the dish of the cormorants.'' This- is the dish of the 

 rock cods and bears.^ This is the dish of the whales for whom one 

 waits.'' This is the dish of the gulls.*^ This is the dish of the pigs.""^ 



After all the large dishes had been distributed, the small dishes were 

 carried to the women and to the young i)eople. While all were eating, 

 Ho'LElite remained standing and asked the Kwakintl to sing. They 

 assembled in the door, and after having placed a plank on two logs 

 they sang, standing, the feast song of the winter dance. As NEmog'wis 

 had no daughter, his grandmother and his father danced, accompanying 

 the song. 



After they had finished singing, Ho'LElite spoke: " Ya, friends, this 

 is the way of my chief. He does so not only this time to show his great- 

 ness, but he always acts this way. Eat and swallow what is given to 

 you as well as you can; eat it all. Bring our food and we will feed the 

 chiefs." Then the members of the seal society brought a barrel filled 

 with berries and placed it in front of Ho'LElite. While carrying it they 

 cried, "u, u, u, u, u," indicating that the barrel was exceedingly heavy. 

 Then they brought a number of large wooden ladles. Ho'LElite dipped 

 berries out of the barrel, and said, "Now sip, Xfi'msqEmk-ala,'"* and the 

 ladle was taken to him. He drank, and when he was unable to empty 

 it he poured the rest of the food into his dish. Thus the ladles were 

 carried to all the chiefs. After all had received their share, Ho'LElite 

 spoke: "Oh, tribes! I do not do so once only; T often give feasts of this 

 kind. That is why we are called Kwakintl — that means the smoke of 



'Wu'n'awnnx'is, the society of the Na'q'oaqtoq, which embraces the secret socie- 

 ties ha'raats'a, hear, and ina'inaq'a, and corresponds to the seals of the Kwakintl. 

 'The wolves and ha'mats'a of the Koskimo. 

 ^L'o'L'Epana, chiefs of the Na'q'oaqtrtq. 

 ■■T'o't'opa, na'no, chiefs of the Koskimo. 



•■^EsEla'liLtsawe qoayi'm, the young men of the Na/q'oaqtrtq. 

 "Ts'e'ts'eg-inaqa, elder boys of the Na'q'oaqtoq, who fetch fuel, etc. 

 'Gue'gusoa, eaters, middle-aged men of the Koskimo. 

 *■ La'ams Xu'mt'eLax NE'msqEmk-ala. 



