THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 679 



la sis k''ilx-i'waX'unXde q'Elk" la/xis nE'muot. A'aralawis la La'yap'a 1 



went bis leather line past Hue to bis brother. Ouly it is said tbey exchanged 



sis ale'wats'eXde. Wi'laam la g-I'g-axsax ya'yats'ix'des. "Hetsa'- 



tbeir bunting canoes past. Everything things in the canoes which they "Let us 



canoe had u.sed. 



x-ins qori/qoaea(|anoX g-o'kutl hai'me da kua'x-ilas," nex-lae O'max- 



go go back us house there the smoking," said O'niax- 



t'a'laLe. "x^oa'la," ue'x-lat'a Qa'watilEqala "bai'Emax'ins Soa'Soae- 



t'a'laLc. "Don't," said but Qa'watilEqala "we will goon 



aqau g-o'kuii. La'maaqos ne'x-ses wa'LdEmos xes g-a'ya'laenayos." 5 



my my hou.se. Then you you said your word its you want to be 



engaged." 



La'lae se/x'uit liama'Lts'aqala g-iLeXdaox. La'lae lax siOlisa xawa lax 



Then they side by side together. Then to lowerpart they at 



jiaddled of river were 



Giia'e. "A'EmLis ya/LTiLoL iiE'muot; qeuso laeL laxEn g-o'kua. 



Gua'c. " Only you take care, brother: when wo enter at my house. 



T'e'p'axLaXsItse a'niLis g-a'xEn;" ne'x-lae Qfi'watilEqala xis nE'muot. 



Follow on my heels only me," said Qa'watilEqala to brother. 



his 



La'lae ne'Lasexs ia'xsamae t'ex'i'le sis g*ok" la/xis iiE'mudt. La'lae 10 



Then he told its badness the door of his house to bis brother. Then it ia 



said 



ho'x'usdes qa s le la'xa t'ex-i'la. La'lae a'qalse da qoa'wiua. La'lae 



tliey walked that tbey go to the door. Then it is it opened the raven. Then it is 



together said on the "^aid 



giouiid 



dawe'Le da iiE'iiiuotala. La'lae k-i'mq'ag-aLe da qoa'wiua t'ex-i'les 



tliey, lumped the brothers. Then it is it snapped the raven its door 



said 



g-o'kuas Qa' watilE(jala. Xa'Xua Ein la'La q'oeq'ulrdagMllLe k*'e'k-'akua 



his house Qii'watilEqala. All it is said alive in the house carvings 



sa g-o'kuas Qa'watilEcjala. Q'oe'q'ulalae da T;a'me, si'siiiL lae da 



of his house Qa'watilEqala. Alive the posts, si'siuL it is the 



said 



k'ii'tewae. Laa'm qig-a'tix-ides Wi'lx'stasilayuqoa xono'kuas Qa'wati- 



beams. Then he was married to Wi'lx'stasilayuqoa his child Qa'wati- 



lEcjala. Wii! laa'm g'o'kii'lxLayit da g'o'kue lEwa k-'e'k-'es'o LEwalS 



lEqala's. Wii! then the house was given the house and the carvings and 



to him in marriage 



iiil'xua qa s que'xstEin xa bama'ye q'a'q'auoL wa'lasx-e, kue'kiixte, 



all for his ditfereut kinds the food blankets lynx, marmot, 



ua'LesqEm, ma'tsasqEm, ala'k-im. Wii! laa'm g-ilx se'wodayfi ses 



wolverine, mink, dressed elk. Wii ! then they they took him his 



skins came home 



uEgu'mp Lawis g'o'kulot. Wa'wi'laxsa amlae g-a'xe da g'o'Xde. 



father-in- and his tribe. Everything it is said came the house past 



law 



Laa'm g-o'xwulsa sa g'o'kue lax K*'a'qa. Hai'mis la'g'iLs K-a'qaXLe 



Theu ho built a bouse of house at K-'a'qa. Tlierefore K-'a'qa on it 



on the ground the (its name) 



(la awi'uak'uis qaxs la'-'yoL k''a'xsestEudEx K*'a'qa qa g'o'kweatsa 20 



tlie land for long ago logs pla'ied all around K'a'qa for place of house 



g'o'kulXLeXde. Laa'm Le'Ltse'stalisaO'maxt'a'laLayasesqEg-fi'danEm 



house obtained in Then ho invited all O'maxt'a'laLe with what be had re- 



marriage, around his ceived from his wife 



la'xa g-fi'le le'lqolaLe. 



to the first tribes. 



