WHALING. 

 GiLa'pcoyi, ma'nix Ljap aLgia'x e'kole, aqLo'lXamx Lqjoa'lipX: -j^ 



The people of when find they do it a whale, he is told a youth: 



Sealand, 



"Amxkle'tcgum." Ma'nix o'Xoetikc Ljap atgia'x e'kole: 2 



"Go and tell them." When many find they do it a whale: 



"Amxkle'tcgam go ilxa'lEXam." Ma'nix aLa/k-iLau, aqLo'lXamx : 3 



"Go and tell them at our town.' When one having taboos, he is told: 



" lau'a ma Lua La'qLaq amxiga/max." A'lta La'qLaq atxe'xax iau'a 4 



"There seaward going up and do.' Now going up and they do there 



down down 



Tua'Liia. E'ka wiXt gaLa'poL, iau'a ma'Lna La'qLaq aLxe'kEmax. 



seaward. Thus also one having co- there seaward going up and he does. " 



liabited the pre- down 



ceding night, 



Ma'nix nekct La'qLaq aLxe'kEmax La'k'iLau, ka ayuXune'x. Xakct g 



When not going up and he does the one having then it dirfts away. Not 



down taboos, 



atgia'xcx qo'tac Ljap qtgia'x, aqLgE'mLa-itx Lka'nax. Atga'yamx 7 



they cut it those hnd who did it, they wait for him the chief. They arrive 



ka'nauwe te'lx'Em go qix* e'kole, ka aLgio'cgamx e'mi:EcX qo'La 8 



all people at that whale, then he takes it a stick that 



Lka'nax. A'lta aqigEmge'k*amita-6x qix* e'kole ka'nauwe, kopa't ^ 



chief. Now it is measured that whale whole, enough *^ 



[at] 



La'yaqtEq, kopa't cia'lict. A'lta aqto'lXamx te'lx-Em: " lo'kuk iq 



its head, enough [at] its tail. Now they are told the people: "Here 



mai'ka mia'xca, io'kuk x'ix'i'x* tcia'xca." Ka'nauwe aqiauwe'makux 21 



you you will cut, here this one he will cut." All it is distributed among 



qo'tac te'lx-Em. Ma'nix gita'q; atxalEma txela'yuwima, ka go 12 



those people. When bad ones common people, then at 



cia'lict atkca'xc. Ka'nauwe aqia'xc. A'lta atgio'kuix e'wa 13 



its tail they cut it. All it is cut. Now they carry it thus 



ita'lEXam qo'tac te'lx-Em. Ka'nauwe atgio'k^iamx go tga'uLEma 14 



their town those people. All they carry it to their houses 



qix- e'kole. E'ka(okn) a'yaLqt e'msEcX, mokct cia'kotctk tagun 45 



that whale. Thus long stick, two spans others 



qoa'nEm tkci. Mokct cia'kotctk e'wa a'yaxalx-t, aLE'gimx Lka'nax 



five fingers Two spans thus wide, he says the chief 16 



wide. 



aqigumge'k-amita-ox ita'kole te'lx-Em, ma'nix ia'qoa-iL iLa'kole. 47 



it is measured their whale the people, when large their whale. 



AqLo'lXamx io'kuk Lqiop a'xa. Lq;oa'p aLgia'x iLa'kole. ig 



They are told here cut do. Cut they do it their whale. 



Ka'nauwe e'ka aqia'x ita'kole. Ma'nix mokct cia'kotctk taguu 49 



All thus it is done their whale. When two spans others 



qoa'nEm tkci, ka Lpaci'ci aci'xLa-itx; qoa'nEm Laq iqauwiq;e'Le 



live fingers wide, then a blanket they exchange five outside dentalia 



for it ; 



aci'xLa-itx. Ma'nix mokct cia'kotck a'yaLqt, aka iawa a'yaxalx-t, 



they exchange When two spans its length, thus here its width, 



' for it. 



ka c^ula'l aci'xLa-itx ma'nix aqiumEla'lEmx. 



and a ground- they exchange when it is bought, 



hog' blanket for it 



Ma'nix gita'ckewal Gita'ts; xeEls L;ap atgia'x e'kole, 23 



When travelers Chehalis find they do it a whale, 



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