268 THE POTLATCH. [Soloot 



1 EXt ita/lXam aqLo'goLjax aqawige/qxo imx, wiXt e'gon e'lXam 



One tlic'ir town is finished is given presents, again one more town 



2 aqaiiwige'qxo-imx. La'iiewa Lka'uax aqaLE'lqEiuax, aqLoplEna'x. 



is given presents. First the chief is called, heis named. 



2 Ma'nix aLgiuLa'tax La'geqo-im, a'lta mo'kcti aqaLE'lgEmax. 



When he drags it his present, then twice he is called. 



4 Ka'uauwe-y- e'ka; e'ka ta'nEmckc, e'ka tka'lamukc. 



All thus ; thus the women, thus the men. 



Nugo'go-iinx gita'k; oaiiEmEm : "Nekct La'kcta LguLa'ta-y- 



They say those at the potlatch : "Not anybody shoot 



^ okulai'tau." Ma'iiix e'maqt atcta'x eXt gita'lEXam, aLguLa'tax 



his arrow." When a fight he makes to one people of a town, he shoots it 



them 



7 oLa'Xalaitan ka nuxo'maqtx te/lx*am. Atca'xikc aqtote'nax. 



an arrow then they fight the people. Several are killed. 



la'iix-ama eknpku'p aqeauwe/makux* ta'nEmckc. Ta'inkXatikc 



A fatlioni to short dentalia they are given as presents the women. Onlj'they 



each 



g tka'lamukc iqauwik;e'Le aqiauwe'makux; txEla'yowema tka'lamukc 



men long dentalia they are given as presents; common men 



ekupku'p aqiauwe'makux. Ma'uix o'Xoe La'ktema Lka'nax ka 



1" short dentalia they are given as pres- When many hi4 dentalia a chief then 



ents. 



raokctE'mtga Lia'nx-ama ekupku'p aLgio'magux. 



11 two to each fathoms to each short dentalia he gives it to them 



as a present 



Translatio7i. 



When a chief intends to give a potlatch, four, five, or six men are 

 sent out in a canoe [to invite the guests]. One man who has a guard- 

 ian spirit is sent among them. When they approach a town the man 

 who has the guardian spirit sings. The people of that town hear him 

 and say, " Oh, we are going to be invited." The messengers land and 

 tell the people to come. Then they go to the next town. After having 

 visited all the towns they go home. Now the people make themselves 

 ready. They wait for those who live farthest away. When they arrive 

 they all go down the river together. Thus they do also when a chief 

 on the upper part of the river has sent an invitation. They go up the 

 river together. When they reach the town to which they were invited 

 they put their canoes side by side and lay planks across. This is done 

 with all their canoes. Now they dance, and those who have guardian 

 spirits sing. The people dance on the planks. Their faces are painted 

 red, their hair is strewn with down. All the women wear their 

 dentalia, their ear and hair ornaments, and their necklaces. They 

 wear good blankets. Braves wear their head ornaments and their 

 faces are blackened. Shamans carry their batons. They sing and 

 finally land. Then they tell a woman, " You shall be our head dancer." 

 She replies, "No; I do not dare to do it." One who knows how 

 to dance well is made head dancer, a man or a woman. Now they enter 

 the house dancing. When a woman [while dancing] bends her head, 

 another one goes and raises it. Then she pays her for having made 

 her head straight. When a person gets out of rhythm, he is taken 

 to the side of the house and must sit down there. All those who have 



