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Paintings and House Dishes of the Social Divisions of the 



KWAGXJI. 



I. gwetela 



1. MaSintag'ila. The front board of the house is painted with 1 

 coppers, I one on each side of the door of the house. Tlie posts | 

 on each side of the rear are grizzly bears, below on the floor, 

 and eagles are sitting on the | heads of the grizzly bears, and 

 there is a copper on the chest of each eagle. || 



And on the grizzly bear also stands a man, | and red cedar bark 5 

 is around the heads of the men. | They are speaking-])osts and 

 therefore | the two posts on each side of the door of the houss are 

 named "speaking-posts." | These were obtained as supernatm-al 

 treasures by L'.aqwag'ila at the river of KModagala. This is the 

 great II house named ^uEmsgEmsalaLElas. There are four | house 10 

 dishes in the large house, two eagle dishes, | and one grizzly-bear 

 dish, and one | wolf dish. They just stay in the house, and the 

 peo])le I talk about them. I do not know why the chief of tho|| 

 numaym Maamtag'ila, ^maxtiyalidze, never gave a feast. That is 15 

 all I about this. This is called (/.'^Zs^m {that is "rotten face," one 

 who gives no feast). | 



2. Loyalalawa. On the outside of the front boards of the house 

 of I TslExed, their chief, is the doublheaded serpent lying across 



Paintings and House Dishes of the Social Divisions of the 



KWAG'UL 



I. gwetela 



1. Maiimtag'ila, yixs k'latEmalae tsagEmases g'okwaxa L!aqwa 1 

 lax ^wax'sanex"sta^yasa tiEX'ilasa g'okwe. Wa, la LeLamasa ^wax'- 

 sotewalilas naneda baiiEnxalile. Wa, lit k!udzEtS,^ya kwekwe lax 

 oxLa^yasa nane. Wa, la pepaqlupEleda kwekwckwaxa LlaLlEqwa. 



Wa, laxae nane bauEnxalilasa bEgwanEme la LaxutEwex oxLii- 5 

 ^yasa nane. Wa, laEm L!agEx"b6le qeqEX'ama^yasa bebEgwanE- 

 me. Wii, la^niese yaq!Ent!Eqa. Wa, he^mis lag'ilas Legadeda ina- 

 ^le LCLamsa ^wax"s6tstalilasa tiEX'ilasa g'okwas yiiqlEntlEqe Lama. 

 Wa, heEm Logwes Llaqwag'ila lax was K"!6dagala, yixa ^walase 

 g'okwaxa Legadas ^nEmsgEmsalaLElas. Wa, lii mEwexLeda IoeI- 10 

 qwalile ha^nel laxa ^walase g'okwaxa ma^lEXLa kwekwa loqwalila. 

 Wii, he^misa ^uEmexLa nane loqwalila. Wa, he^misa ^nEmexLa 

 aLaiiEm loqwalila. Wa, a^mise hegwael laxa g-okwe. Wa, la asm 

 gwagwex's^alasa. Wa, la^mEn k'les qlaLElax k"!eselas k!welats!e- 

 noxwe gugflma^yasa ^nE^memotasa Maamtag'ile ^maxiiyalidze. Wa, 15 

 laEm laba laxeq. — HeEm LegadEs qlElsEm. 



2. Loyalalawa, ylx gwalaasas L!asana^yas tsagEmas g'okwas 

 Ts!Ex^ede, ylx gIgS,ma^yas, ylxs sIsEyuLaes xwalewa^yas ogwaxta- 



