806 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth. ann. 35 



the top I of the front boards of the house, and the thundor-bird 



20 sits on the || head of the man in the middle of the double headed 

 serpent. There is no painting on the | front boards of the house- 

 This house was given in marriage by Hoxawid to his princess | 

 LElelalas, for Iloxawid was chief of the numaym | G'Ig'Elgam of 

 the Haxwamis. There are four house dishes in the | house, one a 



25 grizzly-bear dish, one a || beaver dish, one a Dzonoqiwa dish, | and 

 one a wolf dish. And the name given in marriage is | Kwakwa- 

 x'alas, a feast name of Chief Ts!Ex^ed. | Tliat is all about this. | 



30 3. G'exsEm. The way the front of the house of || Chief K-Emk'E- 

 qEwed is painted is a grizzly-bear ])ainting on each side of the | 

 front of the house. It is not known where he got it, | or whether 

 he obtained it in war. That is all that is said about this.| 



4. Ktikwaklum. They have no painting on the front of | their 

 house, but they have posts. They are Dzonoq'.was standing on|| 



35 grizzly bears, one on each side of the door, inside house, and | 

 in the rear of the house there are hox^'hok" sitting on grizzly 

 bears. | This house was given in marriage by YacjapEnlidze, a 

 chief who lived long ago and was chief of the numaym | Mema- 

 g'ins of the Qweq"sot!enox", for | NEqaplEnk'Em took for his wife 



40 Yaqal^Enlidze's princess, whose name was L'.alelilayugwa, || and 

 therefore the house was given to him in marriage. In the house 



^yasa tsagEmasa g'okwe. Wa, la kiwaleda kunkunxiilig'e lax 

 20 oxLa^yas x'omsasa bak"awa^yasa sIsEyuLe. Wa, laEm k'leas kMatE- 

 mes tsagEmasa g'okwe. Wa, hcEm g'5kiilxLes Hoxawide qaeskMe- 

 deie, yix LElelalase ; yixs g'lgama^yae Hoxawidilsa ^uE^memotasa 

 G'ig'ilgamasa Haxwamis. Wa, la^me ha^nela mEwexLa loElqwalila 

 ha^nel laxa g'okwexa -nsmexLa nane loqwallla. Wii, he^misa ^ue- 

 25 mexLa ts!awa ioqwalila; wa, he^misa ^uEmexLa dz6noq!\va loqwalila; 

 wa, he^misa ^nEmexLa aLa^nEm loqwallla. Wa, he^mis LegEmg'Elx- 

 La^ye Kwakwaxalas qa k!weladzEXLay6sa g'igama^ye TslEx^ede. 

 Wa, laEm gwal laxeq. 



3. G'exsEm, yix gwalaasas k" lata^yas tsagEma^yas g"okwas g'ig&- 

 30 ma^yase K'Euik'EqEwede, yixs ^wax"s6tstalasaeda nfine k'latEmes 



tsagEma^yasa g'okwe. Wii, la^me k' !es q laLEle g'ayoLasaseq lo^ 

 wPnanEmaq. Wa, laEm wale waldEme qae. 



4. Kukwak!um, yixs kMeasa k"!atEmes tsagEmas iJasana^j'as 

 g'okwas, ogu-ia laxes LeLiime, yixs LeLaxwatayaeda dzonoqlwiixa 



35 nenane lax ^wax'sotstalilasa awiLElasa g'okwe. Wa, la klwadzEta- 

 ^ya hox"hokwexa nenane laxa ^wax'sotewalllas ogwiwalllasa g'okwe. 

 Wa, heEm g'okulxxes YaqapEnlidze yix g'Igamayolasa -nE'memotasa 

 Memag'insasa Qweq"s6t!enoxwe yixs gEg'adaeda g'igamayolae 

 NEqaplEnk'Emolas k'ledelas Yaqal^Enlidzeolaxa Legadiis Llalelila- 



40 yugwa. Wa, he^mis g'axelas g'okiilxLa-'ya g'okwe. Wa, he-'mis ■ 



