810 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



2 to his elder brother Llaqwalal, that the house that came uj) from 

 the sea should be imitated by him with | all the birds sitting on 

 the upper edge of the outer | front of the house that came up. 



5 LaleliL'.a did not wish || to put to shame his elder brother Llaqwa- 

 lal. Therefore he did this with his house that had come up. | 

 Now LalcliL!a built a house like that house in | Qalogwis, and ho 

 imitated all, the whale dish, | the killerwhale dish, the sea lion dish, 

 and the seal dish. Therefore the | numaym Laalax"s^Endayu own 

 10 the birds || sitting on the upper edge of the front outside of their house 



in this manner: ♦ They stand in this way: | 



on the outside . t^^^^"*"^^ * *-*^ '"^^^ house commg up 



•^ 



from the sea, 

 ting on two 

 of the place- 



n 



namely, four cranes | sit- 



crosspieces and | on top 



- where the two cross- 



pieces are nailed on an eagle is seated. | That was the style " 



of the house coming up from the sea which was first seen by 



15 LfileliLla. || There is nothing (carved) on the posts. There is 

 only one thick beam. | Now Qliimx'od married the | princess of 

 HaeLEkum. He was the chief of the numaym LeqiEm. | The 

 name of his princess was O^magasEme^, and | HaeLEkum gave 



20 his house in marriage to his son-in-law Q!umx'od. The || posts of 

 the house are flat. There are two in front of the house | and 

 two flat posts in the rear of the house. The paintings on the | 



2 le laxes ^nole L!af[walal Lo^ qa nanaxtslEwesexa g"6kustaLa^ye lax 

 ^naxwa^mae ts!ek!weda klusaxtsVyax ekMEiixa^yasa tsagEmas L!a- 

 santr'yasa g'okustaLa^ye. Wa, la^me LaleliLla k"!es ^nek" qa^s 

 5 max'ts!amasexes ^nole L!aciwalal lag'ihis he gwex"^itsa g"okustaLa^ye 

 laq. Wa, la^mese Llaqwalale g'okwelaxa he gwex's g-ok" lax 

 Qalogwis. Wa, laxae ^wI^laEm nanaxtslE^waxa gwE^yEme LE^wa 

 max^enox" LE^wa L'.ex^Ene LE^wa megwato loElqwallla. Wii, heEm 

 lag'ilas axnogwadeda ^ne-memotasa Laalax's^'Eiidayasa ts!ek!was 



10 k!wasaxta^yax tsagEmas LlasantVyases g'okwexa g'a gwiileg-a (%.). 

 Wa, lii Lasa g'a gwaleg'a (fg.) lax LlasaiuVyasa g'okustaLa^ye y!xs 

 mosgEmae adEmgiileyeda k!wasEna^yaxa malts lac^e gayala. Wa, la 

 klwaxta^yeda kwekwaxa nEgEtala LaplEua^yatsa ma4ts!aqe gEyala. 

 Wii, lieEm^lae gwiileda g'okustaLa^yaxs g'illae dox^waLEle LirloliLliiq. 



15 Wii, laEmkMeas gwiilaats LeLiimas ogiViit liicjexs LEkwaes k'iitewa^ye 

 ^nEmts!aqa. Wii, la gEg'ade LEWElgama^yas Llaqwalal yix Q!iim- 

 x'ode yis k'ledelas HaeLEkum yixs gigilma^yaasa ^nE^memotasa 

 LeqlEm. Wii, lil LegadEs k'!edelases O-'magasEma-'ye. Wii, lit g'6- 

 kidxLae HaeLEkuma^yaxa g-okwe laxes uEgumpe Q!umx-ode. Wa, 



20 la^me iiwadzo pepEgEdzowe LeLfimasa g'okwexa mfdExsa laxa o^sta- 

 lilasa g'okwe. Wii, he^mesa malExsa laxa ogwiwalile. Wii, la k" !ii- 



