814 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL ieth. ann. 35 



52 was chief of the | niimaym Haayalik-awe^ of the Kwexa. There 

 are | four house dishes in the house which was given in marriage, 

 one is a Dzonoq!wa | house dish, and a whale, an eagle, and 



55 beaver house dish. || That's all again. | 



5. Laxsa. They just staid with the numaym Haayalikawe^, | for 

 they have no nolsle ancestor, and, | therefore the numaym Laxsa 

 live in a house with the | Haayalikawe^, 



60 and even at the present || day the Laxsii continue to stay with 

 them. That is all about them. | 



6. G'Igilgam. They have no painting in front of the house, 

 neither ] at the present day nor in olden times. Their chief only 

 has around the floor of the | house — K!wak!wabalasEme^ is their 

 chief — carved men | on the boards of the height of the chest 



65 when we are || standing up, and the distance between the carved 

 men is one fathom. | The carved men begin at the | end of a pole 

 placed to the right inside of the | door of the house, and going 

 on to the right towards the rear of the house, and around to the | 



70 left hand side of the door, and their || distance from the wall 

 boards is one fathom. The carved | men are inside of the boards 

 all around the house, as it is marked here.' | OmaxtlalaLe^ did 

 this, placing men all around, ] because this was the way in which 



52 -'nE-'memotasa Haayalik'awa^yasa Kwexa. Wii, la hS^neleda mE- 

 wexLa loElqwalll laxa g"okiilxLa^ye. Wa, he^maeda dz6noq!wa 

 loqwalila LE^wa aLanEm LE^wa kwekwe LE^wa tsla^we loElqwallla. 



55 Wa, laEmxae gwata. 



5. Laxsii, yixs a^mae kMudEuodze laxa ^uE^memotasa Haayali- 

 k'awe, qaxs gwalEla^mae k* !es nenaxsales g"alEmg'alise. Wa, he^mis 

 lag'ilas aEm ^uEmael^wadadeda ^uE'memotasa Laxsa LE^wa g"Iga- 

 ma^yasa ^nE^memotasa Haayalik'awa-ye. Wa, wax'-mesexwa lax 



60 ^nala la hex'saEm qlap'.exsEyotsa Laxsa. Wa, laEm gwal laxex. 



6. G'igilgilm, yixs kMeasae kMatEma^ye tsilgEmases g'okwe laxwa 

 alex ^nala, LEwes g'alEmg'alise. Wa, lex-a^mes gwalaats awcLElas 

 g'okwas K!wak!wabalasEma^ye yix g'lgama^yas, yixs bEx"se^stalIl- 

 kwaasa la k' !ek' ladza^yaxa saokewxa yo awasgEniEns dzamaxg'Ens 



65 Lax^walek". Wa, la ^nai'nEmp!Enk' laxEns baLitqe awalagalaasasa 

 bebEgwauEme k"!ekwa. Wa, he^mise g'ag'Ellla k'!ek'!akwe bebE- 

 gwauEme sEg'Edza^ye LapdEmas dzoxOm lax helk' lotstalilasa tlExi- 

 lilsa g-okwe la ha^stalilElaxa ttweLEliisa g'okwe qa^s g'axe laxa 

 gEmxotstaU^lasa tiEX'ila. Wii, lii ^uEmplEnk^ ISxEns baLax yix 



70 walalaasa liix tsaxse^stii awe-'stElsasa g-okwe. Wii, heEm k'ledza- 

 yaatsa bebEgwilnEma 5ts!awasa tsagEma awe^stiisa g'okwexa xeWe- 

 kwe.' Wii, heEm lag'ilas he gwex'^ide O^maxtlalaLa^ye qa bEX"se- 

 ^stalilkwa yixs haaEl gwaeles Le^'lauEma g-ig'Egama^yasa lelqwala- 



i A sketch accompanied this description which is not repeated here, because the passage is quite 

 clear. 



