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lie iiivited the chiefs of the tribes | to eat seal at K- !aqa. When || 

 all the men had gone out, he carved the men at the | places where 75 

 his guests had been sitting. It is as though he had made fun of | 

 the chiefs on account of what he had done when he made carv- 

 ings of them. I Therefore it is done this way around the house. 

 There are two | house dishes, one a seal house dish, and || the 80 

 other one a killerwhale house dish. It also | occurred to Omax- 

 t!alaLP^ to imitate the seal which he had killed | in making a 

 house dish, and it occurred to him that he would go to the kil- 

 lerwhales after his death, | and therefore he imitated the form of 

 a killerwhale for his house dish | when he gave a feast of many- 

 seals at K"!aq!a. That's again all about them. || 



III. ^WALAS KWAG"UL 



1. DzEndzEnx'qIayu. The painting on the front | outside of the 1 

 house is the Qolos, for the Qolos is the ancestor of the DzEndzEux'- 

 q !ayo. | There are four house dishes of their ancestor YaxLEn. | One 

 of the house dishes is the Qolos; and also the elder brother of Qolos, 

 Thunderbird. || Tliat is another feasting-dish. And the | Thunder- ,5 

 bird, the house dish, is made in the same way as the Qolos house dish 

 is made, and there is a I whale house dish and a beaver. That is 



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La^3^e qa las q!Esaxa megwate lax K'!aq!a. Wii, gipEm^lawise 

 hoqiiwElseda ^naxwa bEgwanEmxs lae k"!edz5tsa bEgwanEme lax 75 

 kiwadzelasdases Le^lanEme. Wii, laEm ^uEmax'is lo^ aEmlalasa 

 g'lg'Egama^ye laxes gwex'^idaase yixs he^mae la k!edzoyowe. Wii, 

 he^mis lag'ilas he gwiile awe^stalilasa g'okwe. Wa, la mfilEXLa^ma 

 loqwalilas. Wa, he^ma ^nEmexLa megwat loqwalila. Wa, he^misa 

 ^nEmexLa max^enox" loqwalila. Wa, laEmxae O^maxtlalaLa^ye 80 

 aEm ^ncnk'!ex^ed qa^s nanaxtslEwexa megwatexes yauEme qa^s 

 loqwalila. Wa, la g'lg'aex^idExs lei laxa max^enoxwe qo 1e^1l5. 

 Wa, he^mis lag'ilas nanaxts !Ewaxa max^enoxwe qa^s l5ElqwalilExs 

 lae k!we^latsa qleuEme megwata lax K"!aq!a. Wa, laEmxae laba. 



Ill' ^WALAS KWAG'UL 



1. DzEudzEux'qlayu, ylxs qolosae k"!atEma^yas tsagEmas L'.asa- l 

 na^yas g'okwas, qaxs he^mae gilg'alitsa DzEndzEnx'q layoxa qolose. 

 Wii, lii niEwexLa loElqwalilas g'igama^yase YiixLEn, yixs he^mae 

 ^nEuiexi.a loqwallltseda qolose. Wa, he^mese ^nolas qolosa kflnkun- 

 xulig'e. HeEm ^nEmexLa loqwalllts ylxs he^maaxat! gwiile ytxa kun- 5 

 kfuixulig'a^ye IScjwallle gwiilaasasa qolose loqwalila; wii, he^mesa 

 gwE^yEme loqwalila; wii, he^mesa tsla^we. Wii, laEmxae laba. 



