826 ETHNOLOGY OF THE-KWAKIUTL Ietii. ann. 35 



1 1 And his first name is tliat of the place where he was borne by his 



mother. | Wlien the mother gives birth to lier son at Tsaxis, | then 



his name is Tsaxisadze; and when | she gives birth to a girl at 



Tsaxis, then her name is Tsaxisga. || 

 15 And his sparrow name during the winter dance is K' lanamaxsta. | 

 And he is hamshamts !es, and his name is Hamsbe^; for there are 



seven | names for the liead chiefs of the niimaym Maamtag'ila. | 

 And aU these names do not change. They come from the | family 



myth; and these are the names of the head chief of the numaj^m || 

 20 Maamtag'ila. | 



2. Loyalala^wa. Their head chief is TslEx^ed. Tliat is his name 



when I he becomes head chief of the numaym Loyalala^wa, and that 



is his name when | he invites all the tribes. | 

 25 And his man's name is LlaqusdesElas. That is before || he becomes 



head chief of the Loyalala^wa, for then he gives away property to 



his I tribe the GwetEla. | 



And his young man's name is K'!Enwes (spider crab), when | 



KMeuwcs gives away to the young men, when they give to one 



another paddles and mats, | in the way the people used to do of 

 30 old for the sake of the greatness of the young man's 1| name. He 



has that name when he gives to the young men, | namely K'lEnwes. | 



1 1 Wii, lie^'mis g'il LegEmse ^wlnagwltslena^yas mayoLasases abEmpas, 

 yixs g'iPmae he mayoLaxa tslEdaqases bEgwauEme xunokwe Tsa- 

 xise. Wa, lii, liex'-idaEm Lex^etso^s Tsaxisadze. Wii, gil^mcse 

 ts'.Edaqe mayoLEmasa tslsdaqe lax Tsaxise, lae LegadEs Tsaxisga. 

 15 Wii, la gwedzEXLiila KManamaxsta laxa ts!ets!eqa. 



Wii, la hamshamts lEsa, wa, lii Legadss Hamsba^ye, ylxs aLEbo- 

 sgEmgaEx LCLEgEmxs Laxunui^yasa ^nE^memotasa Maamtag'ila. 



Wii, yuwe-staEm k'!es L!aL!ayokula LeLEgEmox g'iig'iLsla lax 

 nuyame. AEm hex'sii LegEmsa Liixuma^yasa ^nE^memotasa Ma- 

 20 amtag'ila. 



2. Loyalala^wa, yixs Laxumalaax Ts!Ex-ede. HeEm LegEmsexs 

 lae Laxuma^yases ^nE^memota Loyalala^wa. Wii, lieEm LegEmsexs 

 lae LelElaxa ^naxwa lelqwiilaLa^ya. 



Wii, he^mis q !wiixEXLiiyo LegEmse L!aqusdesElase, yixs k'les'mae 

 25 Lii.xumdxes -'nE-'memota Loyalala^wa, qaxs lae tlsnsela plEsaxes 

 g'okulota GwetEla. 



Wa, lii helaxLiilax K'!Enwis. Wii, laEm giimyadzEXLiilax 



K'lEnwisexa ha^yal^iixs gQmyasapIaasa seaway iwe LE^wa leEl^wa- 



. ^yexa gweg'ilasasa g'ale bEgwiiuEma qa o^mayoses he^laxLayowe 



30 LegEma. Wii, he^Em Legadeda LegEmas giimyadzEXLayosa heVa., 



ylx K'lEnwise. 



