BOAS] SOCIAL DIVISIONS OF THE KWAG-UL 827 



And his child's name when he is ten months old is WalaganEin; | 32 

 that is, after they singe off (the hair of) the head, and after he is 

 painted with | ocher, and when the thunderbiixl straps of dressed 

 deer-skin are put on. || That is for the sake of the greatness of the 35 

 name Walagansm when he is painted, and | when his tribe pain 

 themselves. | 



And his first name when he is borne by his mother is ^yilis | if 

 that is where he is born. Then his name is ^yills luitil the time | 

 when he shall be ten months old. || 



And his sparrow name is Hanag'atsle (Advice-Keceptacle), for 40 

 Hanag'ats!e was song-leader in the beginning | in the winter cere- 

 monial'; beginning from the time when the myth people first became 

 human beings; | and it is only given to the eldest-born | children of 

 the first Ts!Ex^cd. Therefore he has | the name, Hanag'atsle. || 



And in the hamsliamts !es his name is ^nawis; | and the name of the 45 

 head chief of the numaym | Loyalala^wa never changes, for he 

 changes his name for a short time only | when he gets a name in 

 marriage. | 



3. G'exsEm. Tlieir head chief is K'imk'EqEwid; that is the name 

 when II he is head chief of the numaj-m G'exsEm, and that is his 50 

 name when j he invites all the tribes. | 



Wa, he^mis g'hitEXLayo LegEmsexs lae helogwiia yix WalaganEm, 32 

 yixs lae gwal ts!Ex"EltsEmtsE-'we x'omsas loxs lae gwal gumsaso^sa 

 giigumyime Loxs lae ^wFla fjEx'^ilLEle kunxwedEmas eElag'imdza. 

 Wii, lieEm o^mayos LegEinase WfdaganEm gugiimyimaxs lae 35 

 ^naxwa gwagiimsenaso^ses g'okulote. 



Wii, he^mis gil LegEmsexs g'alae mayoLEmses abEmpe ^yillse 

 qaxs hile mayoPidayoses abEmpe, wa, la-me LegadEs ^yillse labia 

 laxes lielogwilax'dEmLa. 



Wii, lii gwedzExLiilax Ilaniig'atsle qaes gwasx'illae nagade Hanii- 40 

 g'ats!e liJxa ts!ets!eqa g'iig iLEla itixs g'iilae g'ax bEkumgalisa g'fda 

 nux"nemisa k'les layo laxa ogO'la bEgwiinEma ogii^la laxa ^nSlastlE- 

 gEma-'yas sasEm^nakidiisa g'iila Tslsx^eda. Wii, he^mis hxg'ilas Le- 

 gadEs Hanilg"ats!e. 



Wii, la LegadEs ^nawls lilxes hamsliamts !es. 45 



Wii he^Emxat! kMes L!aL!ayokiila LegEmsa Liixuma^yasa ^'ue- 

 ^memotasa Loyalala^wa yixs lex'a^mae yawas^d L!ayEwats LegEina- 

 sexs LegEmgilxLalasae, yises gEg'adaase. 



3. G'exsem, yixs Laxumalaax Kimk'EqEwide. HeEni LegEmsexs 

 lae Liixuma^yases ^nE'memota G'exsEme. Wii heEm LegEmsexs lae 50 

 LelElaxa ^naxwa lelqwalaLa^ya. 



