834 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL ' [eth. ann. ?6 



20 IV. NUMAYMS OF THE q!oMK'!ut!eS | 



Now I shall l)egiii with the Q!omk' !ut!Es, for they are a tribe dif- 

 ferent I from the ^walas Kwag'ul, and this is the first | numajon: | — 

 1. LeqlEin. 



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And he is NolEm dancer, and has the name NolEine^stahs if it is a 

 man; | but if it is a woman, she has the name NolEme^stahdzEmga; | 

 lus feast name is MEuled; he is a warrior, and has the name || 



30 QEnkidag'ihdzEm; and his name is thus because the | head chief of 

 the numaym Leq Ism never laughs. These are aU the | names of the 

 head chief. | * * * 



These are the different numayms of the foiu- | Kwakiutl tribes, 

 The Kwag'ul, who are called Kwexamot, | of the Q!6moya^}'e, who 



40 are called Kwexa; and || of the ^walas Kwag'ul, who are called 

 Laqwi^liila, because they burn everywhere the houses | of all the 

 tribes when they make war upon them, for the ancestors of the | 

 ^walas Kwag'ul always made wai-, and therefore their war name is 



20 IV. ^NAi^NE^MEMASA q!oMK'!ut!ES 



Wii, la^mesEu hisLa laxa Q!omkMut!Ese, yixs ogu^la^mae lelqv/a- 

 laLe^ laxa ^walas Kwag'ula. Wa, g'a^mes ^mskumalas ^nal-nE^me- 

 masase.g'a 



1. LeqiEm (chief's name, HaeLEkuine^ ; man's name, G'ayosdedza- 

 25 sEme^; young man's name, MEtsa; child's name, Ade^stala; sparrow 



name, QasElas). 



Wa, la nolEme ladiis. Wii, la LegadEs NolEine-'stalis, yixs bEgwa- 

 nEmae, wax'e tslEdaqa la LegadEs NolEine^stalidzEmga. Wa, la 

 klweladzEXLiilax MEiilede. Wii, la babaklwa; wa lii Legadss Qeii- 

 30 kiilagilidzEm, yixs hee hxg'ilas he gwexsg'lmala LegEmases k'lesae 

 da^lenoxwa Laxuma^yasa ^nE-memiisa LeqiEnie. Wa, laEm ^wi^le 

 LeLEgEuiasa i.axuma'yas. 



2. LeLEged (chief's name, Lalep!alas; man's name, Ek'laweg'i- 

 ^lak"; young man's name, Max^enox" ; child's name, O^mag'lhs; spar- 



35 row name, LlEmyala; hamshamtslFs name, LlaqusElag'ilis; feast 



name, PoLid; warrior's name, GwaxuLEyiigulis). 



Wa, laEm ^wi^la laxeq yix alogiiq !es ^nai^iiE^mematsa mosgEma- 



kwe Kwakiik'Ewakwaxa Kwagulexa LeqElasE^was Kwexamote. 



Wa, he-'misa Qlomoya^yexa LeqElasE^was Kwexa. Wa, he^misa 

 40 ^walas Kwag'ulxa LeqElasE^was Laqwi^lala qaxs laqwi^lalaax g'ig'6- 



kvvasa -'naxwa lelqwiiiiiLa'ya, yixs winaaq qaxs winabEsaexa g'aliisa 



'waias Kwagul. Wii, heui:s wInaxLiiyose Laqwi^liila. Wii, he'misa 



