840 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth ann. 35 



86 x^las (II 1). Now, Sesaxalas | tried to discover the thoughts of 

 Hex'hak'in (I 2), and he wooed | his princess. Then Hexhak'in 

 told Sesaxalas, | the chief, my ancestor, to go ahead (and to marry 

 her), as he had said. | Then Sesaxalas (II 1) married her by giving 



90 him his traveling-canoo. |1 After they were married, Hex'hak'in (I 2) 

 spoke, I and said, "Now, listen to me, son-in-law | Sesax&las! You 

 have come to me so that I might be your father-in-law. | Now, these 

 speaking-posts of my house shall go to you, j and this house has a 



95 name. It is named Q!aats!e, and ll this is the name. Now, your 

 name shall be ^walas ^uEmogwis (II 1) ; and | also the seal house- 

 dish, and the wolf, and the | dz5noq!wa, and the beaver, and also 

 two slaves, | to take care of your house-dishes, son-in-law! They 

 belong to this | house; and all this goes to you, son-in-law, ^walas 

 100 ^nEm5gwis; and || also ten sea-otter blankets and twentj^-five | mar- 

 ten blankets and twenty black-bear | blankets, which will be the blan- 

 kets of your wife, | son-in-law, ^walas ^nEmogwis (II 1)." Then Hex'- 

 5 hak'in (I 2) | sent out some of his slaves to hunt || seals at Dag'idk". 

 As soon as they left, | Hex'hak'in (I 2) and ^walas ^nEmogwis (II 1) 

 also started, | for now he no longer had the name Sesaxalas. They 

 were going | to invite the ^nenelk" !enox", for they were living up the 

 river | at the upper eiid of the lake of Gwane^ They had not been 



86 xalase gwanax naqek-asas Hex-hak1ne. Wii, lak'as-'me g-ayok!wa- 

 lax k'ledelk'asas. Wa, lak'ase okwas^Em waxe Hex-hakinax Sesa- 

 xalasexEn g'lqag'iwa^ye qa okwas^mes wag"i lak'asxes waldEme. 

 "Wil, lak'as^me qadzel^ide Sesaxalasases tlEgiine ^ya^yats!e lak'asEq. 



90 Wa, g-ilk'ase^mese gwal qadzcLaxs lakasae yaqlEga^le tlex'ha- 

 k-ine. Wa, lak'ase ^nek-asa: "Wa, hoLelak'asL g-axEn, nEgump 

 Sesaxalas; g'axk'as^Em g'ax^aLEla g'axEn qak'asEn nEgwayadaos. 

 Wa, lak-as-mesEk' lalgin yaeq!Ent!tllagas LeLam g5k" lakasoL- 

 xg'ada Legadk'asEk- g'okwa. HcEm LegEmk-atsg'e Q!aats!e, wa, 



95 hek'as^mese LegEme lak'as'Ems LegadLEs ^walas ^nEmogwise; wii, 

 hek'as-mesa loqulile megwat; wa, hekas^mesa aLansme L5kwasa 

 dzonoqiwa Lokwasa tsla^we. Wa, hek'as^mesa ma^lokwe q!aq!Ek'a 

 qak-as aaxsllaxs loElqiilllaqos, nEgump. Wii, yokwas^'Em ^nami- 

 ^lalotsds g-okwak-asaqos, nEgump ^walas ^uEmogwis. Wit, hek-as- 



100 ^mesa lastok" qlasasgEm ^naEnx^una^ya Lokwasg'ada sEkMagalak- 

 LeLEgEx"sEm ^naEnxHIna^ya Lokwasg'ada maltsokuk" LlEULlEntsEm 

 ^naEnx^iina^ya ; wii, hek'as^Em ^naEnx^iinex'tsg'as gEnEmk^asg'os, 

 nEgiimp ^walas ^nEmogwis." Wii, lak^as^me ^nex'k'ase Hexhak ine 

 qak'ats ^yiilaqak'aseses waokwe q!aq!Ek-o qa liis mamegwat!axa 

 5 megwate lak-asex Dag'ulkwe. Wii, g iikas-'mese tllex-wklExs liika- 

 sae ogwaqa alex^wide Hexhak'lne Lokwases ^walase ^nEmogwis 

 qak'asExs lak'as^mae gwiii EegadEs Sesaxiilase. Wii, hik-as^me 

 lakasL LelElalxe ^nenelk!enoxwe, yikiisExs hiie g'okule ^nenelg-iise 

 lak'asEx ^uEldzas dzE^lalas Gwane^. Wii, k!esk-ast!e galaxs g'ax- 



