848 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth. ann. 35 



66 Don't you know that I think I am the only | one famous in the world, 

 I and my | princess, Ts lEXts lEgedzEmga (III 9) ? I am Ts lEx^ed (II 

 4) , head | chief of the Nak !wax-da^x".'' Thus said the chief. Then | 



70 uxleliLladze (II 1) said, "O brother! I am || YaqalEnlis, I am 

 Anx^wid, I am Sesaxalas, | and also Sewid ; I am ^walas ^nEmogwis, 

 and I I am Kwax'ilanokume, and I am LaleliLladze. | These are my 

 names wliich I obtained as marriage gifts | when I married the 



75 daughters of the chiefs of the tribes wherever I || went. Now I come 

 to get your name, chief. | I wish to get your princess, TslExtslE- 

 gedzEUiga (III 9), brother, j for my prince ^miixulag ilis (III 3)." | 

 TslEx^ed (II 4) at once agreed to what LaleliLladze (II 1) said; | and 



80 LaleliLladze (11 1) gave as marriage gift five sea-otter l! blankets, 

 ten black-bear skin blankets, | forty marten blankets, and eighty | 

 deer-skin blankets to TslEx^ed (II 4) for his princess Ts!Exts!E- 

 gedzEmga (III 9). | As soon as he had finished, TslEx^ed (II 4) said, I 

 "Now your wife shall go to you, son-in-law, ^maxiilag'ilis (III 3). II 



85 Now your name shall be XosEmdaas (III 3), and my | great dance 

 shall go to you. You shall be cannibal-dancer, and your name shall 

 be i ^nax"danadze; and the rich-woman dance shall go to you, and 

 her name shall be | G ilgEmaxes; and the fire dance, and his | name 

 shall be K'lilxEla; and the attendant of the cannibal-dancer, his || 



66 KMesk'asas q!alaxg1n lex'ax-st!aax"^meg'In tslelwalag'ilis LokwasEn 

 k'!edclk"asox Ts!Exts!EgedzEmgax. Wa, nogwak'as Ts!Ex^eda Laxu- 

 mesEn gokiilota Nak!wax'da^xwe," -'nek'asa g-igama^'ye. Wit, hex'- 

 ^idk'as^mese LaleliLladze ^nek'a: "■^yak'asoL ^nEmwEyot; nogwa- 



70 k'as^Em YaqalEulisa, nogwak'as^Em Anx^wlda, nogwak'as^Em Sesaxa- 

 lasa Lokwase Sewide. Nogwak-as^Em ^willas ^nemogwisa; wii, no- 

 gwak'as^Em Kwaxilanokuma^ya. Wa, nogwak'as^Eni LaleliLladzii. 

 Wa,'y6kwas''mEn LeLEgEmk-asox. Wii, yokwas-Em LeLEgEmg'ElxLe- 

 SEU gag-adi^lahise lakasxox g-ig-igamak'asaxsa lelqwtllaLa^yin lala- 



75 lask-asa. Wa, g-axk'as-mesEu laioLlaxs LegEmaqos, gigtlme^ 

 Lak'as^meg'in gagakMaxs k'ledelaqds, ^uEmwEyot lak'asxox Ts!ex- 

 ts!EgedzEmgax, qak"asg-m LEwElgEmek' ylk'asg'a ^maxidagllisEk-." 

 Wii, hex'^Idk'as^mese daeLEme wfddEmk-asas LiileliLladziis Ts!ex- 

 ^edc. Wa, lak'as^me qadzeHdk'ase LtileliLladziisa sEk"!a q!asasgEm 



80 naEnx^iine' Lokwasa lastowe LlEULlEntsEm ^naEnxHlne^ Lokwasa 

 mox"s5kwe LeLEgEx"sEm ^naEnx^iine^ Lokwasa malguniiltsokwe 

 tetEkMotsEm -'naEnx^fine^ lak'asEx Ts!Ex^ede qaes k'!edele Ts!ex- 

 tslEgedzEniga. Wii, g'il^mese gwalExs lak'asaase TslEx^ede ^nek'a: 

 "Lilk'as'Emk' liik-asLg-Es gEuEmk-asg'os, uEgiimp ^miixulag-IHs. 



85 Wii, liik'as^Em LegadLEs XosEmdaase. Wa lak'as-'mesEk' lalgln 

 ^wfdasEk- liid liiL. LaEms hiimatsIak'asLol. Wa, laLEs LegadLEs 

 ^nax"danadze. Wii, hek'as-mesa qlaminagase lak'asLe Legadk'asLEs 

 G-ilgEmaxese. V\'^ii, hek-as-niesa nonltse^stalale, wa, hek'as^Em 

 LegEmse K- !ilxEla. Wii, hek-as-mesa k'SuqalaLEla, wii, hek-as^Em 



