852 ETHNOLOCiY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth.ann. as 



Yaqoklwalag'ilis (II 1) had not lived there long, before he died; || 



55 and then his youngest prince, ^niaxuyalidze (III 6) , | took the place 

 of his father, the past chief, '^maxuyalidze (III 6) had not hvcd 

 long I in the village at GweqElis, before a canoe came paddling, | and 

 stopped at the beach of the house of ^maxuyahdze (III 6) ; and then | 

 ^maxilyalidze (III 6) went to meet his visitors, and called them. 



60 And II the many children of the man went into the house of ^maxu- 

 yalidze (III 6). | Then he gave them roasted sockeye-sahnon, | to- 

 gether Avith seal-blubber. After they had eaten, | the visitor spoke, 

 and said, "Let me | ask you, brother! who are you?" Yaqoklwa- 



(35 lag'ilis (III 6) rephed at once, || and said, "I am Yaqoklwalag'ilis, | 

 prince of the great chief Yaqoklwalag'ilis | (for from now on 

 fmaxuyaUdze had the name Yaqoklwalag'ilis), | O brother! My 

 mother is Gaaxstalas (II 3), the princess of | Chief Hex'hak'in (1 2) 



70 of the Nimkish." Thus he said. "The || first name of my father 

 was YaqalEnlis, when he first came to | live at GweqElis." Thus 

 said Yaqoklwalag'ilis (III 6) to the | man. | 



And now Yaqoklwalag'ilis also questioned the man, | and said, 



75 "And who are you, brother?" Immediately || the man rephed, and 

 said, "1 am | Anx^vid (III 1) on the side of my mother, SeuLlegas 



Wa, k'lesk'ase gala g'okiile Yaqoklwalag'ilisaxs lak'asae wiiylms- 



55 ^Ida. Wa, lak'ase ama^ye i.awElgEmese ^maxiiyalidze hek-as^Em 

 Lax"stodxes g'igamex'de ompa. Wa, k'lesk'ase alaEm galak'as g'6- 

 kiilak'ase ^maxiiyalidze lak'asEx GweqElisax g-axk'asaasa seycVna- 

 kula qa^s g'axk-ase liangEmlisax g'okwas ^maxuyahdze. Wil, hlk-ase 

 lalale ^maxuyalidzaxes bagiinse qak'ats Lale^laleq. Wa, g'axk-ase 



00 hogweLElak'asa qleuEmassasEm bEgwauEm lak'asEx g'okwas ^ma.xu- 

 yalidze. Wa,lak-ase LlEx'wilag'ilaxa L!obEkwe mElek'a masak'atse 

 xudziise megwata. Wa, g^ilk'as-mese gwalk'as LlExwaxs lak'asae 

 yaq!Eg'^aleda bagunse bEgwiiuEma. Wa, lak'ase ^nek'a: "Weg-ax'ln 

 wuLol ^uEmwEyot. angwas?" Wa, hex'^idk-as^mese na^naxma^ye 



85 Yaqok!walag'ilisaq. Wa, lak'ase ^nek'a: "Nogwak'as Yiiqok'.wfda- 



gilisa LawulgEmesa ^walasda g'igama^ye Yiiqoklwalag'ilisda 



(qaxs hik'as^mae gwalk'as Legade Yaqoklwalag'ilisas ^maxuyalidze), 



nEuiwEyot. Wa, lak'asEn itbayatsox Gaaxstalasex k'ledelaxsa 



g'lgama^yae Hex'haktnasa ^nsmgese," ^nek'aseq. "Wii, lak'asLal 



70 he g'il LegEmsEn ompk-asdiie YaqalEulise lak-asExs g'illae g-axk-as 

 gokula lak'asxox GweqElIs^ex," ^nek'ase Yaqoklwalag'llisaxa bE- 

 gwauEnie. 



Wa, lak'ase ogwaqa Yaqoklwalag'Uisa wQLaxa bEgwauEme. Wa, 

 lak'ase ^nek'a: "Wa, angwak-ast!as, ^nEmwEyot!" Wa, hex-^id- 



75 k-as-mesa bEgwauEme na^naxmeq. Wa, lak'ase ^nek'a: "Nogwak'as 

 Anx^wida gwek'!6t!Endala lak'asxEn abask'Iote SEULlegase. Wa, 



