860 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. fj 



32 son (XIII 1). I Then Yax'LEn gave a name to his grandson, | and he 

 called him Helamas. Then | Helamas (XIII 1) grew up, and he 



35 married the princess (XIII 2) of the chief of the ll ancestors of the 

 Wlk!unx'da^x", Wlgwllha Wak'as (XII 3), who had as his princess | 

 LEyahig ilayugwa (XIII 2) . They had not been married long, before | 

 they had a son (XIV 1) ; and then Cliicf Wigwilba | Wak-as (XII 3) 

 said that he would give a name .to his grandson, and he gave | the 

 name Q!aed (XIV 1) to his grandson. || 



40 Hahahanane! All those whom I named invited the tribes; | and 

 all gave great feasts; and almost | aU of them gave winter dances, 

 which were given to them in marriage by the fathers of their | 

 wives, my ancestors, the chiefs. | Haha hanane ! 

 Now I shall stop wailing. || 



1 Now' I have finished about Helamas (XIII 1), who married 

 LEyalag" ilayugwa (XIII 2), | the princess of Wigwilba Wak'as 

 (XII 3). Now I shall talk about his | prince Q!aed (XIV 1). Hela- 

 mas (XIII 1) brought in his canoe | one hundred dressed skin 



5 blankets, fom- slaves, ll also four large canoes, and a copper | named 

 Sea-Lion. AU this was given as a marriage gift by Chief | Wigwilba 

 Wak'as (XII 3) to Helamas (XIII 1), and also the cannibal-dance, | 



32 lak'ase hek'as^me YaxLEne Leqela qak'as LegEmses ts!5x"LEma. 

 Wa, hlkas'me Lex-ets Helamase lak'asxes ts!6x"LEma. Wa, lak'ase 

 qlwax'ede Helamase, lak-asae gEg-adEX'^its k'ledelasa g'Jgama^'asa 



,35 g-aliisa Wik!unx'da^xwe lak'asEx VN'^igwIlba Wak'as, yik'asExs k'!e- 

 dadaas LEyalag'ilayugwa. Wii, k'lesk'ase gala hayasEk'alaxs lak-a- 

 sae xtingwadEx-'Itsa bEgwaiiEnie. Wa, lak-asa g-Igama-"ye Wigwilba 

 Wak'ase ^nek' qa^s hek'ase Leqela qa LegEmses ts!ox"LEma. Wa, 

 lak-as^me Lex^ets QIaede lak'asxes tsIdx^LEma. 



40 Haha hanane; ^naxwak'as-mox LelElax'idEii LCLEqElasokwasex. 

 Wii, lak'asox ^naxwaEmxat! k!welas-'eda. Wii, halsElaEmxaiiwisox 

 k' !es ^naxwaEm yawlx'^Ida yika'ts wawalqiilayas wiwompas gEgE- 

 iiEmasEU g'lg'iqagiwa^ye. Haha hanane. 

 Wii, la^me qlwel^Id q!wasa. 



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Wii,' laEmLEn gwal lax Helamase lae gEg'adEs LEyiilag'ilayugwa, 

 ylx k'!edelas Wigwilba Wiik'ase. Wii,het!aLEn gwiigwex's-'iilasLe 

 LawulgEma-'yase QIaede. Wii, giix^me malaLa^ye Ilelamasaxa hi- 

 k'lEnde eElag'imsgEm ^naEnx^une^ LE^wa mokwe q!aq!Ek'owa; wii 

 he-mesa motslaqe awa xwiixwilkluna; wii, lieEm^liiwisa Lliiqwa lc- 

 gadEs mawak'!a. Wii, heEm-El wawalqiilayosa g'igama-ye Wigwil- 

 ba Wiik'asax Helamase. Wii, he-'Em^lawisa hamatsla LoMaeda 



1 The following part of the family history was not told as a wail, but in ordinary language. 



