866 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIIITL [etii. ann. so 



16 l)liiiikots, ami also u uainc whic^h was to be the name of | YiiqEwld 

 (XVI 1). He gave him the name iJaqwasgEm (XVI 1), | and also, 

 as a name for his granddaugliter, | Kunxfdasogwi^lak" (XVII 1). 

 As soon as this had been done, i- !a(iwasgEni (XV 3) | made ready to 

 give away his marriage presents to the ancestors of the Gwa^sEla, || 



20 on account of the liighness of his princess Kunxiihxsogwi^lak" 

 (XVII 1). Now, I finish | calling him YaqEwId (XVI 1), for his 

 name was now LlaqwasgEm (XVI 1). Now, | LlaqwasgEm was 

 unfortunate, because his child was a girL It was | not long before 

 he had another child, a boy (X\'II 2). Then | he was really glad 



25 on account of the boy. When it was first known || by his grand- 

 father, Llaqwadze (XV 3), that the child was a boy, he made a great 

 effort I when he gave the next marriage gift; namely, four slaves, 

 four I large canoes, fifty dressed elk-skin blankets, | fifty lynx 



;^0 blankets, twenty-five | miid-c blankets, thirty marmot || blankets, ten 

 marten blankets, | one Inuidred deer-skin blankets, one hundred 

 mountain-goat | blankets, and also the name Sewid (XVII 2) as 

 the I name of his grandson, and also his house. And when he had | 

 done so, LlaqwasgEm (XVI 1) said that he would invite the ancestors 



35 of the II Nak !wax' da^x" and of the Awlk' !enox". Then he sent his | 

 tribe to invite them. One of the | canoes of the Gwa^sEla went 



15 kwe matsasgEm ^naEnx^ttna^ya. Wa, he^misa LegEme qa LegEms 

 YaqEwIde. Wii, laEm^lae LegEmg^ElxLa^ye LlaqwasgEm qa Le- 

 gEms. Wii, hii^misa LegEme qa LegEmses ts!ox"LEmagase Kiinxula- 

 sogwi^lakwe. Wa,g'il^Em-lawise gwalExs lae hex-'ida-me L!aqwasgE- 

 me xwanal^ida qa^s yilx^wideses gEg'adauEme laxa g'aliisa Gwa^sEla 



20 qii- o^mayoscs k^Iedele Kunxulasogwi^lakwe. Wa, laEUiLEn gwal 

 LcqElas YJiqEwide laq qaxs lE^'mae LegadEs L irujwasgEme. Wii, la'me 

 odzaxagEmde LlaqwasgEmaxs tslEdiiqaes xunokwe. Wa, la^ae 

 k'!es giilaxs laaEl et!ed xtingwadEX'-Itsa bfibagume. Wii, la^wcsLa- 

 Mae alaklala mololEma babagumaxs g-iilae nnlltleg'aaLElExs bEgwa- 



25 UEmaases giigEmpe Lliiqwadze, wa, hcEm^liiwis hvg'ilas wiilEmx'^i- 

 dExs laaEl et!ed wiiwalqiilasa mokwo q!aq!Ek'owa LE-wa mots!aqc 

 ilwa xwiixwrik!una LE^wa sEk'!ax'sokwe eElagimsgEm naEnx^una-'ya 

 LE^wa sEk' lax'sokwe ^walasx'iisgEm ^naEnx^iina^ya LE-'wa sekMagilla 

 miitsasgEm ^naEnx^una^ya LE^wa yudux"s6kwe kwekux^dEsgEm 



30 ^naEiix-una-'ya LE^wa histowe LeLEgEx"sEme ^naEnx^una^ya LE^wa 

 Ifik' !Ende tetEk" !5tsEme ^naEnx^iina^ya LE^wa lak" lEnde ^me'niElx- 

 LosgEme ^naEnx^una^ya. Wii, heEm^lawisa LegEme Sewide qa 

 LegEmses ts!ox"LEma. Wii, heEm-lawises g^okwe. Wii, giHEm^la- 

 wise gwillExs laaEl ^nek'e LlaqwasgEuie qa^s weg'e LelElaxa g aliisa 



35 Nak!wax'da^xwe LE-'wa Awlk' !enoxwe. Wii, laEm^lae ^yalaqascs 

 g'okiilote qa lii^s Leltsaj'a. Wa, g'iix^Em'lae ^uEmtslaqEliixa xwii- 



