872 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth ann. as 



47 and | all the three tribes came in. Then L!aqwag'ila arose | and 

 called LlaqwasgEm. And as soon as LlaqwasgEm stood by the side | 

 TiO of iJaqwag'ila, then iJaqwag'ila said to all the li tribes, | 



"Now this chief shall be assistant in the | future LEWElaxa dances 

 of future generations." Thus he said. | 



And as soon as he stopped speaking, there was a sacred song sung | 

 in the saci'cd room, and this is it: || 

 55 " Wliat, oh, what has become of my supernatural power? 

 Hoa j lioa ! Wiat has become of it ? | 



It has escaped from me, it has escaped from me, my supernatural 

 power. I Hoa hoa! It has escaped from me, my supernatural power. 

 IToahoa!" | 



There was another sacred song: || 

 60 "Come and fly over me, you who flew away from me to the light of 

 the world. | Come and fly over me, ho waya waya ha haa!" | 



As soon as Llaqwag'ila stopped singing, he called iJaqwasgEm: ] 



"Let us look at the sacred singing behind the front of the | sacred 



65 room!" And they went in. They had not stood long, |1 before 



L!ac[wasgEm came back alone. He said, "Take care, | tribes! 



That is the voice of the hehk'ilai. Now begin to | sing, and I shall 



47 ^wi^laeLeda yildux^sEmakwe lelqwalaLexs laaEl Lax^ullle L!aqwag'ila 

 qa-s Le^lalex L!aqwasgEme. Wa, gil^Em^lawise la LawEnodzElIle 

 L!aqwasgEmax Liarjwasg'ilaxs lae ^nek'e L!aqwag'ilaxa ^naxwa 

 50 lelqwalaLa^ya: 



"LaEmk" Laxwemilnaxwalg'ada g^Igamek' laxa El^nakulaLa le- 

 WElaxaLasa El=nakulaLa IjEgwanEml," '^nex'lae. 



Wa. gil^Em^lawise qlwePldExs laaPasa yalaqlwalalax aLadza^yasa 

 mawile yisg'ada: 



55 Wex'-ideg"a ha wex"'ihedeg"a wex'-ides qae ^nawalahakwasdii 



h5a hoa wex"^idesk"a. 

 Madoso o'nogwa, madoso o^nogwa madosos qae ^nawalahakwas- 

 dil boa hoa madosoqae ^nawalahakwasda hoa hoa. 



Wii, la las laxa ^uEmsgEme yalaxLEna: 



60 Gena q!anaanLa k'^e q!aneg'ilis lax -'naqulayaxea ha aha gena 



q lanaanLa ho waya waya ha haa. 



Wii, glPEm^lawise q!wel-edExs lae Llaqwagila axk-!alax L!aqwas- 



o-Enie: "^yii, wexins doc[waxa sayola<|ula laxg'a aLadzeg'asg'a 



inawilek'." Wa, lax'da^x"%e layak'illla. Wii. k!es-]at!a galaxs 



65 g'iixac nEUX'ale L!aqwasgEme. Wa, la-'lae -nek-a: ''Weg'a yaL!a- 



LEX (^■olg'Ekulot; yuEm q!wiisElag'ilila helik'iialex. Wii, weg'a dEn- 



x^edEX ciEn lalag'i gQnx-'id lal6L!aq6 le^wox Llaqwag'ilax qa 



