874 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL Ieth. ann. 35 



90 helik'ilal linislicd dancing with the |1 1'our songs, he went into the 

 sacred room. Then | LlaqwasgEm gave away twenty-five mink 

 blankets and | fifty lynx blankets to the Naklwax'da^x" | and 

 Awlk' !enox"; and when tliis was done, they all went out. | 



In the evening of the following day the four speakers went to 



95 call them again, || and said, "Tliis will really be the taming of the 

 hehk'ilal." | They would say this after they had said the words wliich 

 they used before, | when they were calling them. After they had 

 gone tlu-oughoiit the whole viUage, | the three tribes went in. Then | 

 Llaqwag'ila and LlaqwasgEm went behind the front of the sacred 

 300 room, || and the helik'ilal sang his two sacred songs. | When he 

 stopped, the Awik' !enox" sang, | the helik'ilal came out dancing, 

 and when they were nearly at the end | of the last of the four songs, 

 the helik'ilal ran out | of the door of the dancing-house, and 

 5 L!ac[wag'ila and || LlaqwasgEm ran after him. It was not long 

 before they came back. | Llaqwagila was carrying the head- 

 mask and the grizzly-bear blanket, | and LlaqwasgEm carried 

 the cedar-bark neck-ring aiid the | dancing-apron and the 

 rattle. Then Llaqwag'ila said | that he and his friend L!a- 



10 qwasgEm had found them, and they were ll talking happily 

 about what they pretended to have found. Then a wliistle 

 sounded on the beach | in front of the dancing-house. Llaqwag'ila 



90 gEme q lEmq lEmdEmxs lae aLadzElIlaxa mawile. Wa, laxae Lla- 



cjwasgEme^ yax^'witsa sEk'!agahi matsasgEm ^naEnx^una^ya LE^wa 



sEk' lax'sokwe ^walasx'asgEm ^naEnx'una^ya laxa Naklwax'da^xwe 



LE^wa Awlk' !enoxwe. Wa, giPmese gwrdsxs lae HvFla hoqiiwElsa. 



Wa, laxae dzaqwaxs lae lEnsa, lae etieda qas-Ideda mokwe a^yll- 



95 kwa. Wa, laEm^lae ^nek'Exs lE^mae aiag'allL nanaqamalxa helik'l- 

 lale; alnaxwaEm^lae ^nek'Exs lae ^wi^lawe waldrmas laxcs g'ag'ilae 

 waldEmxs qasae. Wa, g'il^Enrfawise labElsaxa g'okiilaxs g'axae 

 ^wFlaeLeda yQdux"sEmakwe leElqwalaLa^ya. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise 

 layak'ilile Llaqwag'ila Lo^ LlaqwasgEnie lax aLadza^yasa mawile. 

 300 Wa, la^lae yalaqweda helik'ilalasa maltsEme yalaxLEna. Wa, 

 g'ipEm^lawise qlwel^edExs lae dEnx^ededa Awik' lenoxwe. Wii, 

 g-ax^lae ylxultslalelEleda hclik'llale. Wa, g'il^mese Elaq qliilbeda 

 ElxLa^yasa mosgEme qlEniqlEmdEnisa helikihilaxs laaEl dzEJx^wEls 

 lax tlEX'llasa LEWElaxaatsle g'okwa. Wa, la^lae Llaqwag'ila lo^ 

 5 LlaqwasgEnie dzElx"sEmcq. Wa, k' lest la galaxs g'axae acdaaqa 

 dale Llaqwag'ilaxa ylxwiwa^ye LE^wa g'ilasgEme 'uEx^una^ya. Wa, 

 la^lae ogwaqa dale LlaqwasgEmaxa LlagEkliixawa^ye LE^wa ytxiixs- 

 deg'a^ye tsapa LE^wa klOxEdEne. Wii, la^me ^nex'^lae Llaqwag'i- 

 laxs qlaaq LE'wes ^nEmokwe LlaqwasgEme. Wii, lieEm-lawis Tdes 



10 eek" leq lalax'da^x"ses qliibolaxs laa^lasa tslekluk'liilii liixa LlEma^i- 

 sasa LEWElaxaatsle g'okwa. Wii, lii-lae Llaqwag'ila IiceI g'il wuLa- 



